Author: Dr. Steroids

Professional wrestling in the United States began around the turn of the century. It continued on throughout the early part of the twentieth century even enduring through the Great Depression. It saw its ups and downs, especially during the latter part of this century. Pro wrestling hit the height of its poularity in the early eighties. Let’s take a look at some of the figures that helped this industry. Andre the Giant: When one thinks of past greats in American professional wrestling, one can not help but think of Andre the Giant. Even though this man who stood a towering…

Literally translated from the Spanish, “lucha libre,” means free wrestling. This is a sort of freestyle wrestling which allows competitors to develop his own moves with nothing being out-of-bounds. Thus the high risk and high-flying style has formed because the competitor is not confined to simply mat techniques. Speed and innovation are the key to survive in this world. As WCW fans may notice, many of the Mexican wrestlers, or “luchadores” (Spanish for wrestlers), wear masks which are an important part of the Lucha Libre tradition. Anyone familiar with Mexican culture knows that spectacle is important to any event. This…

“How come you don’t write about woman’s soccer Joe? You know the world cup and all that?” Fair question, I’m thinking. The truth is I don’t know a great deal about the woman’s game, in terms of personalities and history or standings and so on. Oh sure, I’ve known about Mia Hamm for years – well hasn’t everybody that watches any television or reads any magazine? But I can’t name two other players on the US team. Maybe two Canadians, if I tried. And you know I don’t know any of the Nigerians either. OK, I don’t know one other…

The country that lies north of the United States is home to not only vast forests and crystal clear lakes but also acts as a breeding ground for some of the greatest wrestlers. Canada is the birthplace of many wrestling greats past, present, and future. These wrestlers are predominantly mat technicians specializing in submission holds. Let’s examine this Canadian tradition in today’s world of professional wrestling. PAST: Owen Hart now sadly tops the list of past Canadian wrestling stars. Hart died last month in a freak accident at the pay-per-view in Kansas City, Missouri. Owen was a great performer. He…

We’re in the middle of the silly season, when real people take a break from soccer and clubs spend record amounts of cash moving players around in the eternal rebuilding process. But “silly” doesn’t quite describe this particular close season. Witless, fatuous and senseless spring to mind when we take a look at recent moves in the transfer market. It’s hard for ordinary folk to understand for example, Arsenal turning down 21 million pounds sterling from Lazio for Nickolas Anelka. This makes Michael Jordan’s salary look like peanuts and Anelka is only 20 years old. It’s also 42 times what…

What does an employment action group have to with soccer? I hear you ask. “You could do an article on cleats,” said Teresa. “I’ve always wanted to know the difference between men and women” (cleats). Although I agreed with her in principle and her dulcet tone made the proposition more attractive, I squirmed inwardly at the thought of examining all those feet, fresh with the scent of battle. Knowing the socks I’ve played soccer with, you will appreciate my deliberately not attaching any graphic at this point. Then again, some feet could no doubt be pleasantly explored and suitably tested…

And then there was none. Four days, two more trophies for Manchester United. The impossible treble is possible. The impossible is now. The greatest night in the history of the most famous club in the world. And Matt Busby’s birthday to boot. It just seemed like history all year long. Remember that I told you on the suite that United would go all the way back in December – see Will the Reds sing the Blues – but little did I think that Utd would not be beaten in any competition from that date to the end of the season.…

It’s one down, two to go. The league is in the bag and nobody cares anymore. The question now is can Manchester United win the double and then the treble? You know I don’t mean to belittle the league. It’s the best in the world right now and an awesome achievement. But the possibility of history being made has progressed as far as two games to go. It still looks impossible but anyone can win two games, right? Let’s get to Wembley then.There’s tons of minuets surrounding this game. Newcastle keeper Shay Givens may leave the club after losing his…

It’s come down to the wire and Man United have three games left in this so far so close historic season. A rather unpredictable Tottenham provides the opposition at Old Trafford on Sunday. I thought the choice of Spurs David Ginola as footballer of the year was stretching things somewhat. Yes, he has played well and scored a couple of spectacular goals, and yes he entertains, but footballer of this year he is not. Regardless of my unpaid for opinions, Ginola will not be enough to stop the Red Devils on Sunday and stage one of the celebrations can commence…

So no prizes for guessing I’m at Anfield in the continuing search for the impossible treble. Will Liverpool exact revenge for Manchester United putting them out of the FA Cup a few short months ago. Let’s be honest – United didn’t just put Liverpool out of the cup – they shattered their whole season in the process as reported here at the time on Suite 101. So to put it mildly, the three points were not going to be won easily. A packed house and atmosphere to match the occasion, pun intended. Liverpool got their usual 44,000 crowd in the…