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CMLL catch up part 2

Virus vs. Blue Panther, CMLL 5/12/13   Ten minutes? They were only getting warmed up. I don't have a problem with ten minute matches, but CMLL workers generally aren't that clever at working lightning matches and I don't really like the gimmick of an enforced time limit. Still, this was all about the matwork, which, while not life changing, was pretty at times. Virus is pretty clearly the best guy in the company, in my opinion, but I couldn't help but think if it was Demus against a mini it wo

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CMLL catch up part 1

Negro Casas vs. Valiente, CMLL 2/4/13   Dream match for workrate fans as Casas and Valiente are two of the best in the business, but this was a disappointment. I'm not so sure it was a case of the chemistry being off between the two as much as it was a case of them not bothering to do anything creative. In fact, I was kind of annoyed that Casas put in such a cookie cutter performance against someone as talented as Valiente. Some of the early exchanges were okay, but the third fall in particul

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The Casas vs. Rush feud

Rush/Rey Escorpion/Maximo vs. Negro Casas/Terrible/Shocker, CMLL 6/28/13 Negro Casas, Mr. Aguila & Rey Bucanero vs. Blue Panther, Rush & Maximo, CMLL 7/14/13   So, this is the best thing going today or so I've been told. I like Rush a lot so I'm excited to see these. He kind of reminds me of the true, modern day heir to Perro Aquayo, since Perro's own kid hasn't been any good since about 2007 as far as I can tell, and he's learnt the value of having a great head of hair.   True t

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October, November, and December 2008

So I finished the year of PPV's/big shows (with the exception of ROH as I am completely burned out with that promotion) and about about 60% through TV which I'll be finishing up this month. The plan from here is going to be:   Get a Top 10 for both WWE and TNA from the re-watch pile for 2008. TV and PPV for TNA/WWE 2009 ROH 2008 ROH 2009 Top 10's/year for WCW, ECW (00-01), WWE, TNA, and ROH Try and hammer out a Top 20 for Other US   Who knows after that. I'm going to eventually

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July, August, September 2008

TNA VICTORY ROAD 2008   MCMG/Curry Man v. Ultimo Guerrero/Rey Bucanero/Averno v. Doug Williams/Alex Koslov/Tyson Dux v. Yossino/Puma/Milano Collection AT - 3rd Round of World X Cup.   Great, fun match. Constant action and executed just like TNA wanted I'm sure. I definitely was entertained. If this was 12 TNA guys, it probably would have stunk, but having some vets in there from all over just made it awesome. Standings before was Mexico and TNA tied for 3. Team International and Team

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Thoughts on TNA

There is a thread on the main board asking if TNA is the worst promotion in history. The thread was started six years ago and I never commented on it. I figured I would post my thoughts here to avoid accusations of trolling because my opinion may not be a popular one.   TNA is not the worst promotion in history. In fact, I believe it is better than the sacred cow known as the original ECW.   I've watched 154 of TNA's PPV's and all Impacts so I feel confident in this statement. Granted,

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April, May, June 2008

TNA Lockdown 2008   Black Machismo, Curry Man, Sonjay Dutt, Johnny Devine, Consequences Creed, Shark Boy - X Title   Pin or submission until last two with winner having to escape the cage. Dutt and Shark Boy go out early. Creed looked good before being eliminated. Devine stole Jay Briscoe's Jay Driller calling it the Devine intervention to pin Curry Man. Lethal retains with goofy finish. Nothing special   Frank Trigg gives his analysis on main event. Says Angle wins.   Queen of t

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January, February, and March 2008

Final Resolution 2008 (January Edition)   Only thing notable about the opener is the reveal of Salinas as the "thug" attacking Christy Hemme. I have an unhealthy love for Shelley Martinez.   Silliness throughout the show for the drinking championship between Young and Storm. Was what it was.   The rest of the show up to the main event was skippable stuff with the exception of Gail Kim v. Kong which was the best match on the show.Notable angle stuff was Sharmell getting a "broken jaw"

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Personal note/Tune in, Tune Out.

I wanted to make a quick post to say that going over 2008 and 2009 is going to be a first time run with the material and I really am looking forward to it. The last PPV I ordered and watched was 2008's WrestleMania 24 and the last PPV's I watched in any fashion was a semi-reliable stream of WrestleMania 25 and then the top three matches from this year's Mania show.   Beyond that and probably 2% of television I've seen nothing since WrestleMania 24. I did "come back" a few times, but they

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... And on to 2008

I finally acquired 2008 TNA and WWE PPV's to continue this project, and then I remembered I had three ROH shows I had to download and watch before I could. This post will cover those shows.   Race To The Top Tournament Night 2- Edison, NJ 7/28/07 Honor Nation- Boston, MA 10/5/07 Unscripted III- Chicago Ridge, IL 12/1/07       Race To The Top Tournament Night 2- Edison, NJ 7/28/07   Having moved ahead in 2007 ROH, I knew that Claudio Castagnoli had won the tournament, but I still

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50 Eliminated matches and another update

Finally. I just finished the second to last run through for 2000-2004 US. I've also finished up first viewing of US through 2007 and am about to begin what I just finished for the first half of the decade for 2005-2007. I hope to have all 2008/2009 footage available by then.   I was able to eliminate 50 matches that made the initial cut through 2004. Most of these matches looked good to great while viewed in context of complete shows, but somehow either fell short when compared against ot

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Would you believe even more matches from last year?

Thanks as always to Black Terry Jr for making these reviews possible.   I thought both the 8/1 and 10/13 Black Terry/Negro Navarro vs Super Astro/Solar maestro tags were excellent. In fact, I thought they were the most balanced, best worked maestro tags since Black Terry Jr began filming their matches. That may be time and distance talking since I was so wildly out of the loop last year, but I watched these matches more than once before commenting and enjoyed them immensely each time. They're

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Quick Update

For anyone who may be keeping up with this blog, but mostly for my own records I wanted throw up a quick update.   It seems I've hit a wall with this project, but I seem to be coming around and finishing up some lose ends.   I've finished all of WWE TV (RAW, Smackdown, ECW, etc) for 2007 and about the first six months of TNA Impact!. So far I have seven TV matches picked as contender's for MOTY.   I felt I needed a change of pace half way through Impact for 2007 so I went back to try a

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More matches from last year

First off, thanks to Black Terry Jr for shooting these matches and making them available. Terry is selling his videos here from now on -- http://tvluchadelpasado.wordpress.com/   Solar vs. Navarro is still the best mat wrestling on the planet as evidenced by their 8/17 match. The excitement of seeing this match crop up isn't the same as when we only got to see it once a year (or not at all), but that's the funny thing: as lucha fans, we're always wishing we could see more -- more from a worke

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Welcome!

Loss has requested that any willing PWO users start blogging, in an effort to make this a "calling card" for the forum. With that in mind, I've decided to write about the current WWE product, focusing on things like storyline direction, career progression/relegation of wrestlers, and any interesting happenings that might require further analysis.   So, without further ado, let the blogging begin!

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The January Ryback situation.

WWE recently announced that Ryback will receive a title shot (that was originally scheduled for the TLC PPV) on the January 7th episode of Raw. Whether this goes ahead or not, is irrelevant, because there can be only one outcome - CM Punk remains WWE Champion and goes into Royal Rumble to face The Rock.   So where does leave Ryback, arguably WWE's breakout star of 2012? Well, there is still The Shield to consider, the group of NXT outsiders that have made a point of laying waste to Ryback in

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Matches from last year

I'm hopeless at keeping up to date with lucha, so I thought I'd throw out some thoughts on what I watched over the holidays.   Apparently, CMLL had an awful year business-wise. Personally I enjoyed the in-ring product more than I have in years.   Virus vs. Fuego, 10/1 was an excellent, old-school style title match. The matwork wasn't as fluid as classic lucha, but it was similar to IWRG matwork in that both guys seemed to be laying down a challenge. I thought Fuego's bridging spots were

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Emilio Charles, Jr vs. Atlantis

Emilio Charles, Jr vs. Atlantis, NWA World Middleweight Championship, 8/14/92   Emilio Charles, Jr was one of the first luchadores I became a fan of. In fact, it was Dean or one of the other playa's review of the 12/89 Charles/Dandy title match that sparked my interest in lucha in the first place. After I saw that match, I tracked down the rest of their '89 feud, kick starting one of the more satisfying love affairs with any style in my wrestling fandom history. I was shocked to hear of his p

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December 2007

So I finally finished* 2007 PPV's and big shows. Now I'm finishing 2007 TV surprisingly quick.   So my copy of ROH Unscripted III from 12.1.07 is unwatchable so I had to skip it for now and am actively looking for another source.   TNA Turning Point 12.2.07   Such a bad PPV. The tables match opener was terrible despite having MCMG's and Black Machismo involved. This just strengthened my case that Team 3-D does and has always sucked. Johnny Devine is right there with them.   The K

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November 2007

Glory By Honor VI: Night 1   Out of the nine matches on the card, I found four to be standard for ROH. Nothing bad, nothing great, but everything was fine.   The top of the class trophy match between Ernie Osiris and Mitch Franklin wasn't good, but I didn't expect more. The other below average was Hero v. McGuinness since Nigel was working hurt. I just think they shouldn't have had the match at all.   The tag titles match (Briscoes v. No Remorse Corps), The Austin Aries v. Danielson

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October 2007

ROH Survival of the Fittest 10-19-2007   This wasn't a bad show, but compared to the previous three Surivival of the Fittest shows, this was disappointing. The qualifying matches were full of debuting wrestlers such as Karl Anderson, TJ Perkins (debut outside of wrestling as Puma), Human Tornado, and Tony Kozina which, to me didn't make much sense being that it was a tournament designed to elevate full-time talent. None of the above really were impressive although none were outright awful e

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2000 Wrap-Up/2007 Update

Notes on the last few matches from 2000 that didn't make final cuts.   Triple H v. Chris Benoit - Non-Title Match - WWE Smackdown 2.3.00   Cool that it is Benoit's first official match in the WWE, but this is short and nothing special compared to many other matches within the year.   HHH v. Chris Jericho - RAW 6.12.00   These two had better matches against one another within the year. It's heated and a fun pop with the temporary title change, but nothing "best of" about it.   HHH

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2000 Post: Part 2

These are all matches from 2000 that were cut after all viewing for the promotions were completed and the reasons why.   ECW   Super Crazy v. Tajiri - Mexican Death Match - ECW on TNN 1.15.00   I went over this in my last post.   CW Anderson v. Tommy Dreamer - I Quit Match 1.7.01   I know this was from the year 2001, but since ECW only ran three shows before going out of business, I went ahead and finished it up. This is actually the only match from 2001 ECW that I thought wort

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