Wrestlemania 33: Shane McMahon and AJ Styles highlight the event

There was plenty of excellent Wrestlemania moments throughout WrestleMania 33 held in Orlando, Florida on April 2, 2017. The highlight match was between Shane McMahon, the son of legendary Vincent K. McMahon, and longtime Independent wrestler, AJ Styles (Allen Jones). Shane, 47 years old, and AJ, 39 years old, were two of the oldest wrestlers participating at WM33. Their age and experience showed as the two entertainers performed using classic wrestling moves, "classic" wrestler attacks, trash cans, the top of the announcer's table, the top rope, and much more. The effort by both wrestlers helped secure their match as the best match of the night, and a homage to some of the best wrestling matches from the past 30 years.

Happy birthday to Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri AKA The Iron Sheik, 75 years old.

Seventy-five years ago, on March 15, 1942, Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri was born in Iran. Vaziri has been an actor, amateur wrestler, and most notably a professional wrestler. Better known as The Iron Sheik, he began his professional wrestling career in 1972 with the American Wrestling Association. In 1980, while wrestling under the name, Hossein Arab, he was selected as the Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Most Underrated Wrestler. After wrestling for various professional wrestling promotions during the 1970s and 1980s, he won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship from Bob Backlund in 1983 at the famed Madison Square Garden. He successfully defended the title for a month, including a match against Tito Santana at The Spectrum in Philadelphia (See the below video for the full match).

On January 23, 1984, The Iron Sheik lost the title to Hulk Hogan, but later won the World Tag Team Championship with Nikolai Volkoff on March 31, 1985 at WrestleMania.

Boosted by his anti-American rhetoric, the Iron Sheik was known as one of the most "hated" wrestlers in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s. In the wrestling ring, The Iron Sheik was a solid wrestler, mastering the camel clutch and various suplex maneuvers. He was also one of the best entertainers in professional wrestling. Happy 75th birthday to the colorful WWE Hall of Famer.

The Iron Sheik on Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_ironsheik
Documentary Film on his life: http://sheikmovie.com

The "first" WWF Royal Rumble

The first World Wrestling Federation Royal Rumble took place on Sunday, October 4, 1987, three months prior to the official televised Royal Rumble held on January 24, 1988. The match was held at Kiel Auditorium with the winner of the 1987 Royal Rumble match being One Man Gang.

CBSSPORTS.COM journalist, Denny Burkholder writes an extensive article regarding the 1987 Royal Rumble that can be found HERE.

Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka dead at 73 [Video]

Legendary professional wrestler Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka passed away in January 2017 at the age of 73. Snuka reached his peak popularity and worldwide exposure while working with the World Wrestling Federation during the 1980s. Pro Wrestling Illustrated named Snuka the most popular wrestler of 1983. He also received Match of the Year honors the previous year (1982) for his steel cage match with Bob Backlund. Snuka's outstanding wrestling ability combined with his unique personality made him one of the most memorable professional wrestlers of all time.

Hillary Clinton and World Wrestling Entertainment (Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHrOo59LCas

The 2016 WWE "Draft" Creates Two Rosters for their Flagship Wrestling Programs: Smackdown Live & Raw [Full Video]

In what was described by the WWE as "a new era" for the company, on July 19, 2016 the wrestling organization held a WWE Draft which divided the company's pro wrestlers into two separate rosters to exclusively appear on either Smackdown Live or Raw. This is the first WWE Draft since 2011. Special Note: This is Vincent K. McMahon's 34th year of ownership of what is now known as the WWE. Dividing the rosters at this time shows a desire and attempt at a different approach to what we have seen in the WWE since 2011.

The results of the draft are as follows:

SmackDown Live (Tuesdays on the USA Network)

SmackDown Live Commissioner: Shane McMahon

SmackDown Live General Manager: Daniel Bryan

WWE Champion Dean Ambrose

AJ Styles

John Cena

Randy Orton

Bray Wyatt

Becky Lynch

Intercontinental Champion The Miz (with Maryse)

Baron Corbin  

American Alpha (from NXT)

Dolph Ziggler

Natalya

Alberto Del Rio

The Usos

Demon Kane 

Kalisto

Naomi

The Ascension

Zack Ryder

Apollo Crews

Alexa Bliss (from NXT)

Breezango

Eva Marie

The Vaudevillains

Erick Rowan

Mojo Rawley (from NXT)

Carmella (from NXT)

WWE SmackDown LIVE - July 19, 2016

RAW (Mondays on the USA Network)

Raw Commissioner: Stephanie McMahon
Raw General Manger: Mick Foley

Seth Rollins 
WWE Women's Champion Charlotte
Finn Bálor (from NXT)
Roman Reigns

Brock Lesnar

WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day
Sami Zayn

Sasha Banks
Chris Jericho

United States Champion Rusev (with Lana)

Kevin Owens

Enzo & Cass

Gallows and Anderson

Big Show

Nia Jax

Neville

Cesaro

Sheamus

Golden Truth

Titus O'Neil

Paige

Darren Young (with Bob Backlund)

Sin Cara

Jack Swagger

The Dudley Boyz

Summer Rae

Mark Henry

Braun Strowman

Bo Dallas

Shining Stars

Alicia Fox

Dana Brooke

Curtis Axel