One part of Antonio Cesaro’s performance that I always liked since I first saw him wrestle as Claudio Castagnoli is the importance he places on European uppercuts. The European uppercut is performed all of the time in wrestling, but 99.9… Read More ›
Wrestling Clips
The Crazy Chickens in a Classic
In this match Matt Classic (A gimmick that escaped from the brain of Colt Cabana) and Matt Classic Jr. take on The Crazy Chickens. While the Classics get in what the commentator refers to as a reverse…move (you have to… Read More ›
The Crush Gals Get Crushed by The Jumping Bomb Angels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qMgmhkQy0A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfODYz57F30&NR=1&feature=endscreen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bCr8Tev58w&NR=1&feature=endscreen In the 1980s the joshi wrestling scene was so hot that even Vince McMahon wanted a piece of the action. He then made The Jumping Bomb Angels his tag team champs. What’s that? You don’t remember Japanese… Read More ›
Memphis Hodgepodge 2
Warning: If you couldn’t stomach the original Memphis Hodgepodge then don’t even try to get through this one. Since, I received such a positive response from the first Memphis Hodgepodge I thought I’d follow it up with a sequel of… Read More ›
How Do You Say “Oh My God” in Japanese?
Nani te koto. Well, according to Google Translate at least. Anyway, here is a clip for today: Yes, nani te koto indeed. This match from FMW sees Megumi Kudo facing off against Combat Toyoda and shows just how good an… Read More ›
Memphis Hodgepodge
The USWA was filled to the brim with crap, especially in the last few years before the company went out of business in 1997. The company produced enough clips to keep this blog going for at least a few years…. Read More ›
The 5 Star Match: Where it All Began
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn7QNZPYMP8 When the history of professional wrestling is really examined it can be said that very few matches are actually special. This is one of those rarities. During this period, Tiger Mask was red hot having listed the NWA World Junior… Read More ›
The Big Man Takes on the Big Ger-Man
Before I get into the heart of the content for this Andre The Giant/Otto Wanz match there is just a couple things I wanted to clear up. First, yes I know Otto Wanz was actually born in Austria. However, I… Read More ›
Muta Meets Liger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us1GTlbWgIU&feature=related These are two of Japan’s biggest names of the era so you know that you are in for something historic regardless of match quality. Keiji Mutoh is portraying The Great Muta here so he is not content just to… Read More ›
Brits Brawl in a Battle Royal
I felt like including some alliteration in a post’s title and I found this match so here we go! If you were ever curious about that British guy who was over the hill in WCW or way over the hill… Read More ›
The Johnson Transcript 