Superstar Billy Graham Needs Helping Hand
By Mike Mooneyham Dec. 30, 2001 Professional wrestling is not an industry known for paying homage, or even remembering for that matter, the stars of its storied past. All too often, those who paved the way for today’s “superstars” are either neglected or forgotten, discarded like yesterday’s news. Unfortunately, many of those former stars didn’t [...]
WWF To Launch New Year With Bang
By Mike Mooneyham Dec. 23, 2001 The World Wrestling Federation plans to start the new year with a bang as Hunter Hearst Helmsley makes his long-awaited ring return on Jan. 7 at Raw from Madison Square Garden. Triple H has been out of action the better part of 2001 after undergoing major knee surgery and [...]
Turner Move Could Have Mat Implications
By Mike Mooneyham Dec. 16, 2001 World Wrestling Federation owner Vince McMahon realized a longtime goal when he purchased what was left of World Championship Wrestling last March. The company had been mismanaged – both financially and creatively to a staggering degree. But the fact of the matter is that pro wrestling still produced [...]
“Hooker” Heads List Of Mat Books
By Mike Mooneyham Dec. 9, 2001 There is no shortage of pro wrestling books currently on the market, and the list ranges from Hooker, an up-close look at the wrestling business as told by the great Lou Thesz, to a tell-all memoir by blonde bombshell Missy Hyatt. Thesz’s book, Hooker: An Authentic Wrestler’s Adventures Inside [...]
WWF Headed Back Down Raunchy Road
By Mike Mooneyham Dec. 2, 2001 Just when you thought it was safe to watch the WWF again. Three weeks ago it appeared that the federation was coming apart at the seams. A subsequent high-level meeting resulted in a move that should have been made months ago, and that was to bring Ric Flair into [...]