Wednesday Link-Off: From The Top Rope

It’s time for another edition of the Wednesday links. Unusually, these are coming together at the last second. I need to start planning better. Maybe Rosie Huntington-Whiteley would appreciate that.

ESPN’s web great Bill Simmons remembers the great “Macho Man” Randy Savage. (ESPN)

And speaking of ESPN, the behind-the-scenes of ESPN book came out yesterday. Here’s a look at some of the feuds that we found out about because of the book. (USA Today)

This is the most important link of the day and maybe all-time. It’s a recipe for making Big Macs at home. (Caveman Circus)

After the jump, how to realign the NHL, the world’s freakiest Peter Cushing bust and Jose Bautista goes beast mode. Continue reading

The Best of Where’s Randy Savage

I thought the best way to pay tribute to pro wrestling legend Macho Man Randy Savage was to combine it with our best of the interweb series. One of my favourite Tumblr blogs to follow is Where’s Randy Savage. This Tumblr features the Macho Man photoshopped into some great photos from movies, history and more. They’re all great but here are the twenty best Where’s Randy Savage images. Continue reading

Sunday Link-Off: Late to the Party

Sorry about the delay in getting you the Sunday links. Yesterday, we taped a podcast though so maybe that’ll make up for it. In the meantime, here’s Cintia Dicker to kick off the links.

Let’s lead off with our tribute to wrestling legend Randy “Macho Man” Savage. We’ve linked it before but it’s still the greatest Macho Man photoshops on the web. (Where’s Randy Savage)

Gus Johnson has officially left CBS to get some feature airtime with Fox Sports. Can’t blame him for wanting to get closer to the top. (New York Times)

The Atlanta Thrashers are officially unofficially moving to Winnipeg to become the Necro-Jets. [That team nickname is a trademark of Steve Murray… I came up with that name.] But the NHL has a few other relocation locations in mind. (Down Goes Brown)

After the jump, those guys have all the fun, the only golf club you need and Randy Savage’s greatest match. Continue reading

WrestleMania: 25 Years, 25 Greatest Matches (Part 1)

In a little over two weeks, WrestleMania 26 will take place from the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. This year’s event will be 25 years after the original WrestleMania emanated from Madison Square Garden in front of a capacity crowd and a closed circuit television audience around America. To celebrate the real silver anniversary of the biggest wrestling show on the planet, we are counting down the 25 best matches to grace the squared circle at the granddaddy of them all.

Today, we start with #25 and count down to #16. Continue reading