It will forever be known as one of the darkest days in professional wrestling’s history. A date that sounded alarm bells as the reality for promoters sunk in, that Vince McMahon was serious about taking his company national, and he would do anything to make that happen. While it would become common for McMahon to take syndicated television deals from […]
It’s G1 season and we celebrate by taking a look at what is both one of the highest rated shows of all time on Cagematch, but one of Chris’s favourites. Headlined by Shinsuke Nakamura and Kota Ibushi with some very solid undercard support, most notably from Tomohiro Ishii, Katsuyori Shibata and 5 stars – check out our coverage of this […]
Not just content to talk about wrestling, I did a guest appearance on another podcast. I joined the Game Surgeons Operating Theatre podcast to discuss the Tekken video game series. You can listen here, through YouTube which is where they upload, or through our usual feed on Spotify/Apple/Google/etc. which they have graciously allowed me to upload it to. Check out […]
‘Tis the season! G1 season, that is. This past weekend New Japan Pro Wrestling kicked off the 32nd annual G1 Climax tournament. In recent years NJPW has used licensed music as the main theme for the tournament. We’ve covered the 2018 theme in this series. But throughout the event the promotion has used a bumper theme that over time has […]
This week on the road show we’re heading to Comiskey Park in Chicago to look at the ‘Superbowl of wrestling’ – Verne Gagne’s response to WrestleMania. We’re looking at AWA SuperClash 1985: Night of Champions!
Well it has been a while but we are back on the road and need some tunes to suit. How about this banger from the peak days of WCW? Though not really looked back on too fondly after the fact (though that seems to be changing slightly) – Lex Luger was a bona fide star in 1997. The New World […]
We’re back on the road after a bit of a tech-induced break and this week we’re taking a look behind the forbidden door and the AEWxNJPW crossover show. As mentioned in the cast – check out “Dazzler Dunlop: Inside My Squared Circle” by Australian wrestler Ken Dunlop. Available from the publisher or other places you’d buy a book. Email us […]
Ruby Ruby Ruby Ruby Soho! This week after AEW‘s Double or Nothing PPV (in which we went bust with nothing on the podcast version due to technical difficulties but I digress), the destination is known as we take a look at what was one of the highlights of the 47 hour long event. Back at All Out in September last […]
Born: May 28, 1950 (James Arthur Harris) | Birthplace: Senatobia, MississippiDied: August 9, 2020 (Cardiac Arrest/Covid-19)Billed Hometown: Uganda | Billed Weight: 380 lbsOther Aliases: Numerous James Harris was born in Senatobia, but grew up in Coldwater, Mississippi. When he was four years old, his father was shot dead during a dice game. Leaving high school in ninth grade, he got in […]
As of writing Chris Jericho and Eddie Kingston have been feuding in AEW. Genichiro Tenryu’s name has been thrown around a few times as Jericho once worked for him in the WAR promotion in Japan, and Eddie Kingston takes inspiration from him. The link is tenuous, but bear with me – we’re talking Tenryu today. To some, Genichiro Tenryu (pronounced […]
