Commentary Predictions

Federation Update (9.1.08)

Due to a wild vacation weekend, I’m doing my Federation Update a hair late. I know, quite the crisis. But as I learned from Lisa Simpson, the Chinese use the same character to express both ‘crisis’ and ‘opportunity’. As such, I’m turning this crisitunity into a new schedule. Until further notice, I’ll be writing a WWE update every Monday after [Read More]

Commentary

Federation Update (8.25.08)

Hello Imaginary Readers, Darrell here again, writing his first post since the great Summerslam update of ’08. Vince always gives us a lot of wrestling every week, so I’ll just comment on the broadstrokes. I’m also writing under the assumption that you’ve seen the broadcast already. If you want Soap Opera Digest, go to any other site that gives you [Read More]

Nostalgia

Who is The Shockmaster?

The year was 1993. Bret “Hitman” Hart was on the verge of his first WWF World Heavyweight Championship as Sting battled the likes of Big Van Vader in WCW. Professional wrestling sought to find its identity after the Hulk Hogan era had slowed down and popular interest waned. Both brands inevitably decided that they needed to broaden their demographics, and [Read More]

Commentary

Summerslam 2008

Hello, dear readers; welcome to The Steel Cage, the web’s newest and most exciting wrestling blog. I could go on about the site’s purpose, our vision, and how we will one day put every other wrestling-related website to shame, but there is important business to attend to: Summerslam. So without further ado, let us begin The Steel Cage’s inaugural PPV [Read More]