Flair: Wahoo Will Always Be A Legend
By Mike Mooneyham April 28, 2002 Few wrestlers knew Wahoo McDaniel better than 16-time world champion Ric Flair. The two worked against each other more than 1,200 times, and Flair estimates that he took thousands of Wahoo’s trademark tomahawk chops during the course of their classic rivalry, which spanned from 1974 until the late 80s. [...]
Tomahawk Chops and Sledgehammer Blows
By Mike Mooneyham April 28, 2002 “There’s only one Wahoo.” I first penned those words 20 years ago in a front-page piece I did on one of professional sports’ most colorful and enduring characters. I repeated the same line 18 years later when I introduced him at a local wrestling show where he was making [...]
Hulkamania Is Back: But For How Long?
By Mike Mooneyham April 21, 2002 Vince McMahon said it was dead eight years ago when Hulk Hogan took the money and ran with Ted Turner’s WCW. Vince Russo officially proclaimed its demise nearly two years ago when he verbally assassinated the aging superstar during a pay-per-view in Florida. And when McMahon bought out the [...]
Mat Legend Wahoo McDaniel Dies
mcd By Mike Mooneyham April 20, 2002 Wahoo McDaniel, who parlayed a successful professional football career into a more lucrative one in the world of pro wrestling that lasted three decades, passed away at the age of 63 Thursday night in Houston. McDaniel, simply known as “Wahoo” to a generation of fans, died 10 days [...]
Charles And Amy: A Match Made In Heaven
By Mike Mooneyham April 14, 2002 It was the hardest thing he ever had to do, but last Sunday night Charles Robinson told wife Amy it was OK to let go, that she didn’t have to fight anymore. Nothing short of death could have ever made him utter those painful words. Amy, at the tender [...]
‘New’ WWF Shows Get Mixed Reviews
By Mike Mooneyham April 6, 2002 Week one of the new Raw and Smackdown formats is in the books, and early reaction to the WWF’s “brand extension” has been a mixed bag. A number of viewers called in to praise the slick new look for both shows, while others expressed concern over the division of [...]