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    Wrestling What Ifs

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

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    To add to that what if, Godfather had stated on Photoshoot he was in talks to join the nWo his direct quote was:

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    "My [WWE] contract was coming up, and I was in negotiations with WCW coming into the nWo as their bodyguard. And we had arranged a verbal contract. The price was over a three-year deal. And then, I didn't hear from them, and I called the people that I needed to talk to and they weren't returning my calls. And then I'm watching the show one day, and I see Virgil come out as the bodyguard of the nWo.

    "I would assume that somebody in the nWo said, 'hey, we could probably get Virgil [for] a lot cheaper, and he's known as a bodyguard.' So, Virgil went there a lot cheaper than what I was gonna go there for. So, I don't really have good feeling over that at all."

    That’s an interesting thought, if Godfather had been in the nWo, would Taker have gone back to WCW and would the biker gimmick come into fruition two years before it did. Another interesting thought Is had Ole not told Taler he would never draw is dime which fueled the fire for Taker in the WWF, he was dead set on probing Ole wrong and probably helped the bound between Vince and Taker as Vince was the one to take the chance on him, would Taker have had the chip on his shoulder and felt like he couldn’t put a WCW guy over in regards to Page?

    Independent Wrestling.TV

    in FEDS JUST TRYING TO MAKE A BUCK

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    I’m checking it out tomorrow when it’s archived. AIW is a get promotion they went from being a super indie bringing in outside “name” talent to producing homegrown talent through there school along with small having a group of “names” like Matthew Justice Mance Warner Eddie Kingston Hornswoggle Tom Lawlor etc. 

    WCW C-SHOWS MEMORIES

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

    Posted · Edited by Web Conn

    Monsoon Classic is back Jack!

    With the way styles change over a decade or two I think Craig Pittman would have been bigger now than he was back when he was active. The tough fucker with a martial arts background who got in the game late has became more common in the last couple of years.

    2021 MOVIES DISCUSSION

    in MOVIES & TV

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    I watched The Sound of Metal the night before the Oscars and to me it’s an allegory for the current pandemic as everything was ripped away from him before he was ready for it and he had to adjust to his new way of life no matter how hard he fought it eventually he had to come to terms with it and he found peace in his acceptance.

    AEW Dynamite - 4/21/2021

    in ALL ELITE WRESTLING

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    21 minutes ago, christopher.annino said:

    This was just talked about on Conan O'brien's pod when Odenkirk was a guest! Excellent timing... Also I used to loathe Andy Dick but he did a good job on Netflix's "Love," playing himself and copping to being a shitty addict. Still don't LIKE him but tolerate him more. 

    The Conan pod is how I knew about the sketch. Van Hammersly being both an actor and a billiards champion. I caught the connection.

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    NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15.

    in JAPAN

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    Lets try this again, slowly watching New Japan 2021

    Night 2:

    There's no Riki Choshu in a tuxedo holding a baby or a Japanese Don King to start off Night 2. We open with a Video Package with that catchy ass song then we get straight into the show

    1.  King of Pro Wrestling Trophy Championship Match - Bushi vs Chase Owens vs Bad Luck Fale vs Yano (c?): I'm not too sure what the King of Pro Wrestling Trophy is really suppose to be. It's a tad confusing, who ever starts the year off with the Championship is Champ for the previous year, who ever ends the year as Champ was Champ for the year that had just been and everyone who holds the title during the year are all Provisional Champions or something like that. Yano came out with the Championship or Trophy or what the fuck but I'm considering him the defending Champion if you ask me he's been Champion since he pinned Okada in the four way back at the stadium show in August. Going off the line up here I get 2000 Hardcore Championship vibes from this in the sense that it's centered around an underdog lower card comedy character in Yano who constantly outwits the doofus lower card heels (I'm referring to Owens and Fale) and gets away with his Trophy in tact. So what I'm saying is Yano is Crash Holly and Bullet Club Black n White are The Mean Street Posse. and Bushi is here too. The match? Oh the match, It was cool. Owens and Fale use the numbers game to dominate most the match. Fale whipped Yano into the guardrail leading to Bushi getting double teamed for a good bit then Yano showed back up and Bushi was left in a heap on the outside as Yano got beat up by Brain Adams and Vincent. Bushi returns hits outside dives on the to Brain Adams and Vincent. Yano and Bushi mix it up for a second. Then some more shit happens. Yano ends up on the outside. Owens hits a bridging suplex on Bushi almost gets the three but Fale kicks his leg of from him breaking up the pin. Owens and Fale get in each others faces as ego's have prevented them from letting the other win, the ref wants one of them to pin Bushi they lift the ref off the ground for a double choke slam but Yano shows up and double low blows from behind then he pins Bushi to retain the King of Pro Wrestling Trophy. I like the finish as Yano steals another victory. I like Yano's gimmick of being an eccentric opportunist.  

    2. IWGP JR Heavyweight Tag Team Championship - El Desperado and Kanemura (c) vs Taguchi and Master Wato w/Tenzan: Desperado and Kanemura won a tournament final on September 11th, to become the champions. Wato and Taguchi are a team now, Taguchi has taken a shine to Da Blue Guy and so has Tenzan. Kanemura carries with with a bottle of brown liquid that could very well be whiskey and could very well be used during the course of action. So right as the bell rang Wato does a running dropkick to Desperado just as he's about to connect they cut to a wide shot of the ring and then zoom back in. a very peculiar choice if you ask me. I really enjoy that Suzuki-gun are dastardly heels that are not afraid to break the rules to get what they want. The match breaks down early on, as Taguchi is running the ropes encouraging Despardo to join him while Desperado looks at him like "what the fuck" then Kanemura pulls Guchi outside the ring ties him up into the guardrail and goes to work on the knee. On the other side of the ring Des tosses Wato into Tenzon, who inadvertently spears his mentor. Kanemura does this move where he tosses Guchi up in the air and he lands knee first onto a chair while the ref ins't looking. after that a lot of time is spent working over The Funky Warriors knee. The babyface team held their own and we got a very competitive fast paced match. not really spotfesty as it was just full throttle which i think is the true essence of a junior match. The whiskey was not used during the match, so whats the point of the whiskey? Desperado hits a underhook spinning facebuster on Tacughi for the 3. Suzuki-gun retains. 

    3. NEVER OpenWeight Championship - Shingo Takagi (c) vs Jeff Cobb: Cobb has joined Ospreay's group so he has gone from smiling  just happy to be here foreigner to a mean and nasty foreigner. Shingo took his time getting to the ring cuz Shingo doesn't move for anybody. This is exactly what you would expect from these two. 20 minutes of beating the hell out of each other. These a big guys just tossing each other around. It was fun. I will say that I am all for working over a body part but the New Japan mid card sure seems to prefer working the knee over. It's the body part Shingo focused on but also the body part of Taguchi's that his opponent's focused on the match before. New Japan most not have any agents. Maybe they should. Two highlights of the match that stand out to me are; Cobb hitting Shingo with a huge belly to back suplex on the floor after loosing him up with a couple whips into the guardrail and Cobb had Shingo up in the Outsiders edge on the apron, Shingo got to his feet  knocked Cobb off the apron to the outside then Shingo hit a cannon ball senton over the top rope crash landing onto Cobb on the outside. In probably my favorite spot cuz it's probably the most Japanese pro wrestling spot of the match for me possibly the night I don't know yet but Shingo came of the ropes hit Cobb with a lariat so powerful that Shingo himself went through the middle ropes and landed on the floor and almost didn't make the count of 20, Strong Style the lariat had so much momentum Shingo couldn't stop and was almost a victim of collateral damage. I dug that spot. I also liked that as the ref is making the count the camera cuts to a shot of the NEVER Championship. Shingo made the count  he rolled into the ring and Cobb hit him with a piledriver all  that effort to take the big man down and Shingo still eats a piledriver. Shingo hit a devastating lariat followed by a Flacon Arrow for the 3. Shingo retains.

    4. Evil w/Dick Togo vs Sanada: Every other match on Night Two was for some sort of championship this match wasn't. It was about betrayal, redemption and restoring sanctity to the LIJ name. Sanada took the most exception to Evil betraying LIJ dare I say more so than Naito who was probably more concerned with losing his championships more than anything else. Sanada got his big win. So there's a payoff here. This had everything you would have wanted; a paradise lock, Evils baseball swing with the chair, a ref bump, a chair shot, Sanada getting choked with the cable and Dick Togo going through a table. A boy did he go through that table. Imagine that Batista stutter step bump when Mark Henry shoved him on SmackDown that one time. Evil set that table up early on in the match and they teased it once or twice, the played the long con with that table and I appreciate them for it. Togo basically elbow dropped that table he wanted to make sure it broke. I liked the match I don't have anything against the match but I am really having a hard time getting use to Sanada's Spaceman Cold Skull (I originally typed Cold Stone but I knew he wasn't sponsored by the Creamery) get up. I'm not digging the silver. I liekd the pirate blue and yellow get up, the bleach blonde look especially that Silver hair I don't know Okada has silver hair, gotta differentiate yourself there pal. Sanada hits his mid air cutter followed by a moonsault for the 3. Sanada wins.

    5. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship - "Bone Solider" Taiji Ishimori (c) vs Hiromu Takahashi: I'll give them this, Taiji didn't target the knee he went after Hiromu's shoulder and neck two prior problem areas for Hiromu. Also yes the flipped around at the beginning but a good portion of this match was on the mat rolling around with Taiji working over the afore mentioned body parts with Hiromu countering with a fast paced offense. An enjoyable watch. Taiji wasn't just focused on the his mat work he also landed a slew of aggressive strikes, he wasn't giving up his championship without a fight and a fight he brought. The spinning head scissors converted into the cross face with the arm bent back was an awesome move. Had me like Whoa! (RIP Black Rob). Hiromu hit a firearms carry into an exposed ring post at i believe the 22 minute mark which I found pretty neat. This wasn't a highflying match I expected it was a change of pace and I think I enjoyed it more because of that. Hiromu hit his Time Bomb (?) finisher on Taiji for the 3. Hiromu Takahashi is your new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion! Good on Hiromu for finally ascending back to the top of the Junior Division after the string of bad luck he endured over the last few years. However brief as, all was right again on this night. 

    6. IWGP Intercontinental  & Heavyweight  Double Championship - Kota Ibushi (c) vs Jay White w/Gedo: I'm struggling to find what to write about this match. With 48 minutes they took their time telling the story and that isn't a bad thing. Jay White has really grown into an obnoxious cowardly heel, Ibushi has the fiery babyface down pat and they worked well together. Tremendous chemistry if you ask me. Ibushi hit this piledriver out of a sunset flip that I thought was a cool move. Jay White was ever the opportunist, running from Ibushi, distractiing the ref but then when the time was right he'd take over and start being the overly aggressive heel with those sling shot whips between the guardrail and the apron. I took alot for Ibushi to finally put White away. I hope my lack of words on the match doesn't insinuate my lack of enjoyment I just don't know what else to say other than what i said. Sometimes less is more. Ibushi hit White with a V TRIGGER FOR THE 3. Kota Ibushi retains the Double Championship. I may not like Spaceman Sanada but I think I can get use to Sharp Dressed Sanada, contradictory to the LIJ montra maybe he isn't too long for the stable. I'm looking forward to seeing Ibushi vs Sanada.

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