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
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
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 Kaz
Sonjay Dutt
Puma
La Parka
Jarell Clark
The Great Muta
Matt Bentley
Hector Garza
Tozawa
Mikey Batts
Alex Shelley
Matt Sydal
Sonny Siaki
Jason Cross
Sharkboy
Psicosis
D-Ray 3000
The Amazing Red
Spanky (Brian Kendrick)
Chris Sabin
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 The Steiner Brothers(WCW World Tag Team & United States Tag Team Champions)
Tag Team Title Vs. Title Match
VS.
Kensuke Sasaki and Hiroshi Hase (IWGP Tag Team Champions)
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
Hello everyone,
I had so much fun posting earlier, that im back with some more stuff to post about lol. I already had these screenshots prepared for the next post for this world, so i thought id just go ahead and put them up today, even though i had already posted. Plus i wanted to post one of these matches up for a friend, because i remembered chatting with him about it a couple of times and i also remembered how much he enjoyed it himself :)
Here are 3 more matches for your pleasure :)
Wrestlemania 3 - March 29th, 1987
Intercontinental Championship Match
"Macho Man" Randy Savage(champion) VS. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
Im posting about this match for for my friend Xaos :) This is the match we have chatted about on multiple occasions and certainly for good reason :) Wrestlemania 3 is widely considered the greatest Wrestling event in history. As far as i know, it still holds the record for the largest indoor crowd attendance for a sporting event (93,173) - thats alot of people lol. This match is often recognized as "the match that stole the show" by most fans, and also became the inspiration for many other current wrestling stars today to become wrestlers themselves. Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat both wrestled a high speed, no limit style of match that was the first of it's kind in 1987 and set the bar for matches to come. It's one that has to be seen to be believed, especially after Ricky Steamboat survived the Macho Man's dreaded Top rope Flying Elbow Drop and illegal tactics with a instinctive roll-up pin for the win, and the Intercontinental Championship :)
WCW Slamboree - May 22nd, 1994
For the Vacant WCW World Heavyweight Title
Sting VS. Vader
This match was on the newest wrestling dvd that i just recently bought, and it quickly became one of my favorites. This match came to be shortly after Sting lost the title to Ravishing Rick Rude in Japan. A short time later, it became known that Rick Rude was injured and he couldnt defend the title, so he was stripped of the tile and WCW decided to have a match for the vacant title between the top 2 wrestlers at the time - Sting and Vader. This match pretty brutal because Vader is a smash-mouth type of wrestler. he is pretty agile for his size and he is feared all over the world because he is so powerful and aggressive. This match went back and forth for the most part, but Sting managed to capitalize on some missed top rope moves by Vader, as well as some ill-advised interference from Vader's manager Harley Race. After a top rope splash, Sting was the WCW World Heavyweight Champion once again.
ECW Living Dangerously - March 21st, 1999
ECW Television Championship Match
Rob Van Dam(champion) VS. Jerry Lynn
This is probably the greatest combination of "hardcore" wrestling and "pure" wrestling youll ever find lol. Before i had watched this match, i had never really been interested in ECW or the hardcore wrestling style, but after talking about ECW with a guy i work with, he informed me that alot of wrestlers in ECW were pretty innovative in their matches - especially with the use of chairs. Rob Van Dam and Jerry Lynn brought down the house with their daring combination of high risk moves and reversals with and without steel chairs, tables and anything else that wasnt nailed down lol. I have a few matches that i can watch over and over again and this is certainly one of them because what these 2 men do is so unbelievable. In the end they wrestled until the time limit expired, but when the fans kept chanting "5 more minutes!", the champion agreed and the match kept going. A couple of minutes later, Rob Van Dam was able to land his Five Star Frog Splash and retain his T.V. Title. Both men earned each other's respect though.
Well, i think that will be it for this post, i had alot of fun typing it up though :) I sure hope you all enjoy it thats for sure :) I thank you for visiting and i certainly look forward to posting more soon! :)
stay strong,
Yamcha
Hello everyone,
I created this world yesterday because i had been thinking about it for a while and i hadnt seen a wrestling related world here on Theotaku lol. I also created it so i would be able to divide all of my post topics among worlds, instead of piling them all up on my Yamcha's anime Universe world lol.
With this world ill be able to post more pics for each topic and also keep things more organized and presentable for you guys :)
Today i thought id post some pics of 3 great matches. I have alot of wrestling dvds, so im able to save screenshots from each match and give a little info on them, to share with other wrestling fans here on Theotaku :)
WCW WrestleWar - February 24th 1991
Brian Pillman, Sting, Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner
VS.
Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Sid Vicious, and Larry Zbysko
This match type use to be one of my favorites - 2 rings side by side with one big cage over them both. 2 men start the match and then every 2 minutes afterwards another person would enter from each team depending on the winner of a coin toss. The object of the match was to wrestle until someone on either team couldnt go on anymore, or submits. It was a pretty vioelnt match, especially when Sid Vicous got into the ring lol. After 2 back to back powerbombs, Brian Pillman had to be carried out, giving the 4 Horsemen the win :)
Ironman Match for the WWF Championship - Wrestlemania 12 - March 31st,1996
Bret Hart(champion) VS. Shawn Micheals
This is widely considered one of the best "pure" wrestling matches of all time. The stipulation of the "ironman" match was that the match would be 1 hour long (60 minutes), and whoever got the most pins or submissions on their opponent during that 60 minutes would win the title. For so many years wrestling was mostly viewed as being a "big man" sport, but these tow men were a bit smaller and more technically sound wrestlers. thier wrestling and entertainment skills were put to the test in one of the best matches ever. When the 60 minutes expired, neither men had pinned or submitted the other at all - putting the match into sudden death. Shawn Micheals hit 2 consecutive superkicks to win the WWF Championship for the first time :)
TNA Global Impact 2008 -Tokyo Japan
Kurt Angle(champion) VS. Yuji Nagata
This is also one of my favorite matches, mostly because it takes place in Japan lol. The japanese fans are always very respectable towards the wrestlers, even towards the bad guy wrestlers lol. Before i got this match on dvd, i originally had recorded it onto tape from tv, and i was pretty excited to see the japanese style of how the entrance area was set up, and also how the ring looked. I was even more excited once the wrestlers came out. Kurt Angle had the TNA World Title, and the IWGP Heavyweight Title (The New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion's world title), but during this match, only the IWGP title was on the line. It was cool to see Yuji Nagata again, because i had watched him years ago when he held the T.V. Title in World Championship Wrestling, and i knew what he was capable of doing as a wrestler. The match itself was really good, alot of reversals and devastating moves that you dont see in american wrestling very much. As the match went on, it seemed that each guy had a reversal and moves to counteract the other guy. The end of the match came when Yuji Nagata attempted a running kick to Kurt Angle's head, only to have Kurt Angle catch it and apply his Ankle Lock submission move. Nagata fought it and held on as long as he could, but he eventually ended up submitting. One of the best matches ive ever seen :)
Well, i suppose that will be all for today, im glad to finally post for this world and i hope you all enjoy it :) thanks for visiting :)
stay strong,
Yamcha
