Review: Duke Russo vs. CT (Movimus)

In a recent blog post, Joe at Ringside at Skull Island said, "Either you like submission wrestling or you don't." I suppose that's true for some, but I think there are a lot of people who could like submission given the right wrestlers and the right action. I'm actually kind of like that, for example when Mikey Hanlon's working with his charming and cocky chatter.

Now, I'm really into Duke Russo with his wrestler's physique and steely determination. He's certainly another guy who has broken through for me, so I was definitely interested in picking up Duke Russo vs. Case 'CT' Thornton.

Now that's a genuine superhero pose right there

Review: Eagle vs. Brute 1+2 (Thunders Arena)

Thunders Arena released two Eagle vs. Brute videos. They’re one story, but they’re split with a “To be continuted [sic]” title card at the end of Part 1. I’m not sure why, but they did, so I decided to cover them together.

This pairing evokes a Beauty and the Beast ideal, if Beauty was a stunning lantern-jawed male model and Beast was a powerful 260-lbs pro wrestler who wanted to beat on Beauty. So maybe the analogy doesn’t hold together 100%, but I'm sticking with it.

Beauty hanging onto the Beast?

Review: Chace LaChance vs. Jayden Mayne (BGEast)

I'm back to discuss the third Demolition 19 match from BGEast. No controversy this time, but maybe that would’ve helped. Overall, this is a fairly lackluster entry that's light on action and heavy on boasting, standing/lying around and repetitive flexing.

Chace LaChance is probably a familiar face for most of you. He's a great looking, popular stud who's wrestled for almost everyone it seems. In this video, Chace's character is arrogant, vain and narcissistic. He's young, smooth and sporting tight orange briefs. I prefer his hairier look, but he's still hot here. You get lots of time to check him out, because he stands around a lot, striking the same 3-4 flexes multiple times as he checks himself out in the mirror.

Chace admires himself a lot in this video

Quick Hit: Alex Waters vs. Chad Daniels (RHW 2.0)

Joe at Ringside has said that he no longer calls his wrestling match posts reviews because the term 'review' connotes both expertise and objectivity on the part of the writer and he makes a claim to neither.

I feel a little like Elle Woods disagreeing with Aristotle when I say, "no offense to Joe, but I disagree on both points". In this "wisdom of crowds" age where anyone shares their opinion on everything, expertise should no longer be an expectation. And I think subjectivity is the essence of modern reviews. I do tend to follow a formula in my posts - personal tidbit, talent, gear, action, production (if there's something especially great or poor about it), summary then call for comments. But the opinions I express are extremely subjective. What I find attractive, interesting or valuable is obviously personal to me as it is to all of us.

I say all this because today's review of Alex Waters vs. Chad Daniels lacks both objectivity and expertise. There's simply no way I can review the return of Alex Waters objectively or on its technical merits. I was pre-disposed to enjoy this and I did. It's not the best Alex match, but it's a welcome addition to my collection.

Alex is back and he's bigger than ever

Review: Lon Dumont vs. Nicholas Rush (BGEast)

I got this BGEast match as part of Demolition 19 with Ty/Guido and Chace/Jayden. I figure it's like a bonus match. I had no expectations for it at all for a couple of reasons. I've never seen either of these guys in action before. In fact, I don't know much about either of them, in terms of personalities or wrestling ability.

Lon Dumont has been around awhile. I've mostly seen him featured on Bard's blog, as well as a few catalogue descriptions. I have nothing against the guy, he's just never really inspired me to plunk down my hard-earned money to watch him in action. Still, that's more than I can say about his opponent. I'd actually never even seen Nicholas Rush before. If you told me he was making his first appearance, I would've believed you.

Lon wants to outshine his former tag partner

Commentary: Gear Philosophy

I have a philosophy on wrestling gear. After there was a little discussion on the topic last month, I thought I'd share my point of view. After all, I have a blog. I have opinions. And not only was April my biggest month ever for views and comments, I was lucky enough to have the leaders of both BGEast and Thunders Arena post in my comment section, so I'm feeling cocky enough to tackle this controversial and very personal topic.

I do believe that gear matters. However, as Mr. Mike has apparently learned to his chagrin, there is no pleasing everyone. Tastes and preferences on the right attire are as personal as our feelings about eye color, smiles, tattoos, hair styles, body hair and any other element of personal appearance. We all have our thing and we should accept that other guys have their things.

Do clothes make the man? Or the match? Let's discuss ...
(Image: Bucky vs. Talon - Thunders Arena)

Route 69: Bad Boys S106

"Wow, we're really here, Hawk. We're trying out for THE Ring of Wrestling. I can't fucking believe it. Like, I just can't fucking believe it."

"Aw fuck yeah, Ryker. We're really here. It's totally happening, bro."

I smile at their awe, "Believe it. Impress me in the ring today and you'll be wrestling in ROW as our newest rising star."

Hawk grabs his tag team partner's shoulders from behind. The two of them are practically skipping to the ring I've secured for today's 'tryout'. These two have a ton of potential to become the hottest young tag team in indie pro wrestling, but they're still young and inexperienced. This opportunity I'm offering them is years ahead of schedule, so they're really eager to please.