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Big Daddy V Reinventing Himself in Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSPGaA9fJkk Here is a match from 20111 that AJPW just put on their YouTube page yesterday. Akebono and Ryota Hama take on Big Daddy V and former WWE developmental wrestler Chris “The Bambikiller” Raaber. These guys are all gigantic…wait. Hold… Read More ›
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A Quality Match from the Dark Days of NJPW
Katsuyori Shibata comes into this match fired up and starts laying into Koji Kanemoto before Koji even has the chance to take off his ring jacket. Shibata explodes with some of the flashier moves possible in professional wrestling that you… Read More ›
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The Ample Breasts of Player Uno
Here is an older ISW Championship match, a three way featuring reigning champion Player Uno, Stinky the Homeless Guy and Zombified. The reason there is no title belt featured in this clip is because even back then Kevin Steen was a bad… Read More ›
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Worthy of a “You’ve Still Got It Chant” in Japanese
Here is a super weird battle between Jushin “Thunder” Liger and TAKA Michinoku that took place in NJPW last year. Despite the big names involved the entirety of the bout is shot using one camera. With both competitors moving up… Read More ›
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A Look at the New NWA World Heavyweight Champion
Just a few days ago “The Tokyo Monster” Kahagas surprised the independent wrestling world by winning the recently vacated NWA World Heavyweight Championship. For those who haven’t been following the story surrounding the title, Adam Pearce left the NWA and… Read More ›
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Jonathan Gresham Interview
Interviewer’s Note: At the age of 24, Jonathan Gresham has already traveled the world as a wrestler and has performed in Japan, Hong Kong, Europe and all over the United States. A few of the more notable promotions he has… Read More ›
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Barack Obama for President
I like to keep this blog focused on wrestling and almost nothing else. However, the United States presidential election only comes around every four years…plus I figured I’d make this endorsement strictly in terms of Barack Obama’s side job of… Read More ›
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Another Brief, But Brilliant Taiwan Cup Bout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb-_joosKV8 After watching this match I figured I’d track down another contest from the AJPW Taiwan Cup 2009. Following a showing of this one it is easy to see why the tournament made the little buzz that it did back… Read More ›
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Sugar Dunkerton Goes Emo
In this episode of CHIKARA’s Podcast-A-Go-Go from a couple of weeks ago Gavin Loudspeaker gives us the lowdown (the news, not the move) on friction in The Throwbacks after Mr. Touchdown ruffled the feathers of Sugar Dunkerton. Dunkerton’s match with… Read More ›
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Counting Down the 6 Worst WWF/WWE European Champions
For a belt that had such a short existence overall, the WWF/WWE European Championship had more than its share of crappy title holders. The championship started out with a promising enough run though. The British Bulldog won the WWF European… Read More ›
The Johnson Transcript 