Mick Foley once bragged that for years, people referred to him as the American Onita. Given Foley’s rep that should tell you what you can expect from Atsushi Onita aka The Great Nita. With Nita’s hardcore background and the aura… Read More ›
Month: April 2012
Nice and Sloppy Inter-Promotional Fight
Finally, I have gotten around to posting some stuff featuring CZW wrestlers. The nice part of this match comes from watching Danny Havoc, who is a pretty versatile wrestler, who can venture beyond just the hardcore stuff. DJ Hyde is… Read More ›
The WWE Alternative That WWAsn’t
If you were a fan of wrestling at the end of the Monday Night Wars you may remember that for a while it looked like the WWF (WWE) would have a monopoly in professional wrestling in the United States. Yeah,… Read More ›
Best of the Super Juniors XIX is Coming
NJPW recently announced the entrants for the Best of Super Juniors XIX Tournament. Two wrestlers making the cut are Prince Devitt and KUSHIDA. Both guys have a shot at winning as Devitt actually won the 2010 edition of the tournament… Read More ›
Hiram Tua and Noriega Need House Show Bookings
Before I get to anything, I just wanted to point out that this video is stretched so the wrestlers look a little bit like hobbits. Oh well, at least now you will get a good idea of what it would… Read More ›
Pre-ECW Barbed Wire
A lot of newer fans (or at least as new as from the 1990s onward) may have had their first knowledge of barbed wire matches by watching the original ECW or perhaps for even newer fans by watching TNA. However,… Read More ›
Before Brock Was Back…
He first had to go away (duh), but before he did he had one final match for Antonio Inoki’s IGF promotion taking on old rival Kurt Angle. Although the match was promoted as being for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, Brock… Read More ›
Shawn Spears Sells All
Among the debuts and re-debuts that happened in the WWE following Wrestlemania was newcomer Damien Sandow cutting a promo on Smackdown. While he is one of the least known names among the debuting and returning wrestlers he has one of… Read More ›
Beyond “Beyond the Mat”
I remember hearing that Jake Roberts was supposed to have a retirement match with Kizarny a while back so I set out to look for it. Along the way I found this: I saw Jake Roberts in a giant plastic… Read More ›
Nakajima Refuses to Hail Sabin
One of the top searches for this blog recently was Chris Sabin. At the time I didn’t have any matches featuring Chris Sabin posted here so I figured I would rectify this. For those who don’t follow Impact Wrestling, Sabin… Read More ›
The Johnson Transcript 