Hello everyone :)
It looks like im back with some more matches to post about, so ill get right to it. Im also currently working on a post for my Yamcha's Anime Universe World, as well as my Yamcha's Toybox world, so be sure to keep an eye out for them once they are updated :)
Here are 3 more matches that ive chosen for today :)
NWA-TNA Victory Road 2004
TNA X Division Championship Match
Petey Williams(champion) VS. The Phenomenal A.J. Styles
I was able to watch this match a few years ago when i bought a 2 disc dvd set called TNA's Best of the X Division. At that time, TNA had little exposure on network tv, and they were hopping around from strictly pay-per-view shows, to some channels on tv. I found this dvd set one night while i was at work and decided to buy it and see what TNA was about, and i was really surprised by what i saw. This was one of the first matches that i managed to watch and it made me a fan of some of the TNA wrestlers, especially Petey Williams and his Canadian Destroyer (Flipping Piledriver) finishing move. The wrestlers in TNA can pretty much do anything and during this match, both men showcased alot of moves and reversals that i hadnt seen before in the wrestling of today. It also helped me adjust to the 6 sided wrestling ring that TNA uses. all in all, the match was a sight to see, because the physical skill level of both wrestlers was above anything i had prepared for. Just when i thought A.J Styles was about to win, Petey Williams recieved some help from his manager and was able to hit his Canadian Destroyer finishing move from the middle turnbuckle for the win :)
WCW Halloween Havoc - October 26th, 1997
WCW Cruiserweight Title Match - Title & Mask are on the line
Eddie Guerrero(champion) VS. Rey Mysterio Jr.
If Rey Mysterio Loses, he must remove his mask
I personally tried to find a different style of match for this post, and while i was looking through my dvds, i saw my Rey Mysterio dvd and i remembered some good matches were on there, especially containing the Lucha Libre (mexican style of wrestling) wrestling style. Back in the day, WCW flourished with the lucha libre style with many of the greatest wrestlers like Eddie Guerrero, Psicosis, Juventud Guerrera, rey Mysterio, and also Dean Malenko. This match won Match of the Year in 1997, and ushered in a wave of fans towards the style and the wrestlers. The Stipulation for this match was Title VS. Mask match. If Eddie Guerrero loses, he would lose the Cruiserweight title, but if Rey Mysterio Jr. loses, he must remove his mask forever. I know it sounds silly, but The mask is actually pretty sacred in Mexican wrestling culture. Some mexican wrestlers sometimes never take their mask off, or show their faces to anyone even their families. To lose your mask is considered disgraceful in a way, so im sure you can all understand what it means to them. The match itself was very good, fast paced, iventive and very aggressive. Both men performed moves that no one had seen at the time. Rey Mysterio fended off the much larger Eddie guerrero's attempts to rip off his mask and managed to reverse a top rope Crucificx Powerbomb into a pinning hurricanrana to win the Cruiserweight Title. It's one of my favorite endings to a match ever lol.
Tokyo Egg Dome - Tokyo Japan March 30th 1991
Hulk Hogan & Genichiro Tenryu
VS.
The Road Warriors - Animal & Hawk
This is one of my favorite matches ever, because i have always really enjoyed seeing how different everything is in japanese lol. This was considered a dream match for japanese fans because hulk Hogan and Genichiru Tenryu were already bigtime fan favorites in Japan at the time. The japanese fans had heard stories about the Road Warriors and how they destroyed everyone that was put in their path and just like all stories - it got blown way out of proportion lol, So the Road Warriors had a pretty big reputation to fulfil in this match :) The match itself was pretty simple for most of the beginning, but once the tempers flared on both teams it became a hardcore free for all with trainers, fans and "young boys" (the term "young boys" is given to young japanese men who are training to be wrestlers. they stand around the ring during the match and watch, so they can learn) running into the match and trying to break up the mayhem lol. In the end, the Road Warriors managed to get back into the ring before the 10 count, so they won by Count-Out, but the japanese fans certainly got what they wanted thats for sure lol :)
Well, i suppose that will be all for this world today, im going to try to do some work on my other worlds and try to get some more posts done :) I hope you all enjoyed the visit and i thank you for coming :)
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
