January 4th 1999. It was a day that changed everything in the world of wrestling. Well, that's what you've been told. January 4th 1999 was the night RAW put the WWE World Title belt on one of the unlikeliest wrestlers to ever put the World Title on (according to Wrestling With Wregret’s Top 8 Unlikely World Champions video on YouTube) and Eric Bischoff decided to use the fact Mick Foley had actually beat The Rock for the title on the 29th December when the 4/1/99 edition was

Today we are contrasting the greatest rivalry in North America with the greatest rivalry of all time. That being WCW's 1989 Steamboat/Flair trilogy with NJPW's 2017/18 Omega/Okada series. In the following graphics and charts you will find an embarrassment of riches in comparative data. The 3 match series from 1989 is almost 2 hours less in the ring than the late 2010s genre bending entry, that one benefiting from having an extra match. That being said, the average length o

Pro-wrestling is show business. To be successful an organization must find balance between the two. ECW put on great shows, but the business side was so bad that checks would bounce. Contemporary WWE is currently recording record profits, but the creative side is certainly lacking. Lucha Underground came up with some unique storylines, but their treatment of talent was some of the worst in recent memory (to the point that talent had to sue to get out of their terrible contrac

Wrestling's Greatest Rivalries #3 Ricky Steamboat vs Ric Flair I watched this series of matches the day after Fastlane 2021, when those of us in the UK would be able to watch an American wrestling PPV at a reasonable hour, instead of Fastlane. Well I don't tend to watch WWE PPVs these days, but you get the idea, I made an excellent decision. This series of matches underlined exactly why I don't watch WWE anymore. I'm very into now watching Funk vs Flair and nowhere near in

This match took place in WCW on 20th February, 1989. It was the first of the three matches that made up their now legendary trilogy as they fought over the NWA Championship. This match was presented as working class hero, Steamboat versus entitled private school educated elite, Ric Flair. This match is an entertaining bout that shows of great wrestling from a different time in the industry. Dave Meltzer rated it as a five star match and Grappl users have rated it as 4.8