Monday, November 6, 2017

show on St. Louis "Wrestling At The Chase" show

Published on Dec 7, 2014
From the Khorassan Ballroom, Larry Matysik takes us back to the glory days of professional wrestling. This unique 1999 documentary covers the story of KPLR's hit TV show, "Wrestling at the Chase" and the men and women who lived it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db3xhS_ppoo

I have a multi disc set of this I got from someone and I wish we had this show on tv in Chicago Growing up. Some real amazing stuff.

DICK MURDOCH VS TERRY GORDY (October 8, 1982)

From the Sam Houston Coliseum, October 8, 1982. Rare footage of the great Dick Murdoch in action against a young Terry Gordy in his prime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCyWDDPIHv0

Terry Funk Confronts Manny Fernandez (October 24th,1979) @The Sportatorium

Ernie Ladd (in street clothes) vs Tom Jones (January 2, 1981)

From Houston. The "Big Cat" makes his own rules, and in 1981, he refuses to wrestle bums like Jones.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuUGbCgzQxg

Harley Race vs El Halcon (AUGUST 31, 1979 NWA World Title)

From the Sam Houston Coliseum, AUGUST 31, 1979. Preceding promo's from Killer Brooks, Brody, & Race, which turns violent. El Halcon must unmask for the title shot.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUqRguoNvNU

Ron Killings vs Curt Hennig NWA World Heavyweight Championship

Since this blog does occasionally feature obscure tunes, here's one.

I remember this band from the 80's when they did the song "Am I Evil" which Metallica covered. This is from 2016 and I just came across it by accident. :) Diamond Head "All The Reasons You Live".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jiifETLjFM

WCPW Hardcore Championship: A Retrospective

The Roads Between Us - NWA Ten Pounds of Gold - Episode Four

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeMjSMbJISk

Days before the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship match between Tim Storm and Nick Aldis (FKA - Magnus from TNA Impact Wrestling), NWA Ten Pounds of Gold takes you on a journey down the different roads between these two men. From the NWA Worlds Champion Tim Storm classroom to Nick Aldis's reflection on winning his first World Championship in TNA Wrestling, this episode dives into their different journeys.

In the last episode of Ten Pounds Of Gold, William Patrick Corgan announced that these two men would battle for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship on November 12th in Los Angeles at Championship Wrestling From Hollywood, Bell time is 3pm for this big battle at the OceanView Pavilion in Port Hueneme, CA - more details at HollywoodWrestling.

IMPACT BOUND FOR GLORY PPV HITS & MISSES 11/5: Alberto’s return, Eli retains, Jimmy Jacobs debuts, Atmosphere, Abyss-Grado, Commentary

I guess the booking team got their booking lessons from the Jarrett is Russo era and can't come up with anything better. A shame because this company cold be, that much better but the bookers for some reason don't want it to be. Just rehash the same ol illogical booking and shrug it off thinking it's 'brilliant'.
https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2017/11/06/impact-bound-glory-ppv-hits-misses-115-albertos-return-eli-retains-jimmy-jacobs-debuts-atmosphere-abyss-grado-commentary/

Alberto El Patron On How Paige Is Looking Ahead Of WWE Return, His Impact Wrestling Suspension

JIMMY JACOBS, WHAT HAPPENED AFTER BOUND FOR GLORY WENT OFF THE AIR AND MORE POST-BFG NEWS AND NOTES

We are told a lot of the major finishes and even the Alberto el Patron angle were last minute decisions made late in the afternoon as there were a lot of people debating what direction to go in and how the finishes should go down very late in the day.

Jimmy Jacobs, who debuted on Bound for Glory, was also working behind the scenes at the PPV tonight as a Producer and will be working this week's Impact Wrestling TV tapings.  I am told he will be there all week.

Sami Callihan was the talent being hidden in the "DO NOT ENTER" trailer backstage we are told. 

After Bound for Glory went off the air, Alberto went to the back saying "Best for business" to fans he walked past.  Impact and Drake made their way to their feet and headed to the back as well.

Announced for Thursday's Impact is Eddie Edwards vs. Hijo del Fantasma for the Pro Wrestling NOAH GHC championship and Gail Kim's retirement speech.

Someone I know who was at the PPV said the reason the crowd was chanting "Can't See Sh**" during the fun LAX vs. OVE match was because the wrestlers were fighting on the floor and the videoscreens in the building were only showing the BFG logo as opposed to the action the audience couldn't see. And Also, the rest room facilities were shit to say the least for a crowd that size.

Speaking of size, 600 (possibly, if that) for a major company's PPV? Not good, and if Anthem Sports thinks that crowd number is considered 'good' for a pay per view? Then they really are a clueless bunch of dumb fucks, to say the least.

11/4 WILDKAT WRESTLING REVOLUTION RUMBLE LIVE REPORT

Edward King was on hand as our master of ceremonies to welcome us to the show. King expressed his thanks to the Wildkat fans for their support over the last 6 years. He then introduced the new Wildkat Heavyweight champ, ‘Wildcard’ J Spade. Before Spade could speak the fans began chanting, “You deserve it!”

Spade again thanked the fans for their support. He listed off his I Quit Match with Danny Flamingo and his submission and iron man matches with Matt Lancie as instances where they had been behind him. He was looking forward to his first title defense. He then asked that Edward King introduce him as the Wildkat Heavyweight Champ once more.

The celebration was stopped short by the music of Bruiser, Spade’s opponent for the night. Bruiser said he wanted to personally congratulate Spade. He pointed out that he himself is a 7 time MCW Heavyweight Champ. and warned Spade not to underestimate him. He then extended his hand as a sign of respect. and raised the hand of the champion. While Spade’s guard was down Bruiser leveled Spade with a slap and commenced to pummel him. A t-bone suplex knocked the wind from the champion and Bruiser stretched him out on the mat. Taking back to the mic Buiser said, “I told you, punk. Don’t underestimate me!” as the fans chanted, “You suck! You suck!”

Spade walked to the back under his own power, though smarting, to the adoration of the fans.

Blk Jeez v ‘Mythian Warrior’ Anthony

Before the match started Anthony flexed at Blk Jeez (formerly known as Sabian) from ringside with a young fan who had been jawing with Jeez.

Our match started out with some incredibly smooth chain wrestling; an exchange that soon saw Jeez roll to the outside requesting a time out as fans jeered him. Back inside Jeez was unable to make anything stick against his opponent and took some punishment in the form of a headscissor takedown and a slingshot elbow.

Anthony kept up the pace until a well placed kick stopped him in his tracks. Blk Jeez kept the upper hand for a bit by bending the rules in between doling out his own more legal forms of punishment. Jeez went to the top rope calling for something big, but was stopped by the uppercut of Anthony who then superplexed him off of the turnbuckle. Anthony’s newfound momentum wouldn’t carry him long however, as Blk Jeez nailed him with a sick German suplex for a 2 count followed by a flatliner. Back on the top rope Jeez flew across the length of the ring for a frog splash. Still he was only able to get a 2 count. A woozy Anthony landed a desperation superkick, but was unable to finish the deed. Jeez was caught by the official trying to use the rope for leverage during a pinfall, which allowed Anthony to get back to his feet to roll up Jeez for a 3 count.

Winner: ‘Mythian Warrior’ Anthony

This was a great way to start off the show. Highly entertaining with solid work from our wrestlers.

Anthony is a true pro in all of his matches and it’s always refreshing to see talented wrestlers like Blk Jeez make their debut in front of a new crowd.

Black Wall Street (Drolix and Marcellus Prime) v ‘Chalmation Sensation’ Danny Flamingo and Sam Houston

Houston and Drolix started us off. Drolix seemed hesitant to engage so Houston tagged in Flamingo. Drolix out-quicked Danny to begin with but soon found out why Flamingo is a former Revolution Champion falling victim to some dropkicks and arm drags. This prompted Drolix to retreat to the safety of his corner and tag in Marcellus Prime. The much larger Prime was impossible for Flamingo to overpower and Danny found himself being pummeled by the mountainous Black Wall Street member.

Houston tagged in and started putting his veteran experience to work, attacking the knee of Prime. Drolix tagged in to try his luck against the legend, but found himself in the same predicament as Prime. Black Wall Street was able to stop the assault of Houston following a double team, and the two began to pummel the vet taking every shortcut they could to keep the ball on their side of the court.

At this point the match began to resemble a street fight as a fired up Flamingo re-entered the fray. A DRS jawbreaker dazed Prime, but the referee was distracted by Drolix and didn’t count the pin. This allowed Prime to get back to his feet and nearly put Danny through the ring with a press spinebuster. Prime dumped Houston outside unceremoniously and was soon sent to the floor himself by a Rocky and Carlo’s Special (bicycle kick) from Flamingo Our former Revolution champ then landed on all three men at ringside with a death defying crossbody from the apron! The steet fight like nature of the match continued at ringside and both teams were then counted out to a draw. Not to worry as our combatants weren’t finished beating on each other. The two teams were then separated by security as Houston jawed with the official over not counting the pinfall earlier.

Winner: Draw

Rest assured this is not over. I’m looking forward to the next chapter of this rivalry. This contest had a feeling that it was personal, thanks in no small part to the brand of fury only Danny Flamingo can bring to a match.

‘Ruthless’ Ryan Davidson v ‘The Situ-Asian’ Bu Ku Dao

For years, this rivalry has been building up from the beginnings of a rolling boil to a volcanic eruption.

The two started in on each other before the bell rang and laid in some hard shots. An early Wasabi attempt by Dao ended up landing him on the receiving end of a thunderous slam. After that Davidson began inflicting a textbook beating on the ‘Situ-Asian’. Dao refused to quit and fired back with some quick elbows, but couldn’t fully swing momentum back in his favor. Still Davidson was unable to break the indomitable will of the former Wildkat Heavyweight Champ as Bu Ku would not stay down for a three count or give up while being stretched. An expertly placed DDT from Dao left both competitors on the mat trying to shake out the cobwebs.

Dao showed that he has learned his lesson from battling much larger men by attacking with some lightning quick offense in the form of strikes and a facebuster, but a successful Wasabi attempt could not keep Davidson down for the three. Dao then wrapped up Davidson in The General Tso-Mission who was able to reverse the hold into a pinning attempt. Dao slipped the pin and held Davidson’s shoulders to the mat with a crucifix pin for the three count.

Winner: ‘The Situ-Asian’ Bu Ku Dao

After the bell rang, Davidson was enraged. He set to work dismantling Dao finishing up with a fisherman buster. After the referee pleaded with him, Davidson finally took his leave so that Doa could collect himself and walk to the back.

Both Davidson and Doa have highly entertaining personalities and always put on a great show in the ring. Putting them together is a sure winner. The fire and intensity that they’ve been bringing to this feud is a nice new take as well.

‘The Equal Opportunity Ass Kicker’ Ruby Raze issues an open challenge…

Raze took to the ring ready to call out anyone in the back who would dare try and best her. Before she could speak we were all surprised to hear the intro music of ‘The King of Dong Style’ Joey Ryan!

Ryan strutted out to the ring with his patented swagger while the Wildkat fans lost their minds. If they had had rose petals in their possession they would have been tossing them at his feet. Ryan asked who wanted his lollipop, then placed his sucker in the mouth of one ‘lucky’ fan wearing an Ultimate Warrior t shirt.

At the start of the contest Joey Ryan  stuck out his pelvis and exclaimed, “Touch my penis!” A YP Plex seemed imminent, but Raze refused. He grabbed her arm in an arm lock and tried to force contact, but Raze escaped and began laying in right hands.

The fight then rolled outside and that’s when things got serious. The two began choking and striking each other to great effect right before the front row fans with Ruby Raze coming out on top of the exchange. Much to her chagrin she soon fell victim to a YP Plex, but Ryan was only able to get a 2 count! A Boob Plex later and Raze was reeling.

Ryan produced a second lollipop from his tights and the fans went ballistic. He placed it in her mouth for Sweet Tooth Music, but still only got a 2 count! The fans were now fully behind Raze who used her newfound momentum wisely. Punishing Ryan with a series of suplexes and slams she then felled him with a rope-hung brainbuster for the 3 count!

Your Winner: ‘The Equal Opportunity Ass Kicker’ Ruby Raze

Short, sweet and wall-to-wall entertaining. Yes please! Raze was the perfect opponent for Joey Ryan’s first showing in a Wildkat ring. A match handed down by the wrestling gods themselves. I’d love to see Ryan return to take on more members of the Wildkat roster in the future.

‘Wildcard’ J Spade(c) v Bruiser for the Wildkat Heavyweight Championship

After taking an eternity to engage, Bruiser had both the fans and the champion riled up. He used that anger to his advantage and smacked Spade with some cheap shots. Spurred on by the fans, Spade fired back and the two engaged in a back and forth full-contact sparring session both in and out of the ring. Once back inside Bruiser ducked a diving crossbody by Spade, but only picked up a 2 count.

Stretching, stomping and pummeling the new champion, Bruiser was cutting a path to victory with each passing moment. When the referee found himself distracted by Bruiser’s valet, the challenger took the opportunity to choke out Spade with a piece of his athletic tape. Taking every opportunity to break the rules, it was clear Bruiser had no intention of competing in a fair fight. The battered champion refused to give in, but couldn’t build a head of steam against his first challenger.

Bruiser found himself on the losing end of an exchange of right hands and Spade followed up  with a tornado DDT and a diving crossbody for a controversial 2 count. After having words with the referee over the count Spade fell victim to a t bone suplex also for a 2 count. A discus forearm to a bewildered Bruiser later and J Spade was able to pick up the pinfall victory!

Winner: ‘Wildcard’ J Spade

Exciting and high energy. The perfect first defence for Spade. Spade is a true athlete and is proving himself to be a deserving champion. I’ve also enjoyed Bruiser at the last two Wildkat shows and hope to see him more in the future.

Kojak Sly w/ Hardbody Harper v Krazy With a K

The mammoth Sly stalked Krazy from across the ring like prey. Kojak proved impervious to all of Krazy’s attacks who took an incredible bump in the form of a fall away slam when trying for a diving crossbody.

After nearly decapitating Krazy with a lariat, Sly lifted his lifeless body overhead for a vicious facebuster finally putting him out of his misery via 3 count.

Winner: Kojak Sly

Kojak Sly is definitely becoming more and more of that monster in the ring he was meant to be.

Ken Dixon(c) v Socorro w/Hardbody Harper and Kojak Sly

Socorro immediately marched out to the ring after Kojak Sly’s victory and Harper proclaimed that they would not be waiting for the main event for Socorro’s Revolution title rematch. He demanded that Ken Dixon make his way to the ring and the Revolution Champion was happy to oblige.

It was clear early on that this was personal as the two began slugging and wrenching away with some hellish blows and holds. Socorro quickly resorted to pulling the beard of Dixon. Sly and Harper proved invaluable at ringside. After Socorro missed a Splash of Soco, Dixon sent him to the outside so that he himself could recover from the assaults of Sly and Harper.

Once Socorro was back inside, Dixon began bending the rules in his own way, fighting fire with fire. The vicious slugfest that this match had become got out of hand as the referee was leveled in the whirlwind of their melee.

Unable to count the three after a belly to back suplex from Socorro. Sly took the opportunity to aid Socorro in leveling Dixon, but the champion was back to his feet before long to deliver an avalanche ace crusher to Socorro. He was only able to pick up the two count though and following some shenanigans from Sly and Harper, Socorro was finally able to hit the Splash of Soco and pick up the 3 count.

Winner: Socorro

A good high paced contest with plenty of action and story. If I had to sum this up in one word, it would be, “intense.”

Pump Patrol (Curt Matthews, Jared Wayne and Johnny Flex) v ‘Southern Stomper’ Luke Hawx and ‘Outlaw’ Matt Lancie

Matthews and Lancie started us off, and Pump Patrol quickly took to using underhanded tactics to get ahead. Having had enough, Luke tagged in. Soon all out chaos had erupted in the ring orchestrated by Pump Patrol, but Lancie was quick to level Wayne and Flex. After sending Matthews to the outside to join his teammates, Hawx and Lancie started mocking Pump Patrol by doing pushups and squats.

Always having something to prove against Hawx, Flex tagged in and engaged. Hawx was quick to overpower him and set in with his patented back breakers, getting in 5 of them before Flex escaped. A fired up Flex then escaped a press slam and sent Hawx to the outside with a dropkick.

Once both were back inside Lancie and Matthews tagged in and took the fight to the outside. As they beat on each other, Jared Wayne hit them both with a rolling senton from the apron! Hawx tried to dismantle Johnny Flex, but the quick and sly Flex was able to catch him on the middle rope for a powerbomb! A Pumple’s Elbow on Lancie got them a 2 count. Hawx tagged in to deal with Wayne, but the two wrestled to a stalemate. Lancie came back in hot and destroyed Matthews’ ribs with a spear! Wayne intervened and in the confusion Flex mistakenly hit Wayne in the eyes with a handful of protein powder.

Lancie and Hawx took Wayne apart with a combination powerbomb to blockbuster double team! The three count was just the cherry on top.

Winners: ‘Southern Stomper’ Luke Hawx and ‘Outlaw’ Matt Lancie.

This match has been building since X-Rated 3 back in June. All five of these guys always give more than 100% in the ring and it’s a real treat seeing them all in there at the same time. As a fan following the story it was also nice to see Pump Patrol get their comeuppance.

Revolution Rumble

Each year Wildkat puts on a unique rumble match at their anniversary event. Two combatants start off in the ring and the rest the entrants fill in one-by-one at regular intervals until all 15 have made their way in. Competitors are eliminated when they are thrown over the top rope and both feet hit the floor, as with regular battle royal rules. However, when only two wrestlers are left the match is restarted as a singles one-fall-to-a-finish contest. The winner is then granted a shot at the coveted Wildkat Revolution title at the following show.

The entry order for the match was as follows.

  1. Drolix
  2. Jace Valor w/ The Mobile Home Mafia (Herc ‘ZZ’ LaBouef and Bubba Boudreaux)
  3. Mr. Bates w/ Nathan Bradley
  4. ‘Mr. Excellence’ Brandon Scott
  5. Marcellus Prime
  6. Johnny Flex
  7. Scott Phoenix
  8. Edgrin Stone
  9. Joey Ryan
  10. Jared Wayne
  11. ‘Chalmation Sensation’ Danny Flamingo
  12. ‘The Situ-Asian’ Bu Ku Dao
  13. ‘Money’ Mike Carradine
  14. Blk Jeez
  15. Kojak Sly

Marcellus Prime was eliminated by Edgrin Stone. Mr. Bates suffered the same fate by Stone’s hand. Jared Wayne was then eliminated followed by Drolix. Scott Phoenix was eliminated by Edgrin Stone. Stone was having a career day!

Bu Ku Dao was eliminated via YP Plex from Joey Ryan. Danny Flamingo was eliminated by Johnny Flex. Joey Ryan was then eliminated. Mike Carradine was eliminated by Kojak Sly.

At this point Edgrin Stone and Kojak Sly stood toe-to-toe. Stone drew Sly off balance and eliminated him. Johnny Flex then sneakily eliminated Blk Jeez.

Our final four were Jace Valor, Johnny Flex, Edgrin Stone and Brandon Scott.

Johnny Flex used his cunning to stay in it, nailing Edgrin Stone with a drive by dive from the top rope and Brandon Scott with a sunset flip. As Stone tried to eliminate Flex, they were both dumped outside by Scott and Valor.

We were down to just Jace Valor and Brandon Scott. At this point the match was restarted as a one one one contest.

The two went at each other with a fury I had never seen from either of them before. Brandon Scott took over initially as the MHM tried to coach Valor from ringside. When Scott missed a diving fist drop Valor tried to take advantage, but was unable to match Scott’s pace.

Jace answered a discuss elbow with an overhead kick to get the ball of momentum rolling down hill for him for the first time in the match. Scott used his lightning quick reflexes and technical prowess to escape and the two engaged in a series of pin attempts. Soon after Valor found himself on top of the exchange and got the 3 count!

Winner: Jace Valor

This Revolution Rumble did a good job of shaping some of the newer Wildkat talents. I’m not sure of the numbers but I wouldn’t doubt that Edgrin Stone set the record for most eliminations in a single Rumble, and Johnny Flex’s bag of tricks gets more and more versatile with every show.

MOOSE FIRES BACK AGAINST CRITICS OF BOUND FOR GLORY

Impact Wrestling's Moose took to Twitter today to respond to those who were critical of the Bound for Glory PPV last night:


Your roster is great, it's your booking team and their lame bullshit ideas that fail that's the problem. Whose fault is it that the bookers suck ass and the illogical booking of BFG clearly showed that? HHMMM, look at your bookers, dumb ass. And if anyone wants to ask "can you do better"? My answer? ABSOLUTELY I could do better, any day of the week.  I worked for indy groups that actually know HOW to book logically, unlike Impact Wrestling.

Instead of showing how they are different? You get the same old Bullshit Booking Impact Wrestling always does.

http://www.f4wonline.com/tna-results/bound-glory-2017-live-results-eli-drake-vs-johnny-impact-245786

Here's a comparison that nothing changes if nothing REALLY changes.

Bound for Glory 2007. It was a great show from top to bottom but then in the end, there was bullsh** interference from Kevin Nash ruining a Sting vs. Kurt Angle main event. The inteference didn't enhance the match, it just ruined the overall experience that was the rest of the show. It didn't further the main event. It didn't further any real storyline, it was just a bullsh** out. It took a crowd that was having a great time and left them less than enthused walking out, because the last thing the fans remember is what they see before the show ends.

A decade later, there is no Vince Russo, no Jeff Jarrett, no Dixie Carter to point the finger at and place the blame on, yet the company did the exact same thing they always do anytime they have any hope of trying to show the world things are different. Thing aren't different and let's all face it, they won't be a year from now - and Impact have no one to blame but themselves, because every person who took the heat and was blamed for these decisions in the past is nowhere near Impact right now. It was just another bullsh** out.

It was just another bullsh** finish to another bullsh** PPV and even worse, it was the same old crap when the company needs, NEEDS, NEEDS to not be the same old crap all over again. The only ones this company are going to be bullsh**ing if they keep this up is themselves, because with each passing repeat, they lose more and more of the fan base that is left - and that fan base is a small percentage of what they had three years ago. Doing the same old angles and finishes that WWE has done to death forever won't fix that, but at this point, what the hell will fix that?

I know someone in the company will be emailing me, tonight to tell me how I am being unfair. I am not and before anyone calls, I ask them this question - when's the last time Vince McMahon completely F***ed his audience on a Wrestlemania main event? This was your Wrestlemania. You should have treated the main event like that, not a Nitro from 2000.