The new season of “The Dark Side Of The Ring” is off and running. At this writing, we’re three episodes in with the life and death of Brian Pillman and the violent world of Nick Gage. So it’s a good opportunity to share our thoughts so far. Which also gives way to this episode’s “Turnbuckle Talk”. “Flyin” Brian Pillman has gone down in infamy for al the wrong reasons. But…

The original NWA Four Horsemen were the epitome of the wrestling “faction”. The idea was to bring together the top heels of the territory with the same philosophy. For the first few years, it was pure mat magic. But as Crockett promotions began to give way to WCW, the magic fizzled. More and more new members were added that just didn’t first the mold. Almost tragic considering the amount of…

‘Mania might be in the rearview mirror but there’s still plenty to discuss. And we have a rather unique interview as well. “Nasty Ronnie” is most noted for being the vocalist of legendary heavy metal band Nasty Savage. Old time wrestling fans though will remember him from his days in the 80s Florida territories. He brought his outrageous stage antics to the squared circle when he was discovered by none…

Wrestlemania is upon us once again. This time of year always seems to get the fan juices flowing as everything starts falling into place. The build up and match announcements. The behind the scenes shenanigans. The Tuesday morning booking. And, of course, the WWE Hall Of Fame. The validity of the HOF can’t really be debated. It’s basically just programming for the Network leading up to the Big Event. But…

Jim Crockett Jr.’s reputation for being an all time mover and shakers in the wrasslin’ world cannot be denied. He was the head honcho at JCP (Jim Crockett Promotions, as in senior) for many years. Mr. Crockett took the regional Mid Atlantic territory and brought it the national prominence that would become Dubya – C – Dubya. So with his recent passing we chose to discuss some of the highlights…

2021 is off and running. But at the WNIC offices, the year’s not a wrap without the annual Pro Wrestling Illustrated Year End Awards issue in our hot little fists. These awards have had your Cool Uncle Snowy’s attention since the mid-80s. For Matt and Ducky, they are relatively new. So for this week’s “Turnbuckle Talk” we test the rookie’s mettle with these prestigious awards. Look or this to be…

The use of celebrity guests on a special event is nothing new to the Wraslin’ World. From the early appearance of the legendary Mahammad Ali in Japan and the myriad of guests at the early “Manias all the way to today. Now with the angles featuring Bad Bunny (huh??) and Shaq capturing headlines, it’s time to focus this episode’s “Turnbuckle Talk” to special guest appearances of the past. From the…

With the Royal Rumble still fresh in the minds of mat fans, we figure this is a good time to discuss all things Edge! Being a Good Canadian Boy himself, we ‘ve followed The Enigmatic One from his humble beginnings on the local indie scene all the way to his magical “Wrestlemania”moment. So with this edition of “Turnbuckle Talk”, we go thru the in and outs, ups and downs, and…

Season three of the always informative, and entertaining, Viceland vehicle “Dark Side Of The Ring” has been announced. As per usual, it’s looking like it’s going to be an absolute ring burner. It’s looking to have more interesting stories that show that what goes on beyond Gorilla is more interesting than what’s going on in the squared circle. So this time around we cracked a couple of our faves and…

We started this program by introducing your hosts with the old standard of sharing our “Mount Rushmore” of pro wrestling. But it’s not just the wrestlers that make up this one ring circus. You got your managers. You got your promoters. You got your announcers. Some of these capture as much attention and contribute as much to the overall presentation as their in ring counterparts. So we decided we’d show…

This latest episode of WNIC was easy enough to book. Right now there is only two things of importance in the Wrasslin’ world. First up, Mr. Brodie Lee. The wrestling community is saddened by the loss of this great man. He was/is so universally respected the outpouring of emotion is staggering. Those same emotions were felt in the WNIC offices as well. So we took the time to pay tribute…

Welcome to our very unreasonable facsimile of a holiday episode. It’s not that we’re not feeling the Christmas Spirit. There’s just so much going on the wonderful world of Wrasslin’ that we’re still focused on the Squared Circle as opposed to some fat man’s annual home invasions. First up we do our blow by blow account of the TLC event. As well, we dissect our first TripleMania. AAA has once…