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Paul Heyman – Genius…Or Just Clever?

  In 2004 while a guest on Canadian talk show Off The Record Vince McMahon was asked by host Michael Landsberg about Paul Heyman and Vince replied that Heyman was clever. When Landsberg pressed McMahon that perhaps Heyman was smarter than that Vince just subtlety smiled and repeated “clever”
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on October 7, 2012

Addie’s Summerslam 2012 Preview

It’s that time of year again. It’s time for Jeremy Piven’s favorite WWE Pay Per View, Summerfest….er Slam. This year is the 25th anniversary of Summerslam and I had high hopes for WWE’s third biggest event of the year, largely because of Brock Lesnar. Even after his return at Wrestlemania I didn’t know who he was facing […]
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Comparing WWE 2012 to WWF 1995

Recently on our We Talk Wrestling podcast I compared TNA Impact of 2012 to the early days of WCW Monday Nitro. I did this to point out that, while there were no breakout angles, Nitro felt like a fresh alternative show to the stagnant Monday Night RAW. Fast forward 17 years later and Impact is […]
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Undertaker vs ??? at Wrestlemania 29

        by Stephen Ajamie Forget about Money in the Bank. Forget about AJ and who she ends up with. Forget about RAW 1000. Forget about Kharma and her status with the company. What we really care about is who the Undertaker faces at Wrestlemania and whether the streak should end. I’ve been […]
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Making the WWE Titles Mean Something

I’ll admit it, it’s been bothering me. For years I was able to rattle off the history of every WWF title belt starting from the early 1980’s. Things began to be more difficult in the Attitude Era, due to a combination of more championships being introduced and “Crash TV”, which changed the title like a […]
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Why Ryback Seems Unlikely To Be The Next Goldberg

                A few weeks back after the debut of Ryback I joked that he was Brock Lesnar, and I wasn’t too far off.   As Addie and I sat watching Extreme Rules Ryback made his way down to the ring in an unadvertised match against two jobbers and […]
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