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• Eight Women Produce a 5 Star Classic

  By danielcarljohnson on September 18, 2012 • ( 0 )

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyjdmNebyi4 Imagine “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Ken Shamrock, Goldust and The Legion of Doom took on Bret Hart, Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, Brian Pillman and Jim Neidhart. Wait, scratch that. That actually happened. Okay, imagine “Stone Cold” Steve Austin,… Read More ›

• WWE Night of Champions (2012) Review

  By danielcarljohnson on September 17, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  CM Punk and John Cena delivered in their match for the WWE Championship once again. There was no doubt that they would. Unlike SummerSlam (2011) the event was far from a one match show with Randy Orton/Dolph Ziggler in particular… Read More ›

• Did This Guy Eat Four of Wrestling’s Biggest Gimmicks?

  By danielcarljohnson on September 17, 2012 • ( 0 )

  In the dying days of the USWA the people in the company were throwing anything against the wall to see what would stick. Accordingly it was only a matter of time before they put the gimmicks of “Macho Man” Randy… Read More ›

• Will Sin Cara Finally Be Pushed to His Potential? Probably Not

  By danielcarljohnson on September 16, 2012 • ( 2 )

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEQOhM0Z3dg&feature=plcp In early 2011 WWE pulled off an impressive signing by acquiring international superstar Mistico. If you watch the clip above where he takes on Tiger Mask IV for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship you can see him in all… Read More ›

• In the Middle of Trios Chaos

  By danielcarljohnson on September 15, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Above, Bryce Remsburg gives his final report on the 2012 edition of CHIKARA’s King of Trios Tournament. Included are interviews with The Throwbacks (Dasher Hatfield, Mark Angelosetti and Matt Classic aka Colt Cabana) and UltraMantis Black. Since then the first… Read More ›

• Awful Meets Bad

  By danielcarljohnson on September 14, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  If you ever wanted to see a match where there is garbage piled on garbage piled on garbage, but not spend a lot of time well then this one is for you! First, we have The Twilight Zone a tag… Read More ›

• Abdullah in a “No Holds Barred” Match

  By danielcarljohnson on September 13, 2012 • ( 0 )

  George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, once famously said, “Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?” Yet, even rarer is the question asked why the villain from “No Holds Barred” would wrestle The Madman… Read More ›

• Christmas Creature Invades USWA

  By danielcarljohnson on September 12, 2012 • ( 0 )

  As I’m sure you’d agree there is no better time to celebrate Christmas than mid-September. In that vein I give you one of the USWA’s most awesomely ridiculous gimmicks, Glenn Jacobs aka Kane dressing up like a Christmas tree to… Read More ›

• Dreaming of Another Dream Slam

  By danielcarljohnson on September 11, 2012 • ( 0 )

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL2qeCr4Pks For those unfamiliar, Dream Slam was essentially heaven on earth for a joshi fan. The original Dream Slam was a wrestling summit that was hosted by AJW at its peak in 1993 and invited female wrestlers from some of… Read More ›

• TNA No Surrender (2012) Review

  By danielcarljohnson on September 10, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  This year’s TNA No Surrender pay-per-view had a difficult card to pull off on paper. There was no world title match, four of the company’s best athletes were used in one match and the three match tournament that ended the… Read More ›