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• 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 )

  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 way… Read More ›

• Ebessan Messes with Liger

  By danielcarljohnson on October 10, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  I posted an interview with a guy named Lyder this week so I figured today would be as good a time as any to post another Jushin “Thunder” Liger match. You have to respect the rhyme scheme. In half seriousness… Read More ›

• A Report on Best of the Super Juniors XIX

  By danielcarljohnson on October 9, 2012 • ( 0 )

  As longtime readers of this website (well as long as a few months can be) may recall I posted some videos hyping up NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors XIX Tournament a while back. Up until now I haven’t posted… Read More ›

• Evgeny Lyder Interview

  By danielcarljohnson on October 8, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Interviewer’s Note: Evgeny Lyder has wrestled for Israeli wrestling promotions for nearly ten years. He first came to the country in his youth from Ukraine. Lyder became immersed in wrestling through watching WWF programming and becoming a fan of Bret… Read More ›

• Looking Back at Serena Deeb’s First ROH Singles Match

  By danielcarljohnson on October 7, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Serena Deeb (pre-haircut) came into Ring of Honor when their women’s division was red hot! Aside from her opponent, Lacey and escort Jimmy Jacobs having a ton of fan interest in them from the Jimmy loves Lacey angle, the Shimmer… Read More ›

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