WWE Legend Jake The Snake Roberts Has Been Hospitalized In Las Vegas
WWE In a story originally broken on the Wrestling Rumors website, WWE legend Jake The Snake Roberts is rumoured to be unconscious in a Las Vegas hospital after passing out on a plane yesterday. The...
View ArticleWomen’s Wrestling Weekly: Alundra Blayze vs. Bull Nakano, August 29th, 1994
Via WWE NETWORK When the idea of a weekly women’s column was first batted around by us here at With Spandex, I have to admit I was hesitant. See, the idea was to highlight the horrible things that had...
View ArticleVintage Best And Worst Special Edition: The 1996 Year In Review
Via WWE So I have an idea: since I’m reviewing pay-per-views in chronological order, I might as well do a year-end recap at the end of every retro year. So far, we’ve covered the second half of 1996...
View ArticleJim Ross Is Set To Make His MMA Announcing Debut
WWE This time last year, Stone Cold Steve Austin was telling Ariel Helwani that UFC should hire legendary WWE play-by-play man Jim Ross. Today, that request gets one step closer to becoming a reality:...
View ArticleThey’re Adding Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling To WWE Network And My Life’s...
Via YouTube The only thing we love more than pro wrestling is a terrible Saturday morning cartoon from the ’80s. In that spirit, we’re proud to share with you the news that the 1985 CBS classic Hulk...
View ArticleThe ‘Stone Cold Steve Austin Will Return And Wrestle At WrestleMania’ Rumors...
Via WWE Now that the Undertaker’s undefeated streak has been ended and The Rock’s had a trio of main-event appearances, two omnipresent WrestleMania fantasy booking questions remain: “when is Sting...
View ArticleVintage Best And Worst: WWF Royal Rumble 1997
Hi guys…David D. here again with the return of the Vintage Best and Worst. We had a little break to recover from the year that was 1996 and we’re hitting 1997 right in its happy place. Also, we’ll...
View ArticleThe Undertaker Is Appearing At A Family Fun Run And Kayfabe Is Officially Dead
WWE Last week, we told you about how WWE legend The Undertaker had become an Instagram superstar, hanging out in shorts and a Rangers cap and enjoying a bunch of downtime with his wife. Today, Taker’s...
View ArticleCary Elwes Recently Recounted Being Subjected To Andre The Giant’s Deadly...
Fox Cary Elwes recently sat down to talk The Princess Bride with The Daily Beast, and he had a couple pretty choice Andre the Giant drinking stories to share, because of course he did. Anybody who’s...
View ArticleWoooo! 10 Things You Might Not Know About The Incredible Life Of The ‘Nature...
WWE This week marks the anniversary (September 17th) of Ric Flair winning his first world title, so what better time to share a few interesting stories and facts from the life of The Nature Boy? Of...
View ArticleThe Truth Behind The ‘Hulk Hogan 1985 Wrestlemania Suplex’ Drew Brees Took On...
Via Twitter As a professional wrestling and New Orleans Saints fan living in the Big Easy, its important that I communicate to the future mayor of my city how to properly describe what Captain...
View ArticleSay Your Prayers: Hulk Hogan’s Campiest, Most Bizarre Career Moments
WWE.com Two truths here: 1. Wrestling is fake. 2. Hulk Hogan is responsible for some really terrible moments in wrestling history. For every admittedly magical moment he provided us growing up, he’s...
View ArticleHulk Hogan Doesn’t Want You To Dress Like Hulk Hogan When Going To Hulk...
So this is a tough one. What you see above is the dress code to Hulk Hogan’s bar called Hogan’s Beach (I wonder if they sell pasta, by the by). Here are some of the examples of things not to wear that...
View ArticleThe Five Pro Wrestling/Disney Princess Mash-Ups We Wish Were Real
Mike Kendrick is an Edmonton, Alberta-based illustrator who, well, I’ll let him tell him tell speak for himself: I love dinosaurs, animation, and pro wrestling. Raised on a childhood diet of Disney...
View ArticleBret Hart And Earl Hebner Made Peace At A Show This Weekend
Via WWE Four years ago, Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart and Shawn Michaels stood in the middle of the ring on Monday Night Raw and made peace about what happened at Survivor Series ’97. If you’re a new fan or...
View ArticleThe Definitive Guide To Understanding The Rock’s Many Catchphrases
WWE If you read With Spandex then you’ll know that Brandon Stroud and the rest of the crew revere The Rock as the most important human being in American pop culture history. Not only is he on the Mount...
View ArticleFriday Wrestling Conversation: What’s The Most Embarrassed You’ve Ever Been...
Via YouTube This week’s Friday wrestling conversation question is a big one, and psychologically telling: What’s the most embarrassed you’ve ever been watching a pro wrestling show? It can be a...
View ArticleRIP Ox Baker, Master Of The Heart Punch, 1934-2014
Via YouTube Sad news today for old school wrestling fans as legend Ox Baker has died at the age of 80 following complications from a heart attack. Baker’s wrestling career spanned 30 years and saw him...
View ArticleNü Metal Jacket: Revisiting WWF Forceable Entry 12 Years On
Via Wikipedia Music sure is swell, eh? Who doesn’t like a good treble clef or glockenspiel solo or half rest, am I right? Well, if we’ve learned anything from critically acclaimed art rockers Fozzy,...
View ArticleThe Hacksaw Jim Duggan Wedding Cake Exists And Probably Tastes Like Freedom
Via YouTube HOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Hey there, tough guy. Getting married? Tired of traditional wedding cakes that taste and look like cake? Wish you could eat the body of a 290-pound American patriot in his...
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