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There are a bunch of names with birthdays today (Christian, Liger, Zenk, Naomi, etc..) so of course I pick the guy who died 13 years ago today. And again - this is Mr. Wrestling TIM WOODS not JOHNNY WEAVER. So yeah - I am sure I will fuck up that footage about a half a dozen times

For like the first time ever - my random page luchawiki bit got me someone to use on the first try Titan's Luchawiki page No WOTD tomorrow. Maybe one on Friday... if I remember.

Man - I fear this match against Michael Tarver http://youtu.be/8zMQ22D9_d4

So Kia Stevens pulled out of the show in Japan she was supposed to work on Wednesday stating that she is retiring from wrestling on the advice of doctors. Granted this is Kong - so take with as much salt as necessary Of course - with TNA's logic, she isn't retired because she is still on TV Anyway - Kong vs. Kim was the best feud TNA ever had and really Kong was born a generation too late. Oh well... http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3zmbh_gail-kim-vs-awesome-kong_shortfilms I think - THINK - this is the first TNA singles match between the two. DM has the entire feud and you really should watch it all.

I was going to pick La Sombra so we could do an education class on the newest NXT signee but that's right - I tried that like a month ago and all you fuckers no-sold it. We honor Tenryu again because it's Genichiro Motherfucking Tenryu Originial Tenryu WOTD WIKI http://youtu.be/E7BhuQE6Gu0 And because this can never be posted enough times http://youtu.be/5VDk3CEnzUs

Alfredo tweeted a neat picture the other day from the Monterrey show honoring Fishman. Man Fishman was old before he was fucking old. Which is really funny since he is only in his mid-60s now. Poor poor Fishman LUCHAWIKI

Go on a US Indy worker journey of discovery with me. I don't really dig the weird kinda sorta perm thing he has going on but that might be a Pittsburgh thing. It seems that he mainly works the Ohio Valley area as I am finding stuff from Black Diamond and IWC, He definitely did a UK tour as there a bunch of 5-Star Wrestling matches on the Tube. I assume someone from the UK has seen him.

Unfortunately - pretty much whoever I pick now is going to be a huge let down after the first couple of days of Series 2. But that is okay - we need to all get back in the rhythm of these things. So Kenichi Sakai is going to eat that bullet today. But that is okay since he was trained by HALL OF FAMER~! ULTIMO DRAGON!. That's right THE GREATEST TRAINER EVER!!!! HALL OF FAMER!!!! ULTIMO DRAGON!!! Is my sarcasm dripping enough? I am half tempted to see if the footage of the rock band that he, Sasuke and Ricky Fuji are in is online. But anyway - the one upside is that I can POST THE MOTHERFUCKING MUTANT NINJA TURTLE MATCH!!! http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2hylta_kameshi-ka-kameshi-1-kameshi-2-vs-fujita-jr-hayato-takeshi-minamino-ken45-michinoku-pro_sport Turtles vs. Ken/Fujita Jr Hayato/Takeshi Minamino http://youtu.be/Pj2QXv0j5z4 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2dr4pj_ken45-vs-kesen-numajiro_sport vs. Kesen Numajiro

I debated on whether to pick Bockwinkel or not since there is already the RIP thread. That being said - to paraphrase Matt as we were discussing it yesterday - "There is a difference between noting a death and celebrating a life." I am not a Nick Bockwinkel zealot like some folks. My appreciation for Bock came later in life as my tastes in wrestling changed. And even with that - he became a guy who - depending on the opponent - I would say "Ooooh... this good be good" not NICK BOCKWINKEL IS MY FAVORITE WRESTLER!!! I still have a lot of early memories of Bockwinkel since he was obviously all over the AWA and the Apter mags. I really liked the way he talked but I couldn't shake that feeling of "Man - he is older than my Dad. My Dad really shouldn't be World Champ." Of course - I also struggle with the concept of whether I would want a sudden end to my life (like say Savage or Dusty or Piper) or the long drawn out torture of an unrelenting illness (like seems to befall the AWA folks - see Verne Gange and now Bock.) Anyway - time to love the way the man looked and talked and wrestled WIKI