Holy s***! The Rock is jacked
Someone’s been taking their Hulk Hogan Vitamins (aka “ICO PRO”) in preparation for his new movie, “Fast Five,” (the latest installment of “The Fast and the Furious” franchise) with Vin Diesel....
View ArticleChristmas–Memphis Wrestling-style
In the mid-’80s, a lot of traditional wrestling fans were outraged when Vince McMahon took the business into an unprecedented campy direction, with outrageous comedy skits, music videos with babyfaces...
View Article“The Rock” Dwayne Johnson returns to WWE RAW, whips out owner’s manual on...
Finally…. (Although I still feel guilty to this day about helping Jerry “the King” Lawler in running the Rock out of Memphis wrestling, I’m happy to see the kid’s done OK with his career.)
View ArticleFlex appeal: Recalling the Rock’s early Memphis wrestling days as the Great...
(Originally presented at comics101.com, with a few new thoughts.) When I first shook hands with newcomer Flex Kavana in the decidedly no-frills dressing room of the Big One Expo Center in Memphis in...
View ArticleWrestleRock rumble: John Cena vs. The Rock to headline WrestleMania 28 in Miami
While the payoff to the recent series of promos between The Rock and John Cena rock bottomed in most fans’ eyes when the announcement was made on Monday’s RAW that two of the biggest stars of the last...
View ArticleFINALLY…The Rock has come BACK to Abbottabad, PAKISTAN!
Time’s NewsFeed site reports on the widespread rumor that The Rock was among the first to receive and tweet the news via Twitter that American troops had killed Osama Bin Laden and dumped his body in...
View ArticleMuppetMania: Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo and the gang invade Monday Night RAW
What could have been an outright disaster turned out to be not as shitty as expected (I’ll stop short of saying “campy fun”) as Jim Henson’s Muppets appeared on last night’s RAW, highlighted by a...
View ArticlePunk’s title win, Rock’s mere presence save Survivor Series from turkey status
A few random thoughts about last night’s show, but first want to say that I’m behind–already–in my Memphis/Mid-South series. Unfortunately, over the last few months of very long days at the computer,...
View ArticleWWE’s John Cena involved in car accident; driver of other vehicle reportedly...
Former (too-many-times-to-count) WWE champion John Cena was involved in a car accident this morning when the SUV he was driving in Philadelphia was allegedly hit from behind by a tractor-trailer....
View ArticleWrestleMania 28: The good, the bad and the Brodus
The good: Twenty minutes before WrestleMania 28 dropkicked off, I noticed the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Earth Hour was trending on Twitter, while WrestleMania was nowhere to be found. McMahon was so...
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