Impact Wrestling – January 26, 2012

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Wrestling
Date: January 26, 2012
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Tazz

Reviewed by Tommy Hall

Michael had some issues so I’ll be filling in tonight.

Back to Orlando for another week of shows, but after this (next week I believe) they’re off to England. Anyway, we now don’t have a number one contender because of the interference last week. This is probably setting up a triple threat or a fatal fourway at the , which isn’t what I’m wanting but it’s probably going to happen and that’s ok. Let’s get to it. Continue reading →

RSPW Awards Plug

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Hey Scott,

40 ballots and some tight races later, and the awards live once more! Sadly, no comments from Herb Kunze or Otto “Hack-Man” Heuer, but it’s kinda like the days of old. Sort of. Anyway, hope your readers enjoy. 

http://bit.ly/yspftS

Why am I not shocked that it’s the CM awards?  That’s kinda why I didn’t do something myself, since I could have saved everyone the trouble and just did “The CM Award For Excellence In Being CM ” 10 or 12 times.  But hey, at least Tanahashi didn’t win Wrestler of the Year here.

Monday Nitro – September 2, 1996

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Monday #51
Date: September 2, 1996
Location: UTC Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Attendance: 5,893
Commentators: Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan, Larry Zbyszko, Tony Schiavone, Mike TenayReviewed by Tommy Hall

Tonight we get the fifth member of the , meaning it’s time for this thing to really take off. Also we only have two more weeks to go until Fall Brawl which is where the biggest storyline ever comes up. Tonight the main event is an 8 man tag with the Horsemen vs. the Dungeon of Doom which sounds like it’ll either be good or a trainwreck. Let’s get to it. Continue reading →

Rumble “Surprise” Entrants

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Not sure why this is bugging me so much but I really want to see if I can figure out more of the 40-man Rumble…or is a 30-man Rumble this year? Last year it was 40 right?

Ok

I’m safe in assuming Christian and Rey Mysterio will be returning from injury. Has Alex Riley been on TV recently? This would be the spot to re-introduce him. Sin Cara is injured but if I remember correctly his injury was serious enough to where he might not return until Summerslam.

So who else is out there?

Batista seems like a good bet because he’s got to be recovered from whatever injuries he’s had and he has been out of the limelight enough to where it would be a legitimate surprise.

I don’t see Rock or Brock in it without the hyping their return to pop a number.

If RVD is done with his contract, and the stretcher job he did would make me believe he is, I could see him as a surprise.

What do you guys think? How many people are in this Rumble?

NXT – January 25, 2012

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Date: January 25, 2012
Location: Tucson Arena, Tuscon, Arizona
Commentators: Josh Matthews, William Regal

Reviewed by Tommy Hall

We enter the second century of episodes of this show and apparently the time has been moved to 10pm EST now. Not that there was any notification of that but an article on there mentioned tuning in then to find out. Anyway, the wedding is over, and Maxine are together again, and Titus is now a heel. Let’s get to it. Continue reading →

Slobberknocking Plug

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Hi Scott,

Just a quick note. I dare say you’ve been told this before but I‘m a big fan of your , and have been for quite some time.

In fact it’s inspired me to start my own blog (www.theoldschoolslobberknocker.blogspot.com), whilst still very much in its infancy, I’m already liking the idea of channeling my obsession into something creative.

I don’t think for one second my ramblings can be as influential or as read as yourself, but i can live the dream right?

Anyway, that’s it, just a note of thanks really.

Cheers

Jake

P.S Any advice?

Just write about what you enjoy watching and have fun doing it, not because you want to make a living off it or anything. 

Best non-Rumble Royal Rumble matches

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Greetings, all.

First of all, for the two of you wondering about my reviews I took a short break beacause I needed to recharge my batteries and I wasn’t sure I wanted to continue with 2001. After all, what I have to look forward to is the Two-Man Power Trip, Benoit and Jericho’s aborted pushes and the Invasion.

Now to justify the title of this post. Granted the main attraction of the supercards is to see everyone battling in the ring for a title shot at Wrestlemania (from 1993 on). But this post is about the Rumble undercards, specifically how sometimes we get some great matches from the pay-per-view as we await the battle royal. What are some of the great non-Rumble matches from the that you can think of?