Wrestling

Once upon a time I bought myself a WWF wrestling magazine. Now before you sarcastically think ‘Whoa nelly, this sounds like an exciting tale right here, lemme grab some popcorn pal!’ let me add that this was the only WWF wrestling magazine I ever bought. From my childhood and teens I had a couple of hundred comics. I had an enviable pile of video game magazines. In my late teens I even had a couple of hidden magazines best not mentioned in these family friendly posts.

But strangely I bought one WWF wrestling magazine…and left it at that. Yes I had more Powerslam and Piledriver mags but given that I was a pretty big wrestling WWF fan back in the day, stopping at just one official WWF wrestling magazine seems a bit odd given my fondness for both grappling and reading. But anyway, one was all I had and I believe now is a good a time as any to reminisce.

So today I’m going to cough up what I remember and hopefully with the help of Google and Archive.org, I’ll be able to track down a scanned copy. And if I can’t solve the mystery by doing that, hopefully someone will come along, read this and solve things in a heartbeat..

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Hello writers, movers and shakers of Awesome Wrestling Federation – it’s me again, your humble CEO Almigo and welcome to our latest dilemma. We’re four weeks away from our yearly wrestling super card Capital Carnage Catastrophe 2024 and every plan we had has gone by the wayside.

Actually truth be told, long term writer and booker ‘Slop Bucket’ Dan Higgens who had been tasked to plan everything has fallen by the wayside. And when I say wayside, I actually mean ravine. Yes alcohol was involved, copious amounts of the most cheap and nasty stuff he could make in his own bathroom. And of course he didn’t write any of his plans down, why should we be so lucky?

So against my better judgement, I am bringing back the suggestion box. This time around I’m hoping we get some credible suggestions to fill our 12 match slots and far less idiotic ideas and death threats. If you have any (good) ideas, please pop them in there so we can try and salvage something here..

Yours, the ever hopeful:

-Almigo

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In the history of the grappling game, there have been good Royal Rumbles and bad ones. But what about The Ultimate Royal Rumble where technology and historical sweat and spandex combine? Join us as we leap forward into the future to cheer on heroes and villains long past, again…

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It’s been a week in our 1996 WCW timeline and this time around it’s all the Horsemen, Sting and Luger’s fractious relationship and a Hogan main event. But will we get to see the Man Zebra and why is the dog on commentary wearing a bomber jacket?

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It’s 1996 and I’m all of 16 years of age, having a punch on with puberty and wondering when exactly the women in my school life will fall for my untamed projecting voice, lack of hair and facial peach fuzz. And while wondering that, I was well and truly deep into the wacky and wild world of World Championship Wrestling.

Fast forward to 2023 with even less up top but a chin stubble that could sand a Sherman tank, I’m curious to find out if I’m still as passionate now as I was back then about World Championship Wrestling. Maybe a deep look back will ignite a lost passion of mine. Or maybe I’ll just laugh at the silliness of it all now that I’ve supposedly grown up. Either way, I’m looking forward to the reminiscing (or cringing.)

Wish me luck, this trip back is going to take a while.

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