July 23, 20214 yr Author comment_5957841 Are you going backwards ? Or just picking stuff randomly? Love that match so much, those claw hammer shots, my goodness.
July 24, 20214 yr comment_5957861 7 hours ago, Al said: Blue Demon Jr vs Dr Wagner Jr Initial impression at the beginning was that yeah, Demon is not a very proficient wrestler. About a third of the way in that didn’t matter though and this indeed became quite the spectacle. Hell of a bloodbath. Everyone’s cheering Demon though? Must be the legacy of the mask. The referee. What the heck is he doing?! At times it looks like he’s calling the submission but no, he’s just wagging his fingers at the audience for no reason. I don’t get it. Thumbs way up on this match. Lucha referees summed up in three sentences.
July 24, 20214 yr comment_5957873 14 hours ago, Phil Schneider said: Are you going backwards ? Or just picking stuff randomly? Love that match so much, those claw hammer shots, my goodness. Kind of random but in this case I picked the newest match I haven’t seen. I’ve watched Santo/Espanto, Morgan/Dandy, the two Anarchy war games, Kox/Murdoch, Ikeda/Ishikawa, Sheik-Abby/Funks. That doesn’t take into account matches I’ve seen before the book.
July 26, 20214 yr Author comment_5958042 What did you think about the Anarchy War Games? They are probably two of the least seen matches in my book, but I love them both.
July 27, 20214 yr comment_5958045 Going off weeks old memories so forgive me a bit. The ‘06 version was a nice piece of business. I didn’t find it as violent as i feared because it came off really obvious they were working the weapons spots. It’s difficult to use weapons like meat cleavers because you have to use them in contrived ways that comes off unnaturally. The ending angle was top notch in execution. The ‘07 version just left me unimpressed honestly. I don’t know what it was, maybe antipathy towards Shatter. It just didn’t click.
July 29, 20214 yr Author comment_5958270 New pod dropped, I talk with Fanfyte and Segunda Caida writer JR Goldberg about Danny Havok vs. Sami Callihan in the Cage of Death from CZW https://redcircle.com/shows/way-of-the-blade
August 2, 20214 yr comment_5958585 Sami/Havoc is one of the rare CZW matches after maybe 2005 that I think is not only worth seeking out but actively great.
August 5, 20214 yr Author comment_5958797 Dropped a new pod with punk icon Lars Frederiksen singer in Rancid about Ric Flair vs. Ricky Morton from the Great American Bash! https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/00d9f10f-379e-44fc-960f-33957264f51a
August 12, 20214 yr Author comment_5959307 New pod with author and book publisher Jon Snowden about Tetsuo Nakano vs. Masakatsu Funaki from UWF reborn. Fun talk about the history of shootstyle and MMA https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/a62a51ce-e58f-4d1c-986c-2a85feebdfc9
August 19, 20214 yr Author comment_5959702 New pod with Oliver Bateman from The Ringer about Gangstas vs. Thugs. We talk about his New Jack and Tracey Smothers obits and 80s and 90s steroid bodies. https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/2ef58a65-e5c1-4118-a757-163f4742b473
August 23, 20214 yr comment_5960239 On 8/12/2021 at 9:13 AM, Phil Schneider said: New pod with author and book publisher Jon Snowden about Tetsuo Nakano vs. Masakatsu Funaki from UWF reborn. Fun talk about the history of shootstyle and MMA https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/a62a51ce-e58f-4d1c-986c-2a85feebdfc9 I'm one of those people who haven't been able to get into shoot style wrestling. I dug this match. Masakatsu Funaki is impressive, he looked like an absolute star. This was brutal, probably in a way that's unsustainable if you did it every time out. Certainly Nakano can't get his nose smashed every time out. Completely with you guys on time of matches. Not everything has to be an epic and I struggle to devote my full attention. I have a wife and seven year old and to carve out time is a chore!
August 26, 20214 yr Author comment_5960510 New Pod with the Baltimore Sun's (and PWO's) Childs Walker about Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Kazuo Yamazaki from UWF reborn. We talk about whether this is Fujiwara's masterpiece, how great shootstyle is like great boxing and a little talk about modern wrestling https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/da9b66d0-3cd3-4202-8a03-3951e8a9cfc0
September 2, 20214 yr Author comment_5960996 New Pod with wrestling Author Ian Douglass about Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Akira Maeda. We talk about the history of Puro, the UWF vs. NJ feud, and Ian's upcoming B. Brian Blair autobiography. https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/9d2099f4-542e-4d86-b944-e2f67c1976cb
September 9, 20214 yr Author comment_5962084 New Pod with Steve Keirn of the Fabulous Ones! Discussing their match against the Moondogs from 6/13/83. Tons of wild stories in this pod, apartment blading with Stan Hansen, shooting on the Road Warriors, almost dying in the ring in Memphis. https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/9227f245-0fe9-48f6-9991-0a094f6c86e4
September 16, 20214 yr Author comment_5962969 New Pod with the Icon DEAN~! Rasmussen talk about Ishikawa/Tenryu vs. Choshu/Hashimoto from WAR https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/3e17bce6-c74e-45d4-a001-649b4c7b3020
September 23, 20214 yr Author comment_5963838 New pod with Lee Casebolt about Larry Chene vs. Moose Cholak from 5/15/63 in Chicago. We talk about great wrestlers lost to history, and how Larry Chene might be a sneaky all time great https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/f52c3c63-f668-465f-85c4-39e8432c423b
September 26, 20214 yr comment_5964130 I came across the Chene/Cholak match the same way your guest did, via ESPN Classic. Really a great match that introduced me to two forgotten workers of that era. I suspect if we had more footage Chene might rate highly, but there would also be a few dozen workers of his caliber alongside him. If I have one preference in my wrestling viewage it’s footage of wrestlers who would push 90-100 today.
September 30, 20213 yr Author comment_5964657 New Way of the Blade Pod with Kris Zellner talking Last Battle of Atlanta and GA wrestling history! https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/327a0699-b7cf-4ecc-8d9f-ae901aec0b21
October 7, 20213 yr Author comment_5965262 New Pod with fellow DVDVR founder Phil Rippa about Headhunter A vs. Headhunter B from IWA-Japan. The weirdness of that match, the wild career of the Headhunters and fantasy booking Randy Savage into the MCU https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/a4b24a11-afc6-4622-a8c2-01804649c126
October 8, 20213 yr comment_5965312 Fit in some lucha matches. The junkyard match as well as Santo/Park. My wife's comment, "you don't like action movies but you watch this shit?" She is NOT a fan of blood in wrestling matches. Some weeks ago I watched Santo/Espanto. Santo recovering outside the ring while kids literally run up to him and urge him on. THAT'S a babyface. The Headhunters match I encountered through ICP's "Stranglemania" video, which I hesitate to say I enjoyed. No way the commentary holds up today. Twenty five years of growth is probably a good thing.
October 14, 20213 yr Author comment_5965709 Fun pod this week with Will Helmick aka Goodhelmet discussing Buzz Sawyer vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/c83fd1d7-2d83-454a-a8d4-4ac82ea1b040
October 21, 20213 yr Author comment_5966316 New pod with Bucky Barnett discussing the wild FMW Street fight with Kurisu and Dragonmaster vs. Goto and Onita https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/6bc6c0f7-4e69-48e8-9d5d-4451e9f1a093
October 28, 20213 yr Author comment_5966905 New pod with John Pozarowski about Bret Hart and Steve Austin and wrestling wars https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/cfb4d87f-c2b3-4340-8352-8608a2f6eea4
November 1, 20213 yr comment_5967106 On 10/28/2021 at 1:33 PM, Phil Schneider said: New pod with John Pozarowski about Bret Hart and Steve Austin and wrestling wars https://redcircle.com/shows/be34c05b-8483-4797-af55-5ec4bd254611/episodes/cfb4d87f-c2b3-4340-8352-8608a2f6eea4 Always enjoyable pod. A clarification on ‘median.’ It’s different from average, it simply measures the midpoint. A median of 62 means half of the crowd is over that age. Whether they are one year over or 30 years over doesn’t change the median.
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