What are you watching?

I'm watching the best of AJ Styles disc from TNA. So far I am underwhelmed.

I'm watching that same disc, and I really got into the series of matches involving Styles, Low Ki, and Lynn.

I found it to be overkill. Some of it was good, but it was just a bit much.

Loved their regular 3 way. I would put it at ****1/2. Thought the ladder match was a lot weaker and am constantly surprised that people talk about it more.

Got the Wrestling Gold DVD set today. Watching Adrian Adonis vs. Bob Orton Jr. from SECW. Cornette and Meltzer doing commentary is gold.

Kid Kash vs. Dustin Rhodes - Final Resolution 05

This was a great match. Rhodes sells like a madman in this match and as usual times his face comebacks really well. Kash plays his heel role really well by faking an injury and then just relentlessly attacking the knee. I'd give it ***1/4.

I also loved that match. One of the first TNA PPV's I actually watched all the way through, and that match was really great. The fact that Runnels is about 6 inches taller than him wasn't even a factor or thought in the match -- which is a testament to both men's work in that match.

Watched Kobashi vs. Misawa from 3-1-03 the other day featuring the nutso Tiger Suplex off the ramp spot. Still makes me cringe every time I see it...

Speaking of something I haven't watched in a couple of years. That's a hell of a match too............

Yep. While the Super J Cup '94 got me into Puro, that was the match that got me hooked for good.

So far I think I've enjoyed Cornette and Meltzer's commentary more than the matches on the Wrestling Gold set. That's not to say the matches are bad it's just they have so much insight into wrestling. I think a lot of online posters should be forced to listen to these so they can actually learn what wrestling was.

Also due to their commentary I must find footage of the wrestling bear. That's gotta be some hilarious shit.

Thank goodness, they had the wrestling bear on the next disc of the set.

Here's the match list for the Wrestling Gold DVD set in case anyone was wondering:

Wrestling Gold Volume 1 - Busted Open
1. Sherri Martel vs. Judy Martin
2. Shawn Michaels vs. Ken Johnson
3. Gino Hernandez and Tully Blanchard vs. The Grapplers
4. Gino Hernandez vs. Tully Blanchard
5. Bob Orton, Jr. vs. Adrian Adonis
6. Bruiser Brody vs. Abdullah the Butcher
7. Larry Zybisco vs. Scott Casey
8. Jerry "The King" Lawler vs. Bob Sweetan
9. Terry Funk and Ivan Putski vs. Gino Hernandez and Tully Blanchard
10. Dick Slater vs. Mongolian Stomper (Cage Match)
Special Referee: Bob Sweetan
11. Bruiser Brody vs. Nick Bockwinkel with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
Special Referee: Lou Thesz

Wrestling Gold Volume 2 - The Maim Event
1. The Rock and Roll Express vs. Randy "Macho Man" Savage and Lanny Poffo
2. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Manny Fernandez
3. The Sheik vs. Mark Lewin
4. David and Kerry Von Erich vs. Gene Yates and Killer Karl Krupp
5. The Fabulous Ones vs. PYT Express
6. The Road Warriors vs. Austin Idol and Jerry "The King" Lawler
7. Randy "Macho Man" Savage vs. Jerry "The King" Lawler (Cage Match)
8. The Samoans vs. Ted DiBiase and Bob Roop
9. Bruno Sammartino and Dick the Bruiser vs. Ernie Ladd and Baron Von Raschke
10. Tully Blanchard vs. Manny Fernandez
11. Rick Rude vs. Jerry "The King" Lawler
12. The Crusher, Dick the Bruiser and Little Bruiser vs. Blackjack Mulligan, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and Blackjack Lanza

Wrestling Gold Volume 3 - We Like to Hurt People
1. Tommy Rich and Eddie Gilbert vs. Phil Hickerson and The Spoiler (Tennessee Street Fight)
2. The Rock and Roll Express vs. Randy "Macho Man" Savage and Lanny Poffo
3. Dick Slater vs. Dory Funk, Jr.
4. The Sheik vs. Tiger Jeet Singh (Cage Match)
5. The Fabulous Blonds vs. Al Perez and Manny Fernandez
6. Terry Funk vs. Harley Race
7. Pepper Gomez vs. The Bounty Hunter
8. Austin Idol vs. Jim Neidhart
9. Junkyard Dog vs. Butch Reed
10. Rick Rude, Jim Neidhart, Ox Baker and The Japanese Assassin vs. Robert Reed, Tiger Mask, Keith Eric and Mad Dog
11. King Kong Bundy vs. Jerry "The King" Lawler
12. Terry Funk vs. Mark Lewin
13. Tommy Rich vs. Massao Ito
14. Jerry "The King" Lawler vs. Kamala
15. Ray Stevens, Blackjack Mulligan and Baron Von Raschke vs. The Crusher, Dick the Bruiser and Sailor Art Thomas

Wrestling Gold Volume 4 - No More Mr. Nice Guy
1. Randy "Macho Man Savage vs. Rick Rude
2. The Sheik vs. Andre the Giant
3. Pampero Firpo vs. Jeff Doney
4. Bruiser Brody and Scott Casey vs. Kelly Kiniski and The Spoiler
5. King Kong Bundy and Rick Rude vs. Jerry "The King" Lawler and Randy "Macho Man" Savage
6. Chief Jay Strongbow vs. Bulldog Don Kent (Shark Cage Match)
7. Randy "Macho Man" Savage vs. Austin Idol
8. Terible Ted the Wrestling Bear vs. Gene DuBois
9. Terry Funk and Ivan Putski vs. Gino Hernandez and Tully Blanchard
10. Tommy Rich vs. Rick Rude
11. Jerry "The King" Lawler vs. Nick Bockwinkel
12. Randy "Macho Man" Savage vs. Austin Idol
13. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan vs. Cowboy Bob Ellis

Wrestling Gold Volume 5 - Beat Me if You Can
1. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Terry Allen aka Magnum TA
2. Ivan Putski vs. Eddie Mansfield
3. Tito Santana vs. Kelly Kiniski
4. The Sheik vs. Tom Jones
5. Bobo Brazil vs. Michael Angelo
6. Chief Wahoo McDaniel vs. Tully Blanchard
7. Eddie Gilbert vs. Jerry "The King" Lawler
8. The Sheik vs. Tiger Jeet Singh (Mud Match)
9. Austin Idol vs. Massao Ito
10. Tully Blanchard and Gino Hernandez vs. Scott Casey and Terry Allen aka Magnum TA
11. Terry Taylor vs. Sabu
12. Chief Wahoo McDaniel, Tommy Rogers and Marty Janetty vs. Ted Oates and The Grapplers

Watched Kobashi vs. Hansen from 1993 earlier. Probably a top 10 match ever in my opinion.

Tomorrow as I recover from getting my wisdom teeth out I plan on watching the entire Champion's Carnival 1995...

Dude you ever see Champions Carnival 95.....................OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOn painkillers?

Watching the funks in Japan. Great, great stuff. Dory vs. Jack Briscoe is strong, as is The Funks vs. Steamboat/ Youngblood.

Great fucking choice WMD. I'm HUGE on the Funks in Japan. You get to any of their stuff vs. The Sheik and Abdullah yet?

Haven't watched it yet, though there is at least one match on there. Pretty good stuff?

By the way, Isn't it funny that there is no way in hell Dory Funk Jr. would make it in today's wrestling? His look was horrible, but he could wrestle.

You haven't seen the Funks vs. Abby/Sheik yet? Dude, your in for a fucking treat and a half.

You've NEVER seen a chaotic brawl like those guys had. They fight in the crowd, their stabbing each other with shit, motherfuckers are getting set on fire, and Dory still WRESTLES. It's fucking incredible and I'll tell anyone that Sheik and Abby were mostly garbage.

Enjoy.

By the way...........Dory wouldn't make it today..............but he's easily one of the better groundgame guys I've ever seen.

He and Briscoe were flying around that ring in their match. When you think of old school wrestling, that match isn't what you picture. You think of 5 minute headlocks and such, but those two were really moving. Sure, there wasn't any x-style offense, but what they were doing doing was so crisp. If there has been a better ground-game than Dory Jr., I'd say it would be Jack Briscoe.

Honestly, Jack Briscoe is probably the ONLY person that comes to mind that has a better ground game than Dory. Good call.

It's sad to think of what we are missing today because of Vince's roid fetish.

Shit, it's sad enough to see what Vince has already squandered because of that for the last 20 years.

The Destroyer might be better than both of them.

Nice choice...............but I would disagree. But it's just a preference thing.

I'd see Destroyer as more of an earlier brawler, badass type guy. Maybe it's just what I've seen of him.

Personally I've always got a kick out of his match against The Bear. Not a wrestler called the Bear........a REAL bear.

His commentary on that match is hilarious. The Destroyer is without a doubt one of my all time favorites. He's got to be the happiest human being ever.

Watching the Guerrero DVD. Man, what an awesome DVD

Yep. That was loads of fun. Sheik was bleeding before he got in the ring. I realize Foley covered it in "Have a Nice Day", but man, Terry Funk throws the best punches. It's kind of a silly thing to notice, but if Cena would just study that, he wouldn't suck half as much.

I'm watching WM XIX right now, and that was the best Women's match I think I've seen in a long time, probably one of the best I've seen, actually. Victoria © vs. Jazz vs. Trish Stratus in a Triple Threat match for the Women's title was fantastic. Trish took a ton of hits and sold all of them well, and didn't have much offense. Jazz kicked ass on the offense and nailed a ton of good moves, same goes for Victoria. Victoria did the best overall in the match with the best overall in offense, defense, and selling. And all three played to the crowd, worked off of each other, and the entire match just flowed together.