Wrestling Past And Present

Saturday, June 5, 2021

Wrestling Stars In Japan Who Have Covid, And Other Japanese Wrestling Notes

Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s Genta Hiriki and Junya Matsunaga have tested positive for COVID-19.

As a result, Chris Vice, Hartley Jackson, Shoki Kitamura and Takumi Baba are among those who are now forced to undergo a two-week quarantine due to being in close contact with Hiriki and Matsunaga.

All six wrestlers will miss ZERO1’s show on June 11 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, as well as Takafumi. Needless to say, missing seven wrestlers will cause significant changes to the card.

Only two matches have been announced for the show. Takafumi was scheduled to team with Ayato Yoshida and Shigehiro Irie against Fuminori Abe, Masato Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani. Vice was scheduled to team with Takuya Sugawara against Jackson and Tsugutaka Sato. Both matches will change.

The news should not affect the upcoming Fire Festival tournament as of right now. Neither Hiriki or Matsunaga are in the tournament and the first show is not until July 2.

Jackson confirmed he has been testing negative but will miss upcoming shows due to quarantine on Twitter.

Dragon Gate held its first Rainbow Gate 2021 tour show today in Kobe Sambo Hall.

The full results were:

• Ben-K, Keisuke Okuda and Ultimo Dragon def. Funky Jacky Kamei, Naruki Doi and U-T

• Ryo Saito def. Genki Horiguchi & Punch Tominaga

• Royal Sambo Battle Royal: Susumu Yokosuka

• H.Y.O and KAI vs. Kagetora and YAMATO – Double Countout

• King Shimizu and Kzy def. Masaaki Mochizuki and Shun Skywalker

• Dia Inferno, Diamante, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and SB KENTo def. Dragon Dia, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and La Estrella

Dragon Dia, Jason Lee and La Estrella will attempt their first defense of the Open The Triangle Gate Championships against Dia Inferno, Diamante and SB KENTo at the first night of the Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival on July 31.

Dragon Gate will hold its second Rainbow Gate 2021 tour show tomorrow in Yokkaichi Ryokuchi Gym. The full card is:

• Ben-K and Kagetora vs. Genki Horiguchi and Kzy

• Jason Lee and Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Ryo Saito and Ultimo Dragon

• BxB Hulk, Eita and KAI vs. Dragon Kid, Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO

• Don Fujii and Naruki Doi vs. Funky Jacky Kamei and Susumu Yokosuka

• Dia Inferno, Diamante, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and SB KENTo vs. Dragon Dia, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker

Dragon Gate has cancelled its show on July 24 in Yakage Bunka Center due to Okayama’s COVID-19 prevention measures.

DDT Pro-Wrestling, Ganbare Pro, Pro Wrestling NOAH and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling will hold its CyberFight Festival 2021 joint show tomorrow in Saitama Super Arena.

The full card is:

• Arisu Endo, Haruna Neko, Mirai Maiumi, Moka Miyamoto and Suzume vs. Mahiro Kiryu, Nao Kakuta, Pom Harajuku, Raku and Kaya Toribami

• Battle Royal: Akitoshi Saito vs. Antonio Honda vs. Kazuki Hirata vs. Makoto Oishi vs. Masao Inoue vs. Mohammed Yone vs. Saki Akai vs. Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Shuhei Washida vs. Toru Owashi vs. Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Yuji Hino vs. Yuna Manase vs. Yusuke Okada vs. Yuya Koroku

• Keisuke Ishii, Ken Ohka and Shota vs. Kouki Iwasaki, Shuichiro Katsumura and Yumehito Imanari

• Junta Miyawaki and Kinya Okada vs. Toi Kojima and Yuki Iino

• Hyper Misao and Shoko Nakajima vs. Miu Watanabe and Rika Tatsumi vs. Nodoka Tenma and Yuki Aino

• Danshoku Dieno and Super Sasadango Machine vs. Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura

• Hideki Okatani vs. Masa Kitamiya

• Hikari Noa, Mizuki and Yuki Arai vs. Maki Itoh, Marika Kobashi and Yuki Kamifuku

• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Hajime Ohara vs. HAYATA, Seiki Yoshioka and Yoshinari Ogawa

• Chris Brookes, MAO and Shunma Katsumata vs. Daisuke Sasaki, Soma Takao and Tetsuya Endo

• Akito, Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura, Sanshiro Takagi, Yukio Naya and Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Haoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya and Nioh

• Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Konosuke Takeshita and Yuki Ueno

• Princess of Princess Championship: Miyu Yamashita (c) vs. Yuka Sakazaki

• KO-D Openweight Championship: Jun Akiyama (c) vs. HARASHIMA

• GHC Heavyweight Championship: Keiji Mutoh (c) vs. Naomichi Marufuji

Kaya Toribami will make her wrestling debut in the opening match.

Miyu Yamashita will attempt her first defense of the Princess of Princess Championship against Yuka Sakazaki.

Jun Akiyama will attempt his third defense of the KO-D Openweight Championship against HARASHIMA.

Keiji Mutoh will attempt his third defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Naomichi Marufuji in the main event.

The full card for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion’s debut show on July 4 at the Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Yokohama has been announced.

The full card is:

• Buatsu Dainita vs. Yumehito Imanari

• HESEGAWA, Naoshi Sano and Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Monster Leather, Mr. Atomic and Toshiya Kawarai

• Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu vs. Gabai Ji-chan and Kikutaro

• Deathmatch: Miss Mongolia vs. Nene Dai vs. ‘X’

• Deathmatch of Hell: Abdullah Kobayashi, Onryo and Yuko Miyamoto vs. Atsushi Onita, Minoru Fujita and Ricky Fuji

If Abdullah Kobayashi’s team loses in the main event, he will blow up his motorcycle. If Onita’s team loses in the main event, he will blow up his trademark jacket.

Well, that's a new one when it comes to stipulations, LOL. You know AEW, Impact and WWE would never try THAT one.

Interesting to see how Onita will "blow up" his jacket.

Cody Rhodes Calls Andrade El Idolo Joining AEW A “Big Signing By Tony” (LMAO! Yeah Right, No It's Not)

Andrade El Idolo made his AEW debut on last night’s episode of Dynamite. This afternoon a fan asked Cody Rhodes how he felt about the former WWE Superstar joining AEW.

The former TNT Champion replied that he was excited and that it was a “big signing by Tony Khan.”.

AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Who the fuck is he trying to convince with that statement? Idolo isn't that 'big' of a signing. Sorry to spill the truth Cody but, facts are indeed, facts.

If he's such a "BIG signing" what does that make the signings of Sting, Big Show, Christian and Mark Henry?

It's not like AEW has been doing much with THEM 'big signings", LOL.

All Idolo's signing is, is just another WWE cast off who's now going to be managed by ANOTHER

Funny how I've said that statement in a number of places, especially on AEW's FB pages and not ONE WWE cast off. Vicky Guerrero.

Funny how I've said that statement in a number of places, especially on AEW's FB pages and not ONE "AEW Mark" could argue that fact. Not, one.. HHHMMM.

Remember when people in AEW claimed and SWORE they were going to be the, ahem.. "Cough Cough" Alternative to WWE? You don't remember? Here, I'll show you.

Straight from Mr. AEW EVP Cody Rhodes's mouth.

Yeah I bet all the "Marks" forgot about that.

OH, but what about THIS, Cody said AEW "Won't have many former WWE stars".

You forget he said it? Well here's proof since proof is a mother fucker and we all know I'm a mother fucker who'll always have the proof.

Sting, Vickey Guerrero, Dustin Runnels, Taz, Jim Ross, Christian, Paul Wright and now Andrade El Idolo.. HMM seems like there's "many many" former WWE stars employed by AEW.

Don't you just love how people always say one thing, yet do another, and don't think that shit will come back to slap them in the face?

At least I have the balls to bring all this up. The Mike Johnson's, the Dave Scherer's, The Wade Keller's won't do it. And Dave Meltzer sure isn't gonna do it since he's trying to kiss every ass in AEW he can. SO, it'll always be up to me to bring up what the other 'big time' wrestling writers don't have the balls to bring up. And you can thank me for being the only one, who has the balls to do it.

In the end Cody is of course wrong with his ASSumption, that Idolo is a 'big signing' for Tony "The Money Mark" Khan. It's just another guy that WWE let go that AEW and won't do much with.

Instead of trying to get a 'buzz' by signing WWE's ex-employees, why not get a 'buzz' by having a better show? Instilling some logic to your storylines, Have some actual 'selling' of moves in the matches and let someone who has ACTUAL BOOKING EXPERIENCE, book and do the shows? HHHEEYY, now that'd be a hell of a concept, eh?

Of course it's a concept all in AEW will continue to ignore because according to them, THEY.. "Know what they're doing".

Just ask them, and they'll sure tell you, LMAO!

Championship Wrestling From Hollywood 6.5.21

Here's today's card: SINGLES MATCH | DARWIN FINCH vs RAY ROSAS The Arizona State Champion is in the house and squaring off with Darwin Finch. SINGLES MATCH | LAZARUS vs ADRIEL NOCTIS This should be a great 1 on 1 contest! WOMEN'S DIVISION CONFRONTATION | VIVA VAN with HALSTON BODDY will address CeCe Chanel and the Women's Division in CWFH. SINGLES MATCH | KEITA vs MIGUEL The big man, Miguel, definitely has the size advantage against Keita. But we've seen a NEW KEITA as of late. Let's see if that transitions into the ring. MAIN EVENT | UNITED TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH THE BODEGA (c) vs HOT COMMODOTIES with HOWDY PRICE Danny Limelight and Papo Esco will defend against Anthony Idol and Honest John - could we crown new United Tag Team Champions? PLUS | We'll hear from the ever-changing Dan Joseph. And we hear that Jack Banning is roaming the studio as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60CmsyQRRjA

TNT VS Terry Funk (WWC 1988)

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

"A Round Peg in a Square World: Aldis vs. Murdoch"

This Sunday, the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship is on the line when Trevor Murdoch takes on #NationalTreasure Nick Aldis.

Watch the journey to #WhenOurShadowsFall PPV this Sunday at 4e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKHwUQ4II1E

WRESTLE-1 - Bobby Roode ~vs~ Masakatsu Funaki

WRESTLE-1 singles match - 2014.3.2 TNA & WRESTLE-1 collide in this premium singles match which features former TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode vs former Triple Crown Champion Masakatsu Funaki.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8hUJfZikak

Friday, June 4, 2021

Dick Slater Pummels Tom Prichard & Manny Fernandez Jumps In! (Southwest Wrestling)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy19znh7EK8

Suwama vs Koji Doi (All Japan Pro Wrestling 2021)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSv8FTK7BGY

Dusty Rhodes vs The 'Exotic' Adrian Street (June 4th, 1983- Championship Wrestling From Florida)

June 4th, 1983 Lakeland Civic Center Dusty Rhodes vs The 'Exotic' Adrian Street

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

Dave Meltzer "Almost" Posted A Link Correctly (Close But No Cigar So I'll Once Again Do it For Him)

There's been a LONG pattern of Dave Meltzer not having the ability to post a link right on his Wrestling Observer web page. And I've got just about every fuck up he's done when it comes to that. And every time he sees one of these stories I do he quickly takes a few days off hoping the embarrassment of that goes away. He has someone else update the site for acouple days, EVERY TIME he gets caught not having the simple ability, to post a link correctly.

And in case any of you "Meltzer Marks" want to try and call bullshit? Here's some proof because, as I always say.. Proof IS, a mother fucker, and I'll always be the mother fucker who has proof. :)

Here's this one. https://billsbrandnewblog.blogspot.com/2019/10/since-dave-meltzer-still-cant-post-link.html

Then there's this one.. https://billsbrandnewblog.blogspot.com/2019/08/will-someone-please-show-dave-meltzer.html

Oh wait, there's more.. There's this one.. https://billsbrandnewblog.blogspot.com/2018/11/meltzer-posts-link-to-video-thats.html

And yet another one.. https://billsbrandnewblog.blogspot.com/2017/12/since-meltzer-cant-post-link-right-ill.html

Want some more proof that Dave's a fuck up when it comes to posting links, and why someone really should, do it for him?

Here you go, here's a few more for you. :) Glad I could help with the proof for you.

https://billsbrandnewblog.blogspot.com/2019/03/once-again-meltzer-cant-post-link.html

https://billsbrandnewblog.blogspot.com/2017/12/since-meltzer-again-has-no-clue-on-how.html

Oh look! Here's YET.. Another one.

https://billsbrandnewblog.blogspot.com/2019/03/second-time-in-week-dave-meltzer-cant.html

So as you can see Meltzer has proven himself to be a complete idiot when it comes to posting links. And in ALL of these links? NOT ONCE did he actually go back and have it corrected. Nor did he ever admit he made a mistake in posting the wrong link.

I guess in Meltzer's world correcting himself on his own mistakes is something that's "beneath him".

Oh Wait, there's this one as well. Can't forget this one you know. :)

https://billsbrandnewblog.blogspot.com/2019/07/since-dave-meltzer-cant-tell-you-where.html

Now before I show you the latest screw up by Meltzer. I know one of you "Meltzer Marks" are gonna say "Why don't you show this to Meltzer yourself if you're so brave"?

Well? I HAVE, and like he does to everyone else that punks him or makes him look like as dipshit, he ran from me and hid behind a block. Because facts and truth put him in his place, where he belongs.. And, it didn't take very long for me to do it either, as you're gonna see. Anyone who has to run and hide behind a block after getting chumped in public is pretty much, a little bitch. Meltzer proved he is indeed that.

One little statement in response to what he said to me and, WHAT did he do exactly 90 seconds after I checked him with my reply?

This. Proving he knew he got owned and 'checked'.

So after all that, do you thiunk he'd FINALLY be able to post a link correctly?

You know the answer, the answer is... No.

On his "daily update" for today he posted this about a story on Konnan.

BUT, what happens when you click on the link Meltzer put up?

This..

He almost got it right. Almost, LMAO!

THIS, is what it should've brought you to

So since Dave Meltzer continues to be a total fuck up when it comes to posting links correctly, it'll have to be up to me once again, to do what he just can't do, no matter what. So here's the correct link to the story.

https://www.si.com/wrestling/2021/06/02/konnan-lucha-libre-aaa-nft-release

Make sure you tell Meltzer I helped him out yet again, also say I said "You're welcome, dumb ass"

Eric Bischoff shoots on the AWA on ESPN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APQbJKKUs70

GAME CHANGER WRESTLING IS GETTING SUED BY INDEPENDENTWRESTLING.TV

Pennsylvania-based independent wrestling streaming service IndependentWrestling.TV filed a breach of contract lawsuit in the State of New Jersey today against Game Changer Wrestling, alleging that GCW broke an agreement for IWTV to carry their events as part of IWTV's streaming service.

The Times-Leader in Pennsylvania reported that the lawsuit alleges the two sides entered into an agreement in March of 2020 but by December, GCW informed IWTV they would be "breaching" the deal and have since held 36 PPV events, a "violation of the signed agreement" of the two sides. The lawsuit alleges GCW has damaged IWTV "in excess of $500,000."

IWTV issued the following statement on their website:

PUBLIC STATEMENT ON IWTV/GCW LEGAL MATTER

JUNE 4TH, 2021

On December 26, 2020, Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) announced via social media that they unilaterally wished to be released from their distribution agreement with IndependentWrestling.TV (IWTV).

This agreement was signed in March 2020 and has been honored since then by IWTV. Over the past several months, IWTV has made multiple attempts to address GCW’s contractual concerns, including efforts to renegotiate and come to terms on a new agreement.

IWTV’s goal has always been to resolve this issue outside of the courts. While this is still our preference, unfortunately at this time we feel we have no option but to pursue legal action against GCW.

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GCW has not yet commented on the matter. They have several shows slated for this weekend in New Jersey which will streaming on FITE.TV.

Here's the link for the story in The Times-Leader. https://www.timesleader.com/news/1495263/local-pro-wrestling-production-company-sues-nj-wrestling-outfit

Tom Latimer On His WWE Release, Battle With Alcoholism

NWA star Tom Latimer sat down with the This Is Pro Wrestling podcast in advance of NWA’s When Our Shadows Fall PPV this Sunday. Latimer delved in depth into his struggles with alcoholism, in particular not realizing he had a problem at first.

“I had a problem and I have a problem,” Latimer said. “There’s a lot of people that can drink and they never get into trouble, nothing bad happens to them, they still make rational decisions. Those are people that can sensibly drink and I’m not one of those people. It took me a long time to realize I was an alcoholic. I always thought when I was growing up, an alcoholic was a person that was homeless, passed out on a park bench, or begging for change for alcohol. I didn’t realize it’s a broad spectrum.”

Latimer, who wrestled as Kenneth Cameron, also detailed his release from the promotion in 2012 following a confrontation with a police officer. Even then, he was ready to admit he had an issue.

“When I got fired from WWE for a drinking related thing, for touching a cop, for one I was arrogant and I was in a good position,” Latimer said. “I thought ‘oh, I’ll be fine.” Because I’d already been arrested before that, when I’d first signed with WWE, for a DUI. So they already knew I had a drinking problem. I was oblivious to it, because I wasn’t drinking every day, I was drinking occasionally. But when I’d drink that one time, I’d end up in trouble. So when they released me, they said ‘go seek some help. Ya know, you’ve probably got a problem.’ I was still like ‘nah, I don’t have a problem.’ And that’s how I still carried on for 10 years.”

Latimer would eventually become sober. Looking back on it now, while he’s grateful for what he has now, he wonders why he took so long to get sober.

"Don’t get me wrong, I’m very grateful now,” Latimer said. “I’m in a good position, I’ve got a great relationship, I can run a household. I sort of just grew up. But I look back at those ten years and always ask myself ‘why did it take you TEN YEARS?’ There were so many chances, so many opportunities. I just honestly thought I was fine, but I was against the world. I was angry. Drinking also helped me to never deal with any of my feelings and it helped me to just not care. Cause when I did quit, and I tried to quit for several years, but finally with the help of Kailey, it was time, even though there were a million events that should have been the time. It’s dealing with the emotions, that’s the hard part. When I finally gave it up, there was no crutch. If I got angry, or something bad happened… you have to deal with everything.”

“When you’ve not dealt with ten years of your emotions and your behavior, what you’ve done to people, the friends you lost, the marriages that have gone away and the people that you’ve hurt, it’s a lot to deal with. But again, it’s the best thing I ever did and of course I always have to be careful. Always. But I never thought I would be a person who could say they’re sober. I never thought it was possible. This is a scary statement to say, but I will never and can never drink again. Because, whatever takes over my body. Whatever possesses Thomas Latimer is not me, and there is no limit to what can happen when I’ve had drink. I could wake up in jail on a murder charge. I’m not willing to take that risk anymore. But that is how much it changes me as a human being.”

Latimer then delved back into how he didn’t understand how much trouble he was getting himself into. He revealed he would drink and drive, find himself sobbing while drinking alone in hotel rooms and finally having a wake up call when he saw how his behavior affected others.

“If no one gets anything else from this interview, maybe someone will learn that it’s okay to have a drinking problem, it’s normal and millions of people go through it ,” Latimer said. “I was someone who never in a million years thought I could be sober. And I’m sober. This will sound terrible, but I would drink and drive every day. I’d be wrestling and promoters would give me drink because they were nervous and thought I would die if I didn’t have enough.

“I look back and it’s just madness. How did I never get pulled over? I remember times drinking a lone in hotel rooms sobbing and I’m thinking ‘who IS this person?” So from me, I know what it’s like and it CAN be done. If you are struggling with dependency, it can be done. I’m not someone that should’ve recovered. Once it starts to affect other people though, it’s time to say enough’s enough. If you’re just hurting yourself, fine, but if there’re casualties because of your behavior, it’s time.”

Latimer’s past actions have led to him being a polarizing presence in the wrestling industry, often receiving criticism on Twitter. These days he avoids social media as best as he can.

“Yeah, I avoid it like the plague,” Latimer said. “If anyone listening to this follows me on Twitter, I’m sorry that I don’t tweet. I retweet, but I don’t put my opinion or my feelings out there. Before, when I was drunk, I didn’t care. Give me all of your hate. Whereas now, I sound like a bit of a wuss, but I get one snarky comment, it messes up my whole day. It crushes me. And I know everyone goes through this. There are people that are way more notable than me and who am I to complain?

“But Twitter, I avoid. Kailey got rid of hers for her mental health and she’s loving life without it. A lot of people see it as a negative, but after everything that’s happened, I sort of closed off a little bit. I try and not see any negativity and after everything that’s happened to me the last ten years it’s been tough, obviously. I’ve been so closed off, I’m happy we get to talk. It’s sort of helping me get over that. I sort of shut down and shut off just to protect my own mental health, but I think now is a good time to talk about it. Sometimes I think it’s nobody’s business and why should I put any of this out there? But if it helps someone else, so be it.”

As to why Latimer is talking about his issues now, he says its because he wants people to know he is not the same man he was at 24. Even if it is scary for him to admit his issues.

“I have to sound pretty dumb, but I wish I could be me now when I was 24,” Latimer said. “I burnt every bridge, walked away from every opportunity, upset a lot of people, I don’t know. I think a bit of it is I want people to know me a bit more. I think in my mind I always had this illusion of say, Undertaker. He’s supposed to be this dead man. You’re not supposed to be able to tweet him. He’s unattainable and he’s untouchable… time’s have changed. I thought I wanted to be New Jack or Sabu. I want people to know that I’ve changed. But also it’s scary to admit all of that and let people in. I’ve been too guarded from what people are going to say or what people are going to think. But I think it’s time to talk.”

Nick Aldis Puts Bruce Prichard In His Place

On a recent episode of WCW legend Konnan’s Keepin’ It 100 podcast, NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion was on where the topic of Bruce Prichard came up. Aldis has responded to Prichard’s comments about him on a few occasions, and he did so again explaining the heat between the two.

“He said I was ‘playing the part of a wrestler and not really owning it.’ This is the part that is f**ked about that, so they’re talking about something from some Impact show, and it was when I worked with Alberto [El Patron],” Aldis recalled. I had actually left the company at that point. I just came back in to work with Alberto because I thought that was interesting to me, so I did it. Bruce says, ‘He doesn’t have the IT factor.’ Look, if he had just been talking about Magnus, the f**king Jo-Jo character from TNA when I was in my early-to-mid 20s, he probably would have been right.

“Conrad [Thompson] then says, ‘Well, what about what he’s been doing with the NWA?’ He’s like, ‘He’s playing the role of a wrestler.’ If that was the TNA stuff, I would have been cool, but when he based it off, a, he hadn’t watched any of it and b, he was just trying to f**king bury me. He went out of his way to take food off my table and f**k up my value in the market, and I don’t take kindly to that.”

Aldis recalled his contract negotiations in TNA when Prichard was head of Talent Relations at the time.

“We had heat in TNA because my contract came up, and he tried to offer me a new deal,” Aldis said. “Basically, in TNA, anyone who hadn’t worked for WWE, Bruce basically jobbed them out and treated them like a jabroni. I’m starting to get a little bit of a push, and he’s trying to offer me a contract, but he tries to offer me the same money for three years.

“I was 25 at the time, and I said, ‘You’re trying to tell me, when I’m 28, you think I’m going to be worth the same amount of money I’m worth now? So why the f**k would I be here? Why would I stay if you don’t think I’m going to increase my value in three years?’ And he’s like, ‘Well, it was a good offer.’ So I did what anyone would do, I went straight to Dixie [Carter]. I just went, ‘If you think I’m going to be worth the same amount of money three years from now than I am today, then there’s no point in me being here. I might as well take my chances to go get signed by WWE or go somewhere else.’ She was like, ‘Whoa, wait, what are you talking about?’ Because this was always the problem there, guys would just go rogue and they would just do stuff without running it by her.”

Aldis continued noting the dynamic between Dixie Carter and other TNA executives. He recalled Prichard’s response to him going to Carter, and he revealed what happened after his talk with Carter.

“Everyone can say what they want about Dixie, but so many guys who worked in TNA in a management capacity were so unprofessional because they would do whatever they wanted, and when they got called out for it, they would blame Dixie. But half the time, Dixie wouldn’t even know because they just did it off their own back, which is f**ked,” Aldis explained. “I’m not gonna sit here and say Dixie was a genius, obviously, but I just called her directly because I had already worked for her for three years at that point.

“And I said, ‘If you think I’m going to be worth the same amount of money in three years than I am today, then there’s no point in me being here.’ She just went, ‘What are you talking about?’ I said, ‘Bruce just offered me this contract. It’s the same money for three years,’ and she was just like, ‘Wait, whoa, whoa.’ So, in pretty short order, Dixie’s attorney, Guy Blake, took on my contract negotiations, just took it out of Bruce’s hands, and Scott D’Amore did my contract. He was my agent at the time.

“So Bruce got completely removed from the equation, and Bruce calls me up and is like, ‘Who do you think you are doing this and doing that? You’re just going running to mommy like a little b**ch,’ and I was just like, ‘Are you saying because the president of the company is a woman and that I went over to the president of the company that I’m running to mommy?’ I don’t think that plays very well in 2021. Those were his exact words.

“This is the same guy who on his podcast will be like, ‘The top guys would go straight to Vince [McMahon]. That’s what the top guys should do. They should go straight to Vince.’ I went straight to Dixie but suddenly it’s running to mommy, and I was just like, ‘F**k this guy.’ My whole contract negotiation got taken out of his hands so much so that even when we were down to the wire and finalizing it, he tried to come and join the conversation again, and Dixie was like, ‘It’s fine Bruce. You can go.’ Of course he’s going to hold a grudge on that forever.”

Myron Reed vs Zay Washington | Paradigm Pro Wrestling No Hook Pilot Part 7/7

Zay Washington calls out Myron Reed for a match with Myron's Paradigm Heavyweight Championship in the main event of the pilot of No Hook.

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

Hiro Matsuda vs Bob Orton Jr. (June 3rd, 1975) (Championship Wrestling From Florida)

June 3rd, 1975 Fort Homer Hesterly Armory Hiro Matsuda vs Bob Orton Jr. Don Curtis provides commentary with Gordon Solie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NNsExPH-BI

Border Town Pro Wrestling- Ep.93 Nova vs Addy Starr | Kongo Kong[c] w/Jay Moore vs Tarik vs Scotty O'Shea BTPW Championship

Nova faces off against Addy Starr and in the main event "The Monsta" Kongo Kong with "The Infamous" Jay Moore puts the BTPW Championship on the line against Tarik and "the Hacker" Scotty O'Shea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZTqZ5YdYOw

Isaiah Wolf challenges Darius Carter to a best of 3 series (Warriors Of Wrestling)

Darius Carter was successful in defeating Isaiah Wolf at Warriors of Wrestling presents "Full Throttle", but after the match Wolf challenged Carter to a best 2 out of 3...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxCRvQlmDQ4

Sami Callihan & Moose Have A Pretty Lame Main Event! | IMPACT! Highlights June 3, 2021

Every week I find it so so SSOO comical that people actually think,. Sami Callihan is supposed to be this "big convincing monster" when really? he isn't. It's the same thing with people trying to take Eddie Edwards seriously, and trust me, not many people take Edwards seriously either. Callihan looks like a guy trying to 'play' wrestler and his size isn't convincing at all, especially when paired in a match against Moose?

Yeah, no.

Yet THIS is the 'best' the 'crack creative team' at Impact can come up with for a main event.

If this was a 'real' fight? Sami would be punked out by Moose, easily. And every fan in the world knows it. Instead, we have to suffer thru "Super Sami" yet again.

Here's an act of obvious stupidity. Sami moves out of the way of Moose charging at him, but he moves too soon and even though Moose sees this, he STILL, takes a step forward and catapults himself into the guard rail. (shakes head) But Sami has to get that put the hand thru the guard rail then kick it spot in.

That "I got to get my shit in" logic once again that current wrestlers use as their mentality.

Moose hits the finisher and of course, what do we get? "Super Sami" kicks out at the very last second again (yawns)

Let me reiterate.. NOBODY, on God's green earth will ever be convinced that Sami Callihan can hang in any kind of 'fight' against a guy the size of Moose. The fact that Impact bookers booked this match this way shows that someone at Impact has a sense of humor. Trying to convince me of that with this match is actually comical.

Thankfully this clusterfuck ended with the Good Brothers doing a run in.

That was the good part, the bad part? Kenny Omega came into the ring as well.

I love the fact that the camera zoomed in on Omega talking at that camera, and you couldn't hear a word he said, LMAO!

Not hearing a word Omega said was probably the best thing Impact has done when it comes to omega, LOL!

So NOW, they want to tease a three way match with Omega vs Moose Vs Sami Callihan?

Yeah, that's JUST the 'blockbuster' match EEVVEERRYYOONNEE wants to see, NOT!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njLqH7GFb90

Satoshi Kojima's IN-RING DEBUT! (Whirls Finger And Says "Whoopie") | IMPACT! Highlights June 3, 2021

Why is he pointing around the arena? THERE'S NO FANS THERE, JACK ASS! Pointing at piped in fan noise, LMAO!

Are the heels gonna start yelling at the piped in fan noise to like they do when fans are there yelling at them? We're not that far off at this rate.

I knows they tried to hypwe this debut like it's an 'earth shattering' event. But the truth is, most fans? have no fucking idea who Satoshi Kojima is. he doesn't carry the 'name value' that a Masa Chono, Jushin Liger or Great Muta do. he may be a multiple time IWGP champion, but here in America? most fans are gonna go "eeehhh, so what" and shrug their shoulders.

Truth hurts, appreciate the fact I tell the truth :)

So since this supposed to some sort of 'super spectacular' the best they can do for a debut opponent is...... Wait for it... Wait for it.... Deaner?

AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Guess the "B" team member of Violent By Design is better than just about anyone else Impact has on the roster, eh?

Kojima chopping Deaner like, fifty times in the corner looked pretty lame when he started the rapid fire chops. They actually looked phony as fuck. Guess not everyone has a convincing Wahoo McDaniel or Walter chop in them so this is the 'best' they can do.

Of course if this match happened in Japan, the chops probably would've been more stiffer as the style there demands it. But this is "Impact" so it is, what it is I guess.

Then of course he looks out at the nonexistent fans and yells, LOL!

Kojima wins with a clothesline? WWHHAATT? A clothesline is NOW a finishing maneuver? But when Jake something, or who's way bigger than Kojima does it, anyone else in Impact does it isn't?

Yep, there's that lack of logic Impact is known for. Maybe some day if Impact ever gets bookers who have ACTUAL booking experience on their on their payroll, logic might actually make a come back.

Some day though, won't be today.

Grace & Ellering Get Their Rematch! (And it Was The Best Thing On The WHOLE SHOW, Imagine That)| IMPACT! Highlights June 3, 2021

Finally, finally finally FINALLY! Something in Impact actually worth watching.

I watched how this whole feud had started and developed and man, THIS was the best thing on the whole damn show, period.

This was solid from start to finish, proper 'selling' by all four women (yoo hoo, male wrestlers in Impact, since you either can't 'sell', don't know HOW to 'sell' or just don't WANT to 'sell'. You should watch this and take notes. "Selling" CAN be your friend). And if you watched this feud from the beginning (except for the ten women debacle they had recently) this has all the ingredients of why a fan should invest their time into.

Pretty sad when the women upstage the men so fucking easily.

I'd like to see where the feud goes from here, but knowing how Impact books and operates, when something like this WORKS? They quickly pull the plug on it. It's been an M.O. of Impact for years.

W. Morrissey MUGS Rich Swann! (Someone Needs No Create Better Titles For These Clips) | IMPACT! Highlights June 3, 2021

So.. Swann comes down the isle to piped in fans, (Where did all the 'fans' from the TJP/ Alexander match go? Must've been lunch time or something, eh?) Swan keeps dancing to the camera and then W. Morrissey nails Swann from Behind and whips him into a chair by a guard rail. So after that and being rolled into the ring by Morrissey, what does Swann do?

Swann decides it's "Super Cena" time and fights back like he wasn't hurt at all.

Gotta love how this smaller guys can suddenly "Hulk Up" so to speak, and think they're seven feet tall and bullet proof when they're clearly out sized. (shakes head) Thankfully it didn't last very long because even a casual fan would realize Swann is unconvincing and should've stuck with 'selling' for a few minutes longer. Or just let it be a total beat down and 'sell' everything. THAT would've made for a better angle and further a story for why Swann to get sympathy from fans watching. BUT, you know the logic of today's wrestlers. "I got to get my shit in, no matter what".

I love how Josh Matthews asks as security came in to stop Morrssey "Have you ever seen anything like this before".

Yeah Josh, we have. Too many times in too many other promotions, moron.

Thankfully this was short.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kANC9X3h3tA

TABLES MATCH Goes Off The Rails! (No, It Really Doesn't) | IMPACT! June 3, 2021

So now we're back to having no fans OR Impact employees for this match between Jake Something and Rohit Raju.

The least they could do is TRY, and stay consistent. Either have the employees out there for the whole show like AEW was doing, or stick to the piped in fan noise.

I guess as usual, details don't mean anything in Impact Wrestling. And it shows, week in? And week out.

Love how Raju just out and out "no sells" Jake's clothesline. Then follows up by "No selling" what looked like Raju blatantly running into a thrust to the throat by Jake.

Yep, these current guys sure have been trained well in the art of 'no selling', that's for sure.

A guy as big as Jake clobbers anyone the size of Rohit? Guess what, they're gonna be staying the fuck down, NOT popping right back up. (rolls eyes) Why is it this current era of wrestlers have to try and be "Super Cena"? It doesn't work and looks pretty fucking stupid every time they do it.

I guess the 'agent' who helped put this match together decided "selling' wasn't gonna be much of an option either, eh?

OH SHIT, Raju FINALLY 'sold' a move! Only after no selling the obvious ones that he finally 'sell' a clothesline by Jake. Hey, better late than never, huh.

Anyone remember when a clothesline was a finishing move in matches? I do.

Now it's just a willy nilly move because "We got to get all our shit in, no matter what" is the mentality and logic of wrestlers now.

Well that didn't last long because he failed the 'selling' test again when he got speared in the corner. I wondered how long he was gonna sell consistently and the answer I got is? Not long at all, LOL.

Jake sold a chair shot to the back by Rohit followed by his arm getting jammed by the chair way better than Raju has sold most of this match. Let that sink in about how sad that fact really is.

And I'm only a minute and twenty seven seconds into this almost six minute highlight clip.. Boy do we have a long way to go.

So Raju yells "I'LL BREAK HIS ARM" while having Jake in a cross face aaahahahahahahahahahahha!He's pulling up more on Jake's neck and head more than the arm and he yells that.

Maybe if he actually did the hold CORRECTLY, yelling that would've made more sense. Funny how so many of today's wrestlers use that hold but yet it's not san effective submission hold anymore. Just another willy nilly transitional move now. Yet no agent in any of the major companies seem to want to notice this, HHMMM. Even though there aren't any submissions ion this particular match. The general observation of it not being a submissive hold still stands.

And Jake should actually take some time to show the other wrestlers on the Impact Roster what 'selling' is. He and Tasha Steele do it better than anyone else working in Impact. Why don't bookers like Tommy Dreamer say something? No balls? Funny how I ask this every week and there never seems to be an answer, HHMMM.

I'm still waiting for this tables match to "go off the rails". I've been waiting quite awhile now and this has been more chairs, than tables.

30 seconds after I wrote that last sentence? Jake spears Raju thru a table for the win.

As for the match going "off the rails"? False advertising again in the part of the moron who uploads these clips to YouTube. Then again, why am I not surprised.

Here's the link to the clip. Yawner at best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypZjPMPHzuw

Josh Alexander & TJP Go 60 MINUTES In A Match That Goes WWAAYY Too Long | IMPACT! Highlights June 3, 2021

I watched the clip that started this match on BTI and this went WWAAYY too long. As I watched this I kept asking myself, "Have these two EVER learned what 'proper selling' really is"?

If they did they for some reason haven't used it since they were taught it. OR, they just have no clue, what 'proper selling' really is.

You choose which one it is.

TJP of course did his usual flip flop, acrobatic bullshit that doesn't look anywhere convincing. Only idiot fans of today who have no clue what good pro wrestling is like this kind of 'gymnastic wrestling'. And Josh Alexander doing this bargain basement wannabe Kurt Angle gimmick doesn't jive with me, and actually has me wishing Kurt Angle would come out and "Angle Slam' Alexander and then tell him that imitation ISN'T, the best form of flattery here.

So you have these two, flipping and bouncing around like a pinball in a pinball machine and me asking over and over "Is this crap ever gonna end"?

Not, for a very LONG TIME unfortunately.

Note to both TJP and Josh Alexander. If you two ever do learn how to 'sell' properly, your matches would actually, be better. Just saying.

But of course, they? Learn how to 'SELL'? You'll have better chances finding the body of Jimmy Hoffa before they realize that 'selling' can actually benefit them.

I saw a recent match between Shane Douglas and an indy guy named Façade that took place in a small indy group called ACW that was 10 times better than THIS shit. No 2 dozen flip flop moves in two minutes, REAL 'selling' of moves throughout the match, things that most wrestlers today should take notes from. But as usual, they won't because if you ask them, they'll tell you that THEY, know better, when they really don't. And this match is a great example that they don't.

And the 'marks' can't use the predictable argument of "It got over with the fans", because.... THERE WAS NO FANS THERE! Just Impact Employees as They're now copying what AEW was doing"! LOL! So they have no excuses to hide behind why this was such a horrible outing that was given way more time than it really deserved.

Here's the links if you really wanna be bored.

Where it starts.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzAPgPUJT7U

Where it finally ends.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jExPhinXpQk

Rocky Mountain Pro CHARGED; ep 244

This week on CHARGED, after weeks of mind games and years away from a ring, Unholy Trinity returns to competition as she takes on Lola The Adventurer in the Main Event. Baylum Lynx continues his issues with Legion as he goes one on one with Ronin. The 3 Ring Circus are in action as well as Orin Veidt. And where in the world is Curtis Cole?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04O3uEtaGQc

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Atsushi Onita vs Genichiro Tenryu (Exploding Barbed Wire Cage Death Match)

Includes what lead up to the match as well.

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

Billy Corgan Wants Former WWE Star To Join NWA

Yesterday six wrestlers hit the free agent market following more roster cuts by WWE. On today’s episode of Busted Open Radio, NWA owner Billy Corgan revealed his interest in several of the names. One talent in particular stood out as a guy Corgan would like to sign.

“Braun Strowman,” Corgan said with a laugh. “If he was green in NXT, I’d be jumping all over it. There aren’t a lot of big guys that have that little of ability. So you think ‘how do you let a guy like that out the door?’ I don’t mean to be critical, I’m not making the business decisions. But I don’t know how you let a guy like that out the door. Ruby Riott I think has a very, very bright future. Lana? Holy crap, how do you let her out the door? I mean I’ve seen Lana in person, just behind the scenes. A truly beautiful woman. Marketable to the nines, has worked very, very hard as best I can see, both in the public and what I know behind the scenes to really improve. I don’t know how you let her go.

“I don’t understand it, but again I’m not making those decisions and whatever those reasons, there’s obviously a lot of speculation. But when you look at that list you went ‘oh man, this is pretty wild.’ Especially when things are heating up between AEW and WWE, at least in the public’s mind. Maybe WWE doesn’t feel that way, there’s a lot of difference there in terms of the business. But in terms of the public’s mind you have a bit of a rivalry going on. AEW obviously has some momentum. I think to dump key talents like that on the market at this time seems like a really odd decision.”

Corgan later returned to WWE, talking about how many hours of programming they produce a year. He criticized WWE’s use of this time, comparing it to the booking of TNA by Vince Russo back in the mid 2000’s.

“Let’s take WWE,” Corgan said. “How many hours of programming a year are they running? 200 hours? You’re asking people to watch a 200 hour a year movie. The payoffs have to be worth it. Going back to when I used to watch TNA back in the old, old days, I’d watch and there’d be all these builds and we’d get to the pay per views. And my old pal Vinny Ru (Vince Russo) would book these screw job finishes and I’d say ‘why did I watch for two months?’ And of course Vince would argue with me behind the scenes and say ‘well nobody cares. The ratings and you know.’ God bless Vince, but I just don’t get it. It’s like watching a movie and three minutes before the finish the guy turns to the camera and goes ‘this doesn’t matter. But watch it anyway.'”

The Sheik vs Mark Lewin Special Referee Match

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zj4q7EWOUA

RIc Flair vs Kabuki (Japan 1983)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8MRM9IoYj8

Gorilla Monsoon vs Lou Albano

Classic Wrestling 1973

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGND26TLeCk

The Great Muta vs The Great Kabuki

Classic Wrestling IWGP-1993

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjgvVTN5HYU

Ace Romero vs. Zachary Wentz vs. Facade w/ Dani Mo | Pro Wrestling Conquest

Match #1 from Pro Wrestling Conquest: Episode 3 21 June 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=derv2laPbbI

ACW LIVE! Episode 4: Shane Douglas vs Jock Samson-Title vs Title

ACW LIVE! Episode 4: Shane Douglas vs Jock Samson-Title vs Title! Worlds collide as ACW Heavyweight Champion Shane Douglas does battle with Pro Wrestling Conquest Imperial Champion Jock Samson-and both titles are on the line! ACW does not own the copyrights to this music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdfYX6vOL4U

ACW UNDERGROUND ASSAULT 23: Shane Douglas vs Ricky Morton-ACW Heavyweight Title Match

ACW UNDERGROUND ASSAULT 23: Shane Douglas vs Ricky Morton-ACW Heavyweight Title Match Wrestling legends square off as “Rock’N’Roll” Ricky Morton challenges “The Franchise” Shane Douglas for the ACW Heavyweight Title!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHu8kUnIYtQ

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

JYD promo/Masked Superstar vs. The Spoiler. WCW, 1984.

Junkyard Dog speaks to Gordon Solie. Then the Masked Superstar grapples with The Spoiler. Paul Ellering at ringside (TV time remaining). WCW, 1984.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uEH5GayQrU

Dave Dynasty Show EP176 | Remembering "Golden Boy" Paul Christy | Pro wrestling podcast

On this episode of the Dave Dynasty Show we remember "Golden Boy" Paul Christy who the world lost on May 24, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E2-H1DjJqc

Freebirds vs. Butcher Vachon, Pete Doherty, Ron Shaw (MSG) Along With The Brisco's interview & match.( August 1984)

The Fabulous Freebirds (managed by David Wolff) vs. Butcher Vachon, Ron Shaw, and The Duke of Dorcester, Pete Doherty. 2 out of 3 falls. This match aired in August of 1984 on what was once WCW (GCW) after Vince McMahon bought the time-slot on WTBS that had long been the home to Georgia Championship Wrestling (and as World Championship Wrestling when its name changed in late 1982). This dark day in professional wrestling, July 14th, 1984, became known as Black Saturday. It was the first move in McMahon's desire to monopolize the wrestling industry, and control what programming and what wrestlers fans could see. After the match, Freddie Miller talks to the Brisco Brothers (who aided in the takeover) about the new line of wrestling. They then show a match of The Brisco's vs. Mike Starbuck and Pat Rose. WWF/WCW/GCW, August 1984.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASf5V8-lDd8

Reality of Wrestling TV: Episode 305

Reality of Wrestling) is a wrestling promotion owned by Booker T that runs out of Houston, Texas showcasing the top unsigned talent from around the world in a weekly episodic series. SINGLES MATCH: Isaiah James vs Jay Alexander WOMENS MATCH: Raychell Rose vs VertVixen SINGLES MATCH: Dante Leon vs Bryan Keith TV TITLE CHAMPIONSHIP: Brenden Steen vs Edge Stone (c) ROW CHAMPIONSHIP: Mantell vs Cameron Cole (c)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq5wrWsrsM4

Jim Cornette Reviews Sting & Darby Allin vs. Scorpio Sky & Ethan Page at AEW Double Or Nothing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qGQWKPwVxA

Jim Cornette Reviews Kenny Omega vs. Pac vs. Orange Cassidy at AEW Double Or Nothing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9X5G-6B1Gg

ACW LIVE! Episode 8: Shane Douglas vs Facade - ACW Heavyweight Title Match

The Neon Ninja gets a shot at Shane Douglas and the Heavyweight Title in a first time dream match!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjJ-uaoQSg0

Larry Zbyszko on Eric Bischoff, Bill Watts, Erik Watts & Jim Herd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb9gJ__YNSc

Nikita Koloff on Ted Turner's Purchase of JCP | How Jim Herd & Corporate America Ruined WCW For Him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRqsDhdKH3Y

DDT (Japan) Tag Team Match From 5-27-21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dbigk1Sz_c

WWE Wishes The Following The Best In Their Future Endeavors (Meaning They Had Nothing For Them)

WWE has come to their own terms on the releases of Braun Strowman, Aleister Black, Lana, Murphy, Ruby Riott and Santana Garrett by firing them.

Santana Garrett, who was announced as being released today by WWE, was slated to debut for Friday Night Smackdown,

Garrett had been planned to move to the main roster, similar to the recently released Vanesse Bourne, but never actually debuted and had been waiting for her official debut to actually be worked into the storylines.

Instead, she was cut today.

Lana had also been with WWE since 2013. She just wrestled on this week’s RAW, teaming with Naomi for a loss to Dana Brooke and Mandy Rose.

Black signed with WWE in 2016. He was away from the storylines for 6 months but just returned in April with new vignettes after being re-packaged on SmackDown. His big TV return came on the May 21 SmackDown and it looked like he was about to feud with Big E. They were held off last week’s SmackDown but it was reported that this was a creative decision to allow for some time before they did the follow-up. Black leaves a one-time WWE NXT Champion, and the 2019 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic winner with Ricochet. His wife Zelina Vega was released in late 2020 but was reportedly recently re-hired. There is no word yet on if WWE still plans to bring her back.

Riott also signed with WWE in 2016. She just competed on last Friday’s SmackDown, teaming with Liv Morgan for a loss to WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Natalya and Tamina Snuka.

Murphy signed with WWE in 2013 and leaves the company as a one-time NXT Tag Team Champion, a one-time WWE Cruiserweight Champion, and a one-time RAW Tag Team Champion. He last competed in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal in April. Before that his last singles match was a DQ loss to Cesaro on the March 12 SmackDown.

Garrett originally began working with WWE in 2013 and officially signed a contract in 2019 after making various appearances over the years. She last competed in the Women’s Royal Rumble Match in January, and before that her last singles match was the loss to Mercedes Martinez at NXT’s Great American Bash Night 2 in July 2020.

Black had just returned to TV with teaser vignettes for a re-package back in late April, after being away for six months with no explanation. He attacked Big E in late May, apparently to begin a new feud for the two, but they were held off last Friday’s SmackDown with no follow-up to the angle from the week before.

Black signed with WWE in 2016. He leaves the company a one-time WWE NXT Champion, and the 2019 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic winner with Ricochet.

There’s no word yet on if Black’s wife Zelina Vega will remain with the company. She was released in late 2020 after issues with the company, but recently brought back and there had been talk of WWE planning for her return to TV.

I guess the creatively challenged creative team couldn't creatively, create a plan for his return, Or any of the others that were released. so instead, they're probably hiding behind the "We have nothing for you" excuse. Which translated means the creative team isn't all that "Creative" to begin with.

And how can they claim "Budget cuts" as the excuse when the WWE just made a huge wad of cash with their recent deal with the Peacock Network? HHMMM. Funny how nobody wants to see or talk about THAT, eh? Business must be good if Nick Khan can buy san eight million dollar mansion in Los Angeles.

Guess there's no "budget cuts" for him if he can go and buy that. But he can sure 'budget cut' and fire others.

WWE wishes them the best in all of their future endeavors. (Yeah, sssuurree they do).

Britt Baker vs. Tessa Blanchard (Femme Fateles 20)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDgtAp0NScM

Jim Cornette Reviews AEW Stadium Stampede 2: Inner Circle vs. Pinnacle at Double Or Nothing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnO_TsKX4B0

Jim Cornette Reviews The Young Bucks vs. Jon Moxley & Eddie Kingston at AEW Double Or Nothing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_q7lmkk9m4

Guam 1991 Larry Zybszko vs Kerry Von Erich

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9YDd85PyFw

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

NWL Guam 1991 Muraco and Slaughter vs Iron Sheik and Kamala

Dick Caricofe's NWL. Guam Summer 1991 Tour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eReYquFOfG0

Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Scotty The Body (Raven) - 1992

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk4P4SxNDLA

ECW Hardcore TV | 05/31/1994

In the main event, Terry Funk takes on Hack Myers. Shane Douglas defends the ECW Heavyweight Championship against Chad Austin. Pitbull #1 faces Damien Stone. Highlights of Tommy Cairo vs. Rockin' Rebel. Tazmaniac vs. Kyle Sheara. Sal Bellomo vs. Don E. Allen. Public Enemy, Paul E. Dangerously, and more,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXAfgL6MoD0

Jim Cornette on AEW Signing Mark Henry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vjgjEijVr0

Wrestling at the Chase (St. Louis) Documentary

Wrestling at the Chase Documentary 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=YcvohYUaWIs

TASW Wrestling, Magnificent Malico vs Bryan Keith, Traders Village Grand Prairie, Texas May 15, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOOEmR1elHY

Havok & Nevaeh vs. Ashley Vox & Delmi Exo vs. Courtney Rush & Zoey Skye from RISE - PRIDE & JOY

It's a Triple Threat Match for The Guardians of RISR Tag Team Championship as Champions, The Killer Death Machines - Jessicka Havok and Nevaeh defends against Team Sea Stars - Ashley Vox and Delmi Exo and Almost Paradise - Courtney Rush and Zoey Skye. RISE - PRIDE & JOY was held June 29, 2019 at Logan Square Auditorium in Chicago, IL. This event showcased talents from our World Class Development Seminar with Cassandro el Exótico.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqS0X-w_3to

Legal Update On Tammy Sytch

The State of Pennsylvania rescinded their order revoking WWE Hall of Famer Tammy "Sunny" Sytch's February 2020 parole on 5/14. The State filed an order revoking her parole and issued a bench warrant comes for her arrest in Carbon County Court in July 2020 after Sytch was arrested in New Jersey. There is no word as to why the order was revoked as of this writing.

Sytch was arrested in New Jersey on the morning of Monday 7/13/20 in Middletown, NJ and has remained incarcerated at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution over the last 11 months, having been charged with the following:

*Operating a Motor Vehicle during a second license suspension.

*Eluding a Police Officer.

*Contempt/Violation of a Domestic Violence Restraining Order.

Sytch was in court in New Jersey several weeks back but Nobody has been able to confirm the outcome of that hearing. PA revoking their order may mean that once Sytch's issues in the Garden State are resolved, she will not be required to travel to Pennsylvania for additional legal issues.

Monday, May 31, 2021

MLW: Never before seen backstage interview with Gary Hart, Low Ki and Homicide

RARE and EXCLUSIVE: After breaking Terry Funk's ribs following a grueling barbed wire match, Gary Hart's emerging stable of Low Ki and Homicide send a message to everyone in Major League Wrestling. This interview never aired on MLW Underground TV. Recorded: February 2004

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPiIU99-6IY

"I thought it would be a good promo", Proving That Tony Khan And "Thinking" Don't Go Hand In Hand Very Well.

AEW President and CEO Tony Khan spoke with the media in a post-show scrum. He spoke on Double or Nothing as well as other topics.

When Khan was asked about his recent promo where he took shots at WWE President & Chief Revenue Officer Nick Khan, this was his response.

“I thought it would be a good promo, and so it made sense".

Well as most saw and spoke on after seeing it. It WASN'T a good promo. It actually showed why Khan should really refrain from doing any kind of promos, period. It was awful at best and didn't get over anything he was trying to accomplish.

If anything it showed he's an over sensitive little boy stuck in a man's body who can't accept the fact he's just a money mark 'playing' wrestling owner and doing an awfully bad job at playing the part.

Tony Khan was specifically addressing a report about WWE and NJPW having talks with one another on a possible working relationship. Khan explains why he chose to cut the promo.

“I talked to New Japan, and I asked them if they thought it would be a good idea for a good promo and they thought it was great".

Yeah sure they did. Prove it. Show us that conversation where they said it would be great for you, to go on camera and look like a complete idiot doing a promo that didn't get you, your company or anything else for that matter over. Let's see that proof Tonypoo. I'll wait. And I'll be waiting a long time for it, I bet.

I call bullshit on that claim and now that I'm calling Khan to prove it. You know he's not gonna, because simply? he can't. He has none. He just made that response up.

Too bad nobody in AEW has the balls to tell the boss that it'd actually be a GOOD idea if he kept his mouth shut, and stay off camera.

But as everyone knows, nobody in AEW, HAS them kind of balls.

You can see this lame shit Tony did, right here.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1398434531024281605

OVW TV 1137 - "OVW Defiance Aftermath”

The Country Boy Kentucky Heavyweight Championship Tournament continues with TWO huge first-round matches! Hy Zaya - with Charles Booker in his corner - takes on Atiba, managed by Tony Vanetti! Jake Omen is seconded by JD Shelburne when he takes on the returning Kal herro, managed by Maria Montgomery! PLUS: “HollyHood” Haley J defends the OVW Women’s Championship against the #1 Contender, Aerie Alexander! Luscious Lawrence hears “The Good Word” from Reverend Ronnie Roberts before he squares off against “The Complete Package” Tony Bizo! All this and MUCH MORE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftx0xiTVRlI

Carlos Colón VS Tully Blanchard (1984)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okggHlxt1A0

WWA (Kentucky)- Amplified - Episode 14

Check out some past matches on this episode of Amplified! 00:26 - Madd Mexx vs Brett Taylor 09:11 - Logan Abell vs Kahaji Khan 20:07 - CCW vs Teddy King

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

ECPW Adrenaline TV Episode (May 2021) Episode 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJaqfeNXy1g

NEWF 5/17/1992: Dino Bravo vs. Richard Charland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfPIvuHpUZI&list=PL4JjefPF4KXcI7Af_9HGdfCqJJUNvVwl6&index=7

NDW 5/15/1998: Demolition Ax vs. Bobby Fulton

From New Dimension Wrestling May 15, 1998 in Columbia, South Carolina.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCYr3kYZPtg&list=PL4JjefPF4KXdSJwJ6DHbxR9kghStJ1Jou&index=3

NWA 5/15/1998: Rocco Dorsey vs. King Kong Bundy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Y--KYY6Is&list=PL4JjefPF4KXdEMexvzljbCQCQipvixE6G

SCW 4/4/1997: Dory Funk, Jr. & Buddy Landel vs. The Mongolian Stomper & Tim Horner

From Southern Championship Wrestling April 4, 1997 in Elizabethton, Tennessee.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuP0pwSZowI&list=PL4JjefPF4KXeoniZ_Q1GYB_Bhq9lVH0e6&index=2

NDW 8/15/1998: King Kong Bundy vs. Buddy Landel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIvqcMllhrc&list=PL4JjefPF4KXeoniZ_Q1GYB_Bhq9lVH0e6

CWA (Massachusetts) Mass Madness: February 1997

Before there was NECW, there was the late Tony Rumble's Century Wrestling Alliance, which later became NWA New England. This edition of the Century Wrestling Alliance MASS MADNESS TV show features highlights of Kevin Sullivan vs. Jimmy Snuka and a special 6 man tag team match from Michinoku Pro Wrestling that sees Great Sasuke, Gran Hamada and Gran Naniwa taking on Taka Michinoku, Terry Boy and Dick Togo. An unforgettable local TV episode!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPAz-LJgmB4

Sgt Slaughter vs Kimala (AWA As shown On Japanese TV)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92x_eD31anU

Sunday, May 30, 2021

AJPW Giant Baba And Jumbo Tsuruta vs Dick Slater And Roddy Piper (1983)

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

World League Wrestling Sunday Night Showdown | Episode #136

Welcome back to a NEW episode of World League Wrestling Sunday Night Showdown! On tonight's episode, you'll see the great wrestling action that fans are accustomed to seeing at WLW. Matches on tonight's episode include: Brandon Espinosa vs Kyle Roberts Heart Throb Jaden vs. Superstar Steve You'll also hear from WLW Jr. Heavyweight Champion Jayden Dominic Rose as well as WLW Heavyweight Champion Moses “The Deliverer”.

Tune in every Sunday for new episodes of WLW Showdown. Our television program also airs on MyZouTV and ABC 17 News KMIZ in Columbia, MO as well as KQ2 in St. Joseph, MO. Also, for our Houston, TX fans, check out our program on The NUDU TV Saturday Nights and Sunday evenings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-UBbGFQYW4

Jim Cornette on Cody Rhodes Saying He Uses Focus Groups To Test His Promos

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

Ron Fuller and Jimmy Golden vs Bob Armstrong and Robert Fuller (Continental 1985)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD0lP2Sp1MA

Al Perez VS Abdullah The Butcher (WWC 1986)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byzVlc1Vag4

Another Week Goes By And Another Set Of 'Marks' Have To Be "Checked"

Every time I point out the obvious, I just 'know some 'mark', is gonna come marching up trying to brace me with some weak lame argument. needless to say this is becoming a weekly ritual as of late, and as usual. It takes very little effort to put em in 'check'.

They never seem to learn and they never can make it a challenge. Same ol react the same way kind of deal. The names of the "marks" may change but all of them always react and reply the same way, LOL.

So since they seem to insist on being put in their place? I'll oblige em since it's always so easy to do.

The first screen shot is of a clip from Jim Ross's podcast. On the clip he claims he doesn't remember who Big Bear Collie is. All he had to do was a quick what, 20 second search on YouTube and he'd find matches that HE, commentated on? How hard is that to accomplish? For Ross it must be hard, or he felt doing some actual research would be 'beneath him'.

So since he showed he was too lazy to do such a simple search, I did it for him. And lo and behold what did I find.

A match of Colie's that 'Good Ol J.R.' commentated on. DAMN that was just "sssooo hard" to do. (shakes head)

There he is, you see him there yourself. All J.R. had to do was a twenty second search and he'd not only see himself commentating the match, he THEN would've been able to see and ahem, 'remember' who Collie was.

Research could've been Ross's friend in this, but apparently laziness was his friend instead.

So after I posted my reply WITH the link as proof, since proof IS, a mother fucker and I'm always the mother fucker who can furnish proof.. I wondered how long it would take before some dumb ass "Mark" would come chiming in because I had the 'gal', the 'nneerrvvee' to prove Ross wrong.

It sure didn't take long, that's for sure, LMAO!

And it didn't take very long for me to put em in their place, right from the get go, like I always do.

As you see, not much effort at all and I always LOVE how they always say. "A duh, who gives a shit"? Every dumb fucking mark after they try and engage with me and see they're losing always tries to hide behind that weak response.

The answer is always obvious. YOU give a shit because if you really didn't give a shit, you would've kept your mouth shut, stupid. Funny how they always fail to realize that logic, every time.

And since the "Marks" I 'checked' will see this story, one of them will try the ol tried and true response of "UUHH DUH, nobody reads your blog". I love how when they see they indeed HAVE been 'checked'? They always try and hide behind that reply. So I'll go ahead right now and take that argument away from them before they can try to use it.

Actual number of people viewing my blog as of thirty seconds ago. Along with a screen shot of what those viewers are actually looking at, right at this moment.

Again, proof IS, a mother fucker.. And you can thank THIS mother fucker for always supplying the proof. :)

As I keep saying and will continue to say. Some day, the "Marks" will make it an actual challenge when they come and brace me. And stop using the same ol replies other "Marks" have tried and failed with.

Some day.. But obviously someday? Won't be today. :)

Jim Cornette on Tony Khan's Latest Promo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh6rCVeOjpk

John Tolos vs Jimmy Snuka (Big Time Wrestling 1978)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrL4U2-pRhM

Saturday, May 29, 2021

Rocky Mountain Pro CHARGED; ep 243

This week on CHARGED, after revealing the master plan at Never Broken, The Wake celebrate their accomplishments. The 3 Ring Circus and Legion go head to head in a tag team contest. Atiba goes one on one with the Bearded Lady for the Twitch Championship. We hear from Lockettes Champion Rachelle Riveter and the Tag Dudes take on Grunt Style's Violence of Action.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdeEmXyO7LM