After a brief stint in TNA as Austin Starr, Austin returned to ROH with his original Austin Aries ring name. This match took place about a year into this run where he attempted to give the company a reason to… Read More ›
Month: October 2012
The Technical Wizard Shines
Only a few days ago I posted an unimpressive match featuring Jushin “Thunder” Liger and Yuji Nagata. Yet, I didn’t want to leave readers with the impression that either guy is incapable of having a great match in a short… Read More ›
Trent Adams Interview
Interviewer’s Note: Trent Adams wrestled his first match for the Conwy County Wrestling Academy (CCWA) this year. Aside from being a performer he is also a co-founder and co-owner of CCWA. Although Adams is based in the United Kingdom he… Read More ›
Ranking the Current WWE Tag Team Division
An unquestionable bright spot of recent WWE programming has to be the company’s growing tag team division. A year ago an eight team elimination tournament would have been just about unthinkable, but recently one was held just to determine the… Read More ›
MMA: Wrestling’s Distant Cousin
As much as I would have enjoyed tearing apart Kevin James’ latest feature film I just can’t do it. While the movie didn’t have any belly laugh moments it does offer some chuckles and director Frank Coraci does a good job… Read More ›
Site News 10/21/12
October keeps moving along and so does The Johnson Transcript! With that said, today offers a brand new feature to the blog. I find that outside of this place some of my efforts that have gotten the most responses and… Read More ›
Anarchy and American Joshi
Here is a fun match with a Halloween theme from Anarchy Championship Wrestling! Reigning ACW American Joshi Championship title holder, Athena is representing Cobra Kai just like, ACH. Hey, wait a second! Looks like Athena has more in common with… Read More ›
Liger Shows Up in Style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uldxzz1glW8 When I went to AJPW’s YouTube channel today I thought they were going to make my post today about this clip easy. After all they show Jushin “Thunder” Liger right up front looking like the inverse of The White… Read More ›
Bernard in a Battle
One argument that could be made as to why the former-Albert hasn’t been more successful since his return to the WWE is that in Japan a lot of his better work was as a tag wrestler. There is no shame… Read More ›
Burger King of the Ring Tournament Finals
Inter Species Wrestling (ISW) is a nice and whacky promotion with a ton of fun performers, gimmicks and outings. Here, El Hijo del Bamboo and Frankie Arion fight it out for the title of ISW Burger King of the Ring…. Read More ›