by Daniel Johnson Jack Gamble vs. Elvis Aliaga Jack Gamble is a 25 year-old man wrestling out of Missouri who was trained by the legendary Harley Race. Gamble started with Race’s World League Wrestling (WLW) in 2009. Since then Gamble… Read More ›
Mitsuharu Misawa
Chris Jones Interview
by Daniel Johnson Interviewer’s Note: Chris Jones (shown above performing a double arm suplex) debuted just last year and since then has become increasingly well traveled on the independent wrestling scene in Tennessee. Although originally from Missouri he has crossed… Read More ›
6 Great Matches You’ve Never Seen: Part I
by Jeremy Cundiff 1. Sycho Sid vs. Vader from WWF In Your House 10: Mind Games (1996) Thank you for your bandwidth. I’m Madman Szalinski, and I’m not here to bore you with the details about me. I’m a wrestling… Read More ›
Akira Taue’s Solo 5 Star Match
Throughout his roughly quarter century long career Akira Taue has been given the honor of having fourteen 5 star matches according to Dave Meltzer. Yet, only one of these matches was in a singles effort. Aside from having an amazing… Read More ›
Three and Three Make Five
In 1990 Jumbo Tsuruta and Mitsuharu Misawa were having arguably the greatest feud in the history of AJPW. Add some more than capable hands into the mix like Kenta Kobashi, Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue and Masanobu Fuchi and it is… Read More ›
Misawa Faces Jumbo Sized Competition
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 ›
Misawa’s Final 5 Star Match
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 realistically… Read More ›
Tiger Mask II Scores a V
Before the match even begins Tiger Mask II has a look on his face that shows through his mask. The look says that this bout is going to be serious business and sure enough it is. Kuniaki Kobayashi sets the… Read More ›
A Tiger For Steamboat
This match happened while Ricky Steamboat was on a roll and having some of the best matches of all time with Ric Flair. That said this match is not exactly Flair/Steamboat quality. For starters the beginning has way, way too… Read More ›
The Johnson Transcript 