Monthly Archives: March 2010

"Hartfelt" Goodbyes Dominate RAW

If you weren’t moved by Monday’s edition of RAW, then you are most likely a heartless and inantimate piece of machinery whose crying mechanism has been permanently disabled.  For the rest of us humanoids, the centerpiece of RAW was Shawn … Continue reading

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Hit and Misses (Mostly Hits) from Wrestlemania 26

As our final tribute to “Mr. Baseball” Bob Uecker this Wrestlemania season, we’ve decided to present our recap of last night’s action in baseball terms.  We promise this will be our last tribute blog to the Uke … until SummerSlam anyway. Grand slam: “The … Continue reading

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Wrestlemania 26 Recap

Wrestlemania 26 was definitely one for the history books.  Our first impression of the event now that it just ended, is that it will secure its rightful place as one of the 10 best Wrestlemanias of all time.  We will … Continue reading

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Our Wrestlemania 26 Predictions

If the road to Wrestlemania was actually a road, and we were all driving that same road together, we’d be nearing the off ramp.  In just a few hours the 26th installment of WWE’s biggest (and most expensive) show of … Continue reading

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Our Thoughts on Bob Uecker Entering the Hall

We still can’t stress enough how thrilled we are with “Mr. Baseball” Bob Uecker’s impending induction into the WWE Hall of Fame.  For any younger readers of the Lateral Press, we strongly urge you to watch Uecker’s performances at Wrestlemanias … Continue reading

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RAW Goes Home to Wrestlemania

The go home show for a major pay-per-view is like the concluding paragraph of a high school research paper: restate your main point, offer no new information, and drive home hard the central argument… Now, if all research papers featured … Continue reading

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TNA iMPACT "Makes a Change"

About two minutes before iMPACT started, a brief commercial ran promising that one legendary TNA performer would be gone by the end of the night.  Images of A.J. Styles, Ric Flair, Kurt Angle, Jeff Jarrett, and Mick Foley flashed on … Continue reading

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RIP "Baron" Mikel Scicluna

The Lateral Press has just received word of the death of WWE Hall of Famer “Baron” Mikel Scicluna.  He was 80 years old.  Scicluna was a mainstay of the former WWWF and once held both the U.S. and World Tag Team titles … Continue reading

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Monday Night RAW's San Diego Screw Job … of Sorts

Okay, so Monday’s edition of RAW wasn’t a full-on screw job; it was more along the lines of a predictable ruse leading to Wrestlemania 26.  It is still very surreal seeing Vince McMahon and Bret Hart in the same ring … Continue reading

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TNA Wars and Jeff Hardy Soars on iMPACT

For its second offensive strike in the new Monday Night War, TNA put forth a solid edition of iMPACT.  Compared with the March 8th episode there were fewer surprises and monumental moments on the show.  There was, however, an air … Continue reading

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