Phil Schneider

Riggs was also 50 and out of shape.

This was very similarly worked to their Nassau Coliseum match a year later, Lawler working his signature heel match, hiding a chain and pounding on an over babyface. Savage however was way more game then he was a year earlier. Lawler breaks out the toastmasters joke book over the microphone to start, and Savage comes out with his own Macho midget dressed in matching gear. Lawler goes after the midget, and is able to crack Savage with a chain while he was on midget defense. Savage takes a huge over the top rope bump and a nasty post shot, and Lawler does the things he did. No one does that particular dance as well as heel King, and we even got a great douche bag rope a dope by Lawler. Savage takes over and chucks Lawler over the top where the king does his insane signature bump, and gets smashed into steel posts. It looks like Savage is going to finish him off, but Lawler surprisingly retakes control by catching him with a shot to the belly off an axehandle. Lawler hits his piledriver but Bret Hart comes out and the jaw back and forth before Lawler spits on Hart, causing Bret to rush the ring and the DQ. Definitely one of the better 90's WWF Lawler matches I have seen, and it was fun to watch Lawler and Savage working with the heel/face roles reversed.

Why? You are kidding right? There isn't a woman athlete alive who can compete on an even level with male athletes in the same sport, especially in something like a combat sport. Cyborg would get smashed by every single male fighter in her weight class at any level. Forget about UFC or Strikeforce, I imagine she would get smacked by guys working outlaw shows in Kentucky.

Jerome's gimmick is to give long winded self important pronouncements on things he hasn't seen. Don't pull back the curtain.

Dylan is really turning into the Paul F. Tompkins of wrestling podcasts. Fun show. Tomk reviewed this match in one of my favorite things he ever wrote. http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2010/10/c...-war-games.html

Here is the stuff I put on Schneider Comps over the years Michael Modest vs. Christopher Daniels (Fair VQ) (APW 1/22/00) Mike Mayhem vs. Low-Ki (FWA 4/15/00) Jardi Franz & Vinny Massarro vs. West Side Playaz 2000 (APW 5/6/00) Ultrataro Jr. vs. Super Dragon (Revolution Pro 7/7/00) Orion vs. Shirley Doe (Texas Death Match) (CWF 11/22/00) Steve Corino vs. Cham Pain (OMEGA 12/1/00) Christopher Daniels & Mike Modest vs. Westside Playaz 2000 (APW 12/16/00) American Dragon vs. Spanky (ECWA 2/24/01) American Dragon vs. Reckless Youth (ECWA 2/24/01) American Dragon vs. Low-Ki (ECWA 2/24/01) Beau James & K.C. Thunder vs. Batten Twins (Loser Leaves Town, Cage Match) (SSW 5/12/01) Excalibur vs. Super Dragon (Revolution Pro 6/2/01) Quiet Storm, Brian XL & Chris Devine vs. Spanish Announce Team (CZW 6/8/01) Da Hit Squad vs. Red & Joel Maximo (JAPW 6/16/01) Low-Ki vs. Homicide (JAPW 7/7/01) Low-Ki vs. American Dragon (ECWA 7/21/01) Red vs. Low-Ki (UCW 9/14/01) Scoot Andrews vs. American Dragon vs. Low-Ki vs. Christopher Daniels (ECWA 9/22/01) Da Hit Squad vs. Homicide & Insane Dragon (JAPW 10/12/01) Christopher Daniels vs. Low-Ki (ECWA 11/3/01) Dixie vs. Elax (JAPW 11/9/01) Eddie Guerrero vs. Low-Ki (UCW 11/30/01) Dixie vs. Homicide (JAPW 12/17/01) Corporal Robinson vs. Adrian Serrano (Taped Fist Match) (IWA-MS 1/5/02) Chris Hero vs. C.M. Punk (Tables and Ladders) (IWA-MS 2/9/02) C.M. Punk vs. Low-Ki (IWC 3/23/02) Xavier & Christopher Daniels vs. Low-Ki & American Dragon (ECWA 4/6/02) Low-Ki vs. Tony Kozina (JAPW 5/3/02) Ian Rotten vs. Chris Hero (IWA-MS 5/4/02) Super Dragon & Spanky vs. Bobby Quance & Jardi Franz (APW 5/12/02) American Dragon vs. Low-Ki (JAPW 6/7/02) Tracy Smothers Riot (IWA-MS 6/15/02) Ian Rotten vs. Tarek The Great (IWA-MS 10/4/02) Corporal Robinson vs. Necro Butcher (Fans Bring the Weapons, Tequila Death Match) (IWA-MS 11/1/02) Chris Hero vs. Michael Todd Stratton (IWA-MS 2/8/03) Terry Funk vs. Homicide (JAPW 9/27/03) Haven't watched much of this stuff in years, so I am not sure how it all holds up, but this is a good start

What has he plagiarized from Segunda Caida? I can't imagine anyone wanting to steal Eric rambling about APW or me making the same Teddy Atlas point in 25 different Fujiwara reviews

Here is my review of that Snowman match http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2011/11/y...-scene-all.html

It sounds like Will should make a separate 1990 USWA set, I would buy the shit out of that.

Here is my review of the Benoit v. Lawler match http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2011/06/y...good-clean.html

Yeah Fujiwara was punishing TAKA here, bodyshots, both the shoot and the pro-style headbutts, and some sick shots to the face. TAKA was really great as the underdog who almost heelishly disrespects Fujiwara. The matwork was really speed vs. guile, as all of TAKA's attacks were lightning quick, while Fujiwara was classically taking advantage of mistakes. TAKA is really great in PWFG, he doesn't work the style really but he was so good in the mid 90's that he can work a TAKA match that fits on the show.

Sami Callihan would be the indy guy I would put here. He has an entertaining formula that can be excellent against a great wrestler like Necro or Finlay, but can make matches with loads like Kyle O'Reily and Zach Sabre Jr. fun too.

In todays WON "Those in the company are under the impression Jericho is still returning in January and that the viral videos are a set up for him being on the Jan. 2 Raw in Memphis."

He isn't a good writer, I can't imagine any real journalist covering a real sport getting away with the kind of mangled nonsense in the Observer weekly

It was really interesting, although Meltzers habit of putting bios weirdly out of chronological order always bugs me. Made me really want to watch some Australian WCW though.

Do they still have the child porn thread?

I remember liking it a bunch when it happened.

Lord Steven Regal v. Arn Anderson 2/20/94 Tremendous match, pretty much a textbook TV title style match. Both guys target a body part, Arn with the arm, and Regal with the neck, and they go after them. Lesser wrestlers working this style will just go back to the same holds (even Flair pretty much just works the leg in the context of the figure four), but both Arn and Regal put on a ton of different locks and they all look great. It makes inherent sense, if you can't get a submission with a cravate try a crossface, hammerlock doesn't work use and arm stretch. Arn works a great hammerlock, bodyslamming Regal, turing him into a pin while holding it. Regal meanwhile wrenched the hell out of Arn's neck, cranking cravates, cracking him in the mouth with crossfaces. The brawling in this match was great too, Arn has a really pretty right hand and Regal was just vicious with uppercuts and headbutts. Finish run was very exciting as they worked the countdown with Arn desperately trying for the belt and Regal stalling. The crowd was super into the match at this point, chanting USA and popping huge for Arn's spinebuster. Finish was pretty surprising, as Regal gets the pin by holding onto Dundee's umbrella with 15 seconds left. It was a twist in a good way as everyone was expecting either an Arn win or a time limit draw. 1994 maybe the best in ring year in wrestling history, and this felt on the level of the other great matches of that year. If this looks like something on paper you would like, go watch it, it truly exceeds expectations.

I am pretty sure that the womens fed run by DOI had multiple hour plus matches with Mercedes Martinez which I imagine were claw out your eyes bad. Also pretty sure there was an indy which ran a 7 hour or something match. I remember trying to taunt SLL into watching it for Segunda Caida

When did Necro start getting good? He feels like a dark horse top 10

The Fabs were a really great team

I hope if it isn't they move things around and run Finlay v. Funk

It has been a long time since I thought about that stuff, but I know that all of the Daniels and Modest pimping had to do with Modests APW stuff and Daniels APW and ECWA work. I remember being disappointed with that Nitro match, mainly because it wasn't anything like what those guys were normally doing with each other. It is certainly possible I would hate the APW stuff if I went back and rewatched it, but the Nitro match isn't a good representation of what we liked about both guys. Dean and I talked a little about this on the recent Segunda Caida radio, indy wrestling before 97/98 was pretty terrible, you would go whole cards without seeing a single neat move, when guys like Ki and Daniels and Modest came around, they were such a huge breath of fresh air compared to the Tom Brandi heavy indy cards of a couple of years earlier. Indy wrestling sucks now for the completely opposite reason.

Chris Daniels? That is pretty crazy. Is there a single way he is a better candidate then say Dutch Mantel? And I can't imagine Dutch even getting on a ballot.