Warning - the matches discussed in this episode are not for the squeamish or the faint of heart. This week Joaquin, Frank and Chuck once again leave the safe confines of mainstream American wrestling and enter the death match gauntlet!
Your boys have watched six death matches (suggested by listeners) and will discuss and power rank each one. In the end, the match that takes the top spot will the subject of next weeks' TIA episode.
The matches discussed are the following:
Cactus Jack vs W*ING Kanemura - FMW 7th Anniversary Show
Megumi Kudo vs Combat Toyoda - FMW 7th Anniversary Show
Jun Kasai vs Ryuji Ito - Big Japan Pro-Wrestling 11/20/2009
Sami Callihan vs Danny Havoc - CZW Cage of Death XI
Vampiro vs Pentagon Jr - Lucha Underground S1E39
Masashi Takeda vs Masaya Takahashi - BJW Death Vegas 2017
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It's uncut, uncooked and uncensored... its Monday Night RAW. We're traveling back in time to May 17th 1993 and one of the highlight episodes from the WWFs fledgling prime-time offering.
And because it's May 17th we're of course watching-- The Kid vs Razor Ramon? We're not watching Shawn and Marty? Really? Okay.
Join us as we take a look at the Bad Guy squaring off against The Kid, a newcomer to the World Wrestling Federation, competing in just his third match on WWF Raw.
It's like Vince always says: Anything can happen in the World Wrestling Federation.
Running in this week to add to the analysis is DJ Dale Bumblis! (@Daleicious https://soundcloud.com/postage/ )
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[The Kid vs Razor Ramon, WWF RAW, May 17th 1993]
On this, the fourth episode of season five, your boys are checking out yet another new promotion! This time, we're heading down the street to Boyle Heights, where we hear there is some kind of underground fighting ring organized by a villainous rich guy with an affinity for violence and big keys.
It's Aztec Warfare 1 from the ninth episode of the first season of Lucha Underground. Come for the lucha, stay for Joaquin's extended appetizer sampler metaphor.
And joining us in the lab once again is long-time friend of the podcast Ana Espinoza! (@Espinoza_Ana)
As always, we are still looking for more great matches to watch as we continue our research project with zero methodology. Get at us on twitter @TIAPOD or via e-mail at thisisawesomepod@gmail.com
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[Aztec Warfare 1, Lucha Underground S1E9]
Welcome to the ALL IN Recap episode of Watching the Elite! Your hosts are the boys of This is Awesome? - Joaquin, Frank and Chuck.
In this episode we are recapping and sort-of-reviewing the entire card of ALL IN that happened September 1st, 2018! We give a breakdown of the matches, choose who was the Elite of the Elite for the show, debate which match is the best of the card and even speculate on the future of All In.
If you have any questions, comments, or corrections please e-mail us at watchingtheelite@gmail.com or hit us up @TIAPOD on twitter.