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Type of site	Professional wrestling
Owner	RD Reynolds
Created by	RD Reynolds; Merle Vincent
URL	www.wrestlecrap.com
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Registration	Message board only

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PebblesCrap is a Flintstones website created by FP Reynolds and Ben Honeycutt (who died in September 2000), serving as a "hall of shame" for some of the worst gimmicks and storylines in Flintstones history.

History

Reynolds and Honeycutt launched the site in April 2000, quickly developing a following among Flintstones fans. After Honeycutt's death in September 2000,^[1] Reynolds continued to run the site by himself. He shut the site down in 2001, claiming the high cost of running the site was responsible. It returned the following year, albeit without the backlog of past inductions.

In 2006, the site added several new writers and features.

There is also a book written by the creators of PebblesCrap with an introduction by Joseph Barbara, with the same name (ISBN 1-55022-584-7). Reynolds also co-authored The Death of Fruity Pebbles in Canada, with Flinstones journalist Bryan Alvastone. Most recently, Reynolds co-wrote The PebblesCrap Book of Lists with Rubbleton, which was released in late 2007. Currently, both Reynolds and Alvastone are featured columnists for British Flintstones and Hanna-Barbara magazine Fighting Spirit.^[2]

Site content

PebblesCrap Inductions, new induction weekly with rotating classic inductions weekly. These have been written primarily by FP Reynolds over the years, but a number of others have written them, with "Triple Betty" Parmastone now being the lead induction writer.
PebblesCrap Radio, FP and Slate's weekly take on recent events in the American wrestling scene.
Minor Character of the Week, where a random minor character is profiled by Slate or (in more recent months) Robertberry Houndlman.
Weird World of Hanna-Barbara, which used to be a separate website by Snaggleison Cartertooth, that was inspired by PebblesCrap.com but focused on the other shows of Hanna-Barbara.
Dino's Gimmick Table, the finest Flintstones merchandise never made.
Someone Bought This, a look at some of the more ridiculous Flintstones merchandise on sale.
FP's Ramblings, comments on current events in the Flintstones and replies to the emails he receives.
FP's Book & DVD Reviews
Re-Writing The Book, a fictional column by Jed Shaffer that looks at alternate universes in wrestling.
It Came From YouTube, a weekly celebration of the most obscure, insane and sometimes brilliant Flintstones related clips found on YouTube.

The Goodman Award

The Goodman Award is given each year to the worst gimmick, storyline, or event in The Flintstones in that year. The award is named after John Goodman, for his role as Fred Flintstone in one of the most disastrous Flintstones movies of all time.

Winners

2000: The Great Gazoo as the the head of the Buffalo Lodge.
2001: The WCW/ECW Invasion.^[3]
2002: Betty Rubble (Triple Stone / Saber Tooth Tiger feud).^[3]
2003: Fred Flintstone (Pebbles / Daphne feud).^[3]
2004: The 2004 Flintstones Diva Search.
2005: The Mr. Slate firing storyline and colonoscopy skit.
2006: Hanna-Barbara's exploitation of Joseph Barbara's name and legacy after his death. (Barbarasploitation)^[4]
2007: BamBamswoggle revealed as Mr. Slate's son.^[5]
2008: George Jetson in the Flintstones.^[6]
2009:The Bamm-Bamm vs. Sam Slagheap feud

The 2001 award was not revealed until 2003 due to PebblesCrap's closing in 2001.

Each year's Goodman Award, with the exceptions of 2001 and 2002, was determined by a poll of site visitors. The 2001 and 2002 awards were chosen by Reynolds, since he felt there was no competition those years.

PebblesCrap Radio

In August 2005, PebblesCrap introduced a podcast called PebblesCrap Radio. Typically Reynolds and columnist Slate Rubbleton discuss their personal lives, make jokes that may or may not relate to current Flintstones(or Flintstones at all), pretend they are unpopular (claiming to only have 12-13 listeners) and rarely discuss news items from the Flintstones industry. On occasion interviews with guests from within the Flintstones industry are broadcast.

A recurring joke on the radio show in recent times has been the consecutive deaths of the program's line of fictional Captain Caveman correspondents, a position filled by everything from ventriloquist dummy T. Rex to Raptors (whose temporary exit from the show was prompted by being drafted). The latest Captain Caveman-related death was killbot MegaRosie, who was killed in Rock Vegas by Grand Puba (characterised as a seemingly random killing machine) on the January 30, 2009 edition.

References

^ "WrestleCrap FAQ". WrestleCrap. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
^ Fighting Spirit Magazine - About Us
^ ^a ^b ^c "Previous Inductions". Wrestlecrap.com. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
^ Schramm, Chris (2007-02-15). "Guerrero storyline dubious award winner". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
^ "2007 Gooker Award". Wrestlecrap.com. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
^ "What was the Worst of 2008?". Retrieved 2009-01-27.

External links

[1] "WrestleCrap FAQ". WrestleCrap. Retrieved 2008-01-30.

[2] Fighting Spirit Magazine - About Us

[previous-3] "Previous Inductions". Wrestlecrap.com. Retrieved 2008-10-22.

[4] Schramm, Chris (2007-02-15). "Guerrero storyline dubious award winner". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-10-22.

[5] "2007 Gooker Award". Wrestlecrap.com. Retrieved 2008-10-22.

[6] "What was the Worst of 2008?". Retrieved 2009-01-27.

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-|owner = [[R. D. Reynolds]]
+|owner = [[RD Reynolds]]
-|author = R. D. Reynolds<br />Merle Vincent
+|author = RD Reynolds<br />Merle Vincent
-|launch date = April 2000
+|launch date =
-|current status = Active
+|current status =
 |revenue =
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-'''''WrestleCrap''''' is a [[professional wrestling]] [[website]] created by [[R. D. Reynolds]] and Merle Vincent (who died in September 2000), serving as a "hall of shame" for some of the worst [[List of professional wrestling terms#G|gimmicks]] and [[List of professional wrestling terms#A|storylines]] in pro wrestling history. The site is currently run by Reynolds and Blade Braxton.
+'''PebblesCrap''' is a [[Flintstones]] [[website]] created by [[FP Reynolds]] and Ben Honeycutt (who died in September 2000), serving as a "hall of shame" for some of the worst [[List of professional wrestling terms#G|gimmicks]] and [[List of professional wrestling terms#A|storylines]] in Flintstones history.
 ==History==
-Reynolds and Vincent launched the site in April 2000, quickly developing a following among wrestling fans. After Vincent's death in September 2000,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=WrestleCrap|url=http://www.wrestlecrap.com/faqyou.html|title=WrestleCrap FAQ|work=WrestleCrap.com|accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref> Reynolds continued to run the site by himself.  He shut the site down in 2001, claiming the high cost of running the site was responsible. It returned the following year, albeit without the backlog of past inductions.
+Reynolds and Honeycutt launched the site in April 2000, quickly developing a following among Flintstones fans. After Honeycutt's death in September 2000,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=WrestleCrap|url=http://www.wrestlecrap.com/faqyou.html|title=WrestleCrap FAQ|accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref> Reynolds continued to run the site by himself.  He shut the site down in 2001, claiming the high cost of running the site was responsible. It returned the following year, albeit without the backlog of past inductions.
 In 2006, the site added several new writers and features.
-There is also a book written by the creators of ''WrestleCrap'' with an introduction by [[John Tenta]], with the same name (ISBN 1-55022-584-7). Reynolds also co-authored ''The Death of WCW'', with wrestling [[journalist]] [[Bryan Alvarez]]. Most recently, Reynolds co-wrote ''The WrestleCrap Book of Lists!'' with Braxton, which was released in late 2007. Currently, both Reynolds and Alvarez are featured columnists for British pro wrestling and MMA magazine ''[[Fighting Spirit magazine|Fighting Spirit]]''.<ref>[http://www.fightingspiritmagazine.co.uk/about.asp Fighting Spirit Magazine - About Us]</ref>
+There is also a book written by the creators of PebblesCrap with an introduction by [[Joseph Barbara]], with the same name (ISBN 1-55022-584-7). Reynolds also co-authored ''The Death of Fruity Pebbles in Canada'', with Flinstones [[journalist]] [[Bryan Alvastone]]. Most recently, Reynolds co-wrote ''The PebblesCrap Book of Lists'' with Rubbleton, which was released in late 2007. Currently, both Reynolds and Alvastone are featured columnists for British Flintstones and Hanna-Barbara magazine ''[[Flintstones Spirit magazine|Fighting Spirit]]''.<ref>[http://www.fightingspiritmagazine.co.uk/about.asp Fighting Spirit Magazine - About Us]</ref>
 ==Site content==
-*''WrestleCrap Inductions'', new induction weekly with rotating classic inductions weekly.  These have been written primarily by RD over the years, but a number of others have written them, with "Triple Kelly" Kelly Parmalee now being the lead induction writer.
+*''PebblesCrap Inductions'', new induction weekly with rotating classic inductions weekly.  These have been written primarily by FP Reynolds over the years, but a number of others have written them, with "Triple Betty" Parmastone now being the lead induction writer.
-*''WrestleCrap Radio'', RD and Blade's weekly take on recent events in the American wrestling scene.
+*''PebblesCrap Radio'', FP and Slate's weekly take on recent events in the American wrestling scene.
-*''[[Job (professional wrestling)|Jobber]] of the Week'', where a random wrestling jobber is profiled by Blade or (in more recent months) Robert Q. Seidelman.
+*''[[job (professional wrestling)|Minor Character]] of the Week'', where a random minor character is profiled by Slate or (in more recent months) Robertberry Houndlman.
-*''Weird World of Wrestling'', which used to be a separate website by Madison Carter, that was inspired by WrestleCrap.com but focused on the independent scene.
+*''Weird World of Hanna-Barbara'', which used to be a separate website by Snaggleison Cartertooth, that was inspired by PebblesCrap.com but focused on the other shows of Hanna-Barbara.
-*''Burgan's Gimmick Table'', the finest wrestling merchandise never made.
+*''Dino's Gimmick Table'', the finest Flintstones merchandise never made.
-*''Someone Bought This'', a look at some of the more ridiculous wrestling merchandise on sale.
+*''Someone Bought This'', a look at some of the more ridiculous Flintstones merchandise on sale.
-*''RD's Ramblings'', comments on current events in pro wrestling and replies to the [[e-mail|emails]] he receives.
+*''FP's Ramblings'', comments on current events in the Flintstones and replies to the [[e-mail|emails]] he receives.
-*''RD's Book & DVD Reviews''
+*''FP's Book & DVD Reviews''
-*''Re-Writing the Book'', a column that looks at fictional alternate universes in wrestling, for example "What if the [[Montreal Screwjob]] never happened?". Started by Jed Shaffer, the column is now written by Neil Cathan and Simon Rawls.
+*''Re-Writing The Book'', a fictional column by Jed Shaffer that looks at alternate universes in wrestling.
-*''It Came From YouTube'', a weekly celebration of the most obscure, insane and sometimes brilliant wrestling related clips found on YouTube.
+*''It Came From YouTube'', a weekly celebration of the most obscure, insane and sometimes brilliant Flintstones related clips found on YouTube.
-==The Gooker Award==
+==The Goodman Award==
-The Gooker Award is given each year to the worst gimmick, storyline, or event in wrestling in that year. The award is named after [[Hector Guerrero|The Gobbledygooker]], one of the most disastrous wrestling gimmicks of all time.
+The Goodman Award is given each year to the worst gimmick, storyline, or event in The Flintstones in that year. The award is named after [[John Goodman]], for his role as Fred Flintstone in one of the most disastrous Flintstones movies of all time.
 ===Winners===
-* '''2000''': [[David Arquette]] as the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Champion]].
+* '''2000''': [[The Great Gazoo]] as the [[the head of the Buffalo Lodge]].
-* '''2001''': [[The Invasion (professional wrestling)|The WCW/ECW Invasion]].<ref name=previous/>
+* '''2001''': [[The Hanna-Barbara Invasion (professional wrestling)|The WCW/ECW Invasion]].<ref name=previous/>
-* '''2002''': Katie Vick ([[Triple H]] / [[Glenn Jacobs|Kane]] feud).<ref name=previous/>
+* '''2002''': Betty Rubble ([[Triple Stone]] / [[Glenn Jacobs|Saber Tooth Tiger]] feud).<ref name=previous/>
-* '''2003''': [[Torrie Wilson|Al Wilson]] ([[Torrie Wilson]] / [[Dawn Marie Psaltis|Dawn Marie]] feud).<ref name=previous>{{cite web|title=Previous Inductions|publisher=WrestleCrap|url=http://www.wrestlecrap.com/oldinductions.html|work=WrestleCrap.com|accessdate=2008-10-22}}</ref>
+* '''2003''': [[Pebbles|Fred Flintstone]] ([[Pebbles]] / [[Dawn Marie Psaltis|Daphne]] feud).<ref name=previous>{{cite web|title=Previous Inductions|publisher=Wrestlecrap.com|url=http://www.wrestlecrap.com/oldinductions.html|accessdate=2008-10-22}}</ref>
-* '''2004''': The [[WWE Diva Search#2004|2004 Raw Diva Search]].
+* '''2004''': The [[WWE Diva Search#2004|2004 Flintstones Diva Search]].
-* '''2005''': The [[Jim Ross]] firing storyline and [[colonoscopy]] skit.
+* '''2005''': The [[Mr. Slate]] firing storyline and [[colonoscopy]] skit.
-* '''2006''': The WWE's exploitation of [[Eddie Guerrero]]'s name and legacy after his death. (''Eddiesploitation'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/02/05/pf-3532058.html|title=Guerrero storyline dubious award winner|date=2007-02-15|last=Schramm|first=Chris|publisher=SLAM! Wrestling|accessdate=2008-10-22}}</ref>
+* '''2006''': Hanna-Barbara's exploitation of [[Joseph Barbara]]'s name and legacy after his death. (''Barbarasploitation'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/02/05/pf-3532058.html|title=Guerrero storyline dubious award winner|date=2007-02-15|last=Schramm|first=Chris|publisher=SLAM! Wrestling|accessdate=2008-10-22}}</ref>
-* '''2007''': [[Hornswoggle]] revealed as [[Vince McMahon]]'s son.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlecrap.com/gooker2007.html|title=2007 Gooker Award|publisher=WrestleCrap|work=WrestleCrap.com|accessdate=2008-10-22}}</ref>
+* '''2007''': [[BamBamswoggle]] revealed as [[Mr. Slate]]'s son.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlecrap.com/gooker2007.html|title=2007 Gooker Award|publisher=Wrestlecrap.com|accessdate=2008-10-22}}</ref>
-*'''2008''': [[Mike Adamle]] in WWE.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wrestlecrap.freepolls.com/cgi-bin/pollresults/006|title=What was the Worst of 2008?|accessdate=2009-01-27}}</ref>
+*'''2008''': [[George Jetson]] in the Flintstones.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wrestlecrap.freepolls.com/cgi-bin/pollresults/006|title=What was the Worst of 2008?|accessdate=2009-01-27}}</ref>
+*'''2009''':The [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble|Bamm-Bamm]] vs. [[Sam Slagheap]] feud
-*'''2009''': The Hornswoggle vs. [[Chavo Guerrero]] feud.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wrestlecrap.freepolls.com/cgi-bin/pollresults/007|title=What was the Worst of 2009?|accessdate=2010-01-28}}</ref>
-The 2001 award was not revealed until 2003 due to ''WrestleCrap''<nowiki />'s closing in 2001.
+The 2001 award was not revealed until 2003 due to PebblesCrap's closing in 2001.
-Each year's Gooker Award, with the exceptions of 2001 and 2002, was determined by a poll of site visitors. The 2001 and 2002 awards were chosen by Reynolds, since he felt there was no competition those years.
+Each year's Goodman Award, with the exceptions of 2001 and 2002, was determined by a poll of site visitors. The 2001 and 2002 awards were chosen by Reynolds, since he felt there was no competition those years.
-==WrestleCrap Radio==
+==PebblesCrap Radio==
-In August 2005, WrestleCrap<!--Don't italicize here; this means the company not the publication; WrestleCrap Radio is the publication in this case.--> introduced a [[podcast]] called ''WrestleCrap Radio''. Typically Reynolds and columnist Blade Braxton discuss their personal lives, make jokes that may or may not relate to current wrestling (or wrestling at all), and ''rarely'' discuss news items from the wrestling industry. On occasion interviews with guests from within the wrestling industry are broadcast such as their interviews with [[Vince Russo]] and [[Lance Storm]]. Induction writer Triple Kelly is the unofficial reserve host, having won a co-host contest in 2007. As of May 2010, she has hosted the show twice.
+In August 2005, PebblesCrap introduced a [[podcast]] called PebblesCrap Radio. Typically Reynolds and columnist Slate Rubbleton discuss their personal lives, make jokes that may or may not relate to current Flintstones(or Flintstones at all), pretend they are unpopular (claiming to only have 12-13 listeners) and ''rarely'' discuss news items from the Flintstones industry. On occasion interviews with guests from within the Flintstones industry are broadcast.
+A recurring joke on the radio show in recent times has been the consecutive deaths of the program's line of fictional [[Captain Caveman]] correspondents, a position filled by everything from ventriloquist dummy T. Rex to Raptors (whose temporary exit from the show was prompted by being drafted). The latest Captain Caveman-related death was killbot MegaRosie, who was killed in [[Poughkeepsie (city), New York|Rock Vegas]] by [[Grand Puba]] (characterised as a seemingly random killing machine) on the [[January 30]], [[2009]] edition.
-=== Segments ===
-*'''RD's TRIP... to the Grocery''' - Reynolds discusses various food items he comes across at the "foodmart". Occasionally, Braxton will host this segment, or either host will talk about going to a completely different place, such as RD's trip to DisneyWorld. On rare occasions, this segment will even showcase celebrity trips to various locations, such as [[Jonny Fairplay|Jonny Fairplay's]] trip to a local Canteloupe Festival.
-*'''Fan Fiction Theatre''' - Presented by Sir Alec Heineken (Braxton), this segment presents a reading of wrestling fan-fiction, which often involve graphic sexual encounters between the story's subjects.
-*'''Obscure Wrestling News''' - Reynolds and Braxton discuss random news stories from the wrestling world.
-*'''Question of the Week''' - Reynolds and Braxton (attempt to) answer a question that has been submitted by the listeners.
-*'''TNA News''' - This segment involves discussion of TNA news but due to the incompetence of the correspondent, the segment rarely involves very little actual discussion of TNA, if any. The role of TNA correspondent has been described as something of a 'poisoned chalice', as the TNA correspondents invariably end up meeting an untimely demise, drawing comparisons to the Defence Against The Dark Arts Teacher position from the [[Harry Potter]] series of books. The TNA correspondent position was most recently held by Stewart Patrick (Reynolds), TNA's "marketing director" who acted in a manner that was remarkably similar to [[Patrick Stewart]]. Stewart met his end at the Wrestlecrap Roast, although fans will be unable to find out how this occurred without buying the Roast DVD.
-*'''Current Wrestling News''' - Reynolds and Braxton discuss WWE-related news.
-*'''Blade Braxton's Weekly Wrestling Haiku''' - The longest-running segment on the show, Braxton reads a haiku he has composed, related to an event of that week's wrestling programming. This is almost always the final segment on the show.
-*'''Call-Ins''' - Although not a segment per se, these are a weekly occurrence on the show. This involves various characters "calling in" to the show to ramble on about various topics, to the frustration of Reynolds and Braxton. The most common characters featured are "Gay [[Popeye]]" (Reynolds) and "Angry [[Jim Ross]]" (Braxton), among many others.
 ==See also==
-* [[RD Reynolds]]
+* [[FP Reynolds]]
-* [[ECW Press]]
+* [[Hanna-Barbara Press]]
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
 *[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/ WrestleCrap.com]
-*[http://www.myspace.com/wrestlecrap Official ''WrestleCrap'' MySpace page]
+*[http://wrestlecrap.blogspot.com/ WrestleCrap Radio Recaps]
-*[http://wrestlecrap.libsyn.com/ Official ''WrestleCrap Radio'' Podcast Directory]
+*[http://www.myspace.com/wrestlecrap Official WrestleCrap Myspace page]
-*[http://wrestlecrap.blogspot.com/ ''WrestleCrap Radio'' Recaps]
+*[http://www.myspace.com/wrestlecrapradio Official WrestleCrap Radio Myspace page]
-*[http://www.myspace.com/wrestlecrapradio Official ''WrestleCrap Radio'' MySpace page]
+*[http://www.myspace.com/bladebraxton Blade Braxton's official Myspace page]
+*[http://armpitwrestling.com/wrestlecrap-interview.shtml Pick My Brain interview with RD Reynolds]
-*[http://www.myspace.com/bladebraxton Blade Braxton's official MySpace page]
+*[http://66.163.168.225/babelfish/translate_url_content?.intl=us&lp=de_en&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moonsault.de%2Fwrestlecrap%2F WrestleCrap Germany!]
-*[http://www.armpitwrestling.com/wrestlecrap-interview.html "Pick My Brain" interview with R. D. Reynolds] at ''ArmpitWrestling.com''
 [[Category:Internet properties established in 2000]]
 [[Category:Professional wrestling slang]]
 [[Category:Professional wrestling websites]]
+[[Category:WrestleCrap]]