Magnum Milano

best dvd menu ever:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV8b_OOnUZI...feature=related

 

Shame that the dreadful Louden Noxious makes an appearance though.

So the Jake/DiBiase feud started in May 89 and culminated, what, April 1990?

 

Now THAT's some forward planning!

 

A strange as it may seem now, back in the day booking was done with a long term goal in mind. After Wrestlemania IV it was said thet Vince new the main event for Wrestlemania V would be Savage vs Hogan, and everything done was to build up to that. These days everything appears to be done on the fly, Vince changes his mind at the drop of a hat, and there appears to be little, if any long term plans.

So long as they continue to keep producing decent players ( did you see Gurney and Chisnall at the Lakeside ? ) then they'll continue to be around. I can't name a top player who didn't come through the BDO.

 

The BDO will be around for a long time to come. However, any decent player will end up switching to the PDC, the BDO will end up producing some more talent, they will join the PDC, and it will all continue again. Chisnall looked the absolute business in the BDO Worlds, though I didn't care for Gurney in the slightest.

Has the Undertake ever faced Chris Jericho in a singles match?, I cannot think of one even on house shows during the 1999 - 2002 period before the draft as they were pretty much heels and faces at similar times and then after the draft jericho left when interbrand matches became the norm. In all honesty its a weird Dream Match for me

 

www.thehistoryofwwe.com

 

The above website will be able to help you.

Has John Zandig sold all or part of CZW to someone, just asking as in the last few videos and even last night watching The Wrestler I noticed that they now have a decent little rampway and video screens. Also the presentation quality seems a lot better.

 

So has Zandig either a) won the state lotto. or b) got an investor.

 

For some reason the guy who owned XPW - Rob Black seems to be creeping into my thinking about it.

 

I haven't watched the promotion for a bit, but from when I used to frequent the CZWfans message board, I am sure I remember something about D.J.Hyde investing into the company. It would certainly explain why he used to get pushed so heavily.

Is it too soon to ask that BURR be nominated for next year?

 

Yes I think it is. BURR has been banned.

 

Damn. I also already had him earmarked as my Dolt of the Year for 2009.

Anderson Silva for me, 3 wins and all inside the distance (even if one was the Cote fight). To be honest I find it pretty ludicrous that Miguel Torres hasn't made the shortlist (especially as you have Thiago Silva )as 3 fights for the year, and he finished everyone he faced, and one of those was the incredible fight against Maeda. Had GSP finished Fitch, I may well have gone for him over Silva, but it is a pretty sorry state of affairs if Lesnar wins this.

I voted for Frank Shamrock vs Cung Le in the Observer awards, and it gets my vote here, narrowly edging out Torres vs Maeda. From the results so far, it just appears to be a shame that the 'minor' promotions are viewed by so few.

Mab got my vote. Nowhere near as bad as he was last year, but still the odd idiotic comment such as about the Luchadores on the Paul O'Grady show, and his posts in the Pregnancy thread (I think that is where they were) that stick clearly in my mind, and the absence of people such as Roger, nateandrews, Mr Lawrence, Mr Mojo Rising in this category means it was him for me.

Anderson Silva

Miguel Torres

Georges St. Pierre

B.J.Penn

Jon Koppenhaver vs Jared Rollins

Clay Guida vs Roger Huerta

Chuck Liddell vs Wanderlei Silva

Frank Shamrock vs Cung Le

Miguel Torres vs Yoshihiro Maeda

Urijah Faber vs Jens Pulver

Eddie Alvarez vs Joachim Hansen

Eddie Alvarez vs Tatsuya Kawajiri

 

Note the first 3 took place the end of last year, but are eligible for the Observer's 2008 Awards so presumed they would be eligible here aswell.

Hi there, fantastic thread and you guys have helped me before and i would like your help again please. Having just purchased the first volume of Real In Memphis from Simania I popped it in last night and was surprised at the various different bits of footage on the discs. Can someone please provide me with a listing for all the volumes and some background to the dvd set if at all possible.

 

RIM - The Rimjob

The Midnight Express Vs The Fantastics (26/4/88 -JCP)

Midnight Express 1st Anniversary party (JCP)

The Great Muta Vs Bob Sapp (17/11/02 - Wrestle 1)

Dick Togo, MENS Teioh & Shiryu Vs Gran Naniwa, TAKA Michinoku & Sho Funaki (M-Pro)

Dick Togo, MENS Teioh, Shiryu, TAKA Michinoku & Sho Funaki Vs Gran Hamada, Tiger Mask IV, Naohiro Hoshikawa, Masato Yakushiji & Wellington Wilkens Jr (M-Pro)

Kerry & Kevin Von Erich Vs Michael Hayes & Buddy Rodgers (Badstreet Match - USWA Texas)

Mark Rocco Vs Dynamite Kid (Dale Martin)

Kevin & Kerry Von Erich Vs Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez (WCCW '85)

GAMMA, Black Buffalo & Tsubasa Vs BK Kid, Oriental & Takehiro Murahama (Osaka Pro - 06/02)

Tracet Smothers Vs Tourettes (IWA MS)

Love Machine, Miguel Perez Jr & Misterioso Vs Tinieblas Jr, Lizmark Jr & Volador (AAA Triplemania II C)

Slick "Jive Soul Bro" Music Video (WWF)

Dave Finlay Vs Danny Collins (All-Star)

Jerry Lawler Vs Eric Embry (USWA Texas)

Jimmy Hart introduces Rick Rood (Memphis '84)

Los Exoticos (Pimpi, May Flowers & Polvo) Vs Barrio Boys (LLL)

Kevin Sullivan promo's (CWF)

Kenta Kobashi & Kikuchi Vs Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas (AJPW)

Fuji Yamada Vs Rocky Moran (All-Star)

Curt Hennig Vs Dennis Rodman (Streetfight - I.Generation PPV)

Chuky has some major heat with techinico & rudo alike (LLL)

Mini Psicosis Vs Octagoncito (LLL)

Lou Thesz Vs Johnny Valentine (Florida 1970's)

Hollywood & Nate the Rat have the inside story on Lawler, Brian Christopher & Corey "Leave O.J. outta this! Macklin (MCW)

El Dandy shares an inside joke with the Magadanistas

Steve Corino & Scotty Riggs Vs Dusty & Dustin Rhodes (TCW)

 

RIM - Double Rimpact

Rick Rude vs Brian Pillman (WCW, early 92)

Stan Hansen vs Destroyer (All Japan, 30/10/75)

Konnan meets Mrs Angle

Cactus Jack and Paul E. Dangerously interview

Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes vs Rip Rogers & Scotty the Body (WCW, early 92)

Tatsumi Fujinami & Shinichi Nakano vs Osamu Nishimura & Yuki Ishikawa (MUGA, 3/3/9

Antonio Inoki & Tiger King vs Yoshaki Fujiwara & Jushin Liger (NJPW, 3/5/97)

Steve Corino vs Gerard Gordeau (Zero One, 3/5/02)

Bill Dundee defines a redneck (JCP, 86)

Colby Corino vs Shinjiro Otani, Masato Tanaka & Mac LeGrande (Zero One U$A, 5/1/03)

Ole Anderson gatecrashes a Ric Flair interview (JCP, 86)

Genichiro Tenryu vs Randy Savage (AJPW/WWF, 13/4/90)

AKIRA/Tiger Mask 4/Heat/Masahito Kakihara/Super Crazy vs Jushin Liger/Koji Kanemoto/Minoru Fujita/El Samurai/Gedo (Elimination, NJPW, 16/2/03)

Yukari Omori vs Chigusa Nagoya (AJW, 20/10/87)

Singalongajoshi

Kintaro Kaneumra vs Satoshi Kojima (Rainbow)

Buzz Sawyer vs Al Perez (Mid South)

Sean Mooney on honeymoon

Shawn Michaels vs Bob Backlund (WWF, 93)

Riki Choshu/Yoshiaki Yatsu/Animal Hamaguchi vs Akira Maeda/Tastumi Fujinami/Kengo Kimura (NJPW, 83)

Jumbo Tsuruta/Akira Taue vs Kenta Kobashi/Tsuyoshi Kikichi (AJPW)

Jumbo Tsuruta/Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

Mr Gannosuke makes a cock of himself

Randy Savage vs Jim Duggan (WWF, 27/1/90)

Dory Funk Jr/Terry Funk vs Stan Hansen/Terry Gordy (AJPW, 31/10/83)

Frank Anderssen vs Buddy Lee Parker (WCW)

Bret Hart vs Ric Flair (WWF, 1/93)

Chris Benoit vs Al Snow (ECW, 4/2/95)

Shinjiro Otani vs Yoshihiro Tajiri (NJPW, 97)

Monday Night Memories video (Memphis)

Storm Warning

Jerry Lawler sings

Terry Funk uses his BT Together minutes

Jackie Fargo addresses his pals

Fidel Sierra vs Jim Duggan (XWF)

Konnan. Carlos Colon's daughter. Guitar. Police. Batons.

Terry Funk gets a piece of ass.

Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemura vs Akira Taue & KENTA (Noah)

Rock 'n' Roll Express vs British Bulldogs (Kansas City, 89)

Mystery promo on the ultimate heel

Ron's Championship Wrestling announces a new commissioner

 

RIM-Chimmery-RIM-Chimmery-RIM-Chim-Cheree

Harley Race vs Mil Mascaras (All Japan)

Genichiru Tenyru & Koko Kitahara vs Shiryu Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura (WAR)

Eddie Gilbert vs Hawk (NWA Coraluzzo)

Stalker Ichikawa vs Veniza (Toryumon)

Ebessan vs Kamen (2/3 falls, Osaka Pro)

Aja Kong vs Takako Inoue (AJW)

Akira Hokuto vs Takako Inoue (AJW)

Akira Hokuto vs Debbie Malenko (AJW)

Meiko Satomura vs Sonoka Kato (GAEA)

Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA vs Yoshinobu Kaenemaru & Makata Hoshi (NOAH)

Jushin Liger vs Naoki Sano (New Japan)

Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda vs Akira Hokuto & Mayumi Ozaki (GAEA)

Dynamite Kid vs Bret Hart (WWF)

Terry Funk vs Jerry Lawler (3PW)

Bobby Heenan's tax return (WWF)

Molly Holly vs Ivory (WWE)

 

M2K Insomnia

CIMA, SUWA & Fuji Vs Masaaki, Darkness Dragon & Kanda Vs Magnum TOKYO, Dragon Kid & Ryo (Toryumon 08/01)

Aja Kong Vs Meiko Satomura (GAEA 09/99)

Aja Kong Vs Meiko Satomura (GAEA 15/04/00)

Shocker Vs Dr Wagner Jr (NJPW-BOSJ '01)

Jushin Lyger Vs Silver King (NJPW-BOSJ '01)

Alexander Otsuka Vs Takashi Sugiura (Zero-One 04/01)

Minoru Tanaka Vs Naoki Sano (BattlArts 30/01/00)

KAORU Vs Devil Masami (GAEA - 04/01)

Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi Vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW - 09/06/95)

 

M2K Ice Bucket

Mayumi Ozaki Vs KAORU (GAEA 04/00)

Carl Malenko & Ikuto Hidaka Vs Tiger Mask IV & Alexander Otsuka (BattlArts 02/01)

Shocker, Blue Panther & Balck Warrior Vs El Hijo Del Santo, Negro Casas & Mr Niebla (EMLL 07/01)

Meiko Satomura Vs Dynamite Kansai (GAEA 02/01)

Carlos Amano & Marcella Vs Hiromi Yagi & Chaparuita ASARI (ARSION)

Dynamite Kansai Vs Yumiko Hotta (AJW 03/93)

Greg Valentine Vs Vinny Valentino (JCP '83?)

El Hijo Del Santo Vs Nicho El Millionario (TJ - 04/01)

Akira Maeda Vs Tatsumi Fujinami (NJPW 06/86)

Mayumi Ozaki Vs Akira Hokuto

Chad Collyer & Super Boy Vs Jinsei Shinzaki & Chi-nen Hokkai (MPro)

Black Tiger Vs Black Warrior (EMLL 10/01)

Diasuke Ikeda Vs Bob Backlund (BattlArts '98)

Terry Taylor Vs Jake Roberts (UWF '86)

Dynamite Kansai Vs Aja Kong (AJW - 08/95)

Vader Vs Takashi Suguira (NOAH - 08/01)

Kaoru Ito Vs Moemoe Nakanishi (AJW 09/01)

Shocker Vs Lizmark Jr (EMLL '01)

Lioness Asuka & Meiko Satomura Vs KAORU & Akira Hokuto (GAEA 04/01)

Mitsuharu Misawa Vs Jun Akiyama (AJPW 02/00)

Apache Vs Genki Horiguhci (Toryumon 10/01)

Silver King & Dr Wagner Jr promo regrding "Jadogedo" (NJPW)

 

M2K 3rd Time Lucky

Akira Hokuto Vs Meiko Satomura (GAEA - 19/04/01)

Diasuke Ikeda Vs Yuki Ishikawa (BattlArts '99 - YGB Final)

Dave Finlay Vs Chris Benoit (WCW)

Steve Regal Vs Chris Benoit (WW 08/96)

Aja Sakurai Vs Chikayo Nagashima (GAEA 15/12/01)

Dave Schultz redneck angle

Chad Collyer & James Mason team up in MPro

Chad Collyer Vs Johnny Storm (UK 16/03/01)

Chad Collyer Vs Jamie Knoble (HWA 09/01)

Machines, Nightmare & Heartbreakers Vs Dundee, Gibsons & Keirn (Mempho)

Tosiyo Yamada Vs Mayumi Ozaki (GAEA 02/00)

KISS NO SEKAI bring you 'Kiss of the World' (The Video)

Dr Wagner Jr Vs Lizmark Jr (EMLL 06/01)

Shinjiro Ohtani Vs Masato Tanaka (Zer-One 07/08/01)

Lioness Yoshida Vs Mariko Yoshida (ARSION 05/01)

Kaientai Deluxe Vs Gran Hamada, The Great Sasule, Gran Naniwa, Super Delfin & Yakushiji (MPro 10/96)

Volk Han Vs Hans Nyman (RINGS 12/94)

Manami Toyota & Zap 1 Vs Reyna Jubuki & Blizzard Yuki (AJW '95)

Negro Casas Vs El Dandy Vs El Hijo Del Santo (EMLL 12/96)

Matsui Vs Ikuto Hidaka (BattlArts 05/01)

Toshiaki Kawada Vs Stan Hansen (AJ 01/93)

 

M2K Hyperreal in Memphis

Lioness Asuka Vs Akino (ARSION 08/01)

Yuji Nagata Vs Osamu Nishimura (NJPW 08/01)

Mascara Sagrada, Love Machine & Black Magic Vs Pierroth Jr, Blue Panther & Jerry Estrada (AAA 23/02/92)

Barry Windham Vs Too Cold Scorpio (NWA 16/06/93)

Jerry Lawler Vs Bam Bam Bigelow (Texas Death Match - Memphis 08/01/86)

Mil Mascaras Vs The Destroyer (AJPW - 09/10/73)

Heavenly Bodies Vs Rock 'N' Roll Express (Cage - SMW 01/0-4/94)

Meiko Satomura & Sumie Sakai Vs Carlos Amano & Chikayo Nagashima (OZ Academy 02/01)

Eddie Guerrero Vs Low-ki (IWC 30/11/01)

Blue Panther, Fuerza Guerrera & Dr Wagner Jr Vs Tarzan Boy, Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Buccanero (EMLL 02/04/02)

The British Bulldogs Vs Dean & Joe Malenko (AJPW '89)

Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue Vs Debbie Malenko & Sakie Hasegawa (AJW '93)

Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita Vs Tomoko Watanabe & Nanae Takahashi (AJW 27/07/01)

Kazunari Marakami & Alexander Otsuka Vs Yuki Ishikawa & Mohamed Yone (BattlArts 01/01)

Bobby Eaton Vs Eddie Guerrero (WCW '96)

 

M2K The Final Conflict

Sakura Hirota & Lioness Asuka Vs Mayumi Ozaki & KAORU (GAEA '01)

Yuki Ishikawa Vs Katsumi Usada (BattlArts 26/10/01)

Bad Breed Vs Bull Pain & Trent Baker (IWA MS '02)

Toshiyo Yamada & Meiko Satomura Vs Aja Kong & Mayumi Ozaki (GAEA '99)

Doom Vs Arn Anderson & Barry Windham (WCW 12/90)

Dr Wagner Vs Shocker (EMLL 04/02)

Yuji Nagata Vs Jun Akiyama (NJPW 04/01/02)

KAORU Vs Sakura Hirota (GAEA '01)

Mayumi Ozaki Vs Meiko Satomyura (GAEA '01)

Eric Embry Vs Steve Casey (WCCW)

Mita, Shimoda, Maekawa & Toyota Vs Ito, Nanakishi, Watanabe & Takahashi (AJW 03/01)

El Signo Vs Villano III (EMLL 07/01)

AKINO & Ayako Hamada Vs L.C.O. (ARSION '01)

Ric Flair Vs Jumbo Tsurata (AJPW '82)

Mascarita Sagrada & Octagocito Vs Mascarita Maligna & MinoAbismo Negro (AAA 04/02)

Aja Kong, Takako Inoue, Kyoko Inoue & Sakie Hasegawa Vs Dynamite Kansai, Cutey Suzuki, Hikari Fukouka & Mayumi Ozaki (JWP - 07/93)

 

M2K Get the'E' Out

Asian Cougar & Super Uchu Power Vs Takashi Sasaki & MIKAMI (DDT 02/02)

Inoue & Lyger Vs Kikuchi & Kanemaru (NOAH 02/02)

Tanaka 7 Lyger Vs Kikuchi & Kanemaru (NOAH 04/02)

Ultimate Warrior promo

Zumbido, Violencia & Dr X Vs Olimpico, Safari & Fiera (EMLL 17/03/02)

Lelani Kai Vs Malia Hosaka (Nashville 02/02)

Lady Apache Vs Tiffany (LLL 03/02)

Kevin Sullivan promo

Harley Race Vs Kerry Von Erich (WCCW '82)

Genki Horiguchi Vs SUWA (Hair Vs Hair - Toryumon 04/02)

Kendo Ka Shin Vs Masa Fuchi (AJPW 12/04/02)

Kendo Ka Shin Vs Gran Hamada (AJPW 07/02)

Stan Hansen Vs Carlto Colon (Puerto Rico)

Jaguar Yokota Vs Lioness Asuka (Jd' 96)

Mascara Magica & Shocker Vs Takemura & Masada (Hair Vs Hair - EMLL 06/02)

Larry Zybysko tells it like it is! (Nashville early '02)

The Rock 'N' Roll Express Vs Randy Savage & Lanny Poffo (Memphis '84)

Jumbo Tsurata Vs Mil Mascaras (AJPW '78 - 2/3 falls)

Chikayo Nagashima Vs Mayumi Ozaki (GAEA 15/09/00)

Masato Tanaka Vs Shinya Hashimoto (Zero-One 03/02)

Genichiro Tenryu Vs Jumbo Tsuruta (AJPW 06/05/89)

 

M2K Chronicles of Misspent

Kiss No Sekai video

Aja Kong & Akira Hokuto Vs L.C.O. (GAEA - 01/02)

Randy Savage Vs Ted DiBiase (WWF Cage match)

Aja Kong Vs Carlos Amano (OZ Academy 06/02)

Austin Idol music video

Chigusa Nagayo & Sakura Hirota Vs KAORU & Mayumi Ozaki (GAEA 06/02)

Manabu Nakanishi Vs Yoshihiro Takayama (NJPW 06/0702)

Chikayao Nagashima Vs Meiko Satomura (GAEA 06/02)

Blue Panther, NOZAWA & Masada Vs Negro Casas, Shocker & Brazo de Plata (EMLL 07/02)

Bill Dundee Vs Dustin Starr (Mempho - Early '02)

Miracle Man & Azteca Vs Daja Quallt & MA-G-MA (Osaka Pro 03/01/02)

SUWA Vs Susumu Yokosuwa (Toryumon 07/02)

Hiromi Yagi & Sumie Sakai Vs The Bloody & FANG Suzuki (Jd' 11/01)

Jushn Lyger, Masayuke Naruse, Minoru Tanaka, Masahito Kakihara & El Samurai Vs Gedo, Jado, Koji Kanemoto, Eddie Guerrero & Black Tiger (NJPW 05/02)

Jun Akiyama/Mitsuharu Misawa v Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue (6/12/96)

Mariko Yoshida Vs Mellisa (ARSION 08/02)

Akira Hokuto Vs Shinobu Kandori (AJW 02/04/93)

Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes Vs Scotty the Body & Rip Rodgers (WCW '92)

Austin Idol, Tommy Rich & Paul E classic arrogant sleaze promo after defeating Lawler in a hair Vs $50,000 cage match (Mempho)

Buddy Landell "alcoholic" promo where he ingeniously turns himself from despised heel into the hottest babyface in the territory for his match with Shawn Michaels. (SMW '95)

 

M2K It's only wrasslin' but I like it!

La Parka & Mr Zero Vs Mike Quackenbush & Reckless Youth (Chikara Pro)

Diasuke Ikeda, Kentaro Shiga & Makoto Hashi Vs Akira Taue, Jun Izumida & Takashi Sugiura (NOAH 23/09/02)

Mima Shimoda Vs Chikayo Nagashima (GAEA 20/09/02)

Yuki Ishikawa Vs Koji Sato (Zero One - 08/02)

Low-ki Vs American Dragon (JAPW 06/02)

'Castillo Morte' Escape 10 man cage match (IWRG - 09/01)

Dick Togo Vs Tiger Mask IV (MPro - 09/02)

Satanico, Averno & Mephisto Vs La Familia De Tijuana (EMLL)

Emilio Charles Jr Vs El Dandy (EMLL 12/89)

Shocker & Mr Niebla Vs Villano III & Atlantis (EMLL 24/09/99)

Jun Akiyama, Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa Vs Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Yoshinari ratboy (AJPW 07/93)

Negro Casas, El Dandy, Atlantis, Ultimo Dragon, Mascara Magica, La Fiera, Shocker & Brazo de Oro Vs El Hijo Del Santo, Dr Wagner Jr, El Felino, Black Warrior, Scorpio Jr, Satanico & Kevin Quinn (EMLL 18/04/97)

Wataru Inoue Vs KENTA (NJPW 05/10/02)

Yoshihiro Takayama Vs Kazayuki Fujita (NJPW 05/10/02)

Yoshihiro Takayama Vs Shiro Koshinaka (NJPW 21/09/02)

Steve Corino Vs Low-ki (JAPW 05/02)

Ric Flair & Arn Anderson Vs Jobbers (NWA '85)

Vader Vs Otto Wanz (Somewhere Germanic mid-90's)

 

M2K The Fat and the Furious

Nanae Takahashi & Tomoko Watanabe Vs Takako Inoue & Rumi Kazama (AJW - 01/02)

Mariko Yoshida Vs noki-A (ARSION - 05/02)

Dick Murdoch Vs Harley Race (NWA Title, Mid-Atlantic, late-70's)

Toshiaki Kawada & Masa Fuchi Vs Takashi Iizuka & Yuji Nagata (NJPW - 12/00)

Toshiaki Kawada & Masa Fuch Vs Johnny Smith & Taiyo Kea (AJPW - 01/01)

Azumi Hyuga Vs Ran Yu Yu (JWP - 10/03/02)

Manami Toyota Vs Chikayo Nagashima (GAEA -27/10/02)

Dustin Rhodes & Ricky Steamboat Vs Arn Anderson & Larry Zybysko (WCW)

Mariko Yoshida, GAMI & Rossy ratboy Vs Yumiko Hotta & Nanae Takahashi (ARSION 05/02)

Bestia Salvaje & Scorpio Jr. Vs El Hijo Del Santo & Negro Casas ( Hair & Mask Vs Hair & Mask, EMLL - 04/99)

Ran Yu Yu Vs Misae Genki (JWP - 09/12/01)

Jackie Fargo goes nuts! (Memphis '82)

Dave Finlay Vs Satoshi Kojima (Reslo '95)

Bill Dundee, Gary Young, Jeff Jarrett, Billy Joe Travis & Danny Davis Vs Eric Embry, Dr Tom Pritchard, El Grande Pistolero, Awesome Kong & Steve Austin (USWA '91)

Dustin Rhodes & Brian Pillman Vs Steve Austin & Steven Regal (WCW '93)

 

M2K Comp #10 - The War On Co-edism

Wataru Inoue v The American Dragon (NJ 6/10/02) Ah, some clever chappy decided to give these two an eight minute wrestling match. Whoo-hoo! It's all choppy-choppy and bitchy-bitchy as you'd expect. Ohtani/Benoit comparisons for both men respectively are explicit.

 

Jumbo Tsuruta v Toshiaki Kawada (All Japan, 1991) Arguably the two best Japanese professional wrestlers ever tie it up in singles. Jumbo looked as though he hadn't been layed for a couple of weeks and was intent on smacking as much shit as possible out of young Tosh. Great teacher v pupil stuff in the All Japan idiom.

 

Shoichi Ichimiya defends his 24/7 Hardcore Title against hot babes, dogs, disgruntled restaurant owners.....(DDT, 12/02)

 

Ian Rotten v Jimmy Jacobs (IWA Mid South, 4/03) More fun from FAT! Finlay, this time guiding the fuzzy booted young Jacobs through a super little wrasslin' match. Ian is one of the most underrated wrestlers on the scene at present.

 

Pierroth Jr/Violencia/Blue Panther v Gran Markus Jr/Apolo Dantes/El Satanico (EMLL, 1/03) My favourite match yet from the wickedly bufoonish Markus-Boriquas fued. Panther and Satanico beat the shit out of each other like the MEN that they are, while Dantes and Violencia complete a fine supporting cast. Mmmmmmmm, Arena Colliseo.

 

Toshiaki Kawada v Genichiro Tenryu (All Japan 10/00) Argghhhh!!!!! I'm watching this for the third or forth time and I'm still cringing at the ferociously stiff blows unleashed in this match. Extremely well laid out match that builds sublimely (no boring repetitious headdrops are necessary here), punctuated throughout by the stiffest wrestling on the planet. This COULD be the match of the century so far.

 

La Galactica v Jaguar Yokota (AJW) This zany fan-cam is the follow up to their more famous hair match and is full of hate. Galactica is a great heel and Jaguar is brings her normal brand of firm assed, perky bosomed professional wrestling (Matron!). All capped off by some funky interference from the legendary Monster Ripper.

 

Young David v Fit Finlay (England, very early 80's) Lovely stiff-as-fuck technical wrestling stuff from these two skinny kids. Finlay's greatness is obvious even at this stage of his career and pre-roids Davey Boy could really GO. Messrs Galbraith and Kennedy will get a kick out of the latest scores as well.

 

KAORU/Toshiyo Yamada v Etsuko Mita/Mima Shimoda (GAEA, 4/99) One of those crazy Memphis-meets-ECW brawls that GAEA does so well. Shimoda excels in this environment, Yamada is superb, Mita stomps ass and KAORU does her lesbian Sabu schtick. Did I mention that Chris Coey hates this match?

 

Earl 'The Pearl' Strickland gives a masterclass in heel psychology and how the turn a crowd against you. The best heel in America behind Todd Morton.

 

Stan Lane/Bobby Eaton v Tracy Smothers/Steve Armstrong (NWA, 1990) Forgotten TV match between two great tag teams who would go on to have a bona-fide classic at the Great American Bash later in the year. All the greatness of MX-Southern Boys you expect compressed into a sub-ten minute match.

 

Kiyoshi Tamura v Tsyoshi Kousaka (RINGS, 27/6/98) Pretty much the last word in pretend MMA matches. Oodles of tricked out shooty matwork and maximum usage of the points system makes for one heck of a match. Imagine the mid-point between Maeda-Fujinami '86 and the better Takada stuff.

 

Electroshock/Chessman v El Torero/Oscar Sevilla (AAA, 1/03) The sleazey, zany, low-budget AAA version of the ECW Gangtas Paradise tag with a bunch of angles crashing together like semen on Kristi Myst's face. Worth checking out for mucho MILF malevolence from Lady Apache and Esther Moreno if nothing else.

 

Shiro Koshinaka v Genichiro Tenryu (World Japan, 3/5/03) This just rocks with fun. Tenryu is joyfully mean and miserable as the perfect foil to Koshinaka's assbumping nuttiness. Not to hammer home rhetoric or anything, but if you don't like this match, you hate professional wrestling.

 

Tom Pritchard/Jimmy Delray v Dirty White Boy/Tracy Smothers (SMW, 9/95) Yeah, the best match from possibly the best US indy show of the 1990's and maybe the best tag match in the history of wrasslin's rootinest, tootinest, pollutinest promotion. Dr Tom's blade job fucks your mother and blows it's load on your aunt's face.

 

Tamon Honda v Kenta Kobashi (NOAH, 13/4/03) Honda is this year's suprise package. His unlikely Taue-meets-Dr Cerebro act has turned him from laughing stock into one of the best wrestlers in the world (that is unless your name is Mrs Angle). The match is full of funky matwork, cool suplexes and great drama. Both men's best performance of the year and beats the living piss out of Misawa-Kobashi.

 

Ted Dibiase v Jim Duggan (Cage, Mid South) 'Best Dressed' angle....Dibiase the worker......tuxedos.......you know the rest.

 

Takeshi Rikioh/Takeshi Morishima/Diasuke Ikeda v Akitoshi Saito/Jun Akiyama/Jun Izumida (NOAH 23/3/03) This match clubbers it's way into contention for Match of the Year. Everyone is up for it and firing on all cylanders, even Izumida and especially Morishima. This has everything you could want from a six-man tag.

 

Johnny Smith v George Hines (All Japan, 4/5/03) 70's style matfest-o-rama as Johnny Smith takes the third Fantastic through a hell of an engaging contest. Tremendous stuff as usual from another of the world's most underrated wrestlers.

 

Michael Todd Stratton v Ian Rotten (IWA Mid South, 18/4/03) Todd is the king of the redneck inciting rednecks, fighting with ringrats and screaming at the fans. Great brawl, with plenty of blood and hatred; think of a modern Lawler-Dundee with more cussing. The ever charming Steve Stone turns the air blue on commentary.

 

Billy Joe Travis v Jerry Lawler (Memphis, 7/02) Terry Funk no shows so they brought in Travis for this MSC main event - and it rocks. Double juice brawl all over with smatterings of that classic Memphis schtick we all love. The last significant match of Travis' life, as he tragically passed away a few months later. Great pre-match mic work here as well.

 

GENTARO v Takashi Sasaki (DDT, 19/3/03) Clash of tag team partners forced into battle with each other by the evil DDT powers-that-be. It helps that these two guys are the best workers in the promotion too; Sasaki operates as a kind of babyface SUWA, while GENTARO is 'the Japanese Marty Jannetty' (Fadda~~~~~). Neat match.

 

Masa Fuchi v Danny Kroffat (All Japan, 1991) Fun little match, especially for fans of Fuchi who is at his dickish best.

 

Tatsumi Fujinami v Chavo Guerrero (Early 80's) A lot of people forget that Fujinami was one of the great pioneers of junior heavyweight wrestling and they er....shouldn't. Chavo Sr could go back then too. Nice match with some funky stuff from both men. I do believe the first match on one of my comps to feature a Vince McMahon cameo.

Also whilst browsing Ebay I came across someone selling a wrestling dvd which claims it has the footage of Slaughter and Kernodle vs Steamboat and Youngblood in a cage and its the only known full copy of the footage... sounds too good to be true to me but is it possible?

 

Info taken from a post of Bix's over at DVDVR. The story was that Arn Anderson accidentally taped over a copy of Jim Nelson's copy of the Slaughter & Kernodle vs Steamboat & Youngblood Final Conflict. However, later Kernodle himself came forward with his copy of the match which was a dub of Nelson's and everyone was able to see it in full. I am pretty sure I have a copy of the disc myself somewhere.

When did Norman Smiley grapple in the WWE?

 

04.21.03 Atlanta, GA Mark Jindrak bt Norman Smiley

04.22.03 Nashville, TN Ernest Miller bt Norman Smiley

06.09.03 Miami, FL Rico bt Norman Smiley

06.21.04 Miami, FL Chuck Palumbo bt Norman Smiley

11.19.07 Fort Lauderdale, FL Vladimir Kozlov bt Norman Smiley

Which wrestlers have been in WWE WCW ECW (original version) and TNA it got to be a short list

 

Christopher Daniels

Lenny Lane

Erik Watts

Wolfie D

Norman Smiley

 

have all wrestled at least one match in all four of the promotions.

The tournament has really picked up in the knock out stages, although I am hugely disappointed that Whitlock didn't capitalise on his incredible start against Taylor and knock him out. I am rooting for King and Jenkins in the Semis, with Jenkins to (hopefully) take the final.

 

I am glad that the BDO players have put in some good performances, though am getting a tad fed up with the constant talk of players moving over to the PDC in January. On a similar note, I have enjoyed Chris Mason's commentary far more than Alan Warriner-Little, as Warriner comes over as a Sid Waddell wannabe, and is a tad annoying constantly repeating his same phrases (player requires 99 "if he hits this I'll stick a flake in it for you!"). There was also a nice bit of footage of John Lowe's first ever televised 9 darter against Keith Deller back in 1984, which he got

Can someone explain to me what a 9 dart shoot out entails ? Andy Hamilton and Alan Tabern are going through one tomorrow to get an easy second round game against Phil Taylor.

 

Each player throws 9 darts, highest score progresses through to the next round.

The first set of matches have been confirmed for next Saturday.

 

Afternoon Session ( 12pm - 5pm )

Adrian Lewis vs. Denis Ovens*

 

We met Denis Ovens at the Matchplay in Blackpool last year and he was a really nice guy, had a chat with us and signed our programmes. Also met Eric Bristow, sadly the man who was the greatest player in the 80s was nothing sort of a rude cunt to us.

Yup. Robert Thornton was the only guy who put up something resembling a fight against him.

 

Aye, Thornton averaged around 103 in his semi against Taylor, whilst the Power averaged 113! Had he checked out his 130+ outshot in his final leg then he would have broken the highest recorded 3 dart average in tournament play (which was 114. something).

 

I am looking forward to the Grand Slam and hope some of the BDO boys put up a better showing than last year, when only Nixon seemed to play well, and even he didn't get out of the group stages, and Webster only played well in his third group match after he was already eliminated. I haven't seen much BDO Darts this year, but if De Ruiter is as bad here as he was during the Worlds he could get annihilated.

 

I also wish that Adams would play in this (at least for one year). Yes we know he is BDO through and through, but I can't understand why he doesn't want to prove himself against the best players in the world, hell, if he wins it is then even more kudos for his BDO.

And can I have some opinion on what are some of the best shoot interviews to view?

The first Jim Cornett shoot that he did with RF was tremendous and is my favourite, although you cant go wrong with any Cornette (I have at least 15, and that doesn't include when he was doing the interviewing for ROH like with the Bruno and Konan ones). The Bill Watts shoot (also RF) would rank second, and the Lanny Poffo shoot comes in third. Of the newer ones I would recommend any Jamie Dundee stuff.

After catching up on some WoS discs, I was wondering if anyone knows what happened to Princess Paula?

Sara Del Ray

Funaki was suspended for 30 days last year, something to do with the crack down on drugs, but was never fired. He was suspended the same time as Edge, Regal, Morrison, Umaga, Kennedy and a few others.

Ezekial Jackson was known as Rycklon Stephens when he was in the developmental system.

Team GB used to be hot

The lovely Jade Johnson, I saw her in WHSmiths in Birmingham a few years agon, but she is a big lass.A few other Olympic hotties:Susannah Kallur who will compete in the 100 Metre HurdlesFrench Sprinter Christine ArronUS Sprinter Allyson FelixBritish Cyclist Victoria Pendletonand the only reason anyone may be interested in Water Polo Hungarian Rita Dravucz