Picking up steam over the course of the early to mid-'90s, ECW grew from an NWA territory to the third-biggest wrestling promotion in the United States. However, it simply wasn't meant to last. For ...

In March 2001, the wrestling world changed forever, when the WWF bought WCW, ending the Monday Night War. With all this new talent at his disposal, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon created the Invasion ...

The kind feedback I received for part 1 and part 2 of this series has been much appreciated. This is a fun but massively time-consuming and difficult undertaking. Summerslam 2001 is in the books and ...

Angles and feuds that never happen are the most intriguing part of professional wrestling. The "what if" factor powers great debate that produces questions that have no answers. One of the most ...

The best thing about Extreme Championship Wrestling during the 1990s and until their final days in 2001 was that they always made it a point to create characters for everybody. Paul Heyman, ECW's man ...

Welcome to my series of revising WWE history. Wrestling pundits often note the Invasion as a failed storyline. It was a very complex angle that was very difficult to pull off given the circumstances.

The WCW/ECW Invasion angle looked good on paper, as somehow WWE seemed to keep both promotion, at least in name only, alive after purchasing them, and could make the acquired talent come over into ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Even if you're not a pro wrestling fanatic, you might be impressed by the insane deal the people behind World Wrestling Entertainment just announced ...

Former WCW and WWE wrestler Tracy Smothers passed away Wednesday at the age of 58. A native of Springfield, Tennessee, Smothers would begin his wrestling career in the early 80's as a part of Florida ...

PWTorch.com states that former "Vice President of WCW Enterprises," Jay Hassman, met with Paul Heyman on Wednesday to discuss either buying into ECW or making an outright purchase. With ECW still ...

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore..." Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" At its core, professional wrestling is about ...

It can be argued that no ECW wrestler looked more out of place on WCW TV than Sandman. He was a beloved ECW figure that was prominently featured in the company in 1992 until he left for WCW in 1999.