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A more condensed version of the MOTYs by year thread. What is your pick for the MOTD of each decade?

We got our first big match announcement

Try not to let this turn into a DVDVR Sleaze Thread memorial if at all possible (for the youngin's out there, back in the day there was a mega thread about sleazy things wrestlers of the past were involved in that eventually turned into people making shit up to the point some of the things mentioned are still considered to have actually happened).

Dave Meltzer on Observer Radio recently started comparing the AJPW 90s pillars to the current NJPW top guys - funnily enough, it started with him saying "Misawa, Kawada and Kobashi are on the level of the modern NJPW guys" which made me laugh for many reasons - but I thought it would make for an interesting discussion. He compared Tanahashi to Kobashi which I agree is a good analogy. He said Tanahashi has more charisma than 90s Kobashi which is insane to me. I do think there's a spiritual connection between the two. Tanahashi idolised Shawn Michaels and Kobashi was Michaels with excellent offence and a bit less drama. I think Kobashi blows Tanahashi out of the wate…

Rest in Peace, Larry Oliver Sr, age 67 B Brian Blair @Killerbee1B Rip Oliver went to be with the Lord today at 4 p.m.. May the good Lord comfort his widow and 3 children, family & close friends. Rip is no longer suffering but we are deeply saddened by this news. @CACReunion

Good morning. This poll is about historical importance, obiouvsly not about who is a better worker. The comparisons are: 1) Bret Hart vs The Rock 2) Jushin Liger vs The Undertaker 3) Chris Jericho vs Goldberg 4) Junkyard Dog vs Kevin Nash 5) Daniel Bryan vs AJ Styles Thank you very much

If you haven't heard about this yet, here are some of the details as I understand them. Brett Dibiase was indicted for embezzling from his father Ted Dibiase's faith based non government organization. At the same time, Brett Dibiase ran the Mississippi Department of Human Services during which time that government agency awarded $2.1 million in welfare funds to Ted Dibiase's non profit some of which ended up in Brett Dibiase's pocket. Anybody down in Mississippi know more than this or know more accurate details than whats being said online?

As 2020 is still in it's infancy it got me wondering who will be deemed Best In The World in five years? I made a list for my picks. 1. El Hijo del Vikingo 2. AZM 3. Murphy 4. Naoya Nomura 5. Yuma Aoyagi 6. Dragon Bane 7. Takuya Nomura 8. Royce Chambers 9. Bianca Belair 10. Jonathan Gresham

From PW Insider: Reports out of Japan this morning are that Kendo Nagasaki (real name Kazuo Sakurada) passed away yesterday at the age of 71. The story that is being told is that Nagasaki’s pacemaker stopped, leading to a cardiac issue.

It's on now, but the main event is Psycho Clown/Pentagon/Fenix vs LA Park/Rush/Bestia del Ring which should be some pretty good AAA craziness.

Hércules has been struggling with health complications for some years now and unfortunately his wife and El Profe have confirmed he passed away this morning.

Pwinsider reports that CZW legend Justice Pain, age 41 has passed away. Update: Meltzer just said on WOR that Justice Pain jumped off the Walt Whitman Bridge in Philadelphia.... He is survived by 2 children

Thought I just had in the shower, Mick Foley's run as a top guy in WWF normalized what I consider the two biggest problems I see in modern wrestling- career threatening dangerous bumps and bad skit comedy. Sure there were other people during my childhood who got over risking their well being with dangerous bumps and sure there were guys who got over doing stupid comedy sketches, but there was nobody who drew as much money or had the same level of success doing those two things as Mick Foley. So my question is, if Mick Foley hadn't had the level of success he had, would we now have the dangerous bumps and excessive violence that seems to plauge modern wrestling? And if Mic…

So...anybody want to talk about the comments HHH made about Paige?....She probably has some kids she doesn't know about https://twitter.com/LocalWWE/status/1216511335938260992

Confirmed by Meltzer:

cubsfan reported tonight that La Parka passed away tonight from the injuries he suffered doing a dive in November, he was 56 years old. Despite always being confused with the more famous LA Park, he was one of AAA's biggest stars really up until Psycho Clown broke out a few years ago.

It was suggested it should have its own thread, so here it is. The story for those who don't follow the Impact thread: Tessa made a tweet about supporting women and it opened the floodgates for every woman wrestler she had a run in with and/or saw her bad behavior to drop all the receipts for the world to see.

Pampero Firpo My beloved father, Pampero Firpo, (Juan Kachmanian), passed away today just a few months shy of his 90th birthday. As a professional wrestler for over 30 years, he thrilled fans around the world, wrestling in 21 different countries across 5 continents.

Assuming there is still enough interest to have a separate thread for this, here is the full card for both nights, in order (per With Spandex): January 4: Jushin Thunder Liger Retirement Match I: Tiger Mask, The Great Sasuke, Tatsumi Fujinami, and Jushin Thunder Liger (with El Samurai) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Shinjiro Otani, and Naoki Sano (with Kuniaki Kobayashi) Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi, Shingo Takagi, Evil, and Sanada) vs. Suzukigun (El Desperado, Taichi, Minoru Suzuki, and Zack Saber Jr.) Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, and Hirooki Goto) vs. Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale, and Kenta) I…

I am wondering what is out there in regards of Jushin Liger matches outside of Japan. I was going a bit through youtube and this is what is available there (dates of All Star stuff definitely is sketchy, I just tried to match the listings with Cagematch) - minus WCW, of course (and only looking at 1999 or earlier): All Star 1986-09-27 - Fuji Yamada & Clive Myers vs John Wilkie & Zigue Zag - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXJbGG7fCok 1986-09-27 - Fuji Yamada & Clive Myers vs Blondie Barratt & Rocky Moran - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TivpEyrXbA 1986-11-25 - Fuji Yamada vs Rocky Moran - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-dEE_WKXXY + https://w…

Was wondering what people viewed as the best surviving episodes of Georgia Championship Wrestling?

SO I want to introduce my fellow podcasters to the legendary Magnum vs. Tully feud, culminating with the Starrcade 85 match. What other stuff is out there that I should include, matches, angles and promos, to help it all make sense?

Dont really post here much (or anywhere, in fact), so apologies if i missed a topic. but this has been playing on my mind for a while really. Why did AEW join in with the idea that that wrestling TV shows need to be 2 hours+ with potential to overrun? WWE shows are horrendous, the idea of watching a 3 hour Raw is horrific. Two hours of smackdown- especially in its current slump- is a chore. AEW is quite novel to me because its new but its difficult for me to imagine watching this for 2 hours every week for the next year unless something drastically changes. By contrast NWA Power feels like a breeze frankly. I dont know if its on TV or not but 45-50 minut…

I looked around (not too hard admittedly, but I did look) and I don't see a 2019 MOTY thread anywhere here at PWO? If there isn't one, perhaps we could discuss it here? I need to review all the shows I've watched thus far this year, but I am leaning toward WALTER vs. Tyler Bate from NXT UK Takeover: Cardiff on 08/31/19. That is in close contention with Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes from AEW Double or Nothing. Also let's not forget The Undertaker vs. Goldberg from WWE Super Showdown. Anybody else have any picks, a Top 10 list, recommendations...anything?

Longtime CMLL star Mr. Niebla passed away at the age of 46 earlier on 12/23, reportedly due to a blood infection. His was a sad, cautionary tale in lucha: someone with undeniable charisma that unfortunately saw his career derail due to a long battle with alcoholism. He was very popular with his peers, as seen by him always being brought back when he'd get suspended, but the increasing visibility of his escapades with CMLL streaming more of their shows (plus an incident where he went on a Fantasica Mania tour and ended up hospitalized due to a relapse) led to CMLL using him less and less as of late. He's been ill for a while, but I get the impression that folks were under…