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Women have been involved in the pro wrestling business since nearly the beginning. There has been a recognized world champion for women’s processional wrestling since the 30’s. Mildred Burke won that original women’s title in 1937 before she went on to form the World Women’s Wrestling Association in the early 1950’s.
The Fabulous Moolah is one of the most decorated women’s champions where she was the Nwa World Women’s Champion; which would then transition into the WWF Women’s Championship.
In the late 80’s to early 90’s we would have females be established characters, not for wrestling, but as a valet to a top wrestler. The two main women that come to mind in this era would be Miss Elizabeth with the Macho Man Randy Savage, and Sensational Sherri Martel who would manage quite a few wrestlers, most notably Shawn Michaels during his first run...
Women have been involved in the pro wrestling business since nearly the beginning. There has been a recognized world champion for women’s processional wrestling since the 30’s. Mildred Burke won that original women’s title in 1937 before she went on to form the World Women’s Wrestling Association in the early 1950’s.
The Fabulous Moolah is one of the most decorated women’s champions where she was the Nwa World Women’s Champion; which would then transition into the WWF Women’s Championship.
In the late 80’s to early 90’s we would have females be established characters, not for wrestling, but as a valet to a top wrestler. The two main women that come to mind in this era would be Miss Elizabeth with the Macho Man Randy Savage, and Sensational Sherri Martel who would manage quite a few wrestlers, most notably Shawn Michaels during his first run...
- 11/18/2014
- by Jeremy Bennett
- Obsessed with Film
wwe
The WWE DVD release of ‘Macho Man – The Randy Savage Story’ is going to be notable for several reasons. It has been suggested that it’s a precursor to Savage Finally going into the WWE Hall Of Fame. It is also WWE’s first documentary style look at just what exactly did go wrong between Macho and Vince in the mid nineties.
The DVD and Blu Ray will be available from Mid November and comprises a full documentary and various classic matches over a three disc set. Given the revelations in the documentary, and the rare matches being unavailable on WWE Network, this is one purchase that wrestling fans aren’t going to want to miss.
Having watched an advance copy, we’ve learned several things. The impressive documentary does not disappoint. The production is almost as good as WWE’s recent Paul Heyman DVD release. There’s plenty...
The WWE DVD release of ‘Macho Man – The Randy Savage Story’ is going to be notable for several reasons. It has been suggested that it’s a precursor to Savage Finally going into the WWE Hall Of Fame. It is also WWE’s first documentary style look at just what exactly did go wrong between Macho and Vince in the mid nineties.
The DVD and Blu Ray will be available from Mid November and comprises a full documentary and various classic matches over a three disc set. Given the revelations in the documentary, and the rare matches being unavailable on WWE Network, this is one purchase that wrestling fans aren’t going to want to miss.
Having watched an advance copy, we’ve learned several things. The impressive documentary does not disappoint. The production is almost as good as WWE’s recent Paul Heyman DVD release. There’s plenty...
- 10/28/2014
- by Grahame Herbert
- Obsessed with Film
When I first began watching professional wrestling, some 22 years ago in 1992, the one wrestler who made me sit up and take notice was “Macho Man” Randy Savage. My first wrestling event I ever saw features Savage and Ric Flair wrestling for the WWF Championship in Indiana at WrestleMania 8. Randy Savage has been a favourite of mine ever since, a remarkable performer, he truly had the “it” that promoters in wrestling look for year after year. A top-class wrestler who, in many ways, was ahead of his time, Savage was also truly original on the microphone with his trademark growl-voice and catch-phrases like “Ooh Yeah”, “Dig it!” and “Snap into a Slim Jim!” The latter of which, as silly as it sounds, helped solidify Savage as a household name, someone that even non-fans of wrestling had heard of.
I was excited when I heard that WWE were releasing this set. The...
I was excited when I heard that WWE were releasing this set. The...
- 10/28/2014
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
WWE.com
Relationships in pro wrestling can be seen as a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that it allows a couple to be able to travel with somebody they work with and that understands how difficult it is being a pro wrestler. The curse is that if you break up with that person then you still have to see them at work, which is never easy.
Some of these relationships have led to the couple getting married, having children or both. Other times it’s simply two adults dating for years. There are probably other relationships that we may not even know about, but these are the ones that were definitely started due to their working relationship in WWE. Do you think they thanked Vince McMahon for setting them up? Some of them probably did.
The idea behind this feature is to look at the WWE couples that...
Relationships in pro wrestling can be seen as a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that it allows a couple to be able to travel with somebody they work with and that understands how difficult it is being a pro wrestler. The curse is that if you break up with that person then you still have to see them at work, which is never easy.
Some of these relationships have led to the couple getting married, having children or both. Other times it’s simply two adults dating for years. There are probably other relationships that we may not even know about, but these are the ones that were definitely started due to their working relationship in WWE. Do you think they thanked Vince McMahon for setting them up? Some of them probably did.
The idea behind this feature is to look at the WWE couples that...
- 8/26/2014
- by John Canton
- Obsessed with Film
New York, April 21: A man, who stole a dog and a flat-screen TV from a woman on their first date, has now returned the loot back.
The woman, who met the man online, brought him home on Thursday and then got engaged in some work in another room. When she returned she found that the man, her Yorkshire Terrier named Violet worth 4,000 dollars and TV valued at 3,000 dollars had all disappeared. The looted goods were returned early Saturday morning, the New York Daily News reported.
According to the woman, she knew her date only as Joel and believed that he resides in Elizabeth.
Later, police said that they know the man's identity.
The woman, who met the man online, brought him home on Thursday and then got engaged in some work in another room. When she returned she found that the man, her Yorkshire Terrier named Violet worth 4,000 dollars and TV valued at 3,000 dollars had all disappeared. The looted goods were returned early Saturday morning, the New York Daily News reported.
According to the woman, she knew her date only as Joel and believed that he resides in Elizabeth.
Later, police said that they know the man's identity.
- 4/21/2014
- by Abhijeet Sen
- RealBollywood.com
Khloé Kardashian and French Montana take New York. The duo, who was most recently spotted at Lax airport together on Wednesday night, re-surfaced in the Big Apple early Saturday morning. The E! star and the rapper, both clad in black, enjoyed some late-night pizza at Star Gourmet in Manhattan. They began their evening with Montana hosting a party at Allstar Night Club in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The pals, both 29, and their entourage then briefly hit up Greenhouse for an after party, before getting their slices. Montana, sans Kardashian, shared a dimly-lit snapshot on his Instagram account early Saturday and wrote, "You know how we ridin out here big joule big cars big g... Jersey we on our way...
- 4/19/2014
- E! Online
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's fashion label is joining the search for missing N.Y.C. designer James "Jay" Ott. The 31-year-old Ott was last seen at his Brooklyn home at about 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, the New York Post reports. The 6'2" designer, who the Daily News says suffers from anxiety, never showed up for work at The Dock Group on Monday, police sources tell the newspaper. Ott previously worked for J. Mendel and the Olsen twins' high-end fashion line The Row, and on Wednesday the siblings' other line, Elizabeth and James, Tweeted asking people to "please spread...
- 3/26/2014
- by K.C. Blumm
- PEOPLE.com
John Bishop and Sebastian Coe have signed up to go head-to-head in a series of challenges for Sport Relief.
The Clash of the Titans games, held at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, will see two teams of famous faces battling it out in five different sporting events.
Bishop will lead one of the teams, while Coe will be hoping to win with his group of athletes and entertainers. The winning stars will take home the 'Clash of the Titans' trophy.
The Clash of the Titans event, held on the Sport Relief Night of TV on March 21, will be hosted by Clare Balding at the London Aquatics Centre and Gabby Logan at the Lee Valley VeloPark.
"For Sport Relief 2012 I spent a week of pain cycling, rowing and running from Paris to London," Bishop said. "To say it was tough is a huge understatement. But now, two years on,...
The Clash of the Titans games, held at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, will see two teams of famous faces battling it out in five different sporting events.
Bishop will lead one of the teams, while Coe will be hoping to win with his group of athletes and entertainers. The winning stars will take home the 'Clash of the Titans' trophy.
The Clash of the Titans event, held on the Sport Relief Night of TV on March 21, will be hosted by Clare Balding at the London Aquatics Centre and Gabby Logan at the Lee Valley VeloPark.
"For Sport Relief 2012 I spent a week of pain cycling, rowing and running from Paris to London," Bishop said. "To say it was tough is a huge understatement. But now, two years on,...
- 2/17/2014
- Digital Spy
Triplett, N.C. — The way Eustace Conway sees it, there's the natural world, as exemplified by his Turtle Island Preserve in the Blue Ridge Mountains. And then there's the "plastic, imitation" world that most other humans inhabit.
But the border between the two has always been porous – uncomfortably so these days.
When Conway – known today as a star of the History Channel reality show "Mountain Men" – bought his first 107 acres in 1987, his vision for Turtle Island was as "a tiny bowl in the earth, intact and natural, surrounded by pavement and highways." People peering inside from nearby ridges would see "a pristine and green example of what the whole world once looked like."
Since leaving his parents' suburban home at 17 and moving into the woods, Conway has been preaching the gospel of sustainable, "primitive" living. But over the past three decades, those notions have clearly evolved.
Conway has ditched his...
But the border between the two has always been porous – uncomfortably so these days.
When Conway – known today as a star of the History Channel reality show "Mountain Men" – bought his first 107 acres in 1987, his vision for Turtle Island was as "a tiny bowl in the earth, intact and natural, surrounded by pavement and highways." People peering inside from nearby ridges would see "a pristine and green example of what the whole world once looked like."
Since leaving his parents' suburban home at 17 and moving into the woods, Conway has been preaching the gospel of sustainable, "primitive" living. But over the past three decades, those notions have clearly evolved.
Conway has ditched his...
- 8/12/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including The Killing, The Newsroom, The Fosters and Suits!
1 | You kinda wanted The Killing‘s Holder and Linden to kiss there on the sofa, didn’t you? Also, was there any way to predict that malevolent little twist of having Nicholas Lea’s supportive, deeply religious death-row inmate Dale turn out to be the nastiest little sociopath the show has ever seen?
2 | In Falling Skies‘ highly entertaining “flashback-but-not” sequence, who was your favorite out-of-place character?...
1 | You kinda wanted The Killing‘s Holder and Linden to kiss there on the sofa, didn’t you? Also, was there any way to predict that malevolent little twist of having Nicholas Lea’s supportive, deeply religious death-row inmate Dale turn out to be the nastiest little sociopath the show has ever seen?
2 | In Falling Skies‘ highly entertaining “flashback-but-not” sequence, who was your favorite out-of-place character?...
- 7/26/2013
- by Team TVLine
- TVLine.com
Reid Flair has tragically died aged just 25. He was the son of Ric Flair and his second wife Elizabeth. The cause of Reid’s death is currently unknown, though police have reported that he was found dead in a Charlotte hotel room.
Ric’s agent released a statement on behalf of the family:
“We are heartbroken to confirm that Ric’s son, Reid Fliehr, has passed away today March 29.
“Reid was 25 and an incredible son, brother, friend, and professional wrestler. No words can describe the grief that Ric and his family are experiencing and they do request privacy during this devastating time.”
During high school, Reid was an accomplished amateur wrestler who won numerous awards. Reid followed his father into wrestling in 1998 when he appeared for World Championship Wrestling. He defeated Eric Bischoff in his first match for the company and in 2000 teamed with his father in a match against...
Ric’s agent released a statement on behalf of the family:
“We are heartbroken to confirm that Ric’s son, Reid Fliehr, has passed away today March 29.
“Reid was 25 and an incredible son, brother, friend, and professional wrestler. No words can describe the grief that Ric and his family are experiencing and they do request privacy during this devastating time.”
During high school, Reid was an accomplished amateur wrestler who won numerous awards. Reid followed his father into wrestling in 1998 when he appeared for World Championship Wrestling. He defeated Eric Bischoff in his first match for the company and in 2000 teamed with his father in a match against...
- 3/30/2013
- by Dave Carsley
- Obsessed with Film
Daniel Bryan has had a year full of so many twists and turns you would think that M. Night Shyamalan had began to write for Monday Night Raw; he’s cashed in his Money in the Bank contract to win his first World Heavyweight Championship; turned heel and began a global phenomenon with his “Yes!” catchphrase; entered the record books losing his championship in just eighteen seconds at Wrestlemania to Sheamus; began a bizarre storyline which saw psycho diva Aj in the center of a three way of tug-of-war and is now ready to tie the knot with his on-and-off again beloved.
Previous history in professional wrestling has taught us many valuable life lessons over the years: When the bell-rings in your World Heavyweight Championship match, make sure you’re facing the right direction; going too long without shaving gives you the appearance of an untamed goat and most importantly; never,...
Previous history in professional wrestling has taught us many valuable life lessons over the years: When the bell-rings in your World Heavyweight Championship match, make sure you’re facing the right direction; going too long without shaving gives you the appearance of an untamed goat and most importantly; never,...
- 7/23/2012
- by Tom Rowbottom
- Obsessed with Film
So sue me, I'm a wrestling fan. I first got into what WWE head cheese Vince McMahon prefers to call 'sports entertainment' these days way back in the early 1990s, in the era of (then) established stars like Hulk Hogan, Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake, 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper, 'Million Dollar Man' Ted Dibiase, Mr Perfect, Big Bossman and a colourful, gravel throated character known as the 'Macho Man, aka Mr Randy Savage.
Born Randall Mario Poffo in 1952, Savage was a supernova among stars in the WWF roster, a character so much larger than life that even the red and yellow machismo machine that was Hulk Hogan struggled to match him in the charisma stakes.
Coming from athletic stock (his father Angelo Poffo, a well known wrestler in his own right in the 1950s and 60s who at one point held the World Sit Up record), Savage initially aspired to be a baseball player,...
Born Randall Mario Poffo in 1952, Savage was a supernova among stars in the WWF roster, a character so much larger than life that even the red and yellow machismo machine that was Hulk Hogan struggled to match him in the charisma stakes.
Coming from athletic stock (his father Angelo Poffo, a well known wrestler in his own right in the 1950s and 60s who at one point held the World Sit Up record), Savage initially aspired to be a baseball player,...
- 5/20/2011
- Shadowlocked
This year the Oscars revelled in the luxurious Englishness of a film which started with an impertinent request to the royals and ended in the crowning of King Colin
Kirk Douglas's victory in the Most Noteworthy Moment category — easily trumping Melissa Leo's F-word sally — was a measure of how undramatic this year's Academy Awards were. The main event was predicted, though not precisely predictable; the success for The King's Speech covered most of the board while not going all the way across it: best film, best director, best original screenplay, best actor.
In a neurotic, not-wanting-to-jinx-it-for-them manner I had been predicting a sudden collapse for this film in all sections except Colin Firth's with a huge swing to The Social Network. That didn't happen. Instead, The King's Speech carried (almost) all before it. Even dark rumours about its historical inaccuracies, including an essay from Christopher Hitchens about...
Kirk Douglas's victory in the Most Noteworthy Moment category — easily trumping Melissa Leo's F-word sally — was a measure of how undramatic this year's Academy Awards were. The main event was predicted, though not precisely predictable; the success for The King's Speech covered most of the board while not going all the way across it: best film, best director, best original screenplay, best actor.
In a neurotic, not-wanting-to-jinx-it-for-them manner I had been predicting a sudden collapse for this film in all sections except Colin Firth's with a huge swing to The Social Network. That didn't happen. Instead, The King's Speech carried (almost) all before it. Even dark rumours about its historical inaccuracies, including an essay from Christopher Hitchens about...
- 2/28/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Photo by Eric Liebowitz/USA Network
White Collar returns tonight on USA and we'll all find out the fate of Mozzie, who was last seen lying in Central Park with a bullet in his chest. Fans are praying the producers have not killed him off. In the meantime we spoke with a tight-lipped Matt Bomer and Tim DeKay about everything except Mozzie's survival. Here’s what they had to say about their on-screen chemistry, how their characters have developed and working with the rest of the cast.
Tune in to the White Collar midseason premiere on January 18 at 10 p.m. Est/9 p.m. Central on USA.
Q: You have such great chemistry on screen and you seem to get along well off screen. How do you continue to maintain that?
Tim: We went to therapy once a week.
Matt: Couples therapy.
Tim: Yes. It really —
Matt: It’s worth it.
White Collar returns tonight on USA and we'll all find out the fate of Mozzie, who was last seen lying in Central Park with a bullet in his chest. Fans are praying the producers have not killed him off. In the meantime we spoke with a tight-lipped Matt Bomer and Tim DeKay about everything except Mozzie's survival. Here’s what they had to say about their on-screen chemistry, how their characters have developed and working with the rest of the cast.
Tune in to the White Collar midseason premiere on January 18 at 10 p.m. Est/9 p.m. Central on USA.
Q: You have such great chemistry on screen and you seem to get along well off screen. How do you continue to maintain that?
Tim: We went to therapy once a week.
Matt: Couples therapy.
Tim: Yes. It really —
Matt: It’s worth it.
- 1/18/2011
- by Pop Culture Passionistas
- popculturepassionistas
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