Three way dance

The Day was: Sunday November 7th 1999 (ECW's November to remember.)

Why I chose this moment in history: It's been brought to my attention how far superior the original ECW was to WWE so I thought I'd check the differences out for myself. The match I chose had a title i wasn't privy to ( the three way dance.) The match I chose featured my favorite mid card wrestler in the WWE  Yoshihiro Tajiri.

Match of the day: Pretty much spelled it out for you already but it was a three way dance match Jerry Lynn vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri vs. Super Crazy.

Pause for props: The internet wrestling database the site I go to when I need to find the match I haven't seen that I want to watch:  Internet wrestling database

Winner: (15 year spoiler) : Jerry Lynn

I remember when: WWE superstars were better on ECW

Hipster side fact: Yoshihiro Tajiri showed up first in 1997 in the WWF. He was a main roster in 2001. He left in 2005 so I've been lying to you all this time I had to have been watching in 2004 or 05 not 2006 like I previously stated.

Quote of the match: "Japanese wrestlers are the smartest wrestlers in the world ..." Continues hyping " that's why my man the Japanese buzsaw is the real king of the 3 way." I'm slightly immature because that statement made me giggle. But perhaps Chris Candido didn't have to yell.

It seemed "His man." Was getting a headache from all the shouting. remember dude, you have a mic.



3 way dance

Opinion observations:
- I supposed I'm used to WWE's huge arena's pyros titatron ect. ect. that this environment seems underwhelming. One could say that all that pomp and circumstance takes away from the match itself, perhaps it's something I'll have to get accustomed to. In my opinion it's kind of one of those "you had to be there" moments. I have gone to a wrestling event that took place in a half wrestling venue half hair salon, with maybe twenty people at best in the "audience" but it had it's own excitement and charm because you felt you were a part of something unique, but I digress.

-  One non wrestling thing is transcendent small ring huge ring it doesn't matter: Tagiri's green Mist it's just cool no matter what. It also takes some dedication cause, rest of the match it looks like you guzzled that weird green ketchup (For some reason that's what I think of when I see it.)

                                      (I know that's not ECW . . . funny all the same though.)
- So I also noticed . . . I had completely forgotten Supercrazy, when he entered the ring I was like hey I remember that guy!

- The guy I didn't know and for that reason didn't really care about? The winner of the match Jerry Lynn to me he was forgettable and I just kept my eyes on the other two he did do a cool tiltawhirl I'll give hm that .

-Another thing I will give ECW over WWE when the match spills over outside of the ring (Which they wasted no time doing.) it seems far more organic. In WWE it seems like superstars screaming "Look at me Look at me. I'm such a badass don't you see how badass I am? Just threw that guy into some steps . . . pretty badass right?" In ECW it seemed that the wrestler's didn't care if you watched what they did, so long as you appreciated the aftermath.

-  One move it seems everyone does that's pretty impressive and smile inducing moonsaults that the man is left standing afterwards, they just stand there hands in the air like "Yeah I did that." Supercrazy's was probably the best.

- Another move I really enjoy though slightly impractical? The apparently trademarked Tarantula which is technically a Boston crab using the ropes.

- A move I didn't really understand? Supercrazy's Surfboard, I didn't get what it was really supposed to accomplish, it actually looked kind of fun.

- Everyone laid down some supercool kicks throughout the match.

- Though tajiri had the flashy moves down Supercrazy seemed to have some less flashy but equally impressive bruising moves.

- All in all it was a really cool match the tempo of the match above all was what made the match, it was short sweet and seamless, you had to watch it before it was over, not had to, wanted to.


Other show notes: It's the first time I had ever seen or heard of for that matter someone using a vacuum cleaner in a match. New Jack agressively introduced said vaccum to Baldie's member Angel's groin. That sucks. Ha See what I did there?

Bad joke done, and so is this post.

Birth of a Dead Man

The day was: Thursday November 22nd 1990 (Survivor series.)

Why I chose this moment in history: It's my birth year so this as far in the past as I can say "When I was young" and it actually being factually accurate. Truthfully I was born in april so I have a few back in my day's saved for later.

Match of the day: The Undertaker, Greg Valentine, The Honkey Tonk Man and Ted Diabiase Vs. Bret Hart, Dusty Rhodes, Jim Neidhart and Koko B Ware


Winner (24 year spoiler alert in the making.) : The Million Dollar Team

I remember when: The Undertaker made his televised debut.
Hipster side fact: Undertaker originally had a first name. Cain. Guess the WWF liked it so much they used it twice.
Quote of the match: Gorilla: There's only supposed to be four members on a team; this guy makes four and a half, maybe five.

Million Dollar Team Vs. Dream Team

Opinion / Observations:

-If this match is any indication of the Undertaker's early WWF years, this has the possibility to be my favorite Undertaker. From his simple ring gear especially appreciate the giant ass tie and the business In the front and funeral party in the back mullet. In this match he really embodied that stoic, basically soulless demeanor. His slow but powerful ring action had it's desired effect of portraying imposing force. The Undertaker I was introduced to over a decade later, still great, still intimidating but to me it wasn't the same sense of awe and a little bit of fear he exuded in his early years. It was more so "check out the badass who destroys everyone in his path and has a bitchin fog machine." In my frequent youtubing I've seen matches from a few different manifestations of the Undertaker but early Undertaker and Ministry of Darkness Undertaker are the two I know the least about so perhaps I'm jumping the gun just a smidge.

-  I did not know that Paul Bearer wasn't by Undertaker's side from the very beginning. It was interesting and somewhat amusing to see what seemed to be the out of place Brother Love at Undertaker's side, all red faced and spastic while Undertaker lurched around ambivalent.

- Koko B. Ware is an awesome name . . . and that's all I have to say about that.

- Ted DiBiase's "Bodyguard" Virgil . . . weirds me out. I don't think it's his persona that's odd to me I get it, and if it didn't work they wouldn't use that same idea over and over and over again. What is it about Virgil I don't like then? As shallow as it is to me overtime I saw him all I could think is: " Dude you got a weird face and the rose colored sleeveless tuxedo . . . thing is doing you no favors either." And I get it that's the look they were going for man servant pool boy thing, still distracting to look at.

- Heard Ted DiBiase's theme for the first time, and I love it so much it was great.

Other Show notes: The other debut of the night, of which people forget the Gobbledy Gooker (of whom I had never heard of till I watched WWE Countdown's infamous gimmicks.) The egg cracks slowly, dramatically and out pops the . . . turkey. "Don't tell me you're the Gobbledy Gooker" Mean Gene spoke as if it was a huge deal. "Oh no, oh the humanity the Gobbledy Gooker . . . thing person I totally have heard legends about." Said no one ever. There was some scattered I guess what could be called cheers. Then some awkward dancing. Followed by some super impressive rolls. Mean Gene bouncing off the ropes tripped and fell and did a more impressive (and by impressive I mean hilarious) roll of his own. More hoedown dancing and rolling and cartwheels before the painful segment came to a odd close.

Gobbledy Gooker

Another odd close? This post.

What is a wrestling Hipster?

How do you define a wrestling hipster? With one open ended statement: "Today's wrestling is garbage. I used to love it, back in the day when . . ." Insert random match, wrestler or event or your choosing, as obscure as possible ideally.

 What's wrong with having an opinion? What's wrong with being knowledgeable of something you are or were a fan of? Nothing everyone is entitled to an opinion, I'm not even saying I disagree 100 % with that opinion some stuff now is garbage, some older matches were beyond awesome. Nothing is wrong with being nostalgic and remembering great moments in wrestling history. It's the condescending look and follow up statement "I can't believe you never saw . . ." Insert match or segment or wrestler that you are banking on the person your conversing with doesn't know . . . because you're the better fan. And if you are talking to me. you have a 96 percent chance that your hunch will be right.

I will freely admit, I am a late bloomer I suppose. I only really began a consistent fan of wrestling in the mid 2000's, if I was put on the spot to be more specific I would say sometime in 2006, a random raw, the first match I saw being between Kane and Jericho. Don't remember that specific minute match? Guess I'm a better wrestling fan than you. So yes I missed the Golden era, The attitude era, the ruthless aggression era (Hell I didn't even know that was a thing.) I missed them all. Now seeing as I don't live under an Amish rock, I have ventured into wikipedia, fallen in to the black hole that is youtube. I have enlightened myself in bits and pieces. Though I'm not entirely oblivious I will concede I am not a wealth of wrestling knowledge. I will never hold my own against a wrestling hipster. Yet!

For you see my plans are not to simply bash on Hipsters, while refusing to better myself. If you can't beat them join them . . . sort of. I plan on going in the way back machine, seeing what happened, getting my learn on, and honestly just be entertained via things I never knew about. I want to make up my own opinion, from my own point of view, my own tastes. I because step two of my plan is to become more egotistical than any hipster could ever be, I want to blog about it as if my opinion matters.