Thursday, September 30, 2021

I Miss 'Sunday Night Heat' & More of the Best Men's Doubles of All Time.

*Blog post started on September 30, 2021.

I Miss Sunday Night Heat & More of the Best Men's Doubles of All Time.

Professional wrestling eventually brought the excitement to my week. Where would the business be if it was not for AEW?

In Japan of course. I kind of wish it was that way just to justify my NJPW World subscription. The G1 Climax tournament's A Block has kept me busy the past week, but now that the schedule is picking up, I ponder how many shows that I am behind. At least the B Block being filled with matches that are easy to recall (Tanahashi vs. Okada), means I will not have much to catch up on.

I guess my problem with AEW being established (before the Forbidden Door was open) was that NJPW was the one stop for the best wrestling in the world. My blog "The Disgruntled's $200 Wrestling War and Its Current Champions" told you how expensive wrestling fandom is, provided you are not an Xfinity customer. That price point was wrong because I did not include the approximately $10 a month for access to NJPW. But with all their gaijins moving back stateside, is NJPW now in the same boat WWE is? Do I really only need the service for Wrestle Kingdom?

The answer is that I need more friends who think the WWE is the end all be all. That way, I could just pull up some classic Okada and Great Muta to see if the reluctant can be saved. It is a lot easier than pulling out my indie DVDs.

Well, I say it is easier, but the lack of streaming apps and the joys of WiFi can make using Chromecast a chore.

Of course, the last person I was trying to sell that there was better wrestling beyond Vince McMahon's narrative was the most insecure asshole in Morton, Illinois. I knew that guy for 30 years before I had enough of his bullshit, so it maybe wise not to let people like that into my life. A WWE preference may be a red flag.

How can you even have a WWE preference now? After AEW established that you can run for two years and only have two disqualifications on TV, how can anyone support a promotion with a DQ finish and a ring malfunction that determined the outcome of you main event. At least AEW waits till the action had concluded to leave the crowd questioning their television production.

Jungle Boy versus Adam Cole and Sammy Guevara capturing the TNT Championship gave us the excitement that WWE withheld from us. With that said, is Sammy Guevara not only the TNT Champion, but the holder of the DRCW OCHO Championship?

The 154th and Current DRCW OCHO Champion:

(WWE and IWGP United States, Intercontinental, National, X Division, Television, North American, TNT)

AEW TNT Champion Sammy Guevara.

The TNT Championship is the premier secondary title because we know that it will be defended most often. Unless WWE goes back to having secondary shows for their brands, there is no time for four titles over two hours. If they had "Heat" and "Velocity", they would have championships that would be the focus of a brand's extra hour. They would also be able to use all the talent they have. I think it is the only way to justify maintaining the brand split.

Fox owns Tubi. Give the platform a show (Samantha Bee has made it clear there is no reason to know of the app, unless you have a movie podcast that requires a source of films to binge.). You just need to tolerate the conservative commercials and you can have your own podcast like the excellent "NinetyForChill.com - The Podcast".

With that said, boycott Blue Chew. If men can have tele-medicine and women cannot, you hurt women by taking something to encourage a higher pregnancy rate while not allowing women to cancel that out.

Comcast/Universal has Peacock, and every pay platform needs some free content to draw viewer in. Why not put Sunday Night Heat back on during the last hour of Fox's "Game of the Week"?

As for other contender to Sammy Guevara, Hiroshi Tanahashi cannot defend while competing in the G1. Jay White could introduce a new title to the OCHO with the NEVER Openweight Championship, but being on Impact and NJPW Strong will probably not offer those opportunities.

Suggesting another NJPW addition to the OCHO's lineage is intriguing. Can we add the Rev Pro's Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship? Because of the promotion's out of date website, I am leaning toward no.

Of course, with the possibility that Guevara may just be holding the championship for Miro to regain, this could lead to AEW losing this DRCW championship. At least this exercise has reminded me that WWE's United States and Intercontinental Championships are not necessarily the immediate successors.

Now to the title that I think WWE will always have a stranglehold on.

The Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Championship:

The 102nd Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champion:

WWE Tag Team Champions

Justin Gabriel (aka as PJ Black) (3) and Heath Slater (3) (2/21/2011 to 4/19/2011)

The 103rd Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:

WWE Tag Team Champions:

"The Big Show" Paul Wight (4) and Kane (6) (4/19/11 to 5/23/11)

The 104th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:

WWE Tag Team Champions:

Michael McGillicutty (aka Curtis Axel) and David Otunga (5/23/11 to 8/22/11)

The 105th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:

WWE World Tag Team Champions:

Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne (aka Matt Sydal) (8/22/2011 to 1/15/2012)

The 106th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:

TNA World Tag Team Champions:

Crimson and Matt Morgan (2) (1/15/12 to 2/12/12)

Primo and Epico are brothers so you cannot downgrade that relationship to doubles.

The 107th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:

TNA World Tag Team Champions:

Magnus (aka Nick Aldis) (2) and Samoa Joe (2/12/12 to 5/13/12)

The 108th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:

Kofi Kingston (2) and R-Truth (2) (5/13/12 to 9/16/12)

Bad Influence (Daniels and Kaz) won the TNA championship.

The 109th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:

ROH World Tag Team Champions

Steve Corino and Jimmy Jacobs (2) (9/16/12 to 12/16/12)

The best two guys who cannot stand each other since RVD and Sabu was Team Hell No. They had just won the WWE championship.

The 110th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:

TNA World Tag Team Champions

Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Hernandez (2) (12/16/2012 to 1/25/2013)

The Briscoe Brothers won the ROH championship.

The 111th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:

TNA World Tag Team Champions

Bobby Roode and Austin Aries (1/25/13 to 4/11/13)

The 112th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:

TNA World Tag Team Champions

Chavo Guerrero J. (2) and Hernandez (3) (4/11/13 to 6/2/13)

The 113th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:

TNA World Tag Team Champions

Gunner and James Storm (6/2/13 to 10/20/13)

The 114th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:

TNA World Tag Team Champions

Robbie E (Robert Stone) and Jessie Godderz (10/20/2013 to 2/23/2014)

This is really a great time for tag team wrestling. Everyone had established acts as champions. BroMans just happened to be the lesser of all them.

The 115th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:

NWA World Tag Team Champions

Rob Conway (2) and Jax Dane (2/23/14 to 4/16/14)

The American Wolves had won the TNA championship.

The 116th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:

GHC Tag Team Champions

Maybach Taniguchi and Takeshi Morishima (4/16/14 to 5/31/14)

TNA's tag team scene would center around the Wolves while the NWA championship was playing second to the IWGP.

The 117th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:

Open the Twin Gate Champions

Akira Tozawa and Shingo Takagi (2) (5/31/14 to 7/20/14)

The 118th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions

GHC Tag Team Champions

Masato Tanaka (2) and Takashi Sugiura (7/20/2014 to 1/10/2015)

I am kind of disappointed to miss out on Miz and Mizdow, but the Miz element is what held that team together.

The 119th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions

IWGP Tag Team Champions

Katsuyori Shibato and Hirooki Goto (1/10/15 to 2/11/15)

The 120th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions

Open the United Gate (Dragon Gate USA) Champions

Tony Neese, Caleb Konley, and Trent (Baretta) (2/11/15 to 4/18/15)

The 121st Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions

WWE Tag Team Champions

Cesaro and Tyson Kidd (4/18/15 to 4/26/15)

Now this list is about to become a nightmare. We are approaching the longest WWE...World...Tag Team...Championship reign with the New Day. And of course, DGUSA has to close up to further limit my options.

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The Undrafted and Wrongfully Drafted

"Bull Durham" was not drafted on the Baseball Draft (A film that can only be drafted at #1)
"No Fear of a Black Hat" on the Fictional Band Mini-Mega Draft
The entire George Lucas Draft
"The Birdcage" instead of "La Cage Aux Folles" on the Drag Draft
"Road Trip" was not even mentioned during the Road Trip Draft
"Major League" instead of "Drop Zone" on the Wesley Snipes Draft
"Black Swan" instead of "Mermaids" on the Wynona Ryder Draft
"Akira" instead of "Ghost World" on the Comic Book Movie (Non-Super Hero) Draft. Tetsuo is a Supe.
"Now You See Me" instead of "Diggstown" on the Con Artist Movie Draft
"The Onion Movie" instead of "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask" on the Sketch Comedy Anthologies Draft
"The Big Lebowski" not being marked eight on the Coen Bros. Draft
"Labrynth" or "Dark Crystal" not receiving the number 1 or 2 spot in the Jim Henson Draft
"Stage Fright" on the Giallo Draft. It is a slasher despite the presentation.
"Assault of Precinct 13" and "Prince of Darkness" Instead of "Escape from New York" and "The Thing" on the John Carpenter Draft
"Con Air" instead of "US Marshalls" and "Universal Soldier" instead of "Time Cop " on the 90's Action Draft
"WarGames" instead of "Spies Like Us" on the Cold War Draft
"Traffic" instead of "Side Effects" on the Steven Soderbergh Draft
"Fight Club" instead of "The Virgin Suicides" on the 1999 Draft ("Suicides" made the Actor Directorial Debut Draft)
Any Kirk Douglass instead of "The Shining" being on the Kubrick Draft
"Return of the Jedi" instead of "Tokyo Drift" on the Threequels Draft (there's only one "Return," okay, and it ain't "of the King," it's "of the Jedi.")

Deserves a Second Chance

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).

I find the DC movies, or at least Zack Snyder, was trying to bring comic books to the big screen as opposed to adapting comic books for the big screen. If you read, (or watch the excellent animated adaptation of) "The Dark Knight Returns", it is a very slow build to the battle between the Bat and Supe. This is regarded as one of the best threads in comics.

As a guy who fell in love with wrestling in the 1980's, the very methodical showdown is what I loved. It's a love letter to comic book fans who read and note every detail and want to try figuring out the plot before the character do. Come at the flick this way, and I think you will get something out of it.

Tropic Thunder (2008)

This is a feature that dares you to be offended. When director Ben Stiller is that forthcoming like Robert Downey Sr. was with 1969's "Putney Swope", an audience saying that something is in poor taste, hence not funny, means they are afraid to make a mockery of a concept.

My own experience with junkies bankrupting me allows me to thoroughly enjoy Jack Black's making addiction seem ridiculous. Robert Downey Jr. nails his taboo performance and I would say helps the call for actors from a demographic to be the first people called on for the roles representing them. As for the "Forest Gump" knock off jokes, they serve as a way to ridicule us for what we accepted (and encouraged) as fine a decade prior. The narrative that controls the pace in the second act can drag, but the content that is delivered cannot be cut.

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