WrestleCrap

WrestleCrap
Web address WrestleCrap.com
Commercial No
Type of site
Professional wrestling
Registration Message board only
Owner RD Reynolds
Created by RD Reynolds
Merle Vincent
Launched April 2000
Alexa rank
249,906 (April 2014)[1]
Current status Active

WrestleCrap is a professional wrestling website created by R. D. Reynolds and Merle Vincent (who committed suicide in September 2000[2][3][4]), serving as a "hall of shame" for some of the worst gimmicks and storylines in pro wrestling history. The site is currently run by Reynolds, Blade Braxton and Justin Henry.

History

Reynolds and Vincent launched the site in April 2000, quickly developing a following among wrestling fans. After Vincent's death in September 2000,[3] Reynolds continued to run the site by himself. He shut the site down in 2001, claiming the high cost of running the site was responsible. It returned the following year, albeit without the backlog of past inductions.

In 2006, the site added several new writers and features.

WrestleCrap is also the title of a book written by the site's creators, with an introduction by John Tenta (ISBN 1-55022-584-7). In addition, Reynolds has co-authored The Death of WCW, with wrestling journalist Bryan Alvarez, and he co-wrote The WrestleCrap Book of Lists! with Braxton, released in late 2007. Currently, both Reynolds and Alvarez are featured columnists for British pro wrestling and MMA magazine Fighting Spirit.[5]

In December 2012, Reynolds announced a relaunch of the site, complete with more daily content and interactive features. The relaunch took place in January 2013.[6]

Site content

The Gooker Award

The Gooker Award is given each year to the worst gimmick, storyline, or event in wrestling in that year. The award is named after The Gobbledygooker, one of the most disastrous wrestling gimmicks of all time.

Winners

The 2001 award was not revealed until 2003 due to WrestleCrap's closing in 2001.

Each year's Gooker Award, with the exceptions of 2001 and 2002, was determined by a poll of site visitors. The 2001 and 2002 awards were chosen by Reynolds, since he felt there was no competition those years.

WrestleCrap Radio (2005–2012; 2015–)

In August 2005, WrestleCrap introduced a podcast called WrestleCrap Radio. Typically Reynolds and columnist Blade Braxton discuss their personal lives, make jokes that may or may not relate to current wrestling (or wrestling at all), and rarely discuss news items from the wrestling industry. On occasion interviews with guests from within the wrestling industry were broadcast such as their interviews with Vince Russo and Lance Storm. Induction writer Triple Kelly was the unofficial reserve host, having won a co-host contest in 2007. As of May 2010, she has hosted the show twice. The regular podcasts ended with WrestleCrap Radio episode 249, released on July 13, 2012.

On August 20, 2015, to coincide with the 10 year anniversary of WrestleCrap Radio, a new episode of Reynolds and Blade's occasional RD and Blade Show podcast was instead revealed to be the surprise 250th episode of WrestleCrap Radio.[15] Episode 251 was released ten days later on August 30, followed by two more episodes each in September and October.[16]

Segments

See also

References

  1. "Wrestlecrap.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  2. Bakon, Jun. "R.D. Reynolds Interview". Lethal Wrestling. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 Reynolds, RD. "Merle Vincent, 1972-2000". Wrestlecrap. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013.
  4. "RD Reynolds". NZPWI. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013.
  5. Fighting Spirit Magazine - About Us
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Previous Inductions". WrestleCrap.com. WrestleCrap. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
  7. Schramm, Chris (2007-02-15). "Guerrero storyline dubious award winner". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
  8. "2007 Gooker Award". WrestleCrap.com. WrestleCrap. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
  9. "What was the Worst of 2008?". Retrieved 2009-01-27.
  10. "What was the Worst of 2009?". Retrieved 2010-01-28.
  11. "What was the Worst of 2010?". Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  12. http://wrestlecrap.freepolls.com/cgi-bin/pollresults/009
  13. Reynolds, RD. "Induction: Heel Dixie Carter – 2013 Gooker Winner (Winner Turkey Dinner)!". Wrestlecrap. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  14. Reynolds, RD (August 20, 2015). "RD and Blade Show – 10th Anniversary". WrestleCrap. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  15. "Category Archive for 'RD & Blade'". WrestleCrap. Retrieved 2016-01-18.

External links

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