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Bix

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  1. Right here. Really, really, happy with how this turned out. I think I didn't notice quite how good it was as we were talking but when I went back to transcribe it I realized that this was about as good as you could hope for with a 15 minute phoner. Lots of good stuff stemming from the talk about NXT, her match with Charlotte, the "Divas Revolution," etc. She's Daniel Bryan-esque in terms of honesty, talking like a real person, her love of pro wrestling coming across, etc.
  2. Yes, The Larry Katz Show. Thanks Tim.
  3. Well, they have a bulk uploader. So that part is actually really easy. That said I'll PM you about the rest.
  4. SASUKE = The Great Sasuke as a cigarette smoking heel with a different mask Sasuke the Great = Masao Orihara as The Great Sasuke's evil counterpart. If he's teaming with Orihara. Then it's Pentagon Black... I think.
  5. You can upload the files to archive.org, put them in the feed, and not have to pay for anything. Plenty of fairly large podcasts do it. You wouldn't have to play for anything other than maybe hosting the blog itself.
  6. That's probably a good idea. If we do it by promotion then it should be easy to whip up. I'll get to it.
  7. He also had a handful of matches in Canada as "Handsome" Dallas Page in 1979, including a TV match for Geeorge Cannon's promotion, before quitting the business for years. Which makes it even weirder.
  8. My gut feeling on the Myzteziz stuff was that he's doing that because of Mexico. As for how rosy he made everything with WWE look...well, if it was kayfabe, it was a different type.
  9. Part 1 - AAA & Lucha Underground. Part 2 - WWE. Nice interview for the bucket list if nothing else.
  10. Relative to when the videos were shot? The crash was later.
  11. Bryan and I have been wanting to do another free issue for a while and I felt like this warranted it. New stuff came out in Gawker's lawsuit against the FBI right as the leak happened, and, well, it's REALLY interesting, so I did an extensive piece on it. Please spread the word, link everywhere, etc. Thanks!
  12. Parv, we talked about him blowing the finish on the show. Here's the Sting match we were talking about. It's awesome, if a bit oddly laid out in parts. He's allowed to have good matches that weren't on PPVs or Clashes.
  13. Yeah at first I wasn't trying for a marathon show but it went there anyway. Now I know how it will go it's gonna be as long as we need Well and this one was built around a legendarily great top to bottom PPV where we wanted to address every match. Most won't be.
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  16. I don't think the full scan with the reasoning was around before.
  17. They added a bunch of Osaka Castle Hall matches in anticipation of the return show this past weekend and the batch included the Liger-Sano match from 9/89 that we never had complete before. So that's something.
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  19. Bix

    NJPW Dominion

    What am I doing wrong that it looks like NJPW World says the VOD won't be up until 2:00 AM ET tonight?
  20. I figured the Bandaleros Death Match was the Mexican Death Match we have from Power Pro since they use the bandaleros heavily in that. Interesting to see that it's another new match. Before I go to sleep: Dusty Rhodes vs. Mark Lewin (Brass Knuckles Title): Holy shit this was violent. Throwing each other into tables, Dusty putting everything into his punches, blood flowing within seconds, brawling into the crowd and aisle, just total madness. Unlike Wahoo-Funk I had no problem with this having a short, abrupt ending, as the one here was awesome and a perfect fit: They're fighting on the apron, get tangled in the ropes, and Dusty Bionic Elbows Lewin right in the soft spot in the back of the fucking head. He's knocked silly, Dusty drops an elbow for good measure, and it's academic. Wild, crazy sprint of a brawl and definitely a must-see. The Champion/The Nightmare/FFS It's Moondog Rex Under a Mask vs. The Man That The Ring Announcer Repeatedly Called"Captain Redneck, Big Dick Murdoch" (non-title match): Is this the match on the DVDVR set? Because I thought that was the title change but this has the same punch spot with the referee we all loved. This is all Murdoch and as such it's a lot of fun. Really not sure if this is new, but it's all action and well worth watching regardless.
  21. Pretty sure Landel/Ito-R&R is new/ Thoughts so far: Gino Hernandez vs. Jose Lothario (Fence Match/Texas Death Cage Match/Whatever): I'd seen this before (it aired on Boesch's Best of Texas Wrestling show on SPN/Tempo in the early '80s so it was in circulation but not widely seen or pimped) and remembered really enjoying it but not quite as much as I loved it this time. It's a really good use of Lothario as he's clearly past his prime but the match is one where he can get by with what he's still great at: Punches, selling, and shining. Makes me want to see more actual Texas Death Matches from Texas because I feel like something was lost in translation in other territories There are multiple spots where Gino looks close like a valiant babyface for beating the count and while it works in context, I feel like it would be a little less disconcerting if I was more familiar with what these fans expected of a Texas Death Match. Awesome finish with Lothario getting too greedy neck cranking Gino from a front headlock and getting crotched on the top turnbuckle. It was the one spot where it looked like no human man could have answered the count for the next fall. Go watch this. Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Jose Lothario & Mil Mascaras: So this popped up in the suggested matches, I had been looking forward to it anyway, and I was in the mood for more Lothario, so I watched it next. I'm not at all with Pete on this one as this is super disappointing and not just relative to how great it looked on paper. This was just super listless except for the occasional brief exchange like Terry and Lothario brawling. The Mil-Funks matwork was much, much lazier than you'd expect even though Mil isn't working AJPW. You'd think Mil would let the Funks have more than he gives them. At least I saw Lothario wrestling with hair for the first time in my life, but this was not the best use of half an hour. "Terry Funk vs. Wahoo McDaniel" (Actually Terry Funk vs. Wahoo McDaniel and Wahoo McDaniel vs. Gino Hernandez): So the match does actually happen, but it's about three minutes long. Great while it lasted with an awesome pre-match and finish, but still, this was maybe the most exciting match on paper so I was annoyed, even if it wasn't at Bruce Tharpe or anything like that. So then Gino Hernandez comes out and this is either a triangle match of some kind or we went from the semis to the finals of a tournament, and it's for a shot at Harley Race's NWA title. And good lord, Wahoo-Gino was fantastic. Amazing intensity, great heat, super selling, brutal chops from Wahoo, great use of blood for drama...this is just a tremendous hidden gem. Gino is my new favorite wrestler, I want to see a lot more, and I'm angry he had a rep for not being very good. Ric Flair vs. Wahoo McDaniel (the one that's not the rematch): It's been so long since I've watched Monsters of the Mat or the Mid-South set that I can't remember which of these I've seen (this one also has new commentary since ostensibly it didn't air at the time, can't remember if the Monsters of the Mat match had any). But anyway, this is tremendous. Really super fast paced and non-formulaic for a Flair touring title match, exactly the type of violent battle you want from these two. Will get to the rematch soon enough but I loved this. Wish we had these two beating the hell out of each other in the Carolinas. Harley Race vs. Andre the Giant: Of the new matches we knew about in advance, this has been getting the most attention by far. We knew it would be at least a fun, interesting spectacle but how good it would actually be we had no idea. Well, it's awesome. All of the best Andre matches by reputation are with him as a heel (usually in Japan, but also the twilight stuff where he carries his end with facials and mannerisms), but this is a great match with babyface Andre. He actually works holds better than anyone did in that disappointing tag match and the match is never remotely boring even though it's Andre going half an hour. Tons of cool memorable spots. Finish was lame but it's not like we had any reason to expect a real finish in this match. Considerably better than I even hoped for, it's a crazy dream match and you come for the star power but the work was great, too. I've gotten my ~$10 worth already.
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  23. Think Kris meant this site; http://icwpoffouniverse.webs.com/
  24. I don't think he would have been a gigantic star, but he probably would've stayed active and in major promotions for at least a few years. He was a really good worker who could talk, and had more to offer than a lot of guys who passed through WCW. Maybe we get NWO Nature Boy if he's active.
  25. What's funny about it, I don't know the person so maybe there is something there? I think the implication was that she was surprised that there were female wrestlers getting over without overt traditional sex appeal being part of the package.
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