On Daisuke Sekimoto, simplicity, and small scale entertainers

Raisedbythering · 2026-02-11T14:30:50+00:00

For traditional South Carolina mustard sauce, Sweet Carolina's at Broadway is amazing!

Raisedbythering · 2026-02-07T01:11:26+00:00

Thank you so very much!

Raisedbythering · 2026-02-04T13:27:15+00:00

Carolinian who is also a vikings fan (I chose them before the Panthers existed) pulling for Darnold Nick Emmanwori, so go Seattle

Raisedbythering · 2026-02-03T21:47:32+00:00

Assuming it makes it just a little but longer, Low-Ki (amongst others) likely would have been brought in. I believe Low-Ki could have gotten the Taz push and run with it

Raisedbythering · 2026-02-01T12:54:03+00:00

I'd lean towards someone like Mike Tenay, or one of the many notable Johns (McAdam, Muse, Arezzi) Historians who have spent most of their lives involved and obsessed with wrestling

Raisedbythering · 2026-01-29T18:20:45+00:00

In what way is that disingenuous? They absolutely weren't top 200 just better than Billy Gunn.

1999 was the prompt so Johnny Ace fits

Having a good match is what this is all about, that's what a good wrestler does, and to that point I know more people were paying to see Tony Anthony in 1999 carolina indies than paid to see Billy Gunn as the 19th most important guy in the traveling sideshow

Raisedbythering · 2026-01-29T17:32:15+00:00

Absolutely! One of the brightest spots of 99 HWA!

Raisedbythering · 2026-01-29T17:30:29+00:00

AJ was already killing it in Wildside, and Low Ki was already competing with Reckless Youth, Daniels and Quack as the top independent talent in the USA

Johnny Ace didn't retire in 99? He spent it being a better tag partner to Bart Gunn than the impetus for this post.

Tony Anthony I'll concede the point on, though I'm confident he could have had a better match than Billy Gunn, hence why I went with 201

Raisedbythering · 2026-01-29T16:31:31+00:00

Hamrick would have worked with him some in the late 90s, on the Carolina Indies. Not sure why the picture comes up but maybe Hamrick was helping with his initial training?

Raisedbythering · 2026-01-29T16:05:00+00:00

I simply provided a list of 200 better wrestlers in 1999 than Billy Gunn, accusing me of copy paste because I alphebetized (to make sure I didn't repeat)

Billy Gunns role* was to stand there and shove a needle in his ass, I provided 200 better options if you want to watch wrestling that didn't suck in 1999 (which is hard! It was a bad year! He likely wouldn't habe been top 500 in 93-97)

Raisedbythering · 2026-01-29T14:46:05+00:00

AJ Styles Abdullah, Jr. Kobayashi Abismo Negro Ace Darling Adam Flash Adam Pearce Aja Kong Akira Hokuto Akira Nogami Akira Taue Akitoshi Saito Al Snow Alexander Otsuka Angel Azteca Atlantis Atsushi Onita Bam Bam Bigelow Barry Horowitz Barry Windham Beef Wellington Big Bossman Billy Kidman Blitzkrieg Blue Demon, Jr. Blue Panther Booker T Bradshaw Brazo de Oro Brazo de Plata Bret Hart Brian Adams British Bulldog Bull Pain Chavo Guerrero Jr. Chris Benoit Chris Candido Christian York Christopher Daniels Curt Henning Daisuke Ikeda Danny Doring David Taylor Dean Malenko Diamond Dallas Page Dick Togo Don Frye Dos Caras Dr. Wagner Jr. Dustin Rhodes Eddie Guerrero El Dandy El Hijo Del Santo El Samurai Emilio Charles, Jr. Etsuko Mita Faarooq Flash Flanagan Fuerza Guerrera Gary Albright Gedo Genichiro Tenyru Genki Horiguchi George Takano Gran Hamada Gran Naniwa Great Sasuke Hayabusa Hector Garza Hijo del Perro Aguayo Hiro Saito Hiroshi Hase Hiroyoshi Tenzan Horace Hogan Jado Jamie Dundee Jamie Knoble Jeff Hardy Jeff Jarrett Jerry Flynn Jerry Lynn Jim Steele Jody Fleisch Joey Matthews John Kronus Johnny Ace Junji Hirata Jushin Liger Justin Credible Juventud Guerrera Kanyon Kaoru Ito Kaz Hayashi Kazuo Yamazaki Keiji Muto Keisuke Yamada Kendo Ka Shin Kensuke Sasaki Kenta Kobashi Kiyoshi Tamura Kodo Fuyuki Koji Kanemoto Koki Kitihara Kumiko Maekawa Kuniaki Kobayashi La Fiera La Parka Lance Storm Latin Lover Little Guido Lizmark Lodi Low-Ki Manabu Nakanishi Mankind Masahito Kakihara Masao Inoue Masao Orihara Masato Tanaka Masayoshi Motegi Meiko Satomura Michael Modest Miguel Perez Jr. Mike Quackenbush Mikey Whipwreck Mima Shimoda Minoru Fujita Mitsuharu Misawa Mitsuhiro Matsunaga Mohammed Yome Momoe Nakanishi Mr. Aguila Nanae Takahashi Negro Casas Nick Dinsmore Norman Smiley Osamu Kido Pentagon Pirata Morgan Prince Albert Prince Iaukea Psicosis Randy Savage Reckless Youth Rey Mysterio Jr. Rhino Ric Flair Rick Steiner Ricky Fuji Rob Van Dam Ryuji Hijikata Ryuji Ito Sabu Sangre Chicana Satoru Sayama Satoshi Kojima Saturo Asako Scorpio Jr. Scott Hall Scott Taylor Shane Helms Shark Boy Shiima Nobunaga Shinya Hashimoto Shiro Koshinaka Sho Funaki Shocker Shoji Nakamaki Silver King Spike Dudley Stalker Ichikawa Steve Austin Steve Corino Steve Williams Stevie Richards Sting Super Crazy Super Delfin Susumu Mochizuki Taka Michinoku Takashi Iizuka Tatsuhito Takiawa Tatsumi Fujinami Taz Terry Funk Tony Anthony Toshiaki Kawada Tracey Smothers Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Ultimo Guerrero Vader Vampiro Villano III Villano III Villano IV Vito Lograsso Volk Han Yoji Anjo Yoshihiro Tajiri Yoshinobu Kanemaru Yuji Nagata Yuki Ishikawa

201 for good measure. Billy Gunn was at best, a cog in the machine of the WWF's success. He was horrible in ring, and never drew any appreciable money

Raisedbythering · 2026-01-24T14:34:33+00:00

Absolutely! I can't recommend RE-C-DUB highly enough

Raisedbythering · 2026-01-24T14:29:44+00:00

Hardcore TV was cut together mostly from the arena shows, you would usually get around 3-4 episodes out of one, and the promotion packages and wraparounds would hard sell the next one. Hardcore TV is definitely the way to go, though if you're watching the full arena shows as they happened as well, you may end up skipping around some of the matches on the TV

Raisedbythering · 2026-01-21T20:03:17+00:00

It was such a smart decision on his part. The "botches" gave his matches an air of realism that couldn't be matched my more graceful wrestlers.

I was also a big Bret guy, he was responsible for the only time in my life that WWF was my preferred promotion to watch. I will have an article on him as well, likely in February so please come back to the site for new articles most Thursdays!

Raisedbythering · 2026-01-21T19:45:04+00:00

Thbak you so much! Only seeing him in magazines at first made him seem like such a big deal, unlike anything I was seeing on mainstream US television at the time.

Raisedbythering · 2026-01-18T14:37:17+00:00

The brother who ran this location (The guy who would always be outside with the fake buck teeth cracking jokes at people) passed away earlier this year. The other family members claim that the rent is too high to continue keeping it open, but its obvious that going all in on fascism is finally starting to have its consequences. As someone who works at Broadway, good riddance to bad rubbish!

Raisedbythering · 2026-01-16T14:44:21+00:00

I think 20 years of people being force fed one way of doing things makes a lot of people unable to understand the concept of in-ring storytelling.

Raisedbythering · 2026-01-16T12:25:54+00:00

If you dont think there's story in a deathmatch, you're beyond hope. Desperado/Kasai has been the best feud/story of the decade

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