So for the matches that I am actually going to watch but not do a fully written review for. I will post a list like this. I do have some January Matches to watch still but that will be on the monthly post. Also feel free to comment match suggestions and if I can get to it, I will watch it. GCW Til Infinity – Dec 31: Wasted Youth (Dyln McKay and Marcus Mathers) Vs East West Express (Nick Wayne and Jordan Oliver) East West Express By Pinfall via Double Springboard “Cloat” Cutter Coby Galenzoski WR Star Rating – 3.75…
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When you consider all the matches that take place in promotions all over the world and try to whittle that list down to just twenty-five matches that is a daunting task. However, I have put together the twenty-five must see matches of 2022. This is my second annual best of the year list; however, this has been the first year for Wrestling Republic, that I have done my personal best matches of the month lists leading up to these 25 best matches of the year list. It was a lot of fun for me to put together the best matches…
Luke Gallows, formerly of New Japan Pro Wrestling and Impact, is representing The OC as Wrestling Republic’s Wrestler of the Day for December 22nd. Luke Gallows Biography: Birth Name: Andrew William Hankinson Age: 39 (December 22nd, 1983) Height: 6’8 Weight: 290 pounds Debut: 2005 Place of Birth: Cumberland, Maryland Accolades: 2x WWE Tag Team Champion, 3x IWGP Tag Team Champion, 3x Impact World Tag Team Champion, #65 on the PWI Top 500 in 2016 A multi-time champion in several promotions, Gallows is celebrating his 39th birthday today. In honor of this, he is today’s Wrestler of the Day. A former…
Former ROH champion Jonathan Gresham returned and signed with Impact. Jonathan Gresham returned to Impact on December 15 to confront Eddie Edwards. Gresham made it plain when he signed his contract that he still had unfinished business with Edwards due to Edwards’ betrayal, which resulted in the ascent of Honor No More in IMPACT. Gresham had to wait only a little while for the match to be declared official. A match set at Hard to kill on Friday, January 13, was set less than two hours after he came in IMPACT to protect Delirious from Eddie Edwards. This match was…
Kurt Angle revealed that Brock Lesnar wanted to join TNA after leaving WWE. Lesnar even called Kurt Angle and said that he would like to join if he could get same wages as Kurt. Brock Lesnar left WWE after his match against Goldberg at WrestleMania 20 in 2004. He then went on to wrestle in Japan before going to UFC and eventually making his WWE return in 2012. But WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle has revealed on his podcast The Kurt Angle Show, that Brock allegedly wanted to join TNA around 2007. TNA was going places around that time…
The reigning TNT Champion and ROH Television Champion, AEW’s Samoa Joe is the Wrestling Republic Wrestler of the Day on December 2nd. Samoa Joe Biography: Birth Name: Nuufolau Joel Seanoa Age: 43 (March 17th, 1979) Height: 6’2 Weight: 310 pounds Debut: 1999 Place of Birth: Huntington Beach, California Accolades: 1x AEW TNT Champion (Current), 1x ROH World Champion, 1x ROH World Television Champion (Current), 1x ROH Pure Champion, 1x TNA World Champion, 1x TNA Television Champion, 2x TNA Tag Team Champion, 5x TNA X Division Champion, 3x NXT Champion, 1x WWE United States Champion On December 2nd, 2007, Samoa Joe…
It seems as though Eric Young’s run with Impact Wrestling has ended. When Eric Young rejoined IMPACT in 2020 after being released by WWE, he was one of the company’s most seasoned members. He was in charge of the faction “Violent by Design” throughout his most recent run. He collaborated closely with Cody Deaner throughout his stint, and now that Eric Young seems to be leaving Impact Wrestling, surprisingly, the latest iteration of the group is currently anticipated to be led by Deaner, Big Kon (formerly known as Konnor in the WWE), and Angels (fka Alan Angels). On December 1,…
Founding member of the nWo, Kevin Nash, is Wrestling Republic’s Wrestler of the Day for November 26th. Kevin Nash Biography: Birth Name: Kevin Scott Nash Age: 63 (July 9th, 1959) Height: 6’10 Weight: 328 pounds Debut: 1990 Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan Accolades: 1x WWE Champion, 1x WWE Intercontinental Chapion, 2x WWE Tag Team Champion, 2x WWE Hall of Famer, 5x WCW World Heavyweight Champion, 9x WCW World Tag Team Champion, 2x TNA Legends Champion, 1x TNA Tag Team Champion, #1 on the PWI Top 500 in 1995 Nash defeated Bob Backlund for what was then known as the WWF…
Alan Angels, a former AEW superstar, has formally joined Impact Wrestling. This week, Impact disclosed that Alan Angels had joined the business. Additionally, he dropped his initial name and will now go by the name “Angels” only. The initial information on the Angels’ signing came from an interview he gave to Darren Paltrowitz of The Paltrocast, which Impact referred to in their release. He actually signed his Impact contract in the middle of October but kept it a secret as the Violent By Design storyline unfolded on television, according to Angels. After assisting gang leader Eric Young in defeating Sami…
During the past year, the idea that talent from a particular company will appear in a rival’s promotion has made the wrestling industry very interesting as it makes everything unpredictable and exciting for fans. The surprising work within promotions and surprises has brought a term that is sometimes thrown around that being “forbidden door.” The idea of a forbidden door is meant to excite fans about a product, but it is just a ploy created to bring more eyes to a promotion. Rarely, do promotions work together, so observing how AEW has worked with TNA, and AAA, and seems to…