Dr.Victator Presents

Saved By the Steiner The Maulage Years

2012-02-14T20:49:00.000-07:00

All News is Bad News:The Bad News Brown tribute

2012-02-10T23:03:00.000-07:00

Jerry the King Lawler vs Mark Henry 1996

2012-02-07T09:22:00.000-07:00

This is a good debut for Mark Henry. This is really one of the only times they ever protected Mark Henry early in his career.

Million Dollar Man:Root of All Evil

2012-02-06T21:01:00.000-07:00

Dudleyville Confidental

2012-01-30T22:06:00.000-07:00

Kane in Masked Fury

2012-01-19T19:10:00.000-07:00

Chicago Street Fight: A Road Warriors Tale

2012-01-03T01:05:00.000-07:00

Sting vs Big Bubba Uncensored

2011-12-17T14:36:00.000-07:00

Big Bubba Rogers vs Sting by TSteck160

Came across this after I awoke from my coma. Sting has a very underrated 1994/95. First he has a very good series with Earthquake. Then later in the year an awesome PPV match with Meng. In between is the series with Big Bubba Rogers.

Bubba just turned heel at the Clash. Sting spends most of the match selling his knee and does a great job. Even when he hits things like the released German Suplex and the flying splash he never stops selling the knee.

There was a neat spot with Bubba using his tie to get out of a sleeper.

Bubba gets the clean win when Sting's knee comes into play.

Savage Sports Stories

2011-12-14T12:14:00.000-07:00

One Man Gang, Barry Windham, Ric Flair and Nikita Koloff vs PN News, Tommy Rich, Brian Pillman and El Gigante

2011-12-13T21:58:00.000-07:00

This is an odd heel line up. Seeing insane One Man Gang and Sullivan hanging with the Horsemen.

Sting comes out and is ambushed by Nikita. So the match starts with it being 4 on 3. Until PN News comes out. He never tags in or anything so no real point. El Gigante throws a surprisingly good suplex.

Nikita wipes out Tommy Rich with two Russian Sickles, but is attacked by Sting, whose head is wrapped. It goes to a no contest. Left you wanting a Sting/Nikita match so it worked.

Hello

2011-12-11T16:34:00.005-07:00

The good Dr. Victator here invited me to contribute to his blog. This particular post lacks context, but I'm going to be joining him in talking about wrestling. Probably a lot about Hulk Hogan at least to start, and there are a few other projects I've considered and never done that will likely wind up here. So, feel free to drop in and read my inane ramblings about the pro wrestling alongside the wonderful words of the Doctor.

An American Hulk in America A Tribute to Hulk Hogan

2011-12-11T01:36:00.000-07:00

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From Russia with Club The Nikolai Volkoff Story

2011-12-11T01:29:00.001-07:00

Hulk-A-Thon 2 Hulk Hogan Vs Nikolai Volkoff

2011-12-03T22:40:00.000-07:00

Tonight I'll be looking at the second match on the Real American VHS. It is Hulk Hogan vs Nicolai Volkoff on an early episode of Saturday Night's Main Event. Hulk is pissed that Volkoff keeps singing the Soviet National anthem. Though he has been doing it for at least a year at this point. So not sure why Hulk just noticed. First let me point out Volkoff's swank Soviet Army jacket.

Next this is a great performance from Nicolai. I think he gets a bad rap in general. But here he goes all out. Bumping huge for everything and hitting some big moves. Real brutal looking ax handle. Great looking back breaker.

Hogan hits a sweet looking Ax Bomber clothesline on Volkoff, and beats him from pillar to post. Interesting thing here is Hogan does not really "Hulk Up". Volkoff misses a charge in the corner and Hogan hits the Leg Drop for three.

This is a really good match and probably Nicolai's best ever.

This is a match from 1988 with Hulk facing Volkoff's tag team partner Boris Zuchov. I remember watching this when I was seven and being super excited that Hulk was wrestling on free TV. I was also afraid for him. Those two Russians might hurt him.

Hulk gets in the ring and the Commies beat him down. Hulk clangs their heads together and essentially has target practice with Zuchov. Boris gets brief Rusty Brooks offense, and Hulk says enough of that and kicks the Commie's butt. Volkoff comes in and Hulk messes him up for good measure.

Finally he beats up the Commies manager Slick, who probably did something to deserve it. Little did Hulk know this would be far from his last encounter with the Doctor of Style.

John Tenta squash

2011-12-03T12:25:00.000-07:00

Big John Tenta in action by TSteck160

Came across this. Tenta just had his head shaved by Big Bubba Rogers. Dungeon era Bubba was really a precursor for super evil 99 Big Bossman.

Tenta gets to the ring and some hillbilly named Larry Keene attacks. Keene had some nice looking punches. Tenta puts him away with the Earthquake drop.

Hulk-A-Thon 1 vs Andre in a Cage

2011-12-02T22:35:00.000-07:00

The other night I was babysitting my nephews. My oldest nephew Dylan is starting to love wrestling. He really enjoys watching older stuff. So we watched the Hulk Hogan:Real American Tape AVI on the portable DVDOLA.

The tape generally kicked some ass and put me in the mood to talk about Hulk Hogan. I'll start with matches on Real American and go from there.

Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant 07.31... by swantom-bomb

This match is from the Wrestlefest 88 card in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is the first and only cage match between Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant.

Me and my contributor Matt D often talk about what an amazing wrestler Andre was at the end of his career. Andre could not do much here, but he was so smart everything had maximum impact. Elbow drops and headbutts seemed like huge bombs.

I think this match really illustrates why Andre was great and Hulk too. Hogan runs into the cage and tears into the Giant, which as always proves to be a bad idea. Andre chokes Hogan out with his own shirt and beats the tar out of him.

Not being for a title, there is not the problem typical of escape rules cage matches. Neither man is anxious to leave as they want to hurt each other. They do a really good job of using the cage. He gets above Andre and steps on his throat, holding on to the cage. Being pulled down, he starts hitting Andre with elbows and punches.

They keep using the shirt as a weapon to choke one another. They do a lot to give the illusion of movement.

One cool moment is when Andre ties Hogan's throat to the cage with the shirt. He lays into Hogan with stiff chops and punches. Andre isn't escaping since it is not for a title. He just wants him to suffer. By the time he has decided Hogan has had enough, Hogan frees himself and bolts across the ring to stop Andre from winning.

One great thing about Andre is even on his back, once he lands even a glancing blow he can take control. Hogan was laying into him, and Andre landed a punch and locked on a bear hug from his knees. Hogan fights out and attempts to escape, and Andre moves surprisingly fast to stop him.

Andre drops an elbow on Hogan that seems like a small nuke. I think if he ever attempted a top rope one like Big Show did at Survivor Series, it would shatter the walls of reality.

Now they are wearing down and vengeance has given way to wanting to end things.

Hogan is stopping Andre from getting out thru the door. Andre is trying to rip the turnbuckle pad off. He slams Hogan's head into the exposed turnbuckle. After being bitten and headbutted, Hulk is bleeding and is fading.

Andre goes for the door but Hogan has his leg. One thing I will say in favor of escape rules cage matches. There is something about a beaten and bloodied good guy desperately holding on to a heels foot that looks heroic. It would be so easy to lay there and let the guy leave. Its not like he pinned you or made you submit. He simply walked thru a door. But no the good guy refuses to stay down. He fights and pulls back in the man who hurt him.

Hogan dodges Andre's big boot and nails him with the Ax Bomber clothesline. Andre does not go down, instead doing this awesome wobbly selling. Hogan seeing he has the advantage, starts hitting Andre with chops. Andre bounces off the ropes into more chops and punches. Finally Hulk runs and hits a second Ax Bomber, finally putting the Giant down. Hogan hits the Leg Drop, but before he can escape, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Andre's Manager) comes in. Bobby wrestled on this card against the Ultimate Warrior. So he has his wrestling gear on, complete with sequin jacket.

He attacks Hogan, only to be flattened by a Hogan punch. Andre is now trying to climb (!!) out of the cage. Hogan takes a pair of brass knuckles out of Heenan's pocket and punches Andre in the kidney. Andre falls down and is tangled in the ropes. Hulk gives Heenan more payback and throws him into the cage.

Hogan decides to climb out of the cage, saluting his fallen foes on the way.

WWF Raw is War 12/6/99 Part 11 - Big Show vs Viscera (WWF Title Match)

2011-11-16T22:51:00.000-07:00

Man this kicked some ass. Big Show is WWF champ and defending against Viscera. I was going through one of those famous two month holiday periods without cable. So I missed a lot of this stuff.

Anyway this is two giants throwing bombs. Vis actually Samoan Drops Show in the first minute. Show hits a backdrop suplex. Vis clotheslines Show out of the ring and Show drops a bomb to win.

Then Bossman does stuff.

Mark Henry vs Kaientai

2011-11-07T16:46:00.000-07:00

Came across this looking for the Kaientai vs Scorpio/Terry Funk match on Youtube. Really short but pretty fun. The finish was unexpected. Its hard to remember a world where Kaientai could pin Mark Henry.

Stan Hansen and Johnny Ace vs The Youngbloods

2011-10-09T21:32:00.000-06:00

I came across this the other day scanning thru the AJPW 1993 TV season I got. I was surprised the guys Hansen was mauling were the Renegade Warriors. I remember these dudes from 1990 WCW and they were not good. I can remember Arn Anderson and Barry Windham struggling to have good matches with them.

Fast Forward to 1993 and these guys are good. They look like they were in better condition here. Hansen is so much fun in this match and he brings everybody up to his level. Gotta hand it to the Youngbloods. Normally these lower card guys seem apprehensive about mixing it up with Hansen. Almost like they close their eyes and think of England. But both Renegades really lay into Hansen with hard chops. It almost looks like it surprises Stan, who beats the shit out of them.

Ace came in and held up his end of the match. His offense from the Powerslam to the belly to belly suplex to a flying clothesline look good. I love the parts where Hansen comes in long enough to kick a Youngblood in the head and go back out.

Long haired Youngblood catches Ace with a flying enziguri and tags in short haired Youngblood. He hits Ace with a flying forearm chop thing. Hits him with a running ax kick in the corner. He spends too much time whooping it up and Ace catches him with a clothesline. This got a good reaction from the crowd. He tags in Hansen and they get even louder. Hansen here is a force of nature. Running roughshod over both Youngbloods. They are trying to fight, but its like fighting a tornado. He powerbombs short haired Youngblood and clobbers long hair when he breaks up the pin.

Then nails the Lariat on short hair for the win. Then for good measure nails long hair with a Lariat.

This was awesome.

Dustin Rhodes, Terry Funk and Bradshaw vs Jerry Lawler, Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor

2011-10-07T11:30:00.001-06:00

This is a match I was told about by Matt D. Its weird to see a match like this on Shotgun. Seems it was done especially for the live audience in Texas. Today the Texas trio would have jobbed clean.

Anyway everyone in this match looks great. Too Much are both tiny compared to the faces. Especially Dustin and Bradshaw. Bradshaw does not sell much for Too Much, but he really shouldn't have been.

Dustin starts off clowning Scott Taylor. Before tagging in Bradshaw who mauls Taylor. He goes in the corner and tags Christopher and Lawler hops down before he can get to him. He gets back on Taylor in the corner and super backdrop suplexes him.

Now Christopher is in. Which if you believe old rumors makes this pretty awkward. After Christopher gets on offense briefly, Bradshaw tags in Terry Funk. Funk demands to face Lawler.

Lawler gets in and gets the best of a punch exchange then piledrives Funk twice. Kevin Kelly on commentary, really gets over how important the Piledriver is. He also covers slightly for Lawler not pinning him. Lawler takes a big bump over the top rope and Funk batters him on the announce table.

Back from commercial and Funk is mixing it up with Christopher. The heels get the advantage. Before Funk tags out to Dustin. But the heels quickly get heat on him. Hitting a Hart Attack on Dustin.

Dustin gets the tag to Bradshaw, who tears things up. Hitting a big boot on Christopher, a fallaway slam on Scott Taylor, then powerbombs Christopher. Lawler comes in, bringing back Dustin and Funk. Triple backdrop by the faces. Christopher ducks a Funk/Dustin double clothesline. Only to take the Lariat from Bradshaw.

They crammed a ton of stuff into ten minutes. This is as good or better as any US TV match you'll find in 1998.

Sabu a Day 9 vs Taz Blackwood New Jersey December 27th 1997

2011-09-24T20:42:00.001-06:00

Way back in 2009 I talked about a Sabu vs Taz match from Halloween 1997. http://drvictatorpresents.blogspot.com/2009/09/taz-vs-sabu-10-3197.html

I really love it and it ended up number 2 on my ECW Top Twenty list. They ran this match around the horn. But as Fancams are slightly difficult to come by online. It was the only one I could find.

Recently I found two more. One is from February 1999 and the other from December 97. I will talk about the 12/97 one here.

One thing I love about watching a long running series is seeing how it evolves. Watch the Hulk Hogan/Macho Man feud and every match in 85 and 86 you see things being added and things subtracted. Until finally you get the perfect Boston Garden match.

This is similar in some ways. The thirty minute draw from 10/31/97 Sabu and Taz ran out of spots early on. Taz hit most of his suplexes and Sabu his big aerial stuff. So they had to fill up time in the match. Which leads to neat stuff like Sabu going after Taz's knee. Even locking on a good looking figure four leglock.

This match they learned their lesson. Taz is very careful to space out his suplexes. Using them in the same context. Basically he nails Sabu with one, anytime Sabu is building up momentum.

But this match is not as good. A few minutes in, Taz hits Sabu with a nasty clothesline. Sabu broke his jaw a month before, and he messed up here. The rest of the match he is trying to recover from that.

Every thing he hits looks a bit off. At one point he leg drops Taz thru a table and hits his head on the guard rail.

He hits Air Sabu and kinda does a Flair Flip over the turnbuckle.

Later Taz T-Bone suplexes Sabu thru a propped up table and lands at a bad angle. He gets flap jacked on the table and it does not break.

It is one of those nights where nothing goes quite right.

Taz is TV Champ so he is not jobbing and Sabu is not jobbing on a house show. Sabu is the only guy I can think of more willing to lose on Television than on House Shows.

So they are obviously working toward a draw. The submission stuff is not as fun here. It does look like they are cranking it on. But you also know its more to fill time. Since unlike last time its not building up a story like the Halloween draw.

I still enjoyed the match. It has some rough charm. Also its fun contrasting it with the other matches.

Sabu Casbah

2011-09-19T02:11:00.001-06:00

Sabu A Day 8: vs Billy Black

2011-09-10T23:01:00.002-06:00

In the DVDVR thread I kinda slagged this match. Watching it now, I can see where I was coming from but it improved on a second viewing.

Billy Black in a very small circle, is a bit of an underground legend. He was a really talented guy who never made it. He worked a SMW taping or two. An All Japan tour then three ECW shows in 1996. After that he was in the news for pistol whipping a wrestling promoter in public. Which honestly, is not even a crime in most states.

The most interesting thing was his look. He had a big arsenal of fancy moves but looks like the scummiest Southern County Fair indy wrestler.

This is Black's biggest match in ECW. It did not make TV but it is a match with Sabu which in 96 is the default main event.

Match starts out good. Black dodges Sabu's leg dives, and drops and elbow and catches him with some great looking uppercuts. Really they look fantastic. He catches him with some knees, front suplexes him on the top rope and European Uppercuts him to the floor. His strikes are William Regal/Finlay level.

Black climbs to the top rope and hits a beautiful Flying Body Press to the floor. Then he rolls Sabu in and clamps on a bodyscissors. This is when I turned on the match last time. This is not a Sabu structured match. It feels like Black had a good segment mapped out did it and needs to think of something else. I see this in Sting matches sometimes so Black is in good company. To his credit he does not do a chinlock or headlock. He tries to keep it visually interesting.

Sabu fights out of it turning It into a leg submission and Black rakes his eye to escape.

Black works him over on the ropes. Hits another of those uppercuts, they rule. Sabu catches him with a spinning heel kick that doesn't quite hit Black flush. Sabu slams him and hits a springboard leg lariat. We hear Tommy Rich tell Sabu to use the table.*

Sabu pulls him up and DDTs Black and heads outside. Grabs a chair and hits a beautiful Air Sabu in the corner on Black. Sabu whips him in the opposite corner but Black reverses and hits a hard clothesline.

Sabu reverses a suplex, but Black catches him with a boot in the corner and drops a great looking elbow. Black is like the ECW version of Bob Cook. This dude with not quite the most conventionally good look. But has these awesome looking strikes and you can buy him getting offense on way bigger stars. Like Cook fucking up Dick Murdoch in a TBS squash.

Black clamps on an abdominal stretch. It looks really good and I think it should be brought back as a finisher. It has not been seen in years. A properly applied one could be a credible finish. I love how Black releases it when he realizes Sabu will not submit. He hits a nasty elbow to the back of the head.

He whips Sabu into the ropes but Sabu flips over and spin kicks Black sending him out of the ring. Sabu puts him over the guard rail and hits Air Sabu. Back in the ring and Sabu starts tagging him with punches and Black fires back. it is a rare occasion when a dude out punches Sabu. But damned if Black did not do it. This section has some good back and forth brawling. They keep reversing a waist lock til Black hits a picture perfect German Suplex for two.

Fans are into this as they are chanting Sabu. They hit a brutal double clothesline. Side tangent but I remember the first time I ever saw a double clothesline. It was Hogan vs Warrior at the 1990 Royal Rumble and it blew my mind. I never saw such a brutal move. I thought they had killed each other.

They fight back up to their feet and Sabu has the advantage. Gets Black in the corner and hits a cool looking Stinger Splash clothesline.

Sabu hits his flipping legdrop and locks on a Code Red Armbar but Black is near the ropes. Sabu catches him with a big clothesline. Sabu is that rare smallish wrestler who can hit a credible looking clothesline. Black pulls himself up and Sabu tags him again. Up again and Sabu hits the springboard leg lariat. Then hits the Arabian Press moonsault.

Black comes off the ropes and blocks a hip toss with a bulldog. He goes for a moonsault and misses. But Sabu was not positioned right. I swear like only a tiny percentage of wrestlers know how to position a dude for a moonsault.

Black gets knocked to the outside. Sabu props him on a table and hits a flipping senton onto Black and the table does not break. It looks very painful. Like hitting the floor woulda felt better. Sabu has a "Fuck it it lets go home" look on his face.

Back in the ring Sabu misses a charge in the corner and Black hits a nice looking spin kick. Then hits a good looking spinning heel kick in the corner. Black tries to go to the top and Sabu catches him. He hits a Hurracarana, and Black takes a nasty looking bump. One Arabian Facebuster later and its over.

On a second viewing I was wrong about this match. It had some structure problems but kicked ass too.

*Not Tommy Rich but an incredible simulation.

The Holly's vs The Hardy Boyz 9-6-99

2011-09-06T21:12:00.000-06:00

I remember watching this eleven years ago. Hardcore Holly definitely had the best undercard act in wrestling in 99. I remember him and the Acolytes were the highlight of any given Raw for me. Best part was when he was the Big Shot and Big Show's buddy. He was even a part of the Big Show/Undertaker alliance. Shortly after that his cousin Crash Holly was introduced. A pint sized version of Hardcore. He had a big chip on his shoulder and was determined to prove he was as tough as his cousin.

Now Crash probably did water down the act some. But at the same time he really added to it. The Hollys were a tag team and picked a fight with everybody from The New Age Outlaws to the Acolytes to the Rock and Mankind.

Now for me the highlight of their run was their epic brawl on Heat with the Acolytes. I talked about it in an entry from last June.

But the other highlight is this and it is not really related to a match. The Hollys said they were super heavyweights and insisted on only fighting their fellow super heavyweights. Tonight their oppoenents are the Hardy Boyz, Matt and Jeff. Believe it or not there was a time Matt could be referred to as "Anorexic Andy" and not be in an ironic fashion.

"Karen Carpenter" (Jeff) is invited to step up next. Well the Hardyz do not meet the weight requirement. But wait Matt and Jeff have a manager at this time, Gangrel.

Hardcore in a generous giving mood, makes an invitation.

"Hey, Hey Dracula, why don't you hop on there and see how much you weigh ya fat bastard."

Which is one of the single greatest lines in the history of Monday Night Raw. I love that this genuinely cracked up Jerry Lawler and JR (who tried to hide it.)

Well Hardcore is distracted and does not see Jeff Hardy perched on the top rope who nails Hardcore with a flying dropkick, and the match starts. The Hardyz get the better of the first part of the match. Knocking Hardcore out of the ring and working over Crash. Crash is in the corner and Jeff hits poetry in motion and Matt knocks him down with a big clothesline.

The Hardyz were very underrated as brawlers. They could hold their own in a straight brawl and not look out of place.

That said the match is strangely booked. I think the Hardyz and Hollys are both heels. Crash works face in peril for the Hardy Boys and the Hardyz do a a good job working him over. I love when Crash will bust out a fancy crusierweight move when he is desperate. Like he wants to win a fist fight, but once he gets desperate he goes to what will work.

Hardcore gets tagged in and he is an excellent house of fire. Hitting a great looking powerslam. Hardyz get back the advantage using quick double teams. Matt hits a suplex and Jeff the Swanton Bomb. But it is not a finisher yet.

They go for another double team, but Hardcore kicks Jeff in the face and hits the Falcon Arrow on Matt for three. Just realized this was a clean finish on a 99 Raw. Weird.

Sabu a Day 7 vs Umaga

2011-09-05T18:00:00.001-06:00

Umaga vs. Sabu by neoche78

Last night on DVDVR Dylan Waco said

"I actually think in a way the greatest strength of Sabu was his ability to be a fun novelty act against almost any opponent. It's the same trait that Abby has and that Necro has. The persona is so big that even if you aren't high on him as a worker you just want to see him and the weirder the match up the better."
I think that is why I have been mostly looking at his runs in places that are not ECW. Seeing him in WWE is so strange that beyond being good (they are) they also have a freak show appeal. This match is one of those. This is a match Sabu had with Umaga the week before Survivor Series 06.

The match is almost a complete squash. I've seen Mike Jackson and Tony Stuber get more offense in TBS squashes than Sabu got here. But Umaga is such a beast and Sabu does such a great job taking the beating its hard to care.

Sabu goes on the attack first and Umaga catches him with an uppercut to the throat. After this Sabu never gets going. Umaga takes a part Sabu with headbutts and a huge chop which folds Sabu up. Umaga starts clubbering in the corner. Sabu fights his way out and Umaga will have none of that and drops him again.

On the outside Sabu gets whipped into the barricade taking a chest first bump. Back in the ring he starts hurting Umaga with punches only to get his head taken off by a kick.

Umaga misses a charge. Sabu hits a leaping leg lariat, dropkicks his knee and hits the big springboard DDT but Umaga gets up. Sabu leaps blindly into the ropes and takes the Samoan Spike. Probably the best looking Samoan Spike I have seen anyone take.

On commentary JR and even King try their best to put over Sabu. Getting across how tough Sabu is which gets Umaga over even more as a force of nature.

Sabu a Day 6 vs Cactus Jack NWC 1995

2011-09-04T19:55:00.002-06:00

Last night on DVDVR, I got a request from Dylan Waco to review the matches Sabu and Cactus Jack had in 1995 for NWC in Las Vegas. I'm going to look at the Cage match first since cage matches are such oddities for both of them.

Cactus does this great promo about how Sabu brings out the worst in him. I really miss Cactus Jack. Not Mick Foley but Cactus Jack the sick and twisted fuck. The cage match has a good premise. Last time they wrestled they destroyed the building, endangered fans and ruined a blackjack game.

Cactus and Sabu have really weird chemistry. A lot of it is they feel like putting two magnets together of the same polarity. It makes me wonder what a Cactus Jack circa 95/Necro Butcher match would be like. Have Butcher and Sabu wrestled?

The match starts and it is awkward. It is escapes rules BTW and filled with weapons. A combination of Sabu and Jack's weird chemistry and Jack being bad in cage matches. In his book Foley said anytime he was in a bad match he would kick into over drive to try to save it. That happens here. He really tears into Sabu and like the Parka match it feels like two guys dropping bombs. Jack beats the shit out of Sabu. Laying into him with kicks, punches and weapon shots. Wears him out with a snow shovel. Then starts trying to shove Sabu through the cage.

I think that Foley know he can't outcrazy Sabu, so he steps into the role of large brute and fucks him up. He breaks a pane of glass over Sabu's head and starts cutting him up, even messing up his own hand. I don't think even the Japanese Death Leagues were using glass yet.

Cactus sets up a table and Sabu blindsides him. Tries to go up top and Cactus puts him in a sleeper causing them to plummet into the table. Sabu tries to scale the cage and Cactus follows. Sabu hits a dropkick on the top rope crotching Jack. Now Sabu is going after Cactus with a barrage of weapon shots.

We get another edit and Cactus is trying to escape but Sabu wails on him with the shovel. They fight on top of the cage again and Sabu knocks Cactus to the mat and follows up with a Rey Mysterio esque splash.

Later Sabu is thrown at full speed into the table which doesn't break. Staggers out and headbutts Cactus in the gut. Later Sabu places Cactus on the table and misses a moonsault and the table does not break.

Sabu's selling is great. I mean he probably is hurt but the result is the same. Cactus misses a top rope elbow and the table still does not break. Now Sabu hits the legdrop and the table still refuses to break. They have both collective said fuck it and go to the finish. Which is the Orndorff/Hogan SNME finish.

Sting vs Kurt Angle Huntsville

2011-09-03T22:26:00.000-06:00

nun8un by Moonshame

I was at the Impact Taping last Thursday. I took my seven year old nephew. It was his first wrestling show and he loved it. My favorite part was him very earnestly telling me every time a heel cheated. I went to see one man. I went to see Sting. Sting was one of my favorite wrestlers growing up and my appreciation for him has grown as I get older. I think the fact he has been in a shithole like TNA and still retained his aura is such a big point in his favor. Guys like Mick Foley, Kurt Angle and even Hulk Hogan have had their legendary auras torn down. To the point they do not seem like that much of a bigger deal than AJ Styles or Eric Young.

The aura Samoa Joe's cultivated in ROH has been decimated. He bears a striking resemblance to Tazz circa 2001/2002. Except he was still over.

Sting came out and the place went crazy. He was the most over guy in the building. Everybody came to see him. I went crazy every time he was out.

So when they announced a Sting/Angle title match I was so happy. I have loved every match Sting and Angle have had. The PPV match last month was really good except for the Impact Zone. They have great chemistry and it is a shame they could not of crossed paths earlier.

I never realized how crummy TNA's editing is until I saw a TV taping. This match was so poorly edited. They have this knack for making the coolest stuff look mundane.

One of my favorite parts of the match was Angle countering the Stinger Splash with a Belly to Belly. Later Sting gets a big near fall on the Scorpion Deathdrop. I thought Sting had won the title.

Later he locks on the Scorpion Deathlock and the ref bump happens of course. By the end of the night it was a running joke in my section. People were looking at the ramp waiting for the Run in.

So Hogan hits Sting with a chair. Sting no sells and Hulks up and I LOST MY SHIT!!! I was howling, beating my chest. It was the best wrestling moment I ever had live. At least since I lived thru Hulkamania in 89.

But Angle hits an Angleslam on the chair. I did not realize it was on top of the chair. Looked nasty on tape.

Loved this and had a great time. Later I will tell tale of meeting D-Von Dudley and locking eyes with Winter and locking her under my thrall. Oh wait I just did.

Sabu A Day:Day 5 vs Big Show ECW on Sci Fi

2011-09-03T16:37:00.001-06:00

Sorry been preoccupied since Thursday. Nothing interesting just bills and family issues.

This is the match with Big Show that set up the Extreme Rules rubber match. Even if it is weird since Show beat Sabu at Summerslam and won here by DQ. But that's modern wrestling for you.

One thing I loved with this feud was Heyman begging Show not to underestimate Sabu. But Show is all "Don't worry I got this. I'm a giant." and slowly reality sets in like when Rocky knocked Apollo Creed on his ass in Round One.

Show was perfect during this period. The perfect mixture of Unstoppable monster/vulnerable heel Champion. You can buy ancient melting man of wax Flair beating Show. Or the Sandman beating Show. Because ECW is this alien planet with its own customs. While the WWE wrestlers were like settlers converting the natives to Christianity. Until eventually the natives entire culture is assimilated.

This match starts like the other Sabu/Show matches. Show comes in overwhelming Sabu. Headbutts, Chops and crazy looking military presses dominate. Show drops him from the press slam on the top rope and Sabu dropped directly from the floor.

With Big Show a basic bodyslam looks brutal. Sabu starts firing off some punches and Show wipes him out with a Lariat. He just suffocated Sabu with half his body.

Show clamps him in a bearhug and Sabu tries to gogue his eyes out. Ref reprimands Sabu while Show starts to realize what he is dealing with.

Blinded, Show accidentally wipes out the referee with a spear. Sabu leaps off the ropes and Show catches him. He hits a crazy Fallaway Slam that sends Sabu flying across the ring.

Sabu heads outside, Show pursues and Sabu cracks him in the head with a chair. Catches him with a few more shots, finally toppling him with a chair shot off the top rope.

He hits the Triple Jump Moonsault and Arabian Facebuster but no referee. Another ref runs in and Sabu gets a two count. Sabu goes fuck it and grabs the ring bell. He splits Show's scalp open and the referee cowers in the corner.

Sabu is enraged and hits Show over and over. He is covered in blood and pleading with Sabu to show mercy. Because of how good Show and Sabu are you buy it. He keeps hitting him and Show goes over the top thru a table. Sabu is DQ'ed I think. Or maybe Show was for wiping out the first Ref.

Sabu stands looking crazed holding the bell in his mouth.

Sabu A Day:Day 4 vs La Parka Mexican Massacre Match

2011-09-01T23:00:00.002-06:00

MLW should have been the best of the three upstart promotions of 2002. They did not do the stupid shit TNA did and they were not wrestling as performance art indy classic bullshit of ROH. But nothing they did ever worked. Even stuff that should have been good in theory.

The Sabu vs La Parka feud however is one of the things that did work. This is not their first match. That one ended with Sabu bludgeoning Parka with scissors. Tearing his mask open and leaving him a bloody mess. It had this awesome visual of a bloody Parka crawling desperately toward Sabu.

This is the rematch some months later. They did some angle where Parka injured Bill Alfonzo, so he sends his brother the Cuban Assassin in his place. Parka comes out in some sweet ring gear. Wearing a crazy rubber skull mask over his regular crazy skull mask. Joey Styles wonders if it is a Missy Hyatt mask.

Match starts with some nice mat work. Sabu takes down Parka with an armbar. They end up brawling on the floor. Both of them taking some nasty bumps. Watching this I wonder if they genuinely dislike each other. Sabu throws a chair in Parka's face and Parka tries to cave in Sabu's skull.

Parka tries to throw Sabu into a table, Sabu escapes and slams Parka's head into the hardwood. Looks really nasty. Parka responds by trying to decapitate Sabu with a short arm clothesline. These two are dropping bombs like a lightweight Hansen/Vader.

Parka hits a great looking suicide dive. Parka misses a senton in the ring. Sabu locks on a Camel Clutch but Parka fights to the ropes. Guys dragging guys to the ropes to escape submissions sometimes bugs me. Like seeing Rey Mysterio pull Edge across the ring to escape the Sharpshooter. But here it works with Parka having a size advantage and it really looks like a struggle.

Lot of people dislike Joey Styles. Hell he bugs me at times. But I think he was good here. One thing he got across was how familiar he was with Sabu. Later he pointed out that Sabu was at a disadvantage not having Fonzie, since he had no chemistry with Assassin. But putting over Assassin is a wrestler which makes him less of a liability.

Parka faceplants Sabu into a chair and again it looks nasty. Parka and Sabu trade punches on the turnbuckle. Parka gets the advantage and faceplants Sabu into the chair from the second rope. Ref tried to move it but you see Parka threaten him. He tosses Sabu out and hits another brutal looking suicide dive.

Parka hits Sabu with a broken table and I don't know where it came from. The match is not edited so I must have missed something.

Sabu tosses Parka into the table shrapnel in the corner. Sabu pins Parka covered in the shrapnel and it is a great visual. The match is disjointed in places. But they go by that old rule of when in doubt beat the shit outta each other and it works. Parka knocks down Sabu and cuts a little jig.

Parka is a guy who really should have been a far bigger star in this country. Lots of charisma, good in the ring and big enough to credibly fight heavyweights.

Weird spot on the apron. It looks like they are having a disagreement on what to do so Sabu hip tosses him into the ring and Parka reverses.

Parka hits a stiff standing enzugiri on Sabu. Hits a sitout Powerbomb, but he can't finish him off.. Sabu escapes the table but is hit by a Crossbody block off the top. Assassin comes in and knees Parka in the gut. The type of brute force that Fonzie can't provide. Sabu hits the Triple Jump Moonsault spot on.

Assassin proves a liability. He can't move as fast as Fonzie or set up the tables and chairs properly. Which for Sabu is crucial and he pays for it in the end. While Sabu is climbing up top, Assassin comes into hold Parka down. But Parka nails him with a chair and Sabu puts Assassin thru the table. Parka hits a moosault somersault block onto Sabu for three.

This match is not perfect. It is disjointed in places. But the action is stiff and nasty enough I can overlook its flaws.

Sabu A Day:Day 3 vs Big Show Extreme Rules MSG

2011-08-31T16:07:00.000-06:00

So on the first day I said in regards to Sabu vs Abyss

"I wish Kane vs Sabu had happened once in Sabu's WWE tenure. If he can do good work with Dollar Tree Kane, then surely he could do great work with real Kane."

Today we put that theory to the test as we watch Sabu vs Big Show in an Extreme Rules match from Madison Square Garden.

This match is the blow off to the Sabu/Big Show feud. They had a match at Summerslam that Big Show won. They had a rematch where Sabu got a visual pinfall. That match had Sabu bloodying Show with a ring bell and it was great. It set this match up.

First things first, I think Big Show is the best ECW Champion ever. You could of put his reign in the original ECW and it would not of seemed outta place. Every week they were bringing in special attractions from Raw and Smackdown trying to take down Show. Mixed in with him feuding with ECW regulars like RVD,Sandman and of course Sabu.

Match starts and the size difference is obvious. Sabu tries to use a chair and Show swats it aside casually.
Show ragdolls Sabu around the ring. Bashes his head in with headbutts. Hits him with chops. As a dick move he tosses him outside and lets Heyman's bodyguards beat up on Sabu. Heyman is outside kissing Show's ass, and Show has this dopey grin on his face. Big Show has the absolute perfect balance between genuine monster and hateable dick head.

Show takes the chair Sabu tried to use earlier and destroys it. He actually rips it apart with his bare hands. Sabu takes this as a sign to get it in gear but Show crushes him with a clothesline. After being worked over, Sabu tags Show in the nuts. Dropping him to his knees. Sabu grabs a chair and tags him in the face with multiple chair shots. He tries to lock on the camel clutch which looks crazy. Like my two year old nephew trying to choke me out. Show picks him up and turns it into a side slam.

Sabu dodges a big boot, causing Show to crotch himself.. Sabu hits a flying dropkick, knocking Show to the floor. Heyman's guards help Show back into the ring. Show easily kicks out of a pin attempt and is already back in control.

Show is ready to end things. He tries to chokeslam Sabu thru a table but Sabu reverses it into a DDT. Show is so huge Sabu is briefly trapped under his arm. Like someone in a collapsed building under a beam. Sabu is up and has the chair and goes to town. Heyman is great wincing and crying. One last shot sends Show to the floor thru another table.

Outside the ring, Sabu attacks Heyman's guards. I love how when Sabu punched them he shifted his hand to a different position to protect his knuckles. Show tries to slam him but Sabu gets out of the way and shoves him into a turnbuckle post.

Show is draped on a table. Sabu comes off the top for a legdrop, sees Show has moved and adjust to hit him with Air Sabu but Show catches him and Chokeslams him thru the table. Back in the ring and the Cobra Clutch Back Breaker and Hog Log ends it.

I loved the first three months of ECW on Sci fi. It went downhill after Show lost the belt. I know it occasionally had its moments until it croaked last year. But nothing compares to Big Show tearing shit up with Sabu and Sandman every week.

Sabu A Day:Day 2 vs Kevin Thorn Halloween 2006

2011-08-30T14:10:00.002-06:00

This match is from the Halloween 2006 episode of ECW on Syfy. Sabu is facing Kevin Thorn for a spot in the Extreme Elimination Chamber. Which as an aside is an unfairly slagged match BTW.

I love Kevin Thorn. I think I was singing his praises in 06 but not nearly enough. Loved his feud with Stevie Richards in 2007. I wish he had been moved to Smackdown to feud with Taker.

But this match is with Sabu. You get a similar dynamic to the match with Abyss. Though in the case of Thorn he is wrestling more like a monster. While Abyss was acting like a 6ft6 300 pound chickenshit heel.

Initially Thorn runs over Sabu. Having a clear cut size and power advantage. Until Sabu takes over using his speed and general unorthodox style. Thorn goes to the floor and Sabu dives onto him. I liked Ariel's 'Holy Shit" reaction. Sabu presses the advantage with a beautiful looking slingshot splash. One thing I loved about Sabu's eith month WWE tenure was he got a lot more creative without being able to use chairs and tables. So you never know where he is going to spring from.

Thorn gets back the advantage by turning an attempted leaping DDT into a sit out Spinebuster. Thron runs Sabu's shoulder into the turnbuckle and does a good job working him over on the mat with a chinlock and armbar. Not rest holds, really working him over.

Sabu catches Thorn with a sweet looking leaping leg lariat off the second rope. Follows it with a nice looking leaping clothesline and flying back elbow. He comes off the second rope and Thorn hits him with a nasty looking clothesline. Thorn misses a charge, and Sabu hits him with a GREAT flying DDT. Then hits him with a flipping legdrop and gets the rare submission win with the Camel Clutch.

I love this match. A perfect sub five minute TV match.

Sabu A Day:Day 1 vs Abyss Falls Count Anywhere

2011-08-29T16:50:00.000-06:00

This match is from one of the old weekly TNA PPV shows. This was a part of the build up to the first match with Raven. Not sure why Abyss is involved.

I'm not a big fan of Abyss for whatever reason, he and Sabu have great chemistry. I have never seen them have anything less than a good match. They had a feud in 05 that culminated in TNA's only Barbwire match.

This is a street fight. Abyss has control of the early portions of the match using his size to take away Sabu's speed and crazy advantage but the match still goes to the outside. Sabu wears him out with chairshots. He hits a great looking Air Sabu dive to the floor. No seriously check it out, he gets some crazy hang time.

They fight up to the entrance set. I forgot how rinky dink the TNA "Asylum" looked. I'll still take it over the Impact Zone.

So a table is set up and Abyss and Sabu are fighting above it. Trading punches perilously above it as if the table was hot lava. I've said it before, but Sabu really understands how to get the most out of a table spot. Even matches with multiple table spots build in intensity. Sabu hits a sweet looking elbow splash into the table wreckage on Abyss getting a two count.

They fight back to the ring with Abyss continually going on the attack. Sabu has another chair and again gives Abyss noggin a floggin. Gets him down and hits an Arabian Facebuster.

The chair is all mangled and broken. Which is a cool visual. Abyss tries to catch Sabu on the turnbuckle but Sabu catches it and cracks Abyss skull. The match is kinda like a Road Runner cartoon with Abyss as the Coyote.

To further illustrate this point, Abyss takes out his chain. Sabu ducks grabs the chain and hog ties Abyss.

Abyss catches Sabu with a tossed chair as he tries the Triple Jump moonsault. Its interesting that every time Abyss gets any sustained offense it is thru cheating.

They fight down by the stage again. Sabu puts Abyss on a table and leaps off the bleachers onto Abyss.

Sabu does not pin him instead wanting to get another table to finish Abyss for good. Now Sabu is at the highest point in the Asylum. Lights go out and Raven pushes him off onto the table and it doesn't break. Raven dives off onto him with an elbow. Abyss gets the three.

I don't know if that was improvised but that was certainly a sick bump for Sabu to take.

I wish Kane vs Sabu had happened once in Sabu's WWE tenure. If he can do good work with Dollar Tree Kane, then surely he could do great work with real Kane.

From the pages of Savage Sports Stories comes Sergent Sargent's Horse Power

2011-08-19T12:48:00.001-06:00

Horse Power:TRAPPED Day 2. The birth of Grease Trap.

http://horsepowerthemovie.blogspot.com/2011/08/sergent-sargents-horse-power-trapped_19.html

From the pages of Savage Sports Stories comes Sergent Sargent's Horse Power

2011-08-18T10:50:00.000-06:00

It is the start of a brand new Horse Power saga.

Horse Power:TRAPPED!!!! Day 1. Horse Power battles the E-Unit's long time rivals Dread Watch.

http://horsepowerthemovie.blogspot.com/2011/08/sergent-sargents-horse-power-trapped.html

From the pages of Savage Sports Stories comes Sergent Sargent's Horse Power

2011-08-17T11:10:00.000-06:00

Horse Power Dawn of the Necronoid Day 8. In the finale the team destroys the Necronaut.

http://horsepowerthemovie.blogspot.com/2011/08/sergent-sargents-horse-power-dawn-of_17.html

3 Minute Warning vs Ken Anderson & Andy Sealon

2011-08-16T14:28:00.000-06:00

Found this on Youtube. I loved Three Minute Warning at the time. These guys were the best at squashing dudes. A worthy successor to the Samoan Swat Team. One of the jobbers here is Ken Anderson. You might not recognize him as it is before he "blossomed". To be fair though, Anderson showed a lot of potential here.

His partner Andy Sealon had some really nice punches. One really nice sequence with the jobbers hitting a double dropkick, only to be wiped out by a Rosie double clothesline.

Jamal (The late Umaga) hits a sweet spin wheel kick. Then they finish it with an Irish Whip into a leaping Samoan Drop.

From the pages of Savage Sports Stories comes Sergent Sargent's Horse Power

2011-08-16T11:14:00.000-06:00

Keep forgetting to post the links here.

Day 5
http://horsepowerthemovie.blogspot.com/2011/08/sergent-sargents-horse-power-dawn-of_12.html

Day 6
http://horsepowerthemovie.blogspot.com/2011/08/sergent-sargents-horse-power-dawn-of_15.html

Day 7
http://horsepowerthemovie.blogspot.com/2011/08/sergent-sargents-horse-power-dawn-of_16.html

From the pages of Savage Sports Stories comes Sergent Sargent's Horse Power

2011-08-11T22:09:00.000-06:00

Here are days 2 thru 4 of Horse Power:Dawn of the Necronoid.

Day 2

Introducing E-Unit
http://t.co/GnSBrOj

Day 3
E-Unit encounters the Necronoids
http://horsepowerthemovie.blogspot.com/2011/08/horse-powerdawn-of-necronoid-day-3.html

Day 4
The Macabre Machinations of Professor Necro
http://horsepowerthemovie.blogspot.com/2011/08/sergent-sargents-horse-power-dawn-of_11.html

Sergent Sargent's Horse Power: Dawn of the Necronoid Day 2

2011-08-09T23:26:00.002-06:00

http://horsepowerthemovie.blogspot.com/2011/08/horse-powerdawn-of-necronoid-day-2.html

From the pages of Savage Sports Stories comes Horse Power

2011-08-08T18:11:00.001-06:00

http://horsepowerthemovie.blogspot.com/2011/08/sergent-sargents-horse-power-dawn-of.html

Please read and comment.

Fancam Follies 2011

2011-07-24T17:36:00.002-06:00

Mikey Whipwreck vs Sabu 10.16.97 - by Moonshame

Here is the fancam spliced with the TV version so you can see the missing spot.

Saw the TV version of this last night on History of ECW. Really enjoyed it. There was a cut or two so I decided to check out the Fancam version.

First thing is Sabu never got credit for adjusting his character in 97 to be more heelish while staying true to Sabu. Made himself slightly less manic and crazy. More sneaky and weasely while still coming across as vicious and sadistic.

First section is Sabu taking Mikey down to the mat and out wrestling him. When Mikey starts out wrestling Sabu, the chair gets introduced. Which reminded me of Tully Blanchard's philosophy of being a heel. The heel tries to win the match fairly and resorts to cheating once he realizes he is outmatched.

Sabu takes advantage with the chair. Anytime Mikey has a comeback, Sabu catches him with a flying move.

Sabu sets the table up and Mikey nails him with a chair. Sabu really gets building up to the big spot. So when someone goes thru the table it is a big deal.

Mikey goes on a big come back and hits some great looking spots. Getting closer and closer to pinning Sabu. Mikey misses a twisting senton. Sabu goes back on offense and survives the Triple Jump Moonsault. Which is a pretty big deal as it has been Sabu's big finisher since he returned in 95. Only guys like Taz or RVD have kicked out of it.

So Sabu goes to the top and Mike follows and the video cuts to a second later with ECW chants and RVD and Mikey laying on the debris of a table. What happened was RVD ran in and Mikey dove off the top rope on top of RVD, sending them both tru a table. I promise I'll include the TV version once its available.

Okay Sabu is still on the top. Mikey is back up and Sabu moonsault presses him from the turnbuckle.

Sabu returns to the ring and Mikey follows only RVD has his ankle, and he is caught between the ropes. Sabu does a lionsault which drives his shin into Mikey's head knocking him out.

This was very effective at

1. Making Sabu and RVD heels.

2. Keeping Sabu strong for his feud with Sandman.

3. Making Mikey look strong as he comes very close to actually pinning Sabu.

Batista vs CM Punk Great American Bash 2008

2011-07-23T15:26:00.000-06:00

With all the furor over CM Punk winning the WWE Championship Sunday I have been watching his old matches. I watch a match with Danielson from from IWA Mid South and the first Joe/Punk match. I didn't hate those matches. They were entertaining but enough of it bugged me I really don't want to revisit them.

I watched his match with Batista at the 2008 GAB. I thought it would be interesting to compare since it is almost three years apart. Punk just win his first World Heavyweight Title. He cashed in on Edge and there was a lot of interest in his first defense against Batista.

At the time they were in a big rut with Batista. It felt like every month he was the number one contender. But each time he would lose somehow. So he felt like a Lex Luger esque choke artist. Someone who could not win the big one or won the big one then quickly lost it. More a problem with monthly PPV and lazy writing.

Here he has his chance with CM Punk. The match has a good story going in. With Punk being thought of as a fluke. That he snuck in and ambushed Edge after Batista beat him down. So there is a real question of whether he can beat Batista.

The match starts with Punk taking the fight to Batista. Hitting him with kicks and taking Batista by surprise. As the match continues Batista takes control with one big power move. But each time Punk regains control whether it be with well timed kicks or suicide dives. Batista gives Punk a lot and it never looks out of place.

Near the end Punk dives off the apron and Batista catches him with the best forward Spinebuster he has ever hit. The question is now "Can Punk survive?" But before we can find out, Kane attacks both of them resulting in a no contest.

Which is frustration. Since the big question is left unanswered. It did not lead to

A: Kane vs Batista

B: Kane vs CM Punk

C: Kane vs CM Punk vs Batista.

D: CM Punk vs Batista rematch.

It was done as a way not to answer the question. But if you stop watching wrestling promotions that have bullshit finishes your viewing options dry up fast. You can only hope the ride is good and in this case the ride was very good.

The Birth of MulkeyMania!

2011-07-12T06:57:00.001-06:00

Love this. I want to explore the story of the Gladiators. These two tough guys prove themselves in the West Coast Mask Leagues. Get their big chance to enter the Crockett Cup. Make a TBS debut complete with Kiss theme song then they get pinned by the wimpiest job team around. They lose their spot in the tourney and their careers and presumably lives go into tail spin.

This is great just for Vince marking out for the Mulkeys. Plus brutal Express double teams.

Untitled Demolition Project

2011-07-03T19:58:00.000-06:00

Chairshot: A Love Story

2011-07-03T14:33:00.003-06:00

Sabu & RVD vs Yoshinari Ogawa & Kintaro Shiga AJPW 5/13/1997

2011-06-25T07:50:00.000-06:00

This match is from I'm guessing All Japan and is a perfect Sabu and RVD match. They hit everything clean. Cool train wreck spots. Never seen Shiga work before but he is pretty good and I've always (since first seeing him) thought Ogawa was underrated. They hit some nice looking offense on RVD. Shiga spiked him with a tornado DDT. Then Shiga and Ogawa hit a sweet double Slingshot Suplex.

The finishing sequence is great and I can't believe they never used it in ECW.

Qubecers Debut

2011-06-19T07:22:00.000-06:00

The Quebecers WWF Debut by TSteck160

This is a great debut. Jacques and Pierre hit some brutal double teams. Even doing the old Rougeau Brothers Cannonball. Also a nasty looking STO.

2011-06-18T11:00:00.002-06:00

Terry Daniels still turned up in the WWF from time to time after his run as Sgt.Slaughter's protege. Here he is facing the Widowmaker Barry Windham. Not a lot to it beyond being a good TV match with Daniels getting just enough offense. He hits a nice standing dropkick right next to Barry. I was impressed with how he extended his legs in mid air.

Odd hearing Tony Schiavonie act like he has never really seen Barry Windham before. Match ends up on the floor and Barry sits him on the top turnbuckle from the ring apron. Which I have never seen before. One superplex later and its over.

Jerry Lawler vs Kane

2011-06-11T19:36:00.000-06:00

I remember reading about this in the Wrestler. Great video package and fantastic promo from Cornette.

Sabu and Rob Van Dam vs Too Cold Scorpio and the Sandman

2011-06-06T07:56:00.001-06:00

This a match from the tail end of the seemingly never ending Sabu/Sandman feud. Sandman brought in his former tag team championship partner Too Cold Scorpio for back up.

Match starts off at a fast pace and never lets up. Scorp Dog and RVD have great chemistry and brawl around ringside. Sabu and Sandman pick up where they left off. Sabu ends up crashing to the floor on an attempted dive. Gets back in and takes an even nastier hit putting Sandman thru the table.

Hey its the very seldom seen Sabu/RVD Total Elimination executed pretty poorly. Scorp saves Sandman after the Arabian Facebuster but the Atomic Arabian Facebuster ends it.

Christian vs Randy Orton from 2005

2011-05-23T14:05:00.000-06:00

Randy Orton vs Christian (RAW 2.14.2005) by RatedREdgeHead316

I've been loving the current Randy Orton vs Christian series. Last night's match was a great match. One of the best either guy has ever been involved in. It reminded me these two had a match back in 2005 before Christian left for TNA.

This is a really good match. You can see the seeds for what a great work guy Christian would turn into in TNA and Orton was really good as well. He looked a lot bigger back then.

At some point Christian takes a hard blow to the face and develops a huge knot. Orton works it over thru out. Really good story of Christian trying to avoid the rKo. With Orton getting more creative in trying to hit it.

The finish is similar to last night but even better in my opinion.

Farewell Macho King

2011-05-20T11:19:00.002-06:00

WCW Thunder: February 12th 1998: Goldberg vs. Glacier

2011-05-18T00:25:00.000-06:00

Sweet squash of Glacier. Watch for the kick exchange in the first minute.

Two matches

2011-05-16T23:16:00.000-06:00

This is the famous six pack challenge from Unforgiven 99. Its Big Show vs Bulldog vs Kane vs Mankind vs Triple H vs the Rock.

Its done with a tag format. Not a ton of story. But a basic one with everyone but Bulldog hating HHH. Its worked very fast paced sinced everybody can come in quick spurts, hit their moves and tag out. Sometime having it break down and have everybody go at it. Austin is on commentary and doing a great job. Getting over everything and having fun.

There was a referee strike going on. They were tired if being abused. One ref crossed the picket line. Near the end as Big Show has Mankind pinned they pull him out of the ring. Austin's voice lights up like a kid found a dollar in the road. He beats the plop out of all the referees and takes over just in time to count three for Triple H. Of course HHH gets up in his grill So he gets a Stunner.

From 2009 Smackdown before Survivor Series. Its the team of JeriShow vs Undertaker and Kane.

Good match with a somewhat chicken poo finish. Great finishing sequence. Big Show hit a brutal looking spear to save Jericho from the chokeslam. Kane does a really good job playing face in peril. He almost makes it to Taker a few times, each time Big Show comes in and crushes Kane.

Undertaker is pacing excitedly before Kane finally makes the big tag. The match has an excellent finishing sequence. Jericho tries to get Taker in the Walls but its reversed into Hell's Gate but Show pulls Jericho out of the ring. Kane gets the better of Big Show. The Brothers of Destruction get set to chokeslam Show thru the announce table but Jericho makes the save.

Inside the ring Taker gets the best of Jericho. Big Show knocks out Kane outside the ring. He comes inside and saves Jericho by chokeslamming Undertaker. He helps up Jericho who unknowingly hits the Codebreaker on Big Show. Instead of pinning Taker he grabs the World Heavyweight belt and leaves.

This was to set up the Show vs Taker vs Jericho title match at Survivor Series. If Jericho had pinned Taker it would of been great. As is it sounds like another chickenshit WWE finish. They wanted to set up Survivor Series but did not want Undertaker pinned so they did this. Still a good match.

Varsity Club Tribute

2011-05-06T02:31:00.001-06:00

Day of the Omeniac 5: An Ominoous Return

2011-04-20T13:57:00.000-06:00

An Ominous Return

"And the Book of Omen directs us to the Shrine of Shadow where upon we will find the Door to Twilight. Once there we will bathe in his courage!!!"

I look upon this WAVE audience and see half of the seats are empty. I am not reaching them.

"WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME!!!!!!!!!!"

I see an old Omen Maniac. He is wearing a Omeniac shirt from ten years ago. He is speaking to a youngster.

"Sorry John I did not think it would be like this."

"You said this Omeniac was really cool."

"I know I did John.... And he was. Oh you should of seen him when he fought Ransom Fortune. He picked him up over his head and threw him into the first row. It was crazy."

"Wow Ransom Fortune? what happened to him."

"I dunno John. He started some kinda church or something. Remember when aunt Linda became a Jehovah's Witness?"

"yeah....."

"Something like that. Actually I'm not even sure its the same guy. He has his hair grown out and in a ponytail. My Omeniac would never wear a suit."

Hearing that breaks my chest. I stand in the aisle for what feels like days. I am losing my followers and my self respect. According to my sources Typhoon TV's ratings go down every time I do a sermon. Why did Johansen agree to this. My mind is swimming in confusion and the tide continues to rise.

I do not even notice two young men dressed like poultry running past me.

"Hailing from Satan's coop the Psycho Chickens!!!!!!"

They are starting the next bout. I should return to the locker room. I have paper work to fill out..... Is it any wonder he has abandoned me? Now two youngsters dressed like fish have attacked the two chickens.

"Hailing from Angry Waters The Murder Fish!!!!!!"

I watch as these undersized weaklings fight with all of their heart and being. They truly thirst for the battle. I was once like them. I had far greater power but I had the same fighting spirit.

As I walk to the back the arena lights go out. A green spotlight hits the ring and an organ starts playing. It is Doomsmith the WAVE champion. He brushes past me like I am nothing. Why is he attacking these youngsters? They are no threat to him.

The Fish since his immediate threat and attack. They display spirit greater than most. But spirit will not slay this monster. he headbutts the fish shattering his face in the process. The Fish's orange and blue mask is not crimson with life force.

The fish's partner attempts to save him. His feeble punches doing no damage to the one who slayed Ransom Fortune. This Doomsmith knocks the second Fish out with a single punch.

I should help. But I am here to preach not participate.

"OMENIAC!!!!!!!!"

"You you have returned?"

"OMENIAC HERE ME NOW!!!!! YOUR MISSION IS CLEAR IF YOU WILL ONLY SEE!!!!!!!"

"yes I see."

I am convulsing with his presence. His power... HIS WORD!!!!!!!!

The Doomsmith has one of these chickens by the throat. He has his leather glad fist pulled back. But before he can throw a punch I capture his hand.

The Green and Black Titan turns around. his eyes looking at the Omeniac with seeming amusement.

"Hmmmm......."

"HERE THIS DOOMSMITH YOU WILL SLAY NO MORE WEAKLINGS FOR YOUR BATTLE IS WITH THE OMENIAC!!!!!!!"

I tear my coat and dress shirt off. Revealing the mark of the Omeniac. My fist pump and i beat upon my chest. The Doomsmith tries to strike me with his fist but I block it and hit him with the power of a billion voids. I hit him again and again.

I run off the ropes building momentum until I unleash a clothesline worthy of the one who I serve. The Doomsmith does not fall. Again I unleash upon him and he staggers back but never falls. I prepare for one last strike when his hand grasp my throat. The air leaves my lungs. I prepare to embrace unconsciousness.

"OMENIAC!!!!!!!!"

"yes??"

"OMENIAC YOU WILL NOT FALL!!!!!!"

My arm gains life. I wrap my hand around the Doomsmith's thick neck.

"OMENIAC YOU WILL DESTROY THIS BLASPHEMER!!!!!!"

My other arm gains life and I wrap my other hand around the nexk of Doomsmith. I feel Doomsmith's essence fading. When he headbutts me with his cast iron mask. I fall to the ground. I look upon my hand and it is covered in life force. I require oblivion.

"OMENIAC!!!!!!! OMENIAC!!!!!! YOU WILL NOT FALL AS THE BLASPHEMER BREATHES!!!!!!!"

I rise to my feet and tackle the Doomsmith. We are a hurricane of fist and fury. Soon we are attacked by security. Who are these ants who seek to stop my righteous cause? I attack them as if they are Doomsmith. As I throw the last security interloper over the top rope, I see Doomsmith is gone.

I snatch a microphone from the overstuffed ring announcer.

"Pant, Pant, Pant.... Know this Doomsmith. You may have escaped the wrath of the Omeniac for now. I will slay you once and for all. IT IS WRITTEN!!!!!!!!!!"

Day of the Omeniac 6: Collective Confusion

2011-04-18T12:56:00.001-06:00

Collective Confusion

I was afraid this day would come. The kid had a rematch clause in his contract. So I have to defend the DEATHcore championship against him. It's Sergent Sargent vs the Overdog. I betrayed him in Caged Hate and took his first real Professional Wrestling Championship.

The kid has had me on the ropes most of the match. Using moves I have never
seen from him before. He hit me with a corkscrew moonsault and got a four count.

Later I started making a comeback by hitting him with my Kaiser helmet. I jumped off the top rope and he press slammed me into a bed of nails. Losing too much blood. I hit him with the butt of my service revolver and his head came off........ I look down and his skull looks like a......a..... Necronoid?

I look around and I'm back at the rendering plant in NAM. I see someone in a cloak digging a hole. He's taking out the championships I buried.

"Do not look so surprised Sergent. Did you think my defeat was final?"

Professor Necro? He was the bad guy on my old cartoon.

"You're not real."

"Is that so Sergent? I'm standing and talking to you. I'm holding these cheap gaudy belts you discarded without a thought. As quickly as you discarded that idiot child."

Real or not I'm going to shut this clown up. I pick up my laser bayonet and cut him in two. I look down at the robe and nothing is there. I get punched in the back of the head and fly thru a wall.

It's the kid, His face is rotting away.

"I told you Sergent. Professor Necro can never be defeated. You will
give me what is mine."

Necro/Overdog's rotting hand goes thru my chest and rips out my heart. But he's
not holding my heart. It's a shard of Oblivorex.

"There wasn't that delightful, and don't you feel better too?"

"JESUS!!!!!!!!"

Fuck I fell I asleep in the CCW locker room. I'm covered in blood. Now I remember I lost a shard of glass death match against the Combat Collective Champion Cell Blok.

This has been the pattern since I got here in December. I made my debut by attack the Combat Collective World Champion Jason Dixon and the Gorkilla during their title match.

A Three Way fight was scheduled for the Origin of Violence show it would be me
(Sergent Sargent) vs Gorkilla vs Jason Dixon.

My DEATHcore title and Dixon's CCW title would be on the line. Then Dixon no showed a title defense against me in Knoxville Tennessee. This seemed out of character to the guys who knew Dixon. Even Dixon's flunkies Power Keg and Stormer Barnes had no idea what happened to him.

So I defended my belt against Exit Wound all over the circuit for a week.

I go to watch WAVE's Typhoon TV and see Dixon ambush $extillion $inclair. $inclair is bleeding all over his pink and gold wrestling gear. Dixion picks up the mic and starts screaming about being a true Dynasty and not representing a promotion on its last legs. Only thing missing was him dumping the CCW title in the trash.

Next day I get to the Nashville Fairgrounds wondering how this will affect me.
Getting a cheap thrill out of the misery this is causing for Clayton
Wyles. The little creep burst into the locker room covered in cuts and bruises.

"God Damn Wyles what the blue fuck happened to you?"

"I got the CCW World Belt from Jason Dixon. I treat that ingrate like my son and nurture his talent and he abandons me. Just because his paychecks were a little late."

"How late Wyles?"

"Just a week or two or....."

I was smart to make him pay me upfront.

"Wyles what are you going to do about the title. You need to schedule a
tournament."

"That takes too long. We need a champion for Origin. I was thinking I
could award the belt to you tonight."

"Look you little shit. I don't do things like that. I'm not gonna be
labeled a paper champion because you can't wait for a tournament."

"Okay okay we have a battle royal tonight. you'll be the number one seed."

"Not entering a battle royal for a World title. Battle Royal's are brutal and difficult to win, but they can be manipulated. I seem to remember you winning a Battle Royal at Wrestle Reign 5. It got down to you and your team the Up Stars. They eliminated themselves so you could win."

"I have to do the battle royal. I can't wait."

"I'm not entering it. I'll kick the shit out of whoever wins."

They had the battle royal that night. Cell Blok eliminated Gorkilla and
TerroRantula to win the Combat Collective World title.

It was now me vs Gorkilla vs Cell Blok at Origin of Violence. That is until a week later.

"Nononononono. Why???"

"What are you blubbering about now Wyles? Government found out you were on
the free lunch program?"

"No I still got that. Gorkilla signed with W*RE. He debuted last night as a
mystery partner of Alex Thomas and Bingwen to fight the Tribe Called Fist."

"How the hell did you lose track of one of your main eventers?"

"Well things came up."

"Same thing that kept you from paying your World Champion on time?"

So Origin of Violence main event changed again. This time its just me
vs Cell Blok.

He defended the CCW World title against me. No excuses I underestimated Cell Blok and he cleaned my clock. I got chokeslammed thru a burning table.

We had a rematch at the "Cries of March" show. This time I was prepared. Every night we wrestled I learned another weakness. The big one being the guy just can't wrestle. Oh don't get me wrong, the big fucker can fight. He can take punishment, but put him on the mat in basic wrestling holds and he's lost.

The second the bell rang I took him to the mat and kept him there. I worked his
arm and neck over most of the match. He would fight his way up only for me to drop him again. Most men either lack the size or skill to do this to Cell Blok. But I'm not most men. The fans were getting pissy around the nineteen minute mark.

"Boring"

"Chant all you want, ain't changin anything!!!!"

I knew this would not finish off Cell Blok. Eventually he was going to get back to his feet. He was also going to be frustrated and swinging wild. He powered out of the Sargelock and hit me with his finisher "The Shank". He could of pinned me and won the DEATHcore title.

Instead this psycho took out a piece of glass and cut me up. He wants to repeat what he did at Origin of Violence. I was counting on this. As he sets up the table, I take the Bayonet out of my pocket. Cell Blok grabs me by the throat and I put it right between his eyes.

"Arrrghhhhhhhhhh!!!"

I powerbomb him thru the fucking table and pin him for three.

"24 minutes, nineteen seconds, the winner and still DEATHcore Champion Seeeeerrrrrrrrgant Sarrrrrrgsaaant!!!!!!!"

"Sarge!!!! Sarge!!!! Sarge!!!!"

Now the idiots like me again.

THINGS I WATCHED!!!!!

2011-04-17T17:16:00.000-06:00

Undertaker vs Justin Hawk Bradshaw Monday Night Raw April 1st 1996

This match is from the night after Wrestlemania XII. They are playing up that Taker is hurt after his match with Diesel, so Bradshaw might be able to win. Bradshaw tears into Taker. Hitting some nice looking power moves. Anytime Taker starts to get asny momentum Bradshaw mows him down. Taker hits the Tombstone on Bradshaw but is attacked by Mankind setting off their feud. They must of had plans for Bradshaw because Taker did not pin him. Really good sub ten minute match.

Great Muta vs Ric Flair December 89

This match is setting up the Round Robin tourney at Starrcade 89. The Great Muta is still undefeated at this point. The announcers get across that Flair is more aggressive because he wants to be the one to finally defeat Muta.

This is Flair wrestling as a good guy so the match is a lot different. Muta keeps control of the match. Forcing flair to the mat and switching up submission holds. I love how quickly Muta flows from one submission into the next. No lag time which is what separates the men from the boys on submission wrestling.

I love how Flair makes comebacks. Not superman comebacks like Hogan and Warrior or even Sting and Lex Luger. He just starts firing off before getting taken down again. He is doing a cracker jack job of selling the knee while getting offense. A really nice balance. I should mention I love the WCW commercial bumpers. They take me to a warm and fuzzy place.

Muta wins another exchange hitting a spin kick. Flair tackles Muta with a running double knee into the corner. I guess the proto Elijah Express. Flair starts working over Muta. Attacking the knee and hitting multiple atomic drops. Before Flair can lock on the figure four Dragonmaster attacks for the DQ. Flair puts him in the figure four on the ringside floor. Muta sprays Flair in the eyes with the mist.

Sting vs Scott Hall Uncensored 98
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Three months after Starrcade 98 we finally get Sting's first title defense. Four months after he won the WW3 battle royal Scott Hall gets his title match.

Hall takes the belt and holds it up. Sting snatches it back and starts hitting him. Hall does a great job bumping and selling for Sting. This is a good back and forth match. With Sting getting the best of Hall in every exchange.

Unfortunately it does not feel like a World Title main event. It feels like a nice mid card match. The announcers going on about Hogan and Savage does not help.

Dusty Rhodes is in Scott Hall's corner. Heel Dusty Rhodes attacking Sting is so strange. The biggest near fall Hall gets is when dusty hit the bionic elbow on Sting. The ref was down after getting stinger splasheed by accident. the ref's expression was something. A "Aw hell" then slump to unconsciousness.

Hall goes for the Outsider's edge but Sting reverses to hit the Scorpion Deathdrop.

Sting vs Randy "Macho Man" Savage

Now we have Sting's final defense. This is a no disqualification match. The story here is Hogan not wanting any nWo member himself to be champion. Guess he figured Hall had no chance of actually winning.

I figured Sting and Macho Man would have chemistry and they do. Some nice brawling as they destroy the barn yard set. Tony Schiavonie is becoming disenfranchised as he talks about how dangerous the wagon wheel is and that ot could be used like a discus. Though you could brain a guy with it so the point stands. Sting hits Savage with a bail (is that the way its spelled?) of hay. Tony merntions how it could irritate the skin and sinuses which could affect the wrestlers stamina in the high altitude of Denver. Which I think is a good outside the box observation. Even they never mention a bail of hay is fucking heavy.

Back in the ring you get more back and forth brawling. Sting is working the match like a heel. In a nice call back Sting nearly Stinger splashes the ref but stops himself. Only for Savage to throw him into the referee anyway. Not sure why a no dq match needed a ref bump. Sting then accidentally Splashes longtime the Macho Man's long time manager Miss Elisabeth in the corner.

Sting being a good guy tries to revive her. Only for Macho Man to take out Sting with a chair. Before he can hit the flying elbow Hulk Hogan knocks Savage off the top. Liz is being carried to the back and Savage is concerned. Sting is up andf hits the Scorpion Deathdrop on Savage. We get our second run in when Kevin Nash power bombs Sting and Savage pins him to win the title.

Day of the Omeniac 5: Day of the Office

2011-04-15T15:23:00.001-06:00

Another Day at the Office
Sometimes I think it was a mistake to take ownership of W*RE. It was fine when I was minority owner. Johansen had to do this crap, and I could focus on my real business. Being W*RE Planetary Champion and the best wrestler in the world.

My name is Martin "Motor Man" Morris and I'm a professional wrestler. But am I wrestling or on the road traveling to an event? No I'm sitting in a office at Monolith Tower going over contracts and invoices. This energy could be devoted to getting my Planetary Championship back from Todd Ripstone. He stole the belt from me at X-Mas Xrisis in a Three Way Fight with the Monolith.

I had a plan worked out with Ruination X2K (a group of like minded individuals). The newest member was the Wrecker (Sergent Sargent under a hood). He defeated my rival Darren Glass earlier that night. Then he turned on his protege and took the W*RE DEATHcore championship.

Seemed great at the time. No more hiding and another championship to our collection. But he disappeared. We had worked out the plan. If X-ILE and Skull and Deathrock failed he was to come in and take out Monolith. Instead he no shows and I lose my title to Todd Ripstone. No clue where Sergent Sargent is til a a month later when I see him on Combat Collective Wrestling's TV show.

I wish I knew how Johansen manipulated the Championship Committee. He was given free reign to set up any match he pleased. Me I have to gamble my ownership to get an immediate rematch with Ripstone, which I won by count out.
Kept my ownership but I'm out of the Brainbusters Ball rematch. Well not completely true. I was able to get myself put into the Darren Glass vs Monolith number one contender's match Tuesday.

Which I should be training for but instead I'm having to sign a voucher to pay for a Psycho Chicken to get a prostate exam!!! Why does that involve W*RE. Why do I know about Rooster's prostate?!?

"Excuse me Mr.Morris."

"What the hell do you want Wyles?"

"Well sir I was hoping Combat Collective could get an advance on our checks?"

I forgot Johansen set up a working agreement with Claton Wyle's Combat Collective. Didn't know he was giving him money too.

"Why do you need an advance."

"Well sir we had to issue some refund due to some of our wrestlers being injured in Caged Hate and missing some cards."

If I know Wyles he spent the gate receipts on a a whore and has the boys breathing down his neck for their pay checks. I worked in CCW for a month before I got signed by W*RE. Johansen is paying CCW next to nothing and I hate to see guys not get paid. Even CCW psychos.

"Here you go Wyles. Don't ask again."

"Thank you Mr.Morris. I'm sorry to intrude but you look like you are in over your head."

"Yeah Wyles you are intruding and I'm not in over my head. I'll be champion again soon."

"No sir a great athlete like you will beat a meat head like Todd Ripstone. It's just well a great wrestler like you should not be filling out paperwork. You should be training."

Even Clayton Wyles can see I hate this.

"Yeah well this is the price for being owner."

"Well you know sir you could put someone else in charge of this work. Somebody on staff with experience."

"Who? These stooges are all loyal to Johansen. They'd put the knife in me before I could blink."

"What about your Ruination X2K associates?"

"Yeah look I love X-ILE, Skull and Deathrock but they are not exactly the white collar type."

"Well let me just put this out here. What about me?"

"Do you think I'm stupid?"

I get up and Wyles flinches.

"No sir not at all. I have experience running wrestling promotions."

"Not the issue Wyles. It's that I can't trust you."

"You can sign papers making you and your friends immune from any decisions I make. I'll simply be a office drone."

"What about CCW?"

"It's running so smoothly it doesn't need me. Two of my boys handle day to day. I only needed the advance to cover a temporary cash flow problem."

This is a mistake. I can't trust Clayton Wyles. But if I can't be W*RE champion what's the point of being owner.

"Wyles...... You have a deal."

Andre and Inoue vs Cactus and Texas Terminator

2011-04-15T15:17:00.000-06:00

Found this match the other day. I had no idea Cactus Jack ever worked Andre the Giant. Short match but Cactus does a great job selling for Andre. Andre gets to do the double stuff shoulder block. Cactus takes a back drop on the floor. Andre hits the boot and elbow for three. Fun match between guys I thought had never interacted.

Sting vs Samoa Joe

2011-04-14T23:12:00.000-06:00

I've been interested in seeing this for awhile. I remember catching parts of the build up and thinking it was good. Even if it was TNA.

The match takes place in Chicago and the crowd is really hot for this. The story is Sting has played hero one time too many and Joe has his number. Joe kicks Sting's ass for the entire match. At one point Joe does a flying dropkick over the balcony andf it looks crazy. Sting leaps off a row of chairs onto Joe.

The crowd brawling is not much. Too much dragging in a headlock and not enough brawling. But once they get in the ring it really picks up. against better judgment I get invested in the match. I wonder how sting can beat Joe when nothing has worked.

Eventually Sting hulks up. Which Sting does better than anybody. Joe's reaction was right for him. He looks scared for a second then goes back on the attack. Sting has the advantage until Joe takes him down again.

Being TNA we have to have a runin and Kevin Nash walks to the ring. Sting is desperate now and grabs the bat. Nash takes it away from him, saying he needs to beat Joe alone. Okay that added to the drama. Then seconds later Nash hits Joe with the bat and sting hits the Deathdrop for three.

I don't know who this finish helped. It made Sting look like shit for slipping on a banana peel to win and joe looked bad going down so fast after dominating. I understand the need to get the Main Event Mafia angle going. But there were far better ways to do it.

The Implausible Yet True Stories of Ransom Fortune "Cock of the Walk"

2011-04-14T14:34:00.001-06:00

The Implausible Yet True Stories of Ransom Fortune
"Cock of the Walk"

I'm playing a gig with my band Sitting Wolf at the Sheephole Inn.Over
eight people tonight, our largest crowd yet. Suddenly Gerry Go Berry the Base player stops playing.

"Gerry whats wrong? why did you stop playing?"

Gerry throws the guitar down and it shatters like glass. He rips his face off and I see it. The Green and black hockey mask. Doomsmith found me. I try to run but he grabs me by the throat.

"Arrrgghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

"Senor please you are hurting Miguel."

I'm holding a Mexican child by the throat.

"Many apologies children."

"No need to apologize Senor, we were concerned as you were asleep
behind this dumpster and this is not a safe neighborhood."

Asleep in another alley. I thought after meeting with my mentor
Palisades Finale I could finally return to my life. Instead I cross the
border into Mexico. Sleep in another alley. Have another nightmare
about Doomsmith. One night I dreamed I was at my mothers funeral
and he emerged from the casket and chokeslammed me into a furnace.

"Senor Fortune we would like to show you around our neighborhood. It
is not every day a famous celebrity visits."

"Sure kids no problem."

Walking around and looking at this poverty tells me how fortunate so
many of us are. Ransom Note Industries support many charities but it
never seems to be enough. I personally cook thanksgiving for poor
families in LA. But not every day is Thanksgiving. It is every
day life that is the struggle.

"Manny look who it is. It is Ransom Fortune."

"sniff..........sniff........"

"But Manny you love Ransom Fortune. You saw Fortune Soldier 3
twenty times.

"Pecky is gone. Pecky Connor is gone sniff."

"Who is Pecky?"

"That is his pet rooster.He has had him since before he was born."

"I know the bad men took him like all the other chickies."

"Manny you do not know that."

"I do do I do I do......."

Little dude just ran inside crying.

"Say kids how bout I go look for Pecky."

"But Senor you are just a athlete, musician, movie star, chef, diplomat,
talk show host and occasional columnist for Time magazine. How will
you be able to find Pecky and fight the banditos?"

"You leave that to me little guys."

So I put on another hat. That of detective. I think of what Wristlock
Holmes would do. He would talk to other people who have been robbed of
their poultry. Well for most of them the chicken they lost were not pets.

Some were food and some were for cock fighting. Can't say I approve of
cock fighting. I might run a chain of fried chicken restaurants but they are treated humanely and not killed for blood lust.

The robberies only seem to be occurring in this area. Best thing to do is
set up a trap. I take the last 100 dollars I earned doing day labor up in
LA and buy a fighting cock. I put it out in the Sanchez's yard and I wait.

Around five AM I see some youngish looking guy come up and grab the
chicken. Does not even have a car just a basket on a bike. Be easy enough to keep up with him on foot.

I get to what looks like an abandoned chicken plant. I sneak inside and
what I see sickens me. These animals are being cut open or injected
with chemicals. On the other side is a dojo full of chickens........

Training to fight....... One rooster just did what looks like a suplex to
another then stabs it with a rubber safety talon. Before I can step in
and stop this I lose consciousness.

********

Owww my head hurts. Someone was able to blind side me and gave me
a big knot on the back of my head.

"Well well well. If it isn't Ransom Fortune. Never thought in a million
years I would see you here."

"Do I know you?"

"Don't suppose a legend like you would. I'm Harry Acorn, I was the
Champion of Altoona Championchip wrestlin in Altoona Alabama."

"Doesn't ring a bell."

"No why would you remember one of the people you ruined. My ACW
was top of the heap once.drawing fifty or heck even sixty fans a week.

Why at Altoonafest 77 we drew 100 fans. Well 99 but my mom was
selling soda and that made 100."

"Untie me now. You will not like it if I free myself."

"I would a like to see you try, that there is genuine Mexican clothing rope."

Getting mad I can feel my blood pumping. Soon I would have my hands
around his neck. But for now I want to see where this goes.

"So how was I did I ruined you."

"Not just you but that Sergent Sargent,that Tyranos, that Elvis
Wrestley all of you in WAVE ruined me. People said my wrestlin was
cheap on accounta me being 5ft1. Even the ones who hated WAVE just
watched that AWOL and that fancy $extillion $inclaire."

"Look buddy can you explain how this leads to me being tied up in an
abandoned chicken plant/cock fighting dojo?"

"Well I figured if I came to Mexico the competition in them Lucha
Leagues would be easier. But they would not use me and the ones that
did put me in the mini division. I was stuck in Mexico. But that is
when I discovered cock fighting. I mean sure we had that sorta thing in
Alabama. But here it is an art form and I became the top cockfight
promoter south of the border."

Oh for the love of god.

"But I knew if I wanted to over take WAVE and W*RE I needed bigger
cocks, stronger cocks, cocks that could go all day and all night. Cocks
that could take a beating."

Okay I've heard enough and I snap the ropes.

"Alright you worm I've had it with you. I want all these cocks freed
right now!!!"

As I'm about to grab him by the throat I hear something. The guy who
hit me with the pipe earlier. Thought he could take down Ransom
Fortune the same way twice. I duck and clobber the kid with the
Fortune Teller. Kid is out cold, I used too much force. He's wearing a
cheap Hellitosis knock off mask. I turn my attention to Harry Acorn
but I feel something go in my back. Its a tranq dart.

"You gotta be kidding me. My super vitamins are stronger than this!!!!"

I knock Harry out with a right cross but not before getting hit with five
more darts.

"Oh motherfu........"

********

I wake up again. this time I'm in the arena. Wearing some sorta loin
cloth. I can hear the announcer speaking in Spanish.

"Senors and Senoritas we welcome you to super fight of the century.
WAVE vs BattleCocks!!!!"

BattleCocks?

"In the ring he is the WAVE Omniversal Champion Ransom
Fortune!!!!!!!!!"

I'm fighting a chicken. Trying to process this, when music starts with strobe lights and fireworks.

"From Hell's Nest Satanico El Pollo!!!!!!"

My god that is the biggest cock I have ever seen. A five foot five 300
pound rooster comes thru the curtain. It is wearing a devil's lucha
mask. It has giant metal talons. .

"Ding!!!!!!"

The cock tackles me into the wall. I put it in a front face lock and start
hitting it in the back with overhead clubbing blows. The cock grabs me
by my shorts and suplexes me. I don't know what they did to this
thing. Looks like it got pumped with every bit of steroids and HGH the
country of Mexico could supply.

"SLASH!!!!!!"

Arrgghhhh.... While I was feeling pity this thing tried to eviscerate me.
This is a death match. I do not want the last memory of me to be dieing from being penetrated by a giant cock. I hit the thing with a big foot to the face. Followed by several punches. The creature is bleeding and It's beak is broken now.

It flies at me with both talons out but I narrowly escape at the last
second. One of its talons is stuck in the wall. I run and hit it with the
Fortune Teller. The cock's foot is freed from the talon. I notice the foot
has a black birth mark on it. As it struggles to get off the ground. It is
ready to lunge at me again but I hit it with my Ransom Note knee
drop..

I look at it mangled and suffering. I can tell it is on the verge of a
massive heart attack. Letting it live like this would be cruel. I free its
lost talon from the wall and cut its throat quickly.
The bell does not ring but I see Harry Acorn holding his video camera
trying to get away. The anger in me is rising.

"HEY!!!!!!!!!!!"

"......."

"WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?!?! YOU JUST GOT A
RANSOM NOTE!!!!!!!"

He hits me with his camcorder but I don't feel it. I hit him with the
Fortune Teller and he collapses in a bloody heap. His workers are
actually cheering me on. I hit him with the Ransom Note. I consider
giving him the same fate as Satan the Chicken but living his life is punishment enough.

*******

I return the chickens to their rightful owners. Except for the ones that were
involved in cockfighting.

"Where is Pecky, Senor Fortune?"

"You mean he's not here?"

"No my Pecky had a black birthmark on her foot."

I'm not going to tell the child the whole story. I just explained it died.

"I hate you Ransom Fortune, I hate you!!!!"

I give the family all the money I took from Harry Acorn. More than
enough for the family to live comfortably for the next few years.

Day of the Omeniac 3: New WAVE

2011-04-13T16:17:00.001-06:00

A New W.A.V.E

Things are finally going my way again. Of course that is not a surprise, I am Jerome Johansen. I was just going thru a rough patch.
Martin Morris caught me when I was at my weakest. I'll admit it my war with Ike Simmons took a lot out of me. Then that damn Sergent Sargent entered my promotion. Him and Morris were in a conspiracy to drive me crazy. Cost me so much money to fix this. The cage alone was close to a million dollars. I lost so much of my undercard to injuries. But its okay X-Mas Xrisis made the money back and something wonderful happened.

Morris lost the W*RE Planetary championship. Once Monolith won number one contendership my plan was set in motion. Todd Ripstone getting put into the match was a bonus. Todd actually winning was not a part of my plan. But I knew I could deal with Todd. One of my most loyal wrestlers. Ever since him and Brent joined W*RE in 1988 and brought me the WAVE tag team championship.

One thing I knew about Morris was despite his claims of being a brilliant tactician he is actuaally a petulant impatient child. I knew as owner he would attempt to order Ripstone to grant an immediate rematch. I instructed Todd to refuse. He has thirty days to grant Morris a rematch. Morris just could not wait til Brainbusters Ball to get his rematch. He had to get a rematch right away. So I made him a deal. He would get his rematch on R*PPED if he put up his 52% ownership. The idiot did not think twice.

But Morris won the match. He won the damn match. Only solace I can take is he won by count out and did not regain the W*RE championship. Outside the ring Darren Glass attacked Morris and gave him the Glass Eater on the floor. That idiot cost me control of my company. To add injury to insult he gave me the Glass Slipper. I can barely walk.

"Hello Jerome."

"Do I know you?"

"I'm Kevin.Bunkle this is Beaumont Networks Vice President Jeff Mills."

"Is that suppose to impress me?"

"We were on the WAVE board of directors together?"

"Sorry you boys all look alike to me. Who the hell allowed you in my building?"

"Before you throw us out please listen to our offer?"

"Offer?"

"We want you to work for WAVE again as Ultimate Czar of Programing Affairs."

Are these guys serious?

"Look Kevin maybe you are slow but I am a competitor to WAVE."

"We know that but Jeff and I know you are a business man. We are prepared to make you an incredible offer that allows you to keep W*RE while running WAVE."

I am ready to have the Dinos escort these two out using the scenic route when I change my mind."

"Tell me why is WAVE desperate enough to offer me a job. Unless you tell me I'm having two of my boys escort you out."

The shorter one with the baseball cap speaks up.

"Well Mr.Johansen WAVE has a relationship with the Beaumont networks going back twenty five years. But recently ratings have suffered. Ransom Fortune lost his championship to a man named Doomsmith. We have title matches every week now but ratings are still shrinking. Mr.Beaumont always enjoyed his dealings with you when you were running WAVE's television shows in the 80's. He instructed us to sign you."

Well well the Big Grey Cheese has stepped in. Ron Beaumont is the closest thing WAVE has ever had to an owner. Even if it is not in an official capacity,. I only met him twice and it made me sick. The fat overstuffed windbag. I longed for the day I could take him down.

"I would need unlimited authority."

"Well uh um listen Jerome that might not be doable."

"Shut up Kevin. Of course Mr.Johansen you would have unlimited authority."

"I want ten percent of WAVE's gross profit on pay per views."

"Now wait one damn second Johansen!!!!"

"Kevin you were only brought along because you claimed to be friends with this man. Ten percent is fine on top of your salary of course and a private office at the BBN Center."

"No office I do not want my involvement made public until I say so."

"Of course Mr.Johansen."

"Mr.Mills you have yourself a deal."

Day of the Omeniac 2: Unfortunate Finale

2011-04-12T10:31:00.001-06:00

1..........2...............3......

"The winner and NEW OMNIVERSAL CHAMPION DOOMSMITH!!!!!"

NO! Where am I? Oh yeah I fell asleep in this alley. It has been six months since I lost my Omniversal title. Six months since my world changed.

"Ransom you can't do this. You need to release this album. You signed a contract with the record company. They gave you a very large advance payment."

"Fine give em a blank check. Money doesn't matter, the album doesn't matter, the movies don't matter."

"But what about your chain of Ransom Fortune "Burger Buffet Bonanza restaurants? We need you to do promotion and oversee the new menu."

"Let somebody else do it I'm gone."

I walked out of Fortune Tower that day without a penny in my pocket I traveled all over America. It was not what I intended but I ended up helping people. In Detroit I prevented the closing of a auto factory by helping them cut down on expenses without losing employees. In Texas I saved a kid from being beat to death by a mob. In Alabama I saved a farm from being foreclosed on by finding a legal loophole.

Eventually I felt the need to leave North America and ended up in Asia. I shut down a sweat shop in Taiwan and a child porn ring in Thailand. It was run by a local kickboxing champion. But no matter how many people I help. The dreams still come once my eyes shut. The metal gauntlet hits me in the face and I see a nightmare in green and black holding what I dedicated my life to.

So I said farewell to the kids after making sure they were in proper homes. It was time for me to return to my roots. It was time to find Palisades Finale.

*****

Palisades Finale was the man who saved my life. I was working as a bank teller, a longshoreman, and a drummer in five local bands and I was miserable. I was playing a gig in Tampa with Vomit Horn. Not A packed house. The lead singer was sick so I took his place. I see this huge bald man with a multicolor goatee and a Hawaiian shirt staring a hole thru me. Next day at the bank he comes to my window to deposit a 10,000 dollar check. Finally I see him at the docks. I go confront him.

"Why are you following me pal?"

"Why? Why does the sun shout? Why does the moon hide? Why are you wasting your potential like this?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Daddy I felt your power all the way from Sacramento. It cried out to me baby. It was aching to be released. During my match with Manson Toros it almost knocked me off the tower of power. I knew if I did not find you I was never going to get any peace baby."

"Wait yeah I do know you. You're Palisades Finale. You were the WON heavyweight Champion for over a year. You beat Byrne Bernard in Maryland."

"Good baby you know me. That is half the battle daddy."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean you are going to be Finale's protege."

Palisades trained me himself. He showed me proper weight training. He showed me how to pose. The posing was important it was how you defeat your opponent before the bell even rings. Most importantly he showed me how to unlock the power of me.

He brought in people to help with things. He brought in Dr.Jerry Glass to teach me submission wrestling. Mighty Mandril to teach me brawling. The Flying Maurice to teach me finesse. Even if I never became a high flyer it taught me how to deal with it.

Three years later I made my debut in that tiny TV studio in Nashville. Not my greatest match but I won when I made Tom Rourke submit to a bearhug. After that I wrestled everywhere. Palisades would get the main events and I would take the undercard. Things were great til I got the shot at the Arkansas Grand Prix champion the Masked Confederate. I came to the back after losing. Confederate put something in his mask and knocked me out with a headbutt. When I got to the back he was gone. I never saw him again.

I'm at the address now. This is just a tin shack in the ghetto. I must of gotten the wrong address. Before I can leave the door opens.

"Been a long time brother come on in and see the king in his castle."

****

"Why did you leave that night in Little Rock?"

"Baby my work was done. You had surpassed me. My power was bleeding out daddy?"

"What do you mean bleeding out?"

"Look brother there is only so much of this energy goin around you dig? Once you passed me by that was it for Finale. The stronger you became the weaker I got."

"Palisades that makes no sense."

"Brother why do you think i was doin that kung fu nonsense? Because
I could not be the Finale to every girl's dream and every man's nightmare. I had to use a short cut like a washed up pitcher using Vaseline on a knuckle ball."

"Yeah I dig brother."

"I know why you're here daddy. Even without cable, news travels fast. These kids in the housin projects told me all about it baby. That Doomsmith he defeated you overseas an took yo title."

"Yeah....."

"What do you think I can do for you?"

"I was thinking you could take me back to where I started. Train me again. WAVE won't give me a rematch. I can't speak with any of the directors. Doomsmith is destroying everything I worked for."

"Daddy I gave you everything I had. Look where I live!!!!" Look at my body? I was once cut from granite like Mikey Angel himself sculpted me but it is all gone brother!!! I have to use a cane to walk to my damn door. All my wrestlin memories were sold just to get a brother high."

"I'm sorry Palisades this was a mistake."

"No baby it was not a mistake. Because Palisades can give you one more thing. Look at me and look at yourself."

Palisades gets out of his old easy chair and slowly walks over to me.

"SLAP!!!!"

"Take that with you Ransom Fortune and get the hell away from me!!!!!"

I know what I need to do and I leave Sacramento that night. But not before I set up a trust fund for Palisades Finale.

Post 500!!!! Day of the Omeniac Day 1

2011-04-11T17:23:00.003-06:00

Its Legion of The Damned's 500th post. I started this blog as a way to share what I like and love without a filter. Hope you enjoy it.

Introduction

After I finished Savage Sports Stories in January. I still had ideas for various characters in the Overdog world but no big idea for a story. One idea was giving an origin for the Omeniac. Unlike Chairshot or Savage Sports Stories, each entry in Day of the Omeniac will be self contained. Hope you enjoy it.

Day of the Omeniac
Written by Victor Rodgers

Another busy day at the office. Well that is not true. Enrollement has slowed down greatly. I have not been on tv in a long time. Wrestling promoters are not to be trusted. Far too often they expect to pick the pockets of those who produce.

"Mr.Gordon?"

"......"

"I'm sorry sir, I mean Omeniac."

"Yes what is it Mrs.Carridale?"

"The clothing manufacturer is on line 2. He wants to make good on the misprinted sweat shirts."

"Very good Mrs.Carridale,"

Oh the drudgery of this. I am not meant to be a businessman. I am meant to be a soldier, a fighter, a warrior. At the very least I should be a teacher. But the longer I am not on television the lower enrollment gets. I had hoped some of my graduates would have gotten to WAVE or W*RE to help spread the word. Instead the best have ended up in a place called the Combat Collective. I suspect this Wyles character only signed them in the hopes of getting me to compete there.

It has been so long since I have competed I fear I am losing my connection to the Word. I have grown out my hair and only wear the paint on special occasions. I still remember when I first learned of my destiny to become the Omeniac.

It was 1986 and I had just been signed to WAVE. I was not yet the Omeniac. I was a professional wrestler named the Americommander. I was very patriotic at the time. I dressed like Uncle Sam in a star spangled wrestling singlet. Before I realized such things were blasphemy.

I was so young and enthusiastic. A man named Johansen signed me. I got to the arena for the tv taping excited for competition. I could not find out who I was competing against until I was in the ring. I saw a man about my height with an excellent build standing in the ring. He had a blond flat top with a red stripe down the middle. His name was Flash Dansan.

I assumed he was to be my opponent but the referee told me he was my partner. Partner? I was never told I would be in a tag team match. But I was wrong for it was no mere tag team we were to face but....

"Hailing from Olympus at a weight of 500 pounds Tyranos the Titan!!!!!!!"

Never before or since was I to experience a fear of that magnitude. I had seen what he had done to other competitors. Why just a month before I watched a video cassette of him pinning Ransom Fortune in a tag team match. He had a full white beard and fierce mane of hair like I imagine Odin himself to possess. He was a good foot taller than me and and I am no small man. His every footstep put more fear into my heart.

"Hey buddy listen up. We need to attack Tyranos while he is stepping over the top rope. It's our only chance."

While ambushing an enemy was a violation of my code I knew Flash was correct. As Tyranos stepped over the top rope we attacked. We swarmed him with punches, axe handles and chops. It appeared our plan was working until he knocked Flash unconscious with a single headbutt and heaved him over the top rope with ease.

My heart filled with terror but I used my fear to drive me. I charged toward him at full speed only to run into his size 30 boot.

I then went temporarily blind after seeing a brilliant light. I then heard an alien voice.

"OMENIAC!!!!!!!!"

"I I am just the AmeriCommander......"

"YOU ARE NOT!!!!!!! YOU COVER YOURSELF IN FALSE IDOLS!!!!!! YOU ARE THE OMENIAC!!!!!!!"

"m,,,,my real name is Hank Gordon."

"YOU ARE THE OMENIAC!!!! SEE MY TRUE FACE AND KNOW THIS TO BE THE TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!"

As he said this my vision returned to me. I could not believe my newly restored sight. I saw a golden deity a million times larger than Tyranos. He had thousands of tentacles and arms. Arms larger and more developed than even Ransom Fortune could dream to have. He had four heads. One a fairly normal but stern man, the other an Indian madman, a blond narcissist and a rough looking Italian.

It pained me to look at them as I knew I was unworthy.

"I AM THE OMENIAC!!! WHAT IS IT YOU ASK OF ME??"

"YOU ARE TO TEACH MY WORD TO HUMANITY!!!! SOME BY EXAMPLE!!!! OTHERS THRU BRUTALITY!!!! GIVE MY WORD TO THESE PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERS!!!!! BECOME THEIR CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS!!!! THIS I COMMAND OMENIAC!!!!!!!"

I woke up in the locker room a bloody pulp. I looked in the mirror and saw my blood had smeared into the symbol The being had cast upon me. From that dsy forward I was the Omeniac.

"Mr.Gordon um I mean Omeniac there is a Jerome Johansen waiting to see you."

"Send him in."

499 Windham Edition

2011-04-07T10:12:00.002-06:00

Barry Windham vs Dusty Rhodes Great American Bash 1988

I watched this a couple of years ago and had some problems with it at the time. Watching it now I see I was full of poop. This feud started after Barry Windham betrayed Lex Luger to join the Horsemen. Dusty came off suspension (He beat NWA president Jim Crockett with a baseball bat.) and was upset his protege Windham joined his most hated enemy.

So we get a match set for the 1988 Great American Bash. Which is a great name for a pay per view. If you want to know if Dusty is booking you'll notice the names of everything improves greatly.

So we get to the match. Dusty gets the better of Barry right away. Barry retreats to the floor before Dusty can gain much momentum. He comes back in and catches Dusty with an elbow. Barry charges him and Dusty hits him with a Gorilla press slam. Dusty then climbs to the top and hits a flying body press. Which looks like a dude getting a vending machine dropped on them.

Barry gains control with some well timed kicks and punches. Dusty goes to the floor Barry goes for a piledriver and takes a crazy looking back drop to the concrete. The Baltimore Arena is crazy here. Its hard to believe Jim Crockett Promotions was dieing when you see how alive the fans are on TV.

Barry comes back in and takes down Dusty again with a flurry of punches. Dusty retreats to the floor and Barry follows him. He tries to sling shot Dusty from the apron back into the ring. Dusty blocks and throws Barry out to the floor. Barry takes crazy bumps off everything. Dusty slams Barry on the concrete.

As Barry recovers Dusty is distracted by JJ Dillon. Barry runs in and ambushes Dusty. He picks up Dusty for a bodyslam. Barry has the slamming a big fat guy down. Now he is ready for the CLAW.

Now this is the part I did not care for originally. At the time i thought it was a Dusty ego thing. But this is strictly a Barry Windham deal. Barry likes to work the holds. So he really works the CLAW here. With Dusty doing teases of escaping. Dusty seems to Hulk Up. But the This goes on for a few minutes. Barry works the CLAW.

Every time Dusty is on the verge of escaping Barry puts the pressure back on.Dusty climbs a turnbuckle but before he can drop the elbow Barry pulls him down and puts the CLAW back on. Now if you're wondering why the hold was not broken by the referee, that is just a Crockett thing.

Dusty fights out of it. Hits three elbows and knocks Barry down breaking the hold. He goes for the figure four and Barry locks the CLAW back on.

Dusty gets back to the turnbuckle. He is on top and starts hitting Barry. Barry shuts him down and climbs up to do the Superplex. Dusty knocks him off the turnbuckle and Barry takes out the referee.

Now they are on even terms. Dusty drops the elbow but Barry moves. Barry is heading up top but Dusty catches him and hits a Super Slam off the top. Dusty runs over and finally drops the Bionic Elbow...... But the referee is still down.

Dusty is looking for the referee. When Ronnie Garvin comes in. Before Dusty can say anything he gets knocked out by the hand of stone. Barry locks back on the CLAW and the recovered referee counts three.

Barry Windham vs Lex Luger Chi Town Rumble 1989

Barry Windham vs Lex Luger Chi Town Rumble by Moonshame

Barry and Lex had been tag team champions in 1988. Until Barry betrayed Luger to join the Horsemen. Lex went on to feud with NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair while Barry defended the United States Championship against the likes of Dusty Rhodes, Sting,Bam Bam Bigelow and Eddie Gilbert. Lex lost his final match with Flair at Starrcade. So now he wants to settle the score with Barry Windham.

The match starts with both men trying to gain an advantage. But it remains even until Luger misses a flying body press. Barry presses the advantage until he hits a turnbucle outside the ring. Barry does a great job selling this. Since its his right hand he keeps trying to throw punches but each time it puts him in pain. He tries to get his CLAW glove off to relieve the pressure. His hand is bleeding.

This is important because punches are an important part of Barry Windham matches. Not in the WWF main eventer way. More in the way each punch changes the course of the match. He can be losing but land a solid right and regain control.

Barry is trying to find alternatives to punching. Mainly kicking Lex in the gut. He goes for a back elbow but that hurts too. He gets the Clasw but it hurts too much so he has to let go.

The hand goes numb and Barry starts landing some rights. I like how he hits the powerslam here. It looks sloppier than normal. Great job selling the pain. He puts Lex up top ready to finish him with a superplex. He slugs Lex with a right and he recoils in pain. He climbs up and falls down he is hurting so much. This is great stuff.

He finally hits the Superplex but it is not your normal crisp Barry Windham Superplex. Its sloppier, a sturggle to hit. It takes him too long to get the cover and Lex kicks out.

Barry backdrop suplexes Luger and Luger gets his shoulder up before three and wins the match. Barry is pissed. He attacks Lex with the belt post match and hits a nasty looking piledriver. This was it seems to set up a series of rematches. But Jim Herd fucked up negotiations with Barry and by summer he was in the WWF.

Barry "Widow Maker" Windham vs Gary Wolfe

Barry Windham vs Gary "Pitbull #1" Wolfe by Moonshame
This is a squash match from 1989.Gary Wolfe is Pitbull #1 of ECW fame. Barry attacks him right away hitting a sweet looking powerslam and forearm smash. Jesse Ventura and Vince McMahon have some fun bantering. With Jesse giving tips to the kids about going for the eyes and hair in a fight. They also heavily tease a match between Barry and World Wrestling Federation Champion Hulk Hogan. Its a shame that never happened. Its a shame in general how Barry was wasted at the peak of his powers. From 1986 to 1990, I don't think there was a single wrestler better than Barry Windham.

Barry Windham, Lex Luger and Sting vs Tully Blanchard, Ric Flair and Arn Anderson

2011-03-29T19:39:00.000-06:00

I think this match is the from the first episode of NWA Main Event. It is right after the first Clash of the Champions. Barry and Lex took the tag belts from Arn and Tully while Sting took Flair to a forty five minute draw.

Barry starts off with Tully. Barry hits a fantastic looking powerslam. I hate that a powerslam can't be a finisher. They look great and can come out of nowhere.

Every time Tully seemingly has the advantage the faces come back. He throws Barry out of the ring but when he gets out there Barry starts laying punches into him.

Barry gets Tully in a sleeper but Tully tags in Flair. Flair gets caught in the sleeper but Flair back suplexes Barry. He goes for an elbow but Barry moves. Flair gets a leg scissors but Barry turns it into a backslide. Flair kicks out and Barry knocks him to the floor.

Flair is pissed and ready to leave but Arn calms him down.

Now Arn is in the ring and Barry tags in Sting. You don't realize how much damage that knee injury did to Sting til you watch him before it happened. Dude is so effortlessly athletic. Leaping over a charging Anderson. Hits him with a slam then Flair goes up to the top to bad mouth Sting and he gets slammed to the mat.

One thing I want to point out here is how great Dusty Rhodes was at turning guys. He never did it haphazardly. Barry Windham would be joining the Horsemen soon but Dusty makes sure Sting is ready to move into the #2 young lion spot Barry has.

Now Tully is in and Sting tosses him around and hits a flying headscissors. Lex is tagged in. Tully selling for Lex is great. Like every punch Luger hits is killing him. Like he is on the verge of fainting. Lex hits a big suplex, whips Tully into the corner and charges. Tully catches Lex with a hard knee comes off the second rope with a ax handle but Lex catches him in a bear hug. Flair comes in and takes out Lex's knee.

Now the Horsemen take Luger to school. Arn comes in and DDT's Lex off an attempted backdrop. Love how the Horsemen make sure Luger is on their side of the ring. Arn drags him over and starts choking Lex on the second rope. Ref pulls Arn away and Tully takes over. Arn picks up Lex and Tully drops an ax handle off the second rope.

They throw him to the floor and work him over. Gets back in the ring and Arn hits a big Spinebuster. Its odd how that was never really Arn's finisher. First it was the irdbuster then the DDT. Arn gets this great bug eyes holy shit look as Luger starts over powering him. Arn pulls Lex to his corner and tags Tully who knees Lex in the kidney while he is tied up with Arn.

Tully hits Lex with a big neck breaker. This just great tag work from all three Horsemen. Luger breaks out of an Anderson sleeper only to get dropped by an Arn knee to the gut. Breaks my heart we never had Tully, Arn and Flair as NWA Six Man Tag champions.

Flair hits his stalling suplex. Luger jumps up and clotheslines Flair then collapses. That is how you do a no sell. It was Lex using all his power to get up.

Flair gets to Tully just as Lex tags Barry and the fans erupt. This audience is molten. Crockett might of been losing fans but you would not know it listening to the crowd.

Barry goes to town on the Horsemen. Hitting another powerslam on Tully. Which bugs me for some reason. But still awesome. Double coconut on Tully and Flair. Hits Arn with an elbow.

Barry goes for his super awesome flying lariat but Tully ducks and Barry hits the floor. It is breaking down as Arn and Lex are going at it. Barry turns Tully's attempted suplex into a roll up and Flair makes the save. Sting attacks Flair. Referee tries to break it up. While he is distracted JJ tosses Tully brass knucks and he clocks Barry for the win.

Great match.

Lex Luger vs Barry Windham 9 19 87

2011-03-18T07:30:00.000-06:00

Lex Luger vs Barry Windham 9 19 87 by Moonshame

This is from September 19th 1987. Looking at old newsletters the TBS NWA show gets unfairly slagged. Not sure why because it is consistently the best wrestling show I keep up with. Clear defined characters. Nice roster depth with everyone getting some focus.

Now I hope everybody reading this is aware of how awesome Barry Windham is. So I'm going to focus on Lex Luger. He is United States champion and feuding with Dusty Rhodes. Starrcade is two months awayu and they are already building up this feud. The Luger version of the Horsemen is very underrated. Luger just grew so much as a member. As a personality, a work guy and on promos. Then they go and create an even better group with Barry Windham.

Okay to the match. Barry is Western States Champion and is looking to win the U.S Title. First part is Barry out wrestling Luger. Basic stuff just frustrating him. He can't match Lex in power so he uses finesse. Barry has great looking punches. Luger does a good job selling them and getting over his frustration. Not really cartoonish like Flair (which is great too but different)but more aloof. Like he can't believe anyone can be his equal.

At the five minute mark Luger avoids a dropkick and gets on offense. One thing I liked about the NWA/WCW is they always brought up the time limit whether or not the match went to a draw.

Luger gets Barry in a bearhug. I really prefer the bearhug as a wear down move to chinlocks. Since a lot of guys just tend to lay there resting instead of trying to break the hold. With bearhugs you need to work out of it which you see here. Barry tries going for punches but is in too much pain to lay them in. He gets out of it in this cool looking move. He manages to wedge his arms between Lex's and hits a belly to belly suplex which got a pop.

Barry gets on offense. Hitting the big flying dropkick on Luger. Before he can get three JJ Dillon (Lex Luger's manager) pulls Barry out of the ring. Barry slugs him which brings out fellow Horsemen Arn Anderson. I like this since it was a natural way to get your shmozz finish. Not a guy coming out just to intefere. Arn wanted to check on his manager.

Barry gets back in the ring and tries the lariat but Arn trips him. Lex drops the elbow but before he gets three nosy ass Earl Hebner buts in getting Lex DQed.

Post match Arn and Luger beat down Windham. Lex gets him in the torture rack. Until the Rock and Roll Express come in for the save.

Jeff Jarrett vs Sting Halloween Havoc 2000

2011-03-18T06:50:00.000-06:00

Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett by Stinger1981

I'm not going to act like this match was not full of stupid stuff. Or that 2000 WCW's bad production did not hurt the better parts. But I'm sorry I just lost it for the Stinger Corps. The feud was set up with Jarrett mocking Sting and saying he had no heart. Dressing like Sting (and aside from the goatee is a dead ringer.) making fun of the old WCW Mastercard commercials Sting did.

So Sting is all fired up to lay a floggin on Jarrett's noggin. His initial burst of offense is interrupted by Sting's trademark howl. It's Sting circa 1989 who looks just like 89 Sting. Sting beats him up and hits the Scorpion Deathdrop. Jarrett tries to ambush Sting but Sting throws him over the railing. They fight thru the crowd asnd Sting hits a suplex.

Now Sting is attacked by 1990 Sting. Wearing the gear Sting wore at Halloween Havoc 90. This guy does not look that much like old Sting. He is pretty bad too. Sting takes him to the same spot on the ramp and hits the Scorpion Deathdrop.

Sting goes back to attacking Jarrett but the Wolfpac theme hits. Bringing out Wolfpac Sting. Madden gets really insufferable here on commentary. Anyway Sting really tears into Wolfpac Sting. Taking him back up the ramp. Which btw is really getting annoying. Hits the Scorpion Deathdrop. But Jarrett clips him with the bat.

Okay sequence with them exchanging sleepers. Sting locks on the Scorpion Deathlock. Now this is awesome. 97 Sting tears thru the ring and drags Sting under. They stay there for a minute til 97 Sting gets thrown out of the hole bloodied followed by the real Sting.

Back to Jarrett and the lights go out. Sting of Christmas yet to come falls from the ceiling. His wig falls off revealing an old man. Sting puts him thru a table.

He locks Double J in the Scorpion Deathlock. 97 Sting has recovered and kabongs him. Sting no sells and vanquishes him with a final Deathdrop. Only for Jarrett to get another guitar and kabong him for three. Yes that bugged me.

Mike Barton vs Perry Saturn 2003.

2011-03-17T08:14:00.000-06:00

Perry Saturn vs. Mike Barton by Stinger1981

This kicked some ass. I have a soft spot for tholse old weekly TNA ppvs from 02/03 because of stuff like this. Mike Barton attacks Saturn in the locker room and they fight to the ring. The big story here are the Barton punches. He messes up Saturn's eye with a punch. He keeps working him over. Saturn gets in these hope spots. Like a T-Bone suplex and a springboard dropkick. But Barton goes back to the punches. One cool spot is a Barton stalling suplex. Holding Saturn in the air and his blood dripping on to Barton's torso.

Eventually Barton injures his fist. Giving Saturn the chance to lock on a flash submission. I have to wonder who booked this match. No sign of a run in and it actually told a story.

Lex Luger stuff

2011-03-17T07:00:00.000-06:00

Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Lex Luger by Stinger1981

Rey Mysterio vs Lex Luger Nitro January 1999

This was from right after the NWO Elite was formed. They took out the lWo and demanded they disband/ Rey had been forced to join by Eddy Guerrero. But he refused to stop wearing the LWO colors on principle. Refusing to be bullied. So he vgets targeted by Lex Luger.

Luger is really dismissive of Rey. Giving him a chance to surrender. Before Lex has to hurt him. Rey refuses and Lex sucker punches him. Nice dick move when the ref demands he hand over the mic he keeps switching hands before handing it to the time keeper.

Luger tosses around Rey at first. It's an interesting contrast. Because despite being a power wrestler, since 96 he has generally wrestled bigger guys. It has also been three years since he was last heel. So it seems like he was removing some rust.

Rey slips in offense and Lex has this surprised selling. Flailing around like he can't believe Rey can compete with him. He would get the advantage back with a cheapshot. Rey would do these desperate flurries of punches whenever Luger goes for his mask.

Kevin Nash comes to ringside. This leads to a run in finish when Rey is winning. But in this case it made Rey look stronger since Luger had to be saved.

Bill Goldberg vs. Lex Luger by Stinger1981

Lex Luger vs Goldberg October 99

oldberg got powerbombed by id earlier in the evening. Something happened to Elisibeth. Jeff Jarrett. This was the start of Russo's crap in WCW so hard to care. But this was a good tv main event.

Goldberg meets Luger in the aisle and beats him up around the ring. Luger does a nice job bumping and selling for Goldberg. He gets on offense and hits some nice looking clotheslines and running elbows. Being 99 WCW the run ins start.

Sting comes to ringside and takes out Goldberg with a baseball bat. Bret Hart makes the save. Nice bit where Bret swings the bat and Sting ducks causing it to shatter on the ring post.

Luger catches Bret from behind and puts him in the Human Torture Rack. Cool looking spot when Goldberg spears Luger while he has Bret in the hold.

Finish was a mess but nice work from Luger.

The Heroic type

2011-03-14T01:40:00.003-06:00

Predator vs Gallows

2011-03-13T21:03:00.000-06:00

Predator vs Luke Gallows from the Inoki promotion.

Gallows comes out to St.Anger by Metallica. Which the first section of makes for a really good wrestling theme. Predator meets him in the aisle and they are off. I knew Gallows was good. But here not handcuffed by WWF lower card style he is great. Him and Predator fight all over the ringside area. Predator was in WWE as Sylvester Terkey. They gave him some MMA gimmick because Terkey did MMA in the past. He is better doing the Brody gimmick. He tears off a section of guard rail like it is nothing and hit Gallows.

Predator really looks like a monster. Not just some big guy. But a big scary monster you would hate to meet in a well lit area. Much less a dark alley.

He clotheslines Gallows over the guardrail using his chain.

Gallows throws great looking uppercuts and some good looking big boots and bicycle kicks.

Post match Predator chokes out Gallows with his chain so hopefully rematch.

March to 500

2011-03-10T02:01:00.002-07:00

Not wrestling or even Victator related.

2011-03-06T16:00:00.001-07:00

http://bit.ly/dianeforVP Diane Mizota was the host of Filter on GR tv and was Fook Mi in Austin Powers. Along with a bunch of other hosting tv stuff. She is also a really cool sweet chick. She is trying to become Pop chips VP of pop. Which would get her lots of work and 50,000 in cash, ten thousand she intends to give to charity.

If you could stop by and vote for her she would appreciate it. Also I can safely say she is much better than the guys in front of her.

Ric Flair 5 Time World Champion

2011-03-04T18:10:00.000-07:00

This is why Flair is and always will be the man.

Ric Flair vs Ronnie Garvin - What it Takes to Win

2011-03-03T23:03:00.000-07:00

Great music video. Love the Flair/Garvin series.

Untitled Demolition Day 32

2011-02-28T11:09:00.005-07:00

Demolition © vs British Bulldogs - MSG - 7/25/88
British Bulldogs vs. Demolition Pt.1
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There are a lot of holes in my wrestling watching background. I admit it. I got into wrestling around 1990. I think of Ricky Morton as Richard Morton, good buddy of the Computerized Man of the 90s and sworn enemy of Robert Gibson. So I recently watched the Rock 'n' Roll Express debut on JCP TV for the first time vs Krusher and Ivan and thought it was a great match, probably as great as it had been talked up to be. One big element of the match was that it was given time to build and grow and breathe. There were multiple heat segments with both R'n'Rers playing FIP. Surprisingly, the longest one had the Russians beating on Gibson. One arguable slight (slight argument?) against Demolition matches is that they never really did get the the time. Few of their matches that go 20 minutes, certainly next to no one fall matches go that long. That's an unfortunate side effect of the WWF style, and I think it's important to look at the Demolition matches in the context of what they did with the time they were given, not what someone else did with more time elsewhere. That said, this is a long Demolition match. It goes over twenty minutes. It's a one-fall match. It has broken down Dynamite in it. And hey, it's pretty cool. Multiple crescendoing heat-segments. Slow teasing of Fuji interference. Multiple hot-tags. Unfortunately, it's one of the few Demolition matches I've seen that has a screwed up ending. But we'll get to that. It's right in the middle of the summer 88 Bulldogs/Demos feud (the night after the six man with Warrior if the dates are right). Bulldogs are out first. Dynamite does a lot of stretching and groaning just moving around the ring. Demolition are the champs. They have Fuji with them. Superstar Billy Graham's your color man (with Hayes and Mooney) and he actually comes up with a key story point that we'll get to later. Smash and Davey to begin and the shine period is both more extended than usual and more back and forth. Demos had no problem at all selling for the Bulldogs, but then they had no problem selling for anyone who earned it. Smash and Davey do a lot of good speed and finesse vs power stuff with Davey trying to take control of the arm. Davey looks great and Smash helps make him look great. Dynamite in. Smash powers to the corner. Ax tags in and takes over on him. Dynamite gets the advantage. He was really limited here relative to how he was before the injury (though he just flies off of Ax in a kick out from a vertical press), but makes up for it by doing lots of cool little things like grapevining the leg while putting on a standing armbar. Ax powers out and chucks Dynamite across the ring with a great-looking slam. Smash comes in only to eat a killer drop-toe hold into a beautiful floatover. Really nice looking matwork. Davey gets tagged in for a double-team, and then it's back to the arm. Davey sits down using his feet to try to yank Smash's arm out of the socket (including a chilling up-nostrel camera shot on DBS). Fuji's great out the outside menacing with the cane and then tapping the apron with it when the ref sees with the biggest shit-eating grin on his face. We're about 6 minutes in here, for what it's worth. Smash powers up, selling the arm as he fights back (and I want to say it leads to Davey being able to reverse the irish whip but that might be wishful thinking). As an aside, one of the biggest problems with US tag matches, especially of this era, is that a lot of what happens in the initial shine period just doesn't get represented later in the match. Quite often, especially in big man vs little man matches, it's arm work. It's just sort of the way things are. Arm-work early in the match gets forgotten during the heat periods and doesn't play into the comeback. I like to think that it's more of a matter of generally wearing the opponent down and far more than that of control. It's the only way for the Bulldogs to keep Demolition from clobbering them for a few minutes. It also happens to the heels so much that they're built up against it and really, the nature of tag matches is that the guy on the apron can recover somewhat. So that's my attempt for a no-prize here. It's just a normative element and in this match it works pretty well due to the back and forth. Demolition, in general, never ever just sit there and let the hold become a rest hold. If the other team is on top, Demolition is selling it, yes, but they're also trying desperately to power back up and make the tag. They make things very, very hard for their opponents, but all the while respecting what's going on in the match. They're not no-selling clods. That's part of why I like them so much. It adds realism in a way that you don't always think about. They're always, always fighting. Anyway, all of this leads to a cool spot where Davey goes for a flying headscissors and Smash walks around the ring with him before dumping him on the top. Too much clubbering causes the ref to intervene and Davey comes off with a good-looking forearm smash from the second rope and then a slam setting up a really nice looking second rope headbutt from Dynamite and a near-fall. A couple of quick tags leads to Davey being back in and Smash maneuvering him back into Demos corner. Dynamite comes in to save but Fuji's cane points it out to the ref and finally the shine period ends 8 minutes in and the Demos take over. I don't think there was an opening segment like this in any of the other Demolition matches. If variety is the spice of life then Demolition is medieval Asia. Here comes Heat Segment #1. Davey's thrown out. Fuji menaces. Smash attacks. Ax attacks, pulls Davey back in and hits a solid back elbow, and after that long back-and-forth shine period where the bulldogs were mostly on top Ax slows things down with a nasty looking nerve hold... except for it doesn't really slow things down for long. After about 30 seconds, Davey powers up and Ax cuts it off by clamping down as if it was an attack. Demos grind down with their usual realistic offense. Double clotheslines, chokes, clubbers, kidney punches and knees, hairpulling. Another short nerve hold. Davey goes for a comeback but Smash cuts him off with a drop toe-hold and tries to tag, sees he's too far away and runs up and hits Dynamite on the apron instead. Good ring presence in ratcheting up the heat. A minute or two of grinding later and Davey does a weird rising knee counter to a back drop and dashes over for Hot Tag #1. Dynamite hits Smash on the apron while working on Ax but there's no "hit one guy, then the other" spots in this hot tag. Great clothesline and snap suplex on Ax. Smash, on the apron, teeters and totters for Dynamite as he gets nailed twice but then finally hits him with a nasty clothesline as DK bounces off the ropes allowing Demos to take over for Heat Segment #2. Clubbering, taunting of Davey on the apron. Double clubbering with DK straddled on the top rope. More grinding, including another quick nerve hold, and another toss out of the ring. Fuji menaces again but just like last time a Demo (this time Ax) comes out of nowhere and does the damage instead. Great suplex into the ring by Smash and another hold that only last a few seconds. They are definitely keeping things moving and not letting the holds dig in and slow the match down. Dynamite hits a clothesline and makes a perfectly timed Hot Tag #2. Davey hits some big offense including a great dropkick but Smash doesn't come into the ring here either so no tandem tit-for-tat hot tag stuff (again he gets hit on the apron though). Ax reverses a pile driver attempt and Demos are right back on offense (but not before Fuji pokes at Ax repeatedly with his cane to get him moving. Fuji's great. WON voters are crazy). Smash comes in and we're right into Heat Segment #3. Some grinding commences before Davey fights back only to get thrown out of the ring on kick out of a vertical press. And the back and forth nature and Bulldogs ability to come back so frequently at this point (even if they keep getting cut off) plays into something Superstar (Graham, not Masked) talked about early on. He said that if it went long it would benefit the smaller team. They say that all the time, but this is one match where it really seems to play out and whether or not it was the intent of the guys in the ring (and I wouldn't put it past these guys at all), Graham mentioning it twice really hammers it home in the minds of the audience and it becomes truth. Bulldogs are fighting back so well because we're already past the 17 minute mark. Anyway, Davey lands outside right next to the announcers. Graham tries to rally him on. Fuji menaces AGAIN. Smash comes around to toss him back in. Ax drags him all the way back to the Demos corner before snapping on a chinlock (Eadie was so, so good at ring positioning). This one lasts longer, getting the crowd back behind Davey before they cut off any potential comeback. All of the short nerveholds leading up to this longer hold actually makes it mean a lot more. Smash hits a good backbreaker in the middle of the ring (Darsow was good with the positioning too but not quite as good.) Covers. Dynamite breaks it up. Both guys are hurting now. Smash tosses Davey into the corner and charges in, only to eat the boots and Davey crawls over for Hot Tag #3 (this being the really hot one in part due to the longer hold a minute or two before). We're heading towards the finish so now Ax comes in and we get the double noggin knocker and the parallel offense. Dynamite charges into the corner after Ax and Ax nonchalantly stumbles away causing DK to eat the turnbuckle and we get Heat Segment #4. Oh wait, no we don't. DK just gives Smash the meanest chop you'll see all day and storms over to tag Davey. Both Demos are in again and now Davey (noticeably worn down and barely able to toss Smash into the corner) gets to nail both of them, culminating with the running power slam on Smash. Here's where things break down. The ref counts two and then randomly stops. Both Ax and Fuji attempted to get into the ring and break up the count but neither made it in time and the ref just points to Ax and Dynamite brawling at the edge of the ring as the reason he stopped the count. Actually, Dynamite's the one really in the ring, trying to keep Ax out, so maybe it's a case where since both Bulldogs are in the ring, the ref stops the count. It comes off as pretty weird though and in the chaos that follows (including Davey choking/menacing Fuji for way too long), the Rougeaus hit the ring and smash DBS with the cane leading to Demos picking up the pinfall. I like how Fuji stops and gets his hat before sneaking out of the ring. It's definitely not a smooth finish but I'm always going to believe the Rogs hating on the Bulldogs and vice versa, and the actual cane shot did look pretty good. So that's the match. It probably makes my top ten way at the end, bumping the match from the night before. I'd have to see that six man again to be sure though. If the finish was a little better it might have even been higher. Give it a watch (And yes, dailymotion is annoying, sorry, but with Firefox and the right plug-ins, it's easy as anything). Hopefully I'll be back soon with that surreal Face Powers of Pain match.

Edit: Dr.Victator here. Finally watched the match last night. Demolition were at the height of their powers as heel ass kickers. Loved how Smash stooged for the Bulldogs then Ax got in and was all "Enough of this garbage." Then just clubbers the poop out of the Bulldogs. Some people shit on Dynamite now. but as a face in peril he is first rate. Nobody takes Demolition clubbering better. The multiple hot tags were worked very well. They would get in hit a big move or two and either miscalculate (Davey Boy attempting the Piledriver.) or just getting caught with well timed Demo strikes.

The finish was a little messy by Demolition standards but fine for a late 80s bull plop finish. Fuji missed his cue to break up the pin but Davey Boy saved it by getting up before 3. He looked dumb but the referee didn't which I feel is important. A really good match that would be great with a better finish.

A Royal disappointment

2011-02-22T07:33:00.003-07:00

Game Fellas

2011-02-17T13:10:00.000-07:00

Vampire Rally

2011-02-14T23:49:00.000-07:00

Savage Sports Stories Day 62

2011-01-28T13:47:00.002-07:00

Epilogue
2

Why did Sarge do it? That thought has gone thru my head every day since Caged Hate. At first I thought he did it to give Ruination X2K another title. But that night Martin Morris lost the W*RE Planetary title to Todd Ripstone. It was a three way fight with Morris vs Ripstone vs Monolith.

I did not get to watch it that night since I was too busy being sewed up. My nose and left hand were broken and I had to get 120 stiches on my chest and face.

Anyway I watched the tape of the match a few days later. Martin Morris was pinned by Ripstone while Monolith "Crush Slammed" every member of Ruination. Every member but Sergent Sargent. Bantam told me that Morris went crazy in the locker room looking for Sarge.
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But if he was not doing it for Ruination why did he do it? I thought I could confront him at the apartment. But when i got home all of his stuff was gone, including my Horse Power the Movie Poster.

******

So I'm in this shithole in Tampa fighting in front of 1,500 assholes. I'm defending the Combat Collective Wrestling DEATHcore title against this guy called Sexcaliber. I just hit him with a powerslam and now I'm taking out my Bayonet and cutting him up. Been waiting to cut this guy for a long time. He decided he wanted to pick a fight with me when I first got here.

SARGE!!!!
SARGE!!!!
SARGE!!!!

When I first got here they just chanted CCW. I changed that right away.
Okay I made this guy bleed enough, time to clamp on the Sargelock to get the submission.

So how did I end up here? Well after I got my money from Johansen and took the DEATHcore belt out of Caged Hate I saw Wyles sitting at the hotel bar crying.

"No no no I'm ruined. I didn't get the DEATHcore belt and I lost Cell Blok, Master Bastard and TerroRantula for at least a month. All those refunds 'sob'."

"Stop your crying Wyles."

"No don't hit me I'm a hemophiliac!!!"

"Not gonna hit you Wyles. You see what I'm carrying?"

"The DEATHcore belt. Yeah so what?"

"You idiot I'm not under contract to any W*RE. You sign me and gimme 15,000 dollars and CCW just signed the W*RE DEATHcore Champion."

Well my heart just melted seeing his beady little eyes light up.

Now why did I take the belt away from the kid?

****

Why did Sarge do it? Well the obvious reason was not the reason. Was it money? He did end up in CCW defending the DEATHcore belt. But he could make more money wrestling in W*RE, especially as a member of Ruination.

I think I know why he did it. All the pieces eventually fit together. Especially when Mr.Johansen told me I was the number one contender to Bleached Evil's Hemisphere title.

****

Wrestling passed me by. I'm not some old timer who refuses to admit that. I thought if I got back in the spotlight all my problems would be over. I would beat anyone they put in front of me and that would be that. But I get there and everybody plays these games. Trying to manipulate you to get what they want. Everybody but the kid. He always said what he believed and all he wanted was to help his friends. Even if they never helped him back.

I watched him die a slow death defending that DEATHcore title. Each night he was leaving another piece of himself in the ring. He also decided I was his best buddy in the whole world which put a target on his back. So I knew one way to solve every problem we had.

I climbed inside of Caged Hate and took the DEATHcore belt from Overdog. Not surprised he fought back. Am surprised he put ten stitches in my lip. But it showed me he could survive on his own.

So Overdog is no longer having to fight the DEATHcore freaks since he is no longer champion. I left W*RE, so Johansen no longer has a reason to hate the kid, and I turned on Overdog in front of the world. So Martin Morris thinks we are enemies and will not try to get back at me thru the kid. Gotta admit Morris losing the W*RE Planetary title was a bonus.

Why did I choose CCW? Because it is the only place that felt right to me since I came back to the states. No games, all I have to do is kill or be killed. Just the way I want it.

Savage Sports Stories Day 61

2011-01-28T08:06:00.001-07:00

Epilogue 1

About an hour before Caged Hate.

"What are you doing in my office Sargent?"

"Office?? That's being mighty generous. Why this looks more a janitor's closet. Isn't that the furnace?"

"What do you want? You beat Darren Glass. It took twenty people but you should be happy."

"Watch the attitude Johansen or I might change my mind."

"Change your mind about what?"

"About giving you the chance to be rid of me."

"Okay Sargent I'm listening."

"You pay me 300,000 dollars and I walk out of W*RE without a fight. I walk out of this arena and you never see me again."

"300,000 dollars? You know I can't cut a check that big, just like that."

"Of course you can. You made enough selling shirts tonight to pay me 500,000."

"But you said it was 300,000."

"Price went up while you waited."

"Okay okay 500,000."

"That's not all."

"More money? "

"Would be nice but no. It's about Overdog."

"What about him?"

"When he loses this Caged Hate I don't want him to get a rematch for the DEATHcore title. In fact I want him to get a shot at the Hemisphere championship."

"I can't just do that. I have to go thru the championship committee and Morris is still majority owner."

"Don't gimme that crap. The kid has not lost a match in months and has been facing tough competition. The magazines have him in the W*RE top five. Besides we both know you control the committee with your stooges running things."

"Okay okay you've got a deal."

"Listen to me Johansen. You better leave the kid alone or I will be back. Do you understand?"

"Yes I understand."

"Good I want my money upfront."

Savage Sports Stories Day 60

2011-01-27T08:44:00.002-07:00

Caged Hate
EXIT

Barbaracles and Cell Blok fell into the barbwire and exploding boards. That's it everyone in Caged Hate is down but me. I pick up the DEATHcore title and drape it over my shoulder.

"WIRE!!!! WIRE!!!! WIRE!!!!!"

I guess this was a hit with the fans. Oh man think I'm going to collapse. My legs feel like lead. Okay cage door is open. I think my hand is broken from when Cell Blok stomped it earlier.

"Oh my god...."

Cell Blok is getting up.

No he collapsed on top of Barbaracles. I'm on the floor now just need to open the gate and this is over. Fans are getting louder. Can't see anything, blood keeps getting in my eyes. Gate is unlocked.

SLAM!!!!!!!!

What?????? The gate just got slammed in my face. Was just stomped in the head. Wh who?? There is nobody left. Gotta clean my eyes. No no it can't be.

"Sarge????? Why are you doing this?"

The only answer I get is a punch in the face and I fall back down. This doesn't make any sense. Why would Sarge do this? He picks up the DEATHcore belt and goes for the door.

I think of my life. I think of the last six months. I think of Ike Simmons taking my first title shot. I think of King Behemoth getting injured fighting him because of me. I think of Clayton Wyles trying to humiliate me. I think of Janet dumping me. Then I think of how my childhood hero became my mentor and friend. I'm thinking of all the people that were hurt in this cage.

It would be an insult to them, to me and even Sergent Sargent himself to let him walk away with my belt.

"going somewhere s....sarge......"

Sarge turns around and looks at me and I attack. I tackle him into the cage door and hit him as hard as I can over and over. I try to claw his eyes out and pull out a chunk of his hair. He headbutts me in the face and I bite him on his lip. I can't tell if I am tasting his blood or my own.

Then I feel him grab my hair and throw me into the wall of the cage. Before everything goes black I watch Sarge step out of Caged Hate and hear the bell ring.

Savage Sports Stories Day 59

2011-01-26T08:26:00.001-07:00

Caged Hate
LEVEL 1

No no no..... This is a disaster. Master Bastard got knocked out in level 2 of the cage, that Exit Wound kid never showed up and Cannibal Soldier and Vampire Vigilante got called to an Omeniac U seminar. My only hope is TerroRantula can win this.

"C'MON TERRORANTULA KILL THAT ASSHOLE!!!!"

I think he is over matched fighting that Barbariancles. Wait TerroRantula is doing it. He has that hairball staggering after a flurry of knees to the face. Yes He's going to the top rope. He hits a 450 to the standing Barbaracles. His knee went right in his head.

"YES!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!"

Great now Marc Chambers is eye balling me like I'm crazy.

"Eyes on the match spud I'm managing."

no no no no no NO!!!!!!!! Barbaracles is getting up. TerroRantula is going for the Spider Press. Barbaracles caught him.

"GOD DAMN MOTHERFUCKING NO!!!!"

"Mr.Wyles you cannot use language like that on a W*RE broadcast."

"Oh save it for Nick Jr Chambers!!!!"

No he has TerroRantula pressed over his head he's going to drop him into the barbwire exploding boards. I can't watch.....

"HE CAUGHT THE CAGE!!!! HE CAUGHT THE FUCKING CAGE!!!!!! GO TERRORANTULA!!!!!!!!"

He is leaping back at Barbaracles

CLANG!!!!!

BOOM!!!!!!

barbaracles hit him with a chair and Rantula landed in the pit. thats it for ccw. all my dreams are dead. i might have to give refunds for that show i advertised bastard and rantula on. Wait no I still have Cell Blok.

"KILL THAT SON OF A BITCH CELL BLOK CARVE THE FUCKER UP!!!!"

****

TerroRantula just got dropped in the pit. It is just Barbaracles, Cell Blok and me. My best chance is to ambush them while they are fighting each other. I'm on top of the cage surrounding the ring in level 1. Here goes nothing. I leap off the cage with a flying body press.

They caught me. They throw me like a dart into cage wall around the ring. Gotta stay awake. Luckily they are more obsessed with fighting each other than taking my belt. Dragging myself to the door by the ring. Inch by inch. Once I get to the door all I have to do is get out of Caged Hate and I'm still champion. Right when I am at the door I feel a steel toed boot stomp my hand. Its Cell Blok he remembered me.

He picks me up by my throat and choke slams me in the ring. Thankfully I'm in a area where the cage blocks the pit. Try to pull myself up he takes my belt off of me and kicks me in the head. My nose is broken and my eye is swelling shut. He has a piece of glass cutting up my chest.

"ARRRGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

Barbaracles clotheslined Cell Blok with his arm wrapped in a chain. Blok is down as Barabacles starts pummeling him. He slams Blok three times in a row. Then powerslams him into the cage.

Okay Greg now grab your belt and pull yourself together. The door is right there. Before I can open it I feel somebody grab my hair.

"Leavin so soon boy!!!!!!"

He slings me by my hair into the ring cage door. Holding myself up on the ropes. Before Barbaracles can grab the belt Cell Blok brained him with SAWdust ax handle and started choking him from behind. They are fighting all over the ring struggling for control of the ax handle.

Now they are fighting near the pit. Both of them are bleeding so bad I doubt they know where they are. C'MON Greg this is your last chance.

I start running and hit the biggest dropkick I can and

"BOOOOOOM!!!!!!!"

They both hit the pit. It's over.

WCW/nWo Nitro, September 29th 1997: Curt Hennig vs. The Giant

2011-01-26T06:49:00.000-07:00

This match is shortly after Curt Hennig betrayed the Horsemen at Fall Brawl 97. Giant and Hennig had a really good match a month before but had a bullshit finish even I could not tolerate.

They have really great chemistry and I wish they could of gotten a ppv match. Hnnig bumps big for all of the Giant's stuff while Hennig is big enough to credibly beat up the Giant. This really reminds me of an old school Andre match. Giant dominates til Hennig ducks a clothesline and Giant takes a nasty tumble to the floor. Then Hennig actually hits the perfectplex on the Giant and the crowd lost it. I love when even the referee has a "holy shit!!" reaction. This being 1997 brings out the nWo and they beat down the Giant.

Note to Nexus this is how a gang beats down somebody. They swarm the Giant and he is still fighting back until Scott Norton clocks him with Hennig's United States championship. Then Sting comes out and shit gets crazy.

Savage Sports Stories Day 58

2011-01-25T11:16:00.003-07:00

Caged Hate
Level 2

I drop into level 2 of Caged Hate. This level is more dangerous than Level 3 which only had a few basic weapons hanging around. This cage has the weapons and one wall covered in barbwire and the other is electrified. I look next to me and I see both members of Desecration 99 laying unconscious.

Nothing says I have to hurt anybody to win and as Sarge would say I'm not being paid by the hour so I run for the entrance to level 1. This could work and then I feel my arm wrenched out of its socket. The Judozer caught me.

****
Been working this circuit for years. I was the toughest prison guard to ever come out of Eugene Oregon. They called me the Warden because I ran the prison. Got into wrestling and I kept busting heads. But this? I never been in any shit like this. Just watched Sonny Fenix get blown up by Barbaracles.

"Arrrggghhhhhhhhh!!!!"

While I'm being cut up by this guy Cell Blok. God help me I hit this prag with everything on my belt and nothing. Hit him hard enough with my nightstick that his face is bruised and has welts. He just keeps moving forward like nothing matters. There I hit the Death Warrant.,

"Get up from that motherfucker!!!!"

"Gaahhhh"

He has me in a choke hold. Fuck I'm going under. Biting him and he sounds like it is getting him off.

SMASH!!!!!

He he let go. I was saved by SAWdust?

****

Judozer thinks I am unconscious and he just took the DEATHcore belt off of me. That was a bad idea since that made him a target. He got tackled by The Strawman. Do not know much about this guy. Sarge said he was maimed in Japan.

Judozer just flipped over Strawman and got him in an armbar. If this were a regular match that would be the end. Before he can break Strawman's arm, Master Bastard knocks him out with a barbwire chair. Okay I have to grab my belt before Master Bastard gets it. I snatch it away just as Master Bastard had it in his hand.

As I put the belt on I realize that Strawman and Master Bastard are standing in front of the exit to Level 2.

****

yes yes yes...... sawdust will destroy overdog and take his crown. don't care about warden. but i know i must kill cell blok if i want to win. cutting up cell blok with broken kendo stick. warden is holding him by the throat with his gavel. going to finish him with my ax handle when i hear something...... Doug?????

****

I did not want this. Strawman and Master Bastard formed a brief alliance to hurt me. I did my best fighting them but they were too much. But instead of grabbing the belt Strawman ordered Master Bastard to hold me and Strawman grabbed his pitch fork.

Master Bastard argued with him which helped me recover. Strawman runs at me with the pitchfork just as Master Bastard grabs me by my hair. I stomp Master Bastard on the foot and Overkill him on the cage floor. Strawman missed us and stabbed the cage. What none of us realized was it was the electrified side of the cage.

Can't worry about Strawman. I get to the exit and hear another explosion. SAWdust and the Warden were chokeslammed into the pit by Cell Blok.

Savage Sports Stories Day 57

2011-01-24T12:29:00.002-07:00

CAGED HATE
LEVEL 3

They sent me to the top floor of the arena. I am on top of the Caged Hate structure. Looking down as the lights flicker on and off I see what I am going to have to fight my way thru. Phil said the rules were simple. The only way to win is to walk thru the exit of stage one with the DEATHcore title.

I hear the gears moving and the cage is being lowered as ominous music plays. I look down into the two rings and I see all of the entrants. They are all different and unique but they have one thing in common they want the W*RE DEATHcore title.

****

Phil said that each wrestler was assigned a level. I doubt it is random when I see who is waiting for me as I drop into level 3. Bingwen, Violator and Overmask.

"Well Well if it isn't Overdog. You stole my belt at Endgame but you will not be able to cheat me thi...."

CRACK!!!! I hit Overmask with a kendo stick and he is out. Violator runs at me and I duck under a fat clothesline only for Bingwen to kick me in the face. If BingweN were more together he woulda snatched the DEATHcore title. Instead he is just staring at his hand. Could use that but Violator started dropping greasy elbow drops on me.

"Bingwen honey c'mon lets finish him. Grab his legs and I'll drop the parking violation on him."

****

Comeonbaby. Drama City is back open for business and Glamrock is Mayor for life. Gotta stay alive long enough to grab that belt. I get that then I can join W*RE and prove I'm better than Freddie ever was. I'm in the ring and it has a part of a cage surrounding it. The floor is covered in barbwire and explosives.

I can't keep dodging this guy forever. what was his name Barbara Clea or something. Oh shit he caught me in the gut. I duck his clothesline and tag him with my Dramakick!!!!!!

"Yeah Welcome to Drama City Owwwwwww!!!!!!"

Wait he's still standing. Ohshitohshit.

"You think you're so fucking tough Barbara? Well eat this!!!!"

He caught the Drama Kick........ Pulling and pulling nobabyno. I'm over his head and he throws me to the floor. Sorry Sonny you deserved better. .

****

Heard an explosion. Happened in the ring. This cage is not my preferred environment but Clay paid me his money he'll get his belt.

I'm on the second stage of this "Caged Hate". Have not run into anything I can't handle. The Desecration wannabes have been coming at me but these guys are a team in name only. One called Porn charges me and I use a Simple judo throw to toss him over. I hang onto his arm and put my foot on his throat. His buddy Grind runs at me and I throw him over with one arm and I release Porn. I grab both of them by the waist and suplex them into the cage wall. That's the end of Desecration and I see I now have the Strawman's attention.

****

"Gaaaahhhh!!!!"

Violator just sat on me again. That would make it three times he did the Parking Violation. Pain is not enough to drown out the screams and explosions coming from levels 1 and 2. Overmask finally recovered and got his hits in. I over hear the three of them making plans.

"Guys I know all about overcoming the odds and if one of us goes into that next cage alone we are dead."

"You're right we need to work as a group. Our only chance is to form a cute little bunch and fight our way out. Right Bingwen?"

"........."

"Since I was a former DEATHcore champion I'll wear the belt."

"Why should you wear it. You were not really DEATHcore champ and I'm a former West Coast champion I should wear it."

"Why so it'll be absorbed by your fat gut?"

"It'll be safe!!"

Okay this is my chance. C'mon just a little more. Now Bingwen is fighting over the belt too. NOW!!!!!!

I run as fast as I can. I dropkick Violator in the face as I get Bingwen and Overmask with a double Overkiller.

The three of them are out and I strap the DEATHcore belt on and drop into Level 2.

Savage Sports Stories Day 56

2011-01-19T18:21:00.002-07:00

54.

After the match with Darren Glass, Sarge did not look happy. I met him in the hall way to check on him. He was limping and looked mad at the world. He was no even wearing his mask.

"Sarge are you okay?"

He walked right past me glaring. But I follow him anyway.

"Sarge I know Ruination helping you went against your wishes. But you still pinned Darren Glass. That is impressive he only lost three times this year and each guy needed help to do it, even Monolith and Embalmer."

"Is that suppose to make me happy boy?"

"No sir It is just I uh um mean you are...."

"In good company is that it?"

"yeah i guess."

"Well you guessed wrong kid. My entire career I was vicious and I cheated as much as I could but I did it alone. Now the record books are going to say a washed up old man needed the help of four idiots to defeat Son of Albertron. That is not how I wanted to go out!!!!"

"Sarge you accomplished too much for that to be your legacy. You revolutionized children television. You were Omniversal Champion. Besides this is not your final night in W*RE and everybody does not know you are the Wrecker."

"Kid just stay away from me. You have more than enough to worry about."

I decided to let Sarge cool down and now I am watching Bleached Evil defend the Hemisphere belt against Matt Babylon. Babylon has avoided the Bleach Blaster and kicked out of the Bleach Breaker. They are fighting on the floor and Babylon locked Evil in the Sword of Babylon submission and they both get counted out. Now all the agents are trying to get Babylon to release the hold. Every agent but Diamond Phil.

"Overdog your match is next. It's time for Caged Hate."

Savage Sports Stories Day 55

2011-01-18T11:31:00.002-07:00

53.

Walking to the ring without music. The Ruination music makes my ears bleed, so I told them not to play anything. Besides it keeps the Wrecker mysterious. This match with Glass was booked about a week ago. Have not faired so well against this punk on the circuit. He can't unmask or pin me, but getting saved by the likes of X-ILE and Deathrock makes me sick.

I stepped up my training, while helping the kid train for that Caged Hate garbage. Kid has his work cut out for him. My problem is Darren Glass. I trained harder than I have in over a decade. That combined with chemical helpers, has got me pumped.

Glass's music hits and I get sick as I hear how much people are cheering for him. Guy is in love with himself and wants to share it with everybody. Normally he would be posing for these people but he really wants to hurt the Old Wrecker. He slides under the bottom rope and I drop a knee on his head. Keep hitting knee drops on him before I start choking him with my trench coat. Referee tries to stop me but this is no disqualification, so I punch the ref in the gut and start stomping him.

I love hurting a referee, but I forgot about Glass who cleaned my clock with a clothesline. Throws me in the corner and starts hitting me with left hands. His left hand is his specialty. He even keeps it taped up. Just like his granddaddy Dr.Jerry Glass. I hated that pretentious fucker. Won a ton of titles in Mexico under a mask as the Glass Eater. Til he lost the mask to the original Miracle Mask. Then came back to the states as Dr.Jerry Glass. He was huge in Texas. Beating him at the Cotton Bowl really put me on the map.

Why the fuck am I thinking of that now? I headbutt Darren Glass then knee him in the groin. I suplex him over the top rope to the floor. Before Glass can recover I hit a running clothesline off the apron. Going to try to Wrecking Ball swing him into the turnbuckle post, but he pokes me in the eye. He starts firing off those left hands but I cut him off with a forearm. I run at him, but he powerslams me on the floor. God Damn does that fucking smart.

He grabs me by the mask and tosses me into the first row. Glass climbs over the guard rail after me. I bet the punk gets a thrill hearing little girls squeal while they maim each other just trying to be near him. He just snap suplexed me on the concrete and I think my back is broke. That asshole is signing autographs and posing for pictures. I grab a chair and wrap it around his head as a pair of ten year olds run away.

"You better run you little shits!!!!"

I really lay in the chair shots across his back.

"C'mon Glass where is your big talk now?"

I toss him back to ringside and the replacement ref is keeping his distance. I turn my head for a second to make sure he keeps it that way and Glass spit Surge into my face. Shit burns like acid. He picks me up and drops me crotch first on the guardrail. Before I can think of breathing, he clotheslines me.

He throws me in the ring and I hear him say.

"Time to eat some Glass, Gramps!!"

Gramps? I get up and tear into Darren Glass. Drive him into the corner with rights and lefts. Referee gets in my way and he hits me with his other finishing move the Glass Slipper. Can't breathe but at least I put up a good fight.

1......2...... ??? Glass just got attacked by X-ILE. I told Morris I did not want any help tonight. X-ILE tries to spin kick him but Glass ducks and hits the Glass Eater on him. I hit Glass from behind and hit the piledriver. 1......2... Damn it Glass kicked out. Going to try it again, but Glass backdrop me, I land on my feet and he hits the Glass Eater on me.

1......2...... Oh what now. Fucking Skull and Deathrock are on Glass. They send Glass into the ropes for the Skull@$% but Glass hits a double Glass Slipper. I have never seen anything like that.

Gotta get up now. I roll him up 1......2... he kicked out. I hit the Wrecking Ball finally. 1......2...... GOD DAMN MOTHERFUCK MICHEAL DUKAKIS!!!! He kicked out again. I just go crazy hitting this son of a bitch with everything I have. I get ready to piledrive him when he backdrops me to the floor. I feel my knee cap get twisted.

I see Morris run past me to attack Glass. Busted knee or no busted knee I get back in the ring. Glass fights his way outta the Motor Matrix,. It is killing me and blows my cover but I'm on the top rope. I fly off and hit a Super Bayonet. 1.........2............3.

Boos are raining down as I hear the announcer. "The Winner of this match The Super Wrecker X2K!!!!"

Yeah I won, all it took was five guys and me nearly killing myself.

Savage Sports Stories Day 54

2011-01-17T11:07:00.001-07:00

52.

I'm at the arena for X-Mas Xrisis. Came into the building and all the challengers who don't work for W*RE are eye balling me. Get a look at Caged Hate and yeah I'm scared. From what I can see it is huge. Hard to get a good look because it is so dark above the ring.

Decided to go watch the show since my match is on before the main event.

The opening match is Alex Thomas vs Combo Clay. Alex Thomas was the Olympic Bronze Medalist who just joined W*RE. Combo Clay recruited him to join a Tribe Called Fist but Thomas refused. After that the Tribe declared war on him.

They start off doing amateur style wrestling but as good as Combo is on the mat, he is no match for Alex Thomas,.So Combo gets the advantage with his striking ability. They end up outside the ring and Thomas almost used a chair on Combo.

For some reason Alex Thomas looks familiar to me. But not from the Olympics like I have seen him in another pro wrestling league. But that's impossible. Combo goes for his T-CLAY-O but Thomas reverses it into a northern lights suplex for the win.

Next up was the tag team battle royal. It was won by the team of Judas Prince and Elijah when they eliminated Freefall. Lights went out and when they came back on Freefall had gotten a bleach bath.

"Hey kid"

Sarge just walked in wearing his Wrecker gear. A little bit jarring even if he admitted to me he was the Wrecker a week ago. He said he joined up with Ruination to help us. That he could not fight the House of Bleach alone. I got my belt back so he was not wrong.

"Sarge are you ready to fight Darren Glass tonight?"

"I am kid, I really am. This is the end of the line. I'm going to kick Darren Glass's teeth down his throat. Then I can lose this mask and be back where I belong. But you know kid I owe this to you."

"Me? But Sarge you're a legend. You're the one who helped me."

"Kid without you, I could not of gotten my foot back in the door. I need one more thing from you."

"What?"

"No matter how ugly this match gets, do not get involved,"

"What do you mean Sarge?"

"I know you. If it looks I'm getting hurt you'll try to step in. This is my fight. Stay out of it."

"Whatever you want Sarge."

Sarge puts his mask on and walks out of the room.

****

This is not Ruination's night. X-ILE got himself counted out to save his West Coast belt from Scissor Mask. Then the Paint Chippers got mauled by the Dino Roiders, losing the tag belts. Martin Morris is having a fit about it as I walk into the Ruination dressing room.

"This is not going to cut it. I do everything in my power to stack the odds in your favor without getting the championship committee on my ass. But you have to get counted out against Scissor Mask?"

"Martin it's not what it looks like. Scissor Mask was cheating man. He loaded his boot before he hit me with that Scissor kick."

"At least you saved your title. Which is more than I can say for you two idiots. Skull, Deathrock why did you try to fight the Dino Warriors head on?"

"Uh because we are two super studds and uh great fighters...."

"Fighter, fighter!!!!!"

"Well apparently you're not great fighters because you lost!!! Where the hell is the Wrecker?"

"Right here Morris and you better watch your tone."

".....Of course Wrecker, you have not failed me. You have to defeat Darren Glass. If he defeats you tonight, Johansen might have enough leverage to force me to give him another title match."

"Not gonna happen Morris. I'm going to finish the Man of Glass tonight. you better worry about your title match. Monolith might have your number."

"I don't think he does Wrecker. I really don't."

Savage Sports Stories Day 53

2011-01-06T14:23:00.002-07:00

51.

"This is our chance to take what belongs to the Combat Collective. It is our chance to take the W*RE DEATHcore belt. We will enter Caged Hate and destroy the Overdog!!! Representing CCW is Gorkilla!!!!"

"Fuck you Wyles!!"

"But Gorkilla, we need you to represent the Collective."

"The Collective can fuck off. My only concern is taking the CCW World title from that paper champion Dixon."

"Ain't gonna happen monkey man. You have never beat the Dynasty and you never will."

"How bout I choke you out right here Dixon!!!"

"Please Dynasty, Gorkilla, we need to be a family. Focus our energy on Caged Hate."

"Listen Clayton, you can count "The Dynasty" out."

"But but Jason I need you."

"Look I nearly got maimed trying to get that belt before. I am not going to risk my health on anything but the Combat Collective Wrestling World heavyweight championship."

Okay Gorkilla and Dixon are not going to be in the cage. But I still have a full roster of killers

"Okay Hell Machine you're going in."

"No can do Clayton."

"What but you're the CCW tag team champions!!!!"

"Yeah and as of yesterday we are part of the W*RE roster."

"But you're under contract."

"Nope, they expired last week."

No no no no no no. Not my Hell Machine I needed them. Oh god they are going to take my tag titles to W*RE. Who are they wrestling this weekend? Vampire Vigilante and Cannibal Soldier; Yeah with a little help those two will get the CCW tag belts from the Hell Machine. I hate relying on those Omeniac University grads. But can't be choosey at the moment.

"Master Bastard, I know I can count on you."

"Got that right boss. That punk Overdog will bow before his Master."

Thank god I knew I could count on him.

"My god Ghetto Breaker, what happened to your leg!!!"

"I broke it jumping off a balcony fighting Pumpkin Skull."

"Why would you do that? You knew I needed you."

"I dunno the little fucker bugs me. Always trying to convert me to the word of Omeniac. Last night he went in my bag and took my copies of Crevice and replaced them with Omeniac U brochures."

"I don't care oh god I'm ruined."

"I called my cousin Exit Wound. he's gonna take my place. He can handle himself."

I saw a tape or two of that kid fighting. He could be useful. I still have my TerroRantula and my trump card Cell Blok. I'll finally have the W*RE DEATHcore title.

Savage Sports Stories Day 52

2011-01-03T12:34:00.001-07:00

50.

After my lifetime ban from WAVE, I figured I could stroll in and take the AWOL Independent World title.

Champion was this blond haired sissy named $extillion "Dollar Man" $inclaire. Tough guy but could not hang on to that belt to save his life. He was on his sixth reign after beating Lonesome Bellows at Wrestle Reign 87. But I did not count on Gold Ru$h. That was a group Sinclaire was the leader of. Every night I was having to fight off either Larry Wendell or "Enemy" Arron Rider and "Brutal" Brody Love or their manager Louis B Anthony the Only. Or hell usually all of them.

But I had $inclaire's number. One night we wrestled for forty minutes. $inclaire tries to put me in the figure four. Before he can lock it on, I kick him into the referee, knocking the ref out. Here comes Gold Ru$h Anthony tries to hit me with his shoe and I catch him with an uppercut.to the throat.

That brings out the Riders and Wendell. I try to fight them off but I'm only one man. I'm saved by Lonesome Bellows and the Knight Boys Cory and Derek. Pretty surprised since that Bellows prick hardly thinks of anybody but himself. But if he breaks his ankle, he expects you to drop out of a Japan tour to avenge his fat ass.

Anyway Gold Ru$h is out of the way but $inclaire recovered. Tries to hit me with brass knucks I duck his punch and hit the Bayonet 1.....2......3!!! "The winner and new AWOL World Independent Champion Sergent Sargent!!!!!" Lonesome Bellows strapped the belt around my waist and the Knight Boys hoist me on their shoulders.

I feel great, like everything is right with life. Then I see the knocked out referee get up. No no no. He is telling the referee who made the count something. NO NO NO!!!!!

"The original official was attacked by $extillion $inclaire. The original referee rules this match a disqualification. Championships cannot change hands on a disqualification, therefor the AWOL champion is still Sextillion Sinclaire."

The referee is trying to take the belt from me. I punch him in the face and he goes down. I take out my Bayonet and start cutting the referee. His nose is broken and my hand is covered in blood. The other referee comes over and I put him in the Sargelock. Not sure how long he is locked in. Bellows and the Knights try to pull me off of him but I'm furious. This is the tenth fucking time this has happened in a month. I pin $inclaire clean and they take the belt from me. No fucking more. They pull me off of him and the referee gets stretchered out.

Apparently the guy was crippled and had to retire. The one I cut up needed cosmetic surgery to make him look normal. Well fuck both of them. My career is over in the States. Can still work in Japan for W.H.Y but damnit the big money is here. That is why I'm drinking in some hotel bar.

But maybe I was wrong I get approached by this little wormy guy. Looks like a total wimp. Recognize him as one of the WAVE board of directors. He was the only one who voted not to ban me for life. Argued I was good for business because I generate interest.

He has been in the news since he started his new wrestling company. Calls it Wire or something. Took a chunk of the WAVE roster including Mainstream champion Violence "Macho Mauler" Bravado, The N-Bomber and tag team champions the Stone Cutters. So I can guess what he wants with me.

"It was a shame what happened in AWOL. And the same week you were fired off of Sergent Sargent's Horse Power."

Standard negotiating tactic. Being sympathetic while showing he knows I'm vulnerable.

"Get to the point Joey and I quit the show"

"Of course Sergent. My name is Jerome, Jerome Johansen."

"Yeah whatever. Get to your point."

"I want you to wrestle for me."

"I'm sure you would. But haven't you heard I'm damaged goods? I might break your referees or maim the Macho Mauler."

"Which would only increase ticket sales. You can be a guest on the Brandon Goodhart show at Valley of the Brawls. Announce your intention to become the first W*RE Planetary champion."

Brandon Goodhart? Eh if his check clears. Who knows with me as champion this Wire thing could take off.

"How much money are we talking?"

I can tell by the look on his wormy face I'm not going to sign. But I wait for him to write the number down on a napkin.

"Are you fucking kidding me?"

"You do not have many options."

"Fuck you"

"You are making a mistake."

"What part of "fuck you" did you not understand?"

"I'm sorry here's the real offer."

That is a big number.not as big as what WAVE paid or what AWOL did but a big number. Just not big enough to look at his wormy face every day.

"Get the fuck out of here Johansen before I fuck up your "pretty" face."

"You think you can threaten me?"

I see two big mother fuckers walking toward me. N-Bomber and Volcano from WAVE. Guess they took Johansen's play money. I hit N-Bomber in the face with a shot glass. Guy walks around like he is a zombie, like he didn't even feel it. Volcano is this big fat guy Tough guy who was all sumo at Tokyo university or some shit. I hit him with a bar stool. I look over and see Johansen smiling. I tackle the little fucker. I think of everything that has happened. From losing my Omniversal belt to being banned from WAVE and AWOL to my fucking show getting canceled. Now this little piss ant thinks he can attack me.

"I AM SERGENT FUCKING SARGENT AND YOU ARE NOTHING!!!!! BEG ME FOR YOUR FUCKING LIFE!!!!!"

"please don't hurt me. please oh Jesus."

"HE AIN'T HEARING YOUR PLEAS AND NEITHER AM I!!!!"

This bar has an aquarium and I stick Johansen's head in it. I am getting a thrill feeling him die.

"COME ON JOHANSEN DIE!!!!"

I feel a big fat fist punch me in the back of my head. Volcano and N-Bomber have recovered. They beat me senseless. Beat me up so bad Johansen was too scared to press charges. Now I am out of big time pro wrestling forever. Working in Japan and taking whatever North American bookings I can get.

Mordecai beats Akio & Billy Kidman

2010-12-24T05:03:00.000-07:00

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This shows how little I was paying attention in 2004 because I would have loved this. I like how Kidman and Akio attack the guy as he is removing his robe. Then Mordecai takes them apart with cool looking offense like that Franchise stunner and takes out Kidman with the Razor's edge.

Savage Sports Stories Day 51

2010-12-23T12:34:00.005-07:00

49.

"Alright listen up team. Johansen declared that anybody is open to enter this Caged Hate. Who in the Tribe Called FIST is gonna enter?"

"Combo let me enter I got the stinger loaded up. I'll turn Overdog into a pin cushion."

"F-Type I done told you. I'm not allowing you to wrestle in non tag matches, til you work on your basics. The striking alone is not cutting it."

"You gonna enter Combo?"

"Ravage I got plans that night. I'm gonna welcome Alex Thomas into pro wrestling. Anyway I'm above that DEATHcore garbage. I'm gonna take down Martin Morris and win the Planetary title."

"Sensei who is going to enter?"

"Boy you are just a student, you are way outta line addressing me directly. But to answer your question YO JUDOZER!!!!!!"

Alright here he comes my man the Judozer.

"Judozer here is the ultimate fighting machine. Well penultimate, I'm the ultimate. Judozer here is a master of many fighting arts. But more importantly he is not afraid to fight in the gutter. Last month at End Game my boy took out three members of the House of Bleach. Before that albino punk Bleached Evil got him."

"Who is he sir?"

"Boy you just don't learn. Take him out Judozer!!!"

"Uh sir I don't wanna mess up your masked goon before Caged Hate."

"Don't worry about it. You win, you can take his place."

This kid's name is Milt Bradley. No I swear to god his parents named him that. Guess that is why he became such a good fighter. But he is not on the level of a W*RE wrestler and sure as hell not Judozer.

Milt tags him with a hard kick. Judozer just shakes it off. I mean he could of avoided it in five different ways. But chose to absorb it. Same thing with those punches. Okay Judozer had enough and suplexed this punk into the floor. Now he is clamping on the armbar.

"Jesus please I give up!!!!!"

"No shame in giving up Milt. Lotta shame in not respecting the chain of command. Get outta my dojo. You are no longer a part of my tribe.

****

Got a day off finally. Has been a rough week. Or has it been two weeks? At this point it is hard to keep track. On the plus side I'm making more money than ever before. Got my bonus money for Valley of the Brawls and even royalty checks from Combat Club. Turns out Clayton Wyles made a ton of money off the show where Sarge cut those guys up. Called it too hot for TV. Seems like a lifetime ago. Have not seen Sarge all day.

"Hahahahahahahaha!!!! Oh my god that is hilarious!!!!"

"What's so funny Sarge?"

"Oh kid just got news from Europe, hahahaha oh god that Ransom Fortune lost the WAVE title."

"Who could beat Ransom Fortune?"

"Dunno some giant goof called the Doomsmith. Haha punched out Fortune with a metal gauntlet oh my hahaha god and WAVE will not grant him a rematch. The big poof disappeared."

"Why are you laughing?"

"Ha..... What crawled up your butt boy?"

"I dunno maybe it is because I've been getting my head kicked in by psychos all week. Last night The Alabama Brawler broke a lamp over my head. I've been picking glass outta my hair all day."

"Oh and I'm your Fairy God Sergent?"

"No but I would of appreciated the help? Where have you been?"

"WORKING FOR MARTIN MORRIS AS THE GOD DAMN WRECKER!!!!"

".........."

"Oh are you acting surprised? I know your new buddy Darren Glass filled you in on it."

"But Sarge that's not right. You caused Mr.Johansen to lose his company."

"Johansen is a two timing prick. I had a good reason to do what I did to him."

"But what you did to Darren Glass why?"

"Because we needed the help."

"We?? Help??"

"Oh you don't remember when Bleached Evil stole your belt and identity."

"But we could have fought him without Ruination's help."

"You listen to me boy. I am an old man!!!! In my day I could of taken Bleached Evil down. But I am just too old to fight a gang of freaks. I needed help and Ruination was the best place."

"But they're bad guys."

"Bad guys? You think that term has any meaning?"

"It does to me."

"Not what I meant kid. I mean look around you. Do you think there are any good guys left? Last time I checked Ike Simmons is a "good" guy. Does he match your definition of a hero?

"Well uh um well....."

"Of course he doesn't. He is a foul mouthed bully and prick who would step on his grand mother to get a title match. DinoWar are suppose to be good guys? Two roided up bullies who take pleasure in beating up people weaker than them? The list goes on and on.

Hell six months ago Martin Morris was a good guy. The only thing that has changed is he's attacking the popular wrestlers."

"But but you....."

"Hey kid I'm not judging anybody. I'm just assessing the situation. Face it you're the closest thing to a good guy W*RE has and its going to get you killed."

After that Sarge went out the door.

Savage Sports Stories Day 50

2010-12-22T11:07:00.004-07:00

48.

"My House, My family, My congregation. Even though you failed me at End Game, when you allowed Overdog to get his belt back and reclaim his inner self. We have been blessed as we have been given another chance to destroy the Overdog and take his prize. You will enter this cage of hate and destroy Overdog once and for all."

"Sir will me and John be allowed to end the Overdog?"

"Dynabull you and Cocaine fail me at every turn. You will enter the tag team battle royal and you will win the Planetary tag team titles. If you fail, that is the end of you. Do you understand Dynabul?"

"Yes sir."

"My newest follower. I know you fought with all your might to overcome the odds. That is why I'm sending you into the cage of hate. You will take the life you deserve. But you will not bask in another man's filth. No you are a new man.... Overmask."

"Thank you Bleached Evil I will take what is mine."

"Bingwen, you and Violator will join him. Violator you are treading close to your end. Fail me and you are gone."

"The Embalmer would never...."

"The Embalmer is gone!!!!!! He is never coming back!!!!!!"

****

This has been a brutal tour. The Combat Club guys attack was just the beginning. Every night I'm attacked by somebody new.

Chicago Illinois: I am defending the DEATHcore title against Violator. After I pin him I'm attacked by Sonny "Glamrock" Fenix. He was Freddie Marks tag team partner in the Drama City Superstars. Was celebrating when he hit me with an electric guitar. I thought my back was broke in two. Guy sounds like he hasn't slept in years. Kept saying "YeahbabySonnyisbackontop!!!!!!!"

Sacramento California: I just defeated the Impostor again. Well now he calls himself, Overmask. As the match ends, I get attacked by guys dressed like the team Desecration. But it's not the original trio. Rancid (leader of the trio) started franchising the name in the early 90's. Two of the franchises Tumor and Cancer won the W*RE tag titles in 93 from the AmeriCardinals. I've never heard of these two. They called each other Snuff and Porn. Tried to fight the good fight but they kept coming at me. Hit me with a sloppy Desecration Device.

Toronto Canada: We are taping this show for T*RN. Defending my belt against Johnny Jay Daniels. I win after hitting an Overbulldog thru a table. I get attacked by this huge guy wearing a burlap sack as a mask. His arms and legs are covered in scars. I hit him with the Overkiller and he shakes it off. He hits me with this chokeslam/powerbomb combo. Then he scream "STRAWMAN!!!!" Suddenly I hear SAWdust

"no sawdust is not an orphan or an only child. overdog you defeated me in the safety of my memories. that is why i went home and called my brother. say hello to the STRAWMAN!!!!!!"

Strawman? Where in the heck is Sarge?"

****

Chicago Illinois: Kid got roughed up good by the Glamrock sissy. I remember him and that Marks guy were a decent tag team. They won the A.W.O.L tag belts a few times. Kid better learn how to fly. Morris made me guest referee of the main event. It is him vs Darren Glass vs Monolith vs Todd Ripstone.

Ripstone and Monolith are wrestling Morris at X-Mas Xrisis. Monolith won a battle royal when he eliminated Glass, thanks to my help. Morris added Ripstone to the match. He said, even though it's sudden death that when fighting a giant, there is safety in numbers. We'll see.

Ripstone and Monolith ended up fighting in the audience making it Glass vs Martin Morris. Glass hit Morris with the Glass Eater, which is when I choked him out with my crowbar. Morris gets the easy pin fall.

Sacramento California: Kid gets roughed up by two of the clowns who rent the Desecration name. It was two on one and I should have stepped in. Was caught up in making plans with Morris. But the kid is tough, he'll survive.....

Tonight my job was to make sure Skull and Deathrock beat Darren Glass and Murder Ranger in a tag title match. Paint Chippers dominate the match, since they are a cohesive team while Ranger and Glass can't order dinner together.

Well they dominated til Deathrock said something that made Skull mad. Skull punched Deathrock into the Glass Slipper. I step in and hit Glass with the crowbar causing the referee to disqualify the Pain Chippers. I sneak out, before that nut Murder Ranger can catch me.

Toronto Canada: Tonight I am wrestling Darren Glass for the first time ever. I sneak attack him before the match. I underestimate this guy and he hits me with the Glass Slipper for the win. Before he can unmask me Martin Morris attacks Glass and hits him with the Motor Matrix. I grab the crowbar and hit Darren Glass with a few good shots to the ribs and hit him with the Wrecking Ball.

I don't like this. I do not like being saved like some useless old man. This is going to change one way or another.

Savage Sports Stories Day 49

2010-12-20T23:57:00.005-07:00

47.

Getting ready for this ten man tag. Not sure how I am going to handle the kid. Martin Morris is going to be keeping a close eye on us. Kid is not stupid, so going to have to change how I move and operate. Shit these tights are uncomfortable. Had to buy new gear last week because I sure as fuck was not wearing the stuff I loaned to Skull.

The Ruination X2K theme is starting. Coming out to the ring and the fireworks start up. I never needed this garbage. Now the four of them are making an X with their arms. Look at em, they really think they are hot shit. Like they are the Gold Ru$h, $extillion $inclaire's old gang. Not that I respected them very much. That's why I did not join them in 87. I don't play well in groups. Why this is a temporary gig.

Kid's music starts and they are introducing the other team one at a time. Guess it is beneath the Dinoroiders to come out with the W*RE Planetary Number #1 contender. Finally Glass comes out and I can't hear myself think. Gotta give it to him. His dad may have been a spectacular failure, but he's a bigger star than his Grampa ever was. Wonder if the old geezer regrets disowning him.

Oh shit they just came in the ring and attacked. Kid is mixing it up with Deathrock so no worries there. Fighting the Dinoroider called T-Wrex. Roids or not this boy is strong. Barely keep him in check. Got him in the corner punching him in the bread basket. Holy shit, he has me over his head and tosses me over the top rope. Same time rest of Ruination gets tossed, shit this smarts.

"This ain't cutting it Morris!!!"

"Look we'll slow it down, X-ILE you start."

"No I'll start."

I get in the ring and see Overdog is starting for his team.

****

So far so good. I got the best of Deathrock. Glass wants me to start with the Wrecker. This scares me, he is not quite moving like Sarge. Lock up with him and he slaps on a headlock. Much as I sparred with Sarge this guy seems different. I push him off into the ropes and duck down he comes back and I leap frog him. Hit a hip toss comes back hit another hip toss. He gets up and I hit a big dropkick.

Decide to celebrate "Yeah!!!!!!" Big mistake as the Wrecker knees me in the gut.

****

Okay kid this is for your own good. Celebrating after two hip tosses and a dropkick? Start clubbing him in the neck and back over and over. Body slam him three times rapidly. Wonder if he feels like celebrating now. Ow little fucker punched me in the eye.

****

That was stupid of me. Sarge would of tore me apart for celebrating after a few basic moves. Start hitting him with some forearms. Bounce off the ropes and hit a running neckbreaker. Try to hit a Overkiller and he drives me into the turnbuckle. Too much going on for me to see if he is wrestling like Sarge.

****

Gonna go for your finish. Don't think so kid. I know he is trying to read my style. Why I'm using some old stuff like headbutts. The bolts holding the W to the mask dig into the kids head. Kid is tough he can handle this. What the hell he backdropped me out of the ring.

****

Alright got this Wrecker on the run. Being in a main event must have energized me, because I dive over the top rope on to Sarge. No wait I mean the Wrecker. No I know what I meant.

CRACK!!!!!

****

What the hell?? It's that creep Clayton Wyles and his Combat Collective goons. Master Bastard just busted the kid open with his kendo stick. Wait the kid is firing back. That's it give em hell!!!! Ghetto Breaker just nailed the kid with a chair. Now they are all stomping him down. Why aren't Glass and those guys helping. Looks like Morris took the chance to ambush them. Grab my crowbar, but how do I work this. If I openly defend him it looks bad to Morris and tells the kid I'm the Wrecker. Wait I got it.

****

Trying my best to fight back but the CCW guys have me out numbered.
What is the Wrecker doing? Wants to hit me with that crowbar. Then it it can't be Sarge. Master Bastard just shoved the Wrecker.

****

Master Bastard just shoved me. Love it when an asshole reverts to type.

CLANG!!!

Just busted him with the crowbar. Here comes Ghetto Breaker and I catch him in the throat with it. Wyles is sneaking away. Kid is trying to stand up, need this to look good. I stomp him down.

Looks like the fight outside caused the match to break down. Ruination and the Glass team are fighting everywhere. The Dinoroiders just put the Paintchippers thru the announce table. X-ILE is fighting Murder Ranger. Darren Glass is getting the best of Morris inside the ring. Before he can hit the Glass Eater on Morris, I tag him with the crowbar and the bell finally rings.

Savage Sports Stories Day 48

2010-12-15T09:40:00.004-07:00

46.

I saw what was happening to Darren Glass on the monitor. Even if the Wrecker X2K is not Sarge, I feel responsible. I need to help, so I follow the Dinos and Murder Ranger to the ring. I get there and I see two Wreckers in the ring. One is Skull and I don't know who the other one is.

We get in the ring and Ruination bails out. Would like to think it is me but its the Dinos and Murder Ranger swinging a barbwire golf club. Wish I could get a good look at the Wrecker in the mask, but he takes off thru the crowd.

****

"Sergent I feel I have been very patient."

"Yeah well I think I have been patient with you Morris. Where is my contract?"

"Don't even start!!!"

"You better watch your tone Morris."

Paint Chippers and X-ILE get in front of me and I choke up on the crowbar.

"Don't think I have not been waiting for a chance to crack your heads open."

"That's enough, Skull, Deathrock and X-ILE, sit down!!!! Sergent I'm sorry for my outburst. I like Overdog a lot. I would not of helped him get his title and identity back if I didn't. He helped me win the Planetary title by luring Ike Simmons into a confrontation. But now he is getting into X2K business."

"I'll have a talk with him."

"I'm setting up a ten man tag next week. It is going to be Ruination with the Wrecker vs Darren Glass, Murder Ranger, DinoWar and Overdog."

"What about Matt Babylon? Why is he not in the Overdog slot?"

"Oh Babylon? I side drained him into a match with Bleached Evil for the Hemisphere belt. Both of them are now busy and two less problems for me to deal with."

"What about Scissormask? he is wrestling X-ILE at X-mas Xrisis."

"Damn right he is and I am going to finish him once and for all!!"

"X-ILE calm down. Sergent, Overdog is in the spot to teach him a lesson and put a scare into him."

"Really? Put a scare into Overdog, nobody else?"

"Sergent I know it is impossible to intimidate you."

****

This is the biggest match I have ever been involved in. The main event of Tuesday Night R*PPED. I need to focus on Caged Hate. Nobody I have talked to knows what it is. I just knows guys like the Warden are excited. SAWdust went missing after we destroyed Mr.Johansen's office. Nobody has seen him since.

"Overdog"

It's Darren Glass, guess he wants to work out strategy.

"Overdog I know you are not in league with Ruination. But I also know you care about Sergent Sargent. I'm not going to ask you to fight him. But if you get in my way I will kick your lily ass? Am I clear?

"Yes sir."

"Hey good luck in that Caged Hate deal."

"Yeah sure."

I start wondering where Sarge is, til I see him walk over in his regular gear."

"Look kid we have this Caged Hate deal looming. Been talking to my contacts and it is going to be big. Johansen is spending a fortune building this cage. He was planning to use it as a nuclear option to destroy Ike Simmons, but Morris stepped in and took the title from him. The entry is open to anybody with a wrestling license. That is going to draw every also ran and former star out of the wood work who wants a major championship."

"Who is entering Sarge?"

"No idea yet. Safe bet that guys like the Warden and SAWdust will turn up."

"Sarge I'm in the main event tonight vs Ruination X2K."

"Yeah I heard that. Good luck on it."

"Sarge I need you in my corner, uh what about the Wrecker?"

"What about him? This Caged Hate thing is taking up all of my time. I can't be out there. Hey you're safer with the Dino Roiders and Glass than against them. You'll be fine. Look I have to make some calls I'll catch you after the show.

Savage Sports Stories Day 47

2010-12-14T14:35:00.002-07:00

45.

Well Morris put together a plan. Darren Glass gets his shot at the The Wrecker X2K. Should check on the kid. That freak SAWdust did a number on him. But the kid still beat him and gotta admit I got a kick out of him crashing into Johansen's "office". The look on that wimp's face was priceless. Missed the rest of the show making plans.

Glass runs to the ring and tears into the Wrecker. Doing a real number on him. Try to hit him with the crowbar but Glass ducks and snap suplexes him over. Going for the mask but the Wrecker gouges his eye. Slams Glass hard into the mat and is putting the boots into him.

Wait no you idiot the Wrecker does not strut and grind. No No No!!!! Glass just hit him in the nuts and hit the Glass Slipper. No he just tore the mask off. Skull you idiot. Alright gotta step in now.

****

Caged Hate? That is what Mr.Johansen called it. After me and SAWdust fought into his office and destroyed his table he was furious. So when the Psycho Chickens were fighting Freefall he interrupted the match.

"It maybe true that my power is limited when it comes to matters regarding the Planetary Champion. I still have the authority to control all other belts. The W*RE DEATHcore championship will be defended at X-Mas Xrisis in CAGED HATE!!!!! Anyone is eligible to enter regardless of your contractual status. That's right if you want a W*RE Championship just enter my cage."

I tried to find Sarge but since EndGame he is impossible to find. I have a good idea where he is. I just don't like it.

Or maybe not, the Wrecker fighting Darren Glass right now does not move like Sarge at all. Maybe I was wrong and Sarge is not the Wrecker X2K. Sarge definitely does not dance and strut after knocking somebody down.

****

Clang!!!! Ha Ha I tagged Glass good this time.

"So boy you wanted a piece of the Wrecker did you? Careful what you wish for!!!" I kick Glass square in the ribs.

"C'mon Man of Glass!!! Get up and fight!!!"

Tag him again with the crowbar. Gonna hit him with the Wrecking Ball now. What the hell he back dropped me. No gotta get up. I start hitting Glass as hard as I can but he hits me with that Glass Slipper of his. He is going for my mask but Deathrock and X-ILE attack him. He double clotheslines them over the top rope before Martin Morris hits Glass with the Motor Matrix.

Here comes the Calvary of DinoWAR, Murder Ranger and.......... Overdog.

Savage Sports Stories Day 46

2010-12-10T14:40:00.000-07:00

44,

After that night me and Sarge have not mentioned the Wrecker X2K. He pushed up my training and I have been improving more and more. At this point I can shake off most kendo stick shots. Thumb tacks do not affect me much. Don't get me wrong it still hurts but a few months ago one big swipe of a kendo stick would of finished me. Now I can keep fighting.

Of all the DEATHcore regulars SAWdust has been pushing me hardest. He started in W*RE a few years ago. He was Buddy "Hack" Sawyer. He would pass out these foam saws to the kids. He had a hard time keeping up when W*RE took a more violent direction and disappeared after an encounter with Burnward.

Six months later he turned up in Combat Club and had a feud with Master Bastard. He lost a barbwire match at Cold Snap and disappeared again. Few months later he turned up in W*RE as SAWdust. He went after Murder Ranger and Deathrock trying to win The DEATHcore title and came up short. Each loss made him more and more deranged.

On Thursday Night T*RN I beat the Warden in a DEATHcore title match. Sarge was missing and I got ambushed by SAWdust.

"Overdog....... Overdog........ Your mask maybe gone but you still hide...... You hide from......... SAWDust. Accept my challenge..... Agree to experience SAWdust memories.."

So here I am on Tuesday Night R*PPED getting ready to defend my belt in a Sawdust Memories match, with Sarge nowhere to be found.

****

"What is it Morris? Kid is getting ready to defend his belt against that lunatic SAWdust."

"Overdog will be fine. He has defeated SAWdust before. But this is serious!!!! Darren Glass wants a match with the Wrecker X2K."

"Yeah I'm sure he does considering how many time I've flogged him with my crowbar. What of it?"

"I'm not ready for that to happen yet?"

"Why not? I'll kick his teeth down his throat like I did his old man."

"Glass nearly got the best of you at Endgame. If Darren Glass were to defeat you, he could move on to Skull then Deathrock then X-ILE. Before long he has a credible claim to face me 1 on 1."

"Well don't give him the match, you're majority owner and Planetary Champion."

"Wish it were that simple Sergent. Even if I am majority owner, Johansen still has a lot of say over matters not involving me. If Glass wants you and Johansen wants the match not much I can do."

"What the hell do you want from me Morris?"

"Not you, the Wrecker. I want the Wrecker to face Darren Glass tonight."

****
They gave me new music the dog barking sets off this hard rock theme. But this match is not taking place in the ring. There is a set up by the stage. This ring made out of wooden pallets with ropes connected to work horse corners and sawdust is everywhere.

BASH!!!! SAWDust just burst out of a crate and hit me with a wooden chair. Not even inside that ring yet. CRACK, SMASH, CRACK!!!

Need to do something. I'm afraid my feud with my impostor made me arrogant. Made me think I am stronger than I am. SMASH!!!! He just threw me into the sawdust ring. He kicked me in the head. I toss a handful of sawdust in his eyes. While he is blinded I suplex him an hear one of the pallets crack. 1...... SAWdust kicks out. I try to ddt him but he throws me thru a crate. Back is cut and bleeding. sawdust is in my eyes and can't breathe good. Nothing says I have to stay here and fight in this thing. Need to take it to the back. SAWdust strategy was built around me trying to fight him in this thing.

Just as I crawl out of the crate SAWDust slams me on a make shift table. Piece of wood laid across two work horses. 1.....2 I kick out. I pick up a kendo stick and hit SAWDust in his side and head. Gotta get out of here. Before I can lave he gets me by my hair and back suplexes me into a pallet. The back of my head is bleeding. Arrggghhhhh!!!! I panic and start laying into SAWdust with a flurry of punches. I take a wooden folding chair and break ti across his head. It's dangling around his neck like a tie. I run and hit the Overkiller on another pallet. 1.....2....3.

Aching and bleeding all over. Just as I am near the entrance SAWdust tackled me. The fight is not over.

****

I am working in a utility closet. I am the foudner of W*RE and I am working in a utility closet pretending it is an office. While Martin Morris and those sychophants have the luxary box. If it takes the rest of my life I am going to make all of them pay. I am Jerome Johansen DAMNIT!!!!

I did not strike out on my own to have my life's work stolen from me. Those faceless drones in WAVE had no vision. They wanted everything to stay the same. Forget the fact that ticket sales were plummeting on any show without Ransom Fortune. Forget the fact there was an entire world of wrestling we had not explored.

Damnit I don't even have a monitor to watch my show. But I have to sign all these invoices. Damnit this is George work. My son George Johansen, can't tell him anything. I said "George do not pick fights with people like X-ILE". I said do not hang around Martin Morris. Instead he gets drunk and loses the company stock I put in his name and now I am working in a FUCKING UTILITY CLOSET!!!!!!

CRASH!!!!!!!!

What in the Blue Hell?? That Overdog was thrown thru the door by that freak SAWdust. Can't believe that kid would be the root of my problems. He is the one that allowed Sergent Sargent to come into my company. If I had not signed that kid to an airtight contract this would of never happened. But after losing so many wrestlers to WAVE I could not take a chance.

"GET THE HELL OUTTA MY OFFICE!!!!!!"

They are ignoring me. Where the hell do they get off?? Need to be more forceful. I put my hand on SAWdust shoulder. Whatever has happened he's the same Buddy Sawyer I discovered in Alabama.

That sonofabitch just tossed me aside. Him and Overdog are on my desk.

"NO GET OFF MY DESK!!!!!!"

CRASH!!!!!

Overdog just put SAWdust thru my desk. Now he is crawling out the door. Someone is going to pay for this.