Smackdown
Date: March 2, 2007
Location: HP Pavilion, San Jose, California
Attendance: 13,511
Commentators: Michael Cole, John Bradshaw Layfield
We are about a month away from Wrestlemania and that means it is time for the big response from Undertaker. Batista attacked him at No Way Out and since this is wrestling, the two of them are taking turns in talking to each other. Other than that….well other than that, Smackdown needs another important story for the show. Let’s get to it.
November 5th, 1990
Taped October 11th, 1990
Reseda Country Club
Reseda, California
Commentators: Herb Abrams & Bruno Sammartino
ECW on Sci Fi
Date: February 27, 2007
Location: HP Pavilion, San Jose, California
Attendance: 13,511
Commentators: Joey Styles, Tazz
The big stories continue to be Bobby Lashley and the ECW Title, plus the New Breed vs. the ECW Originals. Both stories are likely to get a lot of time this week, though Vince McMahon showing up to deal with Lashley should tell you what the focus of this show should be. Let’s get to it.
Hey, backyard wrestlers! Tired of maiming and disfiguring yourselves with everyday household objects to disguise your lack of workrate and charisma? Do you think wrestling peaked with ECW back in the bygone days of the 20th century? Have you robbed a bank?
Well, for a limited time only, you are eligible to main event AEW Dynamite! Sponsored by Domino’s….? No longer sponsored by Domino’s. Oops. (You can’t tell me that was a coincidence. It was somebody’s idea of a joke gone wrong. If you make jokes, they go wrong sometimes… own it and be a man.) That style of wrestling has no place on a national stage anyway. You can have a product that appeals to adults without being trashy. Oh well, the BOD rolls on….
Tonight, it’s the Impact Homecoming dance! Because WWE Mixed Match Challenge did so well.
What’s new, Cultaholic?
What’s Windham Rotunda doing in the Impact Zone?! Making way less money.
Get well soon, Natalya. Hot take: surgery sucks.
Excelsior!
https://www.wwe.com/amp/article/bray-wyatt-released?__twitter_impression=true
Hoo boy. Heard the Dark Order needs a new leader. Hopefully his rumoured mental health issues are cleared up first, though.
Update via Meltzer: Bray was prepping to return in August and was told it was due to budget cuts. Nick Khan gonna Nick Khan.
The SmarK Rant for Extreme Championship Wrestling – 01.16.96
Last week: Shane Douglas returns at the end of the episode!
Taped from ECW Arena
Your host is Joey Styles
Happy end of the month one and all!
Didn’t stay up to watch Smackdown last night as I had to get an early night. I saw bits of the contract signing on YouTube this morning and it’s good to know that in the magical world of WWE contracts you can get anything you want so long as you intercept the person who is about to sign the contract and sign it before they do. If only it were the same in the footballing world, as I could have Polish Hammered Fabian Delph before the useless waster signed his Everton deal and gotten a good player to sign on the dotted line instead.
Howdy Gang!
Back with another Stinker Review, where I look at a show that has gained a reputation for being bad for whatever reason and then give it it’s day in court so we can decide whether it truly is a Stinker or not.
This month we have yet another reader request, which comes to us courtesy of Chael Sonnen’s Coke Dealer, as he wanted me to take a look at Grand Masters of Wrestling. And based on the reputation this has, I might need some kind of stimulant just to get through it all.
I’d never heard of this prior to watching it for this review and I haven’t really been that successful in finding out more. As far as I can tell, Grand Masters of Wrestling was a collection of super cheap wrestling DVD’s that were pumped out in the early to mid-00’s, featuring footage from small indie events and starring the likes of The Iron Sheik.
I had a search on the old YouTube machine and managed to find this. I’m not sure if this is the particular show that C.S.C.D wanted me to review, but it’s got Grandmasters of Wrestling in the title and it looks like it will be awful, so hopefully it’ll scratch whatever demented itch he has.
If you’d like to watch along with me (And why wouldn’t you) you can do so by clicking HERE, but don’t hold me responsible for any misery it might cause you!
Smackdown
Date: July 30, 2021
Location: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Commentators: Michael Cole, Pat McAfee
We’re less than a month away from Summerslam and things have been getting interesting around here again. Last week, John Cena challenged Roman Reigns for Summerslam. That was a no, but Finn Balor issued his own challenge and got a yes. There is no word on when that takes place, but it should be pretty soon. Let’s get to it.
TONIGHT! Rey Mysterio battles Jimmy Uso one-on-one! Roman Reigns signs the contract to face Finn Balor… or so they say! And someone may be returning from hiatus tonight!
TOMORROW! Impact Wrestling runs a one-night mixed tag tournament called Homecoming! Eight teams vie to be named Homecoming King and Queen, which will… uh… anyway, it’s a tournament!
SUNDAY! USA and Mexico renew their derby in the Gold Cup final!
But first, here it is — your Moment of Zen:
All right, folks, we all know the rules. I want you to obey the mods’ instructions at all times. I expect a good clean thread. Now, touch gloves, go to your keyboards, and come out posting!
ENJOY THE WEEKEND!
Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura handle commentary and they are taped from Austin, Texas. To put over the Texas setting of the show, McMahon and Ventura open the show on horseback in the aisle. The card was hyped as “The Tussle in Texas” and took place on April 23. According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the show drew a crowd of 8,500 fans.
AJW QUEENDOM ’95:
* For this Joshi Spotlight, we take a look at the three “Wrestling Queendom” shows in March 1995! However, I’ve done two of them before, so here’s the two matches available from the first one- thankfully, BOTH are ****+! Here we see the returning veterans of the Raijin Army take on LCO & Suzuka Minami, and then the Main Event is a spectacular 8-Woman Elimination Tag with some odd rules- all to see which AJW wrestlers get to head to the “Bridge of Dreams” show and showcase their promotion at the Tokyo Dome!
This review will feature those two big matches, then end with summations for the two Queendoms.
RAIJIN ARMY (BISON KIMURA, JAGUAR YOKOTA & LIONESS ASUKA) vs. SUZUKA MINAMI & LAS CACHORRAS ORIENTALES (Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda):
* And now it’s time for Jaguar’s “Returning Veteran Squad” to take on the reunited Minami/LCO team! The Raijin Army sort of forms as a whole at this point, with the wily vets throwing a spanner into the works of AJW- this bout probably being to properly reintroduce them as a unit. There’s some fun stuff here, as Jaguar trained both Mita & Shimoda, while Mita based a huge chunk of her current act (especially her Chops) off of Bison after she retired. Jaguar’s in pink, Bison’s in white tiger-stripes, Asuka’s in navy blue, Minami’s in orange & blue, and LCO’s in white & purple. This is Bison’s first real match back, so she gets a BIG reaction. Mita talks shit on the mic and Bison grabs at her right away.
I mean, it would make sense if they have a hell of a main event to replace Page, like Bryan, but if it’s Christian and they’re just stretching out the Page thing again…not good.
Impact Wrestling
Date: July 22, 2021
Location: Skyway Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Commentators: Matt Striker, D’Lo Brown
We are finally done with Slammiversary, which wound up being a heck of a show with a lot of surprises. Kenny Omega retained the World Title by defeating Sami Callihan but New Japan’s Jay White showed up to end the show in a big surprise. It’s time to start the long form crawl towards Bound For Glory so let’s get to it.
