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 41 - March 23 2025

Back again wrestling fans!

We've crossed another milestone with Roulette number 4 coming and going, meaning we are a mere 9 weeks away from post 50! How did we get here? Almost a full year of this blog. Unreal, honestly. 

I was actually able to use the roulette as intended this week, using it to broaden my horizons for this week and explore what else was out there for me to review. There were some last minute changes but I am very pleased with my picks this week.

Not, what are those, you may ask? You know the drill, keep a'readin and see!

 

NJPW

Weekly Watchlist 025 - December 1 2024

Whats up counterfeit combat enthusiasts?

The watchlist is back for another week of exciting matches, insightful commentary, and biting critiques that you've come to expect from your dear old wrestling fan. The weeks just seem to keep getting busier and busier so the amount I'm actually able to watch seems to be dwindling as the weeks go by, but I won't let that stop me! I had a couple matches already in mind this week and was thrilled to get to add them to the archives this week.

Let's dive right in!

 

 

Weekly Watchlist 021 - November 3 2024 - Halloween Special! Part 2

 Welcome back viewers of simulated violence!

Like I've mentioned in the previous 2 reviews, this weeks Watchlist is a continuation from number 019, part 1 of my Halloween Havoc review. I had to split it in half because reviewing 12 matches in one week was a bit much. 

 

Weekly Watchlist 019 - October 20 2024 - Halloween Special! Part 1

 Welcome back wrestling fans!

I knew I wanted to do something special for Halloween this month but had to move plans up by a week, given that next week will be another edition of Wrestling Roulette! So this week we'll be doing a special Halloween feature for the blog, I'll be formatting it very similar to how I'd do Wrestling Roulette where I review a whole bunch of matches instead of 2 like I usually do. I've already decided what we'll be watching for the week so there's no need to spin the wheel (and make the deal!) and I'll be reviewing them in order. 

 What is "them," you may be asking? It's a match from every single WCW Halloween Havoc event, of course! I went through CAGEMATCH and looked at every event, all the way from 1989 to 2000, and picked out one match that stood out to me. Some are historically significant in how well they are received now, some for the opposite reason, and some are on there because there was nothing else of note on the card! I tried to not pick the same wrestlers more than once and was kinda able to stick to that rule, but there will be some repeats on here just because the matches they had are worth viewing. For better or for worse.

Seriously, this might be the biggest mixed bag of match quality I've seen so far. I got whiplash from some of these matches it was so severe at times. A real case of "trick or treat" you could say? I'll show myself out.

While working on this review, I came to realize that reviewing 12 matches, even if I only give them a few paragraphs, is a lot to do for one week. So, with that in mind, this weeks post is going to feature matches from the first 6 Halloween Havoc's. Next week's will be Wrestling Roulette, as scheduled, and the week after will be part 2, featuring the remaining 6 Halloween Havoc matches. We'll return to our regularly scheduled bullshit for Watchlist 022.

Weekly Watchlist 005 - July 14, 2024

 Welcome back to another Weekly Watchlist wrestling fans!

After a break from form last week with the Money in the Bank special review, we're back to our usual review format!

A note regarding some of the matches on my watchlist, just because a match appears on the spreadsheet as something I've watched that week, doesn't mean its the first time I'm watching the match. A prime example would be the Hangman/Danielson series I included last week. With the exception of their newest match in the Owen Cup Tournament, I've watched their previous encounters a while back. But because I only started this spreadsheet back in march, they never got added and subsequently, never received my official, undisputed star rating. 

Its safe to assume some matches on the list are first time viewing, but rest assured dear reader, if a match shows up that you absolutely can't believe I'm watching for the very first time, its probably not my first.