Flashback Wrestling Podcast is back with their 32nd episode. In this episode Wesly Avendano takes a look back at the career of WCW, WWF/WWE legend, Mr Perfect, Curt Hennig. Before getting into Hennig‘s career though Wesly jumps into his “Let’s Get Social” segment where he talks about all the social media engagement he had this passed …
Read More »My Trip to NXT TakeOver: WarGames II
A phoenix rising from the ashes. It’s quite the mental picture right? Has anyone ever really seen it happen though? Maybe not literally, but in a metaphoric sense, I’ve witnessed it with my own two eyes. The ashes? A groundbreaking wrestling promotion that was decades ahead of it’s time. The …
Read More »FlashBack Wrestling Podcast Episode 12 – Mark Henry: The Worlds Strongest Podcast
FlashBack Wrestling Podcast is back with their 12th episode. In this episode Wesly Avendano and his brother Anthony take a look back at the career of Mark Henry. Wesley and Anthony start off by talking about Mark Henry‘s early days starting out as an Olympic weightlifter/power-lifter. At the age of 18 years old …
Read More »Lucha Underground – My Trip to The Temple
LUCHA! LUCHA!! LUCHA!!! I can’t lie, that chant is pretty infectious. Honestly though, I never thought I’d take part in it. As some of you may have noticed from reading my articles, I pretty much grew up a WWF loyalist. Don’t get me wrong, I always dabbled heavily in WCW, …
Read More »Yokozuna – Short life, Huge Impact
As kids, our parents spent countless hours reassuring us that, despite our wildest fears, monsters weren’t real. Well, those parents never had to deal with Andre The Giant, Bruiser Brody, or King Kong Bundy. “Monster heels” have been an essential part of the wrestling business since its inception. Promoters like …
Read More »FlashBack Wrestling Podcast Episode 1 – Stone Cold Steve Austin 3:16
FlashBack Wrestling Podcast debut episode is all about the Texas rattle snake, Stone Cold Steve Austin. We take a look back at his career with WCW, the ECW and then the WWF and talk about what made him one of the best, if not the best, in the eyes of the …
Read More »Everybody’s Got A Price For The Million Dollar Man – Ted Dibiase
The Bible says, “The love of money is the root of all evil.” If that’s really the case, then it makes total sense that one of the most iconic heels in professional wrestling history came in the form of “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase. DiBiase is a former WWF …
Read More »Scott Hall – Say Hello to The Bad Guy
Throughout it’s history, professional wrestling has shone a spotlight on some pretty infamous “bad guys” (heels). We’ve seen everything from evil foreigners, to cocky playboys, to corporate sell outs. However, there’s a huge difference between simply being “a bad guy,” and being “The Bad Guy.” “The Bad Guy” is a gold chain wearing, toothpick throwing Cuban, …
Read More »Daniel Bryan, And The YES! Movement
“YES! YES! YES!” It seems like just yesterday when 75,167 wrestling fans inside the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, erupted into cheers as their unlikely hero stood tall holding the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Daniel Bryan was never supposed to be the mega star that he became, don’t ever let anyone try to …
Read More »Batista: WWE World Champion To Guardian Of The Galaxy
Hulk Hogan, Roddy Piper, Jesse “The Body” Ventura, and of course Dwayne “The Rock“ Johnson. That’s just a small list of professional wrestlers who went and tried their hand at becoming a Hollywood star. The first three are Hall of Fame legends, but were never able to truly break into …
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