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  1. I still think Griff is a lot better than Pillman. He does have the unfortunate fate of having the exact same look as Jungle Boy, but taller. In a different time that would give him the edge, but he doesn’t have an illustrious family history compared to contemporaries today.
  2. A rare Brian Pillman Jr. sighting.
  3. They are in total comic heel act mode with Jarrett’s crew. They even won by cheating against Danhausen of all people. So happy with this direction. They are a complete parody of a wrestling heel faction. Edit: Dante Martin is getting a lot better at talking. He’s been putting on the work behind the scenes.
  4. As odd as the Jarrett Horseman angle was, I really loved it on my rewatch. Debra’s act was so much better this time around, Mongo is great as the sucker loyal husband, and Benoit & Jarrett have incredible in-ring chemistry with one another. Flair, and his David Spade hair was playing second fiddle to it all, but if the segments were dragging ass he would come in clean up to bring in all the runners.
  5. Now wait a minute. Hogan once used a 2x4, and made contact so hard that it became rubber. Give Mr. Turner’s baby some credit.
  6. Here is my theory(which is pretty simple), TK, and AEW didn’t want to use Jay on national TV like WWE didn’t want to sign the Briscoes because even with them repenting for what they did, in the age of social media that would have never been enough. As soon as Jay & Mark made it to TV somebody would’ve pulled out the old receipts, and everybody would have to eat that old simmering heat. It literally took Jay’s death, and others in the wrestling community to acknowledge his contributions to be enough. What a fucking shame. Fuck the fast moving internet mob.
  7. Is it me, or did Max Caster look extra strung out during that segment. Somebody needs to introduce him to a pair of shades if he plans to show up to a shoot like that again.
  8. The thing is I believe the contact is with the pipes holding the chain link. I guess this is a mystery like getting hit with Toni Storm’s ass.
  9. I still don’t quite understand how they slammed that cage door on Ric’s head without really killing him. We need a Wrestling Secrets Revealed 2 for that trick reveal.
  10. Didn’t ROH use it for the Man Up PPV? I know it was definitely the Skynyrd version.
  11. That’s actually a pretty safe wrestling shirt. I’d even try to wear that anyplace other than a wrestling show.
  12. “I’d rather put over the Ballpark Frank in concessions, brother!”
  13. Harley is no bueno. Is her only reason being here that she knows Scarlett Bordeaux? Her in ring ability is as bad as her hair looking like a hybrid mullet.
  14. Yeah, The Briscoe’s are literal workers. These guys would probably still work even if they shot the ground, and a billion of dollars worth of oil, gold, Bitcoins, caviar, Frenchies, NFT’s came gushing out from under.
  15. Who’s the signed talent in the other women’s match? I’m assuming the blonde.
  16. Sting was indeed massively still over, and might’ve been the most over of the nWo members. Hell remember when he challenged Goldberg? The majority of fans were on his side. The problem was the people at the top of creative probably either didn’t like the character, or they couldn’t find a way to write for it past the Hogan match. Like I said they needed to throw more characters like Raven at him. In fact Russo sort of came in with the right idea to tackle the character. But it was unfiltered Russo writing(Even in the TNA run), and you can’t fix that.
  17. It’s pretty simple really. Non-televised wrestling gives you more room to breath as a performer for better or worse. When constrained to TV time you need to figure out how to get your shit in while fighting for mind share of the audience in the arena, and at home. Some wrestlers just can’t seem to figure out that balance, while others are just naturals at it. I think it might be worse for someone like Shafir because she’s a shoot wrestler. Shoot style just doesn’t hold attention to an audience past the novelty. Especially in a bang bang tv setting. Look at Minoru Suzuki. He got over with his personality in Japan, but there was a time he was coasting on reputation, and still bored the crowd with his flavorless shoot mat work. It wasn’t until his late 00’s New Japan run where he simplified it all into his signature match we know now.
  18. That Zoe impressed me so much. It’s takes a lot of smarts to be inspired to use Black Swan as the bases of your wrestling persona, while everybody else is on auto pilot, with shiny short tight gear, and the only persona being wrestling sex kitten, or worse, a nerdy crazy goth lady. I would slip her a contract if I was an agent who watched that match, and let her use that character on TV. Edit: She appears to have no other matches. This match is all that comes up. That’s very impressive if that’s all she’s done.
  19. Night Court OG is pretty rough the first season. In fact the show went through several cast changes, character tweaks, and breaking it’s reality before they became the show we loved. So while I don’t have that much faith in it, I’d say let it settle in, and see if it finds itself.
  20. From his own mouth, and the majority of insiders(Cubsfan & Rob Viper) it’s because Psycho Clown is his son-in-law, and Negro wanted to work with him. Rob even has said their was a possibility Psycho was thinking of skipping out of AAA before they secured Negro. Who knows how it’ll effect the rest of the roster, but the women’s division moral will be up knowing they won’t be working with Dalys anymore. Edit: I’ll say though, AAA is really making this seem like they just threw the KO blow to CMLL, and I don’t think Casas will be coming back anytime soon to Arena Mexico after this. He’s currently public enemy #1 to his former home promotion, I can guarantee that.
  21. Watched some of this show. Basically skipped onto the main event. Very entertaining retirement match. Nowhere near as good as the greatest retirement match ever. That being Kenta Kobashi’s. That hit all the right spots, between the emotional journey of Kobashi’s cancer recovery, Misawa’s death, and the feeling at one point the same faith might befall Kobashi if he didn’t retire, but also looking back it felt like one last hurrah of King’s Road bridging from All Japan to NOAH. This one felt a lot more elaborate, and kinda weird. For one this is Great Muta’s retirement match in Pro Wrestling NOAH. I’m guessing that’s because Mutoh has some sort of creative stake in the promotion now, so he wants the company’s label on it. Still extremely weird, but skipping around the show this is definitely not Misawa’s baby anymore. The titles for each match tipped me off to that. I mean I noticed the changes last year on my brief dip into the company. This felt way more noticeable . It’s definitely visually appealing. I’d even say they feel even more big time than New Japan. But here’s the thing, something just feels temporary about this NOAH. It was the same with Wrestle-1. Mutoh just kinda sucks when booking way beyond his generation, and the best he ever got was All Japan when him, and the 90’s guys weren’t worn to the bone. On the bright side, these NJPW Vs. NOAH shows have gotten a lot of buzz. Let’s see if they can grip people past the visuals, headline grabbing retirement shows, and cross promotion warfare. Because we know that never lasts. What holds fans are the future acts that feel fresh, but give you a sense of seeing a turning point. Funny that Okada may be the catalyst of great turning points for two decades(Maybe three if you count Sugiura spiking him). From him beating Tanahashi the first time, and now Kaito with that kick on the noggin. A kick that I’m definitely sure Okada wasn’t aware was coming. Either that or he’s the greatest actor when receiving shoot kicks to the face. The stuff with the match breaking down was definitely planned though. I just don’t think Okada was expecting the placement of that kick to be so high, and precise. That was incredible stuff. I’m just not a total believer in Kaito recreating that feeling four, or five times a year, and that’s what is holding me back. It just doesn’t help that he doesn’t have a persona yet whatsoever. You actually need that to be a big star, not just colorful outfits, and big coats. That works for boxers, but not wrestlers.
  22. Yes this seriously happened. Bad news for CMLL… They lost a longtime flag bearer. Good news for CMLL… They lost the worst catcher in the woman’s division, and the most undeserved push in the company.
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