Month: February 2007

02/14 Dr. Keith Show

Even more Joe: Dr. Keith Lipinski, cupid himself, is back this week for a LOVE FILLED~! edition of his radio showgramme. This week, it’s all about the CHIKARA LOVE~!, with plenty of King Of Trios tournament talk with referee extordinare Bryce Remsburg. Predictions into this weekend’s tournament, refereeing different places, parades, the Irish, Hellertown, PA, … Continue reading “02/14 Dr. Keith Show”

Even more Joe:

Dr. Keith Lipinski, cupid himself, is back this week for a LOVE FILLED~! edition of his radio showgramme. This week, it’s all about the CHIKARA LOVE~!, with plenty of King Of Trios tournament talk with referee extordinare Bryce Remsburg. Predictions into this weekend’s tournament, refereeing different places, parades, the Irish, Hellertown, PA, and much more. Joe Gagne from JoeVersusTheWorld co-hosts with frank yet tender discussion of Lesnar’s MMA dreams, GNC, nWo valentines, Barlow’s sanity, and a sexy cameo from Mike Quackenbush! Yo baby, hallelujah holla back!

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Joe Versus The World – 40: Mike Quackenbush

“Lightning” Mike Quackenbush joins us to discuss all things Chikara, including this weekend’s King of Trios Tournament, plus comic book covers, the tale of Chikara running in Vermont, crazy people who don’t like Mike, can Pantera wear his mask in the U.S.?, the origin of Create-A-Wrestler, Frackville, Mecha Mummy on an airplane, and I butcher … Continue reading “Joe Versus The World – 40: Mike Quackenbush”

“Lightning” Mike Quackenbush joins us to discuss all things Chikara, including this weekend’s King of Trios Tournament, plus comic book covers, the tale of Chikara running in Vermont, crazy people who don’t like Mike, can Pantera wear his mask in the U.S.?, the origin of Create-A-Wrestler, Frackville, Mecha Mummy on an airplane, and I butcher Lince Dorado’s name. Almost a half-hour of power.

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Previous editions:
40: Mike Quackenbush [CHIKARA] (02/14)
39: Tanvir Raquib [WSX] (01/31)
38: Mark Coale [DVDs] (01/24)
37: Christopher Robin Zimmerman [a little bit of everything] (01/17)
36: Dr. Keith [a little bit of everything] (01/06)
35: Matt Foy & Rob Naylor [year in review, ROH] (12/27)
34: Justin Shapiro [year in review, WWE] (12/23)
33: Adam & Mike [year in review, Japan] (12/14)
32: thecubsfan [year in review, lucha] (12/07)
31: Sven Mascarenhas [wrestling video games] (11/27)
30: American Balloon (2) [wrestling in Japan] (11/23)
29: Scott Christ [TNA] (11/21)
28: Tom Feely [survivor series] (11/19)
27: Rob Naylor (2) [indy] (11/12)
26: Matt Foy (4) [ROH] (11/07)
25: Vince Verhei (2) [comebacks] (10/27)
24: Justin Shapiro (4) [the Marine] (10/21)
23: Bryan Alvarez (2) [everything] (10/10)
22: Ken Dreiling and Jesse “J-tron” Irwin [IWA-MS TPI] (10/05)
21: Matt Foy [ROH] (09/20)
20: Tanvir Raquib [09/11 RAW] (09/16)
19: Rob Naylor [News and tangents] (09/09)
18: Dean Rasmussen [DVDVR, life] (08/31)
17: Phil Schneider [Best of the 80’s Japan Indies DVD] (08/26)
16: CRZ [being CRZ] (08/17)
15: Justin Shapiro and thecubsfan [WON HOF, US, Mexico] (08/10)
14: Dr. Keith Lipinski and Mike Sempervive [WON HOF, Japan] (08/04)
13: thecubsfan [lucha] (07/24)
12: Matt Foy [ROH] (07/17)
11: Bryan Alvarez [being Bryan Alvarez] (07/12)
10: Mike Coughlin [MMA] (07/01)
9: Dr. Keith Lipinkski [Japan, general wackiness] (06/27)
8: Tanvir Raquib [ECW, parallel dimensions] (06/17)
7: American Balloon [his career] (06/10)
6: Justin Shapiro [RAW, ROH] (06/03)
5: Albert Ching [Judgement Day, ECW] (05/28)
4: Vince Verhei [everything] (05/21)
3: Matt Foy [ROH] (05/14)
Bonus: Hogan Knows Best recap (05/08)
2: Justin Shapiro [WWE] (04/29)
1: thecubsfan [lucha] (04/22)

WWE PPV buys

As seen in the quarterly-ish filling. Events (in chronological order) December 31, 2006 December 31, 2005 Backlash® — 308 Judgment Day® 252 266 ECW® One Night Stand 304 333 Vengeance® 337 429 Great American Bash® 232 279 SummerSlam® 541 634 Unforgiven® 307 240 No Mercy® 197 224 Cyber Sunday™ /Taboo Tuesday® 228 207 Survivor Series® … Continue reading “WWE PPV buys”

As seen in the quarterly-ish filling.

Events (in chronological order) 	  	December 31, 2006 	December 31, 2005
Backlash® 					  	  — 	  	  	308
Judgment Day® 	  					252 	  	  	266
ECW® One Night Stand 					304 	  	  	333
Vengeance® 						337 	  	  	429
Great American Bash® 					232 	  	  	279
SummerSlam® 						541 	  	  	634
Unforgiven® 	 					307 	  	  	240
No Mercy® 	  					197 	  	  	224
Cyber Sunday™ /Taboo Tuesday® 	  			228 	  	  	207
Survivor Series® 	  				383 	  	  	375
December to Dismember™ 	  	  			90 	  	  	  —
Armageddon® 	  					239 	  	  	280

This year’s Unforgiven had Edge/Cena in a TLC match and DX vs Vince/Shane/Show in HitC, so pick one of them for an explaiantion. Taboo Tuesday moved to (Cyber) Sunday, which explains that 10% bump (though I kinda would have figured more.) The voting concept isn’t a draw, but neither are any of the other PPVs that aren’t SummerSlam/WM/Rumble so it wouldn’t be the first thing to fix. Everything else was down or about the same, but since they were charging more for it, it may not be a big deal.

That December to Dismember number, wow. 90,000 buys is horrific. Between ONS and that massacre, they burned off 73% of the people who were willing to pay for ECW PPVs. That could not have gone more wrong. (And yet, wouldn’t it be better than any TNA number ever?)

Of course, everything else was the same
– tons of money from DVDs
– no money from films
– made more money than comparable period from last year.

Live event attendance was up 9%, or 27% when you take out the ECW shows they won’t be running anymore, and that’s the indicator that’s supposed to foreshadow a boom (according to Meltzer.)

TNA Against All Odds 2007

Hemme tried hard enough and showed that deserves another shot in a real wrestling company. Everyone else involved in this garbage can eat a bag of dicks. You know, the only part of this show that I’ve actually enjoyed has been Bob Backlund. IT IS 2007. AND THE BEST PART OF THE SHOW IS BOB … Continue reading “TNA Against All Odds 2007”

Hemme tried hard enough and showed that deserves another shot in a real wrestling company. Everyone else involved in this garbage can eat a bag of dicks.

You know, the only part of this show that I’ve actually enjoyed has been Bob Backlund. IT IS 2007. AND THE BEST PART OF THE SHOW IS BOB BACKLUND. If ever there was a sign that you should quit promoting wrestling, this is it.

– James Kalyn.

You can follow the trail of James’ kidnapped yellow friend at Save Mr. Peeps dot org.

Heat #451

02/09: they like the long form Cade & Murdoch tag matches and I’d almost like to believe in them, if they were actually going some place. They’d probably actually have some fun matches with Kendrick and London, but then, that’s pretty much everyone. Still, you put them on SD! and you move over the Grease … Continue reading “Heat #451”

02/09: they like the long form Cade & Murdoch tag matches and I’d almost like to believe in them, if they were actually going some place. They’d probably actually have some fun matches with Kendrick and London, but then, that’s pretty much everyone.

Still, you put them on SD! and you move over the Grease guys to get into the never ending fued with the Highlanders and things are – I don’t know better, but more amusing for sure.

THURSDAY RAW THURSDAY. I wonder if there will be any matches?

WSX #2

Wrestling Society X is a great wrestling product. There are lotsa guys flipping around all over the place, a crowd full of actors woefully playing the parts of “wrestling fans” and a fanbase consisting of 16 year old boys and 35 year old men, who are both trying not to get kicked out of their … Continue reading “WSX #2”

Wrestling Society X is a great wrestling product. There are lotsa guys flipping around all over the place, a crowd full of actors woefully playing the parts of “wrestling fans” and a fanbase consisting of 16 year old boys and 35 year old men, who are both trying not to get kicked out of their parents’ basement again.

— Tanvir’s recap of show #2.

More Tanvir @ http://testiclescometh.blogspot.com/

Heat 02/02 (450)

This week’s show. Anniversary special: THE BATTLE FOR IT ALL. They only really needed Val on the tecnico side and (unfired) Conway on the rudo side to make it the biggest match in this era of Heat. They really give the Highlanders the shortest comebacks possible, which must mean something to someone. Why DID they … Continue reading “Heat 02/02 (450)”

This week’s show. Anniversary special: THE BATTLE FOR IT ALL. They only really needed Val on the tecnico side and (unfired) Conway on the rudo side to make it the biggest match in this era of Heat. They really give the Highlanders the shortest comebacks possible, which must mean something to someone.

Why DID they bring Scotty over? I’m not complaining, he’s okay, he’s a willing participant in fun matches, I’m tired of seeing the same 10 guys over and over again but this was all true last month and the month before that. I haven’t been paying close attention, I imagine that the guys who would be Velocity superstars have been cut out of the house show runs with ECW added to the cards, so this is helping out a veteran.

I eagerly anticipate the Scotty 2 Hotty/Super Crazy teamup.

BTW: I’ve made it so the article links should actually update now. I guess, they worked before, but I was too lazy to actually do them. I’ve made them simpler.