Darth Krawlie Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Do you ever watch anything besides WWE or AEW? I guess I'm mostly just talking to Met here, we're the only ones in this forum for the most part, but I'd love to hear from anyone else if they're around. I'm trying to branch out a lot more than I have been. My kids are a little less needy at this point so I have a bit more free time to watch things I want. On YouTube I watched MLW Battle Riot from July, and while at times goofy as shit and the tiny ring was annoying, I really enjoyed their version of the Royal Rumble. Someday Alexander Hammerstone is gonna jump to one of the bit promotions and can really be a big star. I haven't watched anything New Japan in a couple years, but I want to. I'm hoping to watch some of the G1 this year. I'm definitely interested. Their new IWGP World Championship has had some bad luck with injuries, but I like that they're putting it on talent that haven't been the top star before instead of defaulting back to the Okada/Tanahashi/Naito triumvirate. Haven't gotten back into Impact yet, but I'll get there. I'm a huge Jordynne Grace fan, and Christian being champ is exciting. I'll get there. ROH? I dunno. Following Grace has me interested in Jonathan Gresham (among others) but I just haven't turned on anything more than a few clips. So come on. Give me some wrestling goodness. Last week I was super down after all the NXT change news coming out, but I'm more optimistic now. I wanna see good shit and I'm super super SUPER not interested in tribalism or console wars over companies. I just wanna watch good wrestling. It's everywhere, in every company. Give me some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 I've tried watching other companies. The one I enjoyed most was NWA Powerrr. I mean who knew Billy Corgan was such a huge wrestling fan? I love the classic studio wrestling show. Before i watched WWF on a regular basis, i regularly watched NWA. The pandemic hit and they were completely shut down. I haven't gone back yet. ROH and Imoact i haven't really given more than a glance. New Japan I've tried watching, but it's tough to get into. It's just so different. Strong style can be tough to watch. You truly think the guys are actually going to hurt each other. And usually they do. The junior heavyweights can be fun to watch. Some of them choreography their moves too much. With there being very little ringside space i cringe everytime they do some suicide drive or of the top rope move to to the floor. I think they also cancelled the usa version of the show so i have to go looking for it. The thing that stops me from watching other shows is his much i watch now. Raw 3 hours, NXT, 2 hours, Dynamite 2 hours, SmackDown 2 hours. That's mine goes of wrestling a week! I haven't even caught an episode of Rampage just yet. Now that we're coming back into television shows starting back up and football season. I can't spend that much time watching TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 Oh, NWA, I forgot about them. I should give them a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomaa Jedi Piarra Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 I only really watch those 2. I'm not sure where to find RoH or others too watch on TV. I don't really want to watch on my phone or computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 Taking my kids to Legoland this weekend, but Saturday night is MLW Fightland, and it looks like a pretty strong card. I highly recommend checking out Alexander Hammerstone on Youtube if you have some spare time. He's not the greatest worker in the world but he has some serious main event presence. Fourway match looks fun. Tajiri can still go, not like 20 years ago but better than you'd think, and the other guys are pretty very indie lucha tastic, so it'll be high spot nonsense fun. Every single person in the tournament is very good. I'm not sure if the entire tournament is happening on the show ala the old King of the Ring shows though--I've read conflicting thing and I don't watch Fusion, it's hard enough for me to see Dynamite every week. Anyway, if you get Vice TV, it'll be on at 10 eastern. I'd recommend checking it out if you want to see a different wrestling company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 At some point Impact has to realize that fired WWE talent debuting and winning their titles isn't the greatest look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted October 27, 2021 Author Share Posted October 27, 2021 ROH may or may not be done for… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 Currently watching Impact's Hard to Kill, mainly for the ROH Title match between Gresham and Sabin, which is happening right now. Been a good show so far. In case you guys need a way to watch shows that aren't on basic cable, start here. But you didn't hear it from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 So yeah Hard to Kill was good though I missed the main event and half of the world title match putting the kids to bed. I recommend checking out Josh Alexander if you haven't seen him, his match with Jonah (the former Bronson Reed, who I was never high on in NXT) was way better than I expected it to be. Speaking of which, Alexander and Gresham are main eventing this show on Sunday, which looks awesome. I can't say I know everyone on the card, but between that match, Grace/Hogan, Lethal/Moriarty, Bandido/Black, and Bennett/Moose, I'd say it's a can't miss indie show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted March 6, 2022 Author Share Posted March 6, 2022 Joined late but I've been enjoying Sacrifice. Jay White vs Alex Shelley was great. I turned it on at the end of Jonah vs PCO, and holy shit, what an end that was. The two women's singles matches I saw were good. Main event of Moose vs Heath is next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 I had never seen Johnathan Gresham wrestle. Saw a picture of him and Jordynne Grace my jaw dropped. Yet to watch him wrestle. Good wrestler, small dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 Do some youtube digging, man, the dude is REALLY good. Maybe the best technical wrestler on the planet. This reminds me, I wanna try turning on Impact more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 I found a match between Gresham and Adam Cole. I was actually disappointed with it. A match between Gresham and Jay Lethal was fire though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 TONS of non-WWE shows this weekend! Planning on trying to catch any? Depending on streams I have several I'm gonna try to see at least a part of. Impact, Wrestlecon, GCW in particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 I don't know how I'll have time. If it doesn't rain tomorrow I've got yard work until Stand and Deliver. Then there's a break between that and night one. I work Sunday night so I'll have to catch the replay of night two. It's okay of why i don't watch Dynamite anymore. There's SO MUCH wrestling in a week now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 So is Samoa Joe ROH via AEW or is he All Elite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted April 2, 2022 Author Share Posted April 2, 2022 Both, likely. I think there's gonna be a ton of crossover. Especially since TK put most of the ROH belts on AEW guys last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted April 2, 2022 Author Share Posted April 2, 2022 Watched a ton of wrestling this week and still not enough. My favorite matches of the weekend: Briscoes vs FTR (best match of the weekend) Biff Busick vs Jon Moxley X-Pac vs Joey Janela Josh Barnett vs Jonah Swerve Strickland vs Alex Zayne Jonathan Gresham vs Bandido Chris Sabin vs Jay White NXT North American Title ladder match Dolph Ziggler vs Bron Breakker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted September 1, 2022 Author Share Posted September 1, 2022 Great looking tournament happening this weekend: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Tatanka is still wrestling?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted September 3, 2022 Author Share Posted September 3, 2022 In some shenanigans that turned the finals into a triple threat, Cardona pinned Fatu to beat him and Alexander to win the tournament. Match of the show was Fatu vs Maclin in the first round. I know he's working in MLW--I don't know his contract situation, but man, he'd be one hell of an addition to the Bloodline if he were to jump to WWE and join his family. Maclin, formerly Steve Cutler of the Forgotten Sons, has dramatically improved since leaving WWE. With the right presentation he could be a strong mid to upper level heel somewhere. And Josh Alexander, Impact Wrestling Champion, puts on a great match every time he's out there. Looking forward to him vs Eddie Edwards at Bound for Glory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perfectsim Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 When you say other companies... do you mean amateur local stuff? I keep getting invited to go to a Nickel City Wrestling event. I think the main villain is "The Landlord" who is from the "Midwest of Eastern Europe." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 There are an uncountable number of wrestling promotions out there. Some are super small, like yours sounds to be (though a heel called The Landlord is top notch), while others can be fairly large. But basically I meant anything other than WWE and AEW, which is all we really talk about in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perfectsim Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 I really need to find some generic villain character and spend my weeknights having my patella explode out the side of my leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Wow. Jay Briscoe died yesterday. He was only 38. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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