Wrestling Obscurity: Rodney Mack

Rodney Mack....who the hell is Rodney Mack? I can't say I remember him at all. I was reading his wiki page and nothing was rining a bell. No pun intended. I had to do a little more research on youtube, to see if anything jarred my memory....and nothing. Apparently he was managed by Teddy Long, he was part of Thuggin and Buggin Enterprise, and Mack competed in a series of challenges called "white boy challenges." This is were Rodney would take on any white boy and beat him in 5 min or less. When did this occur? According to wikipedia it was 2003. I'm at a lost for words. Please tell me there is more, because this doesn't look good at all. I mean, he didn't win any titles. He didn't have any real feuds.  It seems like he was just in WWE for 2 years and then just faded into obscurity.

Top 9 off the top rope finishers

Looks like I've been in a listing mood lately. I guess I'm having fun figuring out which moves are cool and exciting to watch. Obviously everyone is entitled to his or her opinion, and I'm sure some disagree with my previous lists and will probably disagree with this one too. But nevertheless, here is my top 9 off the top rope finishers.

1# 620 splash (Jack Evans)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6HU8lWMn9o

2# Spiral Tap (AJ Styles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukMq8vQS9Rs

3#Shooting star press (Evan Bourne, Billy Kidman)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZWNhieQ48M

4#Moonsault double foot stomp(Sonjay Dutt)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXngOM-Lp7g

5# Shooting star leg drop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXtbTMjaTxM

6# Best Moonsault Ever (Christopher Daniels)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95SccL38tDc

7#450 Splash (AJ Styles et. al)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtHEeqOnVK8

8#Warriors Way(Low-Ki)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxACgWU6AaA

9# Senton/Swanton (Ken Anderson/Jeff Hardy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv9LnU6CwIc

NTWA: Jerry Lynn vs. Amazing Red

I don't know how it happened, but I haven't talked about Amazing Red yet. How'd that happen? Obviously if you've seen Red in action, you know that he deserves to be mentioned on NTWA. If you haven't seen Red and like high flying style of wrestling. Then you have got to look him up.
There are many matches to choose from but I think I'll go with the first match I saw with Red. I didn't start watching TNA until 2004. So I had some catching up to do via DVD. On that DVD, was a Jerry Lynn vs. Amazing Red. I didn't know what to expect, but the match is simply awesome.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYojY4Qil_M

FWE: Back to Brooklyn

I haven't heard of this federation before, but they have an iPPV tomorrow. The card looks pretty good, with some great talent. I'm going to try to check it out.

http://www.fwewrestling.com/index.php/show-schedule/viewevent/1-back-2-brooklyn

Top 9 WWE submission finishers

Previous top 9 lists didn't include submissions. Honestly, that was to keep the other lists to just 9 moves, but now to remedy that. Let's take a look at what I consider the best submission finishers in WWE.


1# Sharpshooter
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHyT8F-UFNE

2# Lion Tammer
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBQjeK-zibU

3# Texas Clover Leaf
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyD6WJp8F1A

4# Figure 4
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKrNGKO47ss

5# Cobra Clutch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGUgYF_cYoE

6# Lebell Lock
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flKy-2wchDc

7# Ankle Lock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFJwrMBAff0

8#Anaconda Vise
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLdMwFAW2uI


9# Crossface
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lN6bDWULyk

Why I like John Cena

I don't think I'll get any hate comments for liking John Cena, but it could happen.  There are a couple of reasons why I like Cena. 1# John Cena is not a bad wrestler. I don't understand why people think he can't wrestle. Cause he does the same moves..? So does Randy Orton, Christian, AJ Styles etc. He has changed his game over the years and can get creative at times ie leg drop from top rope. 2# He has good mic skills, that's been clear from nearly day one and as a result he's entertaining to listen to. 3# He does make-a-wish requests all the time. Anyone who is willing to help children, especially sick children. Has my respect.

The era of the big man in WWE

I've been wanting to write about this for a while now. It's just an observation, not necessarly true. Is it me or does there seem to be less big men in WWE? Don't get me wrong, there are still plenty of big guys from Ryback to Kane, but as far as who gets more TV time. It seems that the "average" to smaller guys get more mic/tv time. The Miz has his own talk show, Dolph is always on TV, CM Punk is the champion and  Daniel Bryan is...in a horrible stroyline, but he's still on TV.
It seems more big guys aren't performing as well or aren't getting the fans excited enough as the "smaller" guys. Examples would be Mason Ryan, Ezekiel Jackson, Tenzai, Jack Swagger and maybe Brotus Clay. Which is definetly a change in WWE, cause it used to be the smaller guys hardly got anytime or were the lower card, or dark match. Which I'm sure still happens, heck look at Yoshi Tatsu, Tyson Kidd, and Justin Gabriel, but as far as main event or mid card. It looks like the "smaller" guys have taken those spots.