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The SmarK Rant for Getting Rowdy: The Unreleased Matches of Roddy Piper

So this one caught me off guard, to say the least.  I was saying they should do another Unreleased set after I had the reviewed the original one and the Savage one, and they DID.  I found it at my local Sunrise Records yesterday, and it turns out that it was released in 2019, which shows you how dead the DVD market is now for WWE because I had no idea about it.  I don’t think this one was even released on Blu Ray.  Apparently this was some kind of tie-in with Ronda Rousey’s debut and a sequel to the original set.

This is 2 discs, covering about six hours total.

Booker T Believes Ilja Dragunov Can Be A Standout WWE Star

Booker T believes Ilja Dragunov heading to the top.

Cody Rhodes’ Next Opponent Revealed At WWE Live Event? 

Who’s up next for Cody Rhodes?

Tony Khan Claims “A New Era” Of AEW Will Begin At WrestleDream 

Tony Khan claims AEW is about to enter a new era.

Chris Jericho Addresses Possibility Of Edge Joining AEW 

Chris Jericho has given his thoughts on Edge potentially heading to AEW.

Taped from Dallas, TX

Airdate: July 19, 1986 (taped 07/11)

Attendance: unknown

Hosted by Bill Mercer

Can Adams and Adias topple the notorious team of Sawyer and Borne? How will Kevin fare against Brooks? Who does Pringle have up his sleeve to conquer Brody? WCWA’s the place to be! You’ll never know what you can expect.

ECW On Sci Fi
Date: June 17, 2008
Location: HP Pavilion, San Jose, California
Commentators: Mike Adamle, Tazz

Things are still kind of sluggish around here, as we have Big Show set to challenge for the ECW Title but he has barely interacted with champion Kane whatsoever. Instead, Kane and CM Punk are still feuding with Miz and John Morrison, which isn’t exactly interesting stuff. Maybe they’ll find something new in next week’s Draft but that is still a long way off. Let’s get to it.

(photo courtesy of X)

Ospreay claims WWE low-balled RevPro and was summarily rebuffed

https://www.ringsidenews.com/2023/09/24/revpro-allegedly-refused-wwes-lowball-1-million-offer-for-company-buyout/

Boogs screwed Boogs?

https://www.ringsidenews.com/2023/09/24/rick-boogs-claims-wwe-departure-due-to-backstage-political-power-play/

Sunday night means Sunday Night Football with the Pittsburgh Steelers versus the Las Vegas Raiders, family gatherings, and sometimes a wrestling PPV. Unfortunately, not this week.

Have a great night!

The SmarK Rant for AEW Collision – 09.23.23

Live from Grand Rapids, MI

Your hosts are Kevin Kelly & Nigel McGuinness

Happy Sunday Everyone!

Everton actually managed to win a game yesterday, so if you see any pigs flying past your window whilst making your morning coffee then that’s probably why.

Onto today’s news; courtesy of the fine folk at ITR!

Cody Rhodes to open up Raw this week

What’s the over/under on him getting attacked/accosted by Judgement Day?

Top Dolla Vs Michael Cole was discussed

One of the rare occasions that Cole might have been the babyface in a match

Eddie Kingston stepping away from the indie scene for a while due to injury

It’s a loss for the scene, but also understandable. Dude’s been battering his body for years

And that’s the news for now. Have a great Sunday ya’ll!!

Matt Riddle “Burned Through Too Many Chances” With WWE

The writing was on the wall for Matt Riddle after a recent incident.

John Cena Set To Wrestle At WWE Fastlane

John Cena will be back in the ring for tag team action at Fastlane.

Eddie Kingston To Stop Working Independents, Confirms Back Injury

Eddie Kingston plans to scale back his schedule.

Ric Flair Shares Touching Tribute To Dolph Ziggler Following WWE Release

Ric Flair has shared his thoughts on the recent WWE releases, including the end of Dolph Ziggler’s run in the company.

Pro Wrestling Crusaders

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
City Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,791 (lol)

Previously In PWC…

PWC’s first show was overshadowed by actual dogs so let’s see if this one is any better. George Takano isn’t wrestling so it’s already looking like a “no.”

We start off and I take it back THERE’S MORE DOGS.

Collision
Date: September 23, 2023
Location: Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Commentators: Kevin Kelly, Nigel McGuinness

It’s time to wrap up another very busy week for AEW and it’s going to get even busier next week with WrestleDream. For now though, we have a big card with Ricky Starks vs. Bryan Danielson in a Texas Deathmatch and a triple threat match for the TNT Title. That should make for a nice night so let’s get to it.

Rampage
Date: September 22, 2023
Location: Arthur Ashe Stadium, New York City, New York
Commentators: Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, Ian Riccaboni

It’s a special two hour edition of the show and hopefully that means it gets a bit more attention this week. Rampage has a tendency to have one match of note and then a bunch of other things but maybe the big stage will change that. The ROH Six Man Tag Team Titles are on the line as the Elite get a shot, so we could be in for some fireworks. Let’s get to it.

(photo courtesy of WrestleZone)

Can Luke Gallows get a leg up on WWE?

Backstage Update On Luke Gallows and His Injury Recovery (wrestlingheadlines.com)

All hail the King!

Jerry “The King” Lawler Appears At First Convention Since Suffering A Stroke (wrestlingheadlines.com)

Saturday night means Collision, College Football, good food, and sharing experiences.

Have a great night!

Happy Saturday Everyone!

We’re watching WWF Unforgiven 2000 today as I haven’t watched it for ages and I was interested to see how the Main Event held up because I used to enjoy it quite a bit back in the day. The Main Event sees Rock defending the WWF Title against Kane, Undertaker and Chris Benoit in a Fatal Four Way, whilst we’ve got Stone Cold Steve Austin returning to pay per view following his injury in 1999 when someone ran him over.

Hey, I just realised that we’ve got ANOTHER show Main Evented by a multi-person match this week after we reviewed NXT Takeover Fatal Four Way last weekend. WWE likes shoving lots of people into one match I guess. From memory, the rest of the Unforgiven 2000 card is okay but not great, with Triple H and Kurt Angle having the biggest issue going on in the undercard, due to Kurt Angle having lust in his eyes for Tri’s wife.

You can view the full card for Unforgiven 2000 by clicking below;

https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=2163&page=3

This weekend I’m looking at an episode of WWF Wrestling Spotlight from 1987 as well as an episode of a cartoon that aired the same year, Around the World with Willy Fog, plus the usual bits and pieces paying for promotional consideration.

The SmarK Rant for WCW Monday Nitro – 12.09.96

(HOUSEKEEPING NOTE:  As we hit 1997, I actually don’t have the first 5 episodes of Nitro done as standalone episodes, only as a part of the “Monday Night War” show on WWE 24/7.  So we’ll be getting some fresh rants of those once we get there again and you have that to look forward to.)

Live from Charlotte, NC, drawing 6400.

Your hosts are Tony and Larry.

The SmarK Rant for WWF Monday Night RAW – 12.09.96

(Geez I’m actually getting a bit behind with these reposts now that I’ve done THREE WEEKS of Observer Flashbacks in a row!).

Taped from New Haven, CT

Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Jim Ross & Jerry Lawler

Happy Saturday Everyone!

Quiet week in wrestling wasn’t it? Oh ho, we like to have fun here!

Hope everyone is doing well. Let’s roll on with the news; courtesy of the folks at Inside The Ropes

Vince McMahon was very close to firing LA Knight

I’m sure Scott is devastated that Vince changed his mind

Naomichi Marufuji full of praise for Will Ospreay

Considering the style of wrestling he’s known for, the fact that Maru is still going is pretty impressive. He remains one of the smoothest performers I’ve been lucky enough to see wrestle in person

Lacey Evans thought Vince McMahon was a “cool boss”

And I think that’s a good point at which to end the news for today

Hope your respective weekends all go well and I’ll see you all Sunday Morning for another update!!

If any crazy trillionaires with a lot of spare time on their hands happen to be reading this and fancy owning a football club, then I think Everton are for sale. Just saying…

Smackdown
Date: September 22, 2023
Location: Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, Arizona
Commentators: Michael Cole, Corey Graves, Kevin Patrick

It’s a special show tonight as John Cena is still around and isn’t taking too kindly to how he has been treated by the Bloodline. That alone should make for a big show, but at some point we might need something for Fastlane. The show is two weeks from tomorrow and there is still nothing announced for the card. Get on that already. Let’s get to it.