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• Bernard in a Battle

  By danielcarljohnson on October 18, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  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

  By danielcarljohnson on October 17, 2012 • ( 0 )

  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 ›

• Mr. 450 and John Skyler Cannot Resist Jocephus

  By danielcarljohnson on October 16, 2012 • ( 0 )

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deS2B4-YXlE&feature=plcp If you’ve only heard of Billy Corgan’s promotion Resistance Pro (RP), but never actually watched it well here’s your shot. Heck, if you’ve seen it already you’ll probably get a kick out of this match even more. So what… Read More ›

• TNA Bound for Glory (2012) Review

  By danielcarljohnson on October 15, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  TNA Bound for Glory (2012) delivered. Could the Austin Aries/Jeff Hardy main event have been better? Sure. Was the main event beyond decent at least? Absolutely! Add to that, that there were at least two matches even better including an… Read More ›

• Nick Jackson Interview

  By danielcarljohnson on October 15, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  Interviewer’s Note: Nick Jackson is a 23-year-old wrestler best known for performing alongside his brother Matt Jackson in the tag team, The Young Bucks. Despite his young age he has already competed for the second biggest promotion in the United… Read More ›

• Tiger Masks Battle for the Best of the Super Juniors’ Top Prize

  By danielcarljohnson on October 15, 2012 • ( 0 )

  NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors has produced a ton of great matches since the inaugural event was held in 1988, but few tournament finals had the intrigue that the 2004 edition had. Kojo Kanemoto was a former winner of… Read More ›

• Gangrel and Great-Great Grandma

  By danielcarljohnson on October 14, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  I recently got an e-mail from Ancestry.com with the subject, “GG-Grandma Is Updating Her Facebook Status.” Clicking open the message what followed was this: Hold on a second, “living relatives!” To the best of my knowledge my last great-great grandmother… Read More ›

• Going with Aries

  By danielcarljohnson on October 13, 2012 • ( 1 )

  Above is an example of Austin Aries wrestling after a run with a company’s top title. There is some basic mat wrestling to start and a bunch of cookie cutter moves with then ROH newbie, Eddie Edwards hitting the most… Read More ›

• That Happy Guy Who Always Loses

  By danielcarljohnson on October 12, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  With the recent news that Kofi Kingston has split from partner R-Truth it looks like he will go back to being that happy guy who always loses. However, this may be better at least for Kofi if not for the… Read More ›

• Sensational Sumo Smashes Samoan

  By danielcarljohnson on October 11, 2012 • ( 1 )

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3dQa36HuiM&feature=plcp AJPW has made some odd choices in the talent they have brought over from overseas. In 2007 competitor NJPW had Brock Lesnar so the company needed to match that star power with something. That something was a past his prime and… Read More ›