Phil Schneider Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 It was Sexxxy Eddy, not Mondo. I was actually at that show, my one and only death match show Here is the road report, Tomk and I did https://web.archive.org/web/20121004045725/http://www.deathvalleydriver.com/road/CRZ7242004.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomethingSavage Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 I'd feel completely comfortable including James Storm in the discussion. It's never a slight cut with the Cowboy. Never just a trickle. It's almost a guarantee that the guy winds up bathed from hairline to collarbone in his own blood by the end of the fight. And he's got a knack for USING IT to the utmost, every single time. No blade job feels unnecessary or unwarranted, as Storm plays it up perfectly for the sympathy segment. And - honestly - I think it makes for one of the most underrated, EXCITING fiery babyface comebacks that nobody talks much about. Oh. And Ric Flair. During his whole American Onita phase with WWE, he bled buckets like a freaking champ. That whole stint is full of prime examples, but I'd particularly point to the summer feud he had with Foley. That whole stretch from Vengeance to SummerSlam got GRUESOME. When Foley sabotaged his own Best Two-of-Three Falls Match... just to rip the flesh from Flair's bones with the barbed wire?! Epic. Flair flops around the mat like a frog in a blender for awhile, unable to stand on his own two feet... Just slipping and sliding (and SWEARING) like a senile old man that had just pissed himself in the hallway. Only it ain't urine. It's that Ragu-red blood, bro. And it's a'flowing all over the place in that one. Anytime Vince McMahon bladed always turned out pretty gory. I forgot all about that time Vince ate the end of that steel folding chair. Wasn't it in a match with the one-legged wunderkind? I wanna say Vengeance '03, but that's right off top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bierschwale Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 You know you're old when most of the references thrown here come from the 00's in the indies or WWE when yours remain Muto in 90 and Hokuto in 92. Another one from joshi, Ayako Hamada in ARSION against LCO in 1999 was quite the majestic bladejob. The main from the one of the first Oz Academy shows (Oz-Shimoda) ended with them both covered head-to-toe (and the canvas polka-dotted) in a match that went under 15 minutes. I was surprised that nobody had mentioned Muta's fountain either, but I just figured something like, "Well, EVERYONE knows that one..." so nobody felt a need to post it. Same thing to a lesser extent with the Blonde Redhead herself in Hokuto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 You know you're old when most of the references thrown here come from the 00's in the indies or WWE when yours remain Muto in 90 and Hokuto in 92. Another one from joshi, Ayako Hamada in ARSION against LCO in 1999 was quite the majestic bladejob. The main from the one of the first Oz Academy shows (Oz-Shimoda) ended with them both covered head-to-toe (and the canvas polka-dotted) in a match that went under 15 minutes. Oh man, I totally forgot about that one. Shame on me, I used to love those two so much. Yeah, this was exactly what Oz vs Shimoda should have been at that point, the two ultra-bitches in a total bloodletting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 I was at a show with Dusty vs Arn in a cage back in 86 where Dusty did the blading his arm deal and it was like a horror movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negro Suave Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Was it Sexxy Eddy? Those years just kind of blend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subatomic_elbow Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 The light-headedness I'm feeling right now tells me that it has been a long stretch of years now that I've only watched PG wrestling and lost my tolerance for gore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantastic Posted June 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 I was at a show with Dusty vs Arn in a cage back in 86 where Dusty did the blading his arm deal and it was like a horror movie. Dusty's got some of the worst forehead scarring, second only to Abdullah and Carlos Colon perhaps? I'm bewildered as to why WWE hasn't paid for him to have cosmetic surgery to cover that shit up, since they let him in front of a camera regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Dusty's got some of the worst forehead scarring, second only to Abdullah and Carlos Colon perhaps? Tarzan Goto's says hello. I wouldnt want to see Kintaro Kanemura's either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bierschwale Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 NEW JACK. Just... New Jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Villano III is a strong contender, he's got the Abby coin slot forehead action as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomethingSavage Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCampbell Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 What about Patterson/Slaughter in the Alley Fight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Bobby Heenan at the end of this Bockwinkel/Gagne match. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEHqPHZxPc4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khawk20 Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Good one, forgot about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantastic Posted June 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 Dusty's got some of the worst forehead scarring, second only to Abdullah and Carlos Colon perhaps? Tarzan Goto's says hello. I wouldnt want to see Kintaro Kanemura's either. Ahh yes, forgot about Tarzan. Man, those FMW matches were great! I can't believe how over Onita was sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artDDP Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 Honestly the creepiest I've ever seen was Zach Gowen on an episode of SD. Brock Lesnar had a match with him (I think) and completely destroyed him. I just remember this one legged kid laying in a pool of his blood on the floor and thinking it felt disturbingly similar to photos from an actual warzone This one for me, too. I've seen some pretty awful blade jobs but I could reasonably believe the bleeder was in control of his own actions. For Zach Gowen I was pretty sure he was at the mercy of Brock Lesnar and most of the bumps he was taking did not look protected. I thought the blood was excessive and either Gowen didn't know what he was doing or cut too deep to try to get himself over. I read an interview where Gowen said he loved the angle and wasn't hurt but I'm not sure if that's true or he's just trying to stay in WWE's good graces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 On the back page of the Apter mags they would run an ad for an ECW 900 number with a pic of Dreamer handcuffed to the ropes and drenched in blood with giant glassy eyes. It's still unsettling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Of the ones I've seen live, Joey Mercury destroying his nose in that ladder match was pretty awful-looking. I saw it in a bar full of people, not everyone really paying attention but I could tell that shot did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Crusher Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Fast forward to five minutes if you have the stomach. Work or shoot, this is the most disturbed I've ever been by blood in wrestling. The excessive close-ups of Invader 3 were too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Crusher Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 That Briscoe-Joe much was some kinda spectacle. Besides Jay's face bleeding off, that was an entertaining 15 minute match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Crusher Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 http://touch.dailymotion.com/video/xu3gp_ecw-beulah-mcgillicutty-vs-bill-alf_sport This one too. I'd have never guessed watching WCW in 1992, that this skinny nerd proudly wearing his patch from refereeing a match in Japan would pull off a 9.5 on the Muta Scale, en route to losing a third of the blood in his body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Crusher Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 By the way, that 5:00 minute match between Beulah and Fonzie is more entertaining than anything I've seen on Raw in months. Try to let that sink in for a second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slabinski611 Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 What was going on in that Invaderer 3 match ? Was it planned for him to throw up all of that blood because it was completely unnecessary. The only time I think an over the top blade job is ok is if the match is stopped for blood loss. The Eddy one is the worst one I remember but I have prabably seen worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Invader drank a mix of pigs blood and vodka before the match, according to legend. They were doing a work based on Manny trying to avenge Brody. Again, according to legend. It most definitely not a shoot injury. And it was totally nessecery cause it was PR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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