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Claudio Castagnoli vs Brodie Lee (Chikara, 9-7-2008)

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Chikara Style and Substance, Philadelphia, PA

A request! Brodie Lee had been going around kicking people in Chikara, and then Claudio Castagnoli was, like, “Hey, why don’t you try to kick someone who is also tall, instead of someone who is short?”

They had a couple matches where they each won via disqualification, so they had a no DQ match. Mitch Ryder got involved, fireballing Claudio and helping Brodie win that one. So NOW, it’s time for THE STEEL CAGE! It’s the first-ever Chikara cage match.

(Requests open and tips always appreciated!)

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(Most of) AEW Dynamite (4-17-2024)

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From Indianapolis! I have been there. I am not there right now.

I turned this on the TV tonight and decided I wanted to talk about it. I also tuned in about 24 minutes late so whatever happened in the first 24 minutes, I don’t know. Mercedes Mone ran off Julia Hart or something when I turned it on. Then Samoa Joe did a sit-down interview with Renee. It was good!

LET’S GO

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Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal (WWE, 4-6-2014)

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WWE WrestleMania XXX, New Orleans, LA

A request! Why? I don’t know! Some people are real battle royal perverts out there. And truth be told I’ve kinda enjoyed watching them more than I used to by doing #Blogging about it on this #Blog.

This is the first-ever “The Andre!” It went up third on the Mania card, back when it was still on the show proper, following Triple H vs Daniel Bryan and the Shield vs Grandpas three-minute special.

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Eddie Kingston vs Claudio Castagnoli (AEW, 9-20-2023)

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AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam, Queens, NY

We’ll do it live. You know why the match is happening. For Claudio’s ROH title and Eddie’s NJPW STRONG title.

Bryce Remsburg as the ref, as it should be. Castagnoli with a Ribera jacket and Misawa colors, Eddie in the yellow and black of Kawada.

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Daniel Bryan vs Jack Swagger + Antonio Cesaro + Ryback (WWE, 7-22-2013)

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WWE Monday Night Raw, Austin, TX

A request! John Cena had recently selected Daniel Bryan as his opponent for SummerSlam, and this episode of Raw opens with a contract signing for SummerSlam. GM Brad Maddox is not a big fan! So then John Cena defends Daniel Bryan even though Daniel Bryan is small and wimpy. Dunno if you noticed, he has a beard! It wasn’t that long ago that having a beard was an utterly fascinating physical trait to people who worked in the WWE office. Daniel Bryan in 2013 might as well have had a big fucken unicorn horn for as wild as they found having that beard.

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

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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.

(Requests open and tips always appreciated!)

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