by Daniel Johnson Tama Tonga vs. Hirooki Goto This bout from NJPW NEVER 7 took place when Tama Tonga was in his second year of wrestling for NJPW. Prior to this Tonga, the son of the legendary badass Haku, was… Read More ›
WWC
Indie Flashback: Carlito Wrestles Mentallo for the CWE Heavyweight Championship
by Daniel Johnson Carlito vs. Mentallo Wrestling fans who exclusively watch mainstream American shows haven’t seen Carlito since 2010. They haven’t seen a motivated Carlito in even longer. In this match for the CWE Heavyweight Championship, Mentallo does most of… Read More ›
Mendoza!
by Daniel Johnson Miguel Perez vs. Gran Mendoza There are a couple of reasons that I wanted to post this clip even if it looks like the WWC cameraman smeared his lens with Vaseline before he started filming. Neither of… Read More ›
Afa Savages Puerto Rico
by Daniel Johnson It just hit me right in the tummy that we are now a full week removed from Thanksgiving. That means I’ll have to wait another 51 weeks before I’m—to paraphrase the legendary wordsmith Dave Batista—not only socially… Read More ›
Mutoh as Super Black Ninja
Keiji Mutoh has lived an interesting life. Most famously he took on the role of The Great Muta. Less famously he took on the role of Kokushi-Muso. Yet, even less famously than Kokushi-Muso he portrayed Super Black Ninja. Mutoh worked… Read More ›
WWE Survivor Series is Tonight
Whoever wins tonight’s main event between CM Punk, John Cena and Ryback for the WWE Championship will most likely face The Rock at the Royal Rumble next year. So I figured along with the hype video for the 2012 edition… Read More ›
Ranking the Current WWE Tag Team Division
An unquestionable bright spot of recent WWE programming has to be the company’s growing tag team division. A year ago an eight team elimination tournament would have been just about unthinkable, but recently one was held just to determine the… 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 ›
Macho Gets His Arm Caught
Well, here is a match that got my hopes up until they were quickly crushed like so many elbows in lengthy arm submission holds. Here is “Macho Man” Randy Savage in his prime in front of a red hot crowd… Read More ›
The White Knight Rises
I’m not 100 percent sure who is playing the White Knight here, but I’m thinking it is Pat Rose. After an Internet search I found three possible guys off the bat(man), but it might not be any of them. Dick… Read More ›
The Johnson Transcript 