I haven’t consistently watched wrestling for months. Sure, I got a mild boost of interest after watching the most recent Survivor Series (mostly due to the appearance… Read more “Getting Respect on the Streets: $9.99 for a $0.99 product”
Author: John Bojarski
Getting Respect on the Streets: Night of Champions Quick Quts
We like Night of Champions. Or, we should a little more than we do. A pay-per-view where all of the belts are on the line should qualify… Read more “Getting Respect on the Streets: Night of Champions Quick Quts”
Getting Respect on the Streets: Special Labor Day Edition
In honor of yesterday’s Labor Day holiday, I will pause from wrestling to have a little fun. Take “Weird Al” even further “Weird Al” Yankovic has been… Read more “Getting Respect on the Streets: Special Labor Day Edition”
Getting Respect on the Streets: The Anatomy of a Good Wrestling DVD Release
I own 71 wrestling DVDs. Of those, 42 are WWE releases and 28 are TNA releases. I own zero Ring of Honor DVDs, but I do own… Read more “Getting Respect on the Streets: The Anatomy of a Good Wrestling DVD Release”
Getting Respect on the Streets: Summer Slam quick quts
WWE staged a solid Summer Slam Sunday night. The company’s annual summer classic has no gimmick (like Royal Rumble or Survivor Series), so instead it has to… Read more “Getting Respect on the Streets: Summer Slam quick quts”
Getting Respect on the Streets: Nu Metil 4 Lyfe
More than a decade after it was popular, professional wrestling continues to have a minor obsession with nu metal. At its height, the genre was popular, but… Read more “Getting Respect on the Streets: Nu Metil 4 Lyfe”
Getting Respect on the Streets: The Impact of Impact
TNA Wrestling may be without a home soon. TMZ first reported on Sunday (with multiple wrestling news outlets following) that Spike TV would not be renewing its… Read more “Getting Respect on the Streets: The Impact of Impact”
Getting Respect on the Streets: Everyone know…wants to know, where he’s been
Every Royal Rumble, I look forward to the surprise, novelty entrants. The old guys. Superstars from the past. Paycheck seekers. In recent years, one of the… Read more “Getting Respect on the Streets: Everyone know…wants to know, where he’s been”
Stung by advertising?
So, Sting kind of, sort of made his long awaited debut on WWE Monday Night Raw last night. Only he didn’t. When all of the rumors about… Read more “Stung by advertising?”
Getting Respect on the Streets: So many bookings, so little clothing
Sure, the classic view of wrestlers is that they are not particularly sophisticated or stylish (unless it’s part of a gimmick like Gorgeous George). However, there are… Read more “Getting Respect on the Streets: So many bookings, so little clothing”
The Skeletons of Geauga Lake
Six Flags had a self-destructive streak in the late 1990s and early 2000s. They didn’t know it at the time. However, the brand’s desire to buy up… Read more “The Skeletons of Geauga Lake”
Getting Respect on the Streets: Destiny Denied
On the evening of Aug. 20, 2010, a WWE employee accidentally left a message to an editor/supervisor on the top of the official biography for Alberto Del… Read more “Getting Respect on the Streets: Destiny Denied”
Getting Respect on the Streets: Keep rollin’, rollin, rollin’, rollin’ (towards Death Valley)
The arena darkens, the bell tolls and the creepy tones of a song that appears to be based off of Chopin’s “Funeral March” begins to play. When… Read more “Getting Respect on the Streets: Keep rollin’, rollin, rollin’, rollin’ (towards Death Valley)”
Six Sides of Ring
Well, the fans of TNA have voted and they say six is greater than four, showing a superior grasp of mathematics. TNA on Monday announced that, after… Read more “Six Sides of Ring”
If you close your eyes … you’ll likely forget this music (but you shouldn’t)
Everyone loves Stone Cold Steve Austin’s entrance music. Everyone loves the NWO theme song (and the near note for note ripoff that is Hulk Hogan’s TNA entrance… Read more “If you close your eyes … you’ll likely forget this music (but you shouldn’t)”