On my journey of watching wrestling that I missed or going back to look at historical matches, I decided to deep dive on lucha libre, an important part of my people’s rich history. Then once I started going down that route and watching these matches, it made me remember so much from my childhood. One […]
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If you’re here for technical breakdowns for this kind of match, I’m sorry this isn’t going to be that kind of review. This is me straight vibing to a masterpiece that’s a sleeper MOTYC. And here we are again with a AAA tag match that could only be described as a Hooper special. This is
Honor, Love, Blood, and Old Man Lucha Brawls ***** Read More »
What happens when two of the most notorious figures in the business collide at Mania 19? They create real music that requires you to shed real tears. This was a spectacular match that can only be described as beast. Sometimes, when real music starts playing, the only thing you can do is sit down and
Blood In, Blood Out: The Match Heard Around the World, Hulk Hogan vs Vince McMahon ***** Read More »
I’m sorry to all my fellow hoopers. I wanted this to be a weekly thing but I didn’t realize or I should say I forgot I have a job and I’m not Dave Meltzer. I’ll just to make this a weekly or a biweekly thing. And in the name of CM Punk, amen. PURO
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Hello all my fellow hoopers. Join me in my new stupid decision to do my own weekly match guide. I decided to watch more wrestling like a sicko and follow the rush of yesterday from the newsletters. I’ll do my own cheap version of that. Are the reviews going to make sense? Who knows. They’re
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Some people talk about legends, myths and how they wished they witnessed tales of heroics. But we’re watching our modern day King Arthur in Chris Jericho. This man is helping to revitalize Ring of Honor back to the glory days. He’s having some incredible title defenses. I honestly thought he was going to phone it
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Chris Jericho (c) vs Bryan Danielson vs Sammy Guevara vs Claudio Castagnoli Let me tell y’all something. The 4-way Ring Of Honor World Title Match at Full Gear was freaking amazing, a true work of art. A true professional with a keen eye for wrestling (just like myself) would tell you, this was a once
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A match that was filled with blood, emotion and passion. A battle of life and death. A fight for legacies. First you got Pentagon Jr, a wrestler in his prime trying to make history in Mexico and the United States trying to build a legacy. Then you got Villano IV a legend at the end
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One of the greatest title matches in the history of AEW took place on September 4th 2022. It really taken me a few days, almost a week to get back to this match on rewatch. That post scrum really left a sour taste in my mouth, but after Jon Moxley’s “I want the ball” promo
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I’m speechless. I really am just letting my hands flow as I write right now. I really don’t know what direction I want to take this feature, I’m honestly just stuck wondering, pondering at 2:15 am in the morning. I can’t sleep. I have Jon Moxley’s promo from Dynamite ringing through my head. Like it
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