Weekly Watchlist 054 - June 22 2025

What's going on, groupies of gimmicky grappling?

We're now in week 3 of one match reviews for the blog! I'll be totally blunt, my wrists have been bugging the hell out of me recently. Probably got a bit of carpal tunnel from all my writing and gaming, not good. That, and I've been prepping for a camping trip this week. So I decided to give myself some grace and take another week to recoup. With any luck, next week will be a two matcher and we'll be back in fighting form for the rest of the year, but I make no promises. 

I try and make sure these one match reviews are as good as your usual two match ones. While this weeks outing may have been a shorter encounter, I enjoyed it quite a bit! Read on, dear friends, and find out what I came across this week. 

 

AJW

Weekly Watchlist 053 - June 15 2025 - 1 Year Special

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, Cliff Morgan's Wrestling Vault proudly brings to you, fellow believers in balletic brawls;

Weekly Watchlist 053, the 1 Year Special! 

Yes folks, you're reading that correctly. This post marks one full year of the Wrestling Vault! My first post was June 18, "Welcome to the Vault" and my first edition of the Weekly Watchlist was June 22! When I was scheduling things out this month, I initially thought post 052 would mark a full year, with their being 52 weeks to a year. But when I went back and checked the dates, I had to push this post ahead a week! Glad I got that all sorted out!

Now some of you may be asking, "what does a one year special look like?" Well, to be honest, not a whole lot different from a regular post! But where this one differs slightly, is that I've decided to deep dive not only one of my favourite matches, but a match considered to be one of the best tag matches of all time! It's another one match special this week but trust me when I tell you, two would be WAY too much this week. 

Also, did you guys check out my Five Star Friday post yesterday? It's post number one of a series I'll be working on from time to time as matches come up and I have the time. Post 1 took me weeks of writing and months of prep, mostly because I wasn't sure how I wanted it formatted,  but I think I'll be able to make them a semi regular post once I get a better feel for them.

Enough talk! Let's get into this weeks review! 

AJPW

Steve Austin vs. Dude Love - WWF Over The Edge 1998 - Five Star Fridays

 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

WWF In Your House 22: Over The Edge 1998

May 31, 1998

Wisconsin Center Arena, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Steve Austin vs. Dude Love - No Disqualification, Falls Count Anywhere Match

A VHS from Cliff Morgan's personal wrestling collection

 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Weekly Watchlist 052 - June 8 2025

Whats the story, acolytes of absurd athleticism?

A slower, less-than-stellar week here. Got busy for a couple days and had a tough time finding the motivation to do much of anything this week. It's a one match special this week but my lord, did I deep dive this match. It's a fun one. Next week is the one year anniversary special along with the debut of a new type of review for the Wrestling Vault. It drops Friday at 0700, with the one year special dropping at the usual date and time, Saturday at 0700.

Stay tuned, and enjoy this weeks review! 

WCW

Weekly Watchlist 051 - June 1 2025

Whats new, connoisseurs of consensual combat?! We're in the 50th week of the Wrestling Vault now, which is insane to think just how close we are to a whole year of this already. Genuinely can't believe it. I've got a big, big post lined up for the one year anniversary of the blog. Post 53 is my One Year Special post but you'll want to keep your eyes on the blog the Friday before. Just sayin'

Anyways, let's talk less about what's coming to the blog, let's focus on what's here right now!

The Human Orchid. NWA

Matches of the Month - May 2025

May is finished as we're rounding third to a year of the WRestrling Vault! Hard to believe it, eh? May was a month of fantastic wrestling, my first full month of not watching modern WWE (roulette matches ruined my perfect month) and I don't regret my decision for a second.

Don't believe me that great wrestling exists outside WWE? Well, a month of amazing matches says otherwise.