The TMW J-Cup

A tradition as old as time: (http://themajestyofwrestling.blogspot.com/2008/09/super-j-cup-2008-dream-version.html) gets redone here. A slight modification: no countries represented. Instead, 4 brackets of 6.

The first bracket is named for Tiger Mask 1, and will be known as the Sayama Bracket This bracket will consist of the following men:

Tyler BlackTurbo
Taiji Ishimori

El Generico
Dragon Kid
Brian Kendrick

Bracket 2 is the Guerrero bracket.

Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Minoru Tanaka
Kota Ibushi
Katsuhiko Nakajima

Kenny Omega
Scott Lost


Bracket 3 s the Billington Bracket.


Davey Richards
Jushin Liger
Roderick Strong
Kaz Hayashi
El Pantera
Masato Yoshino

Bracket 4 is the Thatcher bracket

Mike Quackenbush
Negro Navarro
CIMA
Johnny Saint
Prince Devitt
Takeshi Suguira.

The first-ever TMW Awards. First up: Most Improved Wrestler of the Decade

Has there been a wrestler over the past decade who has improved himself more than Chris Hero? No I mean really think about it.

At his first breakout..... he was chubby, wore indytastic wrestling gear, and did half-speed Johnny Saint stuff mixed with American Strong Style. Then you sort of forgot about him for a while. Before you knew it... he was back. This time as a cocky heel with a penchant for mind games and much more of a strike-based offense. But then..... he disappeared again, at least to the point where he was a huge deal.

And now look at him. He's become a tremendous deal. He's in great shape. wears real gear now, not the long cargo pants. And has been in the ring with elite guys and not embarrassed himself. c

Just think about it. If I had told you that 2003 Chris Hero would be in the ring with KENTA you would have thought I was drunk. Clearly insane at a bare minimum.  But he was, and it was damned good.

Chris Hero: The TMW Pick for Most Improved Wrestler of the Decade.

Ok.....

I do not ask for a lot from you honestly. But if it's not too much trouble would you mind clicking on the ads on this page. It gives me some money. And I need some money.

And while I'm posting here.....

I'd love to have some of you submit your dream matches.

My List:

1: Bryan Danielson (2007)\Davey Richards(2009) v. Bret(1994)\Owen Hart(1991).

2: Shinya Hashimoto (1996) v. Samoa Joe (2005).

3: CM Punk (2005) v. Roddy Piper (1986)

4: Mitsuharu Misawa (1994) v. Ric Flair (1989) v. Ricky Steamboat (1989)

5: Dynamite Kid (1982) v. Jushin Liger (1996)

Join The Majesty of Wrestling on a Bus Trip

CHIKARAFans NYC Bus Trips

The CHIKARA NYC Bus Trip Initative is proud to announce two exciting excursions over the next three months…

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ANIVERSARIO YIN @ The Palmer Community Center (aka "The FunPlex") in Easton, PA

SATURDAY – May 23rd, 2009

Bus departs NYC at 3:00 pm (please arrive by 2:30).
**Meeting for pick-up on 9th Avenue between 42nd & 43rd, a block away from Port Authority.**
Bus arrives back in New York City by 1:00 am that same evening.

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DRAGON GATE USA @ The Arena in Philadelphia, PA

featuring a special CHIKARA Atomico (8-Man Tag) showcase!!!

SATURDAY – July 25th, 2009

Bus departs NYC at 2:30 pm (please arrive by 2:00).
**Meeting for pick-up on 9th Avenue between 42nd & 43rd, a block away from Port Authority.**
Bus arrives back in New York City by 2:00 am that same evening.

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Each trip includes luxurious charter bus service to the arena door. Why drive and waste money on gas and tolls, when you can relax, congregate with other wrestling fans, and take part in on of our CHIKARA Q&A's (guests pending)?

Estimated arena arrival times leave a little over an hour for pre-show dining, stretching, what have you.

Tickets for each show, including transportation, driver gratuity, and one general admission seat to the matches are only $50.

Fans who pre-purchased their DGUSA tickets in advance can buy JUST a round trip bus ticket for $30.

Bus reservations will be confirmed on a first come, first paid, first served basis.

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SPECIAL COMBINATION PACKAGE & DISCOUNT!!!

Want to save $10? Were planning on going to BOTH events? The CHIKARA NYC Bus Trip Initiative, in celebrating the just-announced partnering up of both promotions, is offering a special discount for passengers who reserve tickets to both show. For just $90, you can experience the best of both worlds at CHIKARA celebrates their 7th anniversary in May and Dragon Gate USA presents its stateside debut. Reservations for both must be made and paid for by 5/23/2009 (the date of Aniversario Yin) to qualify.

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Don't be left off the bus! Dragon Gate alone sold out its first three rows in a short afternoon!!! We have pre-ordered a limited number of General Admission tickets specifically for NYC fans interested in riding down with us. There are no guarantees for he who hesitates…

The CHIKARA NYC Bus Trip Initiative currently accepts PayPal, checks, or money orders. Please contact Richard J. Parker – (347) 531-7947 or parkersbighead@yahoo.com – to arrange your reservation and payment, or to inquire about more information.

To sign up for our mailing list and receive constant Bus Trip updates, either e-mail parkersbighead@yahoo.com or join our Facebook group.

Running Up That Hill: Why ROH’s Death Knell has already been sounded

 

Perhaps, if you were not the sort who followed the indies, you'd assume that the ROH championship around Jerry Lynn would be a positive development, something that would be necessary to make their belt have more mass appeal. And you'd be wrong.

 

See the ROH title was the thing that developed the men who held it, not the other way around. Who knew anything about Samoa Joe? He was, at first blush, a chubby guy with a terribly bad blond dye job. But the belt made him a killer, made him this walking embodiment of a champion who attacked his challengers at his peak, and then near the end, showed heart and fire in continuing to go on driven perhaps only by the desire to hold on to what was his.

Austin Aries was made by defeating Joe. 21 months, 31 challengers, and it was Aries who finally put him away. And then Aries, the explosive dynamo, made his own reign stand out by wrestling everyone everywhere.

 

And so it went, through the Summer of Punk, James Gibson's resurrection, Bryan Danielson's ascendancy, and so on. The point is that the belt made the man.

 

Now…. With Gabe Sapolsky out the front door, and Adam Pearce in, we are stuck with this. Jerry Lynn. A 45-year-old veteran whose best days, such as they were, exist when he was being carried by Rob Van Dam. He is a spot monkey. No matter what the match, no matter the opponent, Jerry gets his spots in.

 

He is the champion of what was a workrate company. And it means that that company is just about dead.

A desperate shill.....

As a general rule I do not particularly use this space to shill for anything I’m doing. But this is different.
Next Friday I will be (the good lord willing) on a bus to Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Why you ask? I am going to see Chikara at the ECW Arena (or as Ultramantis Black likes to call it The Chikara Dome). I’m going there courtesy of this fine operation, run by an upstanding man named Richard Parker: http://chikarafans.com/?page_id=2240

So I’m asking, nay BEGGING, for anyone who reads this blog and lives in the NY\NJ\CT area to contact Parker and buy tickets on the bus. If you want tell him you got referred by the Majesty of Wrestling. Thank you again for your time.

The 2009 Hall of Fame Class: Why Ricky Steamboat killed something that is already dead

By now you’ve probably already heard and read the 3 names in the class of 2009 for the WWE’s hall of fame. Try as I might to ignore them I’m actually happy for one man in this class: Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat. Not because of his skills, although those are tremendous. Utterly tremendous. rather this tribute, to me at least, serves as the last shovel of dirt on a concept that has been the walking dead for a long time now: the virtuous face.

Think about it…. Name the most popular guys from the last decade. Steve Austin drank beer, cursed, and generally acted like the a-hole you sat across from at a local bar. Shawn Michaels played a male stripper. Need I say more about that? Rey Misterio Jr. even spent a time as a foulmouthed heel.

No, with Ricky Steamboat becoming a hall-of-famer, the era of the proud babyface always doing the right thing and standing up against jerks and bastards is dead. And I for one miss it.

I happily remember watching WCW Worldwide at 12:05 on a Saturday night on CBS 2 here in NYC and wishing Sting, Dustin Rhodes, and the rest of the good guys would shut up the Dangerous Alliance. It was comforting to root for people like that.

Sad to see it gone. But, Ricky, Salud. Enjoy your induction.

Welcome to the noobs

I know that you guys, some of you at least, are coming over here from the MMA debate that was held over at SOMM. Thank you for reading, thank you for listening.

And the MMA content will continue as will the Pro Wrestling. thank you again for reading

Sorry....

I know that I’ve neglected this blog. It was wrong of me to do, and I’m sorry that I did do it. But it’s going to end. Later today I will try and debut a new feature and I will begin to put out feelers for a few interviews. Again…. Sorry you haven’t seen anything from TMW in a minute.