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Monday, January 7, 2019
Acouple Indy Wrestling Things
Mat Memory- Ric Flair vs Hulk Hogan First Ever Meetings (Two Different Matches)
Hulk Hogan vs Ric Flair (WWF Oakland, CA 10/25/91) FIRST EVER ADVERTISED MATCH!!
Mat Memory- Ric Flair on WWF TV W/ NWA Title Brawls With Roddy Piper
September 28,1991
Ric Flair fought Mark Thomas to a no contest when Flair stopped at the commentary table on the way to the ring, provoked Roddy Piper and knocked Piper out with the NWA title. Moments later, a groggy Piper accidentally knocked out Vince McMahon with a wooden chair, Flair then hit Piper with a chair and walked away. McMahon was soon taken backstage on a stretcher, fellow commentator, Randy Savage was unable to physically help since he was on probation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhUWfa-l39M
Mat Memory- Bobby Heenan brings Ric Flair to WWE: Prime Time Wrestling, Sept. 9, 1991
Bobby Heenan introduces "the real world champion" Ric Flair to WWE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8ggDRV5Rj4
Mat Memory- Bobby Heenan hypes Ric Flair's WWF Debut (Holding NWA/WCW World Title Belt 08-10-1991)
Bobby "the Brain" Heenan appears on WWF TV with the WCW World Heavyweight Title and hypes the imminent debut of Ric Flair. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PvY4AVgQfc
Bert Prentice's USA Championship Wrestling Episode 42
The final part of our Homecoming event sees The Starr Twins in tag team action against JYD JR and Matt Boyce and cruiser-weights collide in our main event featuring Blake Christian vs Barrett Brown! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E8HwHwSpoM
Appalachian Mountain Wrestling- AMW-TV Episode 122: January 5, 2019
In this episode we look back at the Rock N Roll Express vs. the Legion of Juice at Thanksgiving Turmoil.
Kyle Maggard And Stan Sierra Sign the contract to meet on January the 11th at the Miller Family Fun center. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHFmAWVUEBw
TRACY WILLIAMS COMMENTS ON ORANGE CASSIDY AS THE NEW INDEPENDENT WRESTLING CHAMPION
The Independent Wrestling Championship reign of “Hot Sauce” Tracy Williams has ended. After over 300 days and sixteen successful title defenses, Williams was defeated by perhaps the most unorthodox challenger he had ever competed against, Orange Cassidy at Beyond Wrestling's Heavy Lies The Crown.
Williams won the title from the inaugural champion Jonathan Gresham (in a triple threat match that also featured Martin Stone) on Feburary 25, 2018 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He proved to be an exemplary champion whose time on top served to elevate the prestige and scope of the title.
Over the course of his ten month reign he successfully defended the championship in seven different promotions, in eight states. “Hot Sauce” was able to turn back the challenge of a myriad of stylistically distinct wrestlers, many of whom were among the top names in independent wrestling. Notably, Williams also put the title on the line against rising stars, and while he was seriously tested by several of them, he emerged victorious every time.
Though his time on top has ended for now, it seems certain that we’ve not seen the last of Tracy Williams in the Independent Championship picture. If nothing else he will forever be an essential part of its history.
Kane Reveals Why He Started A Wrestling School, How It Compares To The WWE Performance Center
When Kane isn't chokeslamming opponents or fulfilling his duties as mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, he is usually training wrestlers at his school. Kane co-owns a wrestling school in Tennessee along with Dr. Tom Prichard and The Big Red Machine went on Steve Austin's podcast to tell how the school came to be.
"Tom Prichard is one of the top trainers in the entire world," said Kane. "He is just awesome. It is one of those things where people always come up to me asking how do they get into the wrestling business. Well, eventually you are going to have to go to a wrestling school if you want to be in WWE you have to learn the bumps and go to [the Performance Center in] Orlando, Florida."
Kane then said Booker T in Houston and Lance Storm in Calgary have some of the best wrestling schools around. But Kane then asked himself why is he telling people to travel thousands of miles when he can just open a school in Knoxville, Tennessee? Prichard already lived there and his resume can match up with any other wrestling trainer in the world.
"Tom has trained people like Kurt Angle and The Rock, all these different Superstars," said Kane. "For me, at this point this business has been very good to me. Sometimes I worry about the pipeline of talent, and anything I can do to help people get into it the right way, because a lot of people aren't going to be taking the right path, so anything that I can do to help people do it the right way I think it is beneficial to all of us, which I believe that is the reason why.
"For me, I thought it was just a waste of Tom's talent not to be doing this and that was a big motivator for me, really."
"We were having dinner during the campaign and we were talking about the various wrestling schools that were out there," Prichard stated. "Glen said, 'I wonder what we could do here in Knoxville, Tennessee with a wrestling school.'"
The WWE Performance Center is the final stop for everyone looking to make it to WWE, but JPWA is a place that can help aspiring Superstars reach that destination.
Kane talked about comparisons between his school and the Performance Center.
"It'll probably be some of the same stuff to some extent," stated Kane. "A lot of it is if you are looking at a lot of these different schools you have to consider how these folks can help me. It's not only about what you are going to learn, but how can they help you advance and I think of course Tom Prichard and I can do that as well.
"Eventually, if anybody wants to be in WWE at some point, then getting into the Performance Center is the path to WWE. So, in many ways this is the first step if you even want to get into WWE to do that. Then, you have people who just want to get into the wrestling business, which is great too. One of the nice things about what is going on in the independent scene is that it has really revitalized independent wrestling, which is another path to go to. But either way we are hoping to get folks who are starting out to give them the basics, which is in-ring performance, promos, that sort of stuff. Really, nowadays promoting yourself is just as important as anything and making a name for yourself on social media, and from there if you have people who are a little more advanced you can polish them up and help them take that next step.
So I Went And Watched Impact Wrestling's Homecoming PPV.. And.. WELL? Here's A Review Of It.
Glad I didn't pay to see this because if I spent a dime on it, I would've felt ripped off.
Impact Homecoming PPV.
X-Division (Ultimate X) match- Fast
forwarded thru it, no real storyline build up as usual, just throw
them in ring the bell and say good luck. Ultimate X to me was
becoming an ultimate bore.
Grace/Hogan vs Yung/Allie- The whole
Sue Yung/”Dark Allie” thing is what I've been saying for months,
It's PRECISELY the 'Silliness” that Don Callis swore in many
interviews that he was going to get rid of. But yet, here it is. And
every time I've asked Callis this question “How is it that you're
going to as you say 'get rid of the silliness that has plagued Impact
Wrestling' if you're the one writing and booking it? Funny how he
never seems to have an answer to that. Wrestling was 'aaahh' but then
again I'm used to the superior level of womens wrestling that I watch
in the UK. So that and the 'silliness' that Callis isn't capable of
getting rid of made this almost a cure for insomnia at best. And how
did Rosemary end up in the coffin? Didn't the 'brides maids 'notice'
that the coffin was 'JJUUSST ALITTLE HEAVIER' than usual? Logic
editor is sorely neede din Impact Wrestling because even a blind
person could see thru the lack of logic in just this one match. Oh
yeah, using the mandible claw? YYAAWWN, so Mick Foley and it didn't
go over with me when Foley used it, so how much do you think it got
over with Allie doing it here? (rolls eyes).
Another point of no fucking logic in
Impact Wrestling. Wasn't Raven in an insane asylum? The same one that
Eddie Edwards was in? SSOOO, that being the case, how did Raven
suddenly 'get out' of the asylum and join Tommy Dreamer in jumping
Eli Drake on this past Thursday's show? Funny how there conveniently,
was no explanation for that. Yep The 'silliness that Callis swore
he'd get rid of'' is still alive and well under his booking and
writing. Imagine that.
Moose vs Eddie Edwards- Tommy Dreamer
must've been the producer of this match because it basically was your
usual ECW style brawl in many ways. All we need was for Moose or
Edwards to take something from a fan and use it on their opponent. OH
WAIT! We got that with Edwards using a beer can on moose's face. So
perfect, ECW brawl 101 complete.
Sammy Callihan vs Willie Mack- Two guys
I can't get into wrestling each other.. That actually put me to
sleep, and I had to reboot my computer and come back continue
watching this 90 minutes later. That tells you all you need to know
on how this show has been going, right there.
Tried to rewatch this and again, same
thing. Two guys whose gimmicks I don't like facing each other was
giving me a headache. Another thing I noticed this time before I hit
fast forward, the 'selling' level, which has been an issue with me
not just in Impact but WWE and ROH as well. True 'selling' of moves
seems to have been thrown out the window, or the people being trained
now don't get a course in knowing how to really sell moves.
Eli
Drake defeated Abyss in a Monster's Ball Match-
Ugh..
I know it's a hardcore match but man, Maybe it was because it was
Abyss but had this been against Dreamer this to me would've meant
more for the storyline of Eli becoming 'what he hates'. Also, going
back to what I said earlier about Dreamer and Raven being on the show
Thursday, why weren't they part of this show and match NOW? Where
Dreamer and Raven (even though no explanation of how he got out of
the asylum still hasn't been covered) could've came in after the
match and furthered it or enhanced it, BUT.. No logic in Impact's
booking and writing is reigning supreme here and this was an obvious
hole in their plan.
LAX
vs Luchas Bros.- Road Warriors/ Freebirds or RnR Express vs Midnight
Express this wasn't. The 'let's get in as many fancy moves in as
possible without really telling a story of the match' was in high
gear here, which all the moves in the world without psychology
doesn't mean shit. But this is how wrestling has evolved now. Why
bother telling as story when you can over shadow the fact you're
incapable of that by just throwing a whole bunch of useless moves
that nobody's gonna remember ten minutes from now in, instead. Konnan
came out after the match BUT, wasn't he stabbed by Low Ki in MLW?
Shouldn't he be 'selling' THAT? HHMM funny how that got skipped over
as well.
Taya
Valkyrie defeated Tessa Blanchard to become the NEW Impact
Knockout's Champion. Special Guest Referee: Gail Kim.
Now
this was the only match that kept my attention all the way thru. I'm
a big fan of Tessa Blanchard and having Gail Kim in there was an
added plus. The only fault and this just isn't this match on this
show but a lot of matches on a lot of shows. WWAAYY too many kick
outs at the count of two. I can name many companies, big and indy
that have this problem and when you do this over and over, and....
over again. The importance of it lessens. But of course nobody wants
to see that fact.
The
only other fault was Kim aiding to Blanchard's loss but.. Somewhere
in their lock of logic on most things there was a reason for it. But
if they don't follow up on that on this week's show then that whole
spot would've been like alot of things that Callis and D'Amore do
that don't get over.... Pointless.
Johnny
Impact defeated "The Machine" Brian Cage to retain the
Impact World Championship
MMAANN
has this company gone downhill. When you had guys with some real name
value like Sting, Samoa Joe, Christian, Kurt Angle, Drew Galloway,
Bobby Lashley, etc holding the top title and you've been reduced to,
well... THIS. The constant question that arises is, how the fuck did
they to be this bad?
Lashley
had all the tools and had a 'presence' to him to where you knew, he
was the top guy and why. Just replacing him with another muscle bound
guy doesn't quite fill the hole. Coming out looking like a cyborg of
sorts was like HHH coming for his match against sting in that wannabe
Terminator outfit. Stupid looking and pretty pointless. This to me
didn't have the 'feel' of a world title match. I kept thinking
there's something 'missing' here and I realized it, it's not just the
guys in this position it's a lot of the gimmicks/characters on the
roster. If you have as promotion where alot of the gimmicks or
characters don't resonate with me, then it just becomes hard to watch
and I start asking myself, why the fuck... Am I EVEN WATCHING this
shit for?
I
know for a fact, I can go to YouTube and find say, the Defiant
Wrestling's LOADED show to be way more entertaining than just about
everything this pay per view had to offer. I can find stuff by the
many indy groups I follow that would have my attention more than this
show did. If I never had seen Impact Wrestling before? And someone
wanted to turn me on to them? THIS wouldn't have been the show to try
to do that with.
Kamikaze Pro: Death Match - Clint Margera vs Jimmy Havoc - Sky's The Limit 5!
Footage from Sky's The Limit 5 where Clint Margera took on the debuting Jimmy Havoc in a Death Match. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0eO7juOWlk
[HIGHLIGHTS] Ecstasy Of Gold VI- INSPIRE PRO WRESTLING
A new dawn. A new era. A new life for a world so familiar and yet so different from its first beginnings. INSPIRE PRO rises from the fifth cataclysm, entering its sixth life cycle. But birth is only the glorious beginning of death. Last night we once again plunged you into the shank of mortality. The shining pieces of how it will all end again lay before you at ECSTASY OF GOLD 6! WE NOW ENTER PARADISE DARK! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYqbZnyA1oQ
ALEX SLADE WINS THE WRESTLE LEAGUE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!
At Wrestle League's special Christmas edition of Proving Grounds, Alex Slade defeats Warwick Stephans for the Wrestle League World Championship! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1P-lInuoNQ
Ed Nordholm Talks If Impact Wrestling Would Work With All Elite Wrestling
At the Impact Homecoming VIP event where Impact WrestlingPresident Ed Nordholm did a Q&A with those in attendance. He was asked about the likelihood of Impact Wrestling working with other promotions, such as ROH, NWA, New Japan, and the newly announced All Elite Wrestling.
Nordholm responded he would very much like to work with other companies as it would help each other get stronger, rather than just fighting against each other.
"Everything is possible," Nordholm responded. "I think we'd be in the forefront of encouraging collaborations among the bigger and the smaller wrestling promotions. As an organization we're sure that we would all be stronger if we were collaborating, rather than fighting each other. ... It's a world in which we would welcome an opportunity to work with Ring of Honor. It's a world in which we would welcome an opportunity working with New Japan. It's a world in which we welcome working with AEW, if they actually get up and running. We have interest in them, I don't think we have any bias against any of that happening."
The trick is to figure out what will be helpful towards both companies though, Nordholm pointed to their relationship with AAA and how that's worked out well for both promotions. He also noted doing these collaborations only gets the fans more interested, since they will get to see fresh match-ups.
"The challenge always is what is the mutual benefit of doing it," Nordholm continued. "We've established we have a proven, very strong tradition with AAA, doing what's mutually beneficial for both of us, and we're both stronger because of it. It allows us to populate our rosters and be sure they have work. Showing very interesting things that fans haven't seen until we started doing it. So, with those types of models—I'd be thrilled to work with Ring of Honor, New Japan, and AEW, if they actually get going. We might see other guys who are running major shows who want to work with us in the same way in the future."
Four Indie Wrestling Stars Involved In Major Car Accident
Several indie wrestlers were involved in a major car crash after an FLQ promotion in Montreal last night. The wrestlers that were involved were Puf, Kevin Bennett, Kevin Blackwood, and Daniel Garcia, also known as the Buffalo Brothers.
The accident happened when their car slipped on a patch of black ice and hit a guardrail. Daniel Garcia and Kevin Blackwood both suffered serious injuries that required surgery because of broken bones. Kevin Bennett and Puf were both treated for minor injuries.
The Canadian wrestling promotion Smash Wrestling shared on Twitter today about the accident and asked to keep them in your thoughts. Wrestler Pepper Parks also posted on Twitter where he posted photos of them in the hospital.
The group has wrestled for Empire State Wrestling and Limitless, who shared today on Twitter that Daniel Garcia is out of a successful surgery.
NJPW Chooses Between ROH And AEW
The landscape of pro wrestling continues to change as 2019 just gets underway, and one of the biggest questions is who would NJPW decide to align with stateside to help bolster their position internationally. Dating back to 2014, they've had a partnership with Ring of Honor while the newly formed All Elite Wrestling could potentially have a pool of talent that could service NJPW just as well.
On the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer said NJPW has decided to work with ROHgoing forward. As for right now, NJPW won't be working with AEW.
The report continued that even just a few days ago AEW thought Kenny Omega could continue to work for NJPW and would bounce between the two promotions, but that doesn't look to be the case at the moment with Omega announcing his exit from NJPW. Co-promotional events are obviously out the window for the time being.
NJPW is teaming up with ROH for the sold-out G1 Supercard at Madison Square Garden on April 6.
For NJPW, they just finished up a big weekend with Wrestle Kingdom 13 (full results here) featuring eight title matches, all of which changed hands. ROH's next PPV is the 17th Anniversary Show on March 13 in Las Vegas, NV. This Tuesday, AEW is holding a Double or Nothing rally in Jacksonville, Florida.
Wrestler leaving New Japan
It was announced this evening that former IWGP Junior Heavyweight and ROH TV Champion KUSHIDA has decided to leave New Japan Pro Wrestling at the end of the month. NJPW announcer Chris Charlton posted the following transcript of the announcement:
Sugabayashi has 3 points: 1) Ibushi will be taking the next tour off due to his concussion. 2) Takashi Iizuka is retiring. He will have a retirement ceremony on February 21. 3) KUSHIDA will leave New Japan at the end of his contract on January 31.— chris charlton (@reasonjp) January 7, 2019
KUSHIDA: As Sugabayashi said, I will leave NJPW on January 31. This was an extremely tough condition made with Meij, Sugabayashi and Kidani. It was a very big decision in my life and I’m thankful they understood. I will head overseas and to see the world of pro wrestling.— chris charlton (@reasonjp) January 7, 2019
KUSHIDA: I have been here in NJPW for 8 years. I was surprised at the scale of the business when I first came in and proud of being able to work here. The warm reception and words from the fans made me who I am and I am so grateful to them.— chris charlton (@reasonjp) January 7, 2019
KUSHIDA: When I won the BOSJ a few years ago I said I’d lead the division to a bright future. I was so happy to hear the BOSJ finals will be in Ryogoku. Some may say I put it there, but it’s due to the efforts of everybody in the division to make a change.KUSHIDA: you meet so many people in this business from fans to rivals to allies and staff, and they all helped to grow me.— chris charlton (@reasonjp) January 7, 2019
— chris charlton (@reasonjp) January 7, 2019
KUSHIDA: I have no doubt- the junior division will be absolutely fine without me.— chris charlton (@reasonjp) January 7, 2019
KUSHIDA: I am contracted with this company until the end of January so I won’t be talking much about beyond then. But it has been my dream for a long time to travel the world with professional wrestling. And that’s what I will be doing.— chris charlton (@reasonjp) January 7, 2019
KUSHIDA: I increasingly took on the role lately of working with younger talent, and while not teaching, learning together. Along with that, going back and forth between ROH and New Japan I realised I am now 36 and have much less in front of me career wise than behind.— chris charlton (@reasonjp) January 7, 2019
KUSHIDA: being with Shibata in the Dojo I learned how difficult it was to teach the next generation. A lot of personal research has to go into that progress. For me, in order to best teach the next generation, what do I need to do?— chris charlton (@reasonjp) January 7, 2019
Tanahashi asks KUSHIDA what he loved and what he found tough in New Japan. Kushi breaks down as he said he never had a rough time. ‘I love wrestling and never want to be away from it. I put everything into these 8 years’— chris charlton (@reasonjp) January 7, 2019
KUSHIDA: I loved this journey through life with everyone here. I don’t know why I’m crying. This is my decision and I’m not sad I made it. These are happy tears.— chris charlton (@reasonjp) January 7, 2019
KUSHIDA: if there was anything left for me to achieve and do, I wouldn’t be leaving. But I’ll put my all in this last month. There’s been a lot of people who have influenced me over these 8 years. Liger, Tana. Shibata, Makabe, Tiger Hattori. They all enjoy wrestling.— chris charlton (@reasonjp) January 7, 2019
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