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sortofgetit · 6 years

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11: Favourite Champion

I’m not sure if this question is meant to be interpreted as Fave Champion/Championship Run ever or fave wrestler with a current championship. I’m going to take it as the latter since I’ve watched a hell of a lot of men & women hoist big shiny belts over in the air in the long years of watching wrestling.

From the current crop of champs in the promotions I enjoy right now it would have to be my precious wee chicken loving, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship holding Will Ospreay. I love me a good flippy fucker in the ring & boy is he ever flippy.

27: Who do you consider underrated?

I think my answer is going to have to be the same as last time I was asked this. As Women’s Champion & Gender Neutral Champion for OTT, it’s difficult to say that Session Moth Martina is truly underrated, but I do think that her actual abilities are sometimes overlooked because of her gimmick. She can hold her own with anyone in the ring & be damn entertaining while she does it.

35: Raw, Smackdown or NXT?

At the moment, I’m kind of a none of the above girl. I’ll dip in & out of them all, but if I have time to deliberately indulge myself with some wrestling on the TV, I’m much more likely to be opening up my NJPW World subscription than the WWE Network.

#asked & answered #mrkittyinmytree

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punknrasslin · 6 years

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OTT Fourth Anniversary

Be prepared. This may get to be a long blog about just how amazing Saturday & Sunday were. Two of the best wrestling shows I’ve attended over the years (and I’ve attended a fair few!) Time to review the shows then. I’ll split this into 2 blogs, come to think. Welcome to the OTT Blog part one!

So.. I landed in Dublin around 1pm & decided against the €15-20 Uber fair and took to longer but cheaper option. €11 for a return ticket on the 747 Airbus (€12 if purchased at the airport, 11 is the online savers rate). Still only a 35 minute journey, and the bus stop was right outside StayCity ApartHotel ChristChurch where I was staying for the next 2 nights of wrestling related fun!

Show 1 then, and we began with a pre show Meet & Greet add on in which the opportunity to meet Los Ingobernables De Japan arose. Couldn’t turn that one down could I? Also opted to meet Suzuki, Kushida & Ishi. Some of New Japans finest in the flesh. Such an opportunity couldn’t be shrugged at! All very pleasant guys too, despite the obvious language barrier.

So, we’ve met the names. We’ve got our bargain (compared to central Dublin prices) drinks & we’ve taken our 3rd row seats. Only 1 thing left to do, & that’s watch some of the worlds best wrestling! Our night began with the Gender Neutral Championship match, in which we the champion LJ Cleary retain. An enjoyable contest with many over the rope spots, much high flying action & of course a near fall or two!

Match number 2 after that then, it’s tag team action. Kings Of The North, the 1997 Hart Foundation conceit of the Northern Ireland heels in the South, facing the very exciting right now More Than Hype. More! More Than Hype! As soon as the MTH Ace Of Base theme hits its action time! There really is no atmosphere like OTT! In ring, it’s powerhouses vs young upstarts. Strong style wrestling vs high flying omg moments. And if not for a referee distraction, MTH would be the champs right now. But, a dubious Kings retain.

Match 3, we are deep into this first half & we get to see Goto & Sean Guinness face up against Kojima & Michael May. I wasn’t familiar myself with many of these men but I knew of Gunnisses work & was looking forward to seeing more. And boy was this one for the jaw dropping moments. A hard hitting kick here, a hard strong punch there. An over the rope Ariel attack here & a hard hitting headbutt there. Ouch, but this ain’t ballet!

Phew, this is a big good innit? But wait, there’s more. Scotty Davis my new favourite right now takes on the Aussie Opens own Mark Davis. The man with the most powerful hi5! Trust me I’ve felt it! Rubbing my hands with glee here, ring that bell we are underway! This match had the makings of a memorable one. And it sure didn’t disappoint. Scotty was the hometown hero, Mark the baddy aus heel. When this is up online, watch out for the Suplex spot. Vertical Suplex at its best!!!!!! A Scotty victory, but Mark walks away head high after attaching Scotty on the entrance ramp.

We’ve reached match 4, the gymnastics vs Angel Cruzers & a third member. We have 5 men (after the most amazing entrance from Cruzers!) so we need a sixth. Wait is that AFI I hear? Hi Jimmy Havoc!!!!! Let’s get to it. The match is a little all over the place, the expected JH light tube spot aside, nothing really noteworthy but still a solid match. Unfortunately Jimmy looked to be bleeding quite badly at the end of this one so hoping he’s ok. He did manage to beat up his tag partners after their victory though! Do not watch if squeamish.

Next then, two big guys beating the crap out of each other basically. Ishii vs Kushida. Two of New Japans big guys, standing toe to toe in Dublin. Let’s go! And go they do, nothing held back and it’s just like seeing 2 men attempting murder in front of your very eyes. And it is glorious beautiful murder. Every shot heard, every chop felt. Every hit that makes sweat jump from the chest soaked up by the crowd. Strong Style at its best. Ishii brainbuster to end the match, and the stadium is on its feet!

I need a breather, and I know this isn’t the end. Because next up, the dream 6 man tag match. Los Ingobernables De Japan vs... Deep breath.. Shane Strickland, Bandido & Flamita. Not ashamed I went into full teen boy fan many times here because.. Well who wouldn’t & why not? There simply is not enough characters on the interwebs to describe the feeling watching this. It was simply THAT good. I cannot, praise enough these 6 men. Just grab your laptop or whatever device, sign into OTT On Demand & skip to this match first. It had everything & more. Whatever type of wrestling you lean toward. It will appeal somehow. If you watch this match & feel nothing then I’m sorry but wrestling might not be your thing. I won’t even ruin the very excitable ending. Just watch this glory!

Bit of course that isn’t our main, even though it could easily of been. It’s only just beginning. Our penultimate match was Timothy Thatcher vs Suzuki. Put this match on any card & it could headline no matter what size a venue. The trick here was don’t let my adrenaline decline from the beauty that was the previous match, so quick bathroom run & a water (refreshments required) during entrances & made it back for the full match. Two big monsters who are just intend on inflicting pain. Two huge Goliath’s just hell bent on destroying the other. Like 2 rabid wild animals claiming territory & it was everything you dreamed. Chop me? Harder. Hit me? That all you got boy? The real winner here was of course the fans. But in ring, Suzuki pin fall. And I’m done 😴

But.. Main event. Should’ve saved some energy but I made it this far I’m dammed if I snooze now. Will Osprey vs Walter. I find d it difficult to see Walter as a heel but it’s the way OTT are going. Osprey, as per, fast off the mark with his trademark style. Walter, ever the monster, retaliates with just pure, hard battering! Yay for more chops. We think Will has the belt won, but Walter got his foot under the rope just at 3. Oh the drama!! Restart the match & Walter still champ.

Is this the longest blog so far? Probably. But that was night one. Glorious Glorious night one! I’ll do the second blog on night 2 soon as. But right now I need a lie down after reliving possibly the greatest night of wrestling ever I saw live.

Blog soundtracked by.. Gallows

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gdwessel · 6 years

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Global Wars UK 2018 - 10/14/2018; NJPW Stars in OTT 10/13/2018

Yesterday in London, RevPro and NJPW ran their Global WarsUK joint card. One major change from the advertised card was the Undisputed British Cruiserweight match between David Starr v. KUSHIDA was called off, due to travel issues on Starr’s part. Allegedly. It would be well within character for him not to show up, but that’s the story being told. Results:

Global Wars UK 2018 - 10/14/2018, Brixton Recreation Centre, London

KUSHIDA d. Kurtis Chapman (13:03)

EVIL & SANADA [Los Ingobernables] d. Timothy Thatcher & WALTER (12:40)

Dominator Great O-Kharn d. Rishi Ghosh (10:21)

Tetsuya Naito [Los Ingobernables] d. Chris Brookes (11:52)

Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG] d. Hirooko Goto [CHAOS] (14:52)

Satoshi Kojima d. Mark Davis (9:33)

El Phantasmo d. Rocky Romero [CHAOS] (10:33)

Chris Ridgeway d. Will Ospreay [CHAOS] (14:35)

Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS] d. Minoru Suzuki [SZKG] © (24:06) - Suzuki fails his ?th defense - Ishii is the 10th champion

A reasonably booked title feud has a satisfying conclusion. This may be the only time in the near future we will see Tomoyuki Oka (Dominator Great O-Kharn) wrestle above KUSHIDA, EVIL or SANADA. This show should be up on RevPro On Demand sooner than later.

Meanwhile, the day before in Dublin, Over The Top Wrestling celebrated its 4th Anniversary at the National Stadium, and there were a lot of NJPW guys there as well.

First match, the OTT Gender Neutral champion LJ Cleary beat a gauntlet of wrestlers, including Rocky Romero, and ancillary Bullet Club member Gino “Juicy” Gambino. Hirooki Goto & Sean Guinness beat a team of Satoshi Kojima & Michael May, in a match where a lot of bread was thrown in tribute to Kojima, and Kojima even ate a slice post-match.

Tomohiro Ishii beat KUSHIDA in what sounds like a banger. An LIJ team of Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA (BUSHI was originally announced for this show but didnt make it) beat a hot team of Shane Strickland, Flamita & Bandido, and Naito even unmasked Flamita and wore his mask as a hat post-match in true rudo fashion.

Minoru Suzuki took out Timothy Thatcher, whilst Thatcher’s Ringkampf partner and OTT Champion WALTER beat the piss out of Will Ospreay. This show should be streaming on OTT’s own streaming service soon as well.

Tomorrow is the start of the Road to Power Struggle tour, and the Super Jr. Tag League as well. We should have the next episode of the podcast up soon as well.

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