It’s a travesty. It’s a travesty of the highest magnitude, and, I believe it is fair to say, without hyperbole, a crime against mankind itself. Here we are, 15 years removed from the release of the first movie featuring Hulk Hogan in a starring role, and where, I ask, is the anniversary DVD release? (Note from 2013 RD: It’s right Continue Reading...
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Someone Bought This: Ugly Four-Color Hulk Hogan sweater
6 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 10 November 2017, 02:00
This Four-Color sweater is useful in case you forget all of Hulk Hogan’s nicknames. Seriously, even if you’re 6 you’re going to look stupid in this thing. It’s better to go without a sweater in winter and risk getting pneumonia....
INDUCTION: WWF’s No Holds Barred Hype – The BS-o-Meter is About to Get RIP’ed!
35 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 09 November 2017, 20:00
WWF, 1989 Before I jump into tonight’s induction, I would simply like to thank all the readers and writers on this site for their unbelievable support during the recent tragedy of my Mom’s passing. The outpouring of love and kindness was nothing short of amazing. I thank you all. It feels like I’ve been covering Hulk Hogan’s movie career for Continue Reading...
It Came From YouTube: The Angry Video Game Nerd takes on bad wrestling video games!
8 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Wed, 08 November 2017, 02:00
Crapper Sean Bateman writes: First it was Joe Gagne with his Fun Time Arcade with wrestling games, then Pat the NES Punk touched on the some of the NES wrestling games and now, The AVGN jumps into the ring! Ah, I love The Angry Video Game Nerd! James is great! I wonder if he knows WrestleCrap Radio’s own Nintendo John?...
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Headlies: Bray Wyatt Tries To Return Items To A Halloween Store
3 Submitted by Jordan Mishkin on Mon, 06 November 2017, 08:00
Zephyrhills, FL – WWE Superstar Bray Wyatt attempted to return Halloween decorations to his local Spirit Halloween store to no avail. Wyatt walked into the Spirit Halloween store and placed a box full of Halloween decorations and other assorted items on the counter. “Yes, ahem, I would like to return these items,” said Wyatt, squinting at the worker’s name tag. Continue Reading...
Someone Bought This: WCW Sting cereal
5 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 03 November 2017, 02:00Sting had his own cereal. The flakes are infused with cocoa which makes them dark and brooding just like Sting himself. And they’re frosted just like the chill Sting felt when he thought he’d been abandoned by his WCW friends who accused him of being an NWO traitor. Ooo, that’s deep. Let’s see that pussy Tony The Tiger bare his soul Continue Reading...
INDUCTION: Trick Or Street Fight – Wrestling meets Smashing Pumpkins (but in WWE, with no Billy Corgan)
16 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 02 November 2017, 20:00
WWE, 2014-???? October 31st, 2002 – that was the night I put away childish things and became a man. Or, at least, that was the night I decided I valued wrestling over candy. That Thursday, I gave my trusty Bob Dole costume a rest (and not just because the ’96 election had long since ceased to be relevant) and skipped Continue Reading...
INDUCTION: WCW.com – A Dead Site Lives at WrestleCrap.com!
74 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 02 November 2017, 02:00
WCW, 2000 As I think everyone knows, Matt over at Dinosaur Dracula (formerly x-entertainment) and I have been buddies for years. I mean, it’s not like we talk all the time, or even have each other on speed dial…so maybe “buddies” is a stretch. Still, we’ve respected each other’s work since I started WrestleCrap.com back in 2000. I consider him, Continue Reading...
It Came From YouTube: Holding Out For A Well-Oiled Machine
5 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Wed, 01 November 2017, 02:00Crapper Paul S. writes: Quite possibly the greatest moment in the history of indy wrestling. Context is for the weak… Now that is how you make an entrance!...
Epic Tweet From Wrestling History 4/30/13
9 Submitted by Justin Henry on Tue, 31 October 2017, 09:00 Always with an opinion, that Hitman...
Halloween is here and so is WrestleCrap Radio! The boys embark on a horrifying TRIP…to the Grocery and discuss how a real life friendship has been butchered. Plus FUN WITH TAMMY! Don’t blame us, you’re the one downloading it! Listen to the show below, by subscribing on Stitcher or iTunes, or by clicking here!...
Someone Bought This: What do you get when you cross Hulk Hogan and Jason Voorhees?
2 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Mon, 30 October 2017, 12:36Crapper Rich Abbott has found your lsat minute Halloween costume, Crappers! He writes: Coming soon? Jason Hulk Hogan masks? I think these are available at Hogan’s Beach Shop. Well they’re uh… creative, I guess. Hulk and Jason do have something in common- they both refuse to job, brother!...
Headlies: Vince McMahon Throws A Halloween Party
2 Submitted by Jordan Mishkin on Mon, 30 October 2017, 08:00
Greenwich, CT – WWE CEO Vince McMahon has enlisted the help of several WWE Superstars to ensure that his Halloween party is the best ever. Wrestlers gathered in the entry foyer of McMahon’s mansion which had recently been transformed for a Halloween party. Cobwebs had been stretched across the massive double staircase, plastic skeletons dangled from the expensive chandelier, and Continue Reading...
I apologize for the recent delays in the site on my end. I’ve been dealing with some personal issues that I can now address with everyone. I know some of my the folks on here knew my Mom personally, others knew her for a WrestleCrap Radio appearance several years back to which I will link on this. I wanted you Continue Reading...
Someone Bought This: Steve Austin’s secret identity is finally revealed via this t-shirt!
2 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 27 October 2017, 02:00This Steve Austin 100% Pure Rattlesnake t-shirt reveals that Steve Austin is in fact really King Hiss from He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe! Well, it beats being those awful knockoff Ghetto Amusement Park versions of Skeletor, He-Man, and Man-At-Arms that Blade ran into when he was a kid, I guess… And if you haven’t heard that amazing story yet, you can listen to Continue Reading...
It Came From YouTube: It’s Leatherface vs. Funk just in time for Halloween!
3 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Wed, 25 October 2017, 02:00Crapper C Belles writes: In honor of Halloween I present a match for it came from youtube featuring one of the original horror icon’s Leatherface, facing a scary man in his own right in Terry Funk in a Barbed Wire Board Chain Death Match in Japan. I like how Japan not only liked Leatherface so much that they kept using Continue Reading...
It Came From Youtube: Okada vs EVIL Hype Video
3 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Wed, 25 October 2017, 02:00Crapper Paul S. writes: In quite possibly the most Halloween-themed wrestling video since the last Halloween Havoc, New Japan Pro Wrestling hyped a match between their world champion Kazuchika Okada against…. some kind of grim reaper wizard named EVIL who lives in Dracula’s Castle....
Classic Induction: The Offices of the Hart Foundation: How Did Bret Leave THIS Out of His Book?
19 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Tue, 24 October 2017, 09:00
WWF, 1987 I’ve been on a Bret Hart kick of late. That often happens when I start to find the current wrestling product a bit stale; I go back and find footage of the guy I consider to be the best technician I’ve ever seen. And with the release (well, in Canada at least), of his new book, Hitman: My Real Continue Reading...
Headlies: Vince McMahon Tends To His Sick Wrestlers
10 Submitted by Jordan Mishkin on Mon, 23 October 2017, 08:00
Minneapolis, MN – Matches for TLC were thrown in to chaos as both Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt came down with a viral illness. Always concerned with the welfare of his Superstars, WWE CEO Vince McMahon skipped TLC and tended to the sick wrestlers. As a precautionary measure, McMahon sent both wrestlers to Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. Wearing a Continue Reading...
WrestleCrap Radio 266: 12th Anniversary Show!
4 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Sat, 21 October 2017, 01:07
Just when you thought it was safe to update your podcasts…we’re back! WrestleCrap Radio has returned for a special 12th Anniversary progrem! We look back at some of the best of times and worst of times on WCR, as well as some honest to goodness pro wrestling news! What’s next, us talking about MOVESETS? Listen to the show below, by Continue Reading...
Someone Bought This: The Ultimate Warrior- naked for your pleasure (and Destrucity!)
2 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 20 October 2017, 02:00In 1992 The Ultimate Warrior had a special singlet made. This singlet was airbrushed to show him as not only nude, but it also seemed to show his underlying muscle structure. Apparently he was really proud of this thing! They even made a toy of him wearing it! Apparently The Ultimate Warrior was taking fashion tips from Slim Goodbody... Or Continue Reading...
Induction: The Greater Power – Aw, son of a…
53 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 19 October 2017, 20:00
WWF, 1998-1999 I. “I really didn’t want to have to do it” On October 19th, 1998, The Undertaker and Paul Bearer announced the creation of a Ministry of Darkness that would serve Taker’s evil purposes, whatever those may have been. For the next four months, The Undertaker would grow his Ministry until it was powerful enough to take on Continue Reading...
Someone Bought This: TNA Impact Pizza (and Drink!).
4 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Wed, 18 October 2017, 13:15Our own Jordan Mishkin writes very funny and absurd Headlies for this here website. But I just got an email from him that made me shake my head and realize that sometimes life does imitate art. TNA is introducing an Impact Pizza and Impact Drink available only at a Canadian pizza place for Bound For Glory. Judging by the deluge Continue Reading...
It Came From YouTube: Dino Bravo (lamely) insults our friend Fred Ottman!
2 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Wed, 18 October 2017, 02:00Fast forward to about 26 minutes into this 1990 episode of WWF Superstars. That dastardly Dino Bravo insinuates that Tugboat (Friend Of Wrestlecrap Fred Ottman) can’t even read the “Get Well Hulk Hogan” letters that fans have sent in… even after Tugboat already read the letter in a previous segment… I just love how Dino says that lame insult....
Epic Tweet From Wrestling History, 2/8/13
0 Submitted by Justin Henry on Tue, 17 October 2017, 09:00 Oh sure, now you’ll question this one too….....
Headlies: Lance Storm Joins Dancing With The Stars
6 Submitted by Jordan Mishkin on Mon, 16 October 2017, 08:00
Los Angeles, CA – In a surprise move, former WWE, WCW, and ECW wrestler Lance Storm has joined the popular dancing competition Dancing With The Stars. Following the increased viewership from wrestling fans after WWE star Nikki Bella joined the cast, network executives requested that another wrestler be added. “Thanks to Nikki, we’ve reached a whole new audience that was Continue Reading...
Someone Bought This: WCW presents live online Pay-Per- (Buffering…).
7 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 13 October 2017, 02:00In the late 90’s, The Internet was the hot new emerging technology! WCW wanted to find a new way to make money off of it with their website WCW.com So, in 1997 and 1998 they offered a revolutionary service: Internet Pay-Per-Views (AKA: iPPVs). Or should I say Pay-Per-Listens… For $9.99 you got access to a RealPlayer RealAudio audio stream… …featuring Continue Reading...
INDUCTION: WarGames 2000 – Russo’s Revenge Indeed
23 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 12 October 2017, 20:00
WCW, 2000 The recent announcement of NXT bringing back WarGames set the inter webs into a tizzy recently, and with good reason. The original bout was a legendary contest, a staple of the NWA and later WCW. Due to the fact that it was so closely tied to a promotion WWE had a blood feud with, it was reportedly Continue Reading...
It Came From YouTube: A shark is happy he ate a wrestler because…
3 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Wed, 11 October 2017, 02:00My old buddy Matt at Dinosaur Dracula posted this tribute to Cin*A*Burst chewing gum and included a link to the above commercial where a shark brags to his friend that he ate a wrestler (“Oooh! They kick on the way down!”). Oh sure, it’s only tangibly related to wrestling, but it made me laugh so there you go! Man do Continue Reading...