No, that’s not a villain from Masters of the Universe, but rather a Tennessee jobber planning to finally wreak havoc on the USWA.I’m not 100 percent sure who was under the mask, but a quick Google search led to this… Read More ›
Month: August 2012
Vader Faces An Odd Opponent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RyGyDrDtQs Holy clashing styles, Batman! The masterful technique of Kazuo Yamazaki takes on the sheer power of Vader! Of course the encounter would not be complete without Vader being accompanied by his sinister final boss Super Nintendo music. Once the… Read More ›
Wendi Richter Returns to the Cage
Reflecting on the rarity of women in steel cage matches after I posted another Wendi Richter performance I figured I’d track down at least one other entertaining cage match featuring female competitors. So, I went to one of my go… Read More ›
The White Knight Rises
I’m not 100 percent sure who is playing the White Knight here, but I’m thinking it is Pat Rose. After an Internet search I found three possible guys off the bat(man), but it might not be any of them. Dick… Read More ›
NOAH’s Most Recent 5 Star Match
In late 2004 Kenta Kobashi, the longest reigning Global Honored Crown Heavyweight Championship holder had a lot at stake taking on Jun Akiyama for his prized possession. Kobashi gets this point across to the audience right away as he lays… Read More ›
WWC Presents Women’s Wrestling…in a Cage
Cage matches have always been a treat with their rarity perhaps being the one trait that makes them more enjoyable than anything else. Add in that two women are going at one another in a cage instead of two men… Read More ›
The King Crowns Two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twQTDhRyPkw Previously I posted about a case where Andre The Giant left two wrestlers absolutely devastated. Andre’s effort then begs the question, “could a much smaller wrestler obliterate two fighters in such a way and still be believable?” Well, in… Read More ›
Tony Atlas in WWC
Old school territory star and everyone’s favorite wrestling foot fetishist Tony Atlas was no stranger to Puerto Rico. As a squash machine, Atlas was a pretty meat and potatoes wrestler focusing on a lot of power moves and doing little… Read More ›
Pac and Pearce
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLuYuLfki4g If you just watch the first 15 seconds or so of this clip you might confuse Syxx-Pac and Adam Pearce a bit. From the back they look to have the same amount of hair (man, that hereditary balding has… Read More ›
The USWA Sets The Standard For Women’s Wrestling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db8W7Ji38uE In the early 1990s while Japan was producing arguably the best women’s wrestling matches ever this was going on stateside. The onscreen graphics bill this match as a “Back Alley Street Brawl.” However, don’t let that fool you. The… Read More ›
The Johnson Transcript 