Friday, November 14, 2008

five links - all rasslin'

Kayfabe Memories - great stuff on the pre-WWF days

Sam Muchnick on wikipedia - possibly the greatest promoter of all time

The Illustrated History of the Four Horsemen

Chikara - I wish these guys put on shows in this part of the country

Front Row, Section D - reminisces from a super-fan
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Posted by Jeff Rients at 6:53 PM
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4 comments:

  1. JimLotFP2:37 AM

    Cool!

    Whenever I see something about wrestling, I get worried... since I can't have any respect for WWE or TNA these days. I haven't been able to follow wrestling for awhile (having DVDs to Finland are expensive!), but I was a HUGE fan of CHIKARA and IWA Mid-South before I left the States.

    I also loved All-Japan and UWFi in the 90s. Talk about surreal, I just watched a NOAH match on Youtube that had Chris Hero and Jun Akiyama trading forearms. I can't believe guys like Chris Hero and CM Punk (I have a pile of 60 minute matches between the two, and one 93 minute match!) have really made it. :D

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  2. Jeff Rients7:51 AM

    I still try to watch TNA each week, but they sure do a lot to drive me away. Hoping to see William Regal in action is about the only reason I tune in one of McMahon's shows.

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  3. Scott9:29 PM

    You ever see Kaiju Big Battel? I actually interviewed Dr. Cube on my old blog. Chris Hero wrestled in that promotion against a variety of Giant Monsters.

    I grew up in the South in the 70s and 80s, so I was NWA all the way.

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  4. Max4:21 PM

    Thanks for tipping me off to Chikara, Jeff. The Best of DVD I just Netflixed was tons o' fun.

    I saw some TNA the other week. I stopped flipping 'cause it was a bunch of dudes I used to watch in the late 90s -- S Steiner, Raven, etc. I didn't watch any matches, just Steiner being his usual jerky self. That was entertaining, but then it segued to some poorly acted behind-the-scenes crapola. No thanks.

    These days I'd rather watch MMA anyway. The Ultimate Fighter is just as sudsy as pro wrestling anyway.

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