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Celebrate Ric Flair’s 65th Birthday With This Two-Hour Collection Of His...
Via WWE On this day, 65 years ago in the glorious city of Memphis by God Tennessee, Richard Morgan Fliehr was born and along with him the future of professional wrestling. At the age of 23, he’d adopt...
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Gallery 1988's Black Velvet Wrestling Portraits Are Absolute Masterpieces
Via Jensen Karp When he’s not making Chet Haze look like an even bigger idiot on Twitter, Jensen Karp is the owner of the wonderful Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles, which has been the location of some of...
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A Very Scientific Ranking Of The 29 Worst Celebrity Guests In WrestleMania...
Tim Taylor’s kids got really weird looking in the later seasons. Last week we kicked off our totally unnecessary, subjective coverage of WrestleMania XXX with a very scientific ranking of all 29...
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A Very Scientific Ranking Of All 21 Of The Undertaker's Matches In The Streak
Little known fact: The Undertaker is undefeated at WrestleMania. Okay, most known fact, but still, the guy has won 21 matches at WrestleMania and lost zero, so today’s very scientific pro wrestling...
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A Former Pro Wrestler Just Won $2.3 Million Because Abdullah The Butcher Bled...
Via YouTube If you’ve ever seen WWE Hall of Famer Abdullah The Butcher wrestle, you’ll know his act is about 70% “stabbing you in the face with a fork,” followed by both you and said butcher bleeding...
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Vintage Best And Worst: WWF Summerslam 1996
WWE Network Hi kids. David D. here again with another Retro review. These things are moving along swimmingly. Sorry I missed a week a couple of weeks ago. Your texts telling me to suck it made me feel...
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Want To Feel Old? Stone Cold Steve Austin’s ‘Austin 3:16′ Promo Is 18 Years...
Via WWE On June 23, 1996, Steve Austin defeated Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts to become King of the Ring. He walked up to the goofy little “king” set they’d set up for interviews and delivered a...
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Give It Up For Roman Reigns’ Incredible Paul Bearer Impression
Via YouTube The most recent episode of ‘WWE Countdown’ is notable not only for its list of “magnificent managers,” but for containing the best single moment WWE Network has created so far: Roman...
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The USMNT Can’t Lose Now That Hulk Hogan Has Physically Threatened Germany
Via Twitter The United States has to truly unite if the men’s national team has any chance of tie-defeating Germany in the World Cup, and you can’t have a country united without Hulk Hogan, brother....
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Vintage Best And Worst: WWF In Your House – Mind Games
WWE Network Hey guys, it’s me again. Back with another Vintage recap. These things have been great so far and I hope you’re enjoying them, too. – I’m in the process of moving right now so pardon last...
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Mick Foley Was Singing Creepy Church Songs Long Before Bray Wyatt
Via YouTube Mick Foley and Bray Wyatt have a lot in common. One, they’re two of the best talkers of the modern era. Two, they’re both heavyset guys in raggedy street clothes that end up taking peoples’...
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Vintage Best And Worst: WWF In Your House – Buried Alive 1996
WWE Network – Hey guys, it’s David D. here with another vintage recap. But first, let me say that this whole With Spandex thing is really cool and fun to be a part of. – Yesterday I wrote about the...
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The Thread Count: A Fashionable History of Wrestling Hillbillies
YouTube Welcome to the inaugural post of The Thread Count. Each week, we here at With Spandex will take a look at the fashionable side of wrestling; be it how wrestling legends evolved their looks over...
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Mick Foley Was At The First Olympics With The Undertaker, According To A New...
WWENot that kind of New Age show. Because Art Bell doesn’t give a shit about workrate, pro wrestling legend Mick Foley went on a radio program called The Outer Limits Of Inner Truth to have his soul...
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Wrestling Game Vs. Wrestling Reality: WWF No Mercy
WWE Oh, wrestling video games — despite being marginalized by sports and fighting game fans alike, they’ll always be there, trundling along under the radar, making a surprising amount of money off a...
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Uh Oh, The Iron Sheik Is Stopping By With Spandex Tomorrow For An UPROXX Live...
Via YouTube Hold on to your butts, folks, because tomorrow at exactly 2 PM EST, WWE Hall of Famer THE IRON SHEIK will be participating in an UPROXX Live Q&A at With Spandex. Sheiky Baby will be...
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UPROXX Live Q&A With WWE Hall Of Famer The Iron Sheik
Via YouTube Prepare to be made humble and have your backs broken, because With Spandex is proud to welcome WWE Hall of Famer, NWA Hall of Famer, former WWF Champion and reason Hulkamania exists, The...
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Vintage Best And Worst: WWF Survivors Series 1996
WWE Network - So we’re doing things a bit different this week. I usually alternate between WCW and WWE but I wanted to get back in order so I could do something special for the end of 1996 in a couple...
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The Best Of The Iron Sheik’s UPROXX Live Discussion
Via YouTube The Legend is the real, bubba. Yesterday we were honored to have legendary WWE Hall of Famer The Iron Sheik in for a live Q&A to talk his new movie, which wrestlers smell the worst and...
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The Thread Count: A Fashionable History Of Wrestling Hippies
Via WWE In last week’s inaugural edition of The Thread Count, With Spandex’s dedicated pro wrestling fashion column, Danielle Matheson and I took a look at the history of wrestling hillbillies, from...
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