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The 100th Edition of the “OH MY GOD!” Review: ECW’s November To Remember ’96

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Heels Inc
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Welcome to the 100th Edition of the “OH MY GOD” Review. How fitting that on the 100th edition that Heels Inc reviews one of the most popular and famous ECW Arena shows of all time…

ECW’s November to Remember 1996-11-16 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA

Champions
World: Sandman
TV: Shane Douglas
Tag Team: Gangstas

It’s time for ECW’s biggest show of the year the 4th annual November to Remember. Lots of feuds looking to get settled tonight as Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley go at it one on one, Sabu and Rob Van Dam look to get a title shot but first they have to go through the Eliminators. Sandman and Raven try to settle the hatred between them and Tommy Dreamer looks to exact some revenge on “Primetime” Brian Lee and TV Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas with a little help from his mentor Terry Funk. Also 2 Cold Scorpio gets his ECW send off as he makes his way out of the company to head to CT and the WWF and of course Taz will be looking for Sabu.

Taz and Bill Alfonso are already in the ring. Taz has a mic in his hand and he says in the back there are a bunch of wrestlers in the back signing contracts for a big show that’s going to happen next year. Taz says he’s going to steal Paul Heyman’s surprise. Taz says that he is going to be the main event of that big show against Paul’s boy (Sabu). Big “Fuck you Taz” chant. Crowd is hyped tonight. Taz says he’s going to rise to the top of ECW and he’s the man. INTENSE!

Davey Morton Tyler Jericho vs. Stevie Richards (w/ Blue Meanie & Super Nova), ref John Finnegan
Richards and crew come though the crowd with b.W.o. signs. The Blue World Order debuts!!! A LOUD “b.W.o.” chant starts up. It’s Da Blue Guy, Hollywood Bob Starr and Big Stevie Cool. Some mat wrestling back and forth Jericho gets on the mic and trash talks Stevie. Stevie charges and gets arm dragged and drop kicked. Richards hits some back elbows in the corner ala Kevin Nash. Jericho knees Richards between the legs and grabs Stevie in a testicular claw. Richards bails and Jericho follows with a top rope gross body to the floor. Slingshot clothesline and leg drop by Jericho get 2. Jericho continues to go low on Richards. Stevie ducks a line and now he goes low. Richards with a sideslam for 2 but then he misses a drop kick. Richards gets sent into the buckle chest first but then he hits a cutter for 2. Jericho with a pedigree for 2. Jericho with a sloppy super rana. Richards comes back and hits a power bomb but only gets 2. Richards calls for the steviekick but Jericho ducks and goes low. Stevie ducks another line and hits the steviekick this time for the win in 9.26. Nice opening match.

Axl Rotten vs. Hack Meyers, ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
Hack hits the ring hard and the fight is on. Hack must be pissed off from last night. They fight to the floor both men using a chair. Back in the ring Hack goes for his finisher but Axl pulls him off the top rope. Axl hits a pedigree on a chair and gets the win in 4.27.

Buh Buh Dudley (w/ Sign Guy Dudley) vs. D-Von Dudley, ref Paul Richards
Buh Buh hits the ring and they start to go at it right away. D-Von gets the advantage. D-Von has Buh Buh leaning on the ropes and charges but Buh Buh dumps him to the floor. Buh gets the upper hand on the floor but back in the ring D-Von hits a reverse DDT for 2. Back to the floor and into the crowd they go. Buh Buh crushes the skull of D-Von with a chair. D-Von gets in one of his own. They continue to fight on the floor for a few minutes. Buh Buh hits a superplex back in the ring. It gets a 2 count. Buh Buh bomb gets 2. Buh Buh misses a splash off the second buckle. D-Von then goes up top he hits a flying head butt but only gets 2. D-Von has Buh Buh out on his feet and goes for a chair shot but Buh Buh blocks it. D-Von jabs Buh Buh to keep control. Buh Buh reverses an irish whip launches D-Von into the air and hits D-Von with a cutter on his way down for the win in 10.21. Joel Gertner comes in the ring and announce D-Von as the winner. Gertner is great here talking shit to Buh Buh. Buh Buh goes to give him a bomb but Axl comes out and kills him and Sign Guy with a chair. Spike Dudley comes out and hits a tornado bulldog on D-Von. Axl though cuts him off. Big Dick Dudley comes out Axl and D-Von bail. Gertner sees that he’s the only one in the ring and freaks out. Buh Buh with a slam and Big Dick goes up top!!!! Moonsault and the crowd freaks out.

#1 Contender’s Match: The Eliminators vs. Sabu & Rob Van Dam, ref Jim Molineaux
Winner here gets a title shot later in the night. Joey hypes the match and the crowd is buzzing with excitement. Sabu and Saturn start off. Back and forth for a minute and both teams tag. Kronus has slimmed down a ton. They go back and forth until Kronus hits a suplex, some kicks and a german. Now everyone comes in and they all go at him. Saturn and Van Dam in the ring and Kronus and Sabu on the floor. Saturn with a power slam for 2. Kronus with a chair to the head of Sabu. Van Dam nearly drops Saturn on his head with a power bomb and then follows with the rolling thunder leg drop. Saturn tags control and lands a lionsault and tags. Kronus goes for a rana but Van Dam power bombs him then comes off the second turnbuckle with an elbow. Sabu throws a chair at Kronus from the apron and then comes in with an arabian face buster. Van Dam now with a top rope leg drop but Kronus gets his foot on the rope. Kronus goes low then hangs Van Dam on the top rope. Some double team kicks and Saturn covers for 2. Saturn locks in a chin lock and a chair comes flying into the ring thrown from Sabu. Saturn flips out and goes after Sabu. Kronus and Van Dam come spilling to the floor. Sabu jumps off the guard rail at Kronus and also lands face first onto the apron. Sabu in the ring with Kronus now. Air Sabu and a somersault leg drop off the chair get 2. Saturn comes in with a clothesline. Tons of action in this one. Van Dam tries to hit Kronus with the chair but its drop kicked into him. Van Dam right back up and he nails Kronus with the chair and now Saturn drop kicks it into him. This really just looks like 4 guys that don’t want to give anyone else an offense and I’m loving it. Sabu and Saturn go to the floor and Kronus does a hand spring and then jumps over the top rope onto them. Van Dam now comes flying out of the ring onto the eliminators. Sabu with a spring board plancha onto everyone and he slams his face into the guardrail. Table is set up by Sabu. He goes to jump onto a chair but Saturn comes off the top and catches him mid air with shoulder block. Cutter by Saturn. Saturn and Sabu on the apron fighting over putting each other through the table. Sabu wins that battle and hits a tornado DDT putting them both through. Van Dam sits Kronus in a corner and drop kicks a chair into his face. Slingshot leg drop/splash combo. Saturn is back in the ring and he’s bloodied. Saturn hits a SICK looking elbow from the top onto Van Dam. Van Dam fights back and Sabu hits an arabian face buster. Things start to slow down and we go back to a regular tag match. Saturn hits a sweep on Sabu for 2. Sabu drop kicks the knee of Kronus an docks in a single leg crab. Van Dam comes in and hits a drop kick and now all four men back in the ring again. Kronus comes off the second buckle with a somersault splash and Saturn hits a northern lights on Sabu at the same time. Saturn with a second rope moonsault on Van Dam. The bell rings at 20 minutes. The crowd immediately begins chanting “three way dance” but instead Tod Gordon comes out and calls for 5 more minutes. We get a bell Sabu locks Saturn in a boston carb. Van Dam comes off the top with a leg drop that looks like it just about kills Saturn. Kronus with a power bomb on Sabu and Van Dam. The crowd continues the “Three way dance” chant. Eliminators with some kicks on Van Dam. Sabu comes off the top rope and DDTs both Saturn and Kronus. Doomsday device rana on Saturn! Sabu eats a kick to the back of the head from Kronus followed by a super kick from Saturn. Van Dam breaks up the pin then hits a double undertook face plant on Saturn. Second rope clotheslines by Kronus nearly decapitates Van Dam. Saturn misses a moonsault off the top. Kronus cuts off Van Dam on the top rope then power bombs him. Somersault senton misses by Kronus. Sabu lands a triple jump moonsault lands on the chair and Kronus getting a 2 count. At 3.52 the bell rings. Saturn wants another 5 minutes to make sure they get the titles back. Gordon comes in and says to ring the bell for 5 more minutes! The fight is on again. Sabu hits a plancha and goes flying into the crowd. Both teams brawl on the floor for a bit. Saturn comes off the top rope with a knee to Sabu in the ring. Van Dam breaks up that pin. Saturn with a rana on Van Dam. Sabu and Saturn brawl as Van Dam and Kronus go up top. Sabu and Saturn knock each other into the ropes taking out their partners. Sabu and Saturn both go for a springboard and crash into each other. The bell rings again at 3.05. Gordon again on the mic. He says it’s obvious that neither of these teams are the losers and he makes the three way dance for the titles the fans go crazy. This shit was bonkers and I loved every second of it. 26.57 total time.

Chris Candido vs. Mikey Whipwreck, ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
Mikey’s face is all bruised up from his match last night against Dirt Bike Kid. Fans chant for Sunny and Candido grabs a mic and says she’s not there because they made her go to the hall of fame. Lots of back and forth between the two for the first few minutes. Mikey lands a northern lights for 2 and a rana that brings them both out of the ring. Mikey sends Candido into the crowd. Mikey flies into the crowd from the top rope with a clothesline. Back in the ring Candido catches Mikey coming off the top rope with a power slam for 2. Suplex and middle rope leg drop for 2. Things start to fall apart as Mikey attempts to reverse a few moves but keeps fucking up. Doctor bomb gets 2. Mikey reverses another bomb into a rana but again almost fucks that up. Mikey goes up top but Candido cuts him off and we know whats coming! HAHA well I was wrong as Candido hits a super rana for 2. Candido with a slam and then he misses a top rope head butt. Mikey with a roll up for 2. Leg lariat gets 2. Mikey comes off the top with a somersault body attack for 2. Candido is out on his feet. Missile drop kick from Mikey gets 2 again. Mikey with a tornado DDT but Candido won’t stay down for 3. Mikey goes for a moonsault but Candido catches him and drives his skull into the mat with a tombstone. Ahh here it comes. Candido goes up top Mikey knocks him down and goes up with him. Candido hits the super bomb!!! Victory in 11.54. Nice match despite Mikey fucking up a ton. Candido gets on the mic and gives Mikey credit for a good match.

Tag Team Champions The Gangstas vs. Sabu & Rob Van Dam vs. Eliminators, ref Paul Richards & Jim Molineaux
Oh wow yea lets get the guys who just did 25 minutes back out here right away. Joined in progress. We jump right to the action. The Gangstas haven’t hit the ring yet. They finally come out and bring the weapons to the fight. Kronus is busted open and it’s a giant brawl all over the place. Kronus is a bloody mess. At about 8 minutes everyone starts hitting dives to the floor. Sabu tries to do a triple jump and put Mustafa and Kronus through a table but keeps falling off the ropes. He finally just jumps and ends up missing anyway. It’s Taz!!! Van Dam jumps in front to save Sabu. Taz chokes out Van Dam. Sabu sees it and turns his back in the ring. Sabu gets nailed with total elimination and pinned in 9.33. New Jack comes right of the top with a chair shot on Saturn and he gets the pin in 9.42 to retain the titles.

Joey Styles is in the ring and he talks about all the great athletes that have been through ECW. Jericho, Malenko, Benoit, Guerrero. Joey says that another great wrestler would like to take some time to bid farewell to the fans. Joey brings out 2 Cold Scorpio making his last appearance tonight. “You sold out” chants. Joey says none of the other men he mentioned have accomplished what Scorpio did in ECW. Joey thanks Scorpio for all he has done in the ring. Scorpio says he’s not going to miss anyone because he’s not leaving and will be wrestling in the WWF and ECW. Scorpio says he understands tradition and he’s going to pass the torch and do a job for the next that comes out. Scorpio says the next match is a loser leaves town for 15 days match. Devon Storm comes out and Scorpio makes jokes about him.

Loser Leaves Town for 15 Days Match: 2 Cold Scorpio vs. Devon Storm, ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
Scorpio goes at Storm hits a drop kick and belly to back. Scorpio goes up top and hits the tumble weed getting the pin in .53. Scorpio now says to bring someone else out and makes it 30 days.

Loser Leaves Town for 30 Days Match: 2 Cold Scorpio vs. JT Smith (w/ Little Guido), ref John “Pee Wee”
Smith attacks from behind. Smith lands on his feet out of a monkey flip but then gets caught in a side slam. Scorpio with a moonsault for the win in .31. We now go to 60 days…

Loser Leaves Town for 60 Days Match: 2 Cold Scorpio vs. Hack Myers, ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
YES! No Hack Meyers for 60 days!!!!!! Spin kick by Scorp. Hack gets in some “Shah” punches but catches a super kick (shit) and belly to back suplex. Scorpio goes up top 450 ends it in 1.17.

Louie Spicolli and a few refs come out to check on Hack. Scorpio wants a “loser leaves for a year” match now. He slaps Spicolli and tells him to get up. Scorpio says tomorrow at Survivor Series Louie is his mystery partner (it was actually Superfly). Spicolli laughs it off. Scorpio says he can take him back to the WWF. Spicolli wants no part of it. Scorpio says he’s going to beat Louie in less then a minute and take him to the WWF with him.

Loser Leaves Town for 1 Year Match: 2 Cold Scorpio vs. Louis Spicolli, ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
Scorpio with a power slam for 2. Power bomb and Scorpio comes off the top with a leg drop for 2. Scorpio misses a moonsault as we pass the 60 second mark. Spin buster by Louie gets 2. Scorpio with a super kick and big clothesline. Scorpio comes off the top with a clothesline for 2. Scorpio charges Louie goes for a DVD but Scorpio slips out and goes for a kick. Louie ducks that and then hits a DVD and gets the pin in 2.13.

Even after the loss, Scorpio says he’s not going anywhere until someone can run him of. Out comes Taz and Bill Alfonso along with Team Taz. Taz gets on the mic and says his score with Scorpio was settled a few weeks back in Middletown. Taz tells Scorpio he can leave on his own or Taz can make him leave. Scorpio says he’s going to where the money is so he doesn’t have to work in small ass bingo halls anymore. Scorpio leaves and Taz says “Bye bye Flash… Get the Fuck outta my house… Bitch!”.

Moving on with Scorp gone, Taz calls out Sabu. The fans want Sabu. Taz says he’s not going anywhere until Sabu comes out. Ring announcer Bob Artese in at ring side and he’s trying to get Taz’s attention. Taz asks him what he wants. Bob says that he was told that there is another match and they need to start. Taz pushes Artese down in the corner and says that Bob is his hostage now and if Sabu doesn’t come out he is going to murder Artese. Tod Gordon comes out with a few wrestlers and says now is not the time. Alfonso pushes Gordon and Gordon charges. Taz quickly chokes Tod out. Taz calls out Sabu some more. Paul E. comes out now and he grabs Alfonso. Taz hits a t-bone suplex and locks in the Tazmission on Heyman. The lights go out, and when they come back on Sabu is in the ring! The fans go crazy. One year in the making! Taz and Sabu stand in their signature stances as the crowd can be heard chanting “Sabu” and “Taz” at the same time. Sabu and Taz charge at each other, but the lights go out again. Fans are now pissed and chant “bullshit”. The lights come back on and no one is in the ring.

World Champion Sandman vs. Raven (w/ Lori & Tyler Fullington & b.W.o.), ref Jim Molineaux
Raven says the only reason he is here today is to win back his World Title. Raven says that he is not going to fight Sandman’s fight and tonight he is going to outwrestle Sandman. Stevie gets the mic and says that the ECW fans don’t know wrestling. Sandman charges the ring and they go right after each other. No 30 minute ring entrance tonight. Richards stays on the mic and calls the match over the house mic. That’s awesome. Raven works over the arm of the Sandman. Richards points out it’s the left arm because Raven is left handed. Sandman uses leverage to break out of a hammerlock and send Raven to the floor. Sandman with a slingshot dive to the floor and the brawl begins. Raven quickly brings it back in the ring and goes back to the arm. Sandman clotheslines Raven and they both go over the top rope to the floor. Back in Raven holds the arm and Richards comes off the top driving the knee into the arm of Sandman. They go to the floor and Sandman takes over busting open Raven. Sandman goes for a DDT but can’t hit it properly because his arm. Sandman picks up Raven so he can beat on him more. Raven nails Sandman in the arm with a chair and hits a DDT. Stevie sets up a table. Stevie steviekicks Raven by accident and Meanie hits a meaniesault on Raven. Stevie hits the kick on Sandman and Raven gets a 2 count. Raven puts a table in a corner and sends Sandman through it and gets 2. Raven points to Tyler and asks Sandman if that’s what he wants. Sandman fires up and beats on Raven. Tyler comes in and shield Raven. Lori sneaks up from behind and misses Sandman 5 times with cane shots. Just literally swung all around him. She seriously must be drunk or something to have missed like that. Raven just decides to kick and DDT Sandman. Stevie comes in and hits a stevie kick to the back of Sandman’s head. Sandman pretends it didn’t hit him but then walks into a DDT. Oh man this is awful. Raven loads up his boot but misses and kicks the turnbuckle. Sandman gets a roll up for 2. Stevie throws in a piece of guardrail and Raven goes for a suplex onto it. Sandman blocks it lands a DDT and retains the title in 15.07.

Terry Funk & Tommy Dreamer vs. “Primetime” Brian Lee & TV Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas (w/ Francine), ref John Finnegan
Shane and Funk start. Shane tags out before making contact. Tommy tags in now. Lee attacks. Tommy with a russian leg sweep and he hammers away on Lee. Shane comes in to break it up and then Funk comes in to pull him off. They go to the floor and fight. Shane nails Funk and Dreamer with a chair. Tommy bulldogs Shane onto the chair and almost gets a 3. All four men go to the crowd to fight. Funk and Dreamer spend like 20 minutes trying to get a piece of guardrail in the ring while Shane and Lee just stumble around the ring. Shane and Lee both get sent into the rail in the corner. They drop it on Lee then slam Shane on top. Tommy crotches Shane on the rail and then clotheslines him. Dreamer climbs onto the rail for some reason and Lee crotches him and it makes me cringe. Funk with a DDT on Lee. This match is super slow. Shane goes up top but Funk punches him down. Shane falls off the top and lands on Funk though. Shane suplexes Dreamer onto the rail. Shane drops Dreamer knee first on the rail. Funk and Lee are out side the ring fighting. Tommy fights back. Francine goes up top and Tommy catches her as she goes for a cross body. Shane however chop blocks Tommy. Shane now drops Tommy’s knee onto a chair. Funk bleeding a bit on the floor. Dreamer goes low in the ring. Francine again starts to go up top but Tommy grabs her and hits an atomic drop. Lee now comes in the ring and hits a big boot. Lee misses a second and it hits Shane. Funk brings some chairs into the ring and now all 4 men are in. Funk goes after Shane and gets a 2 count. Lee chokeslams Dreamer over the top to the floor through a table. Funk goes outside to check on him. The ref is going to stop the match but Funk doesn’t want that so he throws him into the crowd. Shane hits a piledriver on Funk. Then they hit a spike piledriver. Shane with a single arm DDT as he looks to break the neck of Funk. Shane does the Zeus neck twist. Shane piledrivers Funk off the apron through a table. Dreamer finally gets up but Shane and Lee over power him. Tombstone by Lee. He goes for a cover but the ref is slow to get over as he’s just waking up and Dreamer kicks out. Shane with a full nelson. Francine comes in the ring and slaps Dreamer. Beulah shows up and hits Francine with a cookie sheet. Beulah is in a neck brace from when Shane put her in the full nelson a few weeks back. Lee grabs Beulah and just headbutts her! Shane rips off the brace and lands a belly to belly on her. Damage Control comes out to get Beulah out of the ring. Lee is beating on Dreamer with a chair on the floor. Funk goes up top and hits a moonsault into the crowd onto everyone! Back in the ring Lee goes for a chokeslam onto a chair but Funk saves Dreamer. Shane comes up from behind but Funk hammers his knee with a chair a few times. Funk locks in the spinning toe hold but Lee breaks it up. Lee goes to chokeslam Funk but Dreamer breaks it up nailing Lee with a TV camera. Funk hits a DDT on Lee and they get the win in 26.13. Single arm DDT on Funk after the match and Lee hits a chokeslam on Dreamer. They beat down Dreamer and Funk until Pitbull 2 comes out and makes the save.

My thoughts on the show…
Great opening interview and nice opening match. The next couple of matches were exactly the same and pretty bad besides a few sick chair shots in the Dudley match. The #1 contender tag match was a mess but one that I really enjoyed. Candido put on a good show even though Mikey tried to ruin it with blown spots. From that point on, the rest of the show wasn’t very good besides the Taz/Sabu stuff. The fans felt cheated at the end when the lights went out as they were fighting but the whole thing was awesome. The main even was way too long and very slow. A couple of good things to see here but overall a pass for me.

Fighting Spirit Review: DDT New Year’s Gift Special 2015

By
Kevin Wilson
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Date:  January 3rd, 2015
Location:  Tokyo Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
Announced Attendance:  2,200

Part of me feels bad for reviewing DDT.  I am not their target audience, I don’t understand 57% of the jokes, and most of their matches are just pure gimmick.  But they do occasionally get a laugh out of me and they do have a few really good wrestlers, so I watch it anyway since you never know.  Plus I try not to skip any promotions.  This event has the Michael Nakazawa Army vs. the Danshoku Dino Army in a points-based match series.   Here is the very full card:

– Kota Umeda vs. Shunma Katsumata
– Shuji Ishikawa, Makoto Oishi, and Hoshitango vs. Yasu Urano, Akito, and Gota Ihashi
– Iron Man Heavy Metal Championship: YOSHIHIKO (c), Antonio Honda, and Takao Soma vs. Masa Takanashi, DJ Nira, and Saki Akai
– Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi vs. Super Sasadango Machine and Super Sasadango Machine #2
– KO-D Six Man Tag Team Championship: Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei, and Gorgeous Matsuno vs. Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki, and Shun Miyatake
– Dino Army vs. Michael Army 5 Singles Match Series: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga
– Dino Army vs. Michael Army 5 Singles Match Series: Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Kazuki Hirata
– Dino Army vs. Michael Army 5 Singles Match Series: KUDO vs. MIKAMI
– Dino Army vs. Michael Army 5 Singles Match Series: HARASHIMA vs. Tetsuya Endo
– Dino Army vs. Michael Army 5 Singles Match Series: Michael Nakazawa vs. Shigehiro Irie
– Bonus Track: Michael Nakazawa Army vs. Danshoku Dino Army

Let’s see how this goes.

Kota Umeda vs. Shunma Katsumata
They trade shoulderblocks and armdrags to start things off, as Umeda stays in control until Katsumata plants him with a dropkick. Trio of slams by Katsumata but the cover gets two.  Katsumata applies a single leg crab hold but Umeda gets to the ropes.  Handspring kick to the face by Umeda and he knees Katsumata in the corner.  Swandive missile dropkick by Umeda and he covers Katsumata for two.  Back up they trade elbows but Katsumata catches a kick and hits a powerbomb.  Crab hold by Katsumata and Umeda submits, making Shunma Katsumata your winner.  Basic rookie opener, Umeda does have some pretty moves though.  Really short too.  Score:  3.0

Shuji Ishikawa, Makoto Oishi, and Hoshitango vs. Yasu Urano, Akito, and Gota Ihashi
Oishi and Ihashi start off things.  Ihashi is really fat.  Just saying.  Ihashi tags in Akito before anything happens and he trades moves with Oishi.  Urano is tagged in as Ishikawa is as well, Ishikawa shoulderblocks Urano and tags in Hoshitango.  Hoshitango slams Urano around and tags in Oishi.  Oishi hits a fist drop and tags in Ishikawa.  Urano fights back but Ishikawa hits a back bodydrop for a two count cover.  Hoshitango and Oishi come in the ring and everyone brutalizes Urano.  Akito and Ihashi come in to help but they are cleared out, Hoshitango goes for a suplex but Urano blocks it.  Ishikawa comes in but Urano fights them off and tags in Akito.  Dragon screw by Akito to Hoshitango and he suplexes Ishikawa.  He goes off the ropes but Hoshitango throws him to the mat and tags in Oishi.  Tornado DDT by Oishi to Akito, roll-up by Oishi but it gets two.  German suplex by Akito and he leaves the ring, Oishi tags in Ishikawa and Ishikawa hits a vertical suplex onto Ihashi.  Running knee by Ishikawa but it gets a two count.  Ishikawa clears the ring, kicks by Ihashi but Ishikawa headbutts him and hits Splash Mountain for the three count.  Shuji Ishikawa and company win the match.  I’ll give Ishikawa credit for having hit the Splash Mountain on tons of fun, but Ihashi was never tagged in the match that in theory had tag rules.  And some of these wrestlers aren’t very good.  Nice finish though.  Score:  3.5

Antonio Honda, Takao Soma, and YOSHIHIKO (c) vs. Masa Takanashi, DJ Nira, and Saki Akai
This match is for the Iron Man Heavy Metal Championship.  That is a singles title so why it is in a six man tag match, I am not sure, but whomever pins YOSHIHIKO wins the championship.    Soma and Takanashi start off, Soma gets the better of it and tags in YOSHIHIKO.  I am going to pretend with the play by play that YOSHIHIKO isn’t a doll.  Takanashi slams YOSHIHIKO and tags in Nira.  Nira throws YOSHIHIKO out of the ring and tags in Akai, Takanashi covers YOSHIHIKO but it is broken up.  Takanashi sets up YOSHIHIKO in the corner but Soma helps YOSHIHIKO kick Takanashi and YOSHIHIKO hits a crossbody.  Takanashi tags in Honda, Akai runs in the ring but Honda won’t hit her.  Kicks by Akai, Irish whip, reversed, and Honda hits a Thesz Press.  Nira gets in the ring, Honda kicks him and dances around but Nira wraps his wrists in toilet paper and kicks him in the leg.  Akai comes in with Soma and Soma tags in YOSHIHIKO.  Kick by YOSHIHIKO and a cover, but Takanashi breaks it up.  YOSHIHIKO dives off the top turnbuckle but Akai moves.  Akai goes up top and hits a diving crossbody on YOSHIHIKO, but it gets two.  Akai goes for a powerbomb but YOSHIHIKO reverses it into a hurricanrana, but Akai rolls through and picks up the three count!  Your winner and new champion:  Saki Akai!  BUT WAIT!  Aja Kong appears out of nowhere, destroys everyone, and hits a brainbuster on Akai.  Cover, and she picks up the three count!  Aja Kong is your new champion.  As for the match, YOSHIHIKO makes me laugh.  There, I said it, I am entertained by a blowup doll that participates in wrestling matches.  And seeing Kong was cool.  Score:  6.0

Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi vs. Super Sasadango Machine and Super Sasadango Machine #2
Owashi and Machine #2 start things off.  Owashi takes off Machine #2’s boxing gloves but Machine #2 kicks Owashi in the chest.  Takagi and Sasadango Machine are tagged in and Takagi chops Sasadango Machine in the throat.  Sasadango Machine is attacked in the corner but Owashi goes for Sasadango Machine’s mask.  Owashi tags in Takagi, and Takagi twists Sasadango Machine’s straps around his neck so that it chokes him.  Owashi comes back in and clubs Sasadango Machine, but Sasadango Machine eventually hits a dropkick and tags in Machine #2.  Diving doublechops by Machine #2 and he clears the ring.  Takagi rams Machine #2 into the turnbuckles and suplexes him back into the ring.  Sasadango Machine gets in the ring and rips at Takagi’s nose hair.  Takagi low blows Machine #2, Takagi takes off Machine #2’s mask, but Sasadango Machine takes off his mask and puts it onto Machine #2.  Sasadango Machine hits a lariat on Owashi and Takagi and hits an elevated DDT on Takagi, but Takagi kicks out.  La Magistral by Takagi and he gets a three count.  Your winners are Takagi and Owashi.  Machine #2 is Bernard Ackah, for those that care.  This wasn’t a good match by any stretch of the imagination, although the mask swap spot was cute.  Score:  3.0

(c) Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei, and Gorgeous Matsuno vs. Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki, and Shun Miyatake
This match is for the KO-D Six Man Tag Team Championship.  They all brawl to start the match, the Brahmans try to dump water on their opponents but the buckets are taken from them.  They brawl outside the ring again, fighting up into the crowd and down the aisle.  Miyatake chops Kei up the aisle, Ibushi grabs his arm and walks down all the chairs to ringside, until Kei trips him and Ibushi crotches the guardrail.  Miyatake and Matsuno are trading elbows elsewhere while Shu and Ibushi get into the ring.  Kei and Miyatake get onto carts and are rammed into each other, which doesn’t go well for either one of them.  Kei hits Miyatake with a stop sign, Kei gets a pig head and hits Miyatake with it.  Bowling ball to Miyatake, cover by Kei but it gets a two count.  Miyatake eventually tags in Ibushi but Shu attacks him from the apron.  Double Pele Kick by Ibushi, cover by Sasaki but it gets two.  Sasaki and Ibushi get the luggage and bowling ball, and Ibushi does a moonsault while holding the bowling ball onto Shu.  Cover but Kei breaks it up.  Matsuno stays in the ring and kicks Ibushi, Ibushi goes for a slow motion powerbomb but Matsuno reverses it with a hurricanrana.  Ibushi and Sasaki get some black goo and try to spit it at Shu and Kei initially block it until Miyatake helps out, leading to Shu and Kei getting sprayed.  Miyatake starts making… something with powder and water, black liquid is added and the jar is shaken up.  Miyatake drinks some and powers up, Matsuno hits him but Miyatake absorbs the blows.  Shoulder tackle by Miyatake, Ibushi and Sasaki try to spit black liquid at Matsuno but Matsuno ducks and they hit Miyatake by accident.  Schoolboy by Matsuno to Miyatake and he gets the three count!  The Brahmans and Gorgeous Matsuno retain the championships.  This was goofy fun like you’d expect, the brawling was just way too slow.   Some funny spots but it had too much mindless brawling before they got to the point.  Score:  4.0

Konosuke Takeshita vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga
This match is part of the Dino Army vs. Michael Army 5 Singles Match Series.  Standard trading holds to start things off until Takeshita connects with a jumping kick, Takeshita goes for a pescado but Matsunaga moves and slams Takeshita onto the floor. They battle on the apron and Matsunaga hits a backdrop suplex.  Double stomp off the apron by Matsunaga to Takeshita’s back, as this match is far more brutal than I was expecting from a silly DDT match series.  Back in, Matsunaga applies a crab hold but Takeshita fights back.  Single arm suplex by Takeshita but he hurts his own back.  Matsunaga slams Takeshita onto his knee, small packages by Matsunaga but he gets two.  Roaring lariat by Takeshita and he hits a German suplex hold for the three count.  Konosuke Takeshita wins!  For a short match they packed a lot into it, some really nice spots here and some looked quite painful.  A solid short encounter.  Score:  6.0

Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Kazuki Hirata
This match is part of the Dino Army vs. Michael Army 5 Singles Match Series.  Sakaguchi interrupts Hirata’s dancing, he gets mad and hits Sakaguchi.  They trade strikes, which Sakaguchi obviously gets the better of as Hirata eventually tumbles out of the ring.  Jumping kick by Sakaguchi off the apron, they return to the ring and Sakaguchi kicks Hirata to the mat again.  Knee by Sakaguchi but Hirata snaps off a vertical suplex.  Face crusher by Hirata but Sakaguchi punches him in the stomach.  Running chop by Hirata but Sakaguchi kicks Hirata in the corner before hitting a jumping knee.  Sakaguchi straddles Hirata in the corner and knees him in the stomach.  Sleeper by Sakaguchi, he releases Hirata and hits a PK to pick up the three count.  Yukio Sakaguchi wins the match.  This was a lopsided affair, to put it mildly, Sakaguchi was never in any danger here.  Liked the apron jumping kick, livened things up a little bit, but still really short and no suspense.  Score:  3.5

KUDO vs. MIKAMI
This match is part of the Dino Army vs. Michael Army 5 Singles Match Series.  MIKAMI hits a swandive missile dropkick before the match starts and then hits a pescado.  MIKAMI gets a ladder and slides it and KUDO back in the ring.  MIKAMI puts the ladder on KUDO and hits a swandive dropkick, sending the ladder into MIKAMI.  MIKAMI puts the ladder on KUDO and hits a senton off the top turnbuckle.  KUDO kicks MIKAMI back but MIKAMI hits a backflip off the ladder for two.  They trade strikes until KUDO throws MIKAMI into the ladder.  Lariat by KUDO and he hits a diving knee strike to a standing MIKAMI.  MIKAMI kicks KUDO in the face, knee by KUDO and he hits a swandive double kneedrop for a two count.  Tiger Feint Kick by MIKAMI and he hits the 450 Splash.  MIKAMI sets up a ladder and climbs up it, but KUDO does too.  MIKAMI knocks KUDO off the ladder but KUDO avoids the senton from the top of the ladder.  KUDO kicks the ladder into MIKAMI’s back, high kick by KUDO and he hits a diving double kneedrop for the three count.  KUDO is victorious.  For a match less than five minutes long they fit a whole lot into it.  Big spots from the ladder and MIKAMI can still go.  Fun for what it was, just not long enough.  Score:  6.5

HARASHIMA vs. Tetsuya Endo
This match is part of the Dino Army vs. Michael Army 5 Singles Match Series.  Endo immediately dropkicks HARASHIMA to start the match and dropkicks him again.  HARASHIMA gains the advantage with a knee to the gut followed by a kick to the back of the head.  HARASHIMA doublestomps Endo repeatedly and applies a chinlock and pulls back on Endo’s back until Endo gets in the ropes.  Endo fights back with a vertical suplex and kicks HARASHIMA.  Endo kicks HARASHIMA off the apron and he hits a corkscrew Asai Moonsault.  These guys really are going all out in these short little matches.  Swandive lariat by Endo but it gets two.  HARASHIMA gets back into it with a swandive doublestomp.  Endo wiggles away and hits a standing shooting star press for two.  They trade elbows, kicks by HARASHIMA but Endo kicks him back.  Torture Rack Bomb by Endo but it gets two.  HARASHIMA moves when Endo goes for a diving move, Endo avoids HARASHIMA’s first charge but HARASHIMA kicks Endo in the head and hits the Somato for three.  Another really good but short match, all these series matches have been serious and entertaining, just wish they weren’t all around five minutes.  Score:  7.0

Michael Nakazawa vs. Shigehiro Irie
This match is part of the Dino Army vs. Michael Army 5 Singles Match Series.  Lots of elbows by Irie to start things off, Nakazawa drives Irie back but Irie hits a vertical suplex.  Nakazawa avoids the leg drop by rolling out of the ring, Irie goes out after him and Nakazawa tapes up Irie’s face.  Nakazawa tapes Irie to the post but Irie breaks free and gets back in, and Nakazawa hits a diving shoulderblock off the top for a two count.  Piledriver by Irie, quick body press but it gets two.  Body avalanche by Irie but Nakazawa chops Irie in the chest.  Nakazawa takes off his underwear and uses it as a claw hold, getting a two.  Nakazawa then applies a sleeper with his underwear as an aide but Irie rolls into the ropes.  Elbow by Nakazawa but Irie hits a swinging side slam for two.  Diving body press by Irie, but Nakazawa kicks out.  They trade elbows and then headbutts, lariat by Irie but he only gets two.  Hadoken to the chest by Nakazawa, Irie grabs Nakazawa but the bell rings, as time has expired.  Match is a Draw!  Nakazawa is a bit goofy but Irie is solid.  A step down from the last few matches even though it got more time, but still had its entertaining moments.  Score:  5.5

Michael Nakazawa Army vs. Danshoku Dino Army
Even in my full play by play days, I didn’t try to do it for this match as there were 34 wrestlers in an eight minute match.  Suffice to say there was carnage everywhere, wrestlers were fighting both in the ring and out of the ring.  Let’s fast forward to the last few minutes, as Nakazawa is being attacked by literally everyone in the corner.  Iii punches Nakazawa down and javelins him into the corner.  Honda comes in the ring, he covers Nakazawa but Nakazawa quickly kicks out.  Honda punches Nakazawa as by now all the wrestlers are just watching at ringside.  Nakazawa takes off his underwear but Honda punches it back into his face and hits a lariat.  Honda goes up to the top turnbuckle but Nakazawa gets his foot up when he jumps off.  Nakazawa wraps his underwear around his hand and he nails the Ultimate Venom Maker for the three count.  Your winner of the series is the Michael Nakazawa Army! If you like random action everywhere this may be for you, and it was a fitting end to the series.  But as a match, not a lot to it, not enough time for a match of this magnitude.  Score:  3.5

Final Thoughts:

I wish things were reversed.  The silly matches got all the time, and the matches with really solid wrestlers got around five minutes each.  The comedy matches did get a chuckle out of me from time to time, but the laughs to match time ratio was not ideal.  The match series did redeem things a bit for me as across that 30 minutes of action there was some really good stuff, so it was not a total loss, but still not the type of event I could personally really recommend.

Grade: C-
Kevin Wilson of Puroresu Central

Fighting Spirit Review: Big Japan Wrestling 1/4/15

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Kevin Wilson
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Date:  January 4th, 2015
Location:  Shin-Kiba 1st RING in Tokyo, Japan
Announced Attendance:  325

The first BJW event of the year!  Well that I could find at the moment, there was an event prior that I am sure I will review at some point.  This event has a variety of plunder matches, including ladders, barbed wire boards, iron cages, and of course lighttubes.  Here is the full card:

– Isamu Oshita and Kota Sekifuda vs. Shinobu and Toshiyuki Sakuta
– Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu, and Atsushi vs. Senga, MEN’s Teioh, and Oosugi
– Daisuke Sekimoto and Kamitani vs. Ryuichi Kawakami and Atsushi Maruyama
– Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Yuji Okabayashi
– Barbed Wire Board Death Match:  Abdullah Kobayashi, Takahashi, and SAGAT vs. Jaki Numazawa, Masashi Takeda, and Takumi Tsukamoto
– Ladder and Iron Cage Death Match: Kodaka and Miyamoto vs. Hoshino and Masato Inaba
– Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match: Ryuji Ito vs. Takayuki Ueki

A new year, a new beginning.  Let’s get started.

Isamu Oshita and Kota Sekifuda vs. Shinobu and Toshiyuki Sakuta
Oshita and Shinobu start things off.  They trade submissions to start things off but end up back on their feet.  Oshita wrenches down on Shinobu and tags in Sekifuda, but Shinobu trips Sekifuda and tags in Sakuta.  Sakuta and Sekifuda roll around a bit until Sakuta gives Sekifuda a hard elbow.  Sakuta does a fancy armdrag out of the corner and tags in Shinobu.  Shinobu stomps down Sekifuda and gives him a standing dropkick.  Sakuta comes back in and wins a strike battle with Sekifuda, slapping on a camel clutch.  Slam by Sakuta and he gets a two count cover on Sekifuda.  Sakuta tags Shinobu back in and he puts Sekifuda in a crab, Shinobu charges Sekifuda but Sekifuda kicks him back.  Dropkick by Sekifuda and he tags in Oshita.  Jumping elbow by Oshita and he covers Shinobu for two.  Shinobu gets away and tags in Sakuta and he hits a pair of shoulder tackles.  Belly to belly suplex and it gets two.  Sakuta dropkicks Oshita and hits a standing moonsault for two.  Strike exchange by Sakuta and Oshita, dropkick by Oshita and he tags in Sekifuda while Sakuta tags in Shinobu.  Bridging suplex by Sekifuda but it gets two.  Missile dropkick by Sekifuda and a cover, but Sakuta breaks it up.  Lariat by Shinobu, he goes up to the top turnbuckle and he hits a missile dropkick for the three count pinfall.  Standard intro match, nothing bad but nothing really interesting either.  Score:  4.0

Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu, and Atsushi vs. Hercules Senga, MEN’s Teioh, and Oosugi
I am one of four Americans that knows the difference between Kei and Shu.  I’m special.  Senga and Atsushi are the first two in the ring, and Atsushi has a brush he uses to beat Senga with before dropkicking him.  30 seconds in and I already don’t  understand what is going on.  They all go outside of the ring to brawl but Shu and Oosugi get back in the ring.  Shu gets a bottle and sprays it into Oosugi’s eyes.  Shu throws a jacket at Oosugi but Oosugi blocks the water spit twice.  He blocks it a third time but Shu whacks him with the battle.  Kei comes in too and they both attack Oosugi in the corner, including the bowling ball spot.  Atsushi is tagged in and he chops Oosugi into the corner, Irish whip, but Oosugi moves and hits an enzigieri.  Oosugi tags in both Miyamoto and Senga, and they clear the ring before double teaming the Brahmans.  They then toy with Atsushi for a bit until he gets a weapon and gets the upper hand.  Atsushi grabs Teioh but Teioh ducks when Shu and Kei go for the mustard and ketchup attack.  Teioh hits a chokeslam on Atsushi and gets the three count.  Your winners are Hercules Senga, MEN’s Teioh, and Oosugi. This match really slowed down significantly at the end with all the shenanigans, and this isn’t my style of match in the first place.  Even on the “Brahmans Scale” this wasn’t a good one.  Score:  2.5

Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Yuji Okabayashi
They nicely shake hands to start the match, then they trade wristlocks and hammerlocks amongst other things.  They then trade strikes for a few minutes, with Hashimoto finally kicking Okabayashi down in the corner.  Jumping kick by Hashimoto in the corner and he hits a pair of running boots to the face.  PK by Hashimoto but it gets a two count.  Hashimoto foolishly goes for a fisherman buster but Okabayashi blocks it and hits a powerslam.  Vertical suplex by Okabayashi and he applies a crab hold, but Hashimoto gets to the ropes.   Lariat by Okabayashi in the corner and he hits a scoop slam, Okabayashi goes up to the top turnbuckle but Hashimoto is up and kicks him.  Hashimoto joins Okabayashi up top, they accidentally struggle until Hashimoto manages to hit a superplex.  Back up they trade strikes again until Okabayashi levels Hashimoto with a lariat for a two count.  Another lariat by Okabayashi and he nails the powerbomb for the three count.  Your winner is Yuji Okabayashi.  This match started really slow as the first half of the match was just trading submissions or strikes.  Once they got cooking it was good, the match just wasn’t long enough for them to really get into a groove.  Score:  6.0

Daisuke Sekimoto and Kamitani vs. Ryuichi Kawakami and Atsushi Maruyama
Kamitani and Maruyama start things off.  They trade submission holds and Maruyama tags in Kawakami.  They trade wristlocks and Kamitani tags in Sekimoto.  They trade holds too until Kawakami hits a shoulderblock, which makes Sekimoto mad. Sekimoto returns the favor before he tags Kamitani back in.  Kawakami gets Kamitani in the corner and tags in Maruyama.  Maruyama and Kamitani trade chops, Kamitani gets the better of it and tags in Sekimoto.  Sekimoto puts Maruyama in a choke but Kawakami breaks it up.  Sekimoto tags in Kamitani, Kamitani punches Maruyama in the corner but Maruyama kicks Kamitani in the head.  Maruyama tags in Kawakami and he trades elbows with Kamitani.  Kawakami elbows Kamitani down in the corner and stomps on him.  Kamitani fights back and hits a shoulderblock before tagging in Sekimoto.  Kawakami charges Sekimoto but Sekimoto catches him and hits a side slam.  Scorpion Deathlock by Sekimoto but Maruyama quickly breaks it up.  Sekimoto and Kawakami trade elbows, Kawakami gets the better of it and tags in Maruyama.  Jumping kick by Maruyama in the corner and he hits a thrust kick followed by a missile dropkick.  Dropkick by Maruyama but Sekimoto puts him in the Argentine Backbreaker.  Kawakami comes in to help but Kamitani does as well.  Sekimoto and Kamitani hit a vertical suplex on Maruyama.  Maruyama gets the advantage back and puts Sekimoto in a cross armbreaker but Sekimoto powerbombs out of it.  Lariat by Sekimoto and a cover, but it gets two.  German suplex hold by Sekimoto and he gets the three, making Daisuke Sekimoto and Kamitani the winners. A solid midcard tag match, Kawakami and Sekimoto looked really good and the other two didn’t bring the match down.  Score:  6.0

Abdullah Kobayashi, Takahashi, and SAGAT vs. Jaki Numazawa, Takeda, and Tsukamoto
This is a Barbed Wire Board Death Match.   So there are barbed wire boards in two corners and they have barbed wire bats and chairs with them also.  Amongst other things.  Takahashi starts off with the bat while Takeda has a crown of barbed wire.  Takeda throws the crown at Takahashi, shoulderblock by Takahashi and he clears the ring as everyone brawls outside.  Numazawa and Takeda get back in the ring and throw SAGAT into the barbed wire board, breaking it in half.  Takeda abuses SAGAT with a piece of barbed wire, he throws a chair at SAGAT while he is under the board before tagging in Tsukamoto.  SAGAT seems stuck so Tsukamoto helps by stapling his head.  Tsukamoto tags in Numazawa and he abuses SAGAT as well, hitting him with the barbed wire crown before tagging Takeda back in.  Takeda gets the barbed wire bat and hits SAGAT with it, he then painfully rakes it over SAGAT’s back.  Takeda and Tsukamoto get in the ring too and Numazawa they take turns throwing each other onto SAGAT.  Numazawa puts the board on top of SAGAT and slams Takeda onto him.  Tsukamoto props the other barbed wire board in the corner but SAGAT finally fights back and tosses Tsukamoto into the barbed wire board.  SAGAT tags in Takahashi and he beats up everyone.  Takahashi puts the barbed wire chair onto Tsukamoto and hits a senton off the second turnbuckle for a two count.  Tsukamoto slaps and kicks Takahashi, he then gets a ball of barbed wire but Takahashi takes it and runs it across Tsukamoto’s back.  Side Russian leg sweep by Tsukamoto and he tags in Takeda.

Takeda knees Takahashi in the corner, he gets a piece of barbed wire board and puts it onto Takahashi before hitting another running knee.  Cover, but it gets a two.  Takahashi and Takeda trade elbows by Takeda hits a spear (although he landed in the barbed wire, not Takahashi), Takahashi judo throws Takeda into the board and tags in Kobayashi.  Kobayashi comes in with a barbed wire crown but Takeda kicks him, lariat by Kobayashi and he hits an elbow drop for a two count.  Kobayashi hits a Shining Wizard and gets a piece of barbed wire board, but Takeda dropkicks it into him and tags in Numazawa.  SAGAT is also tagged in, and he trades strikes with Numazawa.  Numazawa and Tsukamoto come in to help Numazawa and they triple team poor SAGAT.  Kobayashi is totally coasting in this match, he looks fatter than I remember, I guess he is in the twilight of his career.  Numazawa goes up top with SAGAT but Takahashi comes up from behind and powerbombs Numazawa.  Kobayashi comes in to help as SAGAT hits a double spear on Takahashi and Tsukamoto.  SAGAT gets a piece of board and puts it onto Numazawa, he then hits a jumping senton.  Cover, but it gets two.  Death valley bomb by SAGAT but the pin is broken up.  Numazawa regains the advantage and hits the over the shoulder piledriver but it is broken up.  Takeda takes care of Takahashi, then everyone kicks SAGAT before Numazawa hits a swinging neckbreaker.  Numazawa sets up a board and hits his Zettai Zetsumei DDT for the three count.  Numazawa and company are the winners.  I liked the ‘different’ stipulation, not that barbed wire boards are new but they are more fun to watch then just lighttubes.  Felt bad for SAGAT, he definitely got the worst of everything.  But they got time, made the spots as unique as they could, and it was a pretty entertaining match.  Score:  6.5

Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto vs. Kankuro Hoshino and Masato Inaba
This is a Ladder and Iron Cage Death Match. The match starts with two people locked in the little cage together, which is completely ridiculous as there is barely room for them both to stand so they just do short range punches or nothing at all.  Kodaka and Inaba start in the cage together while Miyamoto battles Hoshino outside of it.  They both do… minor submission trading, although at times Kodaka and Inaba just watch.  Hoshino dumps Miyamoto out of the ring and battles with him on the floor.  They return after a bit and Miyamoto throws Hoshino into the ladder.  He then rams Hoshino into the side of the cage and drops the ladder onto Hoshino’s hand.  Yes Kodaka and Inaba are still watching from the cage, which I still find extremely silly.  Hoshino slams Miyamoto onto the ladder, small package by Miyamoto but it gets two.  Miyamoto tries to pin Hoshino a few more times with no luck.  Miyamoto hits a belly to belly suplex, and the referee unlocks the cage as Kodaka rides Inaba out of it.  Miyamoto and Kodaka double team Inaba in the corner but Hoshino comes back in the ring to battle Miyamoto.  Stretch hold by Miyamoto as Kodaka returns and they kick Hoshino.  Hoshino fights them off and hits a double spear. He sets up the ladder, and hits Miyamoto and Kodaka with it.  Hoshino and Inaba ram Kodaka and Miyamoto into the cage, and then Miyamoto is locked into the cage.  Kodaka is double teamed but he reverses a double chokeslam and kicks them both to the mat.  He gets the key from Inaba and lets Miyamoto out, Miyamoto lariats Hoshino, Kodaka gets the ladder and runs at Hoshino but Hoshino ducks.  Miyamoto walks up and kicks Hoshino into the cage, locking him in it.  Scoop slam by Miyamoto to Inaba and he hits a senton off the top turnbuckle.  Kodaka goes to the top of the cage and hits a diving double knee  drop, and Kodaka picks up the three count.  Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto are your winners.  I found the gimmick really silly and it took me out of the match a bit, the cage should be a weapon, not have wrestlers randomly locked in it.  Just a short nothing match with one good spot at the end, Kodaka will have no knees pretty soon.  Score:  3.5

Ryuji Ito vs. Takayuki Ueki
This match is a Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match.  My favorite!  Sarcasm!  They try to shove each other into tubes but have no success.   Ito puts a few tubes in the ring and takes Ueki down on them.  Ito then throws Ueki into all the ropes, breaking more tubes.  Ito throws Ueki out of the ring and beats him around ringside.  They get back in and Ito hits Ueki with a chair.  Scoop slam onto the chair but Ueki blocks a shot and headbutts the chair into Ito.  Chair shot by Ueki but Ito whips Ueki into the lighttubes.   More lighttube violence by Ito as Ueki is bleeding everywhere and they trade elbows.  Hard elbow by Ito and he hits a scoop slam.  Ito goes up top and hits a moonsault, cover, but Ueki doesn’t really kick out.  Ito elbows Ueki to the mat again, Ueki gets up, Ito tells the referee to check him and she stops the match.  Your winner is Ryuji Ito.   I just find these matches really repetitive as there isn’t much different you can do.  A few minutes of trying to throw your opponent into tubes, someone succeeds, they beat each other with them, then use one to finish their opponent somehow.  Only difference here is I think Ueki got legit knocked loopy, leading to an early stoppage.  It is just limiting since they have to use the tubes since they are everywhere.  I guess good for this style but having the lighttubes around is more of a handicap then a match elevator.  Score:  4.5

Final Thoughts:

Not a good way to start my Big Japan viewing for 2015.  I liked that the match stipulations were different, not just all lighttubes, but the only match that really amused me was the barbed wire board match.  The finale ended before they planned I think which hurt it, and the cage match was just too stupid, it would work better in DDT.  Recommended to stay away from this event and wait for Big Japan to put together something better.

Grade: D-

The “OH MY GOD!” Review: Major League Wrestling Presents “War Games” 9/19/03

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War Games 2003-09-19 from War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla

Champions
World: Steve Corino
GTC: Simon Diamond & CW Anderson

The show opens with the Extreme Horsemen coming down to ringside with a four man in a mask. We hear on commentary a familiar voice that is not Joey Styles but Kevin Kelly. Champion Steve Corino lets us know that Jerry “The King” Lawler was pulled from the show by the WWE. Corino hypes MLW and talks about pro wrestling over sports entertainment. The crowd cheers, kind of not what he should be going for. He gets the crowd to turn back on him by shit talking their opponents for tonight. Simon Diamond says they needed someone who was just as sick of being passed over as they were. They went out and got the guy who is “just not the coolest, just not the best”… The man unmasks and its Justin Credible, I’m not sure if that’s supposed to be exciting or not. Credible says “they got the guy who is the most extreme ass kicking son of a bitch in MLW. They got PJ Walker”. So I guess Vince owns the name. Corino says he has another surprise and calls out the “original extreme Horsemen Barry Windham”. Now that’s an exciting surprise!

Los Maximos vs. Super Dragon & Juventud Guerrera
So our first match and our first no show as this was supposed to be Los Maximos and Mexico’s Most Wanted. Kevin Kelly is very awful. Dragon starts with Jose. The over under on blown spots is 7. I’ll take the over. After some arm drag spots takes in. Juvi hits a bulldog. Joel comes in and hits a rana. Headscissor by Juvi on Joel. Juvi hits a cool spot where he flips round on the apron using both rights that are set up for War Games and finishes it with a rana. Juvi tags Dragon. Jose reverses an irish whip and hits a spin kick and tags. Dragon sent into a corner and Joel follows with an elbow and northern lights for 2. All four men come in and they do the boston crab camel clutch combo. Dragon fights back and makes the tag. Juvi comes in with a snap suplex on Jose and then a pump handle into an x-factor, that was pretty cool looking. Peoples elbow for 2. A juvi driver is reversed into a small package for 2. Jose up and gets a belly to back suplex both men tag. Joel comes in with a second rope dropkick to Dragon. Joel pulls Juvy into the ring and hits a powerslam but Dragon pulls him off and hits a dragon suplex for 2. Dragon goes up top but he gets cut off. Jose goes for a super rana but it’s blocked. Joel runs up the buckle but slips and pulls everyone off the turnbuckle. Juvi comes into the ring with a dropkick and hits a driver on Jose. One on Joel and Juvi goes up top for the 450. Jose knocks him down and out of the ring. Joel hits a German on Dragon for 2. And then hits a rolling cradle for 3 in 8.39. Yet another Maximos match where everything was a jumbled mess, I hate them.

Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament RD 1: Tony Mamaluke vs. Sonjay Dutt
Nice fast paced start to the match. Dutt ends up on the apron and ranas Tony to the floor. On the floor Mamaluke takes out the knee of Dutt. Mamaluke goes up top and hits a somersault senton to the floor! In the ring Mamaluke goes after the knee of Dutt and goes for a submission win. Mamaluke all about the submissions in this match. He goes for a tornado DDT but gets countered and placed back on the turnbuckle. Muscle buster by Dutt and he goes up top and hits the Himalayan press for the victory after 3.58. Way to short to really be anything.

Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament RD 1: Eddie Colon vs. “Evil F’N Show” Jerry Lynn
No Sinister Minister with Lynn, hope that doesn’t mean he’s gone. Colon out quicks Lynn for the first few minutes of the match but Lynn is able to throw him to the floor to take over at the 3 minute mark. Colon sent into the ring post. Back in the ring a chop right is won by Eddie. Colon hits a drop kick in the corner and then charges again but Lynn ties him up in the tree of woe. Lynn with a drop kick to his face for 2. Tilt a whirl back breaker for 2. Colon comes back and with a reverse DDT and both men are down. Colon up first and he fires away at Lynn. Colon with a big back body drop and neck breaker for 2. Victory roll for 2. Lynn hits a tiger bomb for 2. TKO for 2. Lynn can’t put away Colon. Lynn goes for a cradle piledriver but gets tripped up and Colon slingshots him into the corner. Eddie goes up top and hits a corkscrew body block for the win in 9.08 to advance in the tournament.

Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament RD 1: Jimmy Yang vs. Juventud Guerrera
Juvi out pretty quickly after his last match. Not really a good idea to enter a tournament and have a non-tournament match before hand. Their pants look almost identical. Juvi with a head scissor and Yang goes to the floor. Juvi with a plancha to the floor. Yang fights back in the ring. After some back and forth reversals Juvi hits a spin kick. Kevin Kelly tells us that Jerry Lynn and Mikey Whipwreck attacked Eddie Colon backstage. Yang with a drop kick and then a cobra clutch. Juvi with a DDT for 2. Dominator by Juvi but Yang is able to kick out. They do a back and forth pin attempt spot with about ten 2 counts. Both men hit clotheslines and they are down. Juvi goes for a reverse suplex but Yang flips out of it. Juvi with a juvi driver and then he goes for the 450. Yang moves but Juvi lands on his feet. Yang goes for a German but Juvi lands on his feet. Juvi hits a SICK driver and gets 2.9! That should have killed him. Juvi comes off the second but Yang drop kicks him and hits yang time for the win in 10.38. Last two matches were pretty boring. Yang gets his second straight win after not really doing much during the match.

Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament RD 1: Super Dragon vs. “Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels
Some arm drags and head scissors start us off. Daniels goes to the floor to get a break and Dragon dives through the ropes onto him. Back in the ring Dragon stomps on Daniels chest. Daniels comes back with a neck breaker. I can’t stress how awful Kevin Kelly is on commentary. Daniels takes over for the next few minutes. He hits a snap suplex and leg drop for 2. Daniels goes up top but Dragon pulls him to the mat. Both men are down but Dragon gets up first. Dragon attacks the arm in locks in an arm bar. Daniels gets to the ropes and then is sent into a corner. Dragon charges but Daniels catches his coming in with an STO. Dragon with the go behind but Daniels kicks him low. Last rites and a 3 count in 9.17. Ehh you know people always rave about how awesome Daniels is. Watching all the MLW stuff is my first time really watching him on a consistent basis and I gotta say I am not impressed by him. Second round matches are Yang vs. Daniels and Dutt vs. Colon. Pretty clear that Dutt is going to the finals not sure how the other match will play out though.

Mikey Whipwreck vs. Norman Smiley
Both men without their usual managers. We actually get a chant for GI Ho from the fans. No commentary on this match which is weird. After two minutes of some stalling and a little back and forth Mikey blocks in arm drag and takes over on Norman. Mikey makes fun of the high pitched screams of Norman. Norman comes back with a few clotheslines and the big swinging slam. Norman goes for the big wiggle but Mikey kicks him low. Mikey gets a few near falls by beating on Norman and then sends him into the second ring. Norman takes a Flair bump on a corner whip and then clotheslines Mikey from the apron. They are now on the apron between the two rings. Norman slams Mikey’s head into both rings turnbuckles. Norman charges Mikey but he gets a boot up. Mikey goes up but Norman knocks him down and Mikey is lying across the two rings big wiggle by Norman. They are both on the turnbuckle now and Mikey hits a super whippersnapper for the win in 7.39. Nice use of the apron between both rings. Mikey was good when he was making fun of Norman.

Matt Martel & Rich Criado vs. Mana
Francine comes to the ring to scout. Mana throws Criado over his shoulder and hits a cutter. Samu and Ekmo show up in the crowd beating on Monsta Mac. They fight to ringside Mac is really beat down. The match is now a six man falls count anywhere match. So yet again Mafia is a no show. The crowd has been pretty dead all night and even a Samoan brawl isn’t getting them up and loud. The Samoans go to the stage and put Criado in a wheel chair and send him off the stage. Crowd liked that and it looked pretty cool. Ekmo gets a hulk hand!! Mac bends a chair over Mana’s head but it does nothing. Mac spears Mana on the floor. Mac puts Samu in a corner and lays a garbage can on it. Mac jumps off the top rope in the opposite corner and head butts the can. I don’t get why that was a good idea. In the ring they take over on Mana. Samu and Ekmo get in the ring and turn things back in their favor. Samu superkicks a garbage can into Mac’s face. Mana with a 2nd rope Samoan drop. Ekmo hits a press slam into a samoan drop on Martel. They put Martel on a table in the crowd. Ekmo climbs to the buckle and dives over the ring post into the crowd through the table and gets the win in 9.51. Another awesome finish from Ekmo. Mac’s team got in to much offense, should have been more of a squash then it was.

Joe Seanoa vs. Mike Awesome
Seanoa is better known as Samoa Joe. Flying shoulder block by Awesome and Joe goes to the floor. Awesome hits the ropes and dives over the top with a plancha. Awesome sets up a table outside. Awesome his a slingshot shoulder block from the apron back into the ring. Joe sent into the corner and Awesome charges but Joe hits a STO. Suplex from Joe gets 2. Chop fight ends when Joe switches up to a few forearms. Enzuiguri by Joe and they go back to the floor. Joe hits a weak chair shot that the fans boo. He sits Awesome in chair and hits a running boot to the face. Two count back in the ring as the fans rally behind Awesome. Another chop fight and Awesome charges and hits a clothesline but is cut off right away with another big boot. Joe ducks a clothesline and hits a German for 2. STF but Awesome gets to the ropes. Fans begin to chant “boring”. Joe brings a chair in the ring but gets cut off. Awesome slides under a clothesline and BLASTs Joe with a chair and hits a sit out Awesomebomb for 2. Awesome puts the chair on Joe and comes off the top with a big splash for the win in 7.14. Gotta go with the fans on this one, pretty boring. Sick chair shot from Awesome but nothing else at all worth seeing. No commentary on this match which means it probably won’t be on TV.

Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semifinals: Eddie Colon vs. Sonjay Dutt
Dutt with an injured leg from his first round match. He sells it on his way down to the ring but once the bell sounds he seems perfectly fine. Dutt quickly hits a rana but Colon thumbs him in the eye. Dutt sends Colon to the floor and then springboards to the floor with a spinny flippy thing. Back in the ring Dutt goes up top but gets cut off and Colon hits a razor edge into a power bomb for 2. Superplex by Colon for 2. Dutt fights back and hits a back body drop. Colon begs off as Dutt tries to fire up the crowd. Dutt with a big boot he does the hand to the ear and fakes going for a leg drop but hits a standing shooting star for 2. Colon back up and he hits a clothesline. Colon comes off the top with a sunset flip. A few near Colon with a springboard but Dutt spinebusters him and rolls him up for 3 in 5.59. So Dutt didn’t sell the leg at all during the match nor did Colon attack the leg at all. Another boring match.

Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semifinals: Jimmy Yang vs. “Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels (w/ Mikey Whipwreck)
Daniels beats down Yang to start. Yang comes back with a rana that sends Daniels to the floor. Baseball slide follows and Yang has the advantage on the floor dropping Daniels chest first on the guardrail a few times. Yang with a second rope spin kick back in the ring and a nice vertical suplex for 2. Daniels sent into the corner. He gets a knee up on Yang’s charge then hits a gut buster. Another one by Daniels and Mikey gets in on the action behind the refs back. Daniels works over the abdomen of Yang for the next few minutes. Daniels comes off the top rope but Yang hits a spin kick as Daniels dives at him. Daniels with a tornado DDT but Yang handsprings out of it and lands on his feet. Daniels with a Urinagi but then he misses the BME. Spin kick by Yang for 2. Yang goes up top but Mikey slows him down. Daniels tries to cut it off now but he gets knocked down and Yang hits the yang time to a standing Daniels for 2. Yang goes up top again but Mikey crotches him allowing Daniels to hit the last rites for the victory in 8.19. Better then Daniels’ last match but still nothing great,

Raven vs. Nosawa
No CM Punk with Nosawa. Nosawa with the early advantage on Raven. We get our first good shot of the crowd, it’s much emptier then the last time they were here. That’s when Awesome won the title and then immediately dropped it to Corino and the crowd shit all over it. Now that I’m reminded of that I realize why the crowd has been so dead tonight. Raven fights back and hits the high knee and running bulldog. Raven goes for the pin but the straight edge ref comes out and distracts the ref. Nosawa with a superkick for 2. Punk comes to the ring and grabs Raven. Raven moves out of the way of another superkick, it hits Punk, Raven nails the DDT and gets the win in 4.34. Punk gets a mic and runs down Nosawa. Vampiro hits the ring making his return to MLW! We get a bell and have…

CM Punk vs. Vampiro
Vamp with an overhead belly to belly and spin kick that sends Punk to the floor. Maybe we will finally get that Raven Vampiro match from months ago. Punk sends Vamp into the guardrail but then gets back dropped into the crowd. They fight into the crowd. Back in the ring Punk able to take over and he gets a 2 count after a Russian leg sweep. Vertical suplex by Punk for 2. Vamp comes back with a kick that takes down Punk. Vamp goes up top but takes way to much time as Punk gets up and pushes the ref into the ropes crotching Vamp. Punk with a super rana but Vamp rolls through it and gets the win in 5.28. Vamp leaves through the crowd. All the matches tonight are too short. These last two were good for storyline though. Fans are going crazy for Vamp. It seems that the story between Vamp and Punk will continue.

Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament Finals: Sonjay Dutt vs. “Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels (w/ Mikey Whipwreck)
Daniels sweeps the legs and gets a 2 count right away. Daniels with a back body drop and elbow for 2. Dutt to the floor and Mikey whips him back and forth from the guardrail to the apron. Daniels with a hanging vertical suplex that lasts a legit 20 seconds. Dutt comes back with a rana but Daniels right back on top. Daniels sends Dutt sternum first into the buckle three times. Tilt a whirl back breaker and Daniels taunts the crowd. Daniels goes for another tilt-a-whirl move but Dutt lands it in an octopus stretch. Daniels quickly reverses it and throws Dutt to the floor. Mikey gets in a few shots and sends him back to Daniels. Daniels with multiple cocky pin attempts but Dutt kicks out each time. Urinagi and the BME for a 2. Dutt ducks a clothesline and back elbow and lands a springboard elbow. Dutt fights back and hits a serious of moves that ends in a neckbreaker. Daniels goes to the floor. Dutt hopes on three different ropes using both rings and then dives onto Daniels. That was aweomse. Back in the ring Daniels hits a running STO and a sit out power bomb. After each man gets a few roll ups for 2 counts Dutt is able to run up the buckle and hit a rana. Mikey however distracts the ref so no count is made. Dutt dives onto Mikey. Dutt clotheslines Daniels on the top rope and hits the Himalayan press to become the first every MLW Junior Heavyweight Champion in 10.04. Decent enough. It was Daniels best match of the night.

War Games Handicap Match: Funkin’ Army vs. Extreme Horsemen
CW Anderson starts off with Sandman. Sandman busts himself open with his beer can. CW jumps Sandman as he gets into the ring. Sandman fights back and grabs his cane but gets superkicked. Anderson now with the cane he hits Sandman with it a few times but then Sandman blocks it and hits a Russian leg sweep. Anderson eats cage. Anderson busted open now. Suplex by Sandman and then he locks on a cross face. Anderson bleeding a lot and the first 5 minute period ends in 4.07. Gotta love wrestling clocks. Champion Steve Corino is out for his team and he has barbed wire wrapped around his fist. They beat on Sandman for the 2 minutes until Terry Funk comes out throwing chairs over the cage. Funk helps swing the advantage in his teams favor. He hits a piledriver on Corino. Simon Diamond out next for his team. “Dr. Death” Steve Williams is out as the final member of the Funkin’ Army. Sandman with a senton onto Anderson. Crowd is sitting on their hands this whole match. PJ Walker is out next with a ladder. Funk puts the ladder on his head and spins around hitting Anderson and Diamond. Sabu and Bill Alfonso come out next instead of Barry Windham! Sabu was supposed to be out for 3 months with an injury but he comes to join the Funkin’ Army. Sabu hits the ring and takes out everyone. Alfonso gets a table into the cage. Corino is busted open. Williams presses Corino from on ring into the other. Windham in out next and he hits a piledriver on Funk. Alfonso grabs a mic and says 5 on 4 is bullshit and jumps in the ring. Sabu puts Walker through a table. As the Match Beyond begins. Diamond beating down Alfonso. Corino has Sabu in a half carb and Funk comes over with a flaming branding iron. Funk brands Corino then blows fire into his face! Funk locks in the spinning toe hold and Corino submits in 20.49. Well I wish I could love this since it’s War Games but it was pretty boring and the dead crowd didn’t help.

My thoughts on the show…
Lots more no shows, way to many matches on this card and a boring War Games make this a pass. It was clear with this show that MLW killed the town with the way they booked Hybrid Hell a few months ago.

News For Tonight’s WWE RAW – A Legends Reunion, Final Rumble Hype, Lesnar, Ambrose, More

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Tonight’s WWE RAW Reunion special takes place from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Full time Superstars advertised for tonight include John Cena, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Bray Wyatt, Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar, Daniel Bryan, Kane, and Big Show. The arena is advertising a Lumberjack Match between Cena and Rollins.

Legends returning for tonight’s RAW Reunion include Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, Razor Ramon, Kevin Nash, Sean Waltman, Billy Gunn, Ron Simmons and Jimmy Hart. Other Legends are expected to appear as well.

WWE is focusing on the following points for tonight’s show, which is the final RAW before the Royal Rumble pay-per-view:

* What do the Legends have in store for RAW?

* Will Brock Lesnar exact vengeance against Seth Rollins?

* Is Dean Ambrose his own worst enemy?

* Will The Authority heap even more obstacles onto Daniel Bryan?

* Will Roman Reigns and Big Show clash once again before the Royal Rumble Match?

Be sure to check back live at 8pm est when our very own BJack will be handling live coverage with his weekly Raw Report as we head into the Royal Rumble.

Matches And Interview Segments Revealed For WWE’s ‘Ultimate Warrior: Always Believe’ Set

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Jim Somers
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The Ultimate Warrior’s official Facebook page posted the following content listing for WWE’s “Ultimate Warrior: Always Believe” DVD and Blu-ray that comes out on April 14th.

Matches

Boston, MA – October 10, 1988
Intercontinental Championship
Ultimate Warrior vs. Honky Tonk Man

Madison, WI– June 6, 1989
Ultimate Warrior and King Duggan vs. Ravishing Rick Rude and Andre the Giant

Superstars – May 18, 1991
Ultimate Warrior vs. Smash

Monday Night Raw – April 29, 1996
Ultimate Warrior vs. Isaac Yankem

Meadowlands Arena – May 8, 1989
Intercontinental Championship
Ultimate Warrior vs. Ravishing Rick Rude

Maple Leaf Wrestling – October 29, 1989
Intercontinental Championship
Ultimate Warrior vs. Andre the Giant

Wrestling Challenge – April 28, 1991
Ultimate Warrior vs. Rick The Model Martel

Lexington, KY – May 19, 1992
Ultimate Warrior vs. Papa Shango

SummerSlam Spectacular – August 19, 1992
Ultimate Warrior and Macho Man Randy Savage vs. Nasty Boys

Promos/Interviews

Wrestling Challenge – March 13, 1988
I Live For Anger and Frustration

Wrestling Challenge – August 13, 1989
Mean Gene Interviews Ultimate Warrior About SummerSlam

Superstars – May 23, 1992
The Papa Shango Curse

Monday Nitro – September 21 – 1998
Running to Reappear

Wrestling Challenge – June 25, 1988
I Won’t Let You Down

Superstars – July 16, 1988
Legends Weren’t Built Overnight

All American Wrestling – September 18, 1988
You Can Feel It

Superstars – February 3, 1990
I Speak to You, Hulk Hogan

Superstars – April 14, 1990
The New WWE Champion

Superstars – June 23, 1990
The Brother Love Show Discussing SummerSlam

Superstars – September 19, 1992
The Ultimate Maniacs Are Born

Wrestling Challenge – November 7, 1992
The Ultimate Maniacs Are Out of Control

Monday Nitro – August 24, 1998
One Warrior Nation

Monday Night Raw – April 7, 2014
The Spirit of Ultimate Warrior Will Run Forever

Blu-ray Exclusives

WrestleMania VI – April 1, 1990
Arena Cam
Ultimate Warrior vs. Hulk Hogan

WCCW – August 22, 1986
Dingo Warrior vs. Rick Rude

Ontario, Canada – June 3, 1992
Ultimate Warrior and Undertaker vs. Papa Shango and Berzerker

Nikki Bella Unable To Wrestle At Live Event Due To Injury, Lana Appears On ‘After Total Divas’

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Jim Somers
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– Renee Young, Summer Rae and special guest, Lana, recap tonight’s episode of Total Divas in the above video.

– Divas Champion Nikki Bella may have suffered an injury to her leg.

According to a few fans on Twitter who attended today’s WWE live event in San Antonio, Texas, Nikki claimed on the mic that she would be unable to wrestle due to a strained hamstring. Brie then took her place in a match against Natalya, and won.

As you can see in this photo, Nikki’s left leg was heavily bandaged.

View image on Twitter

jocelyn @tbhCENA

“a sister never leaves your side”

Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts Film Kicks Off Film Festival

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Jim Somers
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The Jake “The Snake” Roberts documentary, The Resurrection of Jake ‘The Snake’, will kick off the 2015 Slamdance Film Festival this upcoming weekend in Park City, Utah. The documentary was chosen over 7,500 other films.

The film looks at Roberts’ troubled childhood and his battles with substance abuse, to his eventual recovery after moved in with Diamond Dallas Page in 2012 to train and get back into shape. Filmmaker Steve Yu, who had worked with Page in the past, inspired the documentary.

“Dallas and I didn’t go into this thinking, ‘We’re going to help this alcoholic and drug addict,'” Yu recently told The Salt Lake Tribune. “We knew that Jake had kind of lost hope in his life and that he needed some help with his health. It turned into something we didn’t expect it to.”

The world premiere of the documentary is this Friday, January 23rd. It will screen once more the following Tuesday, January 27th. You can get more details at SlamDance.com.

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