In Part 2, we put a bow on 2008 with our review of Final Battle 2008, featuring a long-awaited Fight Without Honor, a major title match, and some big-time angles. Enjoy, and be sure to come back next week when we take a look back at the full year and hand out our annual [...]
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Match # 123: Shogun & Samurai vs. Mason Dixon Connection (3/25/89) I think one of the Japanese participants is a young Hashimoto. Never seen much Hash, so this is interesting. I would have liked this match a lot more if I was emotionally attatched to any of these guys, or maybe if I had followed the [...]
Monday, March 30, 2009
Match # 122: Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden vs. Jed Grundy & Scott Steiner (2/18/89) This is a CWA tag title match from the studio show. Dave Brown and Lance Russell on commentary. Grundy is just a fat hillbilly in overalls who plays babyface big man. The heels make it easy for him to look good [...]
Monday, March 30, 2009
8/3/96 Chris Jericho vs 2 Cold Scorpio (ECW – The Doctor is In) My adult self wants to kick my teenage self right now. In the middle of some decent wrestling the fans at the ECW Arena decide to send the departing Jericho a message: “Bischoff sucks!” No real context to it. They just like chants. [...]
Sunday, March 29, 2009
The King of Trios, Rey de Voladores, and Brian’s erratic sleep schedule have come to an end for the weekend. Plenty of excitement was had.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Match # 121: Dutch Mantell vs. Jeff Jarrett (1/28/89) Memphis has gotten a little low rent at this point. The studio show has a banner on the ring apron for a local car dealership. I always liked the small town feel of Memphis, but the local corporate sponsorship just has me bummed. Oh well, let’s just [...]
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Taped 2/28/09, Original Air Date 3/28/09 Report by Steve Kriske & Brian Streleckis
Sunday, March 29, 2009
The largest wrestling tournament of the year continued with the Quarter-Final round and two matches for Rey de Voladores, featuring “the greatest man that ever lived” and the magnificence of Johnny Saint and Kota Ibushi.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho (WWF 3/24/03) So I’m having an awesome wrestling watching Saturday with MFP (My Friend Paul) when we start discussing the merits of HBK’s second career. Both of us were huge marks for the guy in the 90s, MFP more than most. We both agree his 1996 run was pretty awesome, but [...]
Saturday, March 28, 2009
A very busy work day leads to really fun evening leads to an extremely late night. King of Trios is off and running, and Brian Streleckis runs down what occurred in the first round.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
It’s another milestone in the BSWH oeuvre, and we’re covering another milestone in ROH history following the company’s debut on HDNet. We also discuss last weekend’s shows in Pittsburgh and New York, including the highly-anticipated returns of two long-time roster members. [display_podcast]
Thursday, March 26, 2009
1.5.88 Dave “Fit Finlay vs Johnny Saint In honor of the great Johnny Saint finally making his way to the U.S. this week… Finlay is from Ireland, so of course he’s the big heel here. He comes out with this ridiculous female manager who is wearing a Native American head dress for some reason. Her over coat, [...]
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Match # 120: Dutch Mantell vs. Jeff Jarrett (Orchestra Match) (Late 1988) Wrestling is performance art at its core. This takes that to another level as they perform thing match on a stage with a symphony orchestra in front of a crowd. The wrestling is decent to solid. Nothing to fancy. The fundamentals are there, [...]
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Brian Streleckis fills you in on what we’ll be seeing at Chikara’s third annual epic ode to the six-man tag next weekend. Who’s in it, how certain participants have fared in the past tournaments, and how they may fare against each other.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
2.27.92 Kenta Kobashi vs Jumbo Tsuruta Kobashi is still the Misawa underling and Jumbo is the old lion. This is what would later become Jumbo’s last big run that I know of with All Japan, as he got sick and only wrestled comedy matches by late 1992.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Match # 119: Bill Dundee, Jeff Jarrett & Jimmy Valiant vs. Robert Fuller, Jimmy Golden & Tommy Rich (9/17/88) This doesn’t give me cause to write much. It was an okay match. Classic southern booking and lay out. Nothing wrong with that. Also nothing really to write home about. These AWA tapings in Memphis without Lance [...]
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Match # 118: Jerry Lawler vs. Kerry Von Erich (9/17/88) Another in a long line of late 80s match-ups between these two. This is a feud I loved as a child, and this one is for both the belts. Von Erich’s World Class title & Lawler’s AWA title are on the line.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Episode #1 Taped 2/28/09, Original Air Date 3/21/09 Report by Steve Kriske & Brian Streleckis
Sunday, March 22, 2009
They may not be Superstars©, but ROH had its own all-star cast in Philadelphia for All-Star Extravaganza IV. Kensuke Sasaki, Naomichi Marufuji, and Takeshi Morishima were just a few of the big names on hand, and we’ve got a full review of the DVD release featuring match ratings on the All-Star Meter. [display_podcast]
Friday, March 20, 2009
4.15.95 Eddie Guerrero vs Dean Malenko So Malenko lost his TV Title to 2 Cold Scorpio. Scorpio then lost it to the debuting Eddie Guerrero. Now Malenko wants his belt back, so he’s going after Eddie. Malenko is the natural heel here, and Eddie got over huge in his first match, but Eddie retains some of [...]
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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