Archive for 'pro wrestling'
Friday, March 12th, 2010
We can’t show a Japanese wrestling video without going into full puroresu geek mode–here’s the tag team match and post fight interviews that set up the Bob Sapp/Josh Barnett match. Bob Sapp and Yoshihiro Takayama take on Barnett and Naoya Ogawa last fall in Tokyo. Note to TNA/WWE–you don’t need ‘divas’, midgets, backstage [...]
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
Josh Barnett is scheduled to return to MMA action at DREAM 13 in Japan. Here’s his latest pro wrestling endeavor with Inoki Genome Federation against Bob Sapp. Barnett is very good at ‘worked’ fights and carries Sapp to a watchable match that is better than 99% of the matches that the WWE and [...]
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
The latest episode (#86 to be specific) of CMLL ‘Ras de Lona’ from the essential Lucha Libre blog CMLLBlog.com
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Via Failblog–a weatherman ‘cuts a promo’ on a forthcoming snowstorm:
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
The legendary Jack Brisco passed away on February 1 due to complications from open heart surgery at the age of 68. Brisco held the NWA World Heavyweight Title on two occasions and is considered by many pro wrestling hardcores as one of the best champs ever. Here’s some classic Brisco video. The [...]
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010
Here’s a video of The Sheik vs. Dory Funk Jr. shot in 1978 in Japan:
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010
That would be The *Original* Sheik aka Ed Farhat…
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Friday, January 1st, 2010
Here’s a well done fan made highlight video of ‘Dr. Death’s’ All Japan career. The music is “I Love It Loud” by KISS which became Williams and Gordy’s trademark entrance song:
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Friday, January 1st, 2010
Here’s a match between Williams and Gordy and their longtime All Japan rivals Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi from 1991:
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Friday, January 1st, 2010
With everything else going on over the holidays we’ve been remiss for not mentioning the death of Steve ‘Dr. Death’ Williams, who lost a long battle to cancer earlier this week. Williams was a huge star during the territory days of pro wrestling and arguably an even bigger star in Japan. Williams and [...]
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