Mat Monsters: Frankenstein’s Monster
Over the last few months, I’ve shared the legends of the squared circle’s Leatherfaces, an ersatz Freddy Krueger and more mummies than you can shake a snake covered stick at. Now, we’ve arrived at Mary Shelley’s creation — bet he uses a lot of Gold Bond Powder! As always, when wondering, “Where has a monster […]
Mat Monsters: Mummies part 3
Over two installments, we’ve covered the world of wrestling mummies. But now, we’re heading to Knoxville, TN for what I believe is the greatest of them all — Prince Kharis! In the mid 90s, Jim Cornette ran a group called Smoky Mountain Wrestling, which presented “professional wrestling the way it used to be and the way […]
Mat Monsters: Mummies part 2
In our first mummy-centric installment, we covered the Mummies of the American South and West, as well as Argentina’s famous La Mumia. We’re not done yet! There are literally miles and miles of bandages covering tons and tons of the shambling and fighting Egyptian undead! Lucha mummies, Mexico, various If you aren’t familiar with Mexican […]
Mat Monsters: Mummies part 1
Across the world, monsters have made their eerie presence known in nearly every promotion, from Mexico’s La Gronda and Monsther to Japan’s Survival Tobita’s battles against creatures such as Ape Virgon, Automatic Warrior and Mokujin Ken (“Ken the Box”). For the first of two entries, we’ll concentrate on the bandage and dust covered mummies of […]
Mat Monsters: Nightmare Freddy
From Argentina’s La Mumia to the real Chucky showing up in WCW to feud with Rick Steiner (oh man, wait until we get to that one), monsters and pro wrestling often go claw in hand. This episode, we’ll delve into the Bastard Son of 1,000 Copyright Infringement Lawsuits, Nightmare Freddy. Portrayed by Doug Gilbert, son […]
Mat Monsters: Leatherface/Super Leather
On Wednesday, August 17, 2023, Jeff Jarrett and Jeff Hardy wrestled in a Texas Chainsaw Massacre Match, which saw Karen Jarrett, Matt Hardy, Brother Zay, Sahtnam Singh, and Ethan Page all interfere and the Jarretts get covered in blood. Leatherface even made an appearance at the end of the match and Jarrett won a title […]
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