Violent People

1983: “Forever! And Ever!”

Written by Ian Douglass, author of A Decided Novelty: The Essential Guide to Black Pro Wrestling History, 1880–1950. Part of Violent People’s FUNKIN’ FALL series: View the full index. By the time 1983 rolled around, the retirement of former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Terry Funk that had been teased for nearly three full years was […]

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1981: An Audience of None

Written by Jon Langmead, Author of Ballyhoo!: The Roughhousers, Con Artists, and Wildmen Who Invented Professional Wrestling Part of Violent People’s FUNKIN’ FALL series: View the full index. At the start of 1981, the days were already numbered for what we’ve come to call the territory era of professional wrestling. Just a decade earlier the […]

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1979: Funky II

Part of Violent People’s FUNKIN’ FALL series: View the full index. Now, you’re probably wondering how a piece like this even comes together, especially considering that Terry Funk has literally 0 to do with the Rocky franchise. Well, I stumbled upon this segment from a 1979 episode of The Mike Douglas Show featuring both Terry […]

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World’s Most Dangerous Retrospective: Ken Shamrock vs. Don Frye (PRIDE FC 2/24/02)

World’s Most Dangerous Retrospective is a review series from three of the founders of Violent People reviewing the matches (and fights) of Ken Shamrock. A not so elegant ripoff of Segunda Caida’s Complete & Accurate series. Matches will be rated as either SOFT or HARD. Pride 19Saitama Super ArenaSaitama, Japan Sam Was PRIDE fixed? Ken […]

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Sasha Banks (Part 1)

This week on the Patron Saints of Sick Sons of Bitches, Orchid and Colette have a dream they had it made and now there’s nothing dragging them down, as they tackle the WWE career of Sasha Banks, the artist currently known as Mercedes Moné. From her brief run on the indies to her ascent in […]

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