“Who Wants To See That” – WWE Veteran Blasts Hulk Hogan’s Return Talk
A wrestling veteran has questioned why fans would want to see Hulk Hogan get back in the ring.
“F*ck This” – Jim Cornette Blasts AEW Double or Nothing Championship Match
Jim Cornette delivered a whithering assessment of one of the biggest matches from AEW Double or Nothing.
WWE Hall Of Famer Discusses Possible Goldberg Retirement Tour
A WWE Hall of Famer has shared their thoughts on Goldberg’s rumoured retirement tour.
ECW On Sci Fi
Date: May 6, 2008
Location: Labatt Center, London, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 6,000
Commentators: Mike Adamle, Tazz
It’s a special night as this is the 100th episode of ECW. That is quite the accomplishment, especially given how messy the early days were around here. The big story continues to be Kane vs. Chavo Guerrero, because that feud just can’t end already. Other than that, hopefully we get another big time story around here. Let’s get to it.
Anywhoo, with the recent 4-way out of the way, and the busy clutter that will be now into mostly-story-free Forbidden Door, and what might be a dream-card centric Wembley show (especially if rumors are true All Out will be scheduled shortly after), and the eventual BCC/Elite Blood & Guts, I see MJF's next feud getting lost in the shuffle. I almost want to say keep him feud free (as in tv time devoted to) and let him knock out some bangers at Forbidden Door & All In (retaining at both), let that dust settle. Nothing of what he'll do is the reason those shows will be promoted. Even if CM Punk returns, he should put MJF over and i hope AEW knows better than to risk putting the strap on him again.
Having said that, the way MJF (masterfully) runs his mouth and in the (also masterfully) sneaky way he wins his matches, do you see MJF being dethroned in a way that AEW hasn't done yet, ala Bret over Flair for his first world title win? No buildup. Not advertised. Just some match on Dynamite that no one expected the champ to lose that night. A believable underdog like Starks or Allen possibly? Besides those two there's really no one else I WANT telling MJF to stick it with a Suprise (decisive, not fluke) win.
Current WWE Veteran Has “No Intentions” Of Retiring Any Time Soon
One WWE veteran won’t be retiring anytime soon.
“Bret Hart Just Moans All The F*cking Time” – Will Ospreay
Will Ospreay is officially done with Bret Hart and Canada as a whole.
Darby Allin Explains How AEW Partnership With Sting Started
Darby Allin opens up about how his partnership with Sting began.
Here’s a good one from a relatively low-key uploader, with the tracking all over the place, but we would’ve watched through a snowstorm when we really loved it. Late 1987, running up the inaugural Survivor Series.
The SmarK Rant for World Championship Wrestling – 03.28.87
All the kids are talking about the return of the Crockett Cup this weekend, but back in 1987 we were building up to the real thing. Also all the kids are talking about the return of wrestling to Saturday nights this month, so this is a double whammy of zeitgeist. I’m even more in tune with the youth of today than the Outrunners are!
Taped from Atlanta, GA
Your hosts are Tony Schiavone & David Crockett
Kenny Omega’s Forbidden Door Opponent Confirmed
At NJPW Dominion, Lance Archer and Will Ospreay clashed to determine the next challenger for Kenny Omega’s IWGP United States Championship.
Eric Bischoff Sings Praises Of One Of WCW’s Most Valuable Stars
Eric Bischoff praised a specific wrestler for being the ultimate utility player that did whatever was needed in the ring.
Ronda Rousey Pushing For “Heated” Programme With Fellow WWE Raw Star
Ronda Rousey has only one person in mind for her next big feud.
Darby Allin Wants To Plant AEW Flag On Mount Everest
Darby Allin really wants to represent All Elite Wrestling when he climbs Mount Everest.
Super World Sports The Battle Of Kings 04/18/92
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Tokyo, Japan
Broadcast date: 28/04/92
Attendance: 9,019
After losing their TV deal with WOWOW, SWS are now airing on TV Tokyo for a monthly one-hour show.
This would end up being the last bit of positive news the company would receive.
Rampage
Date: June 2, 2023
Location: Viejas Arena, San Diego, California
Commentators: Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, Excalibur
This is an interesting one as it’s more or less Battle Of The Belts but none of the titles are AEW championships. Instead we’re seeing Ring Of Honor, AAA, New Japan and New Japan Strong, which should certainly make for a big mixture of stuff. Other than that, we could use something being announced for Forbidden Door, which is about three weeks away. Let’s get to it.
Major Update On Creative Plans For CM Punk’s Return
Who’s in the frame to feud with CM Punk when he makes his return to AEW?
Seth Rollins To Defend WWE World Heavyweight Championship On Raw
Seth Rollins will be putting his newly-won World Title on the line on June 5th.
Backstage Update On WWE’s Plans For Gunther
WWE has massive plans for the Intercontinental Champion.
Ronda Rousey Pushing For “Heated” Feud With WWE Star
Ronda Rousey pushing hard for a feud with a current WWE star.
ANATOMY OF A DISASTER: SID VICIOUS vs. THE NIGHTSTALKER:
-One of the early infamous “worst matches of all time” was a business-exposing nightmare featuring rookie Sid Vicious & Bryan Clark on a Clash of the Champions show in 1990. I reviewed this ages ago for “Dream Matches” but I needed an easier one after the HHH/Steiner mess (thanks for the great response it got, though!).
Two “Body Guys”, neither Sid nor Clark went through the all-important “Jobber Phase” of a young rookie’s life, and were immediately put against each other when Clark was still a brand new guy, ten days into his WCW run. The result… stuff like “Sid slowly runs into a big hug from the Nightstalker”. It’s a 3-year vet having to lead a 1-year giant through a match. But hey- it’s only scheduled to go under three and a half minutes. How bad could it be REALLY?
THE STAGE: WCW Clash of the Champions (Nov. 20th 1990)
THE PERFORMERS:
Sid Vicious: Sid Eudy was a monster of a man who had debuted in 1987, but could still work only a little as of 1990. He was a member of the Skyscrapers, but showed so much innate charisma that crowds would chat “We Want Sid!” and get excited for the two moves he knew how to do really well- the chokeslam and the powerbomb. By this point, he was one of the Four Horsemen, and WCW started booking him in a lot of of Big vs. Big matches. And he’s all of three years into the business, having spent most of it as a tag team wrestler, and is expected to carry a match against an immobile green giant rookie.
The Nightstalker: Bryan Clark was green as absolute grass at this point, having debuted only the year prior, feuding with The Trooper (The Patriot) in AWA in its dying days. With his 6’6″ height and HUGE muscles (he was even bigger here than he was as Adam Bomb, with babyfat on his face and not as much definition as he’d get later on), he was obviously seen as money from day one, and was too big to just be used as some regular job guy, so he skipped a lot of important training in jobber matches and was simply pushed in his first couple years. With AWA dying, he joined WCW, and for some reason, ten days after his debut, he was thrown into this match against a guy just as big as he was.
Happy Saturday Everyone!
We’ve got some matches from Jakked/Metal this week, which was WWF’s Saturday syndicated show for a while. We’ve mainly got this one today because it features Perry Saturn Vs Mike Bell in quite an infamous bout. Some of the other matches looked fun though so we’ll review them all as it shouldn’t take long.
I’ll list which episode the matches are from if you want to hunt them down.
Ring Of Honor
Date: June 1, 2023
Location: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Ian Riccaboni, Caprice Coleman
We’re back to what is considered a normal length show this week at just under two hours after last week’s almost three hour Super Sized show. Following last week, Athena is defending the Women’s Title against Kiera Hogan and the New Japan TV Title will be on the line as well. Just like it will be tomorrow night on Rampage. Let’s get to it.
Roman Reigns Awarded New Undisputed WWE Universal Title, The Bloodline Shattered
Roman Reigns has been awarded a new Undisputed WWE Universal Title belt.
Shayna Baszler On Tag Team Run With Ronda Rousey – “She Demanded It”
Shayna Baszler confirms just how hard Ronda Rousey pushed to win the Women’s Tag Team Titles.
Sami Zayn Hits Back At Speculation About Why He Missed WWE’s Shows In Saudi Arabia
Sami Zayn has claimed that most of the speculation about his absence from Saudi Arabia was 99.9% false.
The SmarK Rant for AEW Rampage – 06.02.23
I really like this idea for the show, since they can’t make it work as a continuation of Dynamite, instead change it into a batshit crazy series of title defenses from their deep cuts. I hope it does well.
Smackdown
Date: June 2, 2023
Location: Mohegan Sun Arena, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Commentators: Michael Cole, Wade Barrett
We’re done with Night Of Champions and while there wasn’t a big Smackdown title change, the major story came at the end, as Jimmy Uso superkicked Roman Reigns to seemingly remove himself from the Bloodline. Tonight just so happens to be the 1000 day celebration for Reigns’ Universal Title reign so we should be in for some fireworks. Let’s get to it.
