tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62964482024-03-08T23:12:20.062+08:00EXTREME PURORESUMy views on Pro Wrestling from the East and WestEric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.comBlogger386125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-1175300905966273652011-05-21T22:57:00.003+08:002011-05-21T23:09:02.519+08:00R.I.P. "Macho Man" Randy Savage 1952 - 2011One of the all time wrestling greats, Randy "Macho Man" Savage tragically died early Friday morning after suffering a heart attack while driving and crashing his car. He was 52. One of my favorites as a kid, whether he was heel or face. May he rest in peace.Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-21952738911773740342011-04-22T14:22:00.001+08:002011-04-22T14:22:58.439+08:00WWE Wrestlemania XXVII Thoughts1. I must have missed the part where they said the winner of the Royal Rumble gets to OPEN WrestleMania and not MAIN EVENT it. There is NO EXCUSE for having a World Title match opening the BIGGEST PPV OF THE YEAR. They say they are making history, I say they are burying their championships.2. This is the 2nd Alberto Del Rio PPV match I’ve seen him in where he just seems to move is slow motion Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-63840419584671523292010-07-22T14:54:00.000+08:002010-07-22T14:55:04.108+08:00Kane is WWE Champion again!All you haters can just deal with it!Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-11349232820630734202010-01-07T23:07:00.002+08:002010-01-08T02:13:54.455+08:00Spoiling the Illusion - TNA Impact 1/04/2010OK, so I decided to give my thoughts on the “groundbreaking Monday night live” edition of TNA impact, and see what they have to offer someone like me who gave up on them years ago and hasn’t watched anything by them in almost 2 years.I have already watched Bret Hart’s return to RAW, and the Hitman looked like he was in great shape, and he didn’t flub any of his lines either. Overall, I thought Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-5257540630869469362009-12-31T10:42:00.003+08:002010-01-07T23:05:46.559+08:00R.I.P "Dr. Death" Steve WilliamsIt's being reported that former All Japan Pro Wrestling Triple Crown Champion Dr. Death Steve Williams has passed away on Wednesday, 30th December 2009 after a long battle with cancer. He was 49.No doubt many fans like myself became fans of Dr. Death after watching him almost murder Kenta Kobashi with some of the sickest looking backdrop drivers in the history of the sport in the early 90s. Heck,Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-69238972847812182892009-10-04T18:30:00.001+08:002009-10-04T18:34:08.382+08:00NOAH Misawa Memorial Show ResultsNOAH “Great Voyage in Tokyo ‘09″, 9/27/09 (NTV/G+)Tokyo Nippon Budokan17,000 Fans (Super No Vacancy)0. Tamon Honda & Junji Izumida vs. Kentaro Shiga & Kishin Kawabata went to a draw (10:00) when the time limit expired.1. Genba Hirayanagi beat Akihiko Ito (8:33) via pinfall.2. Atsushi Aoki beat NOSAWA Rongai (6:59) with a reverse cross-armbreaker.3. Taiji Ishimori & Ricky Marvin beat Yoshinobu Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-52044863123053865372009-08-20T09:49:00.003+08:002009-08-20T10:01:44.526+08:00Bye Bye WWEI'm a life long WWE fan, but push has come to shove and I've finally dropped WWE from my viewing schedule. It's not just that RAW has dropped to new levels of horrible, but my cable operator has decided to increase the rates for the sports package channels I watch my WWE RAW and ECW on. Paying to watch crap is one thing, but increasing the rates and expecting me to pay more to watch crap is Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-42299742097588763832009-06-15T13:55:00.026+08:002009-06-19T09:11:49.079+08:00R.I.P Mitsuharu Misawa 1962 - 2009Yesterday morning I went to the US NOAH site to check out the results of the June 13th, 09 Southern Navigation show where Global Tag League winners Mitsuharu Misawa & Go Shiozaki were challenging Akitoshi Saito & Bison Smith for the GHC tag titles. I went there instead of the Green Destiny site cause that site on the puroresufan network rarely gets updated anymore. I clicked on the results and itEric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-2456303152705538402009-04-07T09:28:00.002+08:002009-04-07T09:36:38.063+08:00WWE WRESTLEMANIA XXV 4/05/09 ResultsWWE superstars rundown their favorite Wrestlemania moments/matches.Nicole Jersinger of the Pussycat Dolls sings America the Beautiful.Money in the Bank Ladder Match: CM Punk VS Mark Henry VS MVP VS Finlay VS Shelton Benjamin VS Kofi Kingston VS Christian VS Kane- Henry & Kane dominate the smaller guys early till Christian and Shelton take them down with a ladder. Kofi leapfrogs over the ladder Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-41162019918583545412009-03-04T14:15:00.004+08:002009-03-04T14:32:21.009+08:00What's next for NOAH?So this past weekend Jun Akiyama and KENTA dethroned the Kensuke Office and brought the GHC gold back home. My question is, where do they go from here, and what was the point of putting the belts on the KO guys anyway?You had Kensuke beat Morishima, who was riding a wave of momentum, for the title. And Kensuke gets 2 successful defenses against non-contenders Yone and Saito. When he finally gets Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-53966484169853142732009-02-18T16:18:00.000+08:002009-02-18T16:20:28.211+08:00WWE No Way Out 2/15/2009WWE Championship - Elimination Chamber Match: The Undertaker VS The Big Show VS Vladimir Kozlov VS Triple H VS Jeff Hardy VS Edge [C]- Jeff Hardy and Edge start off the match.- Jeff hits the Twist of Fate, but misses the Swanton. Edge charges in for the spear, but Jeff catches him in a small-package to pin him and eliminate him from the match!- Vladimir Kozlov is the 3rd man in.- Kozlov catches Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-64213092418480020352009-01-28T10:10:00.003+08:002009-01-28T10:32:38.873+08:00Spoiling the Illusion: Return EditionNot content with having cut the balls off of Chris Jericho a few weeks back, now they had to put Shane McMahon over Legacy this week, as he single handedly fought off all 3 members of the group and Randy Orton was forced to sell some really bad looking punches that mostly just hit air. Most of the RAW roster were on the rampway when all this went down. Wouldn't it have made more sense for them toEric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-43650732458253939402009-01-28T09:58:00.001+08:002009-01-28T10:00:56.382+08:00WWE Royal Rumble 2009Wow. Off the bat they put Vince McMahon over the entire PPV by saying even if he's out of commission due to Orton's attack on RAW, the show must go on. ECW Championship: Jack Swagger [C] beat Matt Hardy with the gutwrench powerbomb to retain.- Great match with Hardy mostly in control save for a short bit where Swagger worked over his left shoulder which played a big part in the finish. Hardy hitEric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-40315650451075976312009-01-21T15:35:00.004+08:002009-01-23T11:45:33.202+08:00Ranting on NOAHIt's been in the news about NOAH's recent troubles, losing their NTV deal and having to make cutbacks to save on finances. The fact that their star player in Kenta Kobashi is out due to his health problems and Misawa himself not in best of shape, and that both of them aren't getting any younger doesn't bold too well for the future of the green mat.They seem to be headed in the right direction nowEric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-28304918666416009692008-12-16T10:29:00.000+08:002008-12-16T10:31:15.531+08:00Jeff Hardy finally wins the big oneWWE ARMAGEDDON 12/14/2008Vladimir Kozlov beat Matt Hardy with a chokeslamA lot better than Kozlov's match with HHH at Survivor Series. Also helped that the live crowd didn't crap all over Koslov's mat work as he made it more interesting than HHH match too, with a modified arm keylock rather than the headlocks. Koslov's new modified chokeslam/spinebuster finisher is also a big step up from the Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-8613464907295609232008-07-02T16:41:00.000+08:002008-07-02T16:42:35.097+08:00Straight Edge champion crowned on RAW!A new world heavyweight champion was crowned on RAW this week when CM Punk cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and defeated Edge to win the title!It all began when JR came out at the beginning of RAW to give his farewell address since he was drafted to Smackdown! last week, and this prompted Edge to come out with Hawkins & Ryder to eject JR from the ring. Edge then went on a rant againstEric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-81993736989216951272007-12-03T09:42:00.000+08:002007-12-03T09:46:55.411+08:00Kobashi Returns!Kenta Kobashi made his in ring return to puroresu last night after being out for over a year battling and winning a fight against cancer. He teamed with his good friend Yoshihiro Takayama against Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama in a match that was originally booked to be Takayama's return match a year ago, but didn't happen because of Kobashi's illness. Kobashi dropped the fall in his return Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-1829037826090377702007-11-21T09:23:00.000+08:002007-11-21T09:24:47.685+08:00WWE Survivor Series 11/18/2007ECW Championship – Triple Threat Match: CM Punk [C] beat The Miz and John Morrison when he pinned Miz after the Go2Sleep to retain.This was a great match! They pulled off a ton of innovative looking maneuvers, including a awesome 3-way spot where Punk Franken-Steinered Morrison off the top rope and Miz caught Morrison in a powerbomb! A spot Punk did in ROH before if I’m not mistaken. The only Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-11478683391840697882007-07-17T23:15:00.000+08:002007-07-17T23:22:01.585+08:00NOAH "Spring Navigation" 7/15/07A successful V4 for Misawa, and V3 for the tag champions.KENTA and Taiji Ishimori win the NTV Cup Jr. Tag Tournament by default when when GHC Jr. tag champions Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Marvin and former champions The Briscoes went to a time limit draw in a match that would have determined the winners.NOAH "Spring Navigation" 7/15/07 (NTV/G+)Tokyo Nippon Budokan14,600 Fans - Super No Vacancy1. Davey Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-26587971459793449822007-07-17T23:07:00.000+08:002007-07-17T23:11:35.425+08:00WWE Vengeance - Night of Champions 6/27/2007World Tag Team Titles: Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch [C] beat The Hardys when Cade pinned Jeff with a spinbuster-bomb retain.WWE Cruiserweight Title: Chavo Guerrero [C] beat Jimmy Wang Yang with a frog splash to retain.ECW World Championship – Decision Match: Johnny Nitro beat CM Punk with a hangman’s swinging neckbreaker to win the title. HOLY SH*T!WWE Intercontinental Championship: Santino Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-86646375421484180492007-06-25T22:11:00.000+08:002007-06-25T22:12:39.062+08:00TNA SLAMMIVERSARY - 5 YEARS IN THE MAKING 6/17/2007 results1. Rhino & Senshi beat LAX when Rhino Gored Homicide2. X-Division Title: "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal beat Chris Sabin [C] with the diving elbow drop to become the new champion.3. Jerry Lynn & ex-NFL star Frank Wycheck beat James Storm & Ron Killings when Wycheck used the cradle piledriver on Storm.4. Bob Backlund pinned Alex Shelley with a backslide.5. Voodoo Kin Mafia beat Damaja & Basham when Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-46064616351173494312007-06-04T23:48:00.000+08:002007-06-05T00:01:50.295+08:00WWE One Night Stand 6/03/2007Every match to be contested under Extreme Rules, or so they say.Stretcher Match: Rob Van Dam beat Randy OrtonI loved the way RVD started the match doing his usual “RVD” taunt, but surprised Orton with a quick kick to the face at the end of it! The story of the whole match was both guys hitting each other hard in the head to try and concuss each other, RVD’s kicks to Orton’s head looking more Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-26745324717595170842007-06-04T22:19:00.000+08:002007-06-04T22:20:52.081+08:00NOAH "Northern Navigation" 6/03/2007 resultsV3 for Misawa. Who's next?NOAH "Northern Navigation" 6/3/07 (NTV/G+)Hokkaido Sports Center3,800 Fans1. Kentaro Shiga, Kishin Kawabata & Tsutomu Hirayanagi beat Masao Inoue, Masashi Aoyagi & Ippei Ota (14:41) when Shiga used the Shiga Shooter on Ota.2. Akitoshi Saito beat Ted DiBiase Jr. (8:48) with the Death Punish.3. Yoshinari Ogawa & Akira Taue beat Tamon Honda & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (10:51) when Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-74909541448948388072007-06-04T22:16:00.000+08:002007-06-04T22:18:05.294+08:00K-1 DYNAMITE!!! USA resultsI missed the first half-hour of the show, but this was a very LONG show going almost 5 hours!"Dynamite!! USA"Saturday, June 2, 2007Los Angeles Coliseum in Los Angeles, CaliforniaPreliminary Bouts:1. Lightweight: J.Z. Calvan def. Nam Phan via TKO - R12. Lightweight: Katsuhiko Nagata def. Isiah Hall via split decision - 3 roundsShowtime Bouts: (9pm ET)3. Heavyweight: Jonathan Wiezorek def. Tim Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296448.post-17440062989064024922007-05-23T14:42:00.000+08:002007-05-23T14:48:35.912+08:00WWE Judgment Day 5/20/2007A thumbs down PPV effort.- Bobby Lashley beat Vince, Shane and Umaga in about ONE MINUTE, but Vince declared he is still ECW champion since Lashley didn't pin HIM.- Randy Orton attacked Shawn Michaels earlier in the night and gave him a concussion. Shawn was in no condition to wrestle, but did so anyway until he collapsed and the referee stopped the match.- John Cena was able to make Khali tap Eric Extremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15011133819763569736noreply@blogger.com0