ECW on Sci Fi
Date: July 3, 2007
Location: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Attendance: 13,500
Commentators: Joey Styles, Tazz
We have a new focal point as last week saw CM Punk become the new #1 contender to Johnny Nitro’s ECW World Title. That should be enough to get us to the Great American bash, though they might want to have something else to build towards, as one feud isn’t likely to be enough to fill in a whole show. Let’s get to it.
February 11th, 1991
Taped November 8th & December 6th, 1990
Reseda Country Club
Reseda, California
Commentators: Herb Abrams, Craig DeGeorge & Bruno Sammartino
And we’re back after two weeks to watch the conclusion of the Match Of The Year Orndorff vs. Williams! That Herb tells us couldn’t be viewed in it’s entirety last time due to “time restraints.” I believe him. Also some unreleased matches because apparently cutting so many Honky Tonk Man, Greg Valentine & Rick Rude segments out of the Penta Hotel tapings mean we have to dip into the B-sides this week.
Jumping back from Japan to the US and the very weird year that WCW had in 1991 with their next big thing not getting over as well as they hoped, their real biggest star leaving the company, an old booker returning with new, but not good, ideas, but leading to a very good first half of 1992. I’ll be looking at each week available to me, but it makes sense to start just after Starrcade 1990, so here we are.
Good evening, wrestling fans, and welcome to another history-making Night Thread, live from a sold-out Blog of Doom. The electricity is in the air; you can literally cut it with a knife!
Remember fans, too many derogatory remarks and I’ll have you taken outta here in a hurry.
Happy Saturday Everyone!
I’ve been meaning to do this one for a while, being that in some ways it was one of most intricately booked shows of the entire Attitude Era and I enjoy that sort of thing.
The story here was that both Undertaker and Kane had pinned Stone Cold Steve Austin at the same time in a WWF Title match, leading to the belt getting made vacant and a big tournament needing to be held in order to crown a new Champ. Going into the show Mankind had been chosen as Vince McMahon’s hand-picked Corporate Champion, whilst Stone Cold and The Rock were the main babyface options to win the thing.
The SmarK Rant for AEW Rampage – 12.03.21
Taped from Atlanta GA
Your hosts are Excalibur, Ricky Starks & Taz
Happy Saturday Everyone!
Caught Rampage this morning. As usual it was an easy show to watch, but pretty forgettable once it was over. To be honest, I can live with that so long as Dynamite keeps delivering week on week. It’s all about whether the ratings are high enough to keep TNT happy. If so, then it’s all just gravy on top of the AEW chicken dinner, and who doesn’t like gravy?
Smackdown
Date: December 3, 2021
Location: AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas
Commentators: Michael Cole, Pat McAfee
In something you probably don’t remember hearing around here, it’s the Brock Lesnar Show as he is back after his suspension last month. Odds are this is going to set something up for either Day 1 or the Rumble and that opens up a few questions. I’m curious to see where this is going so let’s get to it.
Rampage
Date: December 3, 2021
Location: Gas South Arena, Duluth, Georgia
Commentators: Taz, Ricky Starks, Excalibur
This week we get to find out what happens after Cody Rhodes lit himself on fire to try and get people to cheer for him. That could make for a slightly weakened crowd, but I’m not sure how much of a difference it is going to make. At least the card looks good this week so let’s get to it.
TONIGHT! Xavier Woods takes on an Uso! Cesaro battles Sheamus! Sammy Guevara defends against Tony Nese! And a certain Viking Space Lord Black Hole of Plot makes a return!
TOMORROW! AAA crowns a new Megacampeonato, and if it isn’t Hijo del Vikingo, then the drugs are REALLY strong in Mexico! Plus, Cain Velasquez in a trios match, and the Lucha Bros and FTR settle it!
SUNDAY! Beyond is in Providence for Fete Forever, headlined by Alex Shelley defending the IWTV title! I can be talked into covering this.
Your WrestleCrap article of the week looks back at the brief WWE stint of Colt Cabana as Scotty Goldman, featuring a look at his web series that got very… well, you’ll see.
But first, let’s get some synergy with BOTCHAMANIA!
All right, folks, we’ve been over the rules. I want you to obey the mods’ instructions at all time. I expect a good clean thread. Now: touch gloves, go to your keyboards, and come out posting!
ENJOY THE WEEKEND!
Vince McMahon and Roddy Piper are in the booth and they are still in Providence, Rhode Island.
Yeah, this is like the clearest picture I could find. Truly the sign of a big star.
JOSHI SPOTLIGHT- YUKARI OSAWA:
Other Names: Jen, Jen Yukari
Billed Height & Weight: 5’4″ 143 lbs.
Career Length: 1988-1996
-Yes, it’s time for another edition of “Jab tries to figure out stuff about a no-name wrestler because he’s insane”. Yukari Osawa is a low-tier LLPW wrestler who I only know because of the periodic LLPW shows that end up on YouTube that need to use their entire 12-person roster, and so here’s this random backgrounder, who kind of has that “Bison Kimura” athletic-asskicker look with the strong makeup and mid-length hair… except she’s a jobber.
It’s kind of weird that a company with so few wrestlers would have people who almost never win, but there you go having Osawa beating only green rookies and then jobbing in solo bouts against even the midcard, and never developing to the point where she threatened the LLPW Pillars (Kandori, Sawai, Saito, Tateno, Kazama). Sometimes you’ll see her tag with Miki Handa or Michiko Nagashima and beat another low-tier duo, but for the most part she has no solid push.
In matches, she rarely stood out, despite an interesting look- she is your standard “unconfident, blank-faced rookie” even with some experience under her belt. In 1993 bouts she kept throwing these awful spinkicks with no speed or accuracy- just kinda limply tossing a leg at someone’s belly. Though by some 1994 stuff I’ve seen she’s okay- tolerable and with a few nice moves, but nothing really flashy or setting her apart. REALLY nice bridges on those suplexes, though- you know they’re great when they’re up on the toes like that! I actually called one the “best I’ve ever seen” down below! So she’s not all bad! Just, like… mostly unmemorable and never giving anyone a reason to care. To me these people are almost as interesting to research as the big stars, but man sometimes I don’t turn up much!
This week, we look back at the 1986 issue of Inside Wrestling that went to press on January 29 and sold for $1.75 in the U.S and $2.25 in Canada. With a cover featuring Randy Savage, we’re teased with stories about the Macho Man, Stan Hansen, Lex Lugar, and Chris Adams. Plus, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express is apparently here to stay. Let’s make like Dynamite Kid and dive in.
The SmarK Rant for WWF Superstars – 03.05.94
Taped from White Plains, NY on 02.01.94
Your hosts are Vince McMahon & Johnny Polo
