Wrestle Respawn – Some Of Mike’s Favourite Royal Rumble MatchesMichael FitzgeraldFebruary 4, 2022February 4, 2022 by Michael FitzgeraldFebruary 4, 2022February 4, 2022 Last weekend WWE held its most recent Royal Rumble event to middling reviews for the most part. I don’t really follow WWE’s product on a...
Wrestle Respawn – Five Great WWE European Title BoutsMichael FitzgeraldApril 17, 2021April 20, 2021 by Michael FitzgeraldApril 17, 2021April 20, 2021 I thought I’d do something a bit different this week as Ridge Racer Month ended up being quite a draining experience (Though hopefully a rewarding...
Retro Respawn – WWF War ZoneMichael FitzgeraldSeptember 30, 2020 by Michael FitzgeraldSeptember 30, 2020 WWF War Zone straddles the line between wrestling game and fighting game. Its list of button inputs to pull off simple moves, like DDTs, can...
Retro Respawn – WWF SmackDown!Michael FitzgeraldMarch 24, 2020 by Michael FitzgeraldMarch 24, 2020 Released in the spring of 2000 by THQ and developed by Yuke’s, WWF SmackDown! is in a small category of decent WWF games for the...
Retro Respawn – WWF WrestleFestMichael FitzgeraldAugust 13, 2019 by Michael FitzgeraldAugust 13, 2019 This week we’ll be looking at one of my favourite arcade games in the form of WWF WrestleFest! Released by Technōs Japan in 1991, WWF...
Retro Respawn: WWF Super WrestleManiaMichael FitzgeraldMarch 27, 2019 by Michael FitzgeraldMarch 27, 2019 Seeing as we’re only two weeks away from the 2019 edition of WrestleMania, I thought I’d take a look at a game carrying the same...
Retro Wrestle Respawn – WWF Superstars from 21st November 1992Michael FitzgeraldFebruary 5, 2019February 5, 2019 by Michael FitzgeraldFebruary 5, 2019February 5, 2019 Superstars was one of the main WWF television shows prior to the introduction of Monday Night Raw and there have recently been a number of...
Retro Wrestle Respawn – WWF Raw Is War Christmas Eve 2001Michael FitzgeraldDecember 18, 2018December 19, 2018 by Michael FitzgeraldDecember 18, 2018December 19, 2018 Still no internet at my gaff, but I crashed at my parents this weekend and used their internet connection to watch this holiday themed episode...
Retro Wrestle Respawn – WWF Summer Slam 1991Michael FitzgeraldJuly 17, 2018 by Michael FitzgeraldJuly 17, 2018 After spending the last month or so looking at ECW and NWA shows, I decided I would spend a week or two watching some shows...
Retro Wrestle Respawn – WWF Backlash 2000Michael FitzgeraldMay 5, 2018May 8, 2018 by Michael FitzgeraldMay 5, 2018May 8, 2018 So with WWE Backlash 2018 in the books, I decided to go back in time to another Backlash event for this week’s Retro article, that...
Retro Wrestle Respawn – Battle Royal at the Albert HallMichael FitzgeraldMay 1, 2018 by Michael FitzgeraldMay 1, 2018 So with WWE running a show on foreign soil with a battle royal main event last Friday, I decided I’d dip into the vaults for...
Retro Wrestle Respawn – Five of My Favourite Rivalries for Secondary TitlesMichael FitzgeraldOctober 10, 2017October 16, 2017 by Michael FitzgeraldOctober 10, 2017October 16, 2017 As Dusty Rhodes once so succinctly put to Diamond Dallas Page; “If you’re not in this business to be the World Champion, then why are...
Retro Wrestle Respawn – Top Ten Matches Involving Semi-Active WrestlersMichael FitzgeraldAugust 1, 2017 by Michael FitzgeraldAugust 1, 2017 Any dedicated fan of professional wrestling will have some understanding of the grind the average wrestler goes through in the big leagues. On the road...
Retro Wrestle Respawn: The Mabel Trilogy Part One – King of the Ring 1995Michael FitzgeraldMay 16, 2017May 19, 2017 by Michael FitzgeraldMay 16, 2017May 19, 2017 Something new this week, as I take a look at a period in wrestling history and some of the shows that defined it. Specifically, we’re examining the...
Retro Respawn – WWF No MercyMichael FitzgeraldNovember 8, 2016December 13, 2016 by Michael FitzgeraldNovember 8, 2016December 13, 2016 It’s strange that I’m not really sure how to start this article, considering that if you added up all the minutes I’d spent playing video...
Retro Respawn – WWF WrestleMania 2000Michael FitzgeraldOctober 25, 2016 by Michael FitzgeraldOctober 25, 2016 It had to happen. It was inevitable. However, despite the writing being on the wall for a while, it still hurt a lot of WCW...
Rings of Saturn Issue #18: “WWF in Your House” in ONE, TWO, HE GOT HIM! ER, NO, NO, HE DIDN’TMichael FitzgeraldAugust 30, 2016 by Michael FitzgeraldAugust 30, 2016 Longevity. I’m always wary of people who put a lot of importance on it when it comes to video games. I certainly wouldn’t discount it...