Subject: Professional Wrestling

• Some Candy Talking

  June 22, 2006

• Death of a Wrestler

  June 29, 2007

• Concert Review: Murs at the Record Bar

  Murs November 21, 2008 The Record Bar Better Than: Finding out you're adopted By JORDAN EDWARDS Murs (aka Nick Carter) has spent the last decade drifting around the West Coast hip-hop wasteland without much love from the mainstream. The Ryan Adams of rap, he's pumped out eight studio albums and several collaborations since 1997. But the 30-year-old Angelino recently signed to Warner Bros., so it's time to get serious. Goofball guests like Shock G and pro wrestler John Cena have been brushed asi

  November 24, 2008

• Owen Hart's widow talks about the anniversary of the pro wrestler's death

  Owen HartMay 23 will mark the 10th anniversary of pro wrestler Owen Hart's death. Hart died in the ring during a WWE pay-per-view event in Kansas City at Kemper Arena. He plunged 78 feet after the quick-release mechanism opened as he was being used lowered from a catwalk into the ring. The Calgary Sun talked with Martha Hart, Owen Hart's widow, about the anniversary of her husband's death, raising her and Owen's two children and starting the Owen Hart Foundation.Martha Hart told The Sun:"It's in

  February 24, 2009

• WWE Raw live tonight at the Sprint Center

  WWEMickie James cheers for MizzouThis seems to be the best time to share the above photo of former WWE women's champion Mickie James wearing a Missouri Tigers basketball jersey. Professional wrestling's biggest weekly television show, WWE's Monday Night Raw, broadcasts live from the Sprint Center tonight starting at 8 p.m. on USA. Not sure if we'll get to see James in her Mizzou jersey tonight -- there's a few more provocative pics of James in short shorts and booty shots on the WWE's Divas site

  March 23, 2009

• Wrestling fans hate George W. Bush more than the sledgehammer molester

  Kendall and I attended last night's WWE Monday Night Raw show at the Sprint Center, along with Crap Archivist Alan Scherstuhl. I'm an old school fan from the days when Jake "The Snake" Roberts tried to wipe the smirk off "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase's pampered, ugly mug. Hell, I even stuck with them through the Doink the Clown years. And though I admit that recent shows have been less than compelling, any chance to see The Undertaker chokeslam someone must be taken. He is to pain w

  March 24, 2009

• Daily Briefs: Power-bombing journalism through a folding table since 2008

  South by Southwest: Apparently, Johnson County is weathering the economic collapse a little better than Kansas City, Missouri. I'm moving to Overland Park, you guys. I've had it with Hobotown, its frustratingly spotty bus service, budget cuts, shiny prefabricated entertainment district, and punk-ass Child Protective Services department. If that bitch Doreen from CPS don't stop stickin' her nose into my business, one of these days, I'm gonna pop her one right in her smug fat face. She's all, "

  April 6, 2009

• A Real Battle

  May 8, 2008

• Drakkar Sauna pays tribute to troubled men

  May 15, 2008

• Golden Glory

  March 27, 2008

• This week's DVD releases

  December 27, 2007

• A Real Sport

  October 11, 2007

• Juices Flowing

  December 28, 2006

• Rasslin'

  August 11, 2005

• Dance, Dance, Revolution

  Hip-hop, clowns and war dances meet on the street in Rize.

  June 23, 2005

• The Meat Purveyors

  Saturday, August 28, at Davey's Uptown.

  August 26, 2004

• Tall Boy

  In the ring and on the screen, the Rock is Walking like he talks it.

  April 1, 2004

• Turnbuckles and Turntables

  Vince McMahon pile-drives the music industry with WWE Originals.

  February 19, 2004

• Truth Or Derek

  "Dangerous Derek McQuinn sold his soul for a piece of the gold exchange.

  November 7, 2002

• Keep It Surreal

  cLOUDDEAD's trippy hip-hop pushes rap's limits.

  June 13, 2002

• Ready to Rumble

  April 13, 2000

• Beyond the Mat

  March 23, 2000

• Pro wrestling (documentary) returns to Memorial Hall Thursday night

  Harley RaceThe Kansas City FilmFest starts today at AMC's new Mainstreet Theatre but the film I want to see isn't showing at the festival. It'll debut Thursday night (April 23) at 7 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. Metro Sports' Chris Gough will unveil his pro wrestling documentary, K.C. On The Mat: The History of Professional Wrestling in Kansas City."Thursday nights is when they ran the actual cards back in the day in Kansas City inside Memorial Hall," Gough tells The Pitch, "so this w

  April 22, 2009

• Dr. Doughnut and Mr. Referee

  It's a safe bet that John Cone is the only person in the country (possibly the world) who could put on his business card the dual title of doughnut store owner and wrestling referee. For the past 10 years, Cone and his wife have been the proprietors of the North Kansas City Donut King and for the past three years he has also traveled more miles than he can count referring WWE matches.It's a double life of working the night shift at the store one week and appearing in front of more than 10,000 pe

  June 8, 2009

• WTF? Gwar's Urungus Defeats Tracy Smothers

  Let me attempt to explain this as best I can, because I follow professional wrestling, and something like this is beyond even my ability to rationalize. First off, Tracy Smothers is a real professional wrestler, and is probably best known for holding the ECW tag titles with Little Guido. Urungus is best known for fronting GWAR and violently dismembering audience members. In an event asinine yet sublime, GWAR lead singer Oderus Urungus has claimed victory over world-famous wrestler Tracy Smother

  July 2, 2009

• Incoming: Robot Chicken On Wheels, August 6

  Despite the fact that the show's started to drag in recent memory (season 3 has not gotten nearly the time in my DVD player as 1 and 2), Robot Chicken is still a pretty stellar part of the the [adult swim] lineup. And, on August 6, you can meet the show's creators in Kansas City--ON WHEELS! Adult Swim Presents Robot Chicken On Wheels '09 hits River Roll Skate Center in Riverside on August 6 from 8-11pm. You'll be able to skate with show creators Seth Green, Breckin Meyer, and Matt Senreich, as

  July 23, 2009

• Cultural Analyses: The Misfits as Jersey Icons; Bruno as WWE

  These are the two best analyses of popular culture you will read this week--possibly this month, possibly this year. Idolator writer Jess Harvell recently responded to an article in The Guardian by Alan McGee entitled "Why Bon Jovi are mythic New Jersey artists." The final line of McGee's editorial is this: "Bon Jovi are easily one of the three creators who have made New Jersey a place of inspiration, creation and expression for those seeking universal salvation and hope." ​The other two a

  July 29, 2009

• WWE SmackDown at Sprint Center tonight

  ​CM Punk doesn't smoke, drink or do drugs. He's straight edge (even has a Pepsi logo tattooed on his shoulder). Of course, in the world of WWE, he's the bad guy. Punk is chasing World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy. It's a natural feud since Hardy has twice violated the WWE's "wellness policy" (three strikes and Vince McMahon growls, "You're fired," for real). Punk and Hardy will rassle Sunday in a "tables, ladders and chairs" match at SummerSlam. But tonight, at the Sprint Center, Punk teams

  August 18, 2009

• SmackDown spoilers from KC: George W. Bush is still the biggest heel in wrestling

  ​ Smarmy straight-edge CM Punk couldn't elicit as much hatred as a video of President George W. Bush (although a couple of guys loudly clapped at his cameo on the Titan Tron) even as he berated the crowd, calling them a bunch of boozing, pill-popping smokers at last night's Friday Night SmackDown TV taping. Peter Rugg pointed this out in March after seeing Monday Night Raw, and the reaction was pretty much the same. Kansas Citians hold a grudge.

  August 19, 2009

• Retired KC Chief Turley donating brain to research

  Kyle Turley​A month ago, three NFL players became the first active players to donate their brains and spinal cord tissue to Boston University's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, a collaboration of the Sports Legacy Institute and BU's medical school to study the effects of repeated concussions. Baltimore Ravens center Matt Birk, Seattle Seahawks linebacker Lofa Tatupu and Arizona Cardinals receiver Sean Morey all promised their brains and spinal cord tissue to the center after t

  October 15, 2009

• WWE pay-per-view coming to Sprint Center

  John Cena​The Sprint Center hosted a live broadcast of World Wrestling Entertainment's Monday Night Raw and a taped-for-television SmackDown event in 2009. 2010 may be even better for Kansas City wrestling fans. WWE has tentatively scheduled a pay-per-view event for July 18 at the Sprint Center. If memory serves, the last WWE pay-per-view event in Kansas City was 2007's New Year's Revolution at Kemper Arena.Nothing is set in stone, and tickets are not on sale yet. But Wikipedia lists the name

  November 9, 2009