Wrestling

Hulk Hogan’s Rock n Wrestling turned Saturday mornings into a wild mix of cartoons, wrestlers, and pure eighties energy, creating a world where heroes flexed, villains plotted, and kids couldn’t look away.

Learning the Ropes: The Sitcom That Tried to Bring Wrestling Into Prime Time

Learning the Ropes blended family‑sitcom heart with the wild world of 80s wrestling, following a gentle teacher moonlighting as a masked grappler. It became a quirky, endearing snapshot of an era when wrestling seemed to spill into everything.

Wide World of Toys | Episode 3 – The Hasbro WWF Toyline Retrospective

Episode 3 of The Wide World of Toys Podcast is here! Join host Ken, as he welcomes his co-host of The Retro Resurgence Podcast Chad to the show! The guys will discuss and reminisce about

WCW’s Chamber of Horror Match Was Halloween Havoc’s Wildest Match

In the annals of professional wrestling, few matches are as gloriously over-the-top as WCW’s Chamber of Horrors bout at Halloween Havoc 1991. Held on October 27 at the UTC Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the event

The Retro Resurgence Podcast – Episode 25 | Mt Rushmore of Pro Wrestling’s Most Comical Moments

New Look, New Logo, New Show Format, but the same retro nostalgic memories here as we start Year 2 of The Retro Resurgence Podcast! We’re the Lean, Mean, Nostalgia Machine, as we’ve streamlined the show

RoboCop in WCW: When Sci-Fi Met Suplexes

In the annals of pro wrestling history, few moments are as bizarre, or as gloriously ’90s, as the night RoboCop walked into a WCW ring. Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop, held on May 19, 1990, at

In Memory of Hulk Hogan

It’s not every day that your parents call you about a celebrity death. But it’s also not every day a super hero dies. For children of the 1980’s, Hulk Hogan was a comic book hero

Hulk Hogan and the Heel Turn That Shocked the Wrestling World

In all the history of professional wrestling, few moments have rivaled the seismic shock of Hulk Hogan’s heel turn at WCW Bash at the Beach on July 7, 1996. For over a decade, Hogan had

The Retro Resurgence Podcast – Episode 15 | Retro Grab Bag Vol. 1

Episode 15 comin’ at ya! It’s a special sweetened and condensed version of the Retro Resurgence Podcast. We try out a new type of format that we’re calling the “GRAB BAG”. Ken and Chad bring

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)

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,

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

GLOW in the Dark – How a Late Night Ladies’ Wrestling Show Taught Me Girl Power

Stacey

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.

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.

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

WWE Memorable Moments – Series 1 (Figure 4 of 4)