AEW Dynasty (4-21-2024)

LIVE from St. Louis, it’s AEW Dynasty! You only get so many chances to watch a first-ever wrestling event. One, really. If you’re alive and stuff.

Let’s go! SPOILER: Arguably the greatest match on American soil ever happened on this show, and Chris Jericho has done it again!!

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Chris Jericho vs Dean Malenko (WCW, 5-17-1998)

WCW Slamboree, Worcester, MA

A request! The request was for the full Thing here, which includes the Cruiserweight Battle Royal, meant to determine an immediate No. 1 contender for Chris Jericho’s WCW cruiserweight title. I thought about doing two separate posts, but then I thought, you know, it’s an eight-minute battle royal and the point of it is that it leads immediately into the follow-up match.

So I’ve decided to combine them!

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Triple H vs Rob Van Dam vs Shawn Michaels vs Kane vs Booker T vs Chris Jericho (WWE, 11-17-2002)

WWE Survivor Series, New York, NY

A request! I loved this match. The first-ever Elimination Chamber, with Triple H defending the “world heavyweight championship” against the other five lads in this NEW demonic structure.

I used to have this show on DVD; it was right before I started being able to buy PPVs monthly, so I didn’t see it live. I sold that DVD at some point. Now, as I am older and back to collecting DVDs, I kinda wish I had it, even if I haven’t really beefed up my wrestling DVD collection, because it’s an expensive habit to catch up over so many years. Ah, well. ANYWAYS,

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REVIEW: AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door (6-25-2023)

HERE WE GO! From Toronto! This door is so mother fucking forbidden, bro! I’m fired up! AEW is hot right now! In a couple weeks if a show or three is a little lackluster I’ll say it’s cold! And then if they have a couple good ones I’ll say they’re back! That is how I do!

(Requests open and tips always appreciated!)

Team USA vs The Multinational Alliance (WWE, 7-4-2016)

WWE RAW, Columbus, OH

A request! A match I’d totally forgotten about, but I did remember the food fight that opened the Independence Day Raw as soon as I saw Kevin Owens sitting at a table, before it all broke down, because I instantly remembered him calmly crawling under a table with a bag of Lay’s to ride out the storm. It was actually a really fun WWE goofy segment that they, as always, wound up taking one extra beat too far for it to hit as well as it could have.

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REVIEW: AEW Double or Nothing (5-28-2023)

From the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas! I didn’t get to watch live Sunday, but I am watching delayed now.

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CM Punk vs Chris Jericho (WWE, 4-29-2012)

WWE Extreme Rules, Rosemont, IL

A request! Punk is defending his WWE championship in a Chicago Street Fight. Actually it’s a Rosemont Street Fight, but y’know.

Jericho has been very insulting in psychological warfare. A lot of beats from past Punk feuds that relatively nobody saw so they could bring them out again here. Punk’s dad, his sister, etc.

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Steve Austin & Triple H vs Chris Jericho & Chris Benoit (WWF, 5-21-2001)

WWF Raw Is War, San Jose, CA

A request! We’re in the still-early stages of the “Invasion” storyline, still in the “Two-Man Power Trip” days of Austin and Helmsley, before Helmsley gets hurt (!) and Austin has to become a comedy idiot with Kurt Angle and the gang.

Austin and HHH are defending the WWF tag belts here; they also have the WWF title (Austin) and had the IC title (Helmsley) until the night before, when Kane beat Hunter in a chain match at Judgment Day.

(Requests open and tips always appreciated!)

REVIEW: PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2023 Night Two (1-8-2023)

Back for night two! (Here is night one.) And then it’s possible I will not watch another PWG show from this year. It is also possible there will not be another PWG show this year, this was three months ago.

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REVIEW: AEW Dynamite (4-12-2023)

LIVE! from Milwaukee, which is in Wisconsin, which is a real party state.

Why? Why not! Not doin’ anything better.

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