Tags
Attitude Era, Corporal Robinson, Evil Dead, Insane Clown Posse, Into The Vault, JCW, JCW Bloodymania 5, Juggalo Wrestling Championship, Main Event Madness, No Holds Barred, The Oddities, Vampiro, WCW, Wrestling, WWE
Now, if you were a fan of the Attitude Era like I was then you will all remember the time the Insane Clown Posse was involved with both WCW and the WWE. In the WWE, the Insane Clown Posse ran with The Oddities which was one of the coolest segments of the time that I enjoyed a lot. I then remembered that the Insane Clown Posse founded their own wrestling company called Juggalo Wrestling Championship or simply just JCW. So, the match I have for you tonight is from one of their pay per view called Bloodymania 5 and it pins one of my favorites from WCW in Vampiro challenging the JCW champion Corporal Robinson for his belt. The match started off with both men trying to gain the upper hand in the collar & Elbow tie up until a visitor came down to ringside. Evil Dead made his way down to the ring and eventually inside of it as he attacked both men delivering a double DDT. Then as both men tried to rise to their feet, they were engaged in a good ole fashioned slugfest.
Both men then traded advantages and big shots, but Corporal Robinson seemed to be on top of things, always cutting off Vampiro’s onslaughts. Both men were showing off what they could do from Vampiro’s educated feet to an impressive tornado DDT from the Corp. But it wasn’t until later on in the match when things started to get interesting as both men started bringing some toys to the ring like chairs and tables. As one of the announcers said, it went from being a classic wrestling match to something very violent. Unfortunately, no one went through the table which I am sure some people were bummed out about. Vampiro was on the advantage hitting Corp with kicks, the steel chair, but the Corp never gave up and at one point in the match it looked like someone gave him a shot of adrenaline because he brought it to Vampiro. At the end of the match, he was able to hit Vampiro with the bootcamp which is basically a cobra clutch leg sweep and he covered him for the 1-2-3 and the win to retain his title.
We are continuing right along with another edition of Main Event Madness goes No Holds Barred style. Now I have to be 100% honest in saying that I haven’t watched too many episodes of Lucha Underground which by the way airs every Wednesday on the El Rey Network. I decided to check out an episode from last year which was the second episode of season three and the featured match is a Weapons Of Mass Destruction match between Marty Martinez and Killshot. If you do not know what kind of match that is it’s basically a no holds barred street fight with military style weapons around the ring along with your standard chairs. For the first ten minutes of the match, they spent it on the outside of the ring with Killshot getting the best of Martinez with a Gatling gun to the head which busted Martinez open and just brutal beatdowns on the outside. After only being in the ring for only a minute or so, Martinez was able to take control by throwing a running Killshot face first into a ladder to create some separation.
Most of the match, Martinez would counter to slow Killshot down, but then he would waste too much time allowing Killshot back into the match every time. At one point, Martinez superplexed Killshot on top of some missile cases and that slowed both men down for sure as they reveled in pain. After both men slowly made it to their feet on the outside apron of the ring, Killshot delivered an AA like maneuver to Martinez on top of a ladder on the outside and then proceeded to throw him back into the ring and deliver an double stomp from the top rope. He covers him for the pin, but Martinez would kick out at 2. The action just gets more intense after that as we see Martinez powerbomb Killshot onto a table on the outside of the ring and you agree with the crowd who is chanting “Holy Sh**”. The outdoing of moves continued with Killshot hitting an JML driver, but Martinez kick out of the pinfall attempt. At one point in the match, they have a 20 foot ladder set in the middle of the ring with a table on each side of it. Both men have climbed to top of the ladder and they are try to gain the upper hand by throwing hay-makers at each other. Then out of nowhere, Martinez’s sister Mariposa tries to help him out, but Killshot kicks her until she falls and goes through a table. He then gains the advantage on Martinez, steals his dog tags back, and delivers the swerve stomp to Martinez through the table. He then covers him for the 1-2-3.
One of the best highlights of 2016 was the Cruiserweight Classic tournament that the WWE held on the WWE Network. Most of all of your 205 Live stars all wrestled in that tournament and they impressed the hell out of us. The next highlight from the network was the WWE UK Tournament that gave us a look at guys like Trent Seven, Mark Andrews, Tyler Bate, and one of featured wrestlers today in the bruiserweight Pete Dunne. A massive cruiserweight that beats the hell out of you like he was a heavyweight. Well, back in April of 2016, the WWE held a qualifying match for the Cruiserweight Classic at Progress Wrestling at the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town, London at Progress Chapter 29: Practically Progress in Every Way. which saw Dunne take on the Gentlemen Jack Gallagher. Jack started the match by showing Pete his superior grappling skills that looked like he was applying a butterfly submission right into a pin attempt. Pete would leave the ring to regroup, but when he came back in he showed Gallagher his wrestling skills with a front face lock. Jack being the showmen that he is, simply tiptoed his way out of the front face lock which angered Dunne.
Gallagher continued to show again when he did a handstand in order to escape the side headlock that Dunne had locked in. Dunne would then try to resort to some brawling like techniques, but Gallagher was again on top of his game embarrassing the Bruiserweight. Gallagher would stick to his gameplan of grappling by applying the octopus like submission hold on to Dunne. It wouldn’t be long though until Pete had his opportunity after Gallagher failed to keep him in the hold. Dunne would start his path of destruction with a big elbow to the jaw and he followed it with a underhook lift and toss that slammed Gallagher to the mat and hurt the gentlemen. He would continue to punish Gallagher working on the legs with some stomps and even a reverse figure four leg lock. Dunne’s only problem in the match is that he allowed himself to get distracted by the audience which always allowed Gallagher back into the match. It worked again as he started trading forearm shots with Dunne to which he ended with not one or two, but three dropkicks that put him in firm control of the match again. It was the chance he needed to change the momentum.
Dunne would attempt to regain the advantage by biting the hand of Gallagher, but the referee catching him gave Gallagher the chance to lock him into a single leg King Crab (really the Boston Crab). They were starting to throw everything at each other which spelt that the end was near. Dunne would get himself out of the crab and he would nail Gallagher with the crash landing, but unfortunately he couldn’t get the pinfall. He would then hit Gallagher with a powerbomb but Gallagher wasn’t giving up that easily. After missing a gentlemen’s dropkick, Dunne would roll him up for the pinfall, but the referee stopped the count after seeing Dunne use the ropes for leverage. With the referee yelling at him, it gave Gallagher the chance to hit him with the Gentlemen’s dropkick, but Dunne would kick out of the pin attempt at two. After enduring some offense from Dunne, Jack was finally able to lock in the Achilles lock which was all it took to get Dunne to tap out. Hey, don’t forget to like our page on Facebook at 
For today’s Main Event Madness match, we are going back to the indies to check out a man who has been making a name for himself in the indies. We are watching Cody Rhodes taking on another man who say goodbye of sorts to the indies in the one and only Chris Hero. The two locked it up at Evolve 67 which was emanated from the Saint Finbar Catholic Church Gymnasium in New York City and according to cagematch.net, it is a highly recommended match to watch which is why we are checking it out today as well. Cody Rhodes had proven to this point that he could hang with the best of them but he hadn’t faced Chris Hero, a true legend of the underground who stood his ground and was originally let go from the WWE for it (as far as his weight issue). Before any action would ensue, they were looking for affection from the crowd which seemed to lean more towards Cody. Cody would ultimately extend his hand for a handshake before the match, but Hero wasn’t having any of it as he slapped Cody in the face. An ultimate sign of disrespect from the knock out artist, but no worries as Cody retaliated with a dropkick that caught it’s attended target. After putting the boots to him, Cody would look for a handshake again, but Hero wasn’t having it.
To continue the mind games with Hero, Cody went to the outside and he shook the hand of everyone in the front row. Hero would finally go to shake Cody’s hand, but he attacked him during it, but Cody got the best of the exchange with some vicious chops and he lifted him for what looked to be a vertical suplex, but he held him in the air for at least 20 seconds or more and just dropped him on his face. The battle would pour out into the crowd where both men just brutalized themselves in the name of wrestling. Chris would eventually get the best of the mayhem as when both competitors entered the ring, he was in control of the match. During an exchange, Cody had reversed an Irish whip to the ropes by sending Hero towards them, but when Hero went over, he manage to land on the apron, but it looked like he had tweaked his knee a little during the landing. Apparently, he had entered the match with a knee injury of sorts, but he is a tough guy who wants to continue. So, the match was temporarily halted while Chris was walking it off. But it was all a trick as he shot out of the corner of the ring with a big kick to the head of Rhodes.
Hero was in firm control of the match as he dished out the brutal attack of his which included the discus elbow (death by elbow), but he couldn’t get the pinfall. At one point, he was distracted by a fan on the outside who was holding a big head sign of Dusty Rhodes’s head to which he grabbed and used it as a weapon on Cody. After a little bit of showboating with the sign, Hero decided to climb the ropes with it, but Cody cut him off and delivered an awesome superplex. Hero tried to use the knee injury again to stop Cody’s run, but he didn’t buy it as he attacked Hero. Cody would then try to hit a moonsault from the corner, but Hero caught him and hit him with a cutter. He would follow that up with the death by elbow, but Cody refused to quit as he kicked out of the ensuing pin attempt.
Both men were trying everything at this point to put the other down. Hero would go for the ripcord elbow, but Cody would counter. Both men would hit each other with impressive bicycle kicks and Cody even hit Hero with the disaster kick, but Hero refused to quit. Cody would try for the cross-rhodes, but Hero would counter it into a short piledriver, but Cody still refused to stay down. Hero would look to try the ripcord elbow again and he connected, but no dice on the pin attempt. At this point, you were wondering in the hell was it going to take to win? Then it happened, a moment that would shock the crowd for sure. Cody had just hit Hero with the cross-rhodes, but Hero had kicked out. While on the ropes trying to catch his breath, Drew Galloway came out of nowhere and hit Cody with a cowbell. After three rolling elbows and one ripcord elbow, Hero pinned Rhodes for the 1-2-3. Thanks to Galloway, we had a winner that night and a what a way to ruin a run. Hey, don’t forget to like our page on Facebook at 
I have been a big fan of Braun Strowman since he debuted with the Wyatt Family only because I saw huge potential in him. Here is this massive figure that can be a dominant force as long as he fine tuned his game and that he did as it has paid off for him since he is getting the big push. On this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw, he began the show demanding competition from Kurt Angle and then he began decimating the locker room by taking out Golden Truth first followed by Kalisto before The Big Show stepped up to him. It then became clear that the main event of Monday Night Raw was going to Braun vs The Big Show. As The Big Show was making his way to ringside, Braun exited the ring and rushed right over to Show starting the match in a slug fest with Braun getting the best of the first exchange when he launched Show right into the security barricade. The Big Show got the best of the second exchange with some huge rights and lefts as he launched Strowman right into the steel steps. If you are expecting a wrestlimg match, you can forget especially with these two behemoths going at it.
The Big Show continued his assault in the ring as soon as the bell rang by hip tossing Strowman out of the ring to which he followed that up with the world’s largest baseball slide. Strowman would finally create some separation with a big dropkick after he ducked a clothesline from the Big Show. Then it shocked me when they started having a wrestling match. Show had a wrist lock on Strowman and as he was trying everything he could to get out of it which included a kick up and and arm toss that broke the hold. Both men would then attempt to bodyslam and suplex each other with The Big Show getting the bodyslam. When he attempted the choke slam following that, Strowman blocked it and nailed him with a vertical suplex. The two would trade heavyweight shots for the rest of the match with Big Show nailing him with a chokeslam or Braun nailing him with a big powerslam. Nonetheless both of them refused to give up. Then it happened, The big Show had climbed the ropes only to be met by Strowman who would superplex him causing the ring to implode and collapse. There was no official winner, but Strowman was the last man standing.
Back in 2011, WWE had their reality show Tough Enough where men and women competed for a contract in the WWE. During that season of the show, I truly believed that Luke deserved to win the season and get his WWE contract only because I thought he was better than Andy Leavine (The eventual winner). Unfortunately, the cards didn’t land in his favor and it was back to Indy wrestling for him which brings us to today’s match. At CTWE (Connecticut Wrestling Entertainment) annual event March In Madness IV, he would take on one of my favorite members of The Kingdom in Matt Taven who was accompanied to the ring by Kasey Ray. Matt Taven started out the match getting the best of Luke Robinson with the shoulder block and then a slap to the face that was to get in the head of Robinson, but it didn’t work. Luke began tuning up Taven with some chops and even hung on the ropes and swung the ropes until he flew off them. The redneck rock star was in firm control of the match and he continued it with an impressive Lou Thesz press from the middle rope.
He continued his assault on the outside of the ring, making fans leave their seats so that he could continue pounding away at Taven while also getting him familiar with the Bethany Town Hall. Unfortunately, Robinson’s cockiness got the best of him eventually when Taven caught Robinson’s crossbody attempt and slammed him against the steel post. Robinson would try to fight back, but a stun gun and a spinning heel kick would halt any attempt from him. Taven would work on the small of the back of Robinson which was a smart strategy and anytime he nailed him with a backbreaker, he would go for the cover which was smart. After being in an abdominal stretch for a bit, he was able to break out of it, but he had to fend for himself in a fist fight with Taven which he would get the best of. This alerted Kasey Ray who would then climb to the ring apron to try and prove to be a good distraction as Robinson was caught with a superkick for taking his eyes off of Taven. Taven wouldn’t hold on to the advantage for long, but Kasey Ray would make the save again for Taven. After missing the Asai moonsault, Taven would get hit with a superkick to the side of the head. When Robinson went for the cover, Ray would interupt the count and Robinson would confront her. While he was doing this, Taven snuck up, hit him with the low blow, and pinned him for the 1-2-3. Hey, don’t forget to like our page on Facebook at 
Today is Easter Sunday so I figured I would incorporate a little bit of the spirit of the day with a special match that took place 11 years ago. There was an angle going that had Mr. McMahon constantly testing Shawn Michaels and his strong faith and beliefs in God. Remember, nothing is safe in your life when it comes to Vince McMahon and a strong story line. So, Vince and Shane challenged Shawn Michaels to a no holds barred tag team match, but the only problem is that Shawn couldn’t choose anyone to be his partner other than God and the fight would happen at Backlash 2006. Vince was starting to insult Shawn and his religious background when Shawn decided to get things started by socking him right in the mouth. He took care of Shane with some rights and a backbody drop and then he launched himself over the ropes and on to Vince with a crossbody. He would then launch himself over the ropes on the other side in a moonsault on to Shane McMahon. Shawn continued his assault on Shane all the way up the ramp where eventually Mr. McMahon would join in on the fun. After slamming Shane into the Backlash staging, he launched himself at Mr. McMahon with a crossbody right into the staging area below.
It looked like Shawn was going to be in control of the match, but as soon as he climbed up the stairs back to the ramp, he was nailed with the chair by Shane McMahon which busted him right open. Shane began senselessly beating Shawn from the top of the ramp all the way back to ringside. Things looked bleak for Shawn as Shane just kept chipping away at the then future hall of famer. At one point, it looked like Shawn was going to retake the advantage, but Shane squashed that with a big DDT. Vince was begging to get in the ring so Shane made the tag only to see Vince take off his belt. He started whipping Shawn like a government mule repeatedly. After he was done with that, he grabbed a metal trash barrel from Shane and he nailed Shawn with it keeping him on the mat and helpless. Vince would then resort to grabbing a microphone and he began patronizing Shawn by calling out to God asking him, “Where are you going God?” Then he would boldly state, “God has left the building!”
The big mistake was that Mr. McMahon gave Shawn time to recoup while he was going through this spiel that when he attempted Shawn’s own move the superkick, Shawn caught his foot and started attacking Mr. McMahon. After hitting Vince with a running forearm, he kicks himself up to his feet only to dodge a running Shane who has a chair in hand that hits his dad with it by accident. With Vince down, Shawn begins to work on Shane as he hits him with a flying forearm, followed by the kick up, an atomic drop, a bodyslam, and finally a flying elbow. Shawn was feeling it as he tuned up the band and nailed both McMahons with a superkick (not at the same time). Instead of just covering one of the McMahons, Shawn decided to grab two ladders (to set them up on) and a ladder. Shawn climbed the ladder, but instead of jumping off to the McMahons, he jumped on The Spirit Squad who had just arrived ringside. Before you knew it, the Spirit Squad took care of Shawn Michaels and hit him with the high spirits through a table. That allowed Mr. McMahon to ultimately make the pin and steal the win from Shawn. Hey, don’t forget to like our page on Facebook at 
Tonight for the second time ever, Pro Wrestling Magic is hosting the battle between “The Juice” JT Dunn as he takes on “Limitless” Keith Lee in a one on one battle for the ages at I Made It Through The Rain which will be live at Ridgefield Park, NJ. The first time I ever saw Keith Lee in person, I was blown away at what exactly the man could do in the ring and to match him up against the pro wrestling savior had to be pure magic which is why for today’s Main Event Madness match, we are checking out their first match which was held back on September 17, 2016 at Limitless. The match started with both men essentially jaw jacking each other and then showing each other what they had with JT Dunn choosing to go to the outside of the ring first. When he came back into the ring, Keith asked that he basked in all his glory, jaw jacked a little more and then used his body to block a cross body attempt from Dunn. Keith began to toy with him as well when he caught JT and rocked him like he was a baby in his arms. When he asked to be put down, Keith simply dropped him to the mat.
After going back and forth exchanging maneuvers, JT was able to take advantage when Keith showboated a little too much with some huge kicks to the face and a knee followed by planting Keith Lee face first into the mat. JT continued his attack on Lee, hitting him with chops and kicks that left their mark on the big man. All it took for Lee to regain the advantage from Dunn was a huge chop to the chest and an hurricanrana from the 300 plus pounder that absolutely amazed the crowd. After a big Vader like splash in the corner and a devastating chop, he took too long to listen to what the crowd had to say as it allowed JT to get back in the game with a double chop thrust to throat and a huge cross body that brought the big man down. JT continued his assault on the outside of the ring as he narrowly escaped getting suplexed on the ramp by reversing it into a DDT. JT ran back into the ring where he told the ref to begin the count. As the referee got closer to 10, it looked like Lee was not getting up. Then all of a sudden as soon as the referee hit 9 on his count, Lee got up and leaped back into the ring to stop the count.
JT got a little too cocky for his own good as Keith exploded out of the corner with a huge clothesline that he’d follow up with a big elbow tackle, a flapjack, and a crossbody to the back of JT Dunn. With JT in the corner, Lee approached him, but JT thrusted him off and into the referee knocking him down. Lee immediately attended to the referee to check on him when JT asked for a stuffed animal cat. When Lee turned around, JT threw him the cat and nailed him with the death by elbow. When he went for the cover, Lee was able to kick out. JT tried to continue his assault, but that was halted when Lee shoulder tackled him so hard that it sent him out of the ring. Then all of a sudden, Lee put his finger to the sky and you could only imagine what that meant. Then it happened, the true first holy sh** moment of the match when he launched himself over the top rope in a moonsault on top of Dunn and several others who were attending to Dunn. This is what indy wrestling is all about people!
The two of them were throwing everything they could at each other for the rest of the match. Dunn tried to take advantage of the match when he hit an unbelievable Canadian destroyer on the big man. Unfortunately for him, Keith Lee would kick out of it. When he tried for the death by elbow, Lee was able to launch him into the air for what at first looked like a last ride, but it was a sit out powerbomb. Much to the amazement of Lee, Dunn was able to kick out at two. He would try for it again, but this time around Dunn was able to counter out of it with an elbow to the face. However, it didn’t send the big man down, but a second death by elbow would do the trick as Dunn covered Lee for the 1-2-3. Dunn was the winner of the first encounter between the two so we’ll have to wait until after tonight to see who wins the second. Check out Pro Wrestling Magic’s official site 
One of the biggest stories from WrestleMania 33 weekend was the appearance and official return of Drew McIntyre at NXT Takeover: Orlando. It had been three years or so since Drew had stepped in a WWE ring and this past Wednesday, he did just that as he took on Oney Lorcan in his very first match back. McIntyre had traveled all over the world during his three absence from WWE and he gained some valuable experience in doing so and he had his mind set on one thing and that was the NXT Championship. The match started out with both men trying to jockey for the advantage and McIntyre got the best of him first with the celtic cross. Lorcan would return the favor with two huge European uppercuts that left it’s mark as it sent McIntyre out of the ring and he followed it with a huge moonsault over the top rope on to McIntyre. It looked as if Lorcan wasn’t done as he climbed the ropes, but when he went for it. McIntyre caught him and bodyslammed him on the ring apron. That was definitely going to slow down any momentum Lorcan had as we headed to commercial break.
When we cam back from commercial break, McIntyre was in control of the match with some vicious knife edged chops that he delivered with another celtic cross that followed. McIntyre got a little too cocky as Orcan was able to reverse the Irish whip attempt into a running blockbuster. As he climbed the ropes, he was met by McIntyre who delivered a devastating headbutt. When McIntyre attempted to deliver a superplex from the top, he was hit by Lorcan which caused him to crash down on the ropes jewels first and then he was hung upside down. The only problem is that Lorcan took too long to do anything and McIntyre took advantage by sitting up and throwing Lorcan over him off of the top turnbuckle. The two then began exchanging blows with each other, but in the end. McIntyre had the best of the exchange when he hit Lorcan with the claymore that turned him inside out and apparently busted him open as well. In the end, McIntyre was the winner of the match and he once again proclaimed after that he was in the right place that he needed to be after all.