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 ›
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Females Fighting for a 5 Star Match…And Their Hair
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
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
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 ›
The Dragon Meets Muta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX4AR9AflU4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvyffmbXYgE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdlHDgNCats&feature=fvwrel I don’t know what it is, but the first time I sat down to watch this match I just couldn’t make it through it. It is a pretty exciting meet overall though with perhaps a slightly awkward… Read More ›
Japan Gets Infested By Piranhas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P2Vx3KOFQU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPbj5eozeAE If you’re surprised that the idea of putting piranhas in wrestling started on the Japanese death match scene then you’ve obviously never seen a Japanese death match. Yes, this match type, which was infamously later attempted by WSX… Read More ›
A Quintuple Star Match for the Triple Crown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BjcA5BCZHs Aside from the range of styles Jumbo Tsuruta and Genichiro Tenryu showcase what Dave Meltzer might have valued when giving this bout 5 stars is the circumstances surrounding the match. It was a high stakes battle as Jumbo was… Read More ›
Shouldn’t Dragon Kid Be Dragon Man By Now?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgfpmNduDXk Roughly 15 years into his career Dragon Kid has wrestled all over Japan and made a great impression on the United States’ independent scene. Despite WWE rarely showing interest in cruiserweights it is surprising they never took a real… Read More ›
Misawa’s Final 5 Star Match
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1CyGiX1TtQ Between 1985 and 2003 Mitsuharu Misawa had 24 matches that Dave Meltzer gave his coveted 5 star rating to. Although Misawa is no longer the young man he was in his first 5 star match he manages to look… Read More ›
Muta Puts On a Darn Good Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaTvg_OVyyM Poor Jorge Gonzales. The guy died way too young and left behind a legacy in professional wrestling that few, if any big men would wish for. Still, there is a saying in professional wrestling that some guys such as… Read More ›
The Johnson Transcript 