Archive for the ‘wrestling’ Category
Fantastic news coming out of this Mondays RAW is that Booker T will be joining the WWE Hall of Fame 2013 class. Beginning his career in the early nineties as GI Bro, Booker T continued wrestiling throughout the Houston TX area for the Global Wrestling Federation mainly as a singles competitor but occassionally with brother [...]
The Greatest of All Time, Bruno Sammartino Joins the WWE Hall of Fame 2013 Class
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
After years of speculation and turning down WWE publicly, Bruno Sammartino has finally accepted his nomination into the WWE Hall of Fame. With the Hall of Fame event taking place in Madison Square Garden, there is no better man to be inducted than the man who helped put wrestling at The Garden on the map. [...]
Trish Stratus Joins the Ranks of WWE 2013 Hall of Fame Inductees
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
WWE has announced that Trish Stratus will be inducted into this years hall of fame class, joining the previuolsy announced Mick Foley and Bob Backlund. It’s no surprise that Trish is being inducted into the Hall of Fame as she is the most decorated Womens Champion with 7 championship reigns and could easily be considered [...]
Bob Backlund is Your Next 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Inductee
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
With his all American collegiate background in wrestling, Bob Backlund was a natural fit in the professional wrestling world holding numerous titles and being the 2nd longest reignig WWE champion with 1470 consecutive days during his career. Along with defeating numerous challengers throughout his day he may be best known for innovating the devastating submission [...]
Mick Foley Announced as the First Entrant in the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2013
Friday, January 11th, 2013
It has been rumored and hinted at for quite some time that Mick Foley/Mankind/Dude Love/Cactus Jack would be getting inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this year considering Wrestlemania takes place in New York City and WWE has confirmed that rumor today. With Mick Foley entering the Hall of Fame his colorful career spanning [...]
Nerd City Review: WWE 13
Monday, November 5th, 2012
Like EA’s Madden franchise THQ releases their annual WWE game and I always tell myself I’ll skip the new one unless something really catches my attention. After last years decent release of WWE 12, which was the first to go away from the Smackdown vs RAW theme, I wasn’t expecting to pick up WWE 13 [...]
CM Punk & Stone Cold Steve Austin Promote WWE 13
Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
With WWE 13 set to be released in two weeks for the PS3 and Xbox 360, THQ has released a new promotional video featuring CM Punk and Stone Cold Steve Austin. What is great about this video, moderated by the great Jim Ross, is that it acts as a commercial for the upcoming WWE 13 [...]
Yokozuna Rounds Out the WWE 2012 Hall of Fame Class
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
With Wrestlemania taking place this weekend the WWE has announced the final member of the 2012 Hall of Fame class with Yokozuna. Like the Mil Mascaras I don’t know too much about Yokozuna outside of him being a multi time WWE Champion and Tag Team Champion so I will rely on the WWE providing his [...]
Mil Mascaras is Your Lastest WWE 2012 Hall of Fame Inductee
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
With Wrestlemania only a few weeks away the WWE has named Mil Mascaras as their next Hall of Fame inductee, joining previouly announced Ron Simmons, Mike Tyson, Edge & The Four Horsemen. I personally am not too familiar with the career of Mil Masacars, so I will rely on the WWEs bio to provide full [...]
Ron Simmons Joins the WWE 2012 Hall of Fame Class
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Heavily rumored to be inducted last year in Atlanta, Ron Simmons will get his due and join the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame class at this years Wrestlemania. Simmons began wrestling for WCW, after a successful college career at Florida State, in 1989 initially as a tag team wrestler. Forming the team Doom with Butch [...]
WWE Announces First Members of 2012 Hall of Fame
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
With Wrestlemania XXVIII right around the corner WWE has begun announcing the Hall of Fame Class of 2012 and last night on RAW they announced the first two entries into this years class. The first entry to this years class is Edge, which was a shock to me considering it’s been less than a year [...]
Nerd City Sports!
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
An unfair stereotype has always been that Nerds don’t like sports. Man, we like sports, they just gotta be the right kind. Which is why we here @ Nerd City are super stoked to announce our new sponsor relationships with uber kick-ass organizations: The Chicago Outfit Roller Derby and Chikara Wrestling!
Offbeat, talented, with an unbelievably [...]
Ring of Honor Returns To Chicago
Monday, July 25th, 2011
After recently being sold to the Sinclair Broadcasting Company (full press release on the sale here), which according to previous owner Cary Silkin will provide a wider distribution for Ring of Honor on television and internet, ROH will be holding their first television taping under the new ownerships August 13th at the Frontier Filedhouse in [...]
WWE All-Stars DLC Update
Friday, July 1st, 2011
After the initial announcement months ago that THQ would be providing DLC for WWE All-Stars I had given up on that actually becoming true as THQ has dropped the ball in regards to WWE DLC in the past, but they have officially announced a release date for their upcoming DLC.
Originally released as a pre-order bonus [...]
R.I.P “Macho Man” Randy Savage
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
This past Friday delivered sad news to all fans of wrestling as Macho Man Randy Savage passed away due to a fatal car accident after suffering a heart attack. Savage was 58 years old when he passed and was last seen in TNA wrestling a six years ago teaming with Jeff Hardy and AJ [...]
Wrestlers vs. Aliens Stickers by Dieter VDO
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
For quite some time now, I’ve been following the work of the incredibly talented Belgian artist, Dieter Van der Ougstraete, aka, Dieter VDO. His style combines a classically cartoony aesthetic, with serious painterly skills, an encyclopedic knowledge of nerdy stuff, and a sharp sense of humor. One of the repeated themes of Dieter VDO’s work [...]
WWE All-Stars Demo Now Available
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
THQ announced that this week will see a release of a playable demo for WWE All-Stars. The demo will be available with today’s PS3 update and is available on Xbox Live right now for the Xbox 360. WWE All-Stars gathers today’s hottest superstars to take on the best WWE Legends of the past. [...]
Ring of Honor 9th Anniversary Show!
Sunday, February 20th, 2011
Ring of Honor, arguably Nerd City’s favorite organization de rasslin’, celebrates their 9th anniversary this weekend in beeeyotiful Chicago Ridge.
Always an exciting show, no doubt the boys of ROH will bring the heat to celebrate their anniversary in high-flyin, ref-distractin’, elbow-droppin’ fashion.
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Shawn Michaels is the First Inductee Into the WWE Hall of Fame 2011 Class
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
Well it’s that time of year again and that of course is the announcements of this years WWE Hall of Fame Class for 2011. With Wrestlemania taking place in Atlanta this year, many have speculated that the majority of this class will be WCW related so it was interesting to see them start things [...]
WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2011 DLC News
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
When WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2011 launches in October fans who purchase new copies of the game will receive an exclusive code for “online access” that will allow you to download Chris Masters as a playable character and alternate costumes for Rey Mysterio Jr and Kelly Kelly. Now if you buy the game used [...]