• Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Ulka Sasaki
NOAH: The New Year 2025 // January 01, 2025
• Yokozuna vs. Earthquake
WWF: Superstars (Dark Match) // January 25, 1993
• The Undertaker vs. Razor Ramon
WWF: Superstars (Dark Match) // November 24, 1992
• Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Typhoon
WWF: Superstars (Dark Match) // January 05, 1993
• Doink vs. Kamala
WWF: Wrestling Challenge (Dark Match) // February 16, 1993
• The Undertaker vs. Papa Shango
WWF: Superstars (Dark Match) // January 05, 1993
The Day's Thoughts: Admittedly, I don't follow much Japanese wrestling outside of checking out the occasional NJPW match. However, I wanted to see Nakamura's match in NOAH after seeing a video of his badass entrance online. Despite being a huge Nakamura fan, this one didn't do much for me. The entrance did rule though.
The rest of the matches are from an old Coliseum Home Video release called Invasion of the Bodyslammers. WWE uploaded it recently on their Vault YouTube channel. I only cherry-picked a few of the big boy matches, but it's always fun to go back and watch these. Granted, half of them end in countouts, but what are you going to do?
January 07, 2025
January 06, 2025
Monday | January 06, 2025
• Roman Reigns vs. Solo Sikoa [Tribal Combat Match]
WWE: Monday Night Raw // January 06, 2025
• Liv Morgan (c) vs. Rhea Ripley [Women's World Championship]
WWE: Monday Night Raw // January 06, 2025
• Drew McIntyre vs. Jey Uso
WWE: Monday Night Raw // January 06, 2025
• Seth Rollins vs. CM Punk
WWE: Monday Night Raw // January 06, 2025
The Day's Thoughts: This is the first time I've watched Monday Night Raw the entire way through in years. It's not too much of a slight towards WWE, which has always been my favorite promotion through the good times and (many, many) bad times over my last 30+ years of watching wrestling. It's just that life is busy with two small kids and family and work responsibilities; it's not often I'm even awake at 11pm anymore. Usually, I just catch the highlights on Reddit or YouTube. If a match is really good or piques my interest, I'll check the whole thing out.
Anyway, this debut of Raw on Netflix went about as I expected. Lots (and lots) of fluff, but some solid matches. I'm hoping this was like a Wrestlemania reset of sorts, where these bouts finally end some of the feuds. Roman and The Bloodline along with Liv and Rhea need to go their separate ways. I was disappointed Jey Uso and CM Punk went over. I love the Usos as a tag team, and Jey has undeniable electricity, but his singles wrestling does nothing for me. Plus, McIntyre rules. For Punk, it took a lot for me to enjoy him again, but I do like having him around WWE. However it shouldn't be at the expense of Rollins. Guys like Rollins and McIntyre should be standing above the rest at a big show like this. Maybe HHH has something else up his sleeve.
Oh, and Hulk Hogan getting mercilessly booed warmed my cold heart. I can separate the art from the artist and watch and love old Hogan matches without a second thought. But fuck the real Hulk Hogan.
WWE: Monday Night Raw // January 06, 2025
• Liv Morgan (c) vs. Rhea Ripley [Women's World Championship]
WWE: Monday Night Raw // January 06, 2025
• Drew McIntyre vs. Jey Uso
WWE: Monday Night Raw // January 06, 2025
• Seth Rollins vs. CM Punk
WWE: Monday Night Raw // January 06, 2025
The Day's Thoughts: This is the first time I've watched Monday Night Raw the entire way through in years. It's not too much of a slight towards WWE, which has always been my favorite promotion through the good times and (many, many) bad times over my last 30+ years of watching wrestling. It's just that life is busy with two small kids and family and work responsibilities; it's not often I'm even awake at 11pm anymore. Usually, I just catch the highlights on Reddit or YouTube. If a match is really good or piques my interest, I'll check the whole thing out.
Anyway, this debut of Raw on Netflix went about as I expected. Lots (and lots) of fluff, but some solid matches. I'm hoping this was like a Wrestlemania reset of sorts, where these bouts finally end some of the feuds. Roman and The Bloodline along with Liv and Rhea need to go their separate ways. I was disappointed Jey Uso and CM Punk went over. I love the Usos as a tag team, and Jey has undeniable electricity, but his singles wrestling does nothing for me. Plus, McIntyre rules. For Punk, it took a lot for me to enjoy him again, but I do like having him around WWE. However it shouldn't be at the expense of Rollins. Guys like Rollins and McIntyre should be standing above the rest at a big show like this. Maybe HHH has something else up his sleeve.
Oh, and Hulk Hogan getting mercilessly booed warmed my cold heart. I can separate the art from the artist and watch and love old Hogan matches without a second thought. But fuck the real Hulk Hogan.
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