History Website / WrestleCrap

* HypocriticalHumor: Used intentionally in the beginning of Cena vs. Laurinaitis induction to point out that most of the things that Wrestling/JohnCena is criticized for is unjust.

* TakeThat!: The character Nintendo John was made specifically to dig at Wrestling/JohnCena who one night came out on ''Raw'' and made numerous references to Nintendo games to crowd cheers. Any time Nintendo John would even mention Nin-Ten-Do!, applause would play.

* 2013: Heel Dixie Carter

The site was redesigned in 2013 to become more of a blog format. In February 2013, Maffew of ''{{Botchamania}}'' became a regular contributor to the site, including debuting new Botchamanias there.

* ThatOtherWiki: RD had a huge disdain for Wikipedia. This disdain was due to some claims the site made which he considered to be some of the most outrageous things he has ever read and for declaring that he has died three times. He has since let up.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen / WhatIf: The Rewriting the Book section of the website is this, pondering what might have happened if a key moment in wrestling had gone differently and how it would have changed the course of the company and careers it affected.

** This was inspired by her notorious promo in which she cheerily declared the death of {{ECW}} wasn't "a bad thing; in fact, it's a ''good'' thing. No, it's a '''great''' thing!"

* HeyItsThatGuy: During [=WrestleCrap=] Radio's "Co-Host Contest" auditions, the first person to get an audition was future Website/YouTube ranter and self-proclaimed "D-list internet 'celebrity'" [[ReactionAndReview Hellsing920]].

** Whenever WWE or TNA trot out the hoary old candleabras and coffins (usually for {{Wrestling/Sting}} or [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker Taker]]), you will see a grinning picture of Liberace.

** This is inspired by her notorious promo in which she cheerily declared the death of {{ECW}} wasn't "a bad thing; in fact, it's a ''good'' thing. No, it's a '''great''' thing!"
** StephanicMcMahon got her own image, as well.

* RunningGag: After writing an induction about Man Mountain Rock, he of the WWF guitar, RD began using an image of him shrugging complete with the caption "Yeah, I don't know either, dude." Usually when RD or someone else would ask a question regarding one weird moment in the induction.
** Officially now an OverusedRunningGag after 7 consecutive appearances. Fan demand brought him back for an 8th.
*** By this point, he's become something of a mascot.
**** He's definitely a mainstay now, aside from his induction he's had ''20 consecutive appearances...and counting''.
** After writing an induction on her, RD now uses an image of a happy Tiffany, former General Manager of WWECW with the caption "YAY!" to show fake enthusiasm or joy.

* 2003: Al Wilson, Torrie Wilson's father.

* 2009: The Chavo Guerrero/Hornswoggle feud.

* DescriptionCut: Twice in the "Eddiesploitation" induction. First, after Chavo turns heel on Rey Mysterio:
-->"Well, at least they didn’t do something really dumb, like make Eddie’s widow (Vickie) a heel or something."

* SelfDeprecation: Remember, folks, no matter what sort of crap you actually bought, you'll never be as big a dork as RD and Blade, who shelled out $200 for Katie Vick's cheerleading outfit -- signed by Wrestling/TripleH.

* TakeThat!: The character Nintendo John was made specifically to dig at JohnCena who one night came out on ''Raw'' and made numerous references to Nintendo games to crowd cheers. Any time Nintendo John would even mention Nin-Ten-Do!, applause would play.

* DescriptionCut: Twice in the "Eddiesploitation" induction,. First, after Chavo turns heel on Rey Mysterio:

-->'''ravenm''': "Pretend to be a girl. Starwolf, Miss Kendrick, etc. Everyone will hate you..."

* [[Memes/ProfessionalWrestling Memetic Mutation]]: Almost all of the [[ForcedMeme (forced) wrestling memes]] were born on their MessageBoard (Wrestling/LexLuger, Dennis Stamp, etc.)
** Basically, their message board is one of the pro wrestling equivalents of [[{{Imageboards}} 4Chan]], the other one being 420chan's /wooo/. {{Batista}} was (and likely still is) their Photoshop poster child.
** ForcedMeme: In 2009, RD tried to force "Basketball Jones" (Triple Kelly's nickname for Wrestling/{{Batista}}) as a meme, even going as far as to [[FunWithAutocensors filter Batista's name]] as "Basketball Jones" on the original forums. It failed.

* SelfDeprecation: Remember, folks, no matter what sort of crap you actually bought, you'll never be as big a dork as RD and Blade, who shelled out $200 for Katie Vick's cheerleading outfit -- signed by TripleH.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the very concept of [=WrestleCrap=] itself, if you can believe it. It was the 2006 Gooker Award winner: "Eddiesploitation." Aside from regretting offering it as a nominee, knowing it'd be the most difficult entry he'd have to write, RD noted that the site's [[TagLine tagline]] is "The Very Worst of Pro Wrestling." And "Eddiesploitation" was ''[[ExactWords just that]]''.

* MessageBoard: After much demand, [[http://newwrestlecrap.proboards.com/index.cgi The Craphole]] was created on May 2011, around half a year after the website and its old message board (now [[http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi The Freakin' Awesome Network Forums]]) parted ways in October 2010.

* [[Memes/ProfessionalWrestling Memetic Mutation]]: Almost all of the [[ForcedMeme (forced) wrestling memes]] were born on their MessageBoard (Lex Luger, Dennis Stamp, etc.)

The brainchild of "The Real Deal" RD Reynolds and "The Worldwide Menace" Merle Vincent, '''[[http://www.wrestlecrap.com WrestleCrap]]''' was created as a "hall of shame" for ProfessionalWrestling -- a place where they could stretch their comedic muscles by poking fun at the pseudo-sport. It has since grown into wrestling fandom's anti-SeriousBusiness (or so they wish), a place where people can remind ourselves that wrestling is inherently silly in the first place and shouldn't be taken seriously. In short, it's the conscience of the Internet Wrestling Community.

Each week, the [=WrestleCrap=] staff post an induction that tears one of wrestling's stranger or sillier gimmicks, feuds, or storylines apart; they essentially perform the digital equivalent of a pantsing on their given subject, with whimsical prose and crude humor. The previous three weeks' inductions are posted as well, in addition to three rotating "Best of [=WrestleCrap=]" entries re-posted via requests on the forums (full archives used to be online, but were taken down due to bandwidth costs). Originally the inductions were written by RD (or Merle Vincent, before his suicide); RD handed head writing duties over to his protege Triple Kelly for a couple years. Kelly subsequently left the site, and now the inductions are mainly written by [=Art0Donnel=] and Justin Henry while RD works on a new book.

[=WrestleCrap=] also gives out an annual Gooker Award in the first couple of months of a new year to the most horrid thing to happen in wrestling in the previous year. The award is named after Wrestling/TheGobbledyGooker, which was possibly the worst thing ever in the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} World Wrestling Federation]]: they hyped the hatching of a giant egg for months going into ''Survivor Series 1990'', where it finally hatched...and gave us Hector Guerrero in a bad turkey suit dancing with "Mean" Gene Okerlund (yeah, it wasn't pretty). With the exception of the 2001 and 2002 winners (which were chosen by Reynolds himself), all of the winners have been decided by polling the site's visitors. The list of winners of the Gooker Award is practically a list of the worst modern pro wrestling angles ever:

* 2008: MikeAdamle's stint in WWE.

Not only has [=WrestleCrap=] become a popular online destination for wrestling fans, but its name itself has entered the SmartMark lexicon. It's also gathered quite a following inside the business, as several wrestlers have written in to say how much they love the site, including no less than ChrisJericho. John Tenta, known to fans as "Earthquake", gave the site an exclusive interview and wrote the foreword to RD's first book.

Book? Yes, there have been two books based on the site -- ''[=WrestleCrap=]: The Worst of Wrestling'' and ''The [=WrestleCrap=] Book of Lists!'' -- and the notoriety gained from the site allowed RD to co-author the book, ''The Death of WCW''.

Every December, the site has posted inductions of some of the worst Christmas movies of all-time, including HulkHogan's ''Santa with Muscles'', ''SantaClausConquersTheMartians'', the Mexican movie version of ''SantaClaus'', a 1986 remake of the classic holiday operetta ''Film/BabesInToyland'' (featuring Creator/DrewBarrymore, Creator/KeanuReeves, Pat Morita, and an actor named Gorgy Gress as Georgie Porgie with a cameltoe), and a Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}-as-a-murderous-Santa film called ''[[Film/SantasSlay Santa's Slay]]''.

* 2007: Hornswoggle is revealed to be VinceMcMahon's son.

* 2010: [[{{TNA}} The NEW Monday Night Wars]].
* 2011: All things MichaelCole.

* FunWithAcronyms - "'''N'''athaniel '''E'''dward '''R'''odham '''D'''avis," "NERD" a none to subtle shot at IWC who worship Wrestling/TNAImpact.

* 2005: JimRoss' (kayfabe) firing and the resulting colonoscopy skit.
* 2006: WWE's exploitation of EddieGuerrero following his death, a.k.a. "Eddiesploitation".

** One year when April Fools Day was on a Friday, RD wrote "inductions" for Wrestling/RicFlair and Wrestling/ChrisBenoit
** Special episodes that would run under odd circumstances once a year. Very well could constitute {{Bizarro Episode}}s but RD and Blade do reference the episodes from time to time.

** They also declared war on former wrestler Damien Demento, who took a shot at them in his [=YouTube=] videos. They've since reconciled. RD has admitted that Damien Demento is no longer an arch enemy of the site and is now considered a great guy once they had talked to each other.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the very concept of WrestleCrap itself, if you can believe it. It was the 2006 Gooker of the Year: the Exploitation of EddieGuerrero. Aside from regretting offering it as a nominee (knowing it'd be the most difficult entry he'd have to write), he noted that the site's TagLine is "The Very Worst of Pro Wrestling." And "Eddiesploitation" was ''[[ExactWords just that]]''.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: While they never really "defeated" VinceRusso, RD and the site were certainly critical of him, but he has been on their podcast, and quite cordial, twice. Once for an interview over how he got in the business and why he did what he did, and another to talk about anything out of the oridinary.

* FunWithAcronyms - "'''N'''athaniel '''E'''dward '''R'''odham '''D'''avis,""NERD" a none to subtle shot at IWC who worship TNAImpact.

** ForcedMeme: In 2009, RD tried to force "Basketball Jones" (Triple Kelly's nickname for Batista) as a meme, even going as far as to [[FunWithAutocensors filter Batista's name]] as "Basketball Jones" on the original forums. It failed.

* SecondHandStorytelling: Blade always has some kind of story about his childhood friend Don.........Don Mason. Such stories include having Don using the date rape drug on himself at a concert, taking a trip to a farm and seeing a man have sex with a horse, molesting Cabbage Patch Kid dolls, among other wonderful topics.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen / WhatIf: The Rewriting the Book section of the website is this, pondering how a key moment in wrestling could have gone what how it would have changed the course of the company and careers it affected.

* ArchEnemy: Kent Jones, or any so-called [=YouTube=] "shooter"; they really look down on them.
** They also declared war on former wrestler Damien Demento, who took a shot at them in his [=YouTube=] videos.
*** RD has admitted that Damien Demento is no longer an arch enemy of the site and is now considered a great guy once they had talked to each other.
* AprilFoolsDay: Special episodes that would run under odd circumstances once a year. Very well could constitute {{Bizarro Episode}}s but RD and Blade do reference the episodes from time to time.

* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Whenever there is something in an induction that sounds too far-fetched, an audio clip and/or screenshot will be used as confirmation that the story is indeed true.

* PunnyName: Mike "Mic" Check. A radio DJ who rambles about the good old days and whether he would play well in yourmarket. Almost all spellings of the name is "Mike" and not "Mic".

Every December, the site has posted inductions of some of the worst Christmas movies of all-time, including HulkHogan's ''Santa with Muscles'', ''SantaClausConquersTheMartians'', the Mexican movie version of ''SantaClaus'', a 1986 remake of the classic holiday operetta ''Film/BabesInToyland'' (featuring Creator/DrewBarrymore, Creator/KeanuReeves, Pat Morita, and an actor named Gorgy Gress as Georgie Porgie with a cameltoe), and a Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}-as-a-murderous-Santa film called ''Film/SantasSlay''.

Every December, the site has posted inductions of some of the worst Christmas movies of all-time, including HulkHogan's ''Santa with Muscles'', ''SantaClausConquersTheMartians'', the Mexican movie version of ''SantaClaus'', a 1986 remake of the classic holiday operetta ''BabesInToyland'' (featuring Creator/DrewBarrymore, KeanuReeves, Pat Morita, and an actor named Gorgy Gress as Georgie Porgie with a cameltoe), and a Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}-as-a-murderous-Santa film called ''Film/SantasSlay''.

** Occasionally applies to pro wrestling personalities; RD himself has said several times that he loves TrishStratus.

Each week, the [=WrestleCrap=] staff post an induction that tears one of wrestling's stranger or sillier gimmicks, feuds, or storylines apart; they essentially perform the digital equivalent of a pantsing on their given subject, with whimsical prose and crude humor. The previous three weeks' inductions are posted as well, in addition to three rotating "Best of [=WrestleCrap=]" entries re-posted via requests on the forums (full archives used to be online, but were taken down due to bandwidth costs). Originally the inductions were written by RD (or Merle Vincent, before his suicide); RD handed head writing duties over to his protege Triple Kelly for a couple years. Kelly subsequently left the site, and now the inductions are mainly written by Art0Donnel and Justin Henry while RD works on a new book.

Each week, the [=WrestleCrap=] staff post an induction, usually written by either RD or his protege Triple Kelly (or Merle Vincent, before his suicide) that tears one of wrestling's stranger or sillier gimmicks, feuds, or storylines apart; they essentially perform the digital equivalent of a pantsing on their given subject, with whimsical prose and crude humor. The previous three weeks' inductions are posted as well, in addition to three rotating "Best of [=WrestleCrap=]" entries re-posted via requests on the forums (full archives used to be online, but were taken down due to bandwidth costs).