Guest Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 These are by no means a top 3 all time but I'd take things that reminded me of what stood out to me and drew me so far into that wrestling malarkey. Normal wrestling viewing is over, I have to look for the key elements  First of all I'd have something like Foley, Edge & Lita v Funk, Dreamer & Beulah at ECW ONS 06. Cos that match is just a ride. Terrifying, hilarious, insane, seedy, fucking gross. That'll take me right back to what I remember wrestling when I first got into it.. Awesome/Tanaka from the year before would be another great shout, but that was quite snappy  Then I'd have Daniel Bryan v Orton v Batista at WM30 to remind me of getting invested in a character. Regardless of how the company wanted to do this Mania, the show was obviously set up for Bryan's big moment and yet they still sucker me in with these cliches like TRIPLE H HAS A SLEDGEHAMMER! and him being taken off on a stretcher that if I wasn't so invested in the character would've meant very little  Third I'm tempted by an Ishii stiff-fest but seeing as a have an E-C-Dub nostalgia match I'll go for Sasha/Bayley from Takeover Brooklyn. Wonderful story, again my knowledge that Bayley would likely win as Sasha had been called up completely went out of the window - when a wrestling story makes you want something so much that being in-the-know just means fuck all is a great feeling. Then there was the crowd, 10k going crazy for a WWE women's match was something I couldnt have imagined when I got into wrestling. The smarkiness of the crowd threatened to spoil it for me with some early boos for Bayley but the pairs stunning performance seemed to totally wipe all that nonsense out of the equation pretty early on. Plus Ishii matches don't (quite) make me cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam O'Rourke Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 I want to thank everybody for the contributions, we got to read many of them on the show, which is now available at the following link:http://squaredcirclegazette.podbean.com/mf/play/5u7tdk/SCGRadio73-DesertIslandDuelsPart1.mp3Join us for Part 1 of our "Desert Island Duels" series! Taking your feedback, we discuss the possibility of being stranded on a desert with only three wrestling matches to watch forever - which ones did you decide to take and why? With fun nostalgia reliving countless classic battles and some awesome personal stories of what different matches meant to you, this ended up being such a blast we're coming back next week for more. An uplifting show that reminded us just why we love pro wrestling - check it out and let us know what you think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted February 26, 2016 Awards Moderator Share Posted February 26, 2016 Enjoyed part 2 this week, if these prompt uploads continue then I think I've found my way to get through Fridays at work!  Liam, if you could once again be good enough to send me a list of the matches mentioned if you have them, that would be amazing.   Sad that there's no show next week, but excited for the return of the timeline - this is actually the first time I've had to wait for a timeline episode. When the last one came out, I hadn't actually heard any of them, so powered through them all one after the other (which was a very nice way to do it, if you ever did an SCG Monday Night War boxset compilation thing it'd work really well). Glad the next one's not too far away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam O'Rourke Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 I want to thank everybody for the contributions, we got to read many of them on the show, which is now available at the following link:http://squaredcirclegazette.podbean.com/mf/play/qyreex/SCGRadio74-DesertIslandDuelsPart2.mp3Join us for Part 2 of our "Desert Island Duels" series! Taking your feedback, we discuss the possibility of being stranded on a desert with only three wrestling matches to watch forever - which ones did you decide to take and why? We break down matches such as HHH Vs. Cactus, Bret Hart Vs. Roddy Piper, HHH Vs. Rock, Angle Vs. Michaels, Royal Rumble 2001, Lesnar Vs. Cena, Misawa Vs. Kobashi, Punk Vs. Cena matches not at MITB, and quite literally a ton more. This series was a really fun blast of nostalgia and positivity with emotional personal recollections galore. Check it out and let us know what you think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshC Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 That argument for Warrior vs Savage was outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep81 Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 I want to thank everybody for the contributions, we got to read many of them on the show, which is now available at the following link: Â http://squaredcirclegazette.podbean.com/mf/play/qyreex/SCGRadio74-DesertIslandDuelsPart2.mp3 Â Join us for Part 2 of our "Desert Island Duels" series! Taking your feedback, we discuss the possibility of being stranded on a desert with only three wrestling matches to watch forever - which ones did you decide to take and why? We break down matches such as HHH Vs. Cactus, Bret Hart Vs. Roddy Piper, HHH Vs. Rock, Angle Vs. Michaels, Royal Rumble 2001, Lesnar Vs. Cena, Misawa Vs. Kobashi, Punk Vs. Cena matches not at MITB, and quite literally a ton more. This series was a really fun blast of nostalgia and positivity with emotional personal recollections galore. Check it out and let us know what you think! Â Â Do you have a link to some of your other podcasts too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted March 2, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted March 2, 2016 No idea how tempted I was to hit you with LMGTFY. It's sooooooooooooo not hard. Â squaredcirclegazette.podbean.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep81 Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 No idea how tempted I was to hit you with LMGTFY. It's sooooooooooooo not hard.  squaredcirclegazette.podbean.com  Doh!!  Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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