LoneWolf&Subs

You gotta check out Zandokan Jr.. He’s the guy I’m mentioning as the once in a generation guy. He’s currently doing a lot of opening matches. Which you think might be noting, but they are booking him in angles that make him a stand out rudo. It also helps this is because of the big cage match up this Sunday(Sin Salida). After this Sunday though, he’s definitely getting moved up.

Current CMLL you can’t beat right now. It’s the best it’s ever been booked since the early 00’s. But a lot of people haven’t picked up on it because of the way the shows have been distributed, but people should give it a shot. They have quite a collection of future stars on their roster right now. Highlighted by a once in a generation lucha talent. I can’t recommend them enough if you need a weekly lucha fix.

I don’t know if I’d trust Andrade, but it wouldn’t surprise me if CMLL Luchadors have a more stable paycheck, than AAA Luchadors. AAA is technically on a grander scale than CMLL, the problem is they’re run like a shady indie promotion.

Better for the NJPW relationship if AEW dumps AAA. I have preferences for CMLL honestly. If I don’t have to go through a several hour long AAA show with the worst ever camera shots in professional wrestling, the better.

I had a feeling we’d get more Darby Vs. Joe. I don’t think Joe has had as much fun being a wrestler since 2006 till he stepped foot in a ring with Darby, so of course Joe wanted to do it again. Suggestion for those two… Do some tags to get this going longer. It appears that dude who is supposed to be Evil Darby is signed. He might be a good addition to this if Wardlow ain’t around. Maybe get Joe a similar looking partner, or just another big dude. Prince Nana’s crew ain’t doing much. Joe should hire them for help to squash his enemies.

What is going on there? I see Inoki, and smoke ringside, that makes me think “Worked Shoot”.

I don’t know if I want to see Hobbs back there yet. I really don’t know where Hobbs stuff is going, but I hope it’s a face turn.

Is that an Island that Japan claims they own?

And that was another great live moment. The Bucks just bring the best stuff out of those two, and on that night, they had to win those belts.

That was pretty early into the Bucks big long run, and the first show with a large during COVID crowd. I remember, because I was there. I forget the circumstances, but Mox & Kingston just weren’t going to happen, and they were dead set on throwing the Lucha Bros(who were both healthy at the time) the big bone at All Out. I feel they were right, they just should’ve followed it up better for The Bros.

I mentioned that Psicosis, and his fellow Luchadors(That weren’t Mysterio) weren’t good US singles wrestlers. But actually Psicosis as a face worker was quite good in singles matches. His Nitro match with Regal around this time was pretty great. And the crowd completely backs him up, even when he’s in a non-Mexican US town.

Maybe, but they talked about Henry Winkler’s wrestling movie the other week. He didn’t really get into any wrestling specifics there. Kinda like he didn’t want to delve into it if he didn’t know.

I was listening to Tarantino‘s podcast this morning, and he brings up a characters name in The Loved One. I realized this was the actual origin of Virgil Runnels wrestling name. Learn something new… Edit: Oh wait a minute! No, wait one fucking second! Both Tarantino, and Roger Avery repeat the name “Dusty Rhodes”. But on doing further research the name is actually “Dusty Acres”. So somebody had the fat man from Florida on their minds. Funny because I don’t think QT has ever said he was a fan of wrestling.

Ahmed might’ve been in Taker’s spot at Mania 13 if you really think about it.

Sammy really needs to change things up with his look, and character. I compared him many times to a young Sean Waltman, and now he’s verging on the point of just being a permanent obnoxious hanger on like X-Pac. Maybe this is his best role, and he can’t make it past a point, however people will hate this more than ever before the longer it goes.

Once Punk started throwing out lawsuit threats, that’s when “Trying to make things work” ended.

Yeah, you really can’t touch on serious topics in a modern pro wrestling episode. Pro wrestling is Real Housewives, not season one Real World.

Yes, Page, and PAC had a match, pretty early in fact. It might have been the first episode actually, or the 2nd.

I’m interested in what the plan is for Wardlow tomorrow. If they believe in him enough to give the belt right back. Joe’s been an absolute killer in this run, and I wouldn’t want it to end, but it wouldn’t surprise me with how AEW books that the babyface doesn’t walk out with the belt to win it all. Which leads me to believe that they either go double DQ, or Wardlow wins by countering the Kokina Clutch for the surprise pin, that way we get a rematch with a decisive win.

He’s done his lips too. I think he’s pretty much on one of those never ending cosmetic surgery benders that he won’t escape from until he’s a walking tomb, like Madonna.

If they go permanently heel, they need to go hard on his dorkiness. Their is nothing wrong with a dorky manager taking bumps late in a match for you.

I feel like we got Barkley, with Pittman. Malone with say 50 more pounds of muscle might be very interesting with his handsome facial features.

Oh I might need to check that out. I’ve been skipping Thunder. But I do know that DDP, and Raven feud were relegated Thunder a lot. That’s been a blind spot on rewatches.

I think WWF/E got super lucky they ended up scouting a ton of sports athletes that somehow convert perfectly into the system like Brock, Angle, Shelton, etc. These new guys, and the Power Plant back in the day are like the Wheel of Pain. You’d be lucky to get a Cimmerian out of that wheel from the talent pool.

He had a completely different, and Star quality look after The Flock. But yeah he never got past rookie quality, and never figured out what to do after doing a springboard. Still is apparently 6’5”, he could do springboards, and was still very young. If he needed 15 years, then so be it. He had potential. I guess it wasn’t worth it to him to continue a consistent path, or really improve his craft. He’s off and on, on a lot of his resume. A guy his size on the indies could have been a star somewhere, and probably given a 2nd look, or a spot in Japan during the late 00’s resurgence.