The SmarK RAW Rant – 4/26/99

Like hell I’d pass THIS one up. Live from Hartford, CT Your hosts are Jim Ross & James E. Cornette So we are the night after Backlash 99, as the…

The SmarK Rant for the First Ever WWF Smackdown – 8/26/99

And back to the very first episode of Smackdown we go, although this isn’t the pilot episode where the Corporation merged with the Ministry and all that bullshit.  This would be…

The SmarK RAW Rant – 9/27/98

Might as well cover the other 1998 episode of RAW up on the Network right now. Interestingly, this episode has the chapter marks on the timeline, which the Tyson episode…

The Alternative that Wrestling Needs

In the summer of 2002, TNA—Total Nonstop Action—Wrestling, in association initially with the NWA, launched as the first true North American sports entertainment alternative to WWE since the closures of…

GrappleTalk Rewind – Volume 1

No new Rewind again this week, but UFC 10 WILL be coming next Monday, without fail! Instead enjoy the first trenche of GrappleTalk Rewinds, collected here for the first time…

GrappleTalk Rewind – UFC 9

We watch these shows so you don’t have to. UFC 9 is, hands down, the worst event we’ve watched so far. The tournament is gone, and so is the excitement…

GrappleTalk Rewind – UFC 8

Tommy and Callum are back looking at UFC 8 “David .vs. Goliath”, and the UFC take the metaphor a little too seriously. However a ten minute time limit in the…

GrappleTalk Rewind: The Ultimate Ultimate 95

The one you’ve all been waiting for – four tournament winners, three guys who lost to tournament winners…and Keith Hackney. It’s the Dan Severn show folks, as he does battle…

GrappleTalk Rewind: UFC 6

After a one week hiatus the Rewind is back – but sadly the UFC Gods have conspired to stop us from reviewing UFC 5. Instead, we bring you UFC 6!…

GrappleTalk Podcast – John Morgan & UFC 162 Preview

This week on the GrappleTalk podcast Callum is joined by John Morgan of MMAJunkie.com to look ahead to UFC 162, giving you a full preview. They also talk about the…