I am a huge fan of wrestling music videos as an art form. The trouble you have is when they somehow inform the way in which you actually watch wrestling, or what it is that you expect out of a particular worker. But just as an art form, they're glorious. So glorious in fact that i'm going to try and make this a new feature. So, please, journey with me into the world of music videos.
1.18.2012
Wednesday Night Wrestling: Rugged Ronnie Garvin vs Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
This is a new feature. Spend your wednesday night watching wrestling on youtube. Here is our first choice.
Rey Mysterio: The Alternate Universe
In the long history of pro wrestling, there have been few prodigies on par with Rey Misterio Jr. Before he even hit the age of 21, he had already worked in Mexico for AAA (Asistencia AsesorÃa y Administración), in Japan both as part of the Super J-Cup and on the occasional tour with WAR (Wrestle and Romance) and New Japan Pro Wrestling, and in America with ECW and WCW. That’s a run. But he did all of that in the mid-1990’s, when there was much more of a depth of opportunities for unknown luchadores to make a name for themselves. The question is this: What would Rey Misterio Jr. have become if he was coming up now? If he was the aerial phenomenon that he was from 1991 to 1997 from 2006 to 2012, how would his life, career, and the way we view him change? Would it even?
1.13.2012
Dream Match #2: Mike Quackenbush vs Blue Panther
It's back again. Our friendly neighborhood Dream Match series.
This is our first singles match, and it would be an absolute technical master class. Let's introduce the participants.
This is our first singles match, and it would be an absolute technical master class. Let's introduce the participants.
12.15.2011
The Majestic Recipe Box: three-cheese Panini
If you follow me on Twitter you'll soon discover that as much as I love talking about wrestling, I also love talking about what I'm making for dinner. So i figured that I would start writing down my lovely sandwich options. First thing up: three-cheese panini with homemade arrabiata sauce.
ingredients:
high-quality bread. pugliese and ciabatta are the best for this, but if you want to tempt fate and use a baguette, I am not going to be the one to stop you.
arrabiata sauce: recipe can be found here
cheese: 2 grated oz each of cheddar, queso quesadilla (found in the mexican\ethnic foods aisle in most supermarkets), and monterey jack. swiss, muenster, and colby jack are also all acceptable substitutes.
recipe:
cut the bread lengthwise. spoon on enough of the sauce to cover the bottom portion of the bread, then add the cheese. stuff and place on a steaming hot panini press. press until the cheese is melted. eat and enjoy.
ingredients:
high-quality bread. pugliese and ciabatta are the best for this, but if you want to tempt fate and use a baguette, I am not going to be the one to stop you.
arrabiata sauce: recipe can be found here
cheese: 2 grated oz each of cheddar, queso quesadilla (found in the mexican\ethnic foods aisle in most supermarkets), and monterey jack. swiss, muenster, and colby jack are also all acceptable substitutes.
recipe:
cut the bread lengthwise. spoon on enough of the sauce to cover the bottom portion of the bread, then add the cheese. stuff and place on a steaming hot panini press. press until the cheese is melted. eat and enjoy.
11.28.2011
TMW Dream Matches Pt. 1
It's an old habit of wrestling fans, no matter what kind you're thinking of. Give us some time, and we'll immediately start trying to figure out dream matches. And if nothing else has become apparent about this blog, it should be this. I pride myself on being a wrestling fan. So, these are the matches that I have always thought about. Am I gonna pick winners? Sure. Why the hell not?
10.09.2011
The First Ever TMW Trivia Post
I like very much to keep this place humming. And I have not been. I'm sorry for that.
So, with that in mind, I decided to do the best thing to keep things going. A trivia post.
Answer if you dare~!
So, with that in mind, I decided to do the best thing to keep things going. A trivia post.
Answer if you dare~!
9.09.2011
The Conversion Progress Featuring ESPN Columnist Jemele Hill
It's amazing the things you think about doing when you have a bunch of free time.
One of those things you think about doing is bothering all of your friends on Twitter to watch some wrestling matches, and tell you what they think of them. But that wasn't enough. Rather, I wanted them to watch stuff that wasn't from the WWE. I'm doing this in the same way that Dirty Dirty Sheets is trying to show people good wrestling anywhere that you can find it is just as valuable and important to get the enjoyment you should out of this watching hours upon hours of corporate wrestling where the template for what you see is made in cement. And after some internal debate about who I could convince I went to the one person I know would try this and enjoy it. ESPN columnist Jemele Hill.
It's not that she's written some really acclaimed articles (although she has). It's not that she's been on First Take, the Sports Reporters, Rome is Burning, and Around The Horn (although she has). Truthfully, this is because when she's on twitter I always got the sense that she was open-minded, a sense that was proven right when she agreed to do this.
A pair of quick ground rules because this, Hashimoto willing, is not going to be the last time that I do this:
1: I burned these videos from my own collections before they were give to Ms. Hill. If you want to see everything she saw, go on youtube or find a tape trading site. I'll link the best at the bottom of this post. Ok? Good.
2: I'll be adding my own comments on these matches below Jemele's. Her comments, then, will be in blue to differentiate.
One of those things you think about doing is bothering all of your friends on Twitter to watch some wrestling matches, and tell you what they think of them. But that wasn't enough. Rather, I wanted them to watch stuff that wasn't from the WWE. I'm doing this in the same way that Dirty Dirty Sheets is trying to show people good wrestling anywhere that you can find it is just as valuable and important to get the enjoyment you should out of this watching hours upon hours of corporate wrestling where the template for what you see is made in cement. And after some internal debate about who I could convince I went to the one person I know would try this and enjoy it. ESPN columnist Jemele Hill.
It's not that she's written some really acclaimed articles (although she has). It's not that she's been on First Take, the Sports Reporters, Rome is Burning, and Around The Horn (although she has). Truthfully, this is because when she's on twitter I always got the sense that she was open-minded, a sense that was proven right when she agreed to do this.
A pair of quick ground rules because this, Hashimoto willing, is not going to be the last time that I do this:
1: I burned these videos from my own collections before they were give to Ms. Hill. If you want to see everything she saw, go on youtube or find a tape trading site. I'll link the best at the bottom of this post. Ok? Good.
2: I'll be adding my own comments on these matches below Jemele's. Her comments, then, will be in blue to differentiate.
9.04.2011
Technical Wrestling Master Class: The USA
I have a massive library of wrestling on my computer. It's not anything to be ashamed of to my way of thinking. Rather, I'm proud of it. And in the course of one day reviewing what I have I came to a sort of conclusion about the sort of wrestling i like. It's not the mindless WWF Main Event Style, and it's not the head-droppy OMG MOVEZ~! stuff that passes for main event work in Ring of Honor currently. What do I enjoy at its core? Technical wrestling. and the high-end stuff. Curious as to what I like and how you could find some of it for yourself? Follow me.
7.05.2011
A love letter to my favorite style of wrestling, and my favorite promotion.
In this age of "pop" wrestling, where all anyone knows or cares to know is the WWE, finding and promoting really legitimately good indie wrestling is a bit more impossible than you might imagine it to be on first blush.
Wherever you might be reading this blog from, there's a realistic chance that there's an indy fed running shows sometime this weekend. Sure, you might not know all the names on the card, or even any of them, but that isn't the point of this. The point is that when you go out there to that armory, or highschool gym, or wherever else, you're going to get the chance to see stuff you won't see on TV.
But where is the best place to go? Where's the best place for your money? The answer to this question is easy. Chikara Pro.
Wherever you might be reading this blog from, there's a realistic chance that there's an indy fed running shows sometime this weekend. Sure, you might not know all the names on the card, or even any of them, but that isn't the point of this. The point is that when you go out there to that armory, or highschool gym, or wherever else, you're going to get the chance to see stuff you won't see on TV.
But where is the best place to go? Where's the best place for your money? The answer to this question is easy. Chikara Pro.
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