G1 Climax Day One
New Japan’s annual G1 Climax Tournament, undoubtedly the biggest annual tournament in wrestling, began yesterday, and we had the usual mix of hot matches and upsets on the first night of competition.
Totally expected. Makabe will likely end up with 0 points, but he may get a single point, if later results indicate a pattern.
This was a surprise, but it might not be a big one. With Tanahashi losing to Takeshi Rikio at the NOAH Dome Show, it’s poss
What...what...you mean that he has to give up Eddies son?...snore...
Here are the results:
MNMJ vs. Booker T & Chris Benoit w/Sharmell
The Match was better than it had to be: ***
Rey Mysterio vs. Christian
*** stars...again better than it had to be.
Its a tossup this week. It depends on who you think had the better 5 matches.
Some WWE news of note and nobody likes when movesets are downgraded.
from PWInsider
Some Indy News:
Since I have watched a few episodes of Deadwood and have absolutely adored it on every level, I shall now put it in the coveted top 10 - thus bumping Survivor off the list.
2. Lost - tremendous first season, the last episode had me freaking out which put it over the top, for me. Outstanding in every single category.
1. Angel - I forgot how much I loved this show, but this probably should be #1 cause I freaked out more for this show than any other. Fucking wicked consistant, Season 2-5
I'm having somewhat of an early life "crisis' in that I have no direction and am not sure how I want to live my life.
My ambitious side desires that I become a productive member of society, working in a meaningful profession and making a difference in the lives of those around me and society in general.
Conversely, my cynical side says that "nothing matters because we are all going to die anyways" and in turn, pushes me towards a lifestyle of enjoying the moment and apathy towards wo
NOAH Destiny
Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Mitsuo Momota and Katsuhiko Nakajima v Masashi Aoyagi, Takashi Sugiura and Suwa
This was an enjoyable opener, with good moves from both teams. Finish saw Suwa pin Kikuchi with a pedigree, that looked great.
Tamon Honda and Go Shiozaki v Takeshi Morishima and Mohammed Yone
Shiozaki looked good here, and he should do really well in the future. The match itself was decent enough, with Yone pinning Shiozaki after a kinniku buster.
Masao Inoue,
Well, I'm using th blog again, because I have something I want to get off my chest. I just went with my family on vacation, and I'm regretting it. The room was nie, the surrounding area was dull, but I could live with it. My problem is...my little brother's frog died while we were gone. I told my mom I wanted to stay home to feed it, but she said no, it'll be fine and I was threatened that I would have to walk every bit of the non bus and train portions of my trips to work and school if I didn't
Hey to those who decided to read my blog. I know I'm kinda new to the forums so I hope me creating my own blog won't be a problem.
I've read a lot of reviews recently for Coldplay's 'new' album, X&Y. Most of them stating just how nice Coldplay are, and how lovely their music sounds. Their new single is fairly listenable, in a way, and they're the first British guitar band in ages to get somewhere in America.
So why do I detest them with every fibre of my being?
Well, it's a h
But Not A Ladies "What was that?"
WCW Smackdown is FULL Of Suprises...
Christian and Orlando Jordan vs. Booker T (w/Sharmell) and Chris Benoit
** stars. Orlando should not have the title.
Animal and Heidenreich (Dumb GAB booking decision #2) vs. Chris Hammrick & Chuck Sealy
I rember Hammrick from XPW and CZW... But squash and dud.
Melina (w/Jillian) vs. Torrie Wilson (w/Candace Michelle)
**RANT**UPN are full of gay people. No, I agrreed with them about Arab
Lou Thesz/Karl Gotch vs. Antonio Inoki/Seiji Sakaguchi - 2/3 falls
This is my first full-match exposure to Karl Gotch who I have appreciated for a while now due to his contributions to MMA, but haven't seen enough to appreciate as a wrestler. The general perception of mat wrestling, especially during this period of time, is that it is boring. That it's just one headlock after another. Karl Gotch (and Lou Thesz) really shatter that stereotype through various twists, turns, and technique.
From the Observer
Oh...man...They just waiting for October to Roll around dont they...
GAT (Great American Trash 2 as one would call it)
No need to review this PPV. Nobody got over a one. A ONE folks. Even ECW ONS had two 2 star and three 3 star matches. This is inxcuseable...
And some other Indy and Puro news:
60 Min Draw? But get this... there was some stalling during the match, so I am not sure how the match went.
Maybe the Phillies ne
With little else to talk about right now, I've decided to amuse myself, and maybe others, by saying what I really think about certain people. If you'd like to be one of these people then post here, and I'll tell you what I really think of you.
My buddy calls me up at 6pm for some poker. Since I have the house to myself for the next 2 weeks, I offered to host it. He said about 6 people would be there. 3 hours later, there's 10 playing for $10 each. We split into two tables. $100 pot: $80 for the winner, $20 for second. 60 chips each, singles. At my table is Mark, Doug, George, and Ibrahim (one of these things...). The other table has Charlie, Peter, Adam, Ibs friend, and Shane (Adam being the only white guy at the table - it w
Well as with everything I've ever done in terms of online writing, I foudn an outlet, wrote some things for it, then got bored and stopped. I imagine this blog will be updated fairly infrequently from here on out.
However, I must say I really enjoyed last night's Border City Wrestling show. It was cool to have Bret Hart sign my SummerSlam 1997 box. The opening Six Man Scramble match (Johnny Devine vs Ryan someone (he was good but I don't recall the name) vs. El Reverso vs. Some guy from Cha
Buff Bagwell recently gave an interview where he said that Spike Dudley didn't belong near a wrestling ring. I guess that's why he lasted over 4 years in WWE Buff, while you got fired after less then 4 weeks. And how did you make use of your time in WWE Buff? You were late for every training session at Titan Towers, ruined what might have been a decent Invasion storyline by entering your typically sub-par performance, missed house shows and had your mother calling in sick for you, and, oh yeah;
You cant Lariat for **** dawg!
AH YES! Two good matches is better than...yeah...diva search...
ON WCW Smackdown Last Night:
Rey Mysterio vs. Super Crazy (w/The Mexicools)
DQ. Roided Eddie interrfeared in the near *** 3/4 match. Super Crazy has not lost a step. Looks like the Crusers are the ones to watch in WCW Smackdown.
Animal and Heidenreich vs. Team Jobber:
DUD. Why is Heidenreich in this? Intresting Doomsday Device.
Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit:
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Note -- did not load up on PhosagenHP for the first week and just took the normal dose
1 week, 1 day
Warm up reps, did minimal stretching
Usual 87 for 7
109 for 7
129 for 7
IBP -- 153.6 for 11 reps. Felt strong here and am now up to what I was before last cycle's unsuccesful go. Was not at the failure rep.
Kenta Kobashi Vs Kensuke Sasaki
Kenta Kobashi (Ranked By DVDR - 7) (2003)
Kensuke Sasaki (Ranked By DVDR -126)
This match was long awaited. It didnt dissapoint. One thing that makes NOAH a great company now, consitanicy and idologley when it comes the wrestling style, at times, yes its over the top but it works and keeps things simple.
Sasaki is one of those men, that never gets any respect. Like Shina Hashimoto before him, he could have a great match with anybody (just ask Bo
A couple more Raw thoughts (pretty much all bad by the way)
-Who's brilliant idea was it to do a battle of the bands with Cena and Jericho? They can't control the environment when it comes to musical preferences. You may take some Cena fans and turn them against him when you put their feud in context of musical tastes. Didn't anyone learn anything from the West Texas Rednecks vs. No Limit Soldiers feud? You can't do musical tastes battles in wrestling, period.
-Kane vs Edge in a cag
It's in the sig now, so I'll talk about it at-length.
As shown in my first Blogging, this is one of my all-time favourite shows. I just started watching it about 2 months ago, though I had been intent on watching it for quite some time. Herc, over at AICN, had been pimping it along with some of my other favourites (Angel, Buffy, Firefly, LOST), so his tastes closely mirrored mine (though The Inside and Wonderfalls were a bit off), which meant that GG's could possibly be to my liking as we
