Undertaker vs Festus

My favorite active wrestler is probably Luke Gallows. Or as he is known now, D.O.C.

Before that he was Festus. It was a great gimmick, where once the bell rang he turned into Stan Hansen.

They put him against the Undertaker, shortly after Taker won the World Belt in 08 and it is a great brawl.

Festus keeps coming at Undertaker, no matter what Taker does. Really well done finish.

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Psychosis vs Vampiro WCW Worldwide

Came upon this. Fun spot match with Psicosis getting a lot of offense, which is always good.

Festus Vs Vladimir

This is a fun match. Festus is working the same gimmick Curly did in an old Three Stooges short, where a bell makes him go berserk.

Kozlov is  a Russian killing machine who no one has managed to even slow down. Festus keeps Kozlov off balance initially and Kozlov takes him to the mat. Festus fights out and Kozlov knocks him out on an attempted flying tackle.

Some Raven matches

I go back and forth on my opinion about Raven. Sometimes I think he is incredibly overrated and I really hate a lot of stuff in his original ECW run.

But watching him in WCW, the WWF and his second time in ECW, I think he could be really good. He was excellent at bumping and he really knew how to lay out a match.



I don't understand why WCW was obsessed with getting rid of masked wrestlers. To me it makes even the dullest matches more exciting.

Anyway this started the Kanyon/Raven feud. Kanyon was still working as Mortis and ambushes Raven at the beginning.

Good match that makes full use of the ring and ringside area. No real wasted movement, everything counted. Only thing that bugged me a little was the referee distraction spot in a No DQ match.



This is a match from July of the same year. I will say this much, losing the mask gave Kanyon more confidence in the ring.

Kanyon set up his offense so well. It never seemed convoluted like some guys with fancy offense.

Saturn comes into save Kanyon from the Flock and accidentally Death Valley Drivers him. Then Kanyon returns the favor after Saturn puts Raven thru the table.



This is the first tag match I watched last night. I was expecting a typical TV match from the era with Duncum and Enos more or less squashed.

Instead Enos and Duncum dominate the match and there is even a second face in peril section. Some really nice sequences in this match.

Zero-One - Masato Tanaka vs Alexander Otsuka (2003)

I came across this channel with tons of early 00's Puro. I came across this match and wanted to watch it. I have not seen a lot of Alexander Otsuka matches, but have liked what I have seen.

This match was pretty cool in general. They got across that Tanaka wanted to beat Otsuka's brains in and that Otsuka was only looking to survive.

They go outside and the referee is counting. Which throws up a warning flag for a bullshit finish.

I don't mind a count out or double count out. But I can't think of a single one I have seen in a Japan match in the 90s or 2000s.

Otherwise I thought it was cool that Otsuka was willing to settle for a tie.

Road Warriors & Johnny Ace vs Jinsei Shinzaki, Jun Akiyama & Kenta Kobashi

Match I came across on Youtube. Think this is the Roadies first match after leaving the WWF in 99. First thing I notice is how psyched Johnny Ace is to be the third man to the Road Warriors. Like he has wanted this for years.

It is so cool to see the Roadies kick some ass again. That second WWF run was brutal with LOD being treated like regular guys. Here they are full fledged ass kickers, giving Kobashi, Akiyama and Shinzaki what for.

JPN team are very good in this obviously, doing a great job eating offense and hitting their own stuff.

Highlight of the match is the three man Ace Crusher.

Roadies are a bit rusty, but they go full speed the entire time.

Umaga vs RVD 2007

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I remember watching this back in 07 and it catching my attention. Umaga was my favorite wrestler in the world and I have always liked Rob Van Dam.

I liked the work they did with the sleeper and Umaga hitting a sweet reversal on the outside. RVD was really effective in using the hit and run offense and the finish was great.

Sandman vs Kevin Nash

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Here is a match I completely missed in 99. I loved Sandman's run in WCW, I think he was the highlight of Nitro most weeks.

Now I was expecting this to be a complete squash. But then Nash takes the first table bump, he spends almost the entire match putting over Sandman and doing a convoluted run in to protect him.

Nash puts him thru the table and that is it. Nash in charge seems to be pretty giving when facing undercard talent.

Trevor Murdoch vs Viscera - Heat, 15 January 2006

This is from the best run Viscera ever had. He was working the C shows with his giant lover act and was really good as a babyface. It helps that he was working with a guy like Trevor Murdoch.

Really smooth work, with Murdoch hitting a big move or two to credibly keep Vis down.

Vis humps and spanks Murdoch and Murdoch decides its best to leave.

Though really I think the worst has happened.

Kane and The Boogeyman vs William Regal and Dave Taylor

This is a great performance from Kane. Most people's first instinct would be to give credit to Regal and Taylor.

They played a big part in making this good. Having credible mat based offense keep Kane on the ground. But when dealing with a monster like Kane, it was on him to sell for Regal and Taylor while retaining his aura.

It was basically worked as a handicap match. Boogeyman did not tag in til the end. He almost tripped up cleaning house, but at least the two handed chokeslam looked good.

CM Punk vs Dr Stevie Richards

Another good performance from Stevie. Punk came in with his ribs injured and Stevie stays on them the entire time. Really good finish too.

ECW 8/28/07 Kevin Thorn vs Stevie Richards

Came across this match online. I remember watching it on TV and really enjoying it. This is from the period when Dusty Rhodes was booking WWECW and was giving Stevie a push. He beat Kevin Thorn three times in a row and this was the final match.

Did this neat bit where Stevie seems to have his number and Thorn starts attacking Stevie's neck, knowing he had a broken neck in 97.

They do a bunch of nice near falls with Stevie nearly beating Thorn again.

Really good match that illustrates how good Stevie was.

The Colony vs. The Young Bucks from CHIKARA's "High Noon"

Came across this on Youtube and it is an amazing match. A Victator match of the year candidate.

I was never impressed with the Bucks in TNA and Chikara always turned me off. Since I have never been one to go in for "Wink, Wink" cutesy wrestling. So I never really watched it.

But this was a great match with tons of neat looking double teams and spots. The most important thing is it always looked like both teams were trying to win. They did a good job merging M-Pro style tag wrestling with traditional southern style.

All of the big move were properly sold. Even when one particularly nasty double team was survived. The victim was knocked loopy for the rest of the match.

I am going to seek out more Chikara now.

Owen Hart Vs. Ken Shamrock Lion's Den Match

Decided to look this match up and it is really fun.

They did a great job at using the cage for maximum effect. I loved the work around they did for running the ropes. Shamrock got slammed into it and then staggered into a spinebuster.

Later he does a springboard elbow by jumping off the wall of the cage. Even doing a Tornado DDT and it all flowed naturally.

It gets overlooked because it is on a stacked card, but it is worth checking out.

PG13's WWE debut 1995

This is a great squash. PG-13 looked amazing here with crisp double teams and good taunts. They even got the fans to cheer the jobber comeback. This is a Midnight Express level tag squash.

Why the hell did they not sign them? Its fucking 1995 WWF, like they had options or something.

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CM Punk vs Kane SMACKDOWN 6/1/12

So after the great Daniel Bryan/CM Punk match at the ppv, there was a lot of caterwauling about Kane being added to the match. With two complaints

"Triple Threat matches suck"

"Kane sucks"

Now neither statement is really true. I have never understood the hate of Triple Threat matches. At worst they are generally fun and with a good build they are great. As long as you go by the Rock,Paper,Scissors format.

Kane is as good as he wants to be. If he is motivated, he is as good as anybody in wrestling. But if he feels like dogging it, nobody can get anything out of him.

This match proves me right. Kane and Punk put out a very good match.

Punk goes in trying to weaken Kane's arm and keep him from building momentum. He does a good job of picking his spots. Slowly the match builds in intensity, until the fans are buying the near falls.

Close to the end Bryan makes his inevitable run in. It makes sense though since he would rather Punk be champion than a monster like Kane.

Show ends with Punk and Bryan double chokeslammed with an intriguing Triple Threat set up at the PPV.

Kurt Angle vs Sgt. Slaughter 3/2/2000

This is a fun TV match. Sarge did not look like an old retired guy, he just seemed like a brutish older wrestler.

It is the same match Sarge always has with younger guys, but it is a damn good formula. Angle's escape from the Cobra Clutch looked painful. With Angle snapmaring Sarge on top of his head. Then Sarge took that crazy corner bump to the floor, he always did.