TNA the new WCW?

past its peak and doomed for failure or just going through a rough patch? what are your thoughts?

Flashback Match

Sabu Vs Taz


you can watch the rest of it on youtube I assume since this is part one

Taz Appreciation Post

Top Ten Hardcore Icons

10.John Kronus

9.Tommy Dreamer

8.New Jack

7.The Sandman

6.Sabu

5.Classy Freddy Blassie

4.The Sheik

3.Abdullah The Butcher

2.Terry Funk

1.Cactus Jack


Honorable Mention
NecroButcher
Ian Rotten
Hardcore Holly

Top Ten Factions

10.JOB Squad(couldn't find a good group pic, consisted of 2 cold scorpio, Al Snow, Mankind, The Blue Meanie, Bob and Crash Holly, Gillberg and others.)

9.The Ministry of Darkness

8.Dangerous Alliance

7.The Nation Of Domination

6.Dungeon of Doom(couldn't find a group pic, members included Kamala The Ugandan Giant, Task Master Kevin Sullivan, The Barbarian, Meng, Zodiac, Purple Haze and more

5.Ravens Flock

4.DX

3.NWO

2.The Dudley's

1.The Four Horsemen


honorable mention:
Demolition

The Straight Edge Society

Nexus

Ring Of Honor, 8/28/2010 Charlotte NC

First of all let me start by saying, if you haven't been to a live ROH event it is a must for a true wrestling fan, I can't think of a better way to spend 20 bucks and get every penny of it paid back in entertainment. that being said here is my review of the event they had in Charlotte NC this past weekend.

In our opening competition we see the always exciting El Generico facing off with Erick Stevens of The Embassy. This match was sprinked with each wrestlers signature style with the lucha style of Generico and the dirty playing heel moves of Erick Stevens and his manager Prince Nana. In the end it was Generico who came out on top by pinning Stevens after hitting his infamous Brain Buster.

The second match of the evening was between living legend The King of Old School Steve Corino facing off with ROH wrestling school graduate Bobby Dempsey. At first I was like "who the fuck is Bobby Dempsey" but I quickly realized exactly who he was, Corino's jobber for the night, he worked the match well and it was a very entertaining contest, but then again every time Mr. Wrestling 3 is in the ring it is guaranteed to be a great match. Even though Bobby could use some conditioning the match over all gets a good rating from me. Needless to say Corino was the victor.

Next we see Necro Butcher accompanied to the ring by Prince Nana, in a butcher's rules match with, the Worlds Smallest Jobber, Grizzly Redwood. This match was fun, not exactly the nights most technical competition but that was to be expected of the Necro Butcher, who defeated Redwood.

Our fourth match of the evening featured everyone's favorite funny guy in wrestling the ever talented Colt Cabana going head to head with TV Champ Eddie Edwards of the American Wolves in a non title match. The match started out with a laugh as do most Colt Cabana matches, but it was no joke. Much like the crowd the match was back and forth between Edwards and Cabana from start to finish, with Eddie Edwards coming out on top.

The fifth match took us to six man tag action between the Bravado Brothers with Cedric Alexander vs The Man Scout Jake Manning Caleb Konley, and Marker Dillinger, in which the Bravado's and Alexander won.

Next was two future World Champs, Roderick Strong and Kevin Steen facing off in a very entertaining competition that include Eric's sign getting ripped up by Steen and a guest appearance from El Generico. In the end it was Strong who was the victor and he will go on to face Tyler Black for the World Title at Glory By Honor September 11th on iPPV.

Tag Wars finals, The Dark City Fight Club, All Night Express, Kings of Wrestling, and The Briscoe Brothers. This match was one of the finest displays of tag team wrestling I have seen since...well the last time I saw Ring Of Honor in Charlotte. This match was contested as an Ultimate Endurance Title Match, which is an elimination style match in which each fall has a different stipulation. The first fall saw the elimination of The Dark City Fight Club, it was a four corners match meaning two men were legal and could tag anyone from any team. During the course of the first fall we saw Mark and Jay Briscoe tagged in at the same time during which they had to make contact and compete against each other they then tagged in both Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Hero of the Kings of Wrestling where they had to do the same thing eventually ending up with with DCFC being eliminated. The second fall was Texas Tornado which meant all men were legal no count out, during this fall we saw the most competitive tag team action...EVER, with Jay Briscoe being busted open dawning what good ole JR would call "the proverbial crimson mask" the fall ended with The All Night Express being eliminated by the Briscoes. The third and final fall was a quickie Scramble, in which the Kings came out with a successful title defense after Hero used the loaded elbow pad to take out Jay Briscoe.

In our Main Event of the evening we saw ROH World Champion Tyler Black in a non title match against Davey Richards of the American Wolves. Before the match, after the sea of "You sold out" chants referring to Black's decision to make the move to WWE via the NXT show, Jim Cornette came out and tried to persuade Tyler to make it a title match, to which Tyler Black denied. This was a high quality match of epic proportions that really displayed every type of wrestling you could dream of, from technical mat wrestling, with Black and Richards going hold for hold with each other, to high impact high flying dives. At one point in the match everyone was on there feet watching in suspense as Davey Richards attempted to superplex Black from the corner post to the outside of the ring, but no such luck for us expecting Anti-Black fans, Black reversed it into the ring. After stealing Black's finisher not once but twice Richards made Tyler black tap out via ankle lock.

well that covers it, good bros, good wrestling, funny signs and yelling obscenities at the guys we didn't like, a great night. ROH returns to Charlotte on January 15th, I strongly suggest you don't miss out on the action.

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"I'll show you a shoot"

Time Limit Draw

I'm on here today to talk about something that I think is underutilized in today's wrestling, the art of the Time Limit Draw. Sure you might see one every now and then on TNA but they are always few and far between, which is better than over done but I'd like to see it used as it is meant to be used, as a tension builder in big feuds. Lets use for instance a feud between AJ Styles and Samoa Joe, just for example purposes, the first match would end in AJ winning using some underhanded cheap shot in true heel fashion, the second ends with Samoa Joe on top. The third match, in order to set up the rest of a best of five series should end in some sort of draw, being that these guys are great, great, performers in the ring the best draw for them would be the Time Limit Draw. Picture it a match with near fall after near fall, with nothing but high impact wrestling between each near fall. it would be the perfect set up for a no DQ no time limit match and of course, call me old fashioned but the feud would end in a steel cage match. but back to the point the time limit draw is not used to its full potential these days.

DREAM MATCH: SABU VS DOUGLAS WILLIAMS

In his days with ECW Sabu had many feuds and many of great matches, but no feud sticks out in my mind(other than the one with RVD of course) more than his feud with Taz. Taz was/is the master of the suplex, and a technical mat wrestling god. Where as Sabu on the opposite end of the spectrum was based more in an ariel attack, focusing on high risk maneuvers and throwing himself at his opponent. So needless to say it was a perfect match up, two conflicting styles with a very good psychological angle, and the matches speak for themselves.

Now Douglas Williams being a modern day suplex machine would be a logical opponent for Sabu in TNA's EV2.0 vs Fortune angle simply because its the closest thing to another Sabu vs Taz that us wrestling fans will ever get, if you disagree you aren't a true fan of great matches, you are a bullshit excuse of a wrestling fan.

Examples








and for Douglas



its hard to find TNA PPV matches so you'll have to settle for that

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its still real to me damn it

Haven't updated in a long time

here's a great flashback match for you, might do a review of the ring of honor event this weekend keep an eye out

Resignation

I might post top ten's still but my reviews have become more of a chore than something I enjoy doing like i did at first so I hereby resign from doing them.

its still real to me damn it
ryan rampage

Top Ten Favorite Rivalries

10. DX vs The Nation Of Domination

9. DX vs The Corporation

8. The NWO vs WCW

7. RVD vs Jerry Lynn

6. Kane vs Undertaker

5. Stone Cold vs The Rock

4. Spike Dudley vs Mike Awesome

3. Raven vs Tommy Dreamer

2. Stone Cold vs Bret Hart

1. Taz vs Sabu




Honorable Mention; CM Punk vs Jeff Hardy Team Hogan vs Team Flair

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The Monday Night War 5/3/2010 Part One: We Surrender

On last nights episode of TNA Impact Mike Tenay Announced that Impact would be moving back to Thursday night, I don't like it but hey if it helps keep them on air I agree with it.

The show got of to quite possibly the best start ever, when Jay Lethal aka Black Machismo came out not doing his usual Macho Man impersonation instead doing a much funnier and very dead on Ric Flair impersonation, as he had posession of The Nature Boy's Hall of Fame Ring. This of course envoked a reaction out of Flair and his faction of bad guys which ultimately led to a brawl with some of TNA's top talent, including AJ Styles Desmond Wolfe Beer Money Inc. RVD Team 3D and of course Lethal is still involved in it, until hogan comes out and lays down the law(sweet little cameo by Phil Shatter) and makes the matches of the night.

The first actual match of the night was Brian Kendrick and Doug Williams facing off against Ink Inc the team of the Punk Princess Shannon Moore and Jesse Neal, the match had your usual high performance for the superstars of the X-Division in which Moore and Neal come out on top. after the match Samoa Joe came out and laid out everyone.

Then in another one of TNA's funniest spots Mr. Anderson came out dressed as an alter boy talking smack about the pope after laying him out backstage, and Jeff Hardy came out challenging Anderson to a match at Sacrifice in which Anderson declines but Hardy knocks him out strips him of his gown and makes him accept the challenge.

Tna Knockouts/Knockouts Tag Team Title Match: The Beautiful People vs Tara, Sarita & Taylor Wilde

Tara and Lacey start, Tara controls early but Lacey gets a spinkick. Sarita tags in and sunset flips Lacey, but Lacey makes the tag to Velvet Sky. Velvet tries a charge on Sarita in the corner, Sarita gets the boot up, and gets a flapjack for 2. Sarita tags out to Taylor and suplexes Taylor onto Velvet for 2, but Velvet fights her way free and tags out to Madison Rayne. Taylor goes to make the hot tag to Sarita, but Tara tags herself in. Sarita is upset by this and tags herself in, causing Tara to turn around and nail Sarita, then lays out Taylor as well and follows her out to the floor as the Beautiful People drag Sarita back in and hit a double DDT for the win.

Winners: The Beautiful People


Motor City Machine Guns vs Beer Money vs Team 3D

Sabin and Roode start the match with a fast paced sequence, then Storm and Shelley tag in for another fast paced sequence that ends with Shelley getting a 2 count on Storm. Trust me, it was too fast to recap. Shelley tags out to Devon, who nails Storm with a clothesline for 2, then beats him down in the corner. Roode gets a boot to the back of Devon from the outside and tags in and starts putting the boots to Devon. Tag back out to Storm and they hit a double suplex and then do the Beer…Money gimmick before covering Devon for 2. Beer Money work Devon over and whip him into the corner, but Storm misses a charge and Devon clotheslines Roode, then makes the hot tag to Brother Ray, who comes in and cleans house on Beer Money. 3D does the Whazzup, a joke which died an obscure death ten years ago, and then Hall and Nash rush the ring and attack Team 3D, drawing the DQ.

No Contest

Eric Young comes out with a kendo stick to chase off Hall & Nash and then, predictably, nails 3d with it instead and does the Too Sweet handshake. The MCMG come in and clear out all three members of the Band, but get nailed by Beer Money, who hit the DWI on Shelley as Young puts the boots to Brother Ray. This show is just falling apart more and more by the segment.

Here's the part of the show where shit gets gay, Orlando Jordan... I'm not gonna say anything else.


Then Aj Styles and Abyss face off in a monster's ball match. AJ jumps Abyss on his way to the ring and tosses a trash can at Abyss, but charges Abyss and gets backdropped back into the ring. Abyss wedges a chair in the corner, ducks a chairshot from AJ, and levels him with a big boot. Abyss grabs a crutch (funny how crutches always seem to become a foreign object in these kinds of matches. Are there just a lot of cripples hanging out backstage at wrestling shows or something?) and takes a swing at AJ, but AJ ducks and hits the Pelle kick, then stomps away at Abyss in the corner. AJ comes off the ropes and Abyss just presses AJ about seven feet up in the air and AJ comes down hard. Abyss dodges a leapfrog, rams AJ into the chair in the corner, and hits Shock Treatment for 2. Abyss goes and gets the thumbtacks and pours them in the ring as Flair brings Chelsea down to the ring and tells her to take her clothes off. Chelsea seems really upset by this request and Abyss tries to defend her, but AJ nails him from behind with several chairshots and then a springboard crossbody onto the thumbtacks for the win.

In the main even RVD takes on Desmond Wolfe. Wolfe jumps RVD before the bell and viciously works him over at ringside and again back in the ring. Desmond with a charging European Uppercut in the corner and goes for the Tower Of London, but RVD blocks and reverses a whip across the ring, but Desmond catches him in the corner with the kick/forearm combo for 2. RVD starts firing back, but Desmond with a hammerlock takedown for 2. Wolfe rams RVD into the corner and then does the RVD pose, but when he charges off the ropes, RVD goes up top and hits a flying jump kick and Rolling Thunder, then tries the Five Star Notebook Splash, but Desmond crotches him and goes for the Tower Of London, then changes his mind and goes for the Tower Of London on the apron, but RVD fights out again and hits another jumpkick and they’re on the rampway. RVD backdrops Wolfe back in and hits the Five Star Frog Splash for the win.

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Top Ten Piledrivers

10. Tommy Dreamer vs RVD

9. Eric Young vs Syxx Pac

8. Tombstone Piledriver

7. Cradle Piledriver

6. Cradle Back-Belly Piledriver

5. Cradle Tombstone

4. Tombstone Reversal

3. Here It Is Driver

2. Package Piledriver

1. Canadian Destroyer

Top Ten Favorite Tag Teams

10. Beer Money Inc

9. Edge And Christian

8. The Second City Saints

7. Raven and Richards

6. The Outsiders

5. Public Enemy

4. The Road Warriors

3. The Hart Foundation

2. The Dudley Boyz

1. RVD and Sabu



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NXT 4/27/2010 NXT Rankings as I see it

I will no longer be reviewing the NXT show.

1. Daniel Bryan
2. Wade Barrett
3. Michael Tarver
4. Justin Gabriel
5. Heath Slater
6. Skip Shepfeild
7. Darren Young
8. David Otunga

the reason Tarver is so high up is because of the heat he is getting I'm sure everyone else its obvious

Top Ten Favorite Match Types

10. A Clockwork Orange House Of Fun Match
9. Submission Match/I quit Match
8. 2 out of 3 falls Match-
7. The Royal Rumble Match
6. Hell In A Cell
5. The Elimination Chamber Match
4. TLC
3. Money In The Bank Ladder Match
2. Last Man Standing Match
1. Iron Man Match

Honorable Mention- Steel Cage Match, Barbwire Match, Dog Collar Match

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Monday Night War Part 2: WWE RAW 4/26/2010

On last night's episode of WWE RAW, the 2010 draft took place with the suplemental draft happening today at noon. The draft saw John Morrison R-Truth Edge and Jericho switch over to Raw and Kelly Kelly The Big Show and Christian over to Smackdown. It also saw many of the best matches on Raw in I don't know how long, because all of them were more than five minutes long.

In the first match of the night we saw the Unified Tag Titles change hands as The Hart Dynasty accompanied by Brett Hart defeated the former champs ShowMiz in a very entertaining opening contest. After the match The Big Show knocked Miz out with a very big right hand square in the jaw.

Then in Divas action, Michelle McCool and Layla took on the team of Maryse and Eve. From the beginning Eve and Maryse had problems as a team which ultimately cost them the match in what was probably the best diva's match since the days of Trish Stratus Vs Mickie James.

Our third match displayed two of WWE's greatest talents The Straight Edge Savior CM Punk and Evan Bourne. The match was very intense and a good showcase of both men talents but however I think the match would've better suited to take place in ROH the match ended with a mystery man stopping Bourne from doing the Air Bourne and helping CM Punk hit the GTS and pinning Bourne.

Ted Dibiase came out on top of a 10 man interbrand battle royal featuring some of RAW and Smackdown's most promising talent as well as some familiar faces.

Then Jericho and Christian faced off in singles competition, a very competitive match in which Jericho was the victor defeating Christian by countering a high risk maneuver into the code breaker.

Jack Swagger beat John Morrison in the rubber match of the series of matches between the two and probably the last seeing as how the two are on different shows now, the match was a very physical and intense match that lasted a good 20 minutes which is long for RAW.

Hornswoggle defeated Dolf Ziggler by count out after the match Ziggler put hornswoggle to sleep with the sleeper hold.

Batista came out on top in a triple threat match against Randy Orton and Sheamus after Randy Orton was speared by Edge.

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Monday Night War Part One: Impact 4/26/2010

The night started out with Hulk Hogan coming out to congradulate and introduce the new TNA World Champion RVD, and after the usual champ talk AJ styles came out and talked about his rematch and how it would happen on his terms.

The action started out with a Knockouts Championship match with the current champion Madison Rayne coming up the victor over Tara and Angelina Love after the match Tara and Angelina went at it in an all out brawl until security separated the two.

Kazarian retained the X Division Championship against "The Prince Of Punk" Shannon Moore after the TNA World Tag Team Champions Matt Morgan cost Moore the bout by pushing him off the top rope. Kazarian then hit a reverse piledriver for the win. After the bout, Samoa Joe came out and viciously assaulted the champion!

Then the team of AJ Styles and Sting went head to head against the two Jeff's, Hardy and Jarret, in a falls count anywhere match in which Sting and AJ came up on top

After this the Pope came out and talked about his match at Lockdown and his injuries sustained at the hands of AJ styles during which Mr. Anderson came out and challenged him to a match which exploded into a brawl in which Anderson dug his thumb into the already injured eye of Deniro.

Team 3D attacked and bloodied Syxx-Pac in the backstage area, putting him through a table and telling him to deliver a message of warning to Kevin Nash and Scott Hall! Team 3D hit the ring to take on Matt Morgan and Jesse Neal, but it was only a matter of time before Hall and Nash hit the arena to brawl with Team 3D! During the melee, Matt Morgan took his opportunity to annihilate his partner Jesse Neal with a chokeslam.

After this a brawl ensued between Neal and Morgan in which Morgan came out on top until The Punk Princess came out and took out the huge Matt Morgan.

In the main event of the night Ric Flair took on Abyss in a Ring Vs Ring match in which if Flair lost he had to surrender his Hall of Fame ring to Abyss and if Abyss lost he had to surrender Hulk Hogan's ring to Flair. Flair had used brass knuckles and won the decision until referee Earl Hebner saw the brass Knuckles and called for the match to continue and Abyss picked up the victory.

Check in tomorrow for the Raw review
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Flashback Match Of The Week

Ric Flair Vs Dusty Rhodes Steel Cage Match

Top Ten Favorite Wrestlers If I Were 8

10. Rey Mysterio
9. Edge
8. Undertaker
7. Jeff Hardy
6. Cryme Tyme
5. Yoshi Tatsu
4. MVP
3. Shannon Moore
2. Hornswoggle
1. John Cena