Showing posts with label Wrestling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wrestling. Show all posts
Sunday, October 29, 2017

Screengrab Theatre #3: A main event in any arena in the country

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Thanks to the CWF Archives YouTube channel for posting all kinds of great Florida wrestling content, including a 1984 episode with this barn...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Cultureshark Remembers...Ivan Koloff and George Steele

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Two famous former professional wrestlers passed away last week within a day of each other, and while it may seem like I'm straining to c...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

Cultureshark Remembers: Year-End Edition (Part III)

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Continuing our look at the notable deaths in 2016 with a recommendation/video for each one: JULY Michael Cimino: The Deer Hunter I nev...
Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Cultureshark Remembers: Year-End Edition (Part II)

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Continuing our look at the notable deaths of 2016, with a recommendation of something to check out, or maybe just an embedded video, to reme...
Monday, July 18, 2016

Brooks on Books: Filmish

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"Filmish: A Graphic Journey Through Film" by Edward Ross is an amazing read. The Scottish writer/artist uses a graphical storytell...
Saturday, November 21, 2015

Cultureshark Remembers...Nick Bockwinkel

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Former American Wrestling Association World Heavyweight champ Nick Bockwinkel passed away last week at the age of 80. If you'd like to l...
Sunday, June 14, 2015

5Q Movie Review: "The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age Smackdown"

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Q: Is this just for kids, or can grown-ups enjoy it, too? A: Well, I'm a grown-up--more or less--and I enjoyed it! I haven't shared...
Thursday, June 11, 2015

Cultureshark Remembers Dusty Rhodes

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R.I.P. Dusty Rhodes, "The American Dream," one of pro wrestling's true immortals who somehow died today at only 69 years old. ...
Monday, March 3, 2014

WWE Network: Great idea, but is it great now?

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The free trial period of the brand-new "over-the-top" WWE Network (that is, not on cable or satellite, but available online and th...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Cultureshark Cares

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Last week, a judge ruled in favor of Hulk Hogan in his continuing legal efforts to get Gawker and its properties to remove the sex tape foot...
Friday, August 26, 2011

Vault of Coolness: You call that a "Wrestling Album"?

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I'm STILL disappointed to see this ad and realize it's promoting a book of photographs and not a record album: Of course we kno...
Saturday, July 23, 2011

This week in Netflix Instant Watching

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I'll spare you an extended rant about the announced price increase Netflix is inflicting on us in September. The hike is galling consid...
Saturday, July 16, 2011

Pro wrestling: The intersection of absurdity and tragedy

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The world of professional wrestling is often as sleazy and ridiculous as just about any realm of entertainment around, but this story, which...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Cultureshark Remembers Randy Savage

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R.I.P. Randy "Macho Man" Savage, dead at 58 after reportedly suffering a fatal heart attack then crashing his car. Savage is one o...
Monday, February 21, 2011

The Rock says...why can't anyone find me a better movie?

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Last week, The Rock made a triumphant return to WWE's flagship program, "Monday Night Raw," and raised the buzz to a level n...
Friday, April 10, 2009

Rhetorical Pop Quiz

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While watching some WWE 24/7 this week, I formulated this question: Which of these 1980s icons consumed the most, uh, "marching powder...
Saturday, March 21, 2009

Vault of Coolness: C&W=Country and...Wrestling?

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I love random or incongruous giveaways and premiums, and this offer (from the same 1971 "Wrestling Revue" I showed a few weekends ...
Sunday, March 8, 2009

Vault of Coolness: Wrestling Revue

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Welcome to "Vault of Coolness," the newest ongoing feature on the blog, in which I trot out material from the deep archives at Cul...
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Sunday, December 14, 2008

The day I lost my WWF innocence

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This month, WWE 24/7 is bringing back some memories by running two of its pay-per-view events from 1991: Survivor Series and This Tuesday in...
Sunday, November 2, 2008

Cultureshark Remembers S.D. Jones

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Longtime WWF performer S.D. Jones died recently, and though he was a forgotten man in recent years, he received tons of exposure from being ...