February 6, 20187 yr comment_5831411 I saw a picture of that title case last night and it made me so happy. That is unreasonable and beautiful all at the same time.
February 6, 20187 yr comment_5831432 OTT is so much fun. Amazing atmosphere. Can't wait for this weekend's shows to pop up on their On Demand.
February 6, 20187 yr comment_5831449 I have begun to really dislike 1980's interviews which could only work the way they did because of cocaine consumption.
February 6, 20187 yr comment_5831459 I feel the exact opposite about those interviews. I am not trying to condone drug use, but cocaine driven nonsense promos from the 80s are like looking through a keyhole into another universe.
February 7, 20187 yr comment_5831521 Timothy Thatcher has done some catch wrestling seminars in Germany for wXw. Anyone know who he trained under/trains with? Considering he's from California, I'm guessing he trained at Erik Paulson's CSW Association gym with Josh Barnett? Or did he train overseas?
February 7, 20187 yr comment_5831548 Billy Robinson is the name that they always drop when they talk about Thatcher doing those seminars. Apparently he's done seminars for Billy Robinson in britan, and also trained with Josh Barnett. He also did one match at the Inoki Dojo, so there may be some of that in play too.
February 7, 20187 yr comment_5831549 Bruce and Conrad talk about that issue on their discussion of Badd Blood 1997, a show which has a minis tag match. Bruce says that they considered having a minis division but realized it wasn't practical because they'd have to bring in all of their workers from Mexico. There'd be a language issue, and that would make it difficult to build a whole division around. I'm glad WCW didn't follow that logic when creating the cruiser weight division. Who knew that all the mini wrestlers were from Mexico? Most of the good ones are. I thought the minis matches in 97 WWF were really good. I think it could be done without being degrading to anyone. Find talented minis and give them larger than life characters. Something full sized wrestling has been missing for years.
February 7, 20187 yr comment_5831568 Billy Robinson is the name that they always drop when they talk about Thatcher doing those seminars. Apparently he's done seminars for Billy Robinson in britan, and also trained with Josh Barnett. He also did one match at the Inoki Dojo, so there may be some of that in play too. Just did some research, Josh Barnett posted on Sherdog that Thatcher is a student of his who has had the opportunity of training with Billy Robinson and Wade Schalles. That's an awesome crew of trainers. I also saw an EVOLVE mini documentary on Thatcher and he says his influences are William Regal, Fit Finlay, Billy Robinson and Yuki Ishikawa.
February 9, 20187 yr comment_5831747 Allin vs. Callihan - Unbelievable match. Darby is by far one of the craziest wrestlers of all time. He took a piledriver off the top rope through a table, he got tossed off the top rope in a springboard attempt onto the side wall of the second floor which is one of the craziest bumps I've ever seen, he did a trust dive off the top rope with his hands taped behind his back and he got hit with a beer bottle on the back of the head.The next MLW event is named Spring Break... I tweeted there couldn't be an event named Spring Break without Joey Janela on immediately Janela replied he didn't want to speak about it and guess who made an appearance in the main event...Riddle vs. Cobb - Great match. Not a MOTY candidate or anything by any chance, but def. worth watching. Both guys worked real hard and seeing Cobb ragdoll Riddle was quite the visual.Lawlor vs. MVP - Skippable. The highlight of the match was MVP walking out with a black belt that resembled Jose Canseco's black belt when he fought Hong Man Choi in DREAM except Cansesco's said "Canseco" and MVP's said "Puro Resu/Pro Wrestling..." And after the match, Lawlor draped a white belt over MVP which was an awesome visual. Also Team Filthy walkout with corner men who rub Vaseline on their guys faces as if they were getting ready for an MMA fight which is an awesome detail.Strickland vs. King - This was fun. Brody almost broke Strickland's neck in a gruesome corner slam spot. Seems like it pissed Strickland off and he whacked him with some gross chops to the throat.Havoc vs. MJF - MJF was great here even though the match wasn't that great. He trash talked through the entire thing and it was fantastic. He also flipped me off twice before he even made an entrance as he did last show too -- getting dat heel heat...Aries vs. ACH - Fun Jr.'s match. Aries came out carrying all of 4 of those titles he's won and has been carrying around recently. Aries said MLW he was left out of the title tournament, but there's a middleweight tournament coming up and he was already requesting a spot in it and that he wanted to prove you don't have to be a heavyweight to be in the main event.Chelsea vs. Priscilla - Wasn't much and just used to continue the feud between Priscilla and Santana Garrett.Ki vs. Brazil - Squash match. Ki brutalized Brazil and unmasked him.Gotch and Petruzelli vs. Yuta and Cade - Gotch and Petruzelli came out with Team Filthy. It seems like Gotch, Petruzelli and Lawlor will be forming a faction. Wasn't a fan of this match as I'm not a fan of Gotch, Yuta or Cade and Petruzelli is way to green. The highlight was the Dirty Blondes managed by Col. Robert Parker making attacking Yuta and Cade.Destino Negro vs. Mega Danger - A very toned down version of last months match between Penta 0M and Rey Fénix, so it was fun. I'm hoping they continue to bring in these lucha guys to have these exhibitions as they're fun live.Parrow and Hughes vs. Al Sabah and Ortagun - Barrington was revealed as Parrow's tag partner and once he came out it ended.I honestly felt I got my money's worth. Easily worth the $5 the stream cost. I'm def. ordering the stream once they upload it as I want to see what Darby vs. Sami comes across as on video.
February 10, 20187 yr comment_5831843 Seriously, is there anything better than a mystery bag coming out in a match and the reveal that there are thumb tacs in it?
February 10, 20187 yr comment_5831846 The only bag I care for in wrestling is the one Damien is stored in.
February 10, 20187 yr comment_5831856 There should be a job tag team in the real Indys of two guys who bump amazingly and get beat up insanely, yet eventually win when it counts with two guys named Damian Hamm and Chris Eggers. Edit: I just remembered that was basically Dunn and Marcos in ROH,😀
February 11, 20187 yr comment_5831982 God help me I'm getting into an argument on Reddit about Savage's run as Macho King and people are throwing out that he won the '87 KOTR as if it's somehow in relation to that.
February 11, 20187 yr comment_5831983 Reddit astonishes me with how ignorant they can be of the basics. Like them freaking out about how much Quackenbush pays his wrestlers that aren't big name outsiders. How much do you think the average indy wrestler makes on a show?
February 11, 20187 yr comment_5832007 God help me I'm getting into an argument on Reddit about Savage's run as Macho King and people are throwing out that he won the '87 KOTR as if it's somehow in relation to that. I didn't realize King of the Ring had been around that long. Did they tape the early ones?
February 11, 20187 yr comment_5832008 No, the only time they did it on television before 1993 was in 1986 when Harley Race became "King". They did it a few times in between those years, Savage won in '87 and I think Bret Hart did in '91 too. They were all at untelevised house shows.
February 12, 20187 yr comment_5832040 God help me I'm getting into an argument on Reddit about Savage's run as Macho King and people are throwing out that he won the '87 KOTR as if it's somehow in relation to that.Ok, I have to see this.
February 12, 20187 yr comment_5832047 There's some handheld footage of some of the untelevised KOTR. I know the 91 is out there. Pretty sure its complete but didnt know the earlier ones were recorded.
February 12, 20187 yr comment_5832118 God help me I'm getting into an argument on Reddit about Savage's run as Macho King and people are throwing out that he won the '87 KOTR as if it's somehow in relation to that.Ok, I have to see this. Here you go
February 12, 20187 yr comment_5832122 I though reddit was only good to get the leaking sex videos and shit. Well, it is actually.
February 12, 20187 yr comment_5832127 I enjoy it from time to time. Fortunately there are other topics of interest for me to look through and discuss.
February 13, 20187 yr comment_5832136 God help me I'm getting into an argument on Reddit about Savage's run as Macho King and people are throwing out that he won the '87 KOTR as if it's somehow in relation to that. Ok, I have to see this. Here you go That chain of comments is a perfect example of giving someone a bit of knowledge and suddenly they are an expert. That's one of the things that is a big negative of Reddit with a commenter contributing something incorrectly or completely irrelevant to the topic, a bunch of people who know even less upvoting it because it sounds smart and downvoting someone providing the correct information because they were not the first to comment. Then once the person getting downvoted proves their comment with some evidence the people proven wrong nitpick their comment for any small opening to say one part of the comment(that's irrelevant to the point)can be construed as wrong so therefore everything you've said is wrong.
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