If you’ve been keeping score, we’ve been watching a fair bit of Japanese wrestling. Indeed, the Dragon Lee vs. Kamaitachi match from the New Japan/CMLL jointly-promoted “Fantasticamania” show on January 24 has been one of our favourite matches of the year so far. This past Friday night, back in Mexico, they went at it again… did it match their efforts in Tokyo?
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Following the sad news of the passing of Hayabusa, the second day of the New Japan Cup understandably could have been a muted affair at Korakuen Hall. New Japan held firm though, and put on another entertaining card as the final four in this year’s New Japan Cup were determined.
With New Japan heading into their next big show – Invasion Attack – the company continues with its tradition holding a multi-night tournament to crown a number one contender for their April event. In America, holding such a tournament over more than one show is destined to lead to trouble (just look at how successful TNA’s Bound For Glory Series’ were!), but the tournament format can help to build up an unexpected challenger in just a few shows.
It’s that time again, as we continue our search on the world wide web for alternatives to the current WWE product. This week, we’ll be changing tack and looking at a few random matches from the wide archives on the WWE Network.
Jake “The Snake” Roberts has had a storied career in wrestling. From his debut in Mid South Wrestling in the mid 70s, it’d be almost a decade later when “The Snake” started to become a household name, wrestling in the WWE, where he would become one of (if not) the greatest wrestlers never to win a single’s title in the company. However, he would also threaten to become just another of wrestling’s tragedies.
It’s that time again, as we continue our search on the world wide web for the freely available gems of matches that can provide a quick distraction from what the WWE is currently churning out. This time, we focus more on the fairer sex, and drop in on the early days of a future WWE diva.
Here on Back Body Drop, we’ve covered the offerings of the WWE Network and New Japan World (amongst others) for those who are looking online for non-pirated wrestling. Another option out there comes from Ring of Honor, who for the last few years have made their weekly television show available for free via their website.
Sunday night saw WWE complete their final pay-per-view before WrestleMania, with a Fast Lane pay-per-view that was notable for… very little, actually. The bookies (or at least, 888sport) had the results right in all-but-one match – and for someone notoriously awful at pay-per-view predictions, I came out 100% with my winners!