Dec 05
Someone brought a wig mannequin to the office today, not sure why. Well the very next thing I thought of was Al Snow. You just can’t help it. Especially after you see an awesome entrance like this. http://youtu.be/T2GyVhssz9U
Sep 09
The most awesomely ridiculous science fiction/fantasy-themed wrestling characters →
(via IO9.com)
Remember when wrestling used to be filled with “Supermen”? Many of wrestling’s craziest gimmicks have had a fantasy/scifi theme. From a Mortal Kombat rip-off to a man from the future, here are ten of wrestling’s most way-out scifi characters….
Mar 26
YouTube Find: Taz vs Shane Douglas (ECW 1999) Part 1 (Part 2)
Mar 26
YouTube Find: Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn (ECW 1999) Part 1 (Part 2)
Dec 30
WWE.com: An Original goodbye →
The Land of the Extreme bid a fond farewell to the last remaining ECW Original Tuesday night, as Tommy Dreamer said goodbye to the WWE Universe and ECW on Syfy.
Dec 30
YouTube Find: Tommy Dreamer vs. The Sandman. Looking back to the original ECW in this match between Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman where loser of the match gets 10 cane shots.
From Wikipedia: After Michael Fay was arrested in Singapore and sentenced to a caning, ECW head booker Paul Heyman decided to capitalize on the publicity by holding a Singapore Cane match between Dreamer and The Sandman – with the loser having to take 10 lashes. After losing the match Dreamer took his lashes, then asked the Sandman for another, causing the crowd to feel sympathy for him as he took the extra, and another. This was a launching point to an angle that ended up blurring the divide between fan “faces” and “heels” in wrestling, as well as start a new way of working the fans, especially the “smarks” – fans with some amount of inside information. In a later match, Dreamer accidentally blinded the Sandman, first by knocking a lit cigarette into his eye, then hitting in the other with a Singapore cane. Immediately after, Dreamer seemed to break and started aiding the Sandman. He professed that he “didn’t mean to do it” and that it was “an accident” as other wrestlers – fan face and heel – swarmed out to help. The feud eventually ended with Sandman planning to announce his retirement at an ECW show, only to attack Dreamer and reveal he was never actually blind.
Dec 30
ECW - Tommy Dreamer says goodbye after his match with Zack Ryder.
Dec 30
ECW Tommy Dreamer heading to ring to face Zack Ryder
Dec 30
YouTube Find: Tommy Dreamer vs Rob Van Dam. In what was billed as the last hardcore match on RAW.
Oct 29
YouTube Find: Let’s take a look back at classic ECW with Lionheart Chris Jericho vs Tazz. Joey Styles announcing, with Bill Alfonso and Tod Gordon at ring side.
I need to dig up some more classic ECW don’t I. This was a classic match with a classic twist.
Side note: Why is Tod Gordon’s Wikipedia entry so small?
Jul 24
