Welcome to this review of Aew’s new Dynasty pay-per-view, which was broadcast live from the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Mo and featured Excalibur, Taz, and Tony Schiavone on commentary… The PPV opened with the usual Zero Hour pre-show, so let’s get right into the action!
Zero Hour Match #1: Trent Beretta def. Matt Sydal The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Trent started out aggressively with a chop to Sydal’s windpipe. Matt rallied back with a dropkick and then a splash off the apron to Trent. Back in the ring, Trent nailed Matt with a brain buster. Trent yanked Sydal off the turnbuckles and planted him with a side suplex. Sydal dropped Trent with a question mark kick for a near fall. Trent sent Sydal soaring with a half and half suplex. Sydal blasted Trent with an Air Raid Crash. Sydal smashed Trent with the meteora,...
Zero Hour Match #1: Trent Beretta def. Matt Sydal The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Trent started out aggressively with a chop to Sydal’s windpipe. Matt rallied back with a dropkick and then a splash off the apron to Trent. Back in the ring, Trent nailed Matt with a brain buster. Trent yanked Sydal off the turnbuckles and planted him with a side suplex. Sydal dropped Trent with a question mark kick for a near fall. Trent sent Sydal soaring with a half and half suplex. Sydal blasted Trent with an Air Raid Crash. Sydal smashed Trent with the meteora,...
- 4/24/2024
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Welcome to this week’s review of Aew: Dynamite, which was broadcast from the Dcu Center in Worcester, Ma. We’ve got Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Taz on commentary this week, so let’s get into the review!
Match #1: Will Ospreay def. Powerhouse Hobbs The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Ospreay charged at Hobbs when the bell rang but Hobbs blocked Ospreay with a shoulder tackle. Will Ospreay fired back with a standing moonsault press onto Hobbs. Powerhouse Hobbs clubbed Will with a lariat. Ospreay hit Hobbs with a clothesline, knocking Hobbs over the top rope. Will followed up by jumping over the top rope with a cross body press onto Hobbs on the arena floor. Ospreay tried for a springboard off the barricade, but Hobbs countered by grabbing him and nailing Will with a vertical suplex onto the steel ring steps. Hobbs bashed Ospreay repeatedly into the...
Match #1: Will Ospreay def. Powerhouse Hobbs The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Ospreay charged at Hobbs when the bell rang but Hobbs blocked Ospreay with a shoulder tackle. Will Ospreay fired back with a standing moonsault press onto Hobbs. Powerhouse Hobbs clubbed Will with a lariat. Ospreay hit Hobbs with a clothesline, knocking Hobbs over the top rope. Will followed up by jumping over the top rope with a cross body press onto Hobbs on the arena floor. Ospreay tried for a springboard off the barricade, but Hobbs countered by grabbing him and nailing Will with a vertical suplex onto the steel ring steps. Hobbs bashed Ospreay repeatedly into the...
- 4/5/2024
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Welcome to this review of 2023’s Aew: Revolution pay-per-view, which emanates from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina and sees not only a bevvy of title defences but also Sting’s final Ever match… Here’s hoping he goes out on top!
Zero Hour Match #1: The Bang Bang Scissor Gang def. Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett, Willie Mack and Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Caster flubbed his rap at the end and seemed a bit rattled. Caster hit the Scissor Me Timbers on Marq Quen. Lethal interfered and Quen dropkicked Colten. Jeff Jarrett tagged in and did the Fargo strut after Karen choked Colten when the ref had his back turned. Willie Mack walloped Colten with a massive lariat. Satnam Singh sent Bowens for a ride, hurling him halfway across the ring. Lethal followed up with a delayed vertical suplex on Bowens,...
Zero Hour Match #1: The Bang Bang Scissor Gang def. Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett, Willie Mack and Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Caster flubbed his rap at the end and seemed a bit rattled. Caster hit the Scissor Me Timbers on Marq Quen. Lethal interfered and Quen dropkicked Colten. Jeff Jarrett tagged in and did the Fargo strut after Karen choked Colten when the ref had his back turned. Willie Mack walloped Colten with a massive lariat. Satnam Singh sent Bowens for a ride, hurling him halfway across the ring. Lethal followed up with a delayed vertical suplex on Bowens,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Welcome to this week’s review of Aew’s latest television show, Collision, which brings wrestling back to Saturday nights! We’ve got the commentary team of Nigel McGuinness, Kevin Kelly and Tony Schiavone calling the action, with Jr commentating on the main event as well this week, so let’s get into the review!
Match #1: Swerve Strickland def. Ar Fox The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Fox attacked Swerve as the show was coming onto the air. They brawled onto the ramp. Ar Fox jumped off the stage and landed on Swerve with a crossbody press! They made it to the ring and Fox flipped over the top rope and landed on Swerve on the arena floor, Fox clearly taking the fight to Strickland. Swerve hip tossed Fox onto the ring apron, with Fox’s legs taking the brunt of the impact. Swerve whipped Fox into the steel guardrail.
Match #1: Swerve Strickland def. Ar Fox The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Fox attacked Swerve as the show was coming onto the air. They brawled onto the ramp. Ar Fox jumped off the stage and landed on Swerve with a crossbody press! They made it to the ring and Fox flipped over the top rope and landed on Swerve on the arena floor, Fox clearly taking the fight to Strickland. Swerve hip tossed Fox onto the ring apron, with Fox’s legs taking the brunt of the impact. Swerve whipped Fox into the steel guardrail.
- 11/7/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Welcome to this review of Aew’s brand new PPV, Wrestledream, which was broadcast live from the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington. We’ve got a pre-show And the main pay-per-view to check out, so let’s get into the review!
Zero Hour Match #1: Athena, Billie Starkz, Keith Lee & Satoshi Kojima def. Diamante, Lee Moriarty, Mercedes Martinez & Shane Taylor The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Athena ducked a kick from Diamante and then suplexed her. Athena and Billie Starkz hit tandem tope suicidas on Diamante and Martinez. Shane Taylor charged into Keith Lee but Lee barely budged. Lee took down Taylor with a hurracanrana. Taylor walloped Keith Lee with a cheap shop. Lee Moriarty tagged in, but Keith Lee hurled him across the ring and tagged in Kojima. Kojima lit up Lee Moriarty with rapid fire chops. Kojima spiked Moriarty with a Ddt for a near fall.
Zero Hour Match #1: Athena, Billie Starkz, Keith Lee & Satoshi Kojima def. Diamante, Lee Moriarty, Mercedes Martinez & Shane Taylor The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Athena ducked a kick from Diamante and then suplexed her. Athena and Billie Starkz hit tandem tope suicidas on Diamante and Martinez. Shane Taylor charged into Keith Lee but Lee barely budged. Lee took down Taylor with a hurracanrana. Taylor walloped Keith Lee with a cheap shop. Lee Moriarty tagged in, but Keith Lee hurled him across the ring and tagged in Kojima. Kojima lit up Lee Moriarty with rapid fire chops. Kojima spiked Moriarty with a Ddt for a near fall.
- 10/3/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
It’s Monday so you know what that means, it’s time for our weekly review of Aew: Rampage! This week’s show was broadcast from the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado and featured Excalibur and Taz on commentary. Now let’s get to the review…
Match #1: Aew World Trios Championship Open Challenge Match – The Acclaimed def. Brother Zay & The Hardys (Matt & Jeff) The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Bowens and Brother Zay locked up and chain wrestled. Bowens hit a shoulder block on Zay. Bowens blocked an arm drag but Zay took down Bowens with a hurracanrana. Bowens spiked Zay on the top of his head with a nasty leg drop. Jeff tagged in and splashed Caster from the middle rope. Billy Gunn tagged in and hit Matt Hardy with a shoulder tackle. Matt sent Billy into the turnbuckles. Jeff jumped off Matt’s back and splashed Billy in the corner.
Match #1: Aew World Trios Championship Open Challenge Match – The Acclaimed def. Brother Zay & The Hardys (Matt & Jeff) The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Bowens and Brother Zay locked up and chain wrestled. Bowens hit a shoulder block on Zay. Bowens blocked an arm drag but Zay took down Bowens with a hurracanrana. Bowens spiked Zay on the top of his head with a nasty leg drop. Jeff tagged in and splashed Caster from the middle rope. Billy Gunn tagged in and hit Matt Hardy with a shoulder tackle. Matt sent Billy into the turnbuckles. Jeff jumped off Matt’s back and splashed Billy in the corner.
- 10/2/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
It’s Monday so you know what that means, it’s time for our weekly review of Aew: Rampage! This week’s show was broadcast from the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York and featured Excalibur, Ian Riccaboni and Tony Schiavone on commentary. Now let’s get to the review…
Match #1: Darby Allin & Sting def. Luchasaurus & Christian Cage The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Both teams started the match brawling. Darby dropkicked Luchasaurus out of the ring and onto the ramp. Darby threw his body at Luchasaurus. Sting and Christian brawled outside the ring. Luchasaurus whipped Darby into the steel ring post. Luchasaurus worked Darby over, bodyslamming him and then sending him into the turnbuckles. Christian tagged in but Darby connected with a springboard press. Luchasaurus spiked Darby with a chokeslam. Christian attempted a diving headbutt, but Darby dodged it, rolling out of the way. Sting tagged in...
Match #1: Darby Allin & Sting def. Luchasaurus & Christian Cage The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Both teams started the match brawling. Darby dropkicked Luchasaurus out of the ring and onto the ramp. Darby threw his body at Luchasaurus. Sting and Christian brawled outside the ring. Luchasaurus whipped Darby into the steel ring post. Luchasaurus worked Darby over, bodyslamming him and then sending him into the turnbuckles. Christian tagged in but Darby connected with a springboard press. Luchasaurus spiked Darby with a chokeslam. Christian attempted a diving headbutt, but Darby dodged it, rolling out of the way. Sting tagged in...
- 9/25/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
It’s Monday so you know what that means, it’s time for our weekly review of Aew: Rampage! This week’s show was broadcast from the Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati and featured Excalibur, Chris Jericho and Tony Schiavone on commentary. Now let’s get to the review…
Match #1: The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix) and The Hardys (Matt & Jeff) def. Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett, The Butcher & The Blade The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Fenix blasted Lethal with a missile dropkick. Fenix took Butcher down with a thrust kick to the head. Jeff Hardy tagged in and worked over Butcher’s shoulder. Matt Hardy tagged in and dropped an elbow on Butcher’s arm. Matt continued to work over Butcher’s arm. The Hardys double suplexed the Butcher and then the Blade. After some interference from Sonjay Dutt, Butcher and Jay Lethal got the advantage on Matt Hardy.
Match #1: The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix) and The Hardys (Matt & Jeff) def. Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett, The Butcher & The Blade The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Fenix blasted Lethal with a missile dropkick. Fenix took Butcher down with a thrust kick to the head. Jeff Hardy tagged in and worked over Butcher’s shoulder. Matt Hardy tagged in and dropped an elbow on Butcher’s arm. Matt continued to work over Butcher’s arm. The Hardys double suplexed the Butcher and then the Blade. After some interference from Sonjay Dutt, Butcher and Jay Lethal got the advantage on Matt Hardy.
- 9/18/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Welcome to this review of 2023’s All Out pay-per-view, which once again emanated from Chicago and the United Center. It was interesting to speculate what the reaction of the Chicago crowd would be given recent events in the company but… any crowd can appreciate a good pay-per-view and this was a good pay-per-view! Let’s see what went down:
Zero Hour Match #1: The Over Budget Charity Battle Royale – Winner: “Hangman” Adam Page The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
The winner earns $50K to give to the charity of their choice! Tony Nese began the match by doing pushups. He was quickly eliminated. Serpentico was swarmed by Menard, Hager, Garcia, and Parker. They quickly tossed him out. Aussie Open knocked Shawn Spears out with stereo thrust kicks. Brian Cage powerbombed Komander and then the Mogul Embassy hurled Komander over the top. The Boys eliminated Angelo Parker, and then Cage...
Zero Hour Match #1: The Over Budget Charity Battle Royale – Winner: “Hangman” Adam Page The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
The winner earns $50K to give to the charity of their choice! Tony Nese began the match by doing pushups. He was quickly eliminated. Serpentico was swarmed by Menard, Hager, Garcia, and Parker. They quickly tossed him out. Aussie Open knocked Shawn Spears out with stereo thrust kicks. Brian Cage powerbombed Komander and then the Mogul Embassy hurled Komander over the top. The Boys eliminated Angelo Parker, and then Cage...
- 9/5/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Welcome to this week’s review of Aew’s latest television show, Collision, which brings wrestling back to Saturday nights! We’ve got the commentary team of Nigel McGuinness and Kevin Kelly calling the action this week, so let’s get into the review!
Match #1: Aew World Trios Championship Match – The Acclaimed def. Daddy Magic, Cool Hand Ang & Daniel Garcia The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Angelo Parker ate some right hands from Anthony Bowens. Garcia tagged in, as did Daddy Ass. Garcia cracked Billy Gunn with a chop across the chest. Billy Gunn and Bowens dropped double elbows on Garcia. Garcia put the Dragon Tamer on Bowens after some help from Parker and Menard. Billy Gunn broke up the hold. Max Caster tagged in and cleaned house on the opposition. Caster connected with a cross body press on Garcia for a near fall. Garcia fired back with a uranage.
Match #1: Aew World Trios Championship Match – The Acclaimed def. Daddy Magic, Cool Hand Ang & Daniel Garcia The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Angelo Parker ate some right hands from Anthony Bowens. Garcia tagged in, as did Daddy Ass. Garcia cracked Billy Gunn with a chop across the chest. Billy Gunn and Bowens dropped double elbows on Garcia. Garcia put the Dragon Tamer on Bowens after some help from Parker and Menard. Billy Gunn broke up the hold. Max Caster tagged in and cleaned house on the opposition. Caster connected with a cross body press on Garcia for a near fall. Garcia fired back with a uranage.
- 9/5/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
For the first time ever, an All Elite Wrestling pay-per-view event will take place overseas, this time from historic Wembley Stadium in London, England. This also marks the first time Aew will run a show in the United Kingdom — and what a show indeed. In the main event, Aew World Champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman takes on frenemy Adam Cole following their match as a tag team against Ring of Honor Tag Team Champions Aussie Open. Aew: All In 2023 airs this Sunday, Aug. 27 at 1 p.m. Et. You can get the PPV for $49.99 on Directv Stream, inDEMAND, PPV.com, or Bleacher Report.
How to Watch Aew All In 2023 When: Sunday, Aug. 27 at 1 p.m. Et Where: Directv Stream, the Bleacher Report App, or anywhere you get your PPVs. Streaming: Get the PPV for $49.99 and watch on Directv Stream or you can watch on Bleacher Report Sign Up $0 / month bleacherreport.com...
How to Watch Aew All In 2023 When: Sunday, Aug. 27 at 1 p.m. Et Where: Directv Stream, the Bleacher Report App, or anywhere you get your PPVs. Streaming: Get the PPV for $49.99 and watch on Directv Stream or you can watch on Bleacher Report Sign Up $0 / month bleacherreport.com...
- 8/27/2023
- by Jeff Kotuby
- The Streamable
Welcome to this week’s review of Aew’s latest television show, Collision, which brings wrestling back to Saturday nights! We’ve got the commentary team of Nigel McGuiness and Kevin Kelly calling the action, so let’s get into the review!
Match #1: Bullet Club Gold (Jay White & Juice Robinson) def. Action Andretti & Darius Martin The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Darius and Jay began with a collar and elbow tie-up. Jay White stomped Darius in the corner. White chopped Darius Martin. Action tagged in and hit a springboard tornillo on Juice Robinson for a near fall. Action and Darius hit a double drop kick on Juice. Juice connected with a side kick and tagged in Jay White. Juice grabbed Action and nailed him with a draping neck breaker off the apron and onto the arena floor. Action countered a vertical suplex from Juice with a cradle for a near fall.
Match #1: Bullet Club Gold (Jay White & Juice Robinson) def. Action Andretti & Darius Martin The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Darius and Jay began with a collar and elbow tie-up. Jay White stomped Darius in the corner. White chopped Darius Martin. Action tagged in and hit a springboard tornillo on Juice Robinson for a near fall. Action and Darius hit a double drop kick on Juice. Juice connected with a side kick and tagged in Jay White. Juice grabbed Action and nailed him with a draping neck breaker off the apron and onto the arena floor. Action countered a vertical suplex from Juice with a cradle for a near fall.
- 7/24/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
It’s Monday so you know what that means, it’s time for our weekly review of Aew: Rampage! This week’s show was broadcast from the Td Garden in Boston, Massachusetts and featured Excalibur, Chris Jericho and Tony Schiavone on commentary. Now let’s get to the review…
Match #1: Royal Rampage – Winner: Darby Allin
My Thoughts: For those unaware what a “Royal Rampage” match is… well, due to the fact Rampage was taped at the same time as this week’s Blood and Guts episode of Dynamite the show had two rings. One red ring and one blue ring, both featuring different wrestlers taking part in two simultaneous “royal rumble” style matches. Which means the camera misses the majority of the action until the number of men in the ring is whittled down enough. It’s even worse than trying to follow a One ring Royal Rumble! Eventually...
Match #1: Royal Rampage – Winner: Darby Allin
My Thoughts: For those unaware what a “Royal Rampage” match is… well, due to the fact Rampage was taped at the same time as this week’s Blood and Guts episode of Dynamite the show had two rings. One red ring and one blue ring, both featuring different wrestlers taking part in two simultaneous “royal rumble” style matches. Which means the camera misses the majority of the action until the number of men in the ring is whittled down enough. It’s even worse than trying to follow a One ring Royal Rumble! Eventually...
- 7/24/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Welcome to this week’s review of Aew: Dynamite, which was broadcast live from Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. We’ve got Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Taz on commentary so let’s get into the review!
Match #1: Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament Quarterfinal Match – Orange Cassidy & Darby Allin def. Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Keith Lee hurled Darby Allin halfway across the ring! Orange Cassidy tagged in, and played mind games with Keith, trying to get in his head. Keith Lee blasted Orange with a double overhand chop. Darby attempted a Coffin Splash, but Keith Lee caught him! As Keith was holding Darby, Orange fired off and Orange Punch! Swerve tagged in and rocked Darby with a diving uppercut. Keith Lee assisted Swerve with a suplex-powerbomb combo on Darby Allin! Orange jumped off the turnbuckles and Keith Le intercepted him and applied a bear hug.
Match #1: Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament Quarterfinal Match – Orange Cassidy & Darby Allin def. Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Keith Lee hurled Darby Allin halfway across the ring! Orange Cassidy tagged in, and played mind games with Keith, trying to get in his head. Keith Lee blasted Orange with a double overhand chop. Darby attempted a Coffin Splash, but Keith Lee caught him! As Keith was holding Darby, Orange fired off and Orange Punch! Swerve tagged in and rocked Darby with a diving uppercut. Keith Lee assisted Swerve with a suplex-powerbomb combo on Darby Allin! Orange jumped off the turnbuckles and Keith Le intercepted him and applied a bear hug.
- 7/7/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
It’s Monday so you know what that means, it’s time for our weekly review of Aew: Rampage! This week’s show features Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, Chris Jericho and Jim Ross on commentary once again. Now let’s get to the review…
Match #1: The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn def. Rush, Preston Vance & Dralistico
My Thoughts: This was another average match from The Acclaimed who don’t seem to be able to kick things into top gear at all recently. Every match feels like the trio of Max Caster, Anthony Bowens and Billy Gunn are just going through the motions and sticking to a Very familiar playbook that gets them over with live audience but does nothing for them personally. If I’m truly honest, The Acclaimed should’ve lost this one – Rush and co. are much more on point these days and have been dominant for real, unlike The Acclaimed,...
Match #1: The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn def. Rush, Preston Vance & Dralistico
My Thoughts: This was another average match from The Acclaimed who don’t seem to be able to kick things into top gear at all recently. Every match feels like the trio of Max Caster, Anthony Bowens and Billy Gunn are just going through the motions and sticking to a Very familiar playbook that gets them over with live audience but does nothing for them personally. If I’m truly honest, The Acclaimed should’ve lost this one – Rush and co. are much more on point these days and have been dominant for real, unlike The Acclaimed,...
- 5/29/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
It’s Monday so you know what that means, it’s time for our weekly review of Aew: Rampage! This week’s show features Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, Chris Jericho and Jim Ross on commentary. Now let’s get to the review…
Match #1: Blackpool Combat Club def. Bandido & Best Amigos (Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta) The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Mox began battering Bandido with clubbing shots. Yuta and Trent tagged in and traded forearms. Trent took down Wheeler with a lariat. Claudio suplexed Chuck Taylor. The Bcc utilized quick tags to confuse their opponents. Trent blasted Mox with German suplexes and a half-and-half. All three members of Best Amigos flew over the top rope, wiping out the Bcc on the outside. Back in the ring, Claudio hit a double foot stomp on Trent. Claudio tried for a European uppercut, but Trent countered with a backslide for a near fall.
Match #1: Blackpool Combat Club def. Bandido & Best Amigos (Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta) The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Mox began battering Bandido with clubbing shots. Yuta and Trent tagged in and traded forearms. Trent took down Wheeler with a lariat. Claudio suplexed Chuck Taylor. The Bcc utilized quick tags to confuse their opponents. Trent blasted Mox with German suplexes and a half-and-half. All three members of Best Amigos flew over the top rope, wiping out the Bcc on the outside. Back in the ring, Claudio hit a double foot stomp on Trent. Claudio tried for a European uppercut, but Trent countered with a backslide for a near fall.
- 5/22/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
It’s Monday so you know what that means, it’s time for our weekly review of Aew: Rampage! This week’s show, which aired on Saturday instead of the usual Friday night slot, features Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross on commentary. Now let’s get to the review…
Match #1: The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn def. Kip Sabian and The Butcher & The Blade The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Bowens hit a shoulder block on Sabian. Bowens tried again but Sabian used an arm drag and then a foot stomp on Bowens. Caster and Blade tagged in for their respective teams. Caster scoop slammed the Blade. Bowens dropped the Scissor Me Timbers. Butcher grabbed a tag and blasted Bowens with a lariat. After some cheap interference from Kip, Butcher continued to work over Bowens’ back. Blade tagged in and kept Bowens from reaching his team in the corner.
Match #1: The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn def. Kip Sabian and The Butcher & The Blade The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Bowens hit a shoulder block on Sabian. Bowens tried again but Sabian used an arm drag and then a foot stomp on Bowens. Caster and Blade tagged in for their respective teams. Caster scoop slammed the Blade. Bowens dropped the Scissor Me Timbers. Butcher grabbed a tag and blasted Bowens with a lariat. After some cheap interference from Kip, Butcher continued to work over Bowens’ back. Blade tagged in and kept Bowens from reaching his team in the corner.
- 5/15/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Welcome to this week’s review of Aew: Dynamite, which was broadcast live from the Cfg Bank Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. We’ve got Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Taz on commentary so let’s get into the review!
Match #1: Orange Cassidy, Adam Cole, Bandido & Roderick Strong def. Angelo Parker, Matt Menard, Daniel Garcia & Jake Hager The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Before the match began Chris Jericho walked onto the ramp. He was wearing a T-shirt with a graphic of Dr. Britt Baker. Jericho taunted Adam Cole and then joined the commentary team. Daniel Garcia and Roderick Strong began the match for their respective sides. Garcia shot for a single leg takedown, but Roddy sprawled. They traded forearms and then Roddy chopped at Garcia’s chest. Adam Cole tagged in, but Garcia used a knee to Cole’s abdomen. Garcia tagged out to Angelo Parker. Bandido scoop slammed Parker.
Match #1: Orange Cassidy, Adam Cole, Bandido & Roderick Strong def. Angelo Parker, Matt Menard, Daniel Garcia & Jake Hager The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Before the match began Chris Jericho walked onto the ramp. He was wearing a T-shirt with a graphic of Dr. Britt Baker. Jericho taunted Adam Cole and then joined the commentary team. Daniel Garcia and Roderick Strong began the match for their respective sides. Garcia shot for a single leg takedown, but Roddy sprawled. They traded forearms and then Roddy chopped at Garcia’s chest. Adam Cole tagged in, but Garcia used a knee to Cole’s abdomen. Garcia tagged out to Angelo Parker. Bandido scoop slammed Parker.
- 5/4/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
It’s Monday so you know what that means, it’s time for our weekly review of Aew: Rampage! This week’s show features Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross on commentary. Now let’s get to the review…
Match #1: Bullet Club Gold (Jay White & Juice Robinson) def. Ricky Starks & Shawn Spears The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Both teams began brawling at the start of the match. Ricky whipped Robinson into the guardrail. Spears pulled Jay White off the apron and to the floor. Spears hammered Juice with shots. Jay White distracted Spears and then Juice wiped out Spears with an axe kick. Jay White grabbed Spears and planted him hard on the edge of the ring. White and Robinson isolated Shawn Spears in their corner, with Jay White laying in the heavy leather. Jay White cut off Spears’ comeback attempt. Spears turned things around with a suplex on Jay White.
Match #1: Bullet Club Gold (Jay White & Juice Robinson) def. Ricky Starks & Shawn Spears The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Both teams began brawling at the start of the match. Ricky whipped Robinson into the guardrail. Spears pulled Jay White off the apron and to the floor. Spears hammered Juice with shots. Jay White distracted Spears and then Juice wiped out Spears with an axe kick. Jay White grabbed Spears and planted him hard on the edge of the ring. White and Robinson isolated Shawn Spears in their corner, with Jay White laying in the heavy leather. Jay White cut off Spears’ comeback attempt. Spears turned things around with a suplex on Jay White.
- 5/1/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Welcome to this week’s review of Aew: Dynamite, which was broadcast live from the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We’ve got Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Taz on commentary so let’s get into the review!
Match #1: Jamie Hayter & Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. def. The Outcasts (Ruby Soho & Toni Storm) The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Both teams brawled to start the match! Toni and Jamie paired up, while Britt and Ruby slugged it out. Hayter hit a double shoulder tackle on Soho and Storm. Hayter double suplexed them! Saraya grabbed Hayter’s ankle. Storm tried for a Ddt on the outside but Hayter pumped the brakes. Back in the ring, Storm blasted Jamie with a forearm and followed up with a hip attack. Baker attempted a Panama Sunrise but it was countered. Soho used a back heel trip on Baker on the floor.
Match #1: Jamie Hayter & Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. def. The Outcasts (Ruby Soho & Toni Storm) The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Both teams brawled to start the match! Toni and Jamie paired up, while Britt and Ruby slugged it out. Hayter hit a double shoulder tackle on Soho and Storm. Hayter double suplexed them! Saraya grabbed Hayter’s ankle. Storm tried for a Ddt on the outside but Hayter pumped the brakes. Back in the ring, Storm blasted Jamie with a forearm and followed up with a hip attack. Baker attempted a Panama Sunrise but it was countered. Soho used a back heel trip on Baker on the floor.
- 4/21/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
It’s Monday so you know what that means, it’s time for our weekly review of Aew: Rampage! This week’s show features Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross on commentary. Now let’s get to the review…
Match #1: TNT Championship Match – Powerhouse Hobbs def. Penta El Zero Miedo The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
They exchanged strikes at the beginning of the match. Penta El Zero Miedo blasted Hobbs with a thrust kick and then a dropkick, sending Hobbs tumbling to the arena floor. Penta El Zero Miedo was about to rocket out of the ring but Hobbs countered with a stiff forearm. He followed up by ramming Penta El Zero Miedo into the ring post. Hobbs smashed Penta El Zero Miedo with a backbreaker. Qt Marshall tied up Penta El Zero Miedo’s mask to the bottom rope as Hobbs distracted ref Aubrey Edwards. Hobbs stomped Penta El Zero Miedo,...
Match #1: TNT Championship Match – Powerhouse Hobbs def. Penta El Zero Miedo The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
They exchanged strikes at the beginning of the match. Penta El Zero Miedo blasted Hobbs with a thrust kick and then a dropkick, sending Hobbs tumbling to the arena floor. Penta El Zero Miedo was about to rocket out of the ring but Hobbs countered with a stiff forearm. He followed up by ramming Penta El Zero Miedo into the ring post. Hobbs smashed Penta El Zero Miedo with a backbreaker. Qt Marshall tied up Penta El Zero Miedo’s mask to the bottom rope as Hobbs distracted ref Aubrey Edwards. Hobbs stomped Penta El Zero Miedo,...
- 3/27/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Jordan Peele’s latest career incarnation could have been fodder for “Key & Peele,” the hit Comedy Central sketch show in which he and Keegan-Michael Key skewered modern racial issues. But Peele wrote had written a horror movie about race, and it needed a director. That created a challenge: After William Crain (“Blacula”), Bill Gunn (“Ganja & Hesse”), and Ernest Dickerson (“Bones,” “The Walking Dead”), how many black horror directors can you name? (The savviest genre fans out there might also remember James Bond III, very much a real person, who directed “Def By Temptation” 27 years ago.)
Needless to say, it was slim pickings. “I first pitched this as a movie no one would make,” Peele said. “About halfway through writing the script, I realized I was the only person who could direct it.”
However, Peele’s feature directing debut, “Get Out,” also brings him into the rarified class of horror directors...
Needless to say, it was slim pickings. “I first pitched this as a movie no one would make,” Peele said. “About halfway through writing the script, I realized I was the only person who could direct it.”
However, Peele’s feature directing debut, “Get Out,” also brings him into the rarified class of horror directors...
- 2/21/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
“Don’t think it. Don’t say it.” From Stx Entertainment, The Bye Bye Man will pay everyone a visit on June 3rd. Also: details on Karyn Kusama’s (The Invitation) curated collection on Shudder and Dark Horse Comics’ Tarzan on the Planet of the Apes at Emerald City Comicon.
The Bye Bye Man: “People commit unthinkable acts every day. Time and again, we grapple to understand what drives a person to do such terrible things. But what if all of the questions we’re asking are wrong? What if the source of all evil is not a matter of what…but who?
From the producer of The Strangers and Oculus comes The Bye Bye Man, a chilling horror-thriller that exposes the evil behind the most unspeakable acts committed by man.
When three college friends stumble upon the horrific origins of the Bye Bye Man, they discover that there...
The Bye Bye Man: “People commit unthinkable acts every day. Time and again, we grapple to understand what drives a person to do such terrible things. But what if all of the questions we’re asking are wrong? What if the source of all evil is not a matter of what…but who?
From the producer of The Strangers and Oculus comes The Bye Bye Man, a chilling horror-thriller that exposes the evil behind the most unspeakable acts committed by man.
When three college friends stumble upon the horrific origins of the Bye Bye Man, they discover that there...
- 4/11/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
This is definitely the time of year when film critic types (I’m sure you know who I mean) spend an inordinate amount of time leading up to awards season—and it all leads up to awards season, don’t it?—compiling lists and trying to convince anyone who will listen that it was a shitty year at the movies for anyone who liked something other than what they saw and liked. And ‘tis the season, or at least ‘thas (?) been in the recent past, for that most beloved of academic parlor games, bemoaning the death of cinema, which, if the sackcloth-and-ashes-clad among us are to be believed, is an increasingly detached and irrelevant art form in the process of being smothered under the wet, steaming blanket of American blockbuster-it is. And it’s going all malnourished from the siphoning off of all the talent back to TV, which, as everyone knows,...
- 1/9/2016
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
A film that was ahead of its time when it was released in 1973 - and, quite frankly, still very much is today - Bill Gunn's rarely-screened allegorical cinema classic that revolutionized the vampire genre - "Ganja & Hess" - was suppressed in the United States because it wasn't the Hollywood horror film that its producers had commissioned writer/director Bill Gunn to make. This was during the blaxploitation era, and the hope was to cash in on the euphoria of the period, with "Ganja & Hess" (what essentially was to be a black version of popular mainstream vampire films, likely inspired by what we saw in "Blacula" a year...
- 10/16/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
In today's roundup: Essays on David Hemmings in Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow-Up, an unrealized screenplay by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Abel Ferrara's Pasolini, Dziga Vertov, both seasons of True Detective, Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Mysterious Object at Noon, Todd Haynes's Far From Heaven, Jack Clayton's The Innocents, Wim Wenders, Walt Disney and Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess, plus interviews with Isao Takahata, Sean Price Williams, Oren Moverman, Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 9/17/2015
- Keyframe
In today's roundup: Essays on David Hemmings in Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow-Up, an unrealized screenplay by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Abel Ferrara's Pasolini, Dziga Vertov, both seasons of True Detective, Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Mysterious Object at Noon, Todd Haynes's Far From Heaven, Jack Clayton's The Innocents, Wim Wenders, Walt Disney and Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess, plus interviews with Isao Takahata, Sean Price Williams, Oren Moverman, Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 9/17/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Time Out New York is spotlighting ten highlights from Bam's ongoing Indie 80s series, including David Lynch's Blue Velvet. More goings on: Pedro Costa in New York, Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess and films by William E. Jones and Thom Andersen in Los Angeles, a Paul Thomas Anderson series in Portland, a program of free screenings in Knoxville and work by Stan Brakhage in Nashville. As Michael Sicinski writes for the Scene, "while Brakhage's films may bear comparisons to a different set of artforms—painting, photography, poetry—they are based on irreducible elements of cinema: light, time and motion." » - David Hudson...
- 7/23/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Time Out New York is spotlighting ten highlights from Bam's ongoing Indie 80s series, including David Lynch's Blue Velvet. More goings on: Pedro Costa in New York, Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess and films by William E. Jones and Thom Andersen in Los Angeles, a Paul Thomas Anderson series in Portland, a program of free screenings in Knoxville and work by Stan Brakhage in Nashville. As Michael Sicinski writes for the Scene, "while Brakhage's films may bear comparisons to a different set of artforms—painting, photography, poetry—they are based on irreducible elements of cinema: light, time and motion." » - David Hudson...
- 7/23/2015
- Keyframe
Two outings for The Toxic Avenger and a surprisingly good vampire movie feature in this month's Bottom Shelf...
The advent of high definition technology has ushered in an era of unsurpassed quality in terms of the home-cinema experience. With TVs now able to match filmmakers' original visions closer than ever, the path has been cleared for the true maverick masters of cinema to shine on the small screen. Which brings us to Troma Entertainment head honchos Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, whose final two Toxic Avenger sequelsmake their way onto Blu-ray this month.
Not by any stretch of the imagination a pair of essential HD releases (you could argue the grainy footage of any Troma film is best viewed on ancient VHS), The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation Of Toxie and Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV are what they are: both the best and worst of Kaufman...
The advent of high definition technology has ushered in an era of unsurpassed quality in terms of the home-cinema experience. With TVs now able to match filmmakers' original visions closer than ever, the path has been cleared for the true maverick masters of cinema to shine on the small screen. Which brings us to Troma Entertainment head honchos Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, whose final two Toxic Avenger sequelsmake their way onto Blu-ray this month.
Not by any stretch of the imagination a pair of essential HD releases (you could argue the grainy footage of any Troma film is best viewed on ancient VHS), The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation Of Toxie and Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV are what they are: both the best and worst of Kaufman...
- 2/17/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Eureka! Entertainment let fly with a volley of announcements earlier today, unveiling their slate for the first quarter of 2015 on both their Masters of Cinema and Eureka! Classics labels.New to Masters of Cinema will be Stanley Donen's Two For The Road, starring Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney; Fritz Lang's Metropolis gets a 2-disc steelbook re-release that also includes the kitsch classic Giorgio Moroder presents: Metropolis; Claude Lanzmann's epic documentary Shoah arrives alongside 4 Films After Shoah, including Last Of The Unjust; Elia Kazan's Wild River, Sidney Lumet's little-seen cop drama The Offence starring Sean Connery; Raymond Bernard's deeply moving Wwi drama Wooden Crosses; Anthony Mann's Man Of The West with Gary Cooper; and Federico Fellini's Satyricon. On the Eureka! Classics label, Bill Gunn's Ganja And...
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- 11/27/2014
- Screen Anarchy
"If John O. Killens was the soldier of darkness, James Baldwin the prophet of darkness, then Bill Gunn was the prince of darkness…" – Ishmael Reed, "Airing Dirty Laundry" (1990) I have not seen Spike Lee's "Da Blood of Jesus" (a remake of Bill Gunn's "Ganja & Hess"), and I doubt if I will for some time. I already wrote last month when I went public with development plans for my latest work, "Octavia: 'Elegy for a Vampire" that I felt it was odd that Jim Jarmusch and Spike Lee had both released vampire films as I was just about to start one. I thought I might have gone the way of “fashion.” But of course I realized...
- 7/18/2014
- by Dennis Leroy Kangalee
- ShadowAndAct
The latest, greatest Spike Lee joint is, in fact, based on an old, obscure (but beloved) film. “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus” finds Lee reaching both into the future and the past, as he used a highly publicized (and semi-criticized) Kickstarter campaign to finance a semi-remake of Bill Gunn's 1973 blaxploitation film “Ganja & Hess.” Starring two little-known actors (Broadway star Stephen Tyrone Williams and Zaraah Abrahams) and splitting its time between Martha's Vineyard and New York City, the movie is about a lonely, rich African-American scholar who becomes addicted to blood when he is stabbed with a sword used by.
- 6/26/2014
- by Jordan Zakarin
- The Wrap
Last year, Spike Lee launched a successful $1.45 million Kickstarter campaign for a mysterious, untitled new joint. He offered only the vaguest of hints at its synopsis: “It’s about people addicted to blood,” he said. “But they’re not vampires.” Over the months, some casting news, film stills, and an intriguing title trickled out, sparking speculation that the movie might be a remake of Spencer Williams’ 1941 race film "The Sweet Blood of Jesus," or possibly Bill Gunn’s underrated horror classic "Ganja & Hess." We now know of course that "Da Sweet Blood of Jesus," which made its world premiere at Abff over the weekend, is indeed...
- 6/25/2014
- by Zeba Blay
- ShadowAndAct
In January, I published the below piece, making a case for why I believed Spike Lee's Kickstarter-funded "blood addiction" joint - "Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus," which, up until 2 days ago, he'd been very secretive about - is a remake/reimagining of Bill Gunn's woefully-underseen 1973 film that revolutionized the vampire genre, "Ganja & Hess." I say that it's now no longer a secret, because the film made its World Premiere at the American Black Film Festival on Sunday night, screening to packed houses (it screened twice) of eager audiences who've long been in the dark about what the mysterious project was all about. Other than a few teases,...
- 6/24/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
New York – A remake as peculiarly heartfelt as his cover version of Park Chan-wook's Oldboy was slickly professional, Spike Lee's Da Sweet Blood of Jesus looks to Bill Gunn's 1973 oddity Ganja and Hess in an attempt to say something about addiction. Here, compulsions that plague the real world are viewed through the lens of one that only haunts our pop culture: Though Lee doesn't like to call his protagonists vampires, they are undead, crucifix-averse creatures addicted to drinking human blood. Their story, which mostly unfolds on a luxe, windswept Martha's Vineyard estate, hews to genre conventions
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- 6/23/2014
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
WWE.com
A lot of people have been talking about Benjamin Morris’ 538 piece, “Are Pro Wrestlers Dying at an Unusual Rate?”
Like Morris, I am neither an actuarial scientist nor a demographer. So, our interpretations of the data should be taken with a grain of salt. My results were somewhat different from Morris’ due to a difference data set and changes in how we calculated actuarial predictions.
Differences in methodology from Morris
I also used Social Security Actuarial Life Tables, but my “expected mortality rates” for the age groups were not the same as Morris’. For each wrestler, I calculated what their age would have been as of today. Then, based on gender, I looked up the number of lives (out of 100,000) that were expected to still be alive and converted that to a percentage. His analysis looked at wrestlers who were on 20+ WWF PPVs through 2002. I went with a...
A lot of people have been talking about Benjamin Morris’ 538 piece, “Are Pro Wrestlers Dying at an Unusual Rate?”
Like Morris, I am neither an actuarial scientist nor a demographer. So, our interpretations of the data should be taken with a grain of salt. My results were somewhat different from Morris’ due to a difference data set and changes in how we calculated actuarial predictions.
Differences in methodology from Morris
I also used Social Security Actuarial Life Tables, but my “expected mortality rates” for the age groups were not the same as Morris’. For each wrestler, I calculated what their age would have been as of today. Then, based on gender, I looked up the number of lives (out of 100,000) that were expected to still be alive and converted that to a percentage. His analysis looked at wrestlers who were on 20+ WWF PPVs through 2002. I went with a...
- 4/22/2014
- by Chris Harrington
- Obsessed with Film
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The information contained in this post is a result of actions that took place at Tuesday’s Smackdown taping in Houston that will air this Friday night.
After weeks of speculating about who The Shield might be facing at WrestleMania, it would appear as though we finally have an answer. There was a multi-team tag match at the Smackdown tapings that saw Kane end up brawling with Roman Reigns. That makes sense since The Shield attacked Kane on Raw.
What was interesting was that when Kane needed help, the team that came to his aid were a couple of guys that haven’t played much of a role in this storyline: Billy Gunn and Road Dogg, aka the New Age Outlaws. Kane and the Outlaws beat up all three members of The Shield and stood over them as a cohesive unit.
The information contained in this post is a result of actions that took place at Tuesday’s Smackdown taping in Houston that will air this Friday night.
After weeks of speculating about who The Shield might be facing at WrestleMania, it would appear as though we finally have an answer. There was a multi-team tag match at the Smackdown tapings that saw Kane end up brawling with Roman Reigns. That makes sense since The Shield attacked Kane on Raw.
What was interesting was that when Kane needed help, the team that came to his aid were a couple of guys that haven’t played much of a role in this storyline: Billy Gunn and Road Dogg, aka the New Age Outlaws. Kane and the Outlaws beat up all three members of The Shield and stood over them as a cohesive unit.
- 3/19/2014
- by John Canton
- Obsessed with Film
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The Undertaker’s 21-0 Wrestlemania undefeated streak is the last great record in professional wrestling. No male superstar will ever again match Bruno Sammartino’s combined 4,040 days as Wwwf champion. No wrestler regardless of gender will ever touch the Fabulous Moolah’s legendary 27-year reign as Women’s Champion. It’s unlikely that we’ll ever see the “Honky-Meter” again during an Intercontinental Championship reign. And no other wrestler it seems will be able to come close to the Phenom’s streak of wins at the “grandest stage of all.”
But he isn’t the only undefeated superstar at Wrestlemania. Sure, he’s undefeated with the most matches, but 16 other superstars have at least a 2-0 record (one victory does not a streak make) or better (not counting pre-show losses or Battle Royal eliminations.) Who are the others who can claim to...
The Undertaker’s 21-0 Wrestlemania undefeated streak is the last great record in professional wrestling. No male superstar will ever again match Bruno Sammartino’s combined 4,040 days as Wwwf champion. No wrestler regardless of gender will ever touch the Fabulous Moolah’s legendary 27-year reign as Women’s Champion. It’s unlikely that we’ll ever see the “Honky-Meter” again during an Intercontinental Championship reign. And no other wrestler it seems will be able to come close to the Phenom’s streak of wins at the “grandest stage of all.”
But he isn’t the only undefeated superstar at Wrestlemania. Sure, he’s undefeated with the most matches, but 16 other superstars have at least a 2-0 record (one victory does not a streak make) or better (not counting pre-show losses or Battle Royal eliminations.) Who are the others who can claim to...
- 3/6/2014
- by The 'House
- Obsessed with Film
Elimination Chamber, as you’re reading this, has been and gone and we are now well on our way down the road to WrestleMania XXX. There were lots of questions to be answered going in to Elimination Chamber, and in all honesty most of those questions were left unanswered as the show went off the air at 4am UK time on Monday morning on the 24th February 2014.
The show itself was one of those WWE b-shows that ranged, at various times from poor, to mediocre, to good, to fantastic, so lets look at the actual results before talking about the show in more depth shall we?
Kick-off Show: The Rhodes Brothers beat Ryback & Curtis Axel Intercontinental Championship: Big E retained his title against Jack Swagger WWE Tag Team Championship: The New Age Outlaws beat The Uso’s Grudge Match: Titus defeated Darren Young WWE Divas Championship: Aj Lee kept her...
The show itself was one of those WWE b-shows that ranged, at various times from poor, to mediocre, to good, to fantastic, so lets look at the actual results before talking about the show in more depth shall we?
Kick-off Show: The Rhodes Brothers beat Ryback & Curtis Axel Intercontinental Championship: Big E retained his title against Jack Swagger WWE Tag Team Championship: The New Age Outlaws beat The Uso’s Grudge Match: Titus defeated Darren Young WWE Divas Championship: Aj Lee kept her...
- 2/24/2014
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
The New Age Outlaws are currently enjoying a career revival on WWE TV, having won the WWE Tag Team Titles for a sixth time recently by beating Cody Rhodes and Goldust. This is their first title win in 14 years, marking the longest time between title reigns in WWE history. The best thing about it is, they can still go, and recent matches have proven that Billy Gunn and Road Dogg are just as entertaining as ever.
Often hailed as the “greatest tag team of all time,” the Outlaws were a staple of the Attitude Era and at one time could boast merchandise sales almost on a par with the Rock and Steve Austin. In honor of their successful return, we will be looking back at eight of the Outlaws most memorable moments, both in and out of the WWE.
8. The Birth Of The Outlaws
In early 1997, things were very different for the New Age Outlaws.
Often hailed as the “greatest tag team of all time,” the Outlaws were a staple of the Attitude Era and at one time could boast merchandise sales almost on a par with the Rock and Steve Austin. In honor of their successful return, we will be looking back at eight of the Outlaws most memorable moments, both in and out of the WWE.
8. The Birth Of The Outlaws
In early 1997, things were very different for the New Age Outlaws.
- 2/6/2014
- by Patrick Farren
- Obsessed with Film
This shouldn't be news to those who've been following our coverage of Spike Lee's Kickstarter-funded "blood addiction" joint - which he's titled Da Blood Of Jesus. Although on IMDb, it's listed as The Sweet Blood of Jesus. In previous posts, I've wondered whether it is indeed a remake, or a re-imagining of Bill Gunn's woefully-underseen 1973 film that revolutionized the vampire film, Ganja & Hess - a film that was suppressed in the United States because it wasn't the Hollywood genre film that its producers had commissioned writer/director Bill Gunn to make. I also wondered if it was a remake of Spencer Williams' 1941 "race...
- 1/31/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The level of job security in professional wrestling is not very high. It’s not often that a wrestler stays in the same company for even 10 years. Due to the grueling schedule, the injuries and the stress there are very few people who can stick with it. On top of that, Vince McMahon is always looking for something new, and he also easily loses interest in his talent. For a lucky few, they can remained employed with WWE for the majority of their career, but it takes a special breed.
So which wrestlers and announcers has Vince kept around the longest? It’s time to find out. For this article, we’ll only be looking at people who are still with the company in an active role, and not signed to Legends deals, so no Shawn Michaels or Booker T here. Other talent who took years off (like Jbl or...
So which wrestlers and announcers has Vince kept around the longest? It’s time to find out. For this article, we’ll only be looking at people who are still with the company in an active role, and not signed to Legends deals, so no Shawn Michaels or Booker T here. Other talent who took years off (like Jbl or...
- 1/26/2014
- by Andrew Soucek
- Obsessed with Film
Read the first film profiled in this series (Night of the Living Dead) Here if you missed it yesterday. Another film that was ahead of its time when it was released in 1973 - and, quite frankly, still very much is today - Bill Gunn's rarely-screened film that revolutionized the vampire film - Ganja & Hess - was suppressed in the United States because it wasn't the Hollywood genre film that its producers had commissioned writer/director Bill Gunn to make. This was during the blaxploitation era, and the producers hoped to cash in on the euphoria with Ganja & Hess (what was to essentially be a black version of popular mainstream vampire films, likely...
- 10/25/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
WWE Legend, Hall of Famer and WrestleMania icon Ricky Steamboat sat down with John Pollock of The Fight Network this week to discuss the future of WWE’s developmental territory Nxt.
According to Steamboat - whose own son Richie is on the Nxt roster – says that WWE has big plans for the Florida based group and sees it becoming the company’s third legitimate brand on television right up there with Monday Night Raw and Friday Night Smackdown.
“Nxt is a new, young program hoping to become a third brand with WWE. The focus and the push is to go in that direction. What it also is going to do is jump start a lot of young talent coming from the school to Nxt, get their feet wet, and hopefully that will carry over to them getting on Smackdown or Raw.”
Nxt Wrestling – formerly Florida Championship Wrestling – has quickly become...
According to Steamboat - whose own son Richie is on the Nxt roster – says that WWE has big plans for the Florida based group and sees it becoming the company’s third legitimate brand on television right up there with Monday Night Raw and Friday Night Smackdown.
“Nxt is a new, young program hoping to become a third brand with WWE. The focus and the push is to go in that direction. What it also is going to do is jump start a lot of young talent coming from the school to Nxt, get their feet wet, and hopefully that will carry over to them getting on Smackdown or Raw.”
Nxt Wrestling – formerly Florida Championship Wrestling – has quickly become...
- 4/7/2013
- by Matt Aspin
- Obsessed with Film
WWE are always aware of the threat that Monday Night Football brings to their viewership for Raw in the United States. This past Monday, Raw received a 2.3 rating; its worst non holiday rating since October 27th 1997. To put that into perspective, October 27th 1997 was a night that saw Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeat Goldust, Bret and Owen Hart defended their singles titles against Ken Shamrock and Ahmed Johnson respectively and The New Blackjacks were defeated by Road Dogg Jesse James and Bad Ass Billy Gunn.
Raw’s lowest rating in 15 years won’t exactly panic Vince McMahon and officials within WWE, but he most definitely won’t be celebrating it either. Commentators are putting WWE’s audience loss down to the NFL game between Chicago Bears and the Dallas Cowboys. Now this is tough competition indeed for WWE but let’s not forget that Raw has gone up against Monday Night Football...
Raw’s lowest rating in 15 years won’t exactly panic Vince McMahon and officials within WWE, but he most definitely won’t be celebrating it either. Commentators are putting WWE’s audience loss down to the NFL game between Chicago Bears and the Dallas Cowboys. Now this is tough competition indeed for WWE but let’s not forget that Raw has gone up against Monday Night Football...
- 10/5/2012
- by Dave Carsley
- Obsessed with Film
A Planet Fury-approved selection of notable genre releases for May.
42nd Street Forever (2012) Blu-ray Available Now
225 minutes of pure awesome. Exploitation fans won’t want to miss Synapse Films' latest trailer compilation. This new release features theatrical trailers from the first two volumes with plenty of additional material. Enjoy classic horror, science fiction, action and exploitation coming attractions remastered in high definition. The 80+ titles include such grindhouse favorites as Dr. Butcher, MD, The Pom Pom Girls, Werewolves on Wheels, Savage Sisters, The Teacher, The Evictors and Chained Heat.
The Wizard of Gore/The Gore Gore Girls (1970/1972) Blu-ray Available Now
Something Weird’s Blu-ray release of Herschell Gordon Lewis’ Blood Trilogy last year was a minor revelation. The Blood Feast print, presented in glorious high definition, was stunning in its gore-soaked clarity. All three films (including Two Thousand Maniacs and Color Me Blood Red) highlighted superior transfers, but Blood Feast was the standout.
42nd Street Forever (2012) Blu-ray Available Now
225 minutes of pure awesome. Exploitation fans won’t want to miss Synapse Films' latest trailer compilation. This new release features theatrical trailers from the first two volumes with plenty of additional material. Enjoy classic horror, science fiction, action and exploitation coming attractions remastered in high definition. The 80+ titles include such grindhouse favorites as Dr. Butcher, MD, The Pom Pom Girls, Werewolves on Wheels, Savage Sisters, The Teacher, The Evictors and Chained Heat.
The Wizard of Gore/The Gore Gore Girls (1970/1972) Blu-ray Available Now
Something Weird’s Blu-ray release of Herschell Gordon Lewis’ Blood Trilogy last year was a minor revelation. The Blood Feast print, presented in glorious high definition, was stunning in its gore-soaked clarity. All three films (including Two Thousand Maniacs and Color Me Blood Red) highlighted superior transfers, but Blood Feast was the standout.
- 5/16/2012
- by Bradley Harding
- Planet Fury
Writer/director Bill Gunn’s surreal vampire classic Ganja & Hess is finally getting a proper Blu-ray release. A newly remastered edition of the 1973 cult favorite is coming this May from genre-friendly Kino Classics. Originally conceived as another “blaxploitation” film similar in tone to Blacula, the film defied convention (and expectation) with its aggressive ambiguity and dreamlike imagery.
It stars Duane Jones (of Night of the Living Dead fame) as Dr. Hess, an anthropologist who is compelled to drink blood after being cut with an ancient African dagger. Stunning genre actress Marlene Clark (The Beast Must Die!) co-stars as Ganja, the affluent wife of the doctor’s research assistant (played by Gunn).
The resulting film confused critics and audiences alike and was pulled from release after one week in a New York theater. The producers tinkered with the flick, cutting over half an hour and changing the title several times. Throughout its difficult release history,...
It stars Duane Jones (of Night of the Living Dead fame) as Dr. Hess, an anthropologist who is compelled to drink blood after being cut with an ancient African dagger. Stunning genre actress Marlene Clark (The Beast Must Die!) co-stars as Ganja, the affluent wife of the doctor’s research assistant (played by Gunn).
The resulting film confused critics and audiences alike and was pulled from release after one week in a New York theater. The producers tinkered with the flick, cutting over half an hour and changing the title several times. Throughout its difficult release history,...
- 3/14/2012
- by Bradley Harding
- Planet Fury
Before Spike or Tyler or Lee Daniels or Antoine Fuqua or George Tillman and all the other countless of black directors working today there was Michael Schultz.
Back in the 70′s Schultz was on the busiest black directors on the scene directing everybody’s favorite Cooley High (…well almost everyone favorite. I still can’t get into the film) and others like Which Way is Up?, Car Wash, Greased Lightning, The Last Dragon and Krush Groove. Is there anyone who hasn’t seen his films? And he’s still very active working today doing features such as Woman Thou Are Loosed (which though mines the same thematic mineshaft as a Tyler Perry film is far superior than any of his films) and TV directing numerous episodes of Chuck and Brothers and Sisters among many other TV shows.
Fortunately in the current issue of the retro movie magazine Shock Cinema (Don...
Back in the 70′s Schultz was on the busiest black directors on the scene directing everybody’s favorite Cooley High (…well almost everyone favorite. I still can’t get into the film) and others like Which Way is Up?, Car Wash, Greased Lightning, The Last Dragon and Krush Groove. Is there anyone who hasn’t seen his films? And he’s still very active working today doing features such as Woman Thou Are Loosed (which though mines the same thematic mineshaft as a Tyler Perry film is far superior than any of his films) and TV directing numerous episodes of Chuck and Brothers and Sisters among many other TV shows.
Fortunately in the current issue of the retro movie magazine Shock Cinema (Don...
- 12/16/2010
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
Hey, it’s Halloween weekend! Not to be a party pooper, but, frankly, I really could care less… So, don’t look for any pictures of me in a Blacula costume or some shit like that, because it’s not happening!
I hear Sergio is going to some party in Chi-town dressed as Armond White!
Anywho… all kidding aside… the horror film genre is one in which you don’t find much action where black directors and actors are concerned. I know Ice Cube said recently that, in this business, for black talent, comedy is the path of least resistance, which, while it might sound like bullshit to the ear, actually is easily proven when you consider the kinds of “black films” Hollywood often finances.
Sure, there’ve been a few “black horror films” in years past, but few that I can truly call seminal pieces of work. There’s Bill Gunn’s landmark film,...
I hear Sergio is going to some party in Chi-town dressed as Armond White!
Anywho… all kidding aside… the horror film genre is one in which you don’t find much action where black directors and actors are concerned. I know Ice Cube said recently that, in this business, for black talent, comedy is the path of least resistance, which, while it might sound like bullshit to the ear, actually is easily proven when you consider the kinds of “black films” Hollywood often finances.
Sure, there’ve been a few “black horror films” in years past, but few that I can truly call seminal pieces of work. There’s Bill Gunn’s landmark film,...
- 10/29/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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