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For me the extreme or hardcore style peaked with ECW, and I wish it had died there. When it was just tables, chairs, trash cans, etc and the barbed wire match was the epitome of dangerous. I didn't even mind FMW with their somewhat more extreme version of that same style. At first all of this glass, light tubes, staple guns stuff was a neat oddity, but now it just keeps getting more and more and with shit like this knife slashing I'm afraid of how much further they will have to go to satisfy things eventually. My other issue with it, is that a lot of these guys don't need to do it. When I was working as a ring announcer and a commentator, I worked a ton of shows with Matt Tremont and G-Raver. When they did matches that didn't involve that shit, I thought they were just as good or better than when they were maiming themselves for the same pay. But I guess it doesn't get you noticed. I never had a problem with stuff like Abdullah and his fork, and The Sheik's pencil, because if we are being honest, 95% of the time you could see from the way they were holding it, that it was making minimal contact with the opponent anyway. So, while I don't have the Cornette levels of disdain for the participants and the fans of deathmatches and angles like the knife thing, it wouldn't hurt my feelings at all if it dried up and went away tomorrow.

Bracket #1 1. Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon 4. Vader vs. Cactus Jack 6. The Undertaker vs. Mankind 7. Steve Austin vs. The Rock Bracket #2 9. Sting vs. Vader 4. Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage 3. Los Gringos Locos vs. AAA 7. WAR vs. New Japan Bracket #3 9. El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas 5. Raven vs. Tommy Dreamer 3. Dean Malenko vs. Eddie Guerrero 10. Sting vs. Cactus Jack Bracket #4 9. Jerry Lawler vs. Eddie Gilbert 5. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart 6. Rick Rude vs. Ricky Steamboat 2. Jushin Liger, et.al. vs. Shinjiro Ohtani

I don't know why, but I actually have a feeling that Charlotte will jump whenever her contract is up.

Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, and Dave Taylor vs Mike Quackenbush, Johnny Saint, and Jorge "Skayde" Rivera - Chikara 3/28/09

Damn. That's awful. An all time great, gone way too young. Rest in Peace.

I just got a copy of his book in the mail yesterday. Very sorry to hear this. RIP Mr. Hamilton

I'm picturing Wyatt in a singlet, and that mask with headgear over top of it and that would be amazing.

Bracket #1 1. Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon 9. Raven vs. Sandman 12. Bob Armstrong vs. Jim Cornette 4. Vader vs. Cactus Jack 6. The Undertaker vs. Mankind 3. Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart & Hart Foundation 7. Steve Austin vs. The Rock 2. New Japan vs. UWFi Bracket #2 1. WCW vs. nWo 9. Sting vs. Vader 5. Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn 4. Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage 6. Ric Flair vs. Sting 3. Los Gringos Locos vs. AAA 10. Burning (Kobashi & Akiyama) vs. Untouchables (Misawa & Ogawa) 15. Tommy Dreamer vs. Brian Lee Bracket #3 16. Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio, Jr. 9. El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas 5. Raven vs. Tommy Dreamer 4. Rey Misterio, Jr. vs. Psicosis 11. Aja Kong vs. Bull Nakano 3. Dean Malenko vs. Eddie Guerrero 10. Sting vs. Cactus Jack 15. Diamond Dallas Page vs. Randy Savage Bracket #4 16. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Vader 9. Jerry Lawler vs. Eddie Gilbert 5. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart 4. Eddie Gilbert vs. Cactus Jack 11. Cactus Jack vs. Terry Funk 3. The Moondogs vs. Jerry Lawler & Jeff Jarrett 7. Rock & Roll Express vs. Heavenly Bodies 15. Rey Mysterio, Jr. vs. Dean Malenko

Sinclair owned stations seem to be using the program as filler these days. My local Fox station will run hours of old episodes back to back on Saturday and Sunday afternoons when they have open slots to fill.

Thank You!

So I am watching some Keijo Mutoh matches from his run in Puerto Rico as part of the Ninja Express with Kendo Nagasaki and I just had a question. Who is their manager guy in the red and white mask?

Did it become a thing when Ken Shamrock came in?

Was just curious if anyone happened to be attending this weekend, and might be willing to attempt to help me out with something? https://www.tmartpromotions.com/ for anyone wondering what it is.

So going by this break down, and WWE's track record, we should expect either Orton, Rollins, or The Fiend to be the person to unseat Roman.

I didn't know anything about her history, but do agree that she does look older. I just looked at her wikipedia page earlier, and it had her listed as 22. 32 would make a lot more sense.

I thought the Xia Li/Raquel Gonzalez match was pretty decent until the injury happened. I had no idea that Xia Li was only 22 years old. If she continues to progress and get better, she could be great.

It never fails to amaze me that in a company that employs something like 200 wrestlers, the moment they have the slightest blow to their ego or reputation, the first thing they do is go "Find me someone who was popular 25 years ago." I can only imagine what an amazing boost for morale that is.

Other than what looked like some minor language barrier miscommunication between Yuka and Penelope during their match, I felt like this was a pretty solid all around edition of Dynamite. Getting back on the road is going to end up being a huge thing for AEW as people are obviously super excited to see the product. They were popping like crazy for Christian/Hardy, the aformentioned women's match, and everything else. I do think that if they continue with the Black/Cody feud, the crowd is going to double turn them whether they want too or not!

I always thought Brock looked awesome in the UFC with his mountain man beard. It's a shame he never brought it to WWE.

I saw Miyu Yamashita in Chikara several years ago and thought she was absolutely fantastic. I'd like to get into TJPW. What's the best way to do that not living in Tokyo!

I'm really hoping the crowd loudly chanting TOMMY, TOMMY puts an end to the Malachi Black name before it gets off the ground.

What? You don't have fond memories of Season 4, Episode 18 of World Class! Yeah, it's the shits.

Peacock has added back all of the World Class and the limited amount of Smokey Mountain that was previously up. So apparently they are attempting to follow up on that SummerSlam promise!