LATE NIGHT REBLOG: FEAT. "WE WATCH WRESTLING" TUMBLR

The latest addition to the sidebar is yet another fantastic pro wrestling Tumblr, this one simply called "We Watch Wrestling." Mike, the main contributor to the site I believe, has all kinds of wrestling photos up, all intended to celebrate the great sport of fake fighting. Want a picture of Batista and Masahiro Chono? Got it. Maybe a shot of Adam Pierce with long hair? It's yours. How about the funniest fucking picture of the Four Horsemen in Four Horsemen sweaters? LOOK NO FURTHER.

Here are some of my favourites. Check out We Watch Wrestling right here.

KENTA VS. MARUFUJI WITHOUT ANY ACTUAL MOVES

Remember how I kindly asked (demanded) you to follow the (potentially) only puro Tumblr out there, Burning Spirit? This is why.

Click the video to be taken to the original post, complete with a write-up explaining it.

LIVE 2009: ROH: VIOLENT TENDENCIES - 06/26/09

I was lucky enough to see about six nights worth of live wrestling this year (5 ROH, 1 WWE), which is about double of what I saw last year. Here's what I saw, starting in chronological order, in Detroit...

This was the first ever ROH (or wrestling in general) show that I'd ever gone to outside of Canada. It was the first cage match I'd ever seen live. And it was the first time ever seeing KENTA live, and the show opened with him and Cary Silkin, as well as the rest of the roster, coming out for a Misawa tribute, as it was the first show since his death.

MATCH OF THE NIGHT

AMERICAN WOLVES VS. STRONG & KENTA

AMAZING match. If I hadn't lost my voice already by this point of the show, it was done for after this match. So much fun, and just full-tilt from bell to bell.

What truly made this match even more exciting was that it was originally supposed to be KENTA and Danielson against the wolves, but just a week or two before the match, Danielson suffered a staff infection, and was swapped out for Roddy. So, everyone was officially like "PFFT, they're not winning. F THIS." But this match was done so well and just so damn exciting that there were several points where the entire crowd was on their feet, thinking that the Wolves were going to lose.

It was awesome to see KENTA live. You can feel his kicks in your chest like a bass drum at a concert.

HIGHLIGHTS

- The preshow card featured a guy named "Samson" who I haven't seen since, who was amazing. He's a huge Ezekiel Jackon size dude (maybe not that big), with the nickname "The Gangsta". He stepped into the ring looking like a fucking psycho badass... but when his opponent took a swing at him, he screamed and cowered like a little girl. And he would tell the guy he was going to shit on him. It was amazing.

- Albright busts the back of his head open at some point in his match, but finishes the thing.

- Nigel wrestled essentially his only match as a face.

- Steenerico/HoT has a super exciting last few minutes of a match-ending sequence.

- Austin Aries hires Joey "The Hired Magnum" Ryan to ensure that he wins the Six Man Mayhem match, and cuts a hilarious pre-match promo, calling Detroit "Detroilet," and telling Joey "you wax my moustache, I'll wax yours."

- Colt Cabana's "welcome back" chant.

- Cage match ending in complete chaos with an Age of the Fall invasion from all entrances of the arena, after Tyler lands a splash from the top of the cage through a table.

Overall, it was a super fun night, with a pretty ridiculous cast of characters sitting in front of us in the first row, cracking wise (not actually wise). Also got to see Ric Flair for the first time. Woo.

Here's the full card:

OPENER

Silas Young vs. Grizzly Redwood

TAG TEAM MATCH

Erick Stevens & Brent Albright vs. Kenny King & Rhett Titus

GRUDGE MATCH

Claudio Castagnoli vs. Nigel McGuinness

TAG TEAM MATCH

Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. The House of Truth

SIX MAN MAYHEM

Austin Aries vs. Joey Ryan vs. Petey Williams vs. Delirious vs. Sami Callihan vs. Rasche Brown

GRUDGE MATCH

D-Lo Brown vs. Colt Cabana

ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

The American Wolves vs. Roderick Strong & KENTA

MAIN EVENT STEEL CAGE MATCH

Tyler Black vs. Jimmy Jacobs