After both DMX and Sheek Louch referenced infamous Hall of Fame wrestler Bob Backlund during Ruff Ryders’ “World’s Greatest” comeback track, we were reminded the WWF Superstar-turned-wannabe-politician had actually been referenced more than a few times in rhymes. So, as a treat for our scatterbrained audience, we’ve taken the liberty of compiling quotables from some of Hip-Hop’s elite, speaking on none other than the king of the Crossface Chickenwing himself. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, the WWE finally did it. After spending years trying to recreate the magic of the late-90s Attitude Era, Vince and Co. put together a near-perfect, compelling and unpredictable event. Read the rest of this entry »

Let’s get the sad part out of the way: Macho Man died this morning after suffering a heart attack while driving, first reported by TMZ and confirmed by the Florida Highway Patrol. His truck veered into oncoming traffic and he died from wounds suffered during the car crash. Clown if you want, but I grew up on wrestlers like Macho Man and the news is damn tough to hear. Read the rest of this entry »

Life is easier when you compartmentalize. Keeping things separate keeps them simple. I like my wrestling in one corner and my Hip-Hop wayyyy over there over yonder and across town. When the two meet, it’s never pretty yet people still try to make it work for some reason. The most recent attempt comes from the not-fake-at-all Urban Wrestling Federation. Read the rest of this entry »

After a decent, but somewhat disappointing WrestleMania, the WWE finally gave fans what they wanted. Kinda. After costing John Cena the championship on Sunday, The Rock faced off with the Fruity Pebbles-colored superstar. And as people suspected, the two will face off…one year from now at WrestleMania XXVIII. Read the rest of this entry »

Last night was the WWE’s final big sell before WrestleMania XXVII and it was awesome. The major event of the night was seeing The Rock and John Cena in the ring face to face for the first time ever. Read the rest of this entry »

Last night, TNA Wrestling put the final nail in its coffin by jeopardizing the health of its wrestlers and cheating hundreds of thousands of people out of $35. Tell me if you heard this one before: Jeff Hardy showed up to a pay-per-view totally smashed out of his mind. Read the rest of this entry »

Wow, that was embarrassing. John Cena promised the world that he would deliver the final knockout blow to The Rock on RAW yesterday. Good gracious, he totally tanked. Instead of addressing Rocky in “rap”, Cena said he’d address him in “Hip-Hop”. Read the rest of this entry »

John Cena put forth a valiant effort last week, but this is just getting unfair. The Rock is so far out of John Cena’s league that, at this point, it’s in the WWE’s best interest to make Rocky stop talking until WrestleMania. Read the rest of this entry »

For the past week, the wrestling world has been eagerly awaiting John Cena’s response to The Rock tearing him apart on Monday Night RAW seven days ago. Cena opened this week’s show with his own 10 minutes to go at the People’s Champ. What a lot of people don’t realize is that this feud is a very real one. Read the rest of this entry »

The Rock returning to the WWE has been the OutKast reunion album of wrestling. He’s been gone for seven years and a reappearance has seemed more like wishful thinking than anything else. But last night, wrestling got awesome again. Read the rest of this entry »

Most of you all have heard of WWE wrestling, but some of you have never seen TNA Wrestling. You should consider yourself lucky. Imagine WWE at its corniest and most embarrassing. Then multiply that by how many times Hulk Hogan has stuck a needle in his bum. That’s about right. Read the rest of this entry »

After my top dog bombarded me with trivial unnecessities from the Untold History of the WWE for 15 minutes straight over the phone, I figured I had to check out what he dubbed “the best magazine ever.” One ‘rillo later, I was elongating my raspy dialogue like Randy Savage in agreement. Not only did this Encyclopedia Hitanica of Wrestling bring back great memories, it enlightened me to a few missed moments from periods I was too young to remember. Read the rest of this entry »

Watching the Hulk Hogan family drama unfold over the last couple of years has been difficult to watch, especially for us 80′s babies that grew up on saying our prayers and eating our vitamins. The Hogan family has become a freakshow of incestuous pictures, jail time for Hulk’s son and pictures of a kid half the Hulkster’s age gallivanting around town with Hulk’s wife.

Recently I was reminiscing about how awesome it was to be a Hulk Hogan fan growing up. Looking back on his matches, it’s pretty obvious that Hogan could barely put on a decent headlock as he was one of the worst wrestlers to ever perform once the match started. However, you don’t get to be such a megastar in wrestling without having a few great matches. So TSS is here to rank the top 5 Hulk Hogan matches of all-time.

5. Vs. Andre The Giant At Wreslemania III

This is possibly the biggest moment in wrestling history as Hulk Hogan and Andre The Giant met in front of 93,000 people n the Pontiac Silverdome. Hogan’s career was made the moment he bodyslammed Andre. This is an iconic image. But if you watch the match in its entirety, you’ll see it’s like watching a group of amputees trying to play Red Rover. Neither man was good in the ring and this match was horrendous. However, the big moment and sheer historical important makes this an easy top 5 pick.

4. Vs. Shawn Michaels At Summerslam 2005

In case you didn’t know, Hulk Hogan is an egomaniac that believed his own hype. He used to make power plays to guarantee that Read the rest of this entry »

It’s a great day in America. Obama gave a monumental speech last night in front of Congress while New Orleans streets were flooded with beads and parade floats. And there can only be one reason for the hoopla:

You guessed it folks, it’s the Nature Boy Ric Flair’s 60th Birthday.

While we usually reserve the birthday shoutouts and Stevie song for Crew members, we’re going to make an exception and salute an American Icon that gets mentioned so much on this site that he might as well be honorary Crew.

To celebrate, here are five reasons Ric Flair is the greatest human being to walk the face of the earth.

5. The Flair Flop — Naitch has been Flair floppin’ for nearly 30 years and it never ceases to be hilarious. The premise is simple: man punches flair in the corner and Ric takes about three steps in no particular direction then falls flat on his face. Priceless. Read the rest of this entry »