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Cook’s Top 5: Wrestling Vehicle Entrances

Thanks to Shotzi Blackheart and her mini tank, Steve Cook presents his Top 5 Wrestling Vehicle Entrances!

Published

3 years ago

February 4, 2020

Steve Cook

Eddue Guerrero Lowrider Batista WWE World Heavyweight Champion

Thanks to Shotzi Blackheart and her mini tank, Steve Cook presents his Top 5 Wrestling Vehicle Entrances!

I am a big fan of what Shotzi Blackheart brings to the table. Her neon green hair, her tattoos, her general ballsy badassness are all good things in my book. She’s pretty darn good in the ring too, so I’m expecting big things from her in NXT.

Especially now that she’s coming to the ring in a freaking tank!

Mark my words: Shotzi will be NXT Champion by the end of 2020. When you’re driving something down to the ring, or being carted to the ring, you’re destined for success. I don’t make the rules, man. It is what it is. I would recommend buying any and all Shotzi Blackheart stock that is available. (I am a stockholder.)

This feels like the best possible time to look at the top 5 vehicular entrances in pro wrestling history, does it not?

5. JBL’s Limo

Let’s be honest: John “Bradshaw” Layfield needed a lot of help to get over as a main eventer. After years of toiling in the mid-card, people had problems seeing JBL as a top guy. One thing that really helped his cause: riding a limo to the ring. Everybody knows that if somebody’s riding around in a white limo, they’re an important person. If that white limo has some longhorns on the front, they must be really important!

4. The Legion of Doom’s Motorcycles

Some of you will wonder why I chose LOD’s Wembley Stadium motorcycle entrance over the litany of Undertaker American Badass motorcycle entrances. Seemed like an easy choice to me. Sure, LOD’s entrance gets some points taken off because of Rocco the dummy, but Undertaker had Kid Rock & Limp Bizkit singing him to the ring. I think we all agree that Nu-Metal was a bad idea and needs to be left in the early 2000s. LOD is timeless, even with Rocco.

3. Rusev’s Tank

This was a one-time only entrance, but it still stands out as the highlight of Rusev’s career. Sure, the whole Rusev Day thing was pretty cool too, but it doesn’t get any better than driving out in a big-ass tank at a WrestleMania. The above video is kind of sad though, as you can see Rusev realizing that he’s already reached the highest point he will reach in his profession.

2. Eddie Guerrero’s Low Rider

Eddie started driving various low riders to the ring while he was teaming with his nephew Chavo in Los Guerreros. It became an integral part of his lying, cheating & stealing persona that turned him into a main event level WWE Superstar. The low riders varied in quality, but most of them were cooler than anything that most of us will ever drive.

Honorable Mention: King Sedans

Every wrestling king has come out on one of these things at some point or another. It gives random indy guys something to do, I suppose. The best are the ones where the king falls off the throne.

1. The WrestleMania III & VI Ring Cart

When you’re holding events in large stadiums, you need to make certain concessions so wrestlers don’t get blown up on their way to the ring. The perfect way to avoid that? Have the wrestlers get carted to the ring in a mini ring! It’s an awesome visual, especially for Andre the Giant’s WrestleMania III entrance when everybody is pelting him with garbage. I have never seen a better heel entrance for a main event match. He didn’t even need music!

It also makes for a good exit. Andre’s exit, which resulted in more garbage being thrown his way, was great. We also got Hulk Hogan’s exit from the WrestleMania VI match with Ultimate Warrior, which Hulk will tell us that everybody in attendance was looking at him exit instead of Warrior’s in ring celebration. I don’t know about that, but I know that ring carts need to make a comeback post haste.

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

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King’s WrestleMania Rewind: Stone Cold VS. Scott Hall (WrestleMania X8)

Chris King is back with another WrestleMania Rewind, looking at the NWO’s Scott Hall battling Stone Cold Steve Austin at WWE WrestleMania X8 from Toronto!

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March 14, 2023

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Chris King is back with another WrestleMania Rewind, looking at the NWO’s Scott Hall battling Stone Cold Steve Austin at WWE WrestleMania X8 from Toronto!

Chris King is back this week with another edition of WrestleMania Rewind, where he is rewatching all the past Mania matches and feuds. This week you’re in for a treat as we look back at ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin vs. Scott Hall at WrestleMania X8.

In late 2001, Vince McMahon bought out his competition WCW and acquired the rights to a plethora of talent including Booker T, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, and the iconic trio known as NWO. Hulk Hogan; Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall were hell raisers, and what better way to make a name for yourself than take out the two top superstars in the WWE The Rock, and Stone Cold?

The NWO cost Austin his chance at becoming the Undisputed Champion at No Way Out during his match with Chris Jericho. Adding insult to injury, the NWO spray-painted ‘The Texas Rattlesnake’ with their brand logo just like they did in WCW. As you can imagine, Austin was pissed and out for revenge against the group and primarily Scott Hall.

Hall would challenge Stone Cold to a match at WrestleMania 18. Both superstars beat the living hell out of each other leading up to this highly-anticipated match for who runs the WWE.

The glass broke and Stone Cold made his iconic entrance, and black and white NWO covered Halls’ entrance alongside Kevin Nash. With the odds stacked against ‘The Toughest S.O.B’ could Austin or NWO prove their dominance? Sadly the NWO broke up that very night when Hulk Hogan came to the aid of his adversary The Rock after their ‘iconic’ dream match. Stone Cold would ensure the victory with the Stunner. Hall would perform an Oscar-worthy sell over the finisher.

What a time to be a wrestling fan in the 2000s when nothing was impossible for WWE. Who would’ve thought WCW would go out of business and Hogan would make his long-awaited return to WWE?

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

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King’s WrestleMania Rewind: Seth Rollins vs. Kevin Owens (WWE WrestleMania 36)

Chris King takes a look at the most underrated WWE WrestleMania matches, and starts off with Seth Rollins battling Kevin Owens at WrestleMania 36!

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2 weeks ago

March 8, 2023

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Chris King takes a look at the most underrated WWE WrestleMania matches, and starts off with Seth Rollins battling Kevin Owens in the WWE Performance Center at WrestleMania 36!

Chris King is starting a new series heading into WrestleMania season dubbed WrestleMania Rewind. Each week he’ll be going back and sharing his insight over underrated matches at the Show of Shows. First up, is Kevin Owens vs. “The Monday Night Messiah” Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 36.

At the 2019 edition of Survivor Series, Rollins sacrificed himself during the men’s traditional match allowing SmackDown to ultimately gain the victory. The following night the self-proclaimed Messiah, berated the whole roster but KO was not having any part of it. Owens quickly became a huge barrier in Rollins’ cause for the greater good. The Authors of Pain attacked Owens with Rollins’ character in question.

Owens finally had enough of his rival’s mind games and torment and challenged Rollins to a match on the Grandest Stage Of Them All. Rollins mockingly accepted his challenge and the match was made official for night one of WrestleMania. Owens came out of the gate beating the holy hell out of the Monday Night Messiah trying to achieve his long-awaited moment at Mania but, Rollins tried to steal a disqualification victory by using the ring bell.

Owens hellbent on revenge provoked Rollins into turning their encounter into a no-disqualification contest where the fight could be taken all over the empty arena. The highlight of the match, was when KO used the WrestleMania sign to deliver a thunderous senton bomb through the announce table. Owens would secure the victory with a Stunner in an incredible match. Despite having no crowd during the pandemic era, both KO and Rollins put on an intense performance under the brightest lights.

In my personal opinion, this was a great feud that helped both superstars in their transformation as compelling characters for years to come.