Comic Con Events Return To Our Region For 2021
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The year 2020 was not kind to the world of comic cons. Honestly, it wasn t kind to many events. The COVID-19 pandemic, and associated lockdowns, shut down almost every live event around the world.
But as COVID numbers and restrictions started to fade last year, a few events were able to sneak into the schedule. That included the Huntsville Comic and Pop Culture Expo, who were able to get a 2020 show in. By July, the numbers in Alabama had dropped enough to get events back on track, so the Huntsville Comic and Pop Culture Expo was able to sneak in a show. Which was a great weekend by the way.
The WrestleMania VII angle between Hulk Hogan and Sgt. Slaughter remains one of the more controversial storylines WrestleMania history. The year was 1991, and Slaughter had been turned into a heel while stating he was an Iraqi sympathizer during the Gulf War. He eventually dropped the WWF [.]
The 1991 Royal Rumble was one for the ages.
On January 19, 1991, the World Wrestling Federation ran their annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view from the Miami Arena in Miami, Florida. Two days prior, the United States launched a military offensive against Iraqi troops occupying Kuwait which was known as Operation Desert Storm.
Nick Piccone and Vaughn Johnson take a deep dive into a turbulent time in the United States, as there was a very real-life war happening, and Vince McMahon s desire to exploit everything about it. From crowning Sgt. Slaughter as his company s champion, to Hulk Hogan touring bases throughout the U.S., to the Ultimate Warrior having red, white, and blue ring gear, to Rowdy Roddy Piper losing his mind multiple times, this show was definitely one for the record books. It s also a career highlight if not the career highlight of Virgil as he turned on Ted DiBiase and the crowd absolutely loved it.
A fan recently took offense to Mustafa Ali going after the RAW legends on RAW Talk, and tweeted to Sgt. Slaughter about it. Slaughter stayed in character and call Ali a maggot, only for Ali to throw his time as an Iraqi sympathizer in his face.
Slaughter wrote: “
Listen up. Thanks for all your support of all those who paved the yellow brick road that the scum & puke Mustafa Ali has been allowed to put his slimy foot on! Look up ‘maggot’ in any dictionary, you will see a photo of Ali.”
Ali replied: “
Remember when you betrayed our country, maggot?”
The most detailed look at the life and career of Pat Patterson, from his childhood in Montreal, through his being Vince McMahon s assistant, and everything in between, is the lead story in the current issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
This will likely go down as one of the best issues in history, with the stories on Patterson and Bobby Lee, the guy you never heard of who set box office records in the summer of 1978.
We look at Patterson s career highlights, comments from some of the biggest names in the history of the business, where he got the name from, finding out he wa gay, his start in Boston, how Mad Dog Vachon made his career, the days in San Francisco, the greatest tag team of the era, being in the middle of the Cow Palace vs. HIC feud, his first encounter with Mae Young, Pretty Boy Patrick Patterson, the different stages that led to the Texas Battle Royal, the Cow Palace Battle Royal and the Royal Rumble.