Archive for the ‘Wrestling’ Category

Future Stars In The Making?

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

by Alan Counihan, JarryPark.com contributor Many have questioned the ability of World Wrestling Entertainment to produce future stars. Furthermore, WWE’s current developmental system has been strongly questioned. The system headed by Jim Cornette and Danny Davis in Louisville (which produced Cena, Orton, Batista and countless others) is now a thing of ...

Mick Foley Needs To Clean It Up

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Very excited to see Mick Foley back in the WWE mix, especially in his current role. Of course, the hardcore legend is now the color analyst on Smackdown and, in case you haven't been paying attention, he's doing, expectedly, a masterful job. Foley seems to understand the business and, more ...

Teddy Hart Tells It Like It Is

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

I am not even sure what to say about this "shoot" video featuring Teddy Hart (record date unknown but given the content discussed it appears to be fairly new). It's one of the greatest pieces of media I have ever witnessed in my life. Actually, in all seriousness, it's kind of ...

All Aboard The Dragon Gate Bandwagon

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

by Alan Counihan, JarryPark.com contributor On May 5th, the Dragon Gate promotion in Japan ran one of their biggest shows of the year in Aichi. The promotion drew a crowd of 8,000 which is extremely impressive considering Dragon Gate is not one of the "major" Japanese wrestling organizations. Now, even though most ...

Damn Static…

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

As I mentioned earlier, I had the distinct honor of being a guest on Fight Network Radio (aka Ranallo on the Radio) today. We talked a whole bunch of WWE and primarily last night's episode of RAW and the current direction of the product leading up to Judgment Day this Sunday. More ...

Pollock’s POV: A Black & White Look At Combat Sports

Monday, April 28th, 2008

by John Pollock, JarryPark.com Contributor The topic of racism reared its ugly head this past week with the suspension of Michael Hayes for racial comments directed at Mark Henry over WrestleMania weekend. Whether we agree or not, racism is a big part of the combat sports industry where the line between acceptable ...

Has The Return Of Kobashi Been A Success?

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

by Alan Counihan, JarryPark.com contributor On December 2nd, 2007, at Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, one of the most memorable and extraordinary comebacks in wrestling history was completed. Kenta Kobashi had overcome serious kidney cancer and follwoing a year and a half away from the ring, he was back to face some of ...

All Hail The Regal King!

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

by Bob Boyer, JarryPark.com contributor Monday night, WWE brought back the King of the Ring tournament and built a three-hour edition of Monday Night Raw around it. The tournament itself was full of great stories and action. I particularly enjoyed the champion vs. champion clash between MVP and Chris Jericho, ...

Mornin’ Muesli: Late RAW Thoughts…

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

by Larry Palacios, JarryPark.com Contributor * Obviously, the best thing going on WWE television today is the HBK-Batista feud. Interesting to see where things go now with the addition of Y2J. * Santino stole the show again with his awesome mic skills. Seriously, when is he going to start hosting his ...

Zero1-Max vs. New Japan: The Best Is Yet To Come

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

By Alan Counihan, JarryPark.com Contributor An interpromotional feud, when done right, can be a thing of beauty. New Japan vs. UWFI, New Japan Juniors vs. NOAH Juniors and ROH vs. CZW are all examples of this. These feuds sparked the interest of the fans, created heated atmospheres, elevated younger stars and ...