WWF Superstars. October 30, 1993. Over twenty years ago now, but that date sticks out in the mind of this wrestling nerd. And like so many of my most vivid…
Category: The Best of PTBN
Hard-Traveling Fanboys: GIANT-SIZE (The Death of Superman)
Mild-mannered reporters by day, Greg Phillips and Nick Duke share an intense love of comic books that has made them the Hard-Traveling Fanboys. Some events, however, call for more than…
Wrestling With the Past #6: 1991 Year in Review
Will & Charles are joined by Childs Walker to discuss 1991. First, we’ll pay a visit to Memphis where we see the emergence of JC Ice, the Texas vs. Tennessee…
Parv’s Guide to Bob Dylan’s Albums
Last time, I talked you through the albums of David Bowie. As I mentioned in that article, once I “got” him, Dylan essentially displaced Bowie as the key love in…
Wrestling With the Past Episode #3: Celebrating Bret Hart
Will and Charles are joined by members of www.prowrestlingonly.com to discuss the career and legacy of Bret Hart. We take a brief look at his early days traveling the globe,…
An Ode to Mid-South Wrestling
As its DVD is released, a Louisiana native looks back on the promotion that helped shape his love of wrestling It was early 1997 and pro wrestling programming at the…
Oh the People You’ll Meet: IWC Edition
March 20, 1984. That’s when it started for me. It started for my dad many years earlier, well before I was born. Heck, I wasn’t even five years old when…
Prime Time Player: Darren Young Comes Out
WWE performer Darren Young’s decision to informally come out to a TMZ reporter this week has sparked some minor national attention. Surely, this occasion is not as monumental in terms…
A Look Back at 24: Ranking the Seasons
The following article takes place between the moment you start to read it and the moment you finish. Words are read in real time. Tick….tick….tick….tick….tickticktickticktick….. “Jack is back! Yes!” Those…
