Wrestling Undertaker Assets

Okada in them long boys like he was at WrestleKingdom Photo via @ Tanner1495 Okay, so you're still digging out of the winter weather everyone's been experiencing over the country in the last week. That's okay! Nature will help you out over the next few days. Still, you're probably back at work, behind on work from when you were out because of the weather. Don't forget to engage in some self-care and read some of the best stuff on the web. Links! I have them and you're going to want them. Read away. The TWB 100 is underway. Make sure you cast your ballot before the deadline on Wednesday of next week! [ The Wrestling Blog ] Also, make sure you peep in on the YEAR END BLOWOUT, which is still going on for some reason (that reason, I took a bunch of time off at the end of the year for my own sanity). [ The Wrestling Blog ] WrestleKingdom 12 took place last Thursday. Ian Williams watched and noted that it indeed was a variety show for all kinds of fans of the thing ev...

Pictured: A fookin' legend Photo Credit: WWE.com The second to last bin is comprised of the wrestlers I get excited for. " The Mark Out Gang " is the group of wrestling personalities who really stoke my fires for professional wrestling. I generally go out of my way to see them work, would buy their merchandise, and generally want them to be featured on their shows. Hell, I may even get mad if they don't win their matches. Again, I have a lot of wrestlers on this list, so I have blurbs for a handful and the rest are just listed below, ENJOY: Sheamus - Rumors are flying around that Sheamus is battling spinal stenosis. For those who don't know, it's the condition that caused Edge to retire. It would be both a crushing end but the most appropriate one for the least appreciated modern WWE main event guy, perhaps ever. He finally found a niche where he's not only surviving, but thriving and fate had to do it to him like Vince McMahon and the writers have done ...

The Wrestler of the Year! Photo Credit: WWE.com It's that time of year again, when I give out my awards for the best stuff to happen in wrestling in a calendar year. The Bloggie Awards are back, baybay! Before I start, a primer on what the Bloggies are and aren't: The Bloggies are NOT a measure of who drew money or drove business. Look to the Observer for that scope. The Bloggies are NOT a measure of kayfabe accomplishment. Pro Wrestling Illustrated has that covered like a boss. The Bloggies are NOT crowd-sourced or openly voted upon. They're chosen by me and me alone, so if anyone has a problem, take it up with me. The Bloggies ARE a measure of who did the most to advance the ART of wrestling. Who told the best stories? Who talked with the silverest of tongues? Who wrestled the best matches? Who had the biggest emotional impact? These are the questions that these awards have set out to answer. And now, the awards, with nominees and winners! Wrestler of the Year - This is ...

Drink it in, the WrestleKingdom debut of Jericho, man Photo Credit: WWE.com Hey, it's the first hump day of the year. You're probably still getting your sea legs under you back at work after a prolonged holiday break. You need something to get you through to the first of about 50 or so weekends of the year. Thankfully, I have the antidote for you. Links! Links as far as the eye can see! Check out all the best writing in wrestling and ease into your weekend the right way. Hey, I know TWB took a couple of weeks off, but catch up with the YEAR END BLOWOUT here! [ The Wrestling Blog ] WrestleKingdom is tomorrow! Ian Williams writes about how the Battle of Winnipeg is taking the event global for New Japan Pro Wrestling. [ VICE Sports ] And hey, if you wanna know about the American done well for himself in New Japan, Juice Robinson, Guilherme Jaeger has your hookup right here. [ Medium ] David Bixenspan reviews all the biggest stories from wrestling in the last year, capped off by Vi...

I've turned yet another corner on Charlotte Flair Photo Credit: WWE.com So now, the time has come to crack open the largest sorting bin, "General Affinity." It's by far the largest because I'm not in this to go hate on people. I generally enjoy most of the people I watch, even if not all of them can be favorites. Strap in, I'm gonna write blurbs for 30 of these bad boys, girls, and persons of other gender and then list a whole bunch of them down at the bottom. Charlotte Flair - It's weird. Her entire gimmick is that she's "genetically superior," and yet when she plays to her genetic forebear, father Ric, Flair falls short. The biggest surprise of the year was when she came over to Smackdown, was put in more of a traditional WWE babyface role, and started killing it like she did back in NXT. She hasn't had to work underneath a whole lot, and frankly, few wrestlers can make her do that believably, but she's been really good at taking b...

Oh god, the grievances with him are a mile long Photo Credit: WWE.com "I got a lot of problems with you people!" � Frank Costanza (as played by Jerry Stiller in Seinfeld season nine, episode ten, "The Strike") Festivus is technically tomorrow, but I'm not posting on a Saturday, so you get your grievances today. It's really just one grievance, and it's not even with everyone this time around. It may not even be with "you" people. It might only just be with one person who doesn't even read this blog and isn't concerned with my happiness as long as he can snow enough of, well, "you" people into buying his shit and glorifying his name. I'm talking about Paul Levesque, better known to the wrestling world at large as Triple H. For those who don't know, I have a longstanding beef with Triple H. The only time I've ever really liked him as a performer was in the sweet spot right after Shawn Michaels went on his two year sa...

I got this reunion right and not much else Photo Credit: WWE.com Predictions are a tricky thing. Because the future is unwritten and volatile, few can read the tea leaves and come out accurately 100 percent of the time. However, that doesn't stop anyone from trying. I try not to engage in the practice, but last year, I did one of those "one like, one prediction" gimmicks for wrestling. I made somewhere close to 100 predictions, and while many of them were wrong, some of them were right! I'm going to list all the predictions I made here and then catalog how correct they were. 1. Kenny Omega will win the IWGP Title on January 4. Simple enough to start, right? � Gold, Frankensteiner, and Myrrh (@tholzerman) December 24, 2016 Well, ya boy TH was wrong right out of the gate. Omega did not defeat Kazuchika Okada, even though the match did get six stars from Dave Meltzer. 2. The Shield will reunite in an official capacity, and thanks to the magic of WWE storytelling, no one ...