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• Scorpio Sky Doesn’t Know Jack

  By danielcarljohnson on July 8, 2012 • ( 0 )

  This match demonstrates that though WSX did not have a long shelf life overall they still grew somewhat as a company over their short existence. This match looks like it could be a decent opener for a major company (think… Read More ›

• Jeff Jarrett vs. Raven…Sort Of

  By danielcarljohnson on July 7, 2012 • ( 0 )

  If you’ve never seen Scotty Flamingo in action then it could worst be described as a gimmick not very far removed from the Raven character. It is quite surreal to see the man that would become Raven holding the USWA World Tag Team Championship alongside… Read More ›

• WSX Screwjob

  By danielcarljohnson on July 6, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Human Tornado was one of my favorite indy talents around the time WSX existed (2007). Here we get a little taste of the kind of flavor him and another indy darling, Jack Evans had to offer. I love that WSX actually… Read More ›

• Lynn vs. Lightning

  By danielcarljohnson on July 5, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Since I posted about GWF yesterday I thought I would follow it up by posting about a match from the company’s most cutting edge feud, Jerry Lynn vs. The Lightning Kid. As you can tell by Lynn’s promo the feud… Read More ›

• Happy Fourth of July!

  By danielcarljohnson on July 4, 2012 • ( 0 )

  In this bout The Patriot as performed by Del Wilkes takes on Tugboat Taylor in a brief contest for the Global Wrestling Federation. The most impressive part of this match is when The Patriot managers to slam the massive Taylor… Read More ›

• Misawa Faces Jumbo Sized Competition

  By danielcarljohnson on July 3, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Leading up to this match Jumbo Tsuruta was fresh off of losing the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship to Terry Gordy. So the last thing Jumbo needed was a loss to Mitsuharu Misawa, a wrestler not only more than 10… Read More ›

• Muta Takes On a Real Man’s Man

  By danielcarljohnson on July 2, 2012 • ( 0 )

  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, but… 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 )

  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 Hayabusa… Read More ›

• Macho/Liger

  By danielcarljohnson on June 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  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 and… Read More ›

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