Hello everyone,

Ive been a fan of wrestling my entire life and I figured that i would make this world so that i could share my fond experiences from wrestling with all of you as well :) Plus i havent seen a wrestling related world here on Theotaku yet, so i felt it would be pretty cool to get it started :)

If you are a wrestling fan and would like to be a guest poster, or would like to share wrestling related information/topics/discussions, feel free to message me anytime :)

Yamcha

Wrestling Spotlight : Rick Rude

Hello everyone,

As you all know, im a big fan of wrestling, and one of my favorite wrestlers of all time has been "Ravishing" Rick Rude.

I bought the Rise & Fall of WCW dvd last week and it had a couple of matches with Rick Rude, and i thought id put up a post with some of his matches - From the Early days , the the days of world Championship Glory in WCW :)

WCCW Television - October 1986

Rick Rude(c) & One Man Gang
VS.
Bruiser Brody & The Missing Link

At the Time of this match, Rick Rude was in the wrestling promotion called World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), based out of Dallas, Texas - and He was currently the WCCW World Champion. This match would begin as a normal Tag Team Match, but it quickly turned into a rule-breaking barfight lol. Both teams did their best to beat the other, but the deciding factor of the match was when the referee saw Rick Rude purposely throw one of his opponents over the top rope (which was illegal in some/most promotions back then) and he would be disqualified along with One Man Gang. The match might have been over, but the fight kept going even after the loss lol. Rick Rude proved that he had a mean streak right from the beginning of his career :)

Wrestlemania 4 - March 27th 1988
WWF Championship Tournament - Frst Round Match
Rick Rude Vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts

To start things off, The WWF World Championship had been vacated shortly before Wrestlemania, so the WWf decided to hold a huge Tournament at Wrestlemania 4, to fairly crown a new WWF Champion. The last match of the first round pitted Rick Rude against his total polar opposite - Jake "The Snake" Roberts. Rick Rude was flamboyant, rude, arrogant and had a chiseled body, Jake Roberts on the other hand was very introverted, cerebral, calculating and was more of a technical wrestler than a showman. Both forces clashed at wrestlemania and while i was watching the match, i couldnt help but notice how well they worked together. They both complimented each others styles with great moves and the match was a great combination of strength tactics vs. technique. In the end the time limit would expire forcing the awesome match into a Draw, which eliminated both men from the tournament. The feud would continue later that same year .............

WWF Television - October 24th, 1988
Madison Square Garden
Finishing Move Match
"Ravishing" Rick Rude VS. Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Rick Rude and Jake Roberts paths would cross again later in the year of 1988 when During one of Rude's entrances he chose a random woman to pull from the arena crowd and give a kiss. This time, the woman he chose ended up being Jake roberts Wife. When she wouldnt give Rude a kiss, he took it personal and began to get bent out of shape which escalated into the feud between the two men. This match would help settle the score - whichever man was able to put his finishing move on his opponent first would win the match. To be honest, i felt that this match was more athletically sound than their Wrestlemania match earlier that year (which was also really good). Both men were equally matched until Rude shifted his focus on Jake robert's wife (who was ringside). After a small altercation between Rude and Cheryl Roberts, Jake "The Snake" was able to hit his DDT finishing move to win the match. i really enjoyed this match because i knew i was going to see a finishing move in this one lol.

WCW Spring Stampede - April 17th, 1994
WCW International Heavyweight Title
Rick Rude(c) VS. Sting

a video of the match

During the Early 1990's, Rick Rude would make his way to World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and he quickly made an impact. He quickly became embroiled in a heated and awesome rivalry with Rick Flair and Sting in which he won his first WCW World Title. He and Sting would meet at Spring Stampede in a fast paced match full of all sorts of bizarre moves and reversals. This match really showed the tension and hatred between the two men and things really boiled over when Big Van Vader and his manager Harley Race came out to disrupt the match. Rick Rude was about tho execute his "Rude Awakening" Finishing move on Sting when Harley Race blasted him from behing with a chair - allowing Sting to pin Rude to win the WCW Title. One of the best rivalries in WCW history :)

Well, thats going to be all for today, i sure hope you all enjoy the post :) i hope to chat with you all soon :)

stay strong,

Yamcha

The Rise & Fall of WCW

Hello everyone,

Yesterday I bought the Rise & Fall of WCW dvd and i thought id post a pic of the dvd case here on my world :)

I have always been a fan of WCW, especially when i was younger - simply because when i was younger we only had like 13 channels on tv and i usually just watched the TBS channel, which was way different back then. TBS use to show action movies all the time and occasionally had cartoons on the weekends etc. But my favorite show to watch on TBs was WCW Saturday Night. I would sit there and watch it while my Grandpa would tell me stuff about each wrestler that he knew about and stuff like that. The production value of the show was really awesome back then and i wish i had all of the WCW Saturday Night episodes lol. On saturday mornings TBS also showed WCW Worldwide, which was a show that kept people up to date on what was happening in WCW. It would show some matches and highlights of stuff from Nitro, etc. it was an hour long, but it was still fun to watch :) On Sundays TBS would show WCW Pro, which was baiscally just a hour of mid/lower card wrestlers wrestling. For me it was awesome to watch, simply because back then i just wanted to watch wrestling and WCW filled that void for the longest time lol.

The Rise & Fall of WCW is a good dvd set, with a pretty cool documentary, and it also has alot of matches - old and new :)

i hope to chat with you all soon :)

stay strong,

Yamcha

1991 Japan Supershow Tag Team Trophy Cermony

Hello Everyone :)

As promised, im back again to post the pics of the Trophy Ceremony from the Tag team match from the 1991 Japan Supershow between the Steiner Brothers & Kensuke Sasaki and Hiroshi Hase :)

Here is the pic of the trophies the Steiner Brothers won along with the Japanese IWGP Tag Team belts :)

Scott Steiner (left), Rick Steiner (right)

Well, i sure hope to post some more matches tommorrow or on the weekend, so be on the lookout :) Be sure to keep an eye open for Xaos' History of wrestling post in the near future as well, im certainly looking forward to it :)

thanks for visiting, i hope to chat with you soon :)

stay strong,

Yamcha

Technical Masterpieces

Hello everyone :)

Im back again with a post of some of my favorite matches, so ill skip the lengthy introductions and get right to the post lol. :)

ECW TV - December 31st, 1999
ECW World Championship Match
Masato Tanaka(c) VS. Mike Awesome

This is one of the matches that solidified Mike Awesome and Masato Tanaka as 2 of my favorite wrestlers. It also opened my eyes to the fact that there were alot of very talented wrestlers in the original ECW company, and these two wrestlers would trade the ECW World Title back and forth multiple times during the year of 1999. This is one of those matches.

This match was on an ECW compilation dvd that i bought a couple of years ago, and at the time i hardly knew anything about ECW, but a guy that i work with raved about how awesome alot of the matches were and would tell me about certain awesome moments and matches that occurred during the company's history, so when i saw the dvd one morning before i left work, i bought it. The next night at work me and the guy i work with were on lunch, and i brought the dvd and when i told him that i had bought it, he said he wanted to see the list of matches it had. Not even a minute after looking at it, he said "We have to watch the Mike Awesome & Masato Tanaka match right now" lol, and so we did :)

The match itself would be summed up as Mike Awesome being the Irresisteble Force and Masato Tanaka being the indestructible object. Both men knew each other inside and out because they had wrestled in the Japanese promotion called FMW, so they were bitter rivals. This match had so many awesome moments though, from chair shots, to actual technical wrestling moves. Mike Awesome was so agile to be 6'6 - 292 lbs., he could stand on the top rope and jump all the way over the guard rail into the crowd onto his opponent with ease. Masato Tanaka was a fighting champion, and one of the toughest men ever, he was so resilient and unbelievebly strong, he just kept coming and getting back up for more. In the end Mike Awesome connected with his famous "Awesome Bomb" (powerbomb) off of the top rope and was able to pin Masato Tanaka to win the ECW World Title :)

WWF Monday Night RAW - July 11th, 1994
WWF World Title Match
Bret Hart(c) VS. 123 Kid

This is another one of the rare matches ive been lucky enough to have in my dvd collection. I actually had not know that Bret Hart and 123 Kid (Sean Waltman) had wreslted each other before, especially for the WWF World Title lol. The match itself was a technical masterpiece, and i never knew that 123 Kid could keep up with the skills of Bret Hart, but he did exactly that. He took it to the next level by connecting withtop rope moves outside of the ring, and also some pretty cool martial arts kicks as well. There was a moment during the match where the referee counted a 3-count while Bret Hart had pinned 123 Kid, but the ref didnt see that 123 Kid had his foot touching the bottom rope, which breaks any pinfall, or submission hold. Bret hart being a cool sport about the whole thing let the ref know that 123 Kid was touching the rope before the 3 count ended, and that he wanted the match to continue. After the WWF President at the time (Gorilla Monsoon) gave the go-ahead the match was approved to keep going. The 2 men continued their fast paced offenses, but 123 Kid took too many chances jumping off the top rope and Bret Hart caught his legs in the middle of a top rope dropkick and quickly put him in the Sharpshooter. 123 Kid eventually submitted and Bret Hart was able to retain his WWF World Title and showed respect by helping his opponent up to his feet.

TNA Victory Road 2004
20 Man Battle Royal for the World X Cup

Here are the 20 men who competed in the Battle Royal

This is still one of my favorite TNA matches of all time, simply because it had so many cool wrestlers, new and old. The rules of the match were that 2 men started in the ring and every minute another man would enter. You are eliminated if you are thrown over the top rope onto the ground. When there are just 2 men left, a referee enters the ring and you must win by pin or submission.

The ring filled up with wrestlers pretty quick and i was glad to see alot of mexican and japanese wrestlers in this match. The action was fast paced and fun to watch, and a few guys were able to do double team moves and even their special moves. In the end it came down to Hector Garza and Frankie Kazarian. They put each other in some high impact moves and when Hector Garza missed his Corkscrew Senton Splash off the top rope, Kazarian tried to roll him up for the quick win, but Hector Garza reversed his roll up into his own rollup for the win. Along with the match, Hector Garza would win the World X Cup ( a huge trophy)

Japan Supershow March 21st, 1991
Tag Team Title Vs. Title Match

This match is on the newest wrestling dvd that i bought a couple of weeks ago, and it quickly became one of my favorites lol. I always love watching wrestling matches that take place in Japan because it always brings out the best in the wrestlers. The Japanese wrestlers and fans take wrestling very seriously, so there isnt any slouching around or halfway doing things thats for sure. by 1991 standards, this match was really innovative for it's time and it was VERY high impact. Scott Steiner was suplexing people everywhere, and even connected with a Tigerbomb, which recieved a cheer from myself and the guy i work with while we were watching this match at work lol. The japanese team quickly retaliated with an equal barrage of strong strikes and heavy grapple moves. Kensuke Sasaki did the greatest clothesline EVER, and i really hope i can find a way to show it to you guys, it was just ublelievable lol. Rick Steiner did a complete backflip in mid -air lol. In the end, The Steiner Brothers were able to connect with their tag team Top rope Bulldog finishing move - followed up with a standing Frankensteiner by Scott Steiner for the win and all 3 Tag Team Titles, and a few japanese trophies as well :)

Well, i suppose that will be all for the matches today, ill be sure to post pics of the trophies the Steiner Brothers won in my next post, so be on the lookout :)

I hope to chat with you all soon :)

stay strong,

Yamcha

Jason VS. the World : Part 2

Hello everyone,

Im back again with some more pics and more wrestling info about what ive been up to for the past couple of days :)

I'll be posting the other stuff on my other worlds, but im going to post the wrestling related stuff here for those of you who are wrestling fans, that way you wont have to go back and forth between my wrestling world and my videogame world lol.

Yesterday i spent a good part of the day chatting with xaos about some random wrestling stuff, and i even showed him some more of my wrestling pics from the Smackdown VS. Raw 2009 videogame. We also chatted about our created wrestlers and details about how they look and the moves they use, etc. which was pretty fun, thats for sure :)

I ended up having an animal emergency yesterday while we were chatting though, so i ended up having to leave xaos hangin, hopefully we will be able to chat some more today though :)

later last night when we got the animal emergency resolved, i finally got the chance to sit down and rest, so i started playing Legends of Wrestlemania for Xbox360. I managed to win 2 seperate 10 man Gauntlet matches in Legend Killer mode using my created wrestler that i was able to import from SvR2009. I was able to unlock some new match types, alternate wrestling attires for a few wrestlers, and i even unlocked a slew of Xbox achievements in the process. Shortly after playing for a couple of hours, i ended up falling asleep lol. I woke up around 3 this morning and for some strange reason i felt the urge to look up stuff about the wrestler "Ravishing" Rick Rude lol. He has always been one of my favorite wrestlers, and i found great enjoyment listening to his original entrance music on youtube, here is the youtube video of his music lol

"Ravishing" Rick Rude Entrance music

After looking at stuff online, i decided to watch my dvd of Wrestlemania 5 while i was laying down. I always love watching the wrestling stuff from the 1980's - Wrestling was such a booming industry back then and it is pretty awesome to see how everyone was just so excited about everything that was going on :)

Well, thats enough of my rambling lol, here are some more pics of my created wrestler from Smackdown Vs. Raw 2009

Front View

My wrestling boots :)

A pic of my Tag Team Entrance with my partner (the guy i play videogames with while im on lunch at work lol).

Well, i suppose that will be all for this post, if i come across anything else to post, ill probably put up another post, so be on the lookout :) I hope to chat with you all soon :)

stay strong,

Yamcha