Phil Schneider

I think one of the big problems with AEW is how shitty the WWE working environment seems to be. The churn between promotions is one of the healthiest things about having a promotional war. Cody showing up to challenge Roman Reigns would actually be a super hot angle, but there is no way he is leaving AEW, and he is getting a bit stale there. Same thing with guys like Jericho and the Bucks It's going to be hard to elevate new stars, if the old stars have no incentive to go anywhere.

Rey Jr. is an interesting case here. Obviously the end of WCW wasn't great, but he has been excellent almost every other period. Eddie Guerrero maybe too

New Pod! I talk with the amazing artist behind the book Chris Bryan about El Pollo vs. Commando Negro from IWRG 12/26/10 https://app.redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/ep/46167839-d5a6-41ca-b1da-856d63889260 It is a mind blowing match for folks that haven't watched it

Couldn't you just see Tully snorting lines of Cocaine and being viciously mean to Demi Moore?

New pod with Brian Solomon the author of the upcoming Sheik biography about the Sheik/Abby vs. Funks match from 7/15/79 Told a bunch of cool Sheik stories and talked in general about 70s wrestling https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/300e6977-6001-4b54-ad0b-53332352e476

Awesome, let me know what you think!

New Episode of the Pod I talk with Joshua Bishop about his bonkers I Quit match with Dom Garrini at Maina weekend in 2019 https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/934892a0-bb32-493a-9334-203a0bec7a10 Here is the match if folks haven't seen it

Episode 6 of the Pod is Out Talking about El Dandy vs. Pirata Morgan with Eduardo Martinez, great Pirata stories in here, recorded a while ago so there is some COVID lockdown bemoaning https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/5c11199d-8785-437a-b1f1-c7d3f4eafbc5

If you liked this, I really think all of the pods I have done are as good, and pretty varied. The Eric pod is two old friends just riffing, the Daniel Makabe is a really cool look at how a great wrestler views a great match and the pair of NWA Anarchy pods are an awesome window into a killer under seen period of US wrestling (although for those shows you should watch the matches first as they are both incredible!)

Episode 5 of the Pod is out I talk with Tony Khan about Flair vs. DiBiase, running a promotion during a pandemic, his booking philosophy and lots more https://app.redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/ep/173fa5e9-8321-4bdc-a5e7-5288fa292ba0

Also next week on the pod I have one of the most important people in professional wrestling! Talking about Ted DiBiase vs. Ric Flair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38-8qdiXA2E

Any matches that aren't linked on that post, you can just DM me and I can get them to you

Here you go https://hybridshoot.substack.com/p/way-of-the-blade-viewers-guide

Episode 4 of the pod has dropped I talk to Rev. Dan Wilson and Jeff G. Bailey about the NWA Elite vs. Devils Rejects War Games from 2007. Great stories in this pod, really fun stuff https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/be2ea195-9fe4-4c0e-b68c-68795c14aa83 Match is below, great match which really wasn't easily available until now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isr0k2ek6ek

Moxley is also setting himself up for an Indy deathmatch, and he certainly isn't doing for the money.

Episode 3 of the Podcast is here. I talk with Rev. Dan Wilson about the incredible Devil's Rejects vs. Team Anarchy War Games match from 2006. https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/f9f0410d-08a8-4d7d-aefb-3e6ead852895 Match is here if you guys haven't seen it, it is a classic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-G293GddS4&t=1718s

I hadn't seen the Commando Negro Apuestas before and that is another great match on his resume. He has come back to the world of footage as part of the Strippers Big faction, and had some fun stuff, although not at the level of his 2010s. I mean his on tape career is longer then say Rick Rude and has as many top shelf performances

I found the Freelance match and reviewed it along with the Chico Che apuestas for Segunda Caida. Both were excellent, and I imagine there will be a lot of people who are relatively high on the list, who don't have big matches this good http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2021/05/commando-negro-vs-freelance.html

She literally man evented Wrestlemania, I don’t watch Fast and Furious movies but I wouldn’t post on a movie message board saying I have no clue who Vin Diesel is

We just dropped Episode 2 of the Podcast https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/e6893340-ca4b-4ee9-9f3b-9947e5512823 I discusses Yuki Ishikawa vs. Daisuke Ikeda from FUTEN with Daniel Makabe

We are putting together a link file, should have that available today or tomorrow

Tommy Gilbert really intrigues me

Anybody who needs any of the matches, just hit me up. I got em all

Cool! What matches peaked your interest? I can send links or files for anything you want to see.

Commando Negro/Canis Lupus I think at least worth considering. He has a long run as a solid midcard rudo in IWRG, and when he has been given a chance to shine in big matches, has been part of some real classics. He made my book twice, with the El Pollo mask match and the Trauma 1 mask match and the Chico Che hair match is also very good. Feels like a guy with those three big highlights on his resume (and I need to see if the Freelance hair match is on tape as well) should be in the discussion. vs. Chico Che 9/10/10 vs. El Pollo 12/26/10 vs. Trauma 1 9/14/16