Archive for July, 2008

Jul 31 2008

Video Vault - What?!

Published by GG under Pro Wrestling, Video, WWE

In 2001, Stone Cold Steve Austin made an ill fated heel turn. It was a bad idea, but at least it was an idea he endorsed. The business fell sharply, but his turning heel wasn’t the only reason. And even though it wasn’t a money making turn, it was very entertaining. He was facing great wrestler after great wrestler, cutting hilarious promos, and created maybe the most annoying catch phrase ever. Well, at the time, I loved it. But it still lives on today, even though he’s been retired.

This is the funniest “What?!” promo that I can remember. It was before the Royal Rumble 2002 and Triple H was coming back from a torn quad. And he had a beer belly. I said a beer belly.

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Jul 30 2008

EXC - Lawler vs. Smith II and Cotto vs. Margarito - The Aftermath

Published by GG under Aftermath, Boxing, EXC, Mixed Martial Arts

We had play by play coverage of the EXC show, but didn’t have live coverage of the Cotto vs. Margarito fight. But we do have some thoughts afterward. Here’s the aftermath.

Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito

Duan

Show overall rating: Thumbs way up

This was easily my favourite fight this weekend; a great performance from both men. Margarito was absolutely relentless. He took everything Cotto had in his stride and continued to press the action. It was really dramatic watching as he clawed his way back into the fight, after Cotto established a big lead early on. I had the fight pretty even going in to the 11th round, where the knockout took place. Cotto started showing signs of disillusionment from the 7th round, and it became a matter of whether or not he could ride out the last few rounds and sneak the decision. By the 11th round it was evident that he just had nothing left to give. His corner made the right decision to pull him from the fight at that point. It could be a tough loss for Cotto to rebound from, as he was defeated both mentally and physically.

EXC - Lawler vs. Smith II

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Jul 29 2008

From The Vault - 3

Published by Alan under Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Noah

Still on KENTA & Marufuji - THE TAG YEARS~!

4 matches this week. I’ll see if I can fire through the rest next week. While I’m definitely not getting sick of watching these matches, finding different things to write about them is becoming hard.

Kenta & Marufuji vs. Ogawa & Suzuki – 4/3/2004

Former GHC HEAVY champ Yoshinari Ogawa drops down to the junior division here to get a crack at Kenta & Marufuji. He picks Kotaro Suzuki as his partner. This was the youngsters first title shot and easily his biggest match ever. They went a half hour and to it’s credit it never got boring. Suzuki had some slip ups here and there but that added to the story. Marufuji got a huge win pinning Ogawa with a top rope Shiranui after surviving a couple of backdrop suplexes. Very good defense ****1/4.

Kenta & Marufuji vs. Misawa & Ogawa – 4/25/2004

Quite the awesome dynamic here. Kenta & Marufuji go for the HEAVYWEIGHT tag belts, a true step up. Ogawa wants to prove himself after the junior champs beat him and Suzuki a few weeks prior, and Misawa wants to prove that pesky little men deserve nothing but elbows in the face, lots and lots of elbows in the face! Kenta & Marufuji have faced heavyweight competition before but never in a match of this importance.

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Jul 28 2008

Video Vault - The more things change, the more they stay the same…

Published by Big D under Pro Wrestling, TNA, Video

Is there anything I can say to add to that?

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Jul 27 2008

Random Wrestling Thoughts - The CreedDT

Published by GG under Pro Wrestling, TNA, WWE

Every week I will try look at Raw, ECW, TNA, and Smackdown and give my thoughts. These are just my thoughts ladies and gentlemen, just my thoughts.

Random wrestling thoughts for the week of July 21, 2008:

Raw

  • After all the great work that Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels did last night, the Raw show opens with Kane and his bag. Great, just great.

  • It appalls me how much JBL is pushed considering that with his back injury, he’s one of the worst wrestlers in the company. I know he can talk, but if when he gets in the ring, I want to fast forward, what good is that?
  • What a shitty opening segment.
  • Paul London is out to face Lance Cade. Where’s London’s big, huge bodyguard? Wait, that’s Brian Kendrick.

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Jul 26 2008

Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito - ESPN Punch-By-Punch

Published by GG under Boxing

Because I’m watching the EXC show, I’m not able to watch the big fight tonight. ESPN.com has the punch by punch analysis.

I’ll be back here to add more information as I watch how the match develops.

Update: Margarito stopped Cotto to win in the 11th round. From the looks of it, Cotto was ahead early, but Margarito picked up the pace near the end of the fight. Margarito is the new champ.

I’ll have more later, but it looks like it was the classic fight everyone expected it to be.

Bad Left Hook said that Cotto was up 97-93 until Margarito took over.

Dan Rafael said that this fight gave boxing fans a true battle.

Kieran Mulvaney is in shock.

Though people will want to see De La Hoya and Mayweather Jr. get involved here, why not let these guys have a rematch. I imagine it would do better business than the first fight.

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Jul 26 2008

EXC - CBS Saturday Night Fights: Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith II Play By Play

Published by GG under EXC, Mixed Martial Arts, Play by Play

The first three fights of this card are on Showtime and the rest on the CBS show.

The announcers are Gus Johnson, Mauro Ranallo, and Frank Shamrock.

1. Wilson Reis vs. Bryan Caraway

These guys are fighting at a weight of 140 pounds. There must’ve been some heavy blood in the dark match as there was a few different splatterings of blood on the mat inside the cage. Caraway started off by throwing two big rights that made Reis stumble a bit. But Reis immediately took him down. Reis is a BJJ guy and Caraway is a “cowboy karate” guy, whatever that means. Reis stayed more active and was able to keep Caraway on his back with the single legs.

Caraway is hitting Reis at will, but the second he does, Reis immediately takes him down. The crowd is booing the ground action, but this is not simply controlling someone on the ground. Reis has been active in trying to move forward, while Caraway is active in trying to combat Reis’s jiu jitsu.

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Jul 25 2008

Rear Naked Ramblings - Margarito vs. Cotto Media

Published by GG under Affliction, Boxing, EXC, Mixed Martial Arts, News, UFC

News and notes from around the MMA, pro wrestling, and boxing world …

- Tons of media for this weekend’s Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito fight.

Cotto is ready for business.
FoxSports interviews Miguel Cotto.
Cotto vs. Margarito is a throwback fight.
There are two sides to Miguel Cotto.
De La Hoya to watch Saturday’s fight closely.
Cotto and Margarito go to war.


This file is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

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Jul 25 2008

7/25/08 Florida Championship Wrestling TV Taping

Published by GG under FCW, Pro Wrestling

Our own Big D wrote the FCW taping report for F4WOnline/Wrestling Observer, which featured the Hardy Boys in the main event.

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Jul 24 2008

UFC Fight Night, Affliction, Dream 5, The Great American Bash - The Aftermath

We had coverage for every show last weekend. Here’s what we thought about all those shows after thinking about them for a few days.

UFC Fight Night

GG

Show overall rating: Thumbs in the middle

Best Fight: Anthony Johnson vs. Kevin Burns
Worst Fight: Brandon Vera vs. Reese Andy

There wasn’t really a top notch fight, but I thought Johnson and Burns was the best until the lame stoppage. There were some fun knockouts with Rory Markham and Anderson Silva coming to mind, and a great submission by CB Dollaway, but the show was really just there. If Silva had a better opponent, I think the fight could’ve felt bigger. But James Irvin wasn’t going to cut it, and he showed why, taking a beating. Brandon Vera’s terrible performance took a lot out of the show as well.

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