The Quarantine Files (Randomone Watches Stuff)

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Giant Baba & John Tenta vs Goro Tsurumi & Rusher Kimura
May 1, 1987
The professional wrestling debut of John Tenta, which is pretty damn cool. He looks like a beefy Al Borland from Tool Time. Tenta & Tsurumi start with a nice arm drag & fireman’s carry by Tenta. Goro with a front face lock, but Tenta launches him clear across the ring. Baba & Kimura tag in, squaring off with Baba getting a slow double leg takedown. He grabs a headlock and tags Tenta, who gets a school boy for 2. Kimura starts throwing chops as he & his partner start to work over Tenta. Huge bodyslam by Tsurumi to the point where Tenta gets up first and just splashes Goro in the corner before hitting a beautiful belly to belly for 2. Over the shoulder back breaker applied, but Kimura breaks it up. They repeat the same exact spot before Baba stops the double team. Tsurumi up to the second, but gets caught in a bearhug, then back to the back breaker as the ref for some reason turns to Baba & Kimura on the floor then stops the match. I don’t know Japanese, so I don’t know what the fuck happened. I looked up the results and it says Countout, which makes no sense, since Tenta & Tsurumi were legal and in the middle of the ring. Kimura talks shit on Tenta & Baba post match and if you think I understood that, you’re nuts. Regardless, for his first wrestling match, Tenta crushed it.

John Tenta & Rick Davis vs Terry Rivera & Dave Scott
August 25, 1987
16 year old Mauro Ranallo is on the call in this match from All Star Wrestling in Vancouver! Dave Scott piggy backs Tenta to start, but the big man throws him down & hits a back elbow. Tag to Davis, as he & Scott do a pretty bad looking series and it’s just repeated back elbows from Scott. Rivera in now, but Davis wipes him out quick with a suplex. Tenta in and they hit a double clothesline before Tenta hits another back elbow (the 4th back elbow in like 2 minutes) as he starts working the arm. Davis back in with a standing powerslam for 2, but Tenta back in for the 5th back elbow before locking in an over the shoulder back breaker for the submission. This was pretty bad, but seeing slim Tenta wrestling in Canada, with Mauro on commentary is pretty cool. I love how after the match, the lead commentator interviews Rick Davis and literally says “I don’t even want to talk about that match we just saw, I want to talk about the match before it.”

John Tenta & Giant Baba vs Tiger Jeet Singh & George Weingeroff
October 17, 1987
Corner splash by Tenta to start, but Singh quickly turns the tide, tags his partner, but Tenta gets him into his corner as he & Baba double team Weingeroff. Just an awful looking hip toss by Baba, as Weingeroff did all the work as Baba gets backed to the heels corner and Singh chokes away. That’s literally all it is for the next few minutes before Baba gets a big boot on Singh and tags Tenta who hits a back elbow, then takes out Weingeroff with a nice belly to belly. Tenta hits a clothesline off the second rope and gets the 3. I’m not kidding, that was the match. They all brawl to the back and deep into the fans, who scatter like crazy. This was also terrible, but the pairing of Baba & Tenta was again, pretty cool to see.

The Road Warriors vs Jumbo Tsuruta & John Tenta
October 21, 1987
Gorilla press on Jumbo immediately by Animal, who eats a boot & lariat to answer for 2, but Animal launches him to the floor, where Hawk takes control, launching Jumbo into the front row, then back into the ring. Leaping shoulder by Animal, who tags Hawk and here comes Tenta. They keep trying to lock up and fail before they both try shoulder tackles, but don’t move, so they trade dropkicks (Tenta got hops!) then Hawk bodyslams the big man. He tries for an axe off the second, but leaps into a bearhug. Tenta just powers him down for 1, but Hawk quickly no sells and we get a double clothesline spot, which again, Hawk fucking no sells. They both tag their partners as Tenta & Jumbo take over on Animal, but he counters a leg lock, tags Hawk, who applies a fucking atrocious looking leg lock of his own. Animal back in thankfully as Tenta hits what I guess is his patented back elbow, but misses an elbow drop and Animal hits a powerslam. Tag to Hawk as the LOD hit a Rocket Launcher splash off the top on Tenta for the 3 count. Hawk sucked majorly in this one, but Animal looked good. Post match, LOD quickly bailed and almost got lost on where backstage was, I think Hawk even threw something at a fan.

John Tenta & Great Kabuki vs Abdullah the Butcher & TNT
November 28, 1987
TNT is Savio Vega as Abdullah & Kabuki start and within seconds, Abby is stabbing Kabuki in the head with the spike. They all brawl to the floor briefly before Abby headbutts an already busted Kabuki over & over. They start no selling shots before Tenta gets the tag and he’s gets a bearhug on Abby, which is a site to see. He hip tosses Abby down and I’m shocked Abby took a bump. I guess he tries for a belly to belly next, but they both just crumble. Tenta tries it again, hoists Abby up, but seriously looks like they’re slow dancing at times. Kabuki hits a chair shot on Abby repeatedly IN FRONT OF THE REF as the bearhug is still on, which is hilarious. And Abby is bleeding now and Tenta keeps him in this bearhug for THREE AND A HALF MINUTES!! Tenta finally whips Abby off the ropes and Abby collides with him that has Tenta doing a huge bump. Abby goes to the BOTTOM ROPE and does a splash as TNT takes out Kabuki for the 3 count. Savio Vega never tagged in. This ranks up there in one of the worst tag matches I’ve ever seen.

Big John Tenta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka
May 1, 1988
Snuka backdrops Yatsu to start and hits & chop to the throat off the second for 2. Tag to Brody, who hits a forearm off the apron & chucks Yatsu outside. Snuka launches him into the railing, but Tenta breaks it up and walks his partner away. Back inside, Brody tags back in Snuka, therefore not doing anything. Back suplex by Yatsu gets 2 on Snuka, tag to Tenta and they hit a choke lift/German suplex combo that was clunky, but sort of rad, for 2. Tenta picks apart Snuka before Brody gets a big boot from the apron allowing Snuka to hit a top rope splash for 2. Brody quickly in with a dropkick as he brawls with Yatsu outside. Perfect belly to belly on Snuka by Tenta gets 2, which Brody broke up with a leg. They hit a double dropkick on Tenta as Brody hits a leaping knee drop and gets the 3 count, despite never seeing him make the tag. Brody bolts to the back and that was it. Brody & Tenta barely even touched as Brody hit two moves on him and that was it. Very disappointing because I thought Tenta & Brody would be awesome.

Kenta Kobashi vs Abdullah the Butcher
January 28, 1990
Kobashi hits a shoulder and dropkick that sends Abby to the floor. Back inside, Abby gets thrust chops, but Kobashi fires back with more dropkicks. Snapmare by Kobashi and Abby bumps! Back up, spin wheel kick by Kobashi (one hits, the other misses by a mile) as he hits a Thesz Press and Abby tips over like a Jenga tower for 2. Kobashi with a bodyslam, but fucks his back up. Standing splash for 2, back suplex hits for another Abby bump as Kobashi drops the leg for 2. Abby right up and hits a jawbreaker and big time elbow drop for the 3 count. Kobashi took 99% of this match, which is shocking. Abby of course won, but whatever, this pairing was interesting.

Andre the Giant, El Canek, Villano III vs Kokina, Buffalo Allen & Black Scorpio
May 23, 1992
You read that right. Kokina is Yokozuna, Buffalo Allen is Bad News Brown and Black Scorpio is, you guessed it, 2 Cold Scorpio. Match starts with Andre dishing out headbutts to all his opponents & them bumping all around. Andre & Yoko together is a site to behold as Yoko tumbles outside after an Andre right hand. Once order is restored, Villano gets worked over in the early going before we go to break and come back to Canek & Kokina with the luchador dropping the big man with a dropkick, but Yoko pops right up. Scorpio & Andre in now (I can’t believe I just typed that) as Andre gets the arm wringer, but Scorpio front flips out, dropkicking Andre as he & Allen double team the Giant with Kokina running into him like a bulldozer. Ghetto Blaster by Allen sends Andre into the ropes, tied up. As this happens, Scorpio hits a 450 Splash on Villano for the 3 count and first fall (at least I think it was 3). Kokina hits a splash on Canek and pins him as well. I have no idea what’s happening, as the match is still going with Andre beating up Allen in the corner, but the match breaks down, Canek presses Villano onto Kokina and they dog pile on him with Andre sitting on all of them for the 3 count. Villano DDTs Allen and pins him too. The ref just raised the hands of Team Andre as I have no idea what the hell happened. We go to break and come back to THIS MATCH STILL GOING ON?!?! Andre literally has Bad News folded up like an accordion, SITTING ON HIM! We get some lucha from Scorpio & Villano as Canek jumps in to take over for Villano. Kokina & company work over Canek until Andre gets in and cleans house. He’s just punting away at Allen as Canek & Scorpio and Kokina & Villano are paired off. Referees see Kokina drop a headbutt flush to the dick of Villano and DQs him and THAT’S THE FINISH?? Yikes. I highly suggest watching this match strictly for the pairings, but this was wild. I can’t believe a year later, Yoko would’ve already main evented Mania, Andre would pass away, Scorpio is in WCW. Thankfully this wasn’t the notorious match where Andre accidentally & literally shit on Bad News sitting on him in the corner. That was a tag match with Bam Bam Bigelow and thankfully I can’t find that match, nor did I seek it out.

Andre the Giant, Giant Baba, Rusher Kimura vs Haruka Elgen, Masanobu Fuchi, Motoshi Okuma
December 4, 1992
This was Andre’s final match as he’d unfortunately pass away a little over a month later. This is fan cam footage, so I unfortunately have no idea which guy is which on the opposing side. Andre has fun to start as it honestly looks like he’s slow dancing with Kimura, who started for his team. 11 minutes into the match, Andre tags in for the first time and his opponents bail. He’s moving around so gingerly that it’s pretty sad. He just chokes everyone before smushing all 3 of them into one corner. Baba & Kimura use him as a battering ram. Baba shoots one dude off and Andre (holding onto the top rope) hits a clothesline and sits on him for the 3 count. Crowd chants for Andre as they walk to the back. It was sad, but I’m happy the last sound of an Andre match was fans chanting his name.

Moadib (Ahmed Johnson) vs Terry Gordy
September 2, 1994
Drop In mentioning Hayes vs Ahmed made me seek that match out, which I couldn’t find, but I found the next best thing. Gordy with early clubbing blows knock Ahmed loopy before he hits a big back body drop. Gordy fights for a suplex for what feels like minutes and gets a 2 count. Sleeper briefly by Gordy as they cut to commercial. Back and its Ahmed who is in control off a clothesline for 2. Chin lock rest hold leads to a leaping shoulder tackle as Ahmed goes up top, but tries a somersault or something, but misses and lands on his fucking head. Gordy puts the boots to him & hits some bad corner clotheslines as he slaps on the Asiatic Spike, but Ahmed swings at the ref to knock him down, allowing Skandor Akbar to come in and throw powder into Gordy’s eyes. Ahmed hits a bodyslam and shitty top rope splash, for what I assume was the 3, but the match fucking cuts before there’s a finish. Whatever, this was terrible shit.

John Hawk vs Ice Train
September 23, 1995
If JBL was in WCW, you’d have to expect this would’ve happened on Worldwide like 12 times, right? Just a bunch of headlocks by JBL start before Train does a drop down, leap frog, clothesline to the floor. Back inside, JBL waffles him with a big boot, but Train responds with a Japanese arm drag & vertical suplex. Back body drop, gut wrench suplex hit, but JBL grabs the tights & dumps him outside. Diving shoulder tackle off the apron as JBL hits a bodyslam back inside and running senton to follow. Abdominal stretch applied, but Train fights out of it, only to miss a splash in the corner. JBL sets him up for a super back suplex and he actually hits it, despite looking terrible. Both men slowly up, JBL misses a flying tackle and just falls into the ropes as Train slams him down, but misses a splash again. JBL hits the ropes & levels Train with a lariat for the 3 count. I can’t fucking stand the guy, but you could tell JBL had potential in this match.

Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!

Roddy Piper vs Luke Williams
Hair Match – Pacific Northwest Wrestling
March 1, 1980
The battle of Roddies Rowdies! Playboy Buddy Rose cuts a promo with the Sheepherders (who have flowing locks) before this match begins. The security guard handcuffs Rose to the post to not interfere as we have a slugfest with Piper & Luke as Hot Rod bodyslams him and pops the crowd. Cheap shot thumb in the eye lets Luke take over as he hits a knee lift for 2. Axe handles by Luke as he’s just mauling Piper. Reverse whip by Piper, who hits a bodyslam, but he’s out of control & eats a Luke back elbow for 2. Luke goes up top, but misses a splash; Piper quickly covers him for 2 before unloading shots. Piper tries a flying cross body, but collides with the ref sending him outside. A chair shows up in the ring, Luke grabs it, but Piper dropkicks it right into Luke. He covers him, but no referee. He recovers enough to make the count while standing outside the ring and this one is over in like 4 minutes, but the crowd goes nuts. The babyfaces spill out from the back (including Stan Stasiak and Iceman King Parsons) and hold onto Luke, keeping him from bailing. They hold him down and Piper shaves the head of the future Bushwhacker Luke! This was pretty cool to watch. After all this, Butch Miller begs Piper for a Hair Match as well, he said he’ll split Piper from end to end, which, yikes!

Ricky Steamboat vs Atsushi Onita
All Japan Pro Wrestling
December 13, 1982
Check this pairing out! Before Steamboat became a major household name and before Onita became a maniac. Super quick sunset flip by Onita gets 2 as he picks the leg, but Steamboat escapes and works the arm. Onita with a head scissors, but Ricky handstands out, but Onita catches him right back in it for the next few minutes. Ricky gets the headlock, but Onita jumps right up and we reset. Headlock/front face locks by Steamboat, Onita gets out, does some leap frogs, then catches Ricky with an airplane spin into a Figure Four. Steamboat is flat out tapping, but this is 82, so I guess this wasn’t a thing then. He gets the ropes as Onita hits a jumping cross body for 2. They scramble and Steamboat gets a cross face. He goes back to the headlocks & face locks, but Onita gets in some shots and hits a running bulldog for the highest impact move of the match yet. Butterfly suplex hits for 2 as he slaps on a chin lock. Steamboat escapes and hits a Samoan Drop for 2 of his own. Bodyslam hits, but Onita gets the knees up for the splash & tries a suplex, but Steamboat reverses with one of his own. Onita is up first though & pops him with a forearm, misses a wild shot & Steamboat hits a cross body for 2. Onita shoots Ricky off the ropes & pops him flush with a superkick, then top rope dropkick to the floor! TOPE SUICIDA BY ONITA outside, but he goes flying over Steamboat! Ricky hits an atomic drop, jumps back in the ring and suplexes Onita back inside for a 2 count. Float over and roll up by Onita for 2 as we get a strike exchange with Onita crumbling. Signature Steamboat chops get 2, but Onita blocks a suplex with one of his own and a legdrop for 2. Onita gets 2 off a sunset flip, gets a backslide for another close 2 as Steamboat gets up, hits a chop right to the head (almost a back elbow) as the ref stops the match as we get a time limit draw. This was boring in spots with plenty of rest holds, but when it picked up, this was good business. I dug this pairing.

Greg Valentine vs Great Kabuki
April 13, 1990
This is the first of a series of matches from the WWF/AJPW/NJPW Summit that happened at the Tokyo Dome. Valentine walks out in his Rhythm & Blues Elvis gear and it’s pretty hilarious. Shane McMahon is the referee for this one as well. Hammer with some chops & elbows to the noggin before a rest hold within the first minute. Kabuki gets up and we have this awkward face off before a weird slugfest ensues and Kabuki sends Hammer retreating. Butterfly suplex by Hammer gets 2, as does a stalling vertical suplex. Back to the chin lock, but Kabuki escapes, sends Hammer to the corner, but misses a dive & ties himself up in the Tree of Joey Lawrence. Hammer with a shuffle before Shane unties Kabuki, which is a fun little sentence. Hammer headbutts him in the lower bread basket, does the Elvis shake again, allowing Kabuki to get a school boy for 2. Kabuki hooks a Boston Crab, but Valentine gets the ropes and is up chopping. He hits an atomic drop on the leg, signals for the Figure Four, but dances way too much as Kabuki gets a small package for the 3 count. This was fucking terrible.

Jumbo Tsuruta & King Haku vs Mr. Perfect & Rick Martel
April 13, 1990
Martel & Perfect with a double dropkick sending Haku to the floor early, then double clothesline on Jumbo. Nice start for the former AWA World Champs. Jumbo gets a boot up in the corner & high knee to Perfect as he tags Haku, who punts Perfect in the leg and he does a backflip off it. Fucking awesome shoulder breaker by Haku for 2 as he dropkicks Perfect flush for another near fall. Double clothesline as Jumbo sinks in an abdominal stretch. Hennig pulls the hair to escape as he hits his snapmare combo before Jumbo blocks a shot & slams him down, tagging Haku back in. Hard chops & superkick as Haku misses a shot and Martel gets the tag with bodyslams aplenty. They keep Haku isolated until Martel tries a hurricanrana, but Haku drops him face first onto the top turnbuckle. Tag to Hennig, who keeps Haku isolated and they keep it that way for the next few minutes. Martel tries a splash off the second, but Haku with the knees up and the hot tag to Tsuruta. Crowd fully behind him as he hits a back drop, bodyslam, elbow drop on both men before the match breaks down. Perfect & Martel collide out the corner as Haku hits a superkick on Perfect and Jumbo with a high knee and back drop driver on Martel for the 3 count. This match was quite a bit of fun. Haku & Jumbo celebrate to loud cheers and it was pretty cool to see.

Jimmy Snuka & Tito Santana vs Kenta Kobashi & Masanobu Fuchi
April 13, 1990
What a random pairing this is? Shane O’Mac is the ref again (Shane reffing a Kobashi match, wow) as mat based action with Tito & Kobashi to start. This is actually some solid back & forth action with Tito getting the advantage early, but Kobashi fighting back with a springboard cross body, tagging in Fuchi, who lights up Chico with 10 punches while he was down. Big boots & more right hands as Fuchi hits a Ghetto Blaster and Kobashi hits a springboard dropkick for 2. Snuka jumps in finally, but eats a missile dropkick by Fuchi. Tito hits a suplex on Kobashi before Snuka sees his first official action. Kobashi hits a springboard cross body out the corner for 2, then goes up top for another high cross body for 2. Snuka does a drop down on Fuchi, but gets up too soon and Fuchi trips, hurting his knee. Snuka takes over with a bodyslam & chop, but misses a headbutt. Fuchi gets a back suplex for 2 as Shane stops Kobashi & Tito from scrapping. Tag to Tito who is a dropkick machine, hits a back drop and Flying Jalapeno on Fuchi, tags Snuka, who hits a Superfly Splash as Tito knocks out Kobashi with a forearm as well for the 3 count. The Tito & Kobashi stuff was solid and the finish was fun.

Randy Savage vs Genichiro Tenryu
April 13, 1990
Quite a bit of stalling early by Savage as Sherri is screaming instructions as he attacks Tenryu, grounding him immediately. Tenryu reverses a whip & levels Savage with a lariat, backdropping Macho to the floor. Cross body off the apron to the floor as both men are down. Sherri with a cheap shot, allowing Savage to attack. Back inside, Savage misses a charge in the corner and Tenryu hits a jump kick right to the face. Sherri trips him, letting Savage hit the clothesline for 2. It’s just choking a bunch before he hits a double axe handle to the floor. He takes the ref as Sherri clobbers Tenryu with her heel, sending him over the railing into the crowd. Back inside, double axe handle by Savage for 2. Up top, Savage drops the elbow 1…2…NO! He landed right on Tenryu’s face as he goes right back up top, but Tenryu punches him in mid air, tries a powerbomb, which lights the crowd on fire, but Savage back drops out. He goes up top & hits a cross body 1…2…NO! When have you seen Savage do a high cross? He hurts his knee on the way down, allowing Tenryu to hit the Ghetto Blaster and Powerbomb for the 3 count as the crowd explodes! This was an absolute nothing match, but Tenryu was treated like a God at this point and could do no wrong. Sherri was left screaming as she tends to Savage as Tenryu just walks to the back.

Demolition vs Giant Baba & Andre the Giant
April 13, 1990
Fresh off losing the tag titles at Mania 6 just a few weeks prior, this is quite the team as Baba levels Smash with a chop and the future Repo Man bumps like he’s Curt Hennig. He just hits a few more chops before Andre tags in with a headbutt. He goes to drop an elbow, but Smash moves and Andre tumbles like a building. Demolition make quick tags with sledge hammers as they actually isolate Andre the Giant before Andre just grabs a guzzle on Ax and does a gator roll tagging Baba, who takes over choking. Ax & Smash start double teaming and Baba is just staring at them, not really selling. He just grabs Smash, brings him to his corner and Andre tags back in. He no sells Smash’s punches and just chokes both Demolition members before Smash has Andre on the ropes with running attacks. Match breaks down and the two giants send Demolition colliding into each other, Baba hits a big boot on Smash and Andre hits an elbow drop for the 3 count! The sheer sight of Andre & Baba more than made up for the fact that they could barely move much. That said, Andre did more in this match than he did at Mania 6.

Hulk Hogan vs Stan Hansen
April 13, 1990
“Special Dream Match” this was labeled as. Mat work by Hogan early, as he works a front face lock and half nelson for a pinning combo for 2. Slapfest ensues, as does an eye rake-off with Hansen just chucking Hulk to the floor where they brawl a bit. Hogan puts on the brakes & posts Hansen, getting in some shots before heading back in for a back suplex & 2. I assume Hansen started bleeding off the post shot, but you can really tell once Hogan applies an abdominal stretch. Hansen fights out, but they spill to the floor for a third time and Hansen tumbles into the crowd. Hogan slams him onto a table before throwing him into the post again. Back inside, Hulk makes a weak ass cover for 2. Corner clothesline by the Hulkster as he’s just kicking the shit out of Hansen. That is, until Hansen gets a boot up in the corner & clobbers Hogan with a shoulder tackle for 2. Hulk to the floor (fourth time) as Hansen gets revenge, launching him into the crowd and hitting a chair shot right to the head. Hansen throws the chair and almost wipes out Earl Hebner in the process. Hansen breaks the count and the brawl continues into the crowd. Hansen I think punched a fan like it was nothing as they finally head inside where Hansen gets 2. Jabs by Hansen as Hogan is bleeding now and goes outside for the fifth fucking time. Hansen starts whipping Hulk with his bull rope and throws him back inside. He tries for a Lariat, but Hogan hits a Pumping Bomber, tries his Leg Drop, but MISSES! Hansen tries a Lariat again, but Hogan hits a cross body 1…2…NO! Hogan with a big boot, Pumping Bomber 1…2…3!! Hansen kicked out a milli-second too late. The brawl was fun, the rolling to the floor was fucking repetitive, but overall, both guys bled & the wildness of this match was fun. Hogan actually had his working boots on. I think this was the last time we’d see Hogan for a while, as he was off to film Suburban Commando.

Bryan Danielson vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
October 24, 2004
Never knew this match happened. Tana backs Bryan to the corner off a hammerlock & somersault dropkicks him before working the arm. Nice counter takedown by Bryan, as he wraps up the leg of Tana & traps him, but Tana rolls out for the reset. Just solid back & forth counter wrestling for the first 8-10 minutes of this thing before Bryan hits a Tope Suicida to the floor. Bryan tries a suplex back inside, but it’s Tana who hits the suplex sending Bryan crashing to the floor. 2 count back inside as Tana starts turning it on, running dropkick & single arm suplex with a bridge for 2. Single leg crab sunk in deep as Bryan gets the ropes, so Tana turns to a dragon sleeper, but Bryan quickly scrambles out. He gets a boot in the corner & leaping uppercut, then hits Tanahashi with what would become a signature, dragon screw. Crazy figure four combo with a bridge by Bryan, but Tana gets the ropes. Forearm battle ensues until Tana nails a flying forearm, standing elbow & leaping somersault senton. Tana goes up top, but Bryan cuts him off with a superplex, quickly goes up & hits a headbutt for 2. He tries for a back suplex, but Tana rolls through & sinks in the dragon sleeper. Bryan hits a knee right to the face to break it, but Tana hits a leaping enzugiri, running small package 1…2…Bryan reverses 1...2…NO! Both men quickly up and Bryan drops Tana with a running dropkick before looking for a super back suplex, but Tana spins in mid air landing on Bryan 1…2…Bryan rolls through 1…2…NO! Awesome uppercut exchange leads to an enzugiri by Tana, he tries a Dragon Suplex, but Danielson rolls through, Tana rolls through also and hits a Shining Wizard! He signals for the end and hits the Dragon Suplex 1…2…3! This match was fucking awesome and I can’t believe I didn’t know it existed until today.

Austin Creed & Kota Ibushi vs Gedo & KUSHIDA
May 8, 2010
NJPW: Super J Tag Tournament
Another name I didn’t know popped up in NJPW before he signed with WWE, as Xavier Woods & Gedo start it off with Gedo getting the upper hand off a scramble. Creed does a bunch of leap frogs & drop downs before hitting a cross body for 2, sending Gedo bailing outside. KUSHIDA & Ibushi in now as they quickly do a strike battle with Ibushi firing off a leaping kick before tagging right out. Creed in, but Gedo jumps in and attacks him from behind as the heels take over, isolating Creed for the next few minutes as we are about 8 minutes into this match and Ibushi has been in for 30 seconds. Creed finally hits a low dropkick & legdrop on Gedo before getting the hot tag to Kota, who runs wild. He hits the Golden Triangle wiping out Gedo outside, then punts him with a high kick back inside for 2. Standing shooting star hits, but the moonsault out the corner doesn’t as Gedo gets the knees up. Springboard chop by KUSHIDA as he hits a Sling Blade, standing moonsault for 2. He tries for a top rope moonsault, but lands on his feet and Ibushi pops him with a rewind kick. Creed tags in with some jabs and his Lost in the Woods somersault lariat for 2. Slugfest with Creed & KUSHIDA, Creed tries a school boy, but gets to his feet and powers KUSHIDA into a flapjack. Leaping DDT off the second by Creed gets 2 as Gedo breaks it up, only to be snap rana’d by Ibushi to the floor. Creed tries more jabs, but KUSHIDA cuts him off, gets a backslide and steals it. First half of this match was very slow & boring, but the second half was good stuff.

Rest In Peace Mr. Brodie Lee

Monsters Brawl Cage Match
Brodie Lee vs Abyss
October 29, 2005
Slugfest to start, but Brodie goes to the second and hits a few light punches, so Abyss levels him with a clothesline. He flapjacks Brodie head first into the cage and we’ve got color already. The Monster keeps punching & tossing Brodie face first into the cage before setting up a chair between the ropes in the corner. Brodie fights back, but runs into a big boot as Abyss tries an Earthquake splash, but Brodie holds a chair up to crotch him. Repeatedly throwing Abyss into the cage, hits a school boy for 2. He slams Abyss into the set up corner chair for 2 as Brodie is pouring blood (which is a lot, even for an indy show). Abyss gets up and breaks a plastic chair over Brodie’s head, throwing it out of the cage (Brodie said in a shoot that his brother in law caught the chair and this chair shot gave him a concussion). Abyss goes for a home run shot, but Brodie low blows him, grabs the chair to swing, but hits the ref! Abyss nails a choke slam, then pours some glass in the ring, but Brodie hits the choke slam on The Monster onto the glass! Brodie climbs to the top of the cage and hits a HEADBUTT OFF THE CAGE!! Brodie slowly crawls to the cage door, but Glenn Spectre shows up and slams the cage in his face. Abyss with the cover 1…2…NO! Abyss grabs the ref & launches him into the cage as Spectre jumps in the cage, but Brodie fights back, charging right into a Black Hole Slam. Another ref jumps in the cage and counts the 3. This was pretty good stuff for an indy cage match. Post match, I liked that the heels went to work on Brodie and Chris Kanyon made the save and had a slugfest with Abyss.

Brodie Lee vs Equinox
CHIKARA Aniversario? May 26, 2007
Equinox springs into the ring right into a back suplex from Brodie for 2. Out to the floor, Brodie chops the shit out of him and drops a knee back inside for 2. Big boot to the face, he tries a powerbomb, but Equinox turns it into an arm drag. He tries another one, but Brodie hits a slingshot Falcon Arrow for a 2. Pump handle fall away slam for another 2. He launches Equinox clear across the ring, tries a pop up powerbomb, but Equinox hits a head scissors. TKO by Brodie, then a running Liger Bomb for the 3. This was mostly a squash match as Brodie just walked to the back, all in a days work.

Brodie Lee vs Passion Hasegawa
CHIKARA Battle of Who Could Care Less: November 16, 2007
Game of cat & mouse early from a dancing Hasegawa as Brodie clobbers him with a big boot. Brutal chop & clubbing blow for 2 as Brodie is already pissed at the ref. Vertical suplex and an overhead choke toss for 2 as he hits a pump handle fall away slam. Stiff chops out on the floor as Brodie stalks him back into the ring. He winds up the arm, charges & Hasegawa gets a drop toe hold into the ropes and a 619. Up top, diving hurricanrana for 1 as Brodie starts no selling the punches before demolishing him with a lariat. Corner big boot and a running Liger Bomb for the 3 count. Brodie destroyed this dude.

Brodie Lee & Jimmy Jacobs vs Tyler Black & Necro Butcher – Falls Count Anywhere
ROH Steel City Clash: March 20, 2009
The Age of the Fall vs former members of the group as this is a wild brawl to start as Jacobs & Butcher and Brodie & Black are paired off at different areas of the arena. The crowd is scattering as they spill together as Jacobs slams Black down throat first on a chair, locks in a guillotine, but Necro just punches him in the face, tries a powerbomb through the merch table, but he wiggles free with a chair shot. Side slam on the chair by Black on Jacobs as Necro throws chair after chair onto Brodie and jabs him in the groin with a Section B sign. INSIDE CRADLE BY NECRO FOR 2!! You can clearly hear a fan call Jimmy Jacobs a very offensive word, telling him to slit his wrists & an emo cocksucker (you stay classy Pennsylvania). Brodie cracks Necro with the ring bell as Black sets up 4 chairs, but Brodie boots him off the apron crashing through them all. Hilariously Jacobs tries and fails like 4 times to get a simple chair over the top, but can’t, so he gets mocked. They work over Necro & Black as Jacobs hits a nice top rope senton, goes for a spear off the apron, but hits his partner by accident as Tyler hits a lariat off the guard rail. Necro with a legdrop off the apron through the table on Brodie as Black hits a Peroxysm on Jacobs inside for 2. Lionsault misses as Jacobs gets his knees up, hits the Contra Code for 2. Brodie & Necro brawl up the ramp and Brodie drives him down with a Black Hole Slam. Brodie literally shoves a woman out of her seat to grab a chair as back inside Black hits an F5, goes for a Phoenix Splash, but Brodie hits him with a chair in the head, knocking him out cold. Jacobs slaps on the End Time and the ref stops it.

Brodie Lee vs Michael Elgin
C4 Wrestling June 18, 2010
They trade shoulder blocks until Elgin hits a corner big boot & diving shoulder off the second. Brodie slowly rises & steamrolls Elgin with a shoulder of his own. Elgin pie faces him, so they trade hard rights & chops. They tumble to the floor & trade forearms and uppercuts as Elgin bails back inside & dropkicks Brodie outside before nailing a somersault plancha. Back inside, Elgin with a low dropkick & pump kick for 2, charges, but Brodie hits an overhead belly to belly. Hard uppercuts & chops before he hits a quick hurricanrana & suplex for 2. Elgin turns the tables & hits a hard clothesline and running ass bump in the corner. He powers Brodie up with a powerbomb for 2. Spinning back fist by Elgin, big boot by Brodie for 2 and he can’t believe it. Elgin ducks a clothesline and hits a snap German, but Brodie rolls through & levels him with a big boot and Black Hole Slam for the 1…2…3! Really fun match.

Brodie Lee vs Jon Moxley (c) – CZW World Title
CZW From Small Beginnings Come Great Things: January 7, 2011
Wild brawl outside to start before Mox hits a Tope and levels Brodie with a chair. He shakes it off like nothing and destroys Mox with a chop against the post. He tries once too many and chops the post after Mox moves. Brodie slides into the ring & clotheslines Mox off the apron through a table. Hip toss through the rest of the broken table as they brawl up the entrance before Brodie chucks Mox into the railing. Mox tosses a chair to Brodie & dropkicks it in his face before hitting a DDT onto it. Brodie gets a boot up in the corner & smacks Mox in the head with the chair, absorbs multiple Mox clotheslines & just slaps the shit out of him. Brodie hits a suplex on the concrete floor & you can hear a loud THUD. Back inside, Mox fights out of a rear naked choke & gets a Figure Four, but Brodie gets the ropes. Mox avoids a corner big boot & hits a superplex as both men slowly get up at the same time & Brodie hits the big boot 1…2…NO! Chokeslam connects as he calls for a pane of glass from the back and sets it up in the corner. He takes too long and Mox hits the Cutter for 2. Mox gets a sleeper on, but Brodie dives back & sends Mox THROUGH THE GLASS!! Black Hole Slam connects 1…2…NO!! Brodie calls for security to send a table in and they oblige, sets it up and puts THUMBTACKS ON IT as he takes Mox up to the top, with his back torn to shit. Mox cuts him off and POWERBOMBS BRODIE THROUGH THE TABLE 1…2…3!! Brodie said he hated this match, but I thought it was a fun & wild brawl.

Brodie Lee vs Hieracon (Jonathan Gresham)
CHIKARA Aniversario & His Amazing Friends: May 21, 2011
Young Gresham was masked at the time as a member of The Osirian Portal and gets a fast start until Brodie absolutely demolishes him, inside out, with a lariat for 2. Stalling vertical suplex gets another 2 as Brodie is staring down Eddie Kingston, who is on commentary. He tosses Gresham to the floor, as the smaller man fights back, only for Brodie to get pissed at fans chanting “take a shower”, allowing Gresham to fight back. Brodie keeps going for the eyes, chopping through Gresh. Shoulder tackle turns Gresh inside out again as he hits the pump handle fall away and loads the gun, points at Kingston, but misses the big boot in the corner. Gresh uses his speed, but Brodie pops him with a right, catches Gresh’s moonsault, but Gresh spins it into a DDT for 2! Combo strikes by Gresh, who charges, but gets mowed down with a big boot and running Liger Bomb for the 3.

Brodie Lee vs Johnny Gargano
PWO TV 2011
Brodie uses his power to rag doll Gargano early, but Johnny uses his speed momentarily before Brodie drops him with a back suplex. Hard elbow in the corner as Brodie slaps his belly like Kamala before dropping Johnny with a pump handle fall away slam for 2. Johnny mounts a comeback, but Brodie levels him with a dropkick for 2. Nice vertical suplex for another near fall. He tries a powerbomb, but Gargano wiggles free. Brodie murders him with a chop and hits the Black Hole Slam for 2. Gargano slips out a powerbomb again, avoids the boot in the corner sending Brodie outside where Gargano hits a Tope on Brodie, Tope on Marion Fontaine, another Tope on Brodie, back inside, multiple superkicks drop Brodie. Then a masked man runs in the ring to attack Gargano to cause the DQ. We get a brawl with Gargano, Matt Cross, Josh Prohibition & the masked man as Brodie lays out Aaron Draven, who ran into the ring too. That leads us to the next match.

Brodie Lee Marion Fontaine & vs Kevin Nash & Aaron Draven
PWO Wrestlelution 4: August 7, 2011
Brodie shit talks Nash on the apron as Fontaine & Draven kick things off. Brodie got in for a moment, but it’s Nash who gets the first major offense in on Fontaine doing his corner knees & forearms before doing the squisher. Brodie tags in and drops Nash with a right as I’m shocked that Nash is taking bumps off punches. The much smaller Fontaine just does chokes & clubbing blows before Brodie tags in and throws shots, which Nash bumps again. That’s all that happens before Fontaine tags back in and trash talks too much as Nash hits a big boot & gets the hot tag to Draven who takes the fight to both heels. Sloppy tilt a whirl DDT on Brodie as Nash gets in and choke slams him! He sets up Fontaine in the corner as Draven hits a Flux Capacitor 1…2…Brodie pulls the ref out and Draven wipes him out with a dive. Nash hits a Jackknife on Fontaine (who takes a funny bump) as Draven hits a splash OFF NASH’S SHOULDERS for the 3 count. Nash put in a lot more effort than you’d assume at an indy show in 2011. Disappointed we didn’t get much Nash/Brodie, but Brodie was legit injured before this and didn’t want to miss this match. He said the day prior, he drank beers & smoked “cigarettes” with Nash, who he met that day. He said after the match, backstage, the booker told Nash “hey, there’s a waitress here to see you” and Nash said “blonde? Tell Sally I’ll be right there.” A week or two later, Nash would be at Summerslam, powerbombing CM Punk.

Brodie Lee vs Shingo Takagi
Dragon Gate of Victory: October 13, 2011
Holy shit this is a hell of a pairing! Brodie wins a test of strength immediately & just absorbs some shoulders from Shingo, who ducks a Brodie clothesline, but Brodie hits a hurricanrana sending Shingo to the floor where he hits a Tope Suicida! Brodie launches a chair and then sents up a table inside. He slams Shingo face first into the table, then sets it up and despite the tables best efforts, Brodie powerbombed him through the table!! He chucks Shingo into chairs in the crowd and waits for a count out. Shingo beats the count and Brodie keeps up the beat down. Shingo gets in 3 jabs, charges, but Brodie hits a dropkick. Brodie rolls through a judo throw, no sells a clothesline and we get a chop battle. Saito suplex by Shingo, they trade suplex attempts & Shingo hits one for the double down. Snap dragon by Brodie, who follows up with a discus lariat 1…2…NO! Corner splash, but Shingo fires out, running right into a Black Hole Slam 1…2…KICK OUT! Shingo hurricanranas through a powerbomb attempt, blocks a big boot and fireman’s carries Brodie up to the second rope with a rolling DVD 1…2…NO!! BRODIE NO SELLS A PUMPING BOMBER, NO SELLS ANOTHER ONE, hits a big boot, sends Shingo off and he clobbers Brodie with a Pumping Bomber, then hits Made in Japan for the 1…2…3!! This was a fucking battle!

Brodie Lee vs PAC vs Rich Swann vs Sami Callihan
2CW January 21, 2012
Bell sounds, Sami charges & gets destroyed by a Brodie slap. He lays out both PAC & Swann before PAC hits a snap rana, which Brodie does one in return! Powerslam on Swann, but he charges & Swann low bridges him. Sami attacks from behind, they have a nice series and Swann hits a dropkick for 2. Swann does a little dance, but gets powerbombed in mid air as Sami slaps on a heel hook. Swann gets the ropes and does a tilt a whirl head scissors dropping Sami right on his head. PAC in and does his flips out the corner & springboard dropkick sending Sami bailing and the crowd on fire. He dropkicks Brodie for good measure as he & Swann do double dives. PAC & Sami head back inside before Brodie drags PAC outside, but gets low dropkicked for his troubles. Handspring cutter by Swann on Sami, standing Shooting Star by PAC as he goes for the cover, but Swann pulls him off. Brodie jumps in, chokeslams both guys, tries one on Sami, but he rolls through for a 2 count. Boot to the face in the corner by Sami on Brodie, goes for it again, but Swann superkicks him out of the ring. Brodie pops up, Black Hole Slam, but PAC jumps in and hits a snap German on the big man. PAC springs to the top, but Brodie hits a big boot out of mid air! Boot to Swann, boot to PAC, Sami ducks the boot, school boy 1…2…3! What a fun sprint!

Brodie Lee vs Eddie Kingston (c) – Grand Title Match
CHIKARA It’s How You Play the Game: March 25, 2012
Brodie lays out the ring announcer with a big boot before the bell as he signed his WWE contract earlier that month. This was his CHIKARA farewell. Brawl around ringside to start as Kingston hits a half butterfly suplex with a bridge for 2. Brodie throws Bryce Remsberg into Eddie and hits a boot as they spill outside again. Brodie takes over as he does the John Cena You Can’t See Me to mock the crowd as he just pops Eddie with a right. Eddie floats over a suplex into a German for 2. Brodie regains control with strikes and is just picking Kingston apart slowly. Eddie gets up a few corner boots, Kawada Kick & diving bulldog off the second for 2. Tilt a whirl into a jaw breaker almost gets Eddie another near fall. He goes up top, but Brodie cuts him off, SUPER BUTTERFLY SUPLEX 1…2…NO! Black Hole Slam hits 1…2…KICK OUT! He goes for a powerbomb, but Eddie rolls through with a rana (falling right on his own head), then hits a running uppercut. He went for a KO shot, but Brodie hits a German for 2. Uranage by Kingston, but Brodie with the boot on the ropes as the ring is much smaller at this show in Canada. Holy shit, what happens next is a slap battle that would make Suzuki & Ishii proud as they are loud and vicious. It leads to a violent chop battle until Brodie hits a superkick & boot in the corner. He wants another superplex, but Kingston fights back into a sunset bomb 1…2…NO! Brodie pulls Bryce into him as Kingston hits a big boot and Brodie collides into the ref. Brodie with a low blow, powerbomb, Bryce slowly counts the 1…2…KICK OUT! Brodie goes for the powerbomb, but Kingston with a back drop driver, spinning back fist, lariat, sliding uppercut to the neck 1…2…3!! Hard hitting as shit, this was a great match. Kingston bows to Brodie as the fans thank him and send him off to FCW.

King of the Ring 1991
September 7, 1991
Providence Civic Center


Here’s a promo from the Texas Tornado promoting his match with Bret Hart, which never happened. Also Beverly Brothers promo on the Bushwhackers, which unfortunately DID happen. You’ll see some other folks are advertised for this show and didn’t show up for a variety of reasons. Strap in kids, this is going to be a rough one. I encourage you to read this all.

Opening Round
Hawk vs Jerry Sags
Stalling by Sags immediately quiets the crowd, who was on fire after Hawk’s entrance. Hawk trips up Sags and punches him in the mid section before a jump in the footage happens and Jimmy Hart takes the ref while Sags beats down Hawk on the floor. He gets in the ring and mocks the crowd, allowing Hawk to hit a diving tackle off the top for 1 as Jimmy Hart runs distraction, but Hawk grabs the megaphone and clobbers Sags right in front of the ref, causing the DQ in 3 minutes. This was a garbage way to kick off this tournament.

Opening Round
Ted Dibiase vs Ricky Steamboat
Ring announcer mispronounces Dibiase’s name as Dragon gets an early headlock and Dibiase rolls into pin attempts for 2. They do this for a few minutes as Dragon transitions into a front face lock as we can hear Boring chants already. Dragon charges in the corner, but eats a boot as Dibiase chucks him outside where he slams Ricky’s face into the mat repeatedly, then into the steps. He mocks the crowd as Steamboat tries to shake the cobwebs off fighting back with chops, lowers his head, but eats a boot & clotheslines for 2 by Dibiase. Nice gut wrench suplex for 2 as Dibiase works a chin lock of his own and works it for a few minutes with Steamboat teasing that he’s passing out, but slowly hulks up. Knife edge chops by the Dragon, but Ted cuts him off with a bodyslam, goes for his elbow out the corner, but misses. 10 slams of the head into the corner by Steamboat, who gets a near fall, as does a back suplex, as does a swinging neckbreaker, as does a roll up. Slingshot sends Dibiase face first, Steamboat rolls him up 1…2…bell sounds and Dragon thinks he’s won it, but the 15 minute time limit has expired (despite us getting zero heads up at any point). This was a really fun wrestling match. And considering I knew the result before I watched it, so I saved it for last, it came off like an all time classic compared to the turd burger that is the rest of this show.

Opening Round
Jim Duggan vs Brian Knobbs
Duggan hits some early clotheslines that sends Knobbs packing, which allows Duggan to get in his chants. Knobbs charges in and gets his punches blocked as Duggan flattens him with a right, charges himself, but Knobbs dumps him over the top to the apron. They both spill to the floor as Duggan is more preoccupied Hoooo-ing to the crowd than doing anything else & gets posted by Knobbs in the process. Duggan goofily sells Knobbs’ punches and we get a rest hold. Hacksaw hulks up, but runs into a kitchen sink knee for 2 before we’re back to the fucking rest hold by Knobbs. Duggan hulks up again, moves out of the way of a charging Knobbs in the corner, gets a school boy & the 3 count in 5 minutes. This was fucking awful.

Opening Round
IRS vs The Berzerker
Quite the pairing here as the bell sounds and Irwin chokes Mr. Huss Huss with his tie (or something, maybe the tag rope?) and he’s doing this in front of the ref for like a full minute without breaking despite the ref counting to 5 a bunch. He just starts dropping elbows and blatantly low blows his opponent before going up top, but Berzerker gets a boot up. Big boot & bodyslam by the big man gets 2. He drags Irwin to the floor & posts him before grabbing a chair & smacking him with it, again, right in front of the ref. He tosses IRS back in the ring at the count of 9 and the ref counts Berzerker out DESPITE BERZERKER BEING ON OFFENSE! Holy shit this was worse than the Duggan match!

Opening Round
Bret Hart vs Pete Doherty (sub for Kerry Von Erich)
You replace the Texas Tornado with jobber to the stars Duke of Dorchester, who got crickets here. Tornado vs Bret would’ve been cool, but Doherty attacks at the bell and Bret battles back with a snap suplex while the IC belt is still on. He takes his jacket off, puts the Sharpshooter on and wins it in 30 seconds. This is such a bad tournament.

Opening Round
Skinner vs Virgil
Holy shit Doherty got more of a reaction than Skinner, who spits right in Virg’s face to start, but Virgil fires off some jabs & atomic drop as the alligator man falls outside. He keeps knocking Skinner outside and you can hear someone loudly chant boring. Skinner begs for mercy already (fuuuuck this) as he lure Virgil in & pulls him face first into the corner. Snap mare & face rake by Skinner, who chokes away as the crowd is dead. Skinner charges in the corner and Virgil literally just holds out his right fist and Skinner runs into it, comically bumping. Shitty punches by Virgil as Ted Dibiase walks out to run distraction, allowing Skinner to hit a Gator Breaker for the 3 count in 5 minutes. This match was offensively awful.

Opening Round
Sid Justice (sub for Ultimate Warrior) vs The Warlord (sub for Mr. Perfect)
Holy shit we were supposed to get Warrior vs Perfect in this spot, but Perfect was injured and Warrior was fired post Summerslam, so we get Warlord & Sid. Crowd loses their shit for Sid, who wastes no time going to work, but lowers his head and Warlord drives it to the mat. Warlord sends him to the corner, but Sid fires out with a clothesline. They do the same spot, but Warlord gets a clothesline this time. “Good selling” says the person taping this, haha. Chin lock by Warlord, who holds onto it for almost 90 seconds before opting to choke Sid in the ropes instead. Sid reverses an Irish whip, boots Warlord in the gut, powerbomb, 3 count in 3 minutes. Beyond abysmal.

Opening Round
The Undertaker vs Animal
Crowd is on fire for Animal, who clotheslines Taker to the floor, but he lands on his feet and guillotines Animal over the top. Paul Bearer takes the ref, allowing Taker to choke away in the corner. He drags him to the middle of the ring and keeps choking, with the ref not doing a thing as Animal hulks up from the fucking choke. Atomic drop & 3 clotheslines take Taker off his feet, but he pops upand get shit with a powerslam, but Bearer runs distraction, allowing Taker to hit Animal with the urn for the 3 count in 5 minutes. With the exception of Dibiase/Steamboat, this has been the worst tournament ever. Not kidding.

Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers
Oh, you want a palate cleanser from the shit sandwich you just had to choke down? We’ll we’re going to give those guys who worked 4-5 minutes tops a breather by having one of the worst pairings of teams ever to wrestle here. Stalling. Posing. Rest holds. Fuck you. Not doing it. Beverlys won after one of the Whackers was a fucking idiot and distracted the ref long enough to allow the Bevs to guillotine the other for the 3 count. The ring attendant rang the bell at 2 because even he was over this shit.

Quarter Finals
IRS vs Jim Duggan
Bell sounds and Irwin bails, but eats clotheslines when he gets in, causing him to bail again. He lowers his head for a back drop, but Irwin punts him and hits a clothesline of his own. Elbow drop gets 2 as he locks on his patented abdominal stretch using the ropes. They do that whole spot before Duggan fights back & charges, but eats a corner boot and Irwin rolls him up with his feet on the ropes for 3. Not as awful as the Opening Round, but still garbage regardless.

Quarter Finals
Bret Hart vs Skinner
“Is it going to take him half hour to get to the ring like last time?” says the dude recording. The answer is yes. Bret works the arm in the early going as I’m shocked at how silent it is, then again, this show has sucked the life out of nearly everyone in Rhode Island. Back to work on the arm before Skinner gets a cheap shot to the throat and rakes at the face. That’s all he does for the next 2 minutes before Bret starts his comeback. Punch to the gut, Side Russian Leg Sweep, Sharpshooter, match over. This was one of the most boring Bret matches I’ve seen.

Quarter Finals
Sid Justice vs Undertaker
Sid cuts off Taker immediately, but the Dead Man gets a shot to the gut and drops the big man. Paul Bearer has a casket out ringside, so I’m sure that’ll come into play. Much like Skinner did the last match, Taker just chokes Sid in the corner a ridiculously long time. Sid starts throwing chops, charges, but eats a Taker boot and flying clothesline, which was the highest impact move of this whole show (minus Dibiase/Steamboat). Jake Roberts pops up ringside and is cheering on Taker, who chokes Sid in the middle of the ring as the ref doesn’t do jack shit. Sid starts choking Taker in the corner and now the ref tries to break it up, but Sid launches him across the ring. Taker starts his choke and does the same as the ref DQs both men, so that’s how Bret advances to the semis (not the heel, IRS mind you). Post match, the heels beat down Sid and put him in the casket, but Sid gets out and stands tall with the fans cheering him.

Semi Finals
IRS vs Jerry Sags
Sags gets in some shit rights, immediately calls Jimmy to hold Irwin, who moves and Sags collides with his manager, yet that’s not the finish. He drops Irwin with a clothesline, grabs his briefcase, distracting himself long enough to allow Irwin to get a school boy for the 3 count. That was it. Irwin didn’t do any offense.

Finals
Bret Hart vs IRS
Bret has worked less than 5 minutes to get to the finals. That said, Irwin has worked 6 minutes and didn’t do any offense the last match to advance. So these guys must be exhausted! I love how Irwin won the last match, went to the back and then got announced again for the very next match (despite not having entrance music). Ring announcer says the winner gets “this trophy here ringside.” Bret works the arm & headlock early, but IRS overtakes him and gets a sleeper with his feet on the ropes. Bret fights back after a few minutes, but eats a kitchen sink and legdrop for 2. Another Irwin rest hold as I deserve this fucking trophy for staying awake for this show. He misses a corner attack allowing Bret to get an atomic drop, teasing a Sharpshooter, but stomps on the belly welly. Backbreaker for 2, snap suplex for 2, but Irwin drops down and Bret tumbles outside. Quickly back to the apron, Irwin punches away, but Bret gets a sunset flip, only for Irwin to punch free. Small package by Bret gets 2, Irwin tries the Stock Market Crash, but holds onto the top rope. Earl Hebner punts the hand free, allowing Bret to get a school boy for the 3 count and mercifully this is over. This match was 95% boring, but that other 5% was better than anything on this show not involving Steamboat/Dibiase.

I had never seen this show before, now I know why and also why it was never officially released. This was such a terrible show that is saved by the solid Dibiase/Steamboat wrestling match. The rest was total dog shit.

Ladder Match for the Intercontinental Title
Razor Ramon vs Shawn Michaels
January 14, 1994
This was almost a trial run for their Mania match and I never have seen this match. Shawn stalls like crazy early, but they lock up and Razor immediately clotheslines him to the floor where we brawl. Razor lifts up the padding on the floor, but the ref distracts him enough for Shawn to post him. Bodyslam on the concrete floor as he targets the back inside the ring. He goes up the entrance and grabs the ladder, but Razor cuts him off. Shawn does his corner bump as Razor gets the ladder, but Shawn baseball slides it into him (I think, someone stood in front of the camera). Shawn keeps ramming the ladder into the gut and sets up the ladder super slow allowing Razor to cut him off, but Shawn targets the back again with a backbreaker. Shawn starts climbing again, but Razor pulls his trunks down and Shawn is bare assed, so he takes his trunks portion of his gear off and chokes Razor with him (gross) to the floor. He takes too long to put his gear back on and Razor posts HBK. Back inside, a slugfest ensues and Razor reverses a whip and Shawn crashes into the ladder. Shawn does a Flair flop off the ladder and both are down. Razor kicks Shawn over & over on the ropes in the corner and Razor clobbers him with the ladder. Razor starts climbing, touches the belt, but Shawn tips him over. HBK hits a piledriver, slowly climbs, but Razor shoves him off and HBK tumbles to the floor. They slowly start climbing at the same time and Razor hits a stiff right sending Shawn flying off the ladder and he guillotines himself on the top rope. Both start climbing the ladder at the same time, but this time the ladder is so wobbly that they tumble off. They start climbing again and Razor does a half suplex/half bodyslam off the ladder, slowly climbs, grabs the title and falls down with it to win it. I have to think of the mindset that this was before their Mania match and if you go in with those eyes, this was pretty damn great. That said, their Mania 10 match blew this out of the water.

Alundra Blayze vs Heidi Lee Morgan – WWF Women’s Title
February 4, 1994
Rematch of the finals of the tournament that crowned the champion as Morgan hits a flying forearm out the gate for 2. Blayze leapfrogs Morgan & gets a slap as they have a clean break. Morgan backed to the corner as Blayze hits a snap mare & bodyslam for 2, so she bodyslams Morgan again & goes to the second, but gets slammed by the challenger. Brutal “forearm to the pectoral” as Vince says & bodyslam gets a 1 count. Morgan wants a German suplex, but Blayze fights out with a Northern Lights Suplex for 3. Welp, it was a match.

Earthquake vs AC Corner
May 14, 1994
They misspelled the future D’Lo Brown’s name as its Conner not Corner. D’Lo bounces off Quake & the big man just steps on his chest as he connects with a huge leg drop to follow. Big elbow as Quake hits his powerslam as the tremors starts & he hits the Earthquake splash as he teabags Corner for the 3 count. Poor D’Lo, he’d be back in a few years.

Adam Bomb vs Kwang
June 4, 1994
It’s a slugfest to start as Kwang hits a wheel kick, but Bomb just powers Kwang down with a choke as Kwang hair pulls his way free. They are having the equivalent of a cat fight to the floor as they chop & slam each other into the side of the ring & steps as Bomb keeps throwing rights. Back inside Kwang takes over with a corner clothesline & chokes Bomb to the corner as Harvey Wippleman is ringside and hates seeing both clients beat each other up. Bomb fights back & it’s nothing but punches in bunches by both. Kwang then bites & chops Bomb to the corner, lowers his head & eats a boot. Stiff clothesline & right hand sends Kwang outside as he tries getting back inside, but Harvey stops him and won’t let him back inside. Countout win for Bomb. The slugfest was actually pretty solid, as the match was a Sophie’s Choice for poor Harvey.

Mabel vs Nikolai Volkoff
June 18, 1994
Nikolai attacks from behind as Ted Dibiase is smiling ringside while Volkoff hits a big boot & drops Mabel! Knee drop gets a 2 count as Volkoff keeps punting away before choking the big man down. Mabel powers up & hits a terrible flying shoulder tackle for 2, THEN DOES A DROP TOE HOLD as IRS runs out from the back and attacks leading to the DQ. This leads to Tanaka, Owen, Razor & Bam Bam all running in and fireworks go off to end the show as these 6 are in the King of the Ring that week on PPV. Clever idea to get everyone in there, but Volkoff vs Mabel to get there was a struggle.

Well Dunn vs The Italian Stallion & John Paul
June 25, 1994
Well poses too much & eats a clothesline by the Stallion, who tags in Paul. He gets some arm drags & works the arm as Well backs him in his corner so Dunn can clock him in the kidneys & Well can level him with a clothesline. Harvey & Dunn cut a promo in the camera as John Paul fights back briefly, but gets slammed down. Paul gets a boot up & Well eats it flush as Stallion tags in and is a house of fire. He loses his place & Well hits a corner wheel kick as Dunn hits a flying clothesline for the wing. Well Dunn never made a tag as a team in this. Steven Dunn was in for 15 seconds.

123 Kid vs Jeff Hardy
June 25, 1994
Fairly confident Jeff was still in high school at this point and I’m not kidding. Jeff gets a takedown off a handshake as Kid hits a shoulder tackle, but Jeff with a hip toss. Kid applauds as Jeff grabs a headlock. He hits a shoulder, blocks a kick, but Kid comes up with a kick to the face. Snap legdrop lands flush on the skull as Kid hits a snap suplex & lights up Jeff with kicks. Bodyslam into an arm bar, which is a pretty dull transition, so Jeff grabs the ropes. Kid goes back to kicks, charges in the corner & Jeff gets a boot up. Young Hardy goes for a Whisper in the Wind, but Kid moves & locks on “the pretzel move” as Gorilla calls it for the submission win. Pretty crazy seeing this pairing this early in each other’s careers.

Kwang vs Jim Powers
August 6, 1994
Powers looking bigger than ever as he hits a cross body for 2 early. Boot to the corner as Kwang reverses a whip & hits a wheel kick as Powers does a Flair Flop. Green mist in the air by Kwang, who shoots Powers off & hits a spinning heel kick for the 3 count. Zero idea how much longer Powers stuck around, but his squashes are getting shorter & shorter while he keeps getting more muscular.

Shawn Michaels & Diesel vs Reno Riggins & Gary Scott
October 15, 1994
Vince & Lawler talk in an inset promo to new live event news analyst Charlie Minh, who I never heard of. Riggins hits some shoulders on HBK, who promptly sends him to the floor as Diesel chucks him back inside, so Shawn dumps him the other side. Diesel again throws Reno back inside as HBK taunts he’ll do it again, but instead hits Sweet Chin Music. Tag to Diesel, who wants Scott as he hits a big boot to the face as HBK checks his hair in the camera. Diesel with the Jackknife Powerbomb as HBK makes the tag & pin for the win.

123 Kid vs Chris Canyon
October 22, 1994
Guest ring announcer is a fan who Lawler roasts to death as here we go X-Pac vs Mortis. Canyon (not spelled Kanyon here) hits a shoulder block, but Kid tries one and takes a bump. King says Canyon reminds him of Razor Ramon as he shoots Kid off, but puts on the brakes & Canyon eats a wheel kick. Canyon hits a back elbow in the corner & he goes for a moonsault, that Kid avoids. This time Kid goes up top with a missile dropkick for the 3 count. This needed to go much longer, it was good while it lasted.

Hakushi vs Reno Riggins
December 24, 1994
This is the debut for Hakushi, who hits a bodyslam & Vader Bomb out of the corner for 2. We get a whole lot of chops before he hits a superkick & dropkick that sends Reno outside. Flying cross body over the top to the floor as he hits a shoulder tackle off the top back inside as Hakushi goes up & hits the top rope headbutt for an impressive debut. Man, they did nothing with Hakushi did they? Aside from a great match with 123 Kid and Bret.