A Guy Named Tracy Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I just realized this was from the infamous Wee Willie Wilkens (aka Wellington Wilkens Jr of Michinoku Pro fame) squash that Dusty Rhodes talked about in his book. Cornette also talked about it during one of his podcasts. This is Scott Keith's write-up which I stole from a post that cwoy2j made here a couple years ago. The Midnight Express v. Phil Brown & Wee Willie Wilkins. OK, this is the famous squash that was discussed on the blog a while back. The full story is in Dusty Rhodes’ book, believe it or not, but basically Wilkins was this little guy who thought he was hot shit and didn’t think he warranted position as a jobber because he had a couple of jacked up bodybuilder friends who he brought with him to the tapings. So Dusty decides to punish him with the Wee Willie name instead of his previous choice “Blue Thunder” (cough). And then he got in the MX’s face backstage, so this is the result. Condrey pounds Brown down to start and Eaton drops the flying knee, just beautifully. And we get the traditional rubbing of the belts in the jobber’s face by Cornette, and it’s over to Wilkins. Dennis gets on his knees to challenge him, which is hilarious, and Cornette actually jokes that he should call himself “Blue Thunder” on commentary. Eaton brings Wilkins off the top with a backdrop suplex and Condrey drops a knee, and it’s back to Brown again. Condrey, however, gives Wilkins another round of punishment while he’s leaving the ring, so he tags back in again. Eaton also does the kneeling joke and then starts laying in some pretty stiff shots and laughs off his offense. Like, literally chuckles when Wilkins is trying to make a comeback. Oh man, this is the best squash ever. Eaton adds a neckbreaker on the floor, and back in so Wilkins can tag out again. Condrey chokes him out on the ropes and they do the in-and-out gag, and Eaton suplexes him. Back to Wee Willie again and Condrey suplexes him and really lays into him with boots, as does Eaton. Willie then makes a major error and no-sells the beating, popping up with attitude, so the Express finishes with the Rocket Launcher at 7:00. I’d hate to be that punk in the dressing room afterwards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Totally safe match It was a Kobashi GHC Title Match at the Dome against Chono with NJPW and NOAH still in their peak periods in front of a bunch of people, did you expect them to do rolling prawn holds all match? Yes, it was dumb with both guys bad necks, but it was how it was. Of course what was dumber was the show was full of a bunch of bad shoot matches including Nakanishi getting his ass kicked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Red Shoes is your idol and Nakamura did have a bad shoulder at one point, dislocated an AC Joint or something similar in his title match with Makabe and toughed it all the way to the finish. It was nasty looking. I forget if he had surgery or just rehab but was out about a month. It's hard to make out from this image, but it's that weird bump Red Shoes is pointing at, his left arm was worthless the last 6 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stro Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Totally safe match It was a Kobashi GHC Title Match at the Dome against Chono with NJPW and NOAH still in their peak periods in front of a bunch of people, did you expect them to do rolling prawn holds all match? Yes, it was dumb with both guys bad necks, but it was how it was. Of course what was dumber was the show was full of a bunch of bad shoot matches including Nakanishi getting his ass kicked. I was stunned they weren't doing those on the ramp. Or off the ramp. Or off the apron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Chono wasn't quite that ready to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stro Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Which is odd, considering Chono looked like he could barely walk for most of the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I just realized this was from the infamous Wee Willie Wilkens (aka Wellington Wilkens Jr of Michinoku Pro fame) squash that Dusty Rhodes talked about in his book. Cornette also talked about it during one of his podcasts. This is Scott Keith's write-up which I stole from a post that cwoy2j made here a couple years ago. The Midnight Express v. Phil Brown & Wee Willie Wilkins. OK, this is the famous squash that was discussed on the blog a while back. The full story is in Dusty Rhodes’ book, believe it or not, but basically Wilkins was this little guy who thought he was hot shit and didn’t think he warranted position as a jobber because he had a couple of jacked up bodybuilder friends who he brought with him to the tapings. So Dusty decides to punish him with the Wee Willie name instead of his previous choice “Blue Thunder” (cough). And then he got in the MX’s face backstage, so this is the result. Condrey pounds Brown down to start and Eaton drops the flying knee, just beautifully. And we get the traditional rubbing of the belts in the jobber’s face by Cornette, and it’s over to Wilkins. Dennis gets on his knees to challenge him, which is hilarious, and Cornette actually jokes that he should call himself “Blue Thunder” on commentary. Eaton brings Wilkins off the top with a backdrop suplex and Condrey drops a knee, and it’s back to Brown again. Condrey, however, gives Wilkins another round of punishment while he’s leaving the ring, so he tags back in again. Eaton also does the kneeling joke and then starts laying in some pretty stiff shots and laughs off his offense. Like, literally chuckles when Wilkins is trying to make a comeback. Oh man, this is the best squash ever. Eaton adds a neckbreaker on the floor, and back in so Wilkins can tag out again. Condrey chokes him out on the ropes and they do the in-and-out gag, and Eaton suplexes him. Back to Wee Willie again and Condrey suplexes him and really lays into him with boots, as does Eaton. Willie then makes a major error and no-sells the beating, popping up with attitude, so the Express finishes with the Rocket Launcher at 7:00. I’d hate to be that punk in the dressing room afterwards. I really want to see that squash match. MX squashes were always a riot to watch b/c of Cornette on commentary and Bobby and Dennis' in-ring charisma but this one was probably epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Which is odd, considering Chono looked like he could barely walk for most of the match. That's Chono from about 1997 onward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stefanie Without Stefanie Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I just realized this was from the infamous Wee Willie Wilkens (aka Wellington Wilkens Jr of Michinoku Pro fame) squash that Dusty Rhodes talked about in his book. Cornette also talked about it during one of his podcasts. This is Scott Keith's write-up which I stole from a post that cwoy2j made here a couple years ago. The Midnight Express v. Phil Brown & Wee Willie Wilkins. OK, this is the famous squash that was discussed on the blog a while back. The full story is in Dusty Rhodes’ book, believe it or not, but basically Wilkins was this little guy who thought he was hot shit and didn’t think he warranted position as a jobber because he had a couple of jacked up bodybuilder friends who he brought with him to the tapings. So Dusty decides to punish him with the Wee Willie name instead of his previous choice “Blue Thunder” (cough). And then he got in the MX’s face backstage, so this is the result. Condrey pounds Brown down to start and Eaton drops the flying knee, just beautifully. And we get the traditional rubbing of the belts in the jobber’s face by Cornette, and it’s over to Wilkins. Dennis gets on his knees to challenge him, which is hilarious, and Cornette actually jokes that he should call himself “Blue Thunder” on commentary. Eaton brings Wilkins off the top with a backdrop suplex and Condrey drops a knee, and it’s back to Brown again. Condrey, however, gives Wilkins another round of punishment while he’s leaving the ring, so he tags back in again. Eaton also does the kneeling joke and then starts laying in some pretty stiff shots and laughs off his offense. Like, literally chuckles when Wilkins is trying to make a comeback. Oh man, this is the best squash ever. Eaton adds a neckbreaker on the floor, and back in so Wilkins can tag out again. Condrey chokes him out on the ropes and they do the in-and-out gag, and Eaton suplexes him. Back to Wee Willie again and Condrey suplexes him and really lays into him with boots, as does Eaton. Willie then makes a major error and no-sells the beating, popping up with attitude, so the Express finishes with the Rocket Launcher at 7:00. I’d hate to be that punk in the dressing room afterwards. I really want to see that squash match. MX squashes were always a riot to watch b/c of Cornette on commentary and Bobby and Dennis' in-ring charisma but this one was probably epic. It starts at about 6:30 in (including the Cornette promo). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Red Shoes is your idol and Nakamura did have a bad shoulder at one point, dislocated an AC Joint or something similar in his title match with Makabe and toughed it all the way to the finish. It was nasty looking. I forget if he had surgery or just rehab but was out about a month. It's hard to make out from this image, but it's that weird bump Red Shoes is pointing at, his left arm was worthless the last 6 minutes. That little lump is still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thee Reverend Axl Future Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 It starts at about 6:30 in (including the Cornette promo). Who the heck is/was Nighthawk? - RAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 It starts at about 6:30 in (including the Cornette promo). Who the heck is/was Nighthawk? - RAF Wow, they actually overdubbed the MX theme music on this clip. I thought they only did this on WWE Network. In any case, that was one of the greatest things I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Cornette claiming that the Louisville Cardinals invented the high 5 is tremendous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stro Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I assume that really sucked for Chono 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stro Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Poor baby Nagata, getting a flying tea bag in front of 50,000 people. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Who? Where? The thick guy is quite flippy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stro Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Can you believe a Sabu table spot didn't go as planned? In Japan? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojomellon Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 God was Bret ever great. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Cornette claiming that the Louisville Cardinals invented the high 5 is tremendous. Cornette didn't make that up. I've heard that before. I have no idea of the validity of it, but people around Louisville make that claim a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Because people in Louisville have nothing better to do with their lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerjeRUN Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 God was Bret ever great. Yes. Yes he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 How the fuck Jeff Cobb doesn't have a development deal is beyond me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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