Category: Wrestling Musings

The end of October and the beginning of November is going to be a tough call for me as far as wrestling material is concerned. On the one hand, there’s that women’s PPV featuring a bunch of women on there in a bunch of matches I don’t care about… with the possible exception of perhaps the Kairi Sane/Shayna Bazler match that might not be enough incentive to sit through four hours of women’s wrestling that I don’t care about… thanks largely to the lack of incentive TO care about any of these women.

There’s also the second WWE show from Saudi Arabia which promises an AJ Styles/Daniel Bryan Danielson match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, which also might not be enough incentive to sit through an entire show that also comprises a Red Belt championship match that I don’t care about as well as a tournament for a world cup WWE pulled out of their asses and thus have no real reason to care otherwise.

And then there’s Bryan Alvarez attempting to wrestle a mop to a two-and-three-quarter star match at the upcoming Black Label Pro show, a promotion that I know little about and only saw one show they put on… but that was actually a pretty good show, so…

Also, there’s that NWA 70th Anniversary show… which I’m actually quite intrigued by all things considered…

Decisions…. decisions…

Yep.

On the flip side of things, I think I might stick with the shorter form DTM-Cast episodes for the rest of the year; the sole exception being possibly the Winners And Losers of 2018. Just as a bit of a bonus, I might do an additional episode recapping last year’s Winners and Losers since I didn’t do an episode last year and I figured it’d be nice to revisit this list with a fresh perspective. If nothing else, doing this now might provide some hints as to what to expect from this year’s list.

Welp… that’s all I got for now. Later.

Source: https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/9/19/17880968/pros-react-to-jon-jones-15-month-usada-suspension

Jon Jones’ suspension reduced from whatever it was before to a mere fifteen months… which means he’s back in action next month. And by the way, wasn’t Brock’s suspension originally supposed to be two years, but now he’s done in 2019?

Jesus Christ… I thought this UFC shit was supposed to be real… turns out it’s faker than pro wrestling. At least with pro wrestling, you KNOW it’s all an act and all the fights are choreographed spectacles with ‘roided bastards. When did UFC become sports-entertainment?

Oh yeah…

What? You didn’t think I’d watch something like this? I sat through Heroes of Wrestling, for fuck’s sake… back when it was live, pal!

Besides, I need something to fill the Wednesday slot next week.

So, this Becky Lynch turn isn’t going to go over well, is it?

Summerslam write-up will be up Sunday evening.

Source: https://www.f4wonline.com/ring-honor/roh-njpw-g1-supercard-sells-out-madison-square-garden-263531

So Ring Of Honor tried to get a show at Madison Square Garden and then were told they couldn’t get a show, blaming WWE for the cockblock of sorts. But then things smoothed out and we got the announcement that Ring Of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling are holding their G1 Supershow at the Garden on Wrestlemania Weekend.

And then tickets went on sale and sold out almost immediately. So Ring of Honor and New Japan did what WWE couldn’t do in three years: they sold out the Garden.

You know, I thought the All In show selling out in 30 minutes was probably the most mind-blowing thing I’ve seen this past year and I’m happy that it’s going to be available for public consumption on a broadcast level via PPV and various streaming formats… but then two of the biggest wrestling entities not named WWE not only were able to secure a date for an arena that had been almost exclusively McMahon territory for well over half a century, but to sell the place out when WWE couldn’t do that with a house show that featured the likes of Roman Reigns and Ronda Rousey?

Actually, reading that last bit out loud sounded far more impressive than it actually was, if at all.

So you know what? Good for ROH and New Japan. I’m really thrilled that they were able to make this happen and their efforts were rewarded with a quick sell-out. Here’s hoping that when bell time comes along next year, they pull off a phenomenal showing that would be worthy of the Garden.

Anyone got a Vince McMahon sad face I could post on here?