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Welcome to another edition of, er, my column. I haven't really got a witty intro for this one (do I ever?), so let's just start this thing. Wrestling Writing There are two types of wrestling writing. There's the dirtsheet (and I mean that in the best possible sense) way of writing about not just the wrestling, but the backstage politicking of the wrestlers themselves. For this kind of wrestling writing I recommend Bruce Mitchell (of pwtorch.com fame), who's an absolute expert at it. This type of wrestling writing delves deep into the business and often investigates the financial side of 'our great sport' too. The guys who write about this kind of thing are usual the pros, who get paid, who are usual sports writers who have gone through college. The other type of wrestling writing is the writing which is most commonly found on the web. I like to call this type of writing "fan writing" (and I mean that in the best possible sense). Most "fan writers" don't get paid, with a few exceptions, and these writers are usual hardcore smart wrestling fans. They're here to churn out thoughts about wrestling shows, etc, and generally don't have firm ties with the business (i.e., they normally borrow news from the main wrestling news sources like Meltzer and Keller). These fan writers prefer to write primarily about what they liked didn't like (in whatever facet of the wrestling business), and usual don't go into the business side of wrestling. I consider myself a "fan writer," although by labelling myself and others "fan writers" I'm in no way trying to say that the sports writers aren't fans. Oh, no. Neither group of writers can be said to be better than the other, either. Both serve good purposes in the wrestling world, and in the internet wrestling community in particular. The dirt sheet writers give us the hard news, most often with opinion, whereas the "fan writers" give us their opinions on the news, or other aspects of the wrestling business. I'd say recappers fall edged into the "fan writer" category. That piece was in no way trying to say that some fans are better or worse than others, I just thought that we, as smart fans, categorise wrestling fans, so why not do it with the smarts or smarks themselves? WWF No Way Out Wow, what a PPV. Not the best I've ever seen, by a long shot, but it sure as hell had its fair share of drama, great wrestling and pure brutality. Going into the show, I thought some of the matches hadn't been built up that well (with the 2/3 falls match being the exact exception), but most of this show delivered. And delivered on a silver platter. Let's take a look at my predictions: World Heavyweight Title: Kurt Angle v. The Rock I SAID: The Rock THEY BOOKED: The Rock 2/3 falls: Triple H v. Steve Austin I SAID: Austin THEY BOOKED: Triple H Four Way, IC title: Chris Benoit v. X-Pac v. Eddy Guerrero v. Chris Jericho I SAID: Eddy Guerrero THEY BOOKED: Chris Jericho Table match, Tag Team titles: Edge/Christian v. Undertaker/Kane v. The Dudley Boys I SAID: Edge/Christian THEY BOOKED: The Dudley Boys Hardcore title: Raven v. The Big Show I SAID: Raven THEY BOOKED: The Big Show Jerry Lawler v. Steven Richards I SAID: Steven Richards (I also called him Stevie) THEY BOOKED: Steven Richards Stephanie McMahon v. Trish Stratus I SAID: Steph THEY BOOKED: Steph The Tally Cut a long story short: I got 2 out of 7. Ah sucks, 'bout the same shittery as my Superbrawl Revenge predictions. WWF No Way Out Notes and Comments
Funny thing is, I had a go at booking the whole match in my head, just hours before watching it. I got a lot of it right, so I wished I'd got it down in a column and then I'd actually have proof. I had Austin escaping the cage, pretty impressively, at the end, so that was pretty off base.
Overall, 'twas a good PPV, and it'll probably end up being a contender for PPV of the year when all's said and done. The 2/3 falls, rolling stips match was Match of the Night, IMO. On the Ganso Bomb Trail As you all should know, the Ganso Bomb has interested me for some time. In my last column, I examined the Ganso Bomb and where and when most of them have taken place. Before the writing of this column I found some more information, so the 'Ganso Bomb Case Book' has been re-opened. Ganso Bomb actually means original bomb, when it is translated from Japanese, so I suppose that explains something. Spencer Olson took the time to e-mail me this information about Ganso Bombs, so I thank him for that, and I'll re-print it here for all to see: Take this with a bit of a grain of salt.. This info comes from the Dreamcast/Arcade wrestling game sanctioned by NOAH and AJPW, so it is probably the closest you will ever come to an "official" explanation of the match between Misawa and Kawada. Long story short.. Kawada tried to powerbomb Misawa tried to counter into a Huracanrana, and Kawada countered the counter into the Ganso bomb. It is even included in Kawada's command list, although the name given translates roughly to Sheer Drop Powerbomb. The game even includes a little video footage of the infamous incident.. I surely hope it was planned, although it might explain why Kawada stayed with All Japan. Keep up the good work, and I think you did slightly better with the WWF PPV..but I really wasn't paying much attention to either event. Spencer Olson If anyone else has information or opinion on the Ganso Bomb, I'd love to hear it if you want to drop me a line. I'm all out of time. I should be back next week, or maybe even sooner. Who knows?
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