The Wrestling Section

(NOTE: Hey everyone, before I start this post, I just wanted to let everyone know what's coming up on the site for October. Starting in two weeks, I'll be going to a weekly schedule for the entire month, with every post centered around WCW. It's gonna be a "Very WCW October." So with that out of the way, onto the post.) 1995 was a rough year for the WWF. With Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage gone, the company badly needs a new top babyface. The push for Lex Luger to take that spot flopped hard, so now Diesel has been the nod as the company's new front runner. But who will he face? Ric Flair is long gone by 1995, having returned to WCW. The Ludvig Borga experiment failed pretty quickly, Sycho Sid has been in and out of the company, and Yokozuna, while talented, is heavily hindered by his ever-growing weight issues. Shawn Michaels & Bret Hart have each had their shot, and while they did have The Undertaker, it was clear the field of challengers was thin. They w...

TNA's grandest failures tend to get the most attention when talking about the company's worst moments. Things like the Blindfold Steel Cage match, the Reverse Battle Royal, and Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell are all infamous matches that, even as the company has gone on to redeem its image in a big way in the last few years, still remain a part of the conversation around the company. Hell, there are still notorious matches from the company that haven't made their way into the series. But with that said, there are still plenty of bad matches in the company's 20-year history that don't get quite as much attention as the ones I listed before. Today, I'd like to talk about one of those matches. It's time to tell you the story of Trytan. TNA began airing vignettes in early 2005 for Trytan, a Terminator-type character. Trytan was the latest gimmick for Ryan Wilson, a 6'10 wrestler who had previously worked as part of Redshirt Security, the heel security team (that ...