Superstar’s Going To Wrestlemania
By Mike Mooneyham Feb. 29, 2004 It’s been a long journey, but Superstar Billy Graham’s going to Wrestlemania. The 60-year-old Graham, prototype for such stars as Jesse Ventura and Hulk Hogan, is being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame at pro wrestling’s biggest event of the year. Graham, who held the company’s world heavyweight [...]
Wrestlemania XX Taking Shape
By Mike Mooneyham Feb. 22, 2004 Only three weeks away from World Wrestling Entertainment’s biggest event of the year, little has been officially announced concerning a lineup for Wrestlemania XX at Madison Square Garden, the venue where the legendary event began March 31, 1985. That should change in the next week, however, when most of [...]
Guerrero Steps Into Spotlight
By Mike Mooneyham Feb. 15, 2004 Eddy Guerrero, quite possibly the most underrated performer in World Wrestling Entertainment, is finally getting his well-deserved shot at the brass ring. His showdown with WWE Smackdown champ Brock Lesnar at tonight’s No Way Out pay-per-view should be the match that puts him over the top. With WWE already [...]
Bruno Sours On Business
An article by Mike Mooneyham Bruno Sammartino once had a passion for the wrestling profession. It’s now a business, however, the mat icon wants no part of. Sammartino, a former WWWF (World Wide Wrestling Federation) champion who was one of the biggest draws in wrestling throughout most of the ’60s and ’70s, looked on with [...]
Mid-Atlantic Reunion A Success
By Mike Mooneyham Feb. 8, 2004 Last weekend’s Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Legends Convention and Fanfest was deemed a huge success by most who attended. A tribute to a territory that was considered among the very best in the country, the event featured more than three dozen greats from that era. While most of the stars still [...]
Vince, Costas On The Mend
By Mike Mooneyham Feb. 1, 2004 William Shakespeare said it best when he wrote the lines, “All the world is a stage, and we are all merely actors.” Enter, stage left, Vince McMahon and Bob Costas. Costas, the popular sportscaster whose relentless grilling of McMahon led to some tense moments on two HBO “On The [...]