Throwing in the Towel: Great Matches of Summerslam (Part One)

Welcome back once more to “Throwing in the Towel”! It’s an exciting time at the moment in the world of wrestling. Not just because the Dead-man is erm, alive once more, and not just because Chris Jericho is wearing pants that reveal his shiny thighs, but because Summerslam, is just around the corner!

Huge Monday news update: Raw tonight, arrests made at Bash PPV, Ross on rumours and much more

- Raw takes place tonight from Mohegan Sun, CT with the fallout from last night’s Great American Bash PPV.
No matches are announced at time of writing, however we should start to get an idea of where creative are taking the brand in the build up to Summerslam.
Based on last night, I think its highly likely [...]

June 23: Steve Austin beat Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts to win the 1996 King of the Ring tournament, going on to cut a post-match promo where he famously told Roberts: “Austin 3:16 says I just whooped your ass.”

RIKISHI TALKS ABOUT NOT WANTING TO TURN HEEL DURING THE STEVE AUSTIN HIT-AND-RUN ANGLE AND HOW TRIPLE H ENDED UP STEALING HIS HEAT

He’s been a Samoan Swat Teamer, a Headshrinker, a Sultan, a Stone Cold Hit-n-Runner, TNA’s Junior, and is currently one of the forces behind New Wrestling Evolution’s huge Ultimate Warrior return.

Tuesday news update: ROH star at Raw, Hogan on CNN, plus Austin, Smackdown vs RAW and more

- The big news coming out of Raw last night - at least online - is not the $1million giveaway, or anything to do with WWE’s Night of Champions PPV. Ring of Honor’s Bryan Danielson worked a dark match prior to Raw last night, beating Lance Cade with his cattle mutilation finisher.
Is Danielson heading to [...]