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• Muta Takes On a Real Man’s Man

  By danielcarljohnson on July 2, 2012 • ( 0 )

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds1o5CEdvs0&feature=g-vrec There are a lot of things you can say about William Regal (formerly Steven Regal), but I don’t think anyone can deny that he is a real man’s man. Okay, maybe this was a little before that ill-fated gimmick,… Read More ›

• WSX Crowns A Champion

  By danielcarljohnson on July 1, 2012 • ( 0 )

  WSX’s all too short life came to an end five years ago this month when the promotion officially closed and the WSX Championship was deactivated. As such the cliche the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long… Read More ›

• Mike Awesome Planning To Make Mashed Potatoes

  By danielcarljohnson on June 30, 2012 • ( 0 )

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sVBvhlLki0 One of the great things about Atsushi Onita’s personal playground, FMW is that a lot of the craziest performers to wrestle for the organization were fine wrestlers before anything. So while a guy like The Gladiator (Mike Awesome) or… Read More ›

• Macho/Liger

  By danielcarljohnson on June 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TNIRpot1xY&feature=g-vrec Usually I try to avoid reading YouTube user comments to avoid brain rot, but jmg3116 really hit the nail on the head when he wrote, “This exists? WTF awesome lol.” The match is a bit short, but the crowd… Read More ›

• One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall From Continental

  By danielcarljohnson on June 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWfRsPXy98k I have written before about CCW upholding the 1980’s standard of featuring a lot of jobber matches, but they were more than just a playground for squashes. Here, two big names go at it in a tight psychological ride. Also,… Read More ›

• Vintage Best of the Super Juniors

  By danielcarljohnson on June 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4rFH4D5QcA Here is one reason I hope that the WWE Network finally launches at some point this year. The long rumored cruiserweight show would give WWE the opportunity to showcase a genre of wrestling that hasn’t been highlighted in the… Read More ›

• Females Fighting for a 5 Star Match…And Their Hair

  By danielcarljohnson on June 26, 2012 • ( 0 )

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sMla5Q3qUg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5j30ymkbqM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf3uEk2r-5c This bout proves that the key to having a truly classic match whether it is ranked by Dave Meltzer as a 5 star match or not is to have not only superior in-ring work, but high stakes… Read More ›

• Owen in the Orient

  By danielcarljohnson on June 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Some promising matches that could have happened never did so we are doomed to only see them on modified versions of WWF No Mercy for the N64. However, sometimes there are less talked about matches that happened between two great… Read More ›

• Hogan Hulks Up On Abdullah

  By danielcarljohnson on June 24, 2012 • ( 0 )

  This match is remarkable for featuring two huge names in wrestling history while they were both still in pretty good shape. Abdullah The Butcher is still packing some back fat, but at least it doesn’t hang that much here and… Read More ›

• Bob Armstrong Before He Was An Old Fart…Almost

  By danielcarljohnson on June 23, 2012 • ( 1 )

  One of the things I like about current WWE programming is that they are finally bringing back some jobber squash matches. Here is a clip not from WWE, but serves as a reason why I love jobber squashes just the… Read More ›