Everything posted by Edwin
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[2003-03-15-ROH-Expect the Unexpected] Da Hit Squad (Mafia & Monsta Mack) & Low Ki vs Angel Dust & Deranged & Dixie
This is pretty much a Jersey All Pro showcase on a ROH show and it was a ton of fun and one of the under the radar matches from early 2000's indy wrestling. Low Ki and Da Hit Squad worked as bully faces against the obnoxious smarmy smaller heels in Special K. The Special K crew are excellent at taking beatings and they were fearless when it came to taking bumps. Opposite Low Ki and Da Hit Squad are as good as stiff butt kickers as you'll find. So this all worked excellently. Loved Special K also having endless members at ringside who wouldn't mind getting some cheap shots in and helping them get some heat on Mafia. Worth noting they were also smart enough to know that working this as a 50-50 match as everyone does know would not work, so they didn't go in that direction. The restart had that goofy segment with Special K trying to get Ki to take a dive into some pills, but they made up for it with a wild follow sequence and a perfectly synchronized triple finish.The botched Van Damniator from Monsta Mac looked bad, but everything else clicked.
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Comments that don't warrant a thread - Part 4
I've been re-watching/watching the little footage we have of the Russian Red Bull Army from 1989 New Japan and 1993 U Inter and Zangiev is slowly peaking in to become one of my all-time favorites. I've really enjoyed watching him throwing folks around.
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Comments that don't warrant a thread - Part 4
Yeah, I noticed something similar happened to that Tessa Blanchard thread, also. Is there mods or admins around this place anymore? Wonder where Loss and goodhelmet are? Seems like they lost interest in wrestling.
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RIP Hercules Ayala
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.
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2020 Wrestlemania Weekend
Alright, forget about PROGRESS, I know where I'll be on Thursday night.
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2020 Wrestlemania Weekend
This would most likely be terrible, but I hope they make it happen.
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2020 Wrestlemania Weekend
They've announced a ton of others for that ROH card including Jay Lethal. I went to the ROH Supercard in Lakeland during WrestleMania 30 weekend, I won't make the same mistake again. I'm not sure why they run shows so far away from everyone else. Orlando and Tampa are quite the long drives from Lakeland and there will be a ton of quality cards on that day and at that time, so I don't get why anyone would want to head out of Tampa to catch a single show far out. Plus the majority of the guys on the ROH card will be working for other companies in Tampa that weekend. Our schedule for WrestleMania weekend is looking like: Thursday -- Bloodsport or PROGRESS and the WWN SuperShow or ICW, depending if I'm not too tired. Friday -- Spring Break Saturday -- wXw, TakeOver and TakeOver Hangover.
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2020 Wrestlemania Weekend
I'll be in Tampa that weekend and will be attending a bunch of shows, but I am not sure which ones yet. I've been torn on going to PROGRESS or Bloodsport on Thursday, but seeing Barnett/Moxley announced has made me more inclined to attend Bloodsport and with Ki/Gage on afterwards, I may head to the ICW show after Bloodsport.
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The "Tessa shoots herself in the foot on Twitter" thread.
- RIP Kendo Nagasaki (Kazuo Sakurada NOT Peter Thornley)
That sucks. I'm a big Kendo fan. Was just watching some old Capital Sports last night with the Ninja Express. Side note: Had no idea he was an All Japan dojo boy. Spotted him as a second ringside during a Steamboat/Sheik All Japan match.- [2019-11-23-WWE-NXT Takeover: War Games III] Rhea Ripley & Candice LeRae & Tegan Nox & Dakota Kai vs Shayna Baszler & Bianca Belair & Io Shirai & Kay Lee Ray (War Games)
I thought this match ruled and it was easily my pick for MOTN. The ladies just stepped up and put on a fantastic performance all around. The Dakota turn was a thing of beauty -- everyone was expecting her to turn, but no one was expecting her to turn in that manner. Bianca put on another incredible performance here. Not only was she doing her incredibly athletic stuff here, but she was also hitting some nasty elbows on Candace. Those hair whips she does are also brutal. Good thing she doesn't do them frequently and just saves those for the big matches. Kay Lee doesn't get much love, but she took some wild bumps in this match which also ruled. And of course Rhea and Shanya ruled as always. Loved the finish with Rhea putting on the handcuffs to bock the RNC and then using them to manipulate Shayna into the pumphandle slam.- Is WWE redeemable?
This is the impression I'm getting and a lot of replies seem to be in the same sense as Meltzer's which is an overreaction.- WWE TV 10/07 - 10/13 Mamma Mia Nigel! The crowd is turning on Seth much like [REDACTED COMPARISON]
This. The Roddy Strong from Orlando Live earlier this year is his second favorite match.- The Classic Arenas
Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan maybe the best (or at least my favorite) Japanese venue. Tons of classic matches from a ton of promotions in Japan have happened in that venue.- American Indies running shows overseas
@clintthecrippler pretty much summarized the GCW shows. It's basically a FREEDOMS shows with some GCW talent. When ROH first ran their shows in Japan years back, they had a partnership with Noah and Dragon Gate. The ring wasn't an ROH ring and it was more so a regular Noah ring they used with the ROH mat. Also, not everyone from ROH was on those shows and they had a lot of Noah and Dragon Gate talent to fill out the card. So it wasn't entirely a ROH show, but it was marketed as such. When CZW and CHIKARA ran shows in Germany some years ago, the same as ROH applies. These were pretty much co-promoted shows with wXw in Germany, but were sold as CZW and CHIKARA shows. A lot of talent on those shows had been booked for wXw, so I'm guessing they may chip in for the flights, so it doesn't fall solely on CZW or CHIKARA. I remember when New Japan ran shows back in 2011 in New Jersey. Those were co-promoted shows with JAPW and had a lot of guys JAPW would book regularly and they also had the JAPW setup, but they were promoted as New Japan shows solely even though they weren't.- WWE Summerslam 2019
Say what you will about Rollins, but that dude was way over tonight and the match was fantastic. I enjoyed it more than anything from last night. I love these wild Lesnar main events.- NXT Takeover: Toronto 2019
That was one of those ECW finishes that would make Cornette lose his mind.- NXT Takeover: Toronto 2019
Which you don't even bother using, btw.- NXT Takeover: Toronto 2019
These folks are running on 40+ minutes.- NXT Takeover: Toronto 2019
"Cole is an avid scuba diver."- NXT Takeover: Toronto 2019
Given there has been no title changes tonight, I will laugh out loud if Gargano wins the title back.- NXT Takeover: Toronto 2019
Was Austin Theory being shown in the crowd as quiet live as it came across on video? First indy guy they show in the crowd who gets little to no reaction.- NXT Takeover: Toronto 2019
It feels like they have overdone this (I know they haven't), but they should just have folks drop titles before moving up.- NXT Takeover: Toronto 2019
Tegan Nox? She just came back from injury.- WWE TV 04/15 - 04/21: Superstar Shakeup but the real Shakeup is a country who arrests and beats up its teachers
That was terrible. - RIP Kendo Nagasaki (Kazuo Sakurada NOT Peter Thornley)