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He actually is ! And throughsilver too ! And how do I know this ? I'm still "friends" with them on RYM (which Rob hasn't logged in since 2011). Hell, I believe I discovered RYM from SC.

Anyone else wanting to pile on British people while we're at it ? I mean, now seems like a good time too... (ZSJ is never coming back to Britain)

Oh man... That is so fucked up. Yeah. Mexico... Pffff. At least he was found guilty... And if another women gets beat up, whose to blame ? It's not like a former girlfriend of his came forward to say he has been violent before... And of course he'll get bookings. Jeez. (considering what I read on luchablog the other day about Alberto, involving Wagner Jr. and Park doing a really gross spot btw, I would not be shocked if someone booked them against each other)

Some New-Zealand / United Kingdom heat right there. Who was British on SC ? I have no recollection of this ! Wasn't this the fact the Tiger Mask stuff was (rightfully) super popular still and the Rocco matches were quite good. And back then, you'd vote for stuff seen as classic if pimped enough. I mean, I probably voted for El fucking Faraon on the basis of one match in 2006.

So many people triggered by Adam Cole, it's kinda crazy... He really is one of the litmus test worker. Pat Patterson. Oh yeah.... Good ole Pat. Discourse has kinda changed on the inventor of the Royal Rumble and the genius finish man, uh ? *yuck* Etsuko Mita. She invented the Death Valley Driver. What have you done with YOUR life ? (she was also one half of one of the GOAT tag team. LCO will remain one of my all time favorite, as they should) Amazing Red. He invented the Code Red. What have you done with YOUR life ? (he's also one of the most influential an respected figure and legit indie wrestling legend of the last 25 years and is still terrific to this day) Mark Rocco. Goofy-ass Black Tiger A. Kong. Got given a racist name in Japan (who could have predicted ?), ran with it and become this Awesome and Amazing monster worker. Her and Gail Kim in TNA in what, 2007 or so, was the REAL women's revolution of US women's wrestling on TV. She was just as great in GLOW (fuck you Netflix for not giving me the final season, trash streaming with your shitty interface and crappy documentaries). Her coming back for a short while in early AEW was so cool even though she was thrashed physically. Some time ago she told she was under contract for a long time, much more than she appeared on TV. TK just paid her. That's respect being earned.

That Chuck Taylor pic is certainly messing with me. BTW, I never expected Chuck Taylor of all people to get that "high". You gotta give people what they want. (I realize I totally forgot Bobby Fish when he dropped. A shame, it was the easiest punchline of them all)

😅 I can't say I'm familiar with all of these names, much less say I watched their stuff, but I know way too many of them to really ask myself what the hell have I done with my life. Which is a question I also asked myself 10 years ago, except the underlining mood was a whole lot darker then. Today it's more like, fuck me, I'm such a geek. Oh well.

I actually *remember* that match. Because back then the French version of Superstars or Wrestling Challenge (depending of the week, it seems) was a hodge podge of legit TV tapings with squash matches and sometimes cool house show matches with dim lights and such. And yeah, I remember loving it, because *something different happened*. Plus it was probably 6 months/ 1 year in me watching pro-wrestling. Koko was indeed great.

Naoki Sano. Oh yeah. When you bought bootleg tapes in the late 90's, that's what you got. Super J Cup, IWA King of the Deathmatch, Onita comp, Liger comp. The latest had the Sano feud. What an odd career this guy had too, from awesome NJPW junior to adapting to shoot style like a king to grumpy foot-stomping aging NOAH midcarder. Demolition Ax. He would have gotten higher if he had been Masked Superstar. Abyss. Well, at least he got higher than Kane. Lifetime achievement here. If Sabu made the table spot a regular part of the menu for decades, Abyss made thumbtacks a regular part of the menu in the last 5-6 years or so. Make of that what you will. Joseph Park is probably the highlight of his career. Lowlights ? There have been many. Funniest part ? That coffin match against Sting in TNA that had the infamous "Fire Russo" chants. Yeah, it was THAT bad. Mark Henry. Oh boy. Took him about 15 years to finally be decent (not great, not very good, decent) at the easiest role in pro-wrestling ever. For about two years. The infamous "Mark Henry is better than Shawn Micheals" argument is most possibly the dumbest point even made on a pro-wrestling board. It's as dumb as... well... anytime Mark Henry opens his mouth. Kaori Yoneyama. One day I'll take the time to try and figure out what the hell is Fukigen-death about. Adam Cole. Yeah, He IS a great worker. He ALWAYS gets over (but he will never get credit for this from the crowd who credit shitty workers for "having the know-how to get over", ya see). And he's apparently the nicest guy in pro-wrestling. And it was heartbreaking to see him at All In last year. But I gotta admit. Man, the Panama Sunrise really is a dumb finisher.

My brain frooze and I was about to check out if Austin & Colteen had left AEW for a second (which I expected them to do for quite a while. But maybe they will stay a bit longer after all). But yeah. Sort of a fever dream deal. Alex Shelley vs every member of the Deathriders. Puh-lease.

Chris Candido. 20 years too early. He would have been AWESOME in the post 2010's indie scene into AEW. MJF paying tribute to him on more than one occasion is super cool.

That Ted Turner tribute in Dynamite last week was classy as hell. Sting dropping the "I have deep pockets, keep doing what you do" anecdote certainly had several layers to it too... It's sad pro-wrestling (or anything else) needs a "good billionaire", but this is the world we live in.

I mean... Doesn't take much time to figure it out either. Animal had a cool lariat and a super cool powerslam. Hawk was doing everything else. Including bumping into the post *each and every time* to jumpstart the heat section. How didn't he learn after a while ? Like Bret. Just pivot before hitting the post, you're gonna break your ribs... wrestlers, I swear....

Darby vs Takeshita, as Okada had to go back to Japan for a family emergency. The brackets of the Owen. That crazy ass multi-men matches. Yeah, Dynamite is cooking, as they say. Also, it's pretty obvious KOFI & Austin Creed and the MCMG are coming, from the latest BTE mailbag episode (yeah, they've been doing a little bit of those again), talking about lots of cool matches unlocking in the future.

AZM and Tomasso Ciampa are better workers than probably most anyone mentioned until then and the vast majority of the ones who are coming up. It is what it is and I'm betting a lot more of this is coming. Like I said, my curiosity is more about how it reflects who voted this time around than anything else. Outside observer and all. Thus far I really am not sure what turns it could take. Taichi is a late bloomer. I never hated his chickenshit heel stuff, although it was grating, but he has turned himself into a fucking great worker in the last 5 years. Yeah, this is odd as fuck. The FMW hype is so 1999. Then again, the "hype trend" of 2026 is apparently Dump Matsumoto. 😎 Whatever. Also, Shane McMahon got a better spot than in 2016. 🙃 Wha-te-ver. Matt Hardy is definitely BROKEN. That's how I picture Kevin Nash when he's tweeting about evil TKO getting their dirty hands in creative and they how should leave Paul alone !!!

Incredible considering how bad femicide cases are in Mexico (10 a day apparently, it's just horrifying). Well done and good riddance indeed.

Ah, ok ! I see. Because it couldn't possibly be because of his actual work. 😎 And I say that as someone who did enjoy his short WWF stint, especially the first few months were he brought something different. Although that really peaked with him and Vader beating the shit out of each others in FMW.

But.... Why ?

Gannosuke & Shinzaki so close to each others. Those were the days of FMW, post Onita, pre Fuyuki. The most fun days of the promotion, really. The Ultimate Warrior. 🙃 Even AI would not vote for The Ultimate Warrior.

The second part of this would really be handy in some situations. "Pretty much fucking tells me you're a know it all. A REAL fan. Someone who GETS the business..." Marina Shafir is just a hoot.

Half-Life 3 is gonna drop before the new MLW Fusions episodes.

Yes it is. The joke, which isn't a joke, is that he has been changing his name with more often than not the name of the promotion he worked for. He first was Johnny Mundo in LU, then Johnny Impact in IMPACT (before they re-named back into TNA), then Johnny TV in AEW when he was part of QTV (and Johnny Elite when he first showed up), now Johnny Counsejo in CMLL (where he lost an great apusta match, and his hair, not that long ago to Angel de Oro) etc...

Tell me you're not actually asking this question. 😎 I did chuckle at the name though. That *was* pretty funny.

Cuty Suzuki & Bison Kimura back to back. Two of my old faves that were never really *that* great but loved them nonetheless, for various reasons. (and there I could also make an awesome joke, which I won't because no one would get the ref, and everybody would be better off that way really. Yeah... I have lurked on that Discord *a lot longer* than people thought... food for thoughts...) Anywoo. Grumpy bitch heel older Cuty and bleeding like a pig Kimura were their most fun versions. Dutch Mantell dropping like hell is pretty funny. I used to love me some Dutch, both as a worker and an announcer, but to quote the great Brody King, he truly is an "old sack of shit". Robert Gibson. The guy who actually was doing the Ricky Morton routine, ya know... (yeah, this is a VERY obscure reference, but this is where I am now) Combat Toyoda, Megumi Kudo-made. Chikayo Nagashima. The favorite worker of people who thought GAEA was overrated as hell (raise hands on both accounts) Barbario, the only actual great wrestler who can do the worm. Brad Armstrong. The most overrated member of the most underrated wrestling family. Or the opposite. Not sure. PCO. Talk about a guy who made his case post 50's by doing the stupidest shit possible. His match with Steve Maclin in TNA a few years back was *insanity*. Kaito. LOLNOAH

This. TK NEEDS to have a show with a ring in the middle of a swimming pool. AEW NEEDS THIS. Ted Turner is watching. That golf course episode was wonderful. MORE ! MOOOOOORE ! Oh yeah, the way they handled Mark Davies has been perfect. Not to mention he has been fucked twice, with Jake Doyle getting injured immediately after beginning. The National Title seems perfect for a midcard title.