*This blog post was started on October 13, 2021.
Here
is to hoping for an exciting weekend. I am just waiting for the Chicago
Wizard World Comic Con schedule to be released to see if I get to catch
any All Elite Wrestling live. There are so many YouTube recaps that I
will need to watch Sunday night, provided I am up for it after 4.5 hours
of driving. If it is all pushed back to Monday, how will I have the
time to drop my latest episode of "NinetyForChill.com - The #Podcast"?
I
guess that means I really need to watch something on Shudder tonight to
warrant the charge that is coming Saturday. After looking through their
line up, no justification is actually needed. With HBO Max, Disney+,
and Peacock giving me three studio catalogues worth of movies, Shudder
is the final part of the puzzle to capture the joy of 2010 Netflix, a
service that was once dependent upon classic films. For me, Peacock is
free and Disney+ is "taken care of". HBO Max and Shudder are the only
things costing me any money. Amazon Prime feels like an essential and
the free shipping is nice.
Hulu
is about the only thing I consider cancelling, but you get some weird
moments. When "Possessor" from Brandon Cronenberg was discounted on
iTunes, not enough to demand I buy it but enough to ask Siri if there
was other ways to watch it, the streaming app that should be dedicated
to Touchstone's R-Rated material came through.
Shudder
will end up saving me money because I did not realize that most of the
cheap, newer horror iTunes places a more than reasonable discount on,
they are already on Shudder. I imagine films like "The Columnist" will
be rotated out, so I need not worry about watching them whenever I like.
But from last Saturday forth, I know not to get so trigger happy when
it comes to making a purchase based solely on a cool gimmick.
Gimmick,
a word associated with my preferred profession, pro-wrestling.
Pro-wrestling is a sport that I am paying $15.98 a month for, $10 of
which goes to New Japan World. It is a service I do not watch enough of,
which is sad because I do have the time without cable TV. But, with the
purchase of a Fire Stick so that I may troubleshoot those of my friends
and relatives I provided, there is really no excuse no to access it.
The
only one that I can come up with is there is just too much plugged into
my primary TV. NJPW's Fire TV app is so much easier than using a
Chromecast. It just feels wrong moving my Nintendo Switch to the port
saved for my Classic video game systems.
I
who has too many unnecessary accessories. This leaves me fearing that I
will return from Wizard World having spent too much and further
exasperating the lack of space in my apartment. Just like the Men's
Doubles World Championship, its better to have them than to wish for
them I suppose.
It is not about it being a weak transition. It is about being able to transition at all. The world needs fewer arguments anyhow.
The Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Championship:
The 121st Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
WWE Tag Team Champions
Cesaro and Tyson Kidd (4/18/2015 to 4/26/15)
The 122nd Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
Open the Twin Gate Champions (Dragon Gate)
Masato Yoshino and Shachihoko Boy (4/26/15 to 6/13/15)
The
New Day dethroned the WWE Tag Team Champions and are one reign away
from starting the longest WWE tag team championship reign. ROH's champions were
Kaz and Daniels. TNA's champions were the Hardys. IWGP's belts were
being fought over by the Kingdom and the Good Brothers. It came down to
determining the best of the three remaining Japanese championships.
The 123rd Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
AJPW World Tag Team Champions
Go Shiozaki and Kento Miyahara (6/13/15 to 9/28/15)
It seemed that AJPW must have had some momentum because the best reigns seem to end in a performer resigning from the company.
The 124th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
Open the Twin Gate Champions
Naruki Doi (2) and Yamato (2) (9/28/2015 to 3/6/2016)
These are former Unified Gnarly Champions who won their titles with different partners.
The 125th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
Open the Twin Gate Champions
T-Hawk and Big R Shimizu (3/6/16 to 6/19/16)
The 126th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
TNA World Tag Team Champions:
Abyss and Crazzy Steve (6/19/16 to 10/2/16)
I do not think that I am the only one to think that Decay is just Crazzy Steve and Rosemary. Anyone can be the second guy.
The 127th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
Smackdown Tag Team Champions:
Heath Slater and Rhyno (10/2/16 to 12/4/16)
The Hardys regained the TNA championship.
The 128th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
Smackdown Tag Team Champions:
Randy Orton, Bray Wyatt, and Luke Harper (Brody Lee) (12/4/16 to 12/27/16)
The 129th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
GHC Tag Team Champions (Pro-Wrestling Noah)
Go Shiozaki (2) and Maybach Taniguchi (12/27/2016 to 1/21/2017)
Shiozaki proving he is a premier tag team journeyman.
The 130th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
IWGP Tag Team Champions (NJPW)
Tomohiro Ishii and Toro Yano (1/21/17 to 3/6/17)
Heavyweight tag teams, no matter the cohesion do not leave the Tokyo Dome with the belts they brought in.
The 131st Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
NWA World Tag Team Champions
Robb Terry and Kazushi Miyamoto (3/6/17 to 6/17/17)
This is the only blip in the NWA's war between the Heatseekers and the Iron Empire.
The 132nd Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
GHC Tag Team Champions
Maybach Taniguchi (2) and Naomichi Marufuji (6/17/17 to 8/26/17)
Marufuji is Noah's John Cena so most of his reigns should be considered doubles affairs.
The 133rd Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
GHC Tag Team Champions
Go Shiozaki (3) and Atsushi Kotoge (8/26/17 to 10/1/17)
The 134th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
Raw Tag Team Champions (Formerly the WWE Tag Team Championship)
Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose (Jon Moxley) (10/1/17 to 11/6/17)
They
were setting up the Shield reunion and remember the mess that was.
Ambrose and Rollins were not the tag team from that faction.
The 135th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
Raw Tag Team Champions
Cesaro (2) and Sheamus (11/6/17 to 12/25/17)
This
duo had quite the run together, but it is solely because creative had
nothing for them. They also get this championship because, outside of
Vince McMahon's world, the tag team scene was outstanding. I tried to
incorporate Zero-1 and Wrestle-1 into this lineage, but with so many
tourneys, it is not hard for a duo in Japan to show that they are a
great tag team.
The 136th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
Raw Tag Team Champions
Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan (12/25/2017 to 1/28/2018)
The 137th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
Raw Tag Team Champions
Cesaro (3) and Sheamus (2) (1/28/18 to 4/8/18)
They go on to lose the belts to Braun Strowman and an 11 year-old.
The 138th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
AJPW World Tag Team Champions
Dylan James and Ryoji Sai (4/8/18 to 6/30/18)
When in doubt, select a gaijin and a Japanese wrestler.
The 139th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
Raw Tag Team Champions
Bray Wyatt (2) and Matt Hardy (2) (6/30/18 to 7/15/18)
The 140th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
Raw Tag Team Champions
Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel (2) (7/15/18 to 9/3/18)
The 141st Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
Raw Tag Team Champions
Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler (9/3/18 to 10/22/18)
Ziggler essentially gets to fill in the role of Joe Hennig from this reign forward.
We
only have three more years before we have caught up to Randy Orton and
Matt Riddle. I wonder if we will have another 20 reigns between now and
then. With Billy Corgan running the NWA like a territory, there is a
good chance of that occurring. Regardless, I think we are only one blog
away from conclusion. Then it is on to tertiary championship I suppose.
Here is to more downtime headaches.
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