... 1998, March 30, 1998, May 18, 1998, July 20, 1998, Aug. 10, 1998, Dec. 28, 1998, April 5, 1999, April 26, 1999 and May 24, 1999). Wrestling's death tollis described in: ABC-TV's Wide World of Sports' “Requiem for the Heavyweights ...
The Definitive Guide to the Action Figures of Professional Wrestling (1960s to 2010s) Harvey George. 1998-01-02 1998-01-02 1998-01-02 1998-01-02 1998-01-02 1998-01-02 1998-01-02 1998-01-02 1998-01-05 1998-02-01 1998-02-01 1998-02-01 1998 ...
... 1998 as a “special enforcer” in the main event match between Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels. In July 1940, Jack Dempsey, who had been working as a wrestling referee, took on wrestlers Clarence “Cowboy” Luttrell, Bull Curry, and Ellis ...
... 1998, featured a series of violent battles between members of the newly disbanded (and later-reunited) Starr-Canuck team, with Canuck becoming the hottest babyface in British Columbia; generally strong cards featuring a growing roster ...
... Professional Wrestling in America. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2006. Billington, Tom, and Alison Coleman. Wrestling ... 1998. Morgan, Roberta. Main Event: The World of Professional Wrestling. New York: Dial Press, 1979. Pope, Kristian ...
... Wrestling fan Randy Hales opened his own promotion, Memphis Power Pro Wrestling (PPW), in early 1998. The company persuaded WMC to begin airing its Saturday morning program, The Power Hour. The first show aired on April 18, 1998. The ...
... Professional wrestling fans are in a continual process of becoming insiders (Mazer 1998). There is a delicate balance between “buying into” the fantasy and knowing the reality of the situation. Fans' “penchant for 'authentic ...
Eero Laine. formal comparisons between professional wrestling and various forms of theatre are hard to ignore. The concluding chapter of the book opens with a Bible passage describing Jacob wrestling ... 1998 Professional Wrestling: Sport and ...
... of Vince McMahon. Vince was looking to employ for a time the world's most dangerous boxer a man named Mike Tyson. Chapter Nine: 1998-1999 When 1998 came upon us most people had no idea that it would be the year of many great events that ...
... pro wrestling commonly involves four stages. In the first stage, the competitors face off and trade holds and counter-holds. this usually leads to the babyface gaining a competitive advantage. For instance, in a 1998 World championship ...