Brynn

Rampage is a really good show that I feel consistently delivers week to week especially with straight up in-ring action. Case in point, this weeks Eddie Kingston vs. Konosuke Takeshita match. It was 15 minutes of them just beating the ever living crap out of each other. Last week with the Royal Rampage was really fun and I like that they use Rampage to experiment with different things like that too.

I second all of this. I used to like the Drive-Thru when it was a strict Q&A show and I could learn and listen to him talk about history and his experiences. Occasional rants were fine but not the constant negativity he uses to drive his podcasts now. I still subscribe to the YT channel so I can pick and choose the things I want to listen to. I'll have to listen to the tape discussion soon. Side note ... Brian Last is fine is parts too but I find too much of him goes a long way. He comes across with a very elitist or better than you attitude. That being said, I did like the 6:05 when he was doing the long form interviews because I learned a TON from those.

Agreed. This looks like a FANTASTIC card! I’m sure we’ll get more match announcements tomorrow night on Rampage. Side note: They keep saying PPV and Bleacher Report. Guessing that means no Honor Club or FITE streaming?

Against All Odds last Friday was a pretty good show. Definitely recommend checking out Speedball vs. Trey Miguel and also the MCMG vs. Ace Austin & Chris Bey match. Moose vs. Sami was a wild, chaotic, weapons filled brawl and I expected nothing less from it. Side note: I did watch the show live on Friday but had a huge seasonal allergy flare-up and was really groggy for the back half of the show thanks to some Benadryl. Anyway, went back and watched the whole show again today.

I still say Becky is winning the Women’s MITB match. If not her, then my backup pick is Asuka. For the men’s match, it would make sense for Drew Mac to win and use it to challenge Roman at the UK PPV. Dark horse pick would be Riddle. For the rest of the card, I say all champions retain.

SMASH Wrestling Super Showdown VI Watched this the other day after sampling some SMASH stuff on Impact Plus (namely the Rosemary vs. Allie No Holds Barred match). The whole show is pretty fun but there's two matches on there that are really, really good. First is the opening match, a last man standing match between Sebastian Suave and Tarik. Just an absolute emotionally charged bloodbath. The whole story is built upon the fact that Tarik "can't win the big one" and constantly comes up short, with Suave's manager Anthony Kingdom James pretty much calling Tarik and insult to this family because of this. There's weapons, there's a ton of blood and it's an absolute knock-down, drag out fight. The other match worth checking out is the Tables, Ladder and Boxes match between Well Oiled Machines (Pepper Parks (aka The Blade) and "Psycho" Mike Rollins) vs. The SSB (Evil Uno & Stu Grayson). It's a really fun and unique twist on the tables, ladder and chairs match. The boxes are wrapped up and could be anything. There's some fun and goofy spots, wild bumps and just an overall crazy match. This definitely has me wanting to check out a lot more from SMASH. Looks like there's a bunch of free shows and matches on their YouTube channel and a bunch of their TV on Impact Plus. Anyone have any other recommendations about what to check out from SMASH?

I fell asleep watching the damn cage match last night but caught most of it. I'm going to go back and watch it tomorrow afternoon sometime. Meant to today but was busy with a bunch of other stuff.

Queen of the Deathmatch 2007 To start the show Ian Rotten gets on the microphone and says "there's only like 50 of you here so please make some noise because these girls are gonna beat the shit out of each other". The whole tournament was a weird round robin deal and I liked the way it was set up with the ongoing story of a possible Mickie Knuckles vs Lufisto finals. There was one match were I just thought Mickie Knuckles was going to absolutely murder this poor girl named BB Walls. It was several minutes of Mickie beating the hell out of BB with stiff punches and every weapon she had at her disposal. My one complaint with the show is that the ropes were wrapped in barbed wire for every match, which eliminated the possibility of running the ropes at all. The finals were as expected with Mickie vs Lufisto and it was quite good, although by that point everyone was exhausted and the two competitors were beat up and covered in blood. Fun show though.

I think a lot of people are clamoring for Cesaro to be the mystery opponent and I can see why. He can work pretty much any style and has a good history with Danielson. Other options could potentially be Chris Hero or Jonathan Gresham. Personally, I'd lean towards Gresham because if he beats ZSJ (who I honestly don't know much about), then that'd be a big springboard towards a potential ROH re-launch and would help get him back on the map as I feel he's sort of fallen off recently after TK bought ROH and hasn't made as much noise in the Indies like he did at the beginning of the year. Wheeler Yuta might be another choice too since he's already aligned with BCC and is the ROH Pure Champion. Heck, they could even make it a title match if that's the case. Chris Hero would be cool too. One thing to keep in mind thought is that whoever fills in against ZSJ will also most likely be the fill in for Danielson during Blood & Guts.

Watched the IWA Mid South 2015 Queen of the Deathmatch tournament. That was … really … weird. The setting was like a backyard show, with houses in the background of the hard camera shot and the ring set up in the parking lot of the American Legion hall. The matches were not good. The only two people I actually kind of liked in the tournament were Sage Sin Supreme and Sabrina Sixx and neither made the finals. The non-tournament match with Bryant Woods against Green Phantom (or Green “Phanthom” as it was spelled on the lower third) was probably the best match.

Ric Flair’s “last match” has been moved from the Nashville Fairgrounds to the Nashville Municipal Auditorium … https://www.f4wonline.com/news/other-wrestling/ric-flairs-last-match-moving-to-bigger-venue-nashville-municipal-auditorium

A bunch of WCW Saturday Night episodes from late 93/early 94 were uploaded today. Nice to see old WCW TV getting updated finally!

Tim White was one of the referees I always remembered from when I started watching the WWF in 1995. The last match I remember him being the referee for was Chris Jericho vs. Christian at WrestleMania XX in 2004. Don't have many memories of Dave Hebner unfortunately. He was retired as a referee before I started watching wrestling. I mainly remember him as the guy who looked like Earl Hebner who would run down to the ring alongside Rene Goulet and Tony Garea to break up fights.

It does look like a fun show tonight but I'm gonna wait to watch it when it shows up on Impact Plus in about a month. I can't justify dropping $40 on FITE right now for a PPV.

Well, at least it’s a stipulation match and not just a straight up 1-on-1. Still not super excited about it though.

I felt like I just wasted two hours. Riddle and Roman was good and I totally bit on the near fall off the RKO. Yes, Riddle wasn’t going to win but crazier things have happened! Does anyone else feel like Drew Mac being entered in the MITB ladder match pretty much means he’s winning and then cashing in at the UK PPV? Or is it just me. I have absolutely ZERO … I repeat … ZERO interest in seeing Brock and Roman wrestle each other ever again. All of their matches feel the same … suplex, suplex, Superman punch, spear … wash, rinse and repeat. The WM match this year wasn’t good at all. The only good match I can think of between the two was the Mania 31 match, but that’s mostly because of the Rollins cash-in.

They’re gonna try to pop a rating. Wouldn’t be surprised if they try to turn this into an angle. I might watch out of curiosity. Or I might watch a movie instead.

And there was this on the matter from POST Wrestling: https://www.postwrestling.com/2022/06/16/scottscott-attorneys-at-law-investigating-wwes-directors-and-officers-for-breach-of-fiduciary-duties/

This is going to be a world of insanity tonight. Got a pizza in the oven and gonna sit back and enjoy the chaos! Tonight’s Dynamite card: *Hair vs. Hair Match: Chris Jericho vs. Ortiz *Ladder Match for the AEW Tag Team Championships: Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus (champions) vs. The Young Bucks *Will Ospreay vs. Dax Harwood *20-on-1 Elimination Match: Wardlow vs. Plaintiffs *All-Atlantic Qualifying Match: Ethan Page vs. Miro *Dr. Britt Baker vs. Toni Storm *Face-to-face between Jon Moxley and Hiroshi Tanahashi Should be a hell of a show, especially with the ladder match, the hair match and Ospreay vs Harwood.

I don’t even really know what to say about all this Vince stuff except that is comes off as very creepy (and to a point a bit disturbing). Is this what finally does Vince and possibly Johnny Ace in? If so, who takes over? Nick Khan? If it’s him, I bet he’ll broker a deal with NBC Universal or someone to sell the company. Sorry if this has already been mentioned but this has probably got to be part of why Stephanie took her leave of absence, right? I mean it makes sense.

I saw today that Tyson has apparently already pulled out of the event. His rep said is was due to “unforeseen circumstances” but didn’t elaborate any further.

Didn’t watch NXT last night, wasn’t really in the mood after the past few days I’ve had (long story) but did read the recap. Might go back and check it out later, depending on how I feel. Kinda excited for Bron vs Grimes at GAB in a few weeks though!

Yep. Just saw that. DUI plus driving with a suspended/revoked/canceled license and violating restrictions on his license. His bond is $3,500 and is scheduled to be in court tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 apparently. Probably no way he’s making Dynamite on Wednesday, let alone being allowed to cross the border into Tijuana on Saturday.

What are the odds that WWE changes it to something completely ridiculous and generic?

Watched the Impact/Wrestling Revolver “Tales From the Ring 3” show from 2019 on Impact Plus. Had a lot of random people on there like Ace Austin, 1 Called Manders, Rich Swann, Brian Cage, Jessica Havok, Lance Archer and Manscout Jake Manning among others. The main event was an “Iowa Street Fight” between Sami Callihan and Tessa Blanchard. It wasn’t good but I did like some of the Halloween props being used in it. There was also some weird stuff with Jake Manning feuding with a camping tent? Anyway, it was an ok show but nothing I’d really go back and watch again. I should note that I was inspired to watch the 2019 show because I went to the Wrestling Revolver show in Dayton last night. I definintely recommend checking out the Speedball vs. Moxley match. Crowd went nuts for both guys and just ate everything up. Speedball took some wild shots from Mox and there was a crowd brawl where Speedball moonsaulted off a speaker. Rich Swann vs. Jordan Oliver also tore the house down and had the crowd going absolutely crazy over how good it was. Definintely worth ordering the replay on FITE for those two matches alone.