by Daniel Johnson Green Ant vs. Frightmare Back in April 2010 Absolute Intense Wrestling (AIW) held a two day trios tournament entitled AIW Jack of All Trios. Unsurprisingly, another company that has long emphasized trios wrestling, CHIKARA had some showcase… Read More ›
Abdullah The Butcher
Indie Flashback: “The Lariat” DJ Hyde Wrestles BJ Whitmer at CZW Cinco de Mayo
by Daniel Johnson “The Lariat” DJ Hyde vs. BJ Whitmer “The Lariat” DJ Hyde runs down BJ Whitmer on the mic to start this Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) clip. Rather than take any of Hyde’s crap, Whitmer gives Hyde some… Read More ›
Wild Bill Brown Interview
by Daniel Johnson Interviewer’s Note: Wild Bill Brown first began watching wrestling as a child in the early 1980s. His fandom led to him becoming a wrestling photographer capturing the images of wrestling veterans such as Jimmy Snuka, Honky Tonk… Read More ›
5 More Forgotten Matches From the Early Days of Starrcade Worth Checking Out
by Daniel Johnson Since last week’s list analyzing five forgotten matches from the first two NWA Starrcade events got such a good response I figured I’d do a follow-up. So I set about six hours aside this past week and… Read More ›
Jocephus Brody Interview
by Daniel Johnson Interviewer’s Note: Jocephus Brody is a terrorizing force who is at the moment ripping through the roster of Resistance Pro, an Illinois based promotion where Billy Corgan of the The Smashing Pumpkins serves as the creative director. Brody… Read More ›
Kenny Omega Interview
by Daniel Johnson Interviewer’s Note: Kenny Omega is one of the rare wrestlers who has had a tremendous amount of success in today’s North American wrestling scene and in Japan. In the United States he wrestled for some of the… Read More ›
Terry Funk, a Brainbuster and a Table
by Daniel Johnson Terry Funk and Abdullah The Butcher vs. Tarzan Goto and Tomoaki Honma Despite being well, well past their primes in 2002, Terry Funk and Abdullah The Butcher are still a ton of fun to watch in this… Read More ›
Rhino’s Rampage
A lot of matches in the NJPW New Japan Cup tend to be solid strong style bouts, but few of them are nearly hardcore matches like this one from the 2008 edition. With all this brawling all over the arena… Read More ›
Abdullah in a “No Holds Barred” Match
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 ›
A Rematch From 1894
Even the commentators have to joke about this match by pointing out how way, way over the hill both competitors are. You have Abdullah with love handles that would be dripping down to the floor if it weren’t for his… Read More ›
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