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 ›
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Elliot Sexton Interview
by Daniel Johnson Interviewer’s Note: Elliot Sexton is a wrestler from South Australia and despite being only 24 he has already had a tryout with WWE. Sexton grew up watching WWE Monday Night Raw and began training as a pro… Read More ›
ROH Throwback Thursday: Danielson Wins the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
by Daniel Johnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kwROPr3sJE Bryan Danielson vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru ROH Throwback Thursday just featured one of their best matches to date with this bout for NOAH’s GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. If the title of this post spoiled the match result… Read More ›
Beyond Wrestling Wildly Working With CHIKARA
by Daniel Johnson I was going to post a clip of Kenta Kobayashi today since two days ago he won the 2012 edition of NOAH’s Global League Tournament. Instead I thought I’d focus on a less known worker who would… Read More ›
NOAH’s Most Recent 5 Star Match
In late 2004 Kenta Kobashi, the longest reigning Global Honored Crown Heavyweight Championship holder had a lot at stake taking on Jun Akiyama for his prized possession. Kobashi gets this point across to the audience right away as he lays… 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 ›
Japan Needs a Hero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEQHzWlpl6g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9AOYX30CFo&feature=watch_response There are a few reasons I wanted to post this match. First, Chris Hero was my favorite independent wrestler from 2007 until the time WWE snatched him up. Second, Go Shiozaki was given a WWE tryout match three… Read More ›