by Daniel Johnson Air America vs. Mike Cooper and Elliot Russell Yesterday, the NWA’s former star member, TNA had one of their biggest shows of the year. It is tough to believe that just a few years ago the NWA… Read More ›
Month: January 2013
6 Great Matches You’ve Never Seen: Part VI
by Jeremy Cundiff Thank you for your bandwidth. I’m Madman Szalinski, and I’m just about done with this shit. By shit, of course, I mean this six-part series on great matches that might be a bit obscure. First, I’d like… Read More ›
Where Can We See Fat Guy Wrestlers Now? Right, Japan Will Do.
by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMs7V9mD2cA Big Daddy V vs. Akebono My earliest memories as a wrestling fan come from the late 1980s/early 1990s WWF when fat guy wrestlers were not only welcomed, but allowed. Yes, for years fat guy wrestlers were… Read More ›
The First Alcobrawl
by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1uCaL143kY Giant Tiger vs. Sexxy Eddy If you’ve never seen an alcobrawl…then maybe you should count yourself lucky. Actually, the matches tend to be a lot of fun and this first one set the standard for things… Read More ›
A Short and Sound Women’s Match
by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUG_0H_casY Cheerleader Melissa vs. Makoto A while back I mentioned the difficulty involved in having a sound match without a lot of time to work with. As mentioned this has made women’s wrestling in mainstream American wrestling … Read More ›
Nagata and In-ring Psychology
by Daniel Johnson Yuji Nagata vs. Toru Yano This match is brief, but Nagata manages to pack a feud’s worth of psychology into it. While there have been rumors as of late that the WWE is interested in signing Kazuchika… Read More ›
To Pine for LAX or Appreciate Chavo
by Daniel Johnson Homicide and Ricky Reyes vs. Ring Crew Express Watching TNA every week I cannot help, but feel a little bad for Hernandez. Oddly enough he has been having great matches lately, but I think his time has… Read More ›
Terry Funk, a Brainbuster and a Table
by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8z1cdMEtzo Terry Funk and Abdullah The Butcher vs. Tarzan Goto and Tomoaki Honma Despite being well, well past their primes in 2002, Terry Funk and Abdullah The Butcher are still a ton of fun to watch in… Read More ›
A Gem from RWA
by Daniel Johnson T. Phoenix vs. JP Hansen RWA lists this on their official YouTube channel in their RWA Gems series. The match isn’t exactly perfect and it suffers from it’s atmosphere. While the RWA can put on decent matches… Read More ›
Why Hasn’t There Been a Vader and Stevie Richards Tag Team Yet?
by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ranf7qL73tQ Kevin Sullivan and Gangrel vs. Cassidy Riley and Steve Madison To celebrate the release of his new film I thought I would post a Kevin Sullivan match. Okay, maybe Kevin Sullivan didn’t actually appear in The… Read More ›
The Johnson Transcript 