Matt D - SC
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segundacaida.blogspot.com 3-4 times a week.
youtube.com/mattd2a when I've got something to show you.
youtube.com/mattd2a when I've got something to show you.
Nature Boys doing nature boy things. The mirror spot is great.
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Nature Boys doing nature boy things. The mirror spot is great.
Riki Choshu couldn't outwrestle the Soviets who came to NJPW in 1989, but he could kick the crap out of them and punch them in the face so as to leave a mark.
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Riki Choshu couldn't outwrestle the Soviets who came to NJPW in 1989, but he could kick the crap out of them and punch them in the face so as to leave a mark.
Some truly glorious bs between Norio Honaga and Naoki Sano in 1989 New Japan.
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Some truly glorious bs between Norio Honaga and Naoki Sano in 1989 New Japan.
Iron sharpening iron. The harsh embrace of steel. A man testing himself against a locomotive that never stops.
Stevens. Strong. Deadlock.
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Stevens. Strong. Deadlock.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Iron sharpening iron. The harsh embrace of steel. A man testing himself against a locomotive that never stops.
Stevens. Strong. Deadlock.
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Stevens. Strong. Deadlock.
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Mansoor capturing the zeitgeist in order to get heel heat (and thankfully, immediate comeuppance for his transgressions).
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Mansoor capturing the zeitgeist in order to get heel heat (and thankfully, immediate comeuppance for his transgressions).
Happy Halloween from the most theatrical of the Red Bull Army, Victor Zangiev (Honestly, this has nothing to do with Halloween except for that I bet Zangiev would have thrown a fun Halloween Party).
October 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Happy Halloween from the most theatrical of the Red Bull Army, Victor Zangiev (Honestly, this has nothing to do with Halloween except for that I bet Zangiev would have thrown a fun Halloween Party).
A few pages on matchmaking vs booking and the lost opportunity of not capitalizing on Statlander vs Shafir when the iron was hot.
October 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A few pages on matchmaking vs booking and the lost opportunity of not capitalizing on Statlander vs Shafir when the iron was hot.
I get a kick out of Shades-Wearing 1989 Pillman coming out with Flag-Carrying Vader in New Japan.
October 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I get a kick out of Shades-Wearing 1989 Pillman coming out with Flag-Carrying Vader in New Japan.
Finish to a lost Super Strong Machine/George Takano vs Shiro Koshinaka/Tatsutoshi Goto tag match from April 1989. Takano was throwing those spin wheel kicks like a maniac after Maeda left the promotion but this was a particularly nasty one.
October 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Finish to a lost Super Strong Machine/George Takano vs Shiro Koshinaka/Tatsutoshi Goto tag match from April 1989. Takano was throwing those spin wheel kicks like a maniac after Maeda left the promotion but this was a particularly nasty one.
Jon Moxley vs Kyle O'Reilly.
What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted? When you're no longer the wolf and the wolves are at your door? When you no longer ride death but are chased by it instead?
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What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted? When you're no longer the wolf and the wolves are at your door? When you no longer ride death but are chased by it instead?
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October 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Jon Moxley vs Kyle O'Reilly.
What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted? When you're no longer the wolf and the wolves are at your door? When you no longer ride death but are chased by it instead?
segundacaida.blogspot.com/2025/10/aew-...
What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted? When you're no longer the wolf and the wolves are at your door? When you no longer ride death but are chased by it instead?
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Bam Bam Bigelow and Riki Choshu were absolutely made for one another.
October 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Bam Bam Bigelow and Riki Choshu were absolutely made for one another.
I know this is a blurry handheld but it's a really cool lost move by Kuniaki Kobayashi on Akira Nogami from 1989. I love the approach of this. Kobayashi was really dynamic and isn't remember enough these days.
October 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I know this is a blurry handheld but it's a really cool lost move by Kuniaki Kobayashi on Akira Nogami from 1989. I love the approach of this. Kobayashi was really dynamic and isn't remember enough these days.
The bravest babyface in pro wrestling today. In a world where everyone's wanted to be Stone Cold for decades, where cool faces are as big a problem as cool heels, he's willing to say "Stand up. Cheer. I can't do this alone. I need you. You matter. This matters." And so it does.
October 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The bravest babyface in pro wrestling today. In a world where everyone's wanted to be Stone Cold for decades, where cool faces are as big a problem as cool heels, he's willing to say "Stand up. Cheer. I can't do this alone. I need you. You matter. This matters." And so it does.
On Young Bucks vs Jurassic Express, Kyle Fletcher vs Mark Briscoe, and why, no, I can't just let people enjoy things.
October 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
On Young Bucks vs Jurassic Express, Kyle Fletcher vs Mark Briscoe, and why, no, I can't just let people enjoy things.
If you want to get into lucha trios, here's the most important thing you need to know. Instead of hot tags, comebacks stem on turns of fate. Here you can see a hope spot (Mistico breaking free to do a move) and the eventual comeback set up by rudo hubris.
October 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
If you want to get into lucha trios, here's the most important thing you need to know. Instead of hot tags, comebacks stem on turns of fate. Here you can see a hope spot (Mistico breaking free to do a move) and the eventual comeback set up by rudo hubris.
The unfortunate finish to Kazuo Yamazaki v Akira Maeda from April 1989. Yamazaki's finally leveled up to the point where he can dodge Maeda's Spin Wheel Kick and jam his capture suplex counter with a headbutt, but in doing so, he opens himself up huge.
October 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The unfortunate finish to Kazuo Yamazaki v Akira Maeda from April 1989. Yamazaki's finally leveled up to the point where he can dodge Maeda's Spin Wheel Kick and jam his capture suplex counter with a headbutt, but in doing so, he opens himself up huge.
On Orange Cassidy; symbols and conventions in pro wrestling, using the 10/1/25 Dynamite match with Kyle Fletcher as a quick case study to highlight what some are too stubborn to see.
October 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
On Orange Cassidy; symbols and conventions in pro wrestling, using the 10/1/25 Dynamite match with Kyle Fletcher as a quick case study to highlight what some are too stubborn to see.
Faith, doubt, and salvation in Arena Mexico.
Build, payoff, and comeuppance at the 2300 Arena.
MJF vs Mistico. MJF vs Mark Briscoe.
Mask. Title. Tables. Tacks.
2000+ words to cover one hell of a weekend.
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Build, payoff, and comeuppance at the 2300 Arena.
MJF vs Mistico. MJF vs Mark Briscoe.
Mask. Title. Tables. Tacks.
2000+ words to cover one hell of a weekend.
segundacaida.blogspot.com/2025/09/aew-...
September 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Faith, doubt, and salvation in Arena Mexico.
Build, payoff, and comeuppance at the 2300 Arena.
MJF vs Mistico. MJF vs Mark Briscoe.
Mask. Title. Tables. Tacks.
2000+ words to cover one hell of a weekend.
segundacaida.blogspot.com/2025/09/aew-...
Build, payoff, and comeuppance at the 2300 Arena.
MJF vs Mistico. MJF vs Mark Briscoe.
Mask. Title. Tables. Tacks.
2000+ words to cover one hell of a weekend.
segundacaida.blogspot.com/2025/09/aew-...
Honestly, this is a relatively early example of this sort of "no consequence" fighting spirit strike exchange. You don't see it quite like this earlier (this is 89). And I can just imagine Lou Thesz thinking to himself "What are these idiots doing?"
September 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Honestly, this is a relatively early example of this sort of "no consequence" fighting spirit strike exchange. You don't see it quite like this earlier (this is 89). And I can just imagine Lou Thesz thinking to himself "What are these idiots doing?"
This feels like the most iconic wrestling in the world to me. Huge stakes (semis of a one-night tournament for the IWGP title). Huge crowd. The unclean impact, the stagger sell, the crumble in the ropes, Vader raising his arm, and then Fujinami just barely hanging on and getting him over.
September 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This feels like the most iconic wrestling in the world to me. Huge stakes (semis of a one-night tournament for the IWGP title). Huge crowd. The unclean impact, the stagger sell, the crumble in the ropes, Vader raising his arm, and then Fujinami just barely hanging on and getting him over.
George Takano and Tatsutoshi Goto were having a perfectly gentlemanly tag match in 1989 when this broke out.
September 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
George Takano and Tatsutoshi Goto were having a perfectly gentlemanly tag match in 1989 when this broke out.
4/24/89. Choshu and Hashimoto meet in the first round of a one night tournament. Hash was still the underdog upstart. Believe it or not, things got chippy.
September 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
4/24/89. Choshu and Hashimoto meet in the first round of a one night tournament. Hash was still the underdog upstart. Believe it or not, things got chippy.
You have to love the auto translate function on YouTube.
September 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
You have to love the auto translate function on YouTube.
Inoki fought Soviet Judo Olympic Champion Shota Chochishvili in a different styles fight on the April 1989 Dome show. Inoki held his own for the first round or so, but when Chochishvili shifted gears, he really shifted gears.
September 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Inoki fought Soviet Judo Olympic Champion Shota Chochishvili in a different styles fight on the April 1989 Dome show. Inoki held his own for the first round or so, but when Chochishvili shifted gears, he really shifted gears.
Day 2 of D3AN reviews. Matthews vs Starkz. Character-driven, hard-hitting, full of contrast and comeuppance. (And the most satisfying lariat of the year)
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September 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Day 2 of D3AN reviews. Matthews vs Starkz. Character-driven, hard-hitting, full of contrast and comeuppance. (And the most satisfying lariat of the year)
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