Happy New Year to all of you…
As 2011 ends and 2012 begins, it’s time for the 15th annual AS I SEE ITYear-End Review. As usual, I should note that my selections are based on whatI’ve actually seen this year, either live, online, on TV, or via tape/DVD;which primarily means North American wrestling.
Written by Darbie Gatorade
When I am bored I often have to deal with an unsuspecting flow of creative juices. Someone recently challenged me to come up with some fantasy booking ideas and I sometimes get carried away. What started out as a fun little game ended up being a 42-match marathon. When you read down this list of matches, please remember that wrestlers are assumed to be in their prime.
In my mind this is the ultimate wrestling show (which would end up being a full blown weekend of incredible matches). In fact I have split the madness up into three nights, with three strategically booked cards, each with multiple epic main events. I took a lot of time organizing the cards so the shows would flow in a manner that would keep the fans attention. It’s not as easy as it looks, considering I set a rule that I could only use a wrestler once for the entire weekend. This my attempt at fantasy booking.
Look at each match, close your eyes, and imagine how the match would play out in your head. You might find your own creative juices flowing. You’re encouraged to leave comments at the bottom of the page. Please use your imagination when you read this article and enjoy yourself!
Dragon Gate USA is preparing to sign the first matches for its next live events on September 9th in Indianapolis, September 10th in Chicago and September 11th in Milwaukee (tickets for all three events now on sale in the DGUSA.tv Store or by calling 267-519-9744). Now is a good time to take a quickie look at the state of the DGUSA roster signed at this point for September:
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Host Alan Wojcik is joined weekly by Spug & Mase along with national contributors like Scott Fishman & Jim Varsallone of the Miami Herald, Phil Strum of the Poughkeepsie Journal, Graham Cawthon of the History of the WWE website, Anthony Castellano of Newsday (NY), Kevin K. Scott, Sarah & Ari Daigen of “In This Very Ring” & Lekisha Oliver of Examiner.com.
Topics up for discussion include: recaps of the taped Monday Night Raw that features an in-ring confrontation between John Cena & Mr. McMahon regarding the “shoot” comments made by CM Punk, a preview of the July10th Destination X PPV plus a recap of Impact Wrestling & news from around the wrestling world and MMA.
A day that began bright and sunny didn’t end that way for seven wrestlers yesterday afternoon…but ended pretty damned well for one… at the “Ultraviolent Underground”… aka Markland’s Little Acres Saturday afternoon.. 600-700 fans, however, had more than their usual share of blood and guts yesterday as Combat Zone Wrestling prexented Tournament of Death 10.
Written by Tommy Fierro;
I wanted to comment on the Scott Hall incident that took place this past weekend at a Top Rope Promotions event in Fall River, MA. I heard about the incident over the weekend and finally had the chance to watch the footage today. To say it was embarrassing would be an extreme understatement. Not only did Hall have to be helped into the ring by several people, but he didn’t even know where he was at. I’m not talking about what city or even state either. He didn’t know WHAT COUNTRY he was in. On the microphone he said he was in the UK.
Having promoted hundreds of events over the past eighteen years and dealing with hundreds of different stars in the industry, I wanted to give my take on the entire situation.
(NEW YORK) — Women’s Superstars Uncensored (WSU) is pleased to announce
that WSU Uncensored #14 is now available for free viewing at inasectv.com/WSU.
Kristin Astara is profiled in this episode. The former Krissy Vaine discusses how she’s changed, for what reasons, the steps she taken to get there.
New Tag Team Champion Jazz is also featured. The WSU Hall of Famer discusses Tag Team Wrestling, and how she wound up a Champion with the Belle Saints. Comments from Sassy Stephanie and Alicia on the demise of the Cosmo Club are also featured. Plus the full rundown for WSU’s Tournament Weekend which features three cards in two days beginning this Saturday. For more info that those cards please visit WSUwrestling.com
Contact: Gabe@WWNLive.com
INTRODUCING WWWLIVE.COM –
THE NEW IPPV HOME OF DGUSA, EVOLVE & FIP
World Wrestling Network (WWN) now proudly enters the iPPV era with Dragon Gate USA (DGUSA), EVOLVE and Full Impact Pro (FIP) under its umbrella. WWNLive.com will be your destination for the finest wrestling and quality streams on the Internet.
WWN was founded in 2001 by Sal Hamaoui and was immediately at the forefront of Internet streaming and VOD platforms. In 2003, WWN moved its efforts to DVD production and replication with the once acclaimed Ring Of Honor series and currently with DGUSA, EVOLVE, Full Impact Pro and SHIMMER. WWN has returned to streaming video, this time with live iPPV and Video On Demand. WWN will strive to deliver the highest quality streams.
There’s not a person who hasn’t seen the devastation of the March 11 8.9 earrhquake in the Sendai region of Japan. The earthquake damage and the even more powerful tsunami, whose effects were felt as far as the Pacific North American coastline have killed hundreds of people, with thousands more missing and feared dead, tens of thousands injured, and untold billions of dollars in property destruction.
Just a quick note to let you know that Wrestling Globe Newsletter is now on temporary hiatus. Close friends know exactly why and I hope the rest of you can understand without an explanation.
I know I couldn’t have done this for nearly as long as I have without meeting some awesome friends along the way. Nor could I have done this without an extremely cool lady in my life. And I definitely couldn’t have done this without all the fantastic readers out there that love pro wrestling as much as I do, including the many on the inside that don’t always get what they deserve from this crazy business.
