hello! This month, we're celebrating some classic violence. We'll start with the blood and guts promotion (see title), All Elite Wrestling, hot off the announcement of their weekly television series, which premieres on October 2nd. But before that, we've got All Out. It's the one year anniversary of the proto-AEW show, All In, and it'll stream on B/R Live on August 31, 5 PM PST.
Other matches so far include:
- The Young Bucks vs. The Lucha Bros. (c) for the AAA Tag Team Championship
- The Dark Order vs. The Best Friends
- Darby Allin vs. Jimmy Havoc vs. Joey Janela
- Cody vs. Shawn Spears (w/ Tully Blanchard)
If you're more into the independent wrestling brand of violence, Game Changer Wrestling has Joey Janela's Escape From LA on August 9, which'll stream on Fite.TV at 8 PM.
although being a Joey Janela produced event, this will not have many deathmatches compared to the usual GCW shows (think more like Spring Break, Escape from NY, LA Confidential, etc). The card so far:
- Nick Gage (c) vs. Jimmy Havoc; for the GCW World Championship (this actually will almost certainly be a deathmatch)
- Tony Deppen vs. Masato Tanaka
- Kris Statlander vs. Chris Dickinson
- Jungle Boy vs. "The Different Boy" Jimmy Lloyd
- Blake Christian vs. Alex Zayne
also announced: Joey Janela, Mance Warner, Dustin Thomas ("No Legs"), Nate Webb, and LAX.
But deathmatch fans can really get their fix from this company when they run their shows in Japan on August 22 & 23. No info yet on how to watch!
Speaking of Japan, New Japan Pro Wrestling is still halfway through their big G1 Climax tournament. More details can be found in the official thread here, but the finals will be held on August 12, streaming on NJPWorld (11 PM PST on August 11). The card so far:
- A Block Winner vs. B Block Winner
We still have about 7 more shows to go so I think we'll find out more details once we get closer to the date
We also have the return of the Super J Cup, a junior heavyweight tournament created by Jushin Liger to showcase lil dudes all over the world. With Liger in his last year of his career, he's bringing it back; this time, in the US! There's no streaming info right now, but the shows will be on 8/22 (Tacoma, WA), 8/24 (San Francisco, CA) and the finals on the 8/25 (Long Beach, CA). There are 6 entrants confirmed so far: TJ Perkins, Dragon Lee, Sho, Caristico, Ryusuke Taguchi, and Taiji Ishimori.
But if you're not looking for something so clean and polished, MLW has a weekly show on Youtube. It's the lo-fi shit. It's for the renegades.
Of course, if you prefer a "more sophisticated product" (Vince McMahon, 2019) WWE has Summerslam on August 11, and NXT UK Takeover: Cardiff on August 31. Summerslam is headlined by Brock Lesnar vs "The Beast Slayer" Seth "The Man's Man" Rollins. There will be a thread for that closer to the event; this is the card so far for NXT UK Takeover: Cardiff
- Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake) (c) vs. Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster vs. Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang)
- Toni Storm (c) vs. Kay Lee Ray
- Walter (c) vs. Tyler Bate
Somewhere in between "sophisticated" and "low fi renegade shit" is AAA, one of the two major Mexican wrestling promotions - their big show, Triplemania, will be streaming on Twitch this weekend!
Whew, okay. Apologies if I'm leaving out some big events, but there's a lot happening this month! And we barely touched on any actual ultraviolence!
Other matches so far include:
- The Young Bucks vs. The Lucha Bros. (c) for the AAA Tag Team Championship
- The Dark Order vs. The Best Friends
- Darby Allin vs. Jimmy Havoc vs. Joey Janela
- Cody vs. Shawn Spears (w/ Tully Blanchard)
If you're more into the independent wrestling brand of violence, Game Changer Wrestling has Joey Janela's Escape From LA on August 9, which'll stream on Fite.TV at 8 PM.
although being a Joey Janela produced event, this will not have many deathmatches compared to the usual GCW shows (think more like Spring Break, Escape from NY, LA Confidential, etc). The card so far:
- Nick Gage (c) vs. Jimmy Havoc; for the GCW World Championship (this actually will almost certainly be a deathmatch)
- Tony Deppen vs. Masato Tanaka
- Kris Statlander vs. Chris Dickinson
- Jungle Boy vs. "The Different Boy" Jimmy Lloyd
- Blake Christian vs. Alex Zayne
also announced: Joey Janela, Mance Warner, Dustin Thomas ("No Legs"), Nate Webb, and LAX.
But deathmatch fans can really get their fix from this company when they run their shows in Japan on August 22 & 23. No info yet on how to watch!
Speaking of Japan, New Japan Pro Wrestling is still halfway through their big G1 Climax tournament. More details can be found in the official thread here, but the finals will be held on August 12, streaming on NJPWorld (11 PM PST on August 11). The card so far:
- A Block Winner vs. B Block Winner
We still have about 7 more shows to go so I think we'll find out more details once we get closer to the date
We also have the return of the Super J Cup, a junior heavyweight tournament created by Jushin Liger to showcase lil dudes all over the world. With Liger in his last year of his career, he's bringing it back; this time, in the US! There's no streaming info right now, but the shows will be on 8/22 (Tacoma, WA), 8/24 (San Francisco, CA) and the finals on the 8/25 (Long Beach, CA). There are 6 entrants confirmed so far: TJ Perkins, Dragon Lee, Sho, Caristico, Ryusuke Taguchi, and Taiji Ishimori.
But if you're not looking for something so clean and polished, MLW has a weekly show on Youtube. It's the lo-fi shit. It's for the renegades.
Of course, if you prefer a "more sophisticated product" (Vince McMahon, 2019) WWE has Summerslam on August 11, and NXT UK Takeover: Cardiff on August 31. Summerslam is headlined by Brock Lesnar vs "The Beast Slayer" Seth "The Man's Man" Rollins. There will be a thread for that closer to the event; this is the card so far for NXT UK Takeover: Cardiff
- Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake) (c) vs. Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster vs. Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang)
- Toni Storm (c) vs. Kay Lee Ray
- Walter (c) vs. Tyler Bate
Somewhere in between "sophisticated" and "low fi renegade shit" is AAA, one of the two major Mexican wrestling promotions - their big show, Triplemania, will be streaming on Twitch this weekend!
Whew, okay. Apologies if I'm leaving out some big events, but there's a lot happening this month! And we barely touched on any actual ultraviolence!
