80s
Memorable Moments in Royal Rumble History
With the WWE Royal Rumble 2025 just a couple of weeks away, Mickey looks back at some memorable moments from the early years of the popular event. CONTINUE READING…
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80s
The Retro Resurgence Podcast – Episode 6 | Top WWF Pay-Per-Views of the 80’s & 90’s
Happy Thanksgiving Listeners. Episode 6 is “stuffed” full of goodness – a wide sampling of various bits and pieces of nostalgia – I guess you can say it’s just like a traditional Thanksgiving meal! The CONTINUE READING…
80s
The Retro Resurgence Podcast – Episode 5 | Top 5 Breakfast Cereals
Happy November Listeners. Episode 5 of The Retro Resurgence Podcast rolls along. After a brief discussion of how Halloween 2024 went for Ken and Chad, the show gets going. The guys discuss Cartoon Campaign 2000 CONTINUE READING…
80s
The Retro Resurgence Podcast – Episode 1 | Top NES Games
For the DEBUT EPISODE of The Retro Resurgence Podcast, Ken and Chad introduce themselves and briefly discuss the origins of the podcast before jumping into the show’s main topic Top 5 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) CONTINUE READING…
90s
Wrestling at the Arcade: 1991’s WWF Wrestlefest
Every spring, I look forward to WWE’s Wrestlemania with all of its pomp and circumstance. Unfortunately this year, with recent CDC guidelines that restrict public gatherings to under 50 people, it looks like for the CONTINUE READING…
80s
I Miss Fat Pro Wrestlers
A couple of weeks ago my favorite follow on Twitter (I don’t call it X) @super70ssports posted the wonderful gem below that I totally identify with. I miss when guys like Dusty Rhodes were at the top CONTINUE READING…
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The Scariest Wrestlers of All Time
It’s that time once again, when the creatures of the night are unleashed from their dungeons of doom. A time when darkness comes earlier, but there are still fireflies to be found. Night and day, CONTINUE READING…
80s
M.U.S.C.L.E.
You thought the WWF had some bizarre characters? Please. Anybody who wanted to see some real oddball wrestling action in the mid-80s took a visit down to the M.U.S.C.L.E. arena. Those brawny battlers on television may have CONTINUE READING…
80s
Saturday Morning Memories: Hulk Hogan’s Rock N’ Wrestling
Professional wrestling had been around long before television, but the mid-80s brought new levels of popularity to the much-maligned “sport.” Due to the business savvy of Vince McMahon, pro wrestling became one of the most CONTINUE READING…
80s Featured
Wrestling’s Black Saturday
Imagine sitting down at 8 PM, turning on the CW to watch Arrow or The Flash. Instead of your favorite member of the DC Universe, a new yet familiar face appears. Stan Lee is introduced CONTINUE READING…
80s
GLOW in the Dark – How a Late Night Ladies’ Wrestling Show Taught Me Girl Power
I am a certified child of the ’80s. I’m in that sweet spot just between Gen X and Millennial, so I mainly observed the more fun parts of the decade from the sidelines. I CONTINUE READING…
80s
WWF and MTV: The Brawl to End it All
Way back in 1984, the World Wrestling Federation put on a three-hour show in their home arena, Madison Square Garden. The live event featured a battle royal plus all three men’s titles were defended. The CONTINUE READING…
90s
RollerJam – Pro Wrestling on Wheels
Like everyone else in the late ’90s, I was hooked on professional wrestling. I had been a fan going back to 1989 or ’90 when I was 5 years old and had found WCW on CONTINUE READING…
90s
Five Wrestlers From the ’90s You’ve Probably Forgotten
The ’90s were such a fascinating time in pro wrestling. While the second half of the decade saw a record rise in fans and revenue due to the Monday Night Wars and stars such as CONTINUE READING…
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WWE Memorable Moments – Series 1 (Figure 4 of 4)
Hello TRN Readers! Today I’ll be rounding out my WWE Memorable Moments Series of Posts that I started last year. It’s been fun thinking of different ideas for Wrestling Figurines, and today, we go even CONTINUE READING…
