For weeks, pictures of the elusive Caballo De Misterioso had been circulating the internet from various locations of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Who is this masked warrior? Would he stand tall at the end of the night in an event that promoted a four match card of Luchadors versus American Wrestlers? Meet Caballo De Misterioso.

I arrived at the Calgary Legion 1 building a few hours before the event, and let myself in. The building itself is beautiful and adorned with relics of the past, and a sense of tradition and battle. Appropriate for a wrestling event, I would argue.

After meeting Doc in person for the first time, I was privy to watching how the show was put on, from the ring being set up, watching guys discuss and plan their matches, and veterans giving younger wrestlers advice. This was a part of the experience that one generally does not have as a fan of grapplers of the squared circle, and I cannot thank Doc enough for the opportunity.

I took some photos of the beautiful banners that hung on the main stage facing the ring, as I awaited my fellow team of media to arrive. Professor Salmon and Zwan of BWF Radio fame (as well as the Prof’s flame), joined me at ringside at we dubbed, “The Spanish Announce Table”.

Suddenly it was eight PM, and the doors opened. DJ Tokyo spun as the venue filled up quickly, and the Taco or No Taco line swelled. We were positioned at a media table and armed with cameras and smart phones. We were told to be prepared to back up immediately due to our proximity to the ring, as not to unintentionally become part of the high flying action.

The venue was packed, the lines for tacos and refreshments were long and popular. The atmosphere became very colorful as many fans came dressed in lucha masks or wrestler get ups. As the clock neared nine, the crowd was ready for the show.

Doc began the event, introducing our guest ring announcer, Dynamite Dan. Dan mirrored the sentiment of Doc, welcoming the crowd to the special event lauding the lucha libre style. And it was time for our first match of the evening.

Squiggy Gonzalez Rapido vs Redneck Cooter Skoal. Cooter heelishly entered first, running down the crowd on the microphone and instantly establishing his redneck tendencies (mp3). This is turn led to a positive reception for Gonzalez. The match itself was quick paced, as Cooter attempted in vain to defeat the larger Rapido, who had a belly as jolly as St. Nick. After a show of strength, Cooter would take control. However, he would miss a top rope attack only to turn the tides as Rapido would defeat the dastardly redneck with a top rope slam. The match was 3:40 in duration.

Scotley Crue vs Jose Suervo. Scotley entered first, tossing Milk Bones at the crowd, and even spitting some from his mouth at them. He then cut a scathing promo. Suervo enters by flipping off the top rope with a taco in hand!

This was awesome! Scotley has none of it, as he attacks, landing a suplex spilling said taco.  The two go back and forth briefly, which culminates to Jose hitting a crossbody onto Crue on the outside of the ring. Suervo capitalizes on this attack by returning to the ring, and winning via count out on Scotley Crue in 3:15 minutes.

Scotley is enraged by his loss (mp3), and gets on the microphone and engages in a battle of words with Doc Knight. He demands another match, so a challenge is issued that if Crue can find a tag team partner, he can face Los Blanco Fuego Dragons. Scotley is joined by The Slammer.

Scotley Crue and The Slammer (Crue Sexual Nightmares) vs Los Blanco Fuego Dragons. This was a fantastic bout, and it ran for about 11:30 minutes. The story told was one of solidarity between teams. The Dragons are a unit, whereas Scotley and The Slammer seem to have their own agendas. After much fantastic feats of strength by The Slammer, and acrobatic athleticism by Crue and The Dragons, The Slammer dangled a Dragon with feet upon the top turnbuckle, he slammed him into the mat. Crue immediately tagged himself in, and stole the pin fall victory from his partner. Then like the smarmy heel he is, Crue selfishly implied he was the reason the team won. (mp3) Great match!

CAM!!ikaze vs Andrew Hawk (with the OSW Title on the line). The two both cut promos, and do a fine job. Hawk wants a title shot, but is cowardly trying to dodge tonight’s match, claiming he is ill. The angers Doc Knight, who asks the people to wait for a couple minutes to see if he and Dynamite Dan can come up with a solution. This match is considered null and void. (mp3)

But the solution to this ordeal, I assure you, made me smile. People who know my wrestling tastes would tell you my two favorite things about professional wrestling are high flying and battle royals. Doc announces that we are to have a Battle Royal! Last Man Standing takes the title! (mp3)

The Battle Royal begins with CAM!!ikaze in the ring as Scotley and Cooter run out immediately. Scotley is immediately tossed out, only to be followed shortly after by Cooter!

The action settles down for a little while as the remaining wrestlers splinter off into separate sections of the ring. Slowly but surely, more luchas are sent flying over the ring and are eliminated upon reaching the floor. But not without a valiant effort and numerous teases. Our final four come down to The Slammer, Jose Suervo, Andrew Hawk and CAM!!ikaze. The former two are the next two eliminated leaving us with our originally billed match up of Hawk and ‘Kaze! The two battle for minutes, teasing near eliminations and demonstrating to the now feverish crowd why Original Stampede Wrestling is back! Ultimately, after about 9:02 minutes, Hawk eliminates CAM!!ikaze!

Hawk parades around under the belief that he has won the title, only to be corrected by Doc Knight who refuses to give him the belt. Hawk had his opportunity tonight already to a one on one match, and had backed out. Knight informs Hawk that if he agrees to participate in said match tonight, he will win the title (and get his pay cheque). Hawk reluctantly agrees. (mp3)

CAM!!Kaze vs Andrew Hawk (with the OSW Title on the line). For real this time! This lasts a mere thirty seconds at best, and CAM!!Kaze rolls up Hawk to capture the title! This leaves the crowd happy, full of tacos, cold beer, and a good guy champion. (mp3)

Afterwards, the lucha libre wrestlers come out to celebrate with ‘Kaze to bring the show to a close. Doc thanks the crowd along with Dynamite Dan… and then announces a very special guest. It’s Teddy Hart (with Mr. Money)! Teddy thanks the people of Calgary for their patience and respect of the legacy of the Hart family’s contributions to the city. He notes big things are on their way for 2014 and Original Stampede Wrestling.

All in all, I had a blast. This was one of the hottest tickets in town, and I had the privilege to come down with my team to help cover this event (all of which are true independent wrestling fans). This is something that always needs to be supported, and for this child of the eighties, I am fully endorsing the promotion. STAMPEDE WRESTLING IS BACK!

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Oh yeah, wrestling is on.

Hopping time…

“I watch, write, suffer, and succumb to this show, yet have to remind myself of what happened only minutes after each episode. That is how G’s Smackdown reviews work. “Everybody gunning for “the face of WWE” going forward, which means Orton can be a monster heel for somebody to vanquish at Mania.” [Stevie J of Angrymarks @G]. Maybe he’s right. That PPV was pretty good for the most part. Just maybe…

– Clips from RAW begin our show. Randall Keith Orton, Cena, and D-Bry stuff. Tremendous. Actually I thought the Orton/Bryan match trumped anything on the PPV. The ending, not so much, but otherwise…

– So here comes Randall to talk to us, the fine readers of this diary I like to call, “Suffering Time!”. It’s like hopping time, and actually where I got that gimmick from. But that was like 90 years ago, back when I used Dog Gammit and Charles Barkley in every review. Lord knows none of those are regular things anymore. Anyways, you can tell how thrilling Orton’s speech is. But when all you say, is what we just saw in the opening montage, you’re going to have a bad time when you french-fry when you’re supposed to pizza.

– Out comes Monsieur Cena covered in spilled poutine. Calling Orton a fool, Cena says everyone wants to be in his shoes. Not me. I like my shoes. Everyone is watching Orton, and he will be remembered as a little bitch who claims he did everything to win, but in reality his cock-punching to Bryan means Daniel won via DQ. The Goatman cometh. Click that link and learn of the Maryland legend. Randy Orton is afraid, as was I as a little G camping at Fall Camp when I first heard of Goatman from some twisted camp conselour. But now, not so much, and Daniel Bryan is pretty cool and would probably bring some vegan marshmallows we could roast as we discuss the merits of independent wrestling. Bryan gets over with the crowd with his usual catchphrases.

Mantaur has nothing on this guy.

– Enter the Shield. And of course, enter CM Punk. The faces stare down the heels. Yeah, just a little overbooker-T’d. So out comes Vic-Rod Guerrero who notes The Authority to make a main event of The Shield vs Bryan/Punk/Cena. Why does Punk need the other guys? He won on his own at TLC. So are Cena and Bryan at the level of The Usos now? WTF? PUNK LOST TO THEM WITH HELP. Merry Christmas folks, this year you got flawed logic. It’s wrapped up in thrown out story ideas from creative, and the label says, “Magnus is the champion you deserve”.

Nailing it since 1778?

– * Non-Title Match: Big E. Langston {C} vs. Jack Swagger. Zeb Coulter is seen in the ring holding up a sign stating, “Deport Santa Claus”. J.T. is seen on top of that sign, holding up his own sign that notes, “I didn’t watch this”. Swagger isn’t even worth a shot at the I.C. title now? Fuck that. Cocaine hands everywhere. This is clearly working towards a Tupac/Henry feud with the Real Swiss Toblerones. Get it? Swiss-tactular Chocolate? I just noticed Henry is at ringside too, which reminds me I read today that The Koolaid Man has been redesigned again, without pants. Just like Donald Duck. Because drinking my sugary beverage while trying to find hidden phalic references in Disney video covers is just that awesome. Every Sunday… 2 PM. Also, Big E wins super quick with a clean pin. Yep, Swagger IS beneath the title.

@Charles Barkley @G: “I coming to get you for X-mas, jerk.”

@G @Charles Barkley “I got you something very special this year. The smell will hit you sooner than later…”

– * Brie Bella vs. Tamina Snuka. You know a match is that important when BOTH people’s entrances are skipped to begin the match. Totally. Divas start their thing as Big Sexy goes after Brie like it matters. It doesn’t. AJ is on commentary taking potshots (CM Punk is concerned about this), and I wonder if I can procure these in Canuckistan. Looks like Bryan taught Brie the dropkick, as she does three in a row, two standing and one from the BAH GAWD! second rope! Tamina says fuck that, my dad taught me how to fall from the top rope doing nothing onto Brie’s knees and get rolled up for the win! WOW! Totally Diva’s unrelated note, that show was renewed for a second season.

Don’t we all want to do this?

– I won a Slammy or something last Sunday on the BWF Radio awards. I DEMAND A THREE COUNT!

– * Sin Cara vs. Drew McIntyre. Remember all those rumors that McIntyre was being repackaged? Yeah, turns out it was Hunico. Yellow lights remind Joe of ROH who is not seen in the audience spinning his Cena belt while holding up a Jorge who is covering JT Hogan’s original epic song entitled, “Enter Hulk-Man”. He is currently hosting it on a website that popped up this week (that he invented) called, Hulkster. It utilizes bit torrent technology to download music and is fully endorsed by Lars Ulrich Frederiksen because The Hulkster and the Punkster are tight like that. Colt Cabana is the site’s admin. Sin Hunico wins in about a minute, because throw away.

Dandruff is not cocaine. Just ask Big E Smalls. Right?.

– * Brodus Clay vs. Tensai. They broke up on the PPV, then inexplicably got back together on RAW and broke up again. Midmatch the Funkadactyls run out, and then Xavier Woods makes a save on Tensai I guess. Quality. This Smackdown is kind of sucking my balls.

He didn’t need that helmet anyways..

– * Non-Title Match: Cody Rhodes and Goldust {C} vs. Erick Rowan and Luke Harper. I kind of enjoyed this match. I can’t make too many smarthy comments. Bray sits ringside watching like a sociopath as Goldust, Cody, and Luke do a pretty good job. They are given time, but the crowd is quieted down. Erick Rowan is in the match too, I guess. I can’t say this is not worth a watch. With time, we get another great showcase of the Rhode’s Bro’s and Harper (and kind of Rowan), as they display potential for a future notable match. I suspect this is more testing the water for interest since the dirty dirts are alluding to the Wyatt boys picking up the titles once Goldy and Cody split for their projected WM match. Harper grabs Cody by the ears and clotheslines him into the mat to finish him off for the win. JBL notes, “That was incredible.” Good match.

– Just before Bray Wyatt enters crab mode, I wonder what happened to JBL’s charity drive to climb mountains. That sucks, it’s like he’s dropped it. If I find out later he just is flying under the radar and not self-promoting, I’ll eat Bray Wyatt’s hat. Daniel Bryan has no time for hat-eating, as he runs in to save Cody from Bray attacking him post match…

This is odd.

– Suddenly there’s some weird noise on my apartment balcony. I heard such a clatter, I sprang from my chair to see what’s the matter (it’s pretty foggy out there tonight). Then I spot a familiar figure dressed in red driving a ski-do or some shit.

G: Hey Jorge, who are you supposed to be? And who are these eight people you have chained with make-shift bass-strings to your ride?
Jorge: It’s my Slayer! YEAH!!! DROP-D tuning mother fucker!!!
Joe: He thinks he’s Santa, dude.
JT: Pfft, JT Hogan invented Santa.
Mark: Hogan is pretty old, kind of like Sly Stallone.
JTHogan: Well you know something brother, I INVENTED ROCKY!
JTAlice: No you didn’t
JTStallone: I have a new movie coming out [insert some garble here]
Jorge: Slut! Slut! Slut!
Joe: You mean Ho! Ho! Ho!
JT: Did he just drop his pants?
Mark: I see you left out some All-Dressed Ruffles Chips for Whore-Hey Claus. What did you leave for us reindeer?
G: Is that what you guy’s are supposed to be?
JTHHH: It’s what’s best for business!
G: Oh, yeah, I guess you guys can have some of the Slurpee punch if you like.
Mark: Thanks!
J.T.: This is delicious!
Joe: [Makes spitting noise] I’ve already dies in these reviews before, what is this crap?
Jorge: Shut up you pathetic replacement for Blitzen! This is delicious.
Mark: This tastes like dirt!
G: Well, more like Clay. And I don’t mean Brodeus. Some self-righteous animated snowman refused to get off my lawn earlier today. Speaking of getting off, who wants to try my homemade EggNog?
J.T.: Nope.
Jorge: At least you left some All-Dressed Ruffles out for Jorgie Claus! Thanks G!
Mark: I… umm… I think that’s his scab collection again.
Joe: Jorge, what the fuck?
Jorge: Look man, it’s foggy out there, my eye’s are tired. How am I to help children around the world celebrate their holidays this time of year? I represent all the kids, even those who enjoy Quizno’s and Harmonica too?!?!
Mark: Wait, what?
JTG: He means Kwanzaa and Hanukkah.
G: No, I wrote that intentionally. I celebrate Brazzer’s annual cum swappi….
Joe: THIS IS A PG SITE G!
G: Our Santa helped destroy that.
Mark: He’s the Santa we all deserve, the Santa who eats worlds.
Jorge: Let me cut to the chase, G. It’s foggy as fuck out there tonight, won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?
G: Fuck those reindeer games.
JTHHH: Time to play the game!!!
G: Nope.
Joe: Dude, I can’t be the guy in the front anymore… this is too much like The Human Centipede.
Jorge: Slut, slut, slut!
Mark: The date’s over, Santa. This just got weird.
G: Every Sunday!
Mark: What?
G: What?
Jorge: So you won’t be my RuDolph Ziggler? Dick. I’m out of here. Come on slaves, all eight of you. Back into your strung-together bass-string contraption. Fly this bitch away!!!
G: Fuck Balls Mahoney anyways…
Joe: EC-Dub!
Mark: Why am I not bipedal?
JTHogan: I invented bipedal! Someone call Nick, I don’t have time for this.
JT: I think I left something in your basement apartment, one second.
Jorge: NO TIME JT!
Joe: Too late, he’s gone.
G: GTFO! Hey JT. try on this Barkley mask…

– And I heard Jorge say as he flew out of sight, “Break the back humble, Fuck you, and good night!”. He’s still fucking up the gimmick. Oh well.

It’s too bad it’s not with Count Floyd.

– Damien Sandow cuts a scathing promo on Jorge, or Mark Henry. I can’t tell the difference. Neither of them wear pants anymore. Sandow is cancelling ChrisBeniotMas this Monday. Erased from history. ChristMiz comes out talking about Santa’s balls. Great. Impromptu match. Thrilling. They fight on Friday Night, because awesome? Sandow better win. In a fast and furious match, Sandow rolls up Miz quicker than ThatDamnDoubleC’s favorite actor, The Littlest Hobo, for the win. I heard London’s little brother was being replaced by the younger pup in that series. Let’s all just hope that Paul Walker Jr. is less tasteless than XXX-Mas’s Bukkake stuffing in that series. Tastes like Kendra Lust. I’ve never seen any of those films.

– Related: I’ve decided to name this era of the internet, “The Age of Momentary Rage” in honor of my pal SRD who is behind the Scruffy videos you may have seen in my posts or at Wonderpod or at his site. That shit’s awesome. I hope anyone listening or reading has a fucking great little bit of time off. I really don’t care what you celebrate or the lack thereof. Be well. And with that, back to the sarcasm!

WMXXX

– * Fandango vs. Kofi Kingston. This is about as relevant as the last match. Sigh. Remember when Fandangoing was relevant for like a week? Sigh. Remember Cy? Sigh. Rebecca Black does. We fight on Friday Night! No one cares. Summer Ray is the most interesting this here. Kofi bounces around, and Fandango attempts his best, and ultimately he prevails because Smackdown. Is there a record for the most shortest matches on one show? This one might take the cake. And as Portal taught us, that fucking pastry is a lie.

– Backstage The Wyatt family re-abduct Bryan Daniels because Blockbuster shutdown and they found the best of Bryan Daniels in a Duke The Dumpster Drowsy outside of a closed-down Blockbuster. He went cheap, and decided gerbils were too expensive (in all seriousness, that ROH DVD will be great, but shit. Who buys DVDs in the digital era?).

– Looks like Bryan was abducted by the floor, where officials are taking his pulse backstage.

Since this is the last Smackdown before Christmas, the best present I could give you all is Wierd Al screaming “I am not his monkey!” in animated gif form. Enjoy.

– * CM Punk and John Cena vs. The Shield. Vic-Rod announces it as a handicrap match. 2-3. Punk should have this on his own. :/ Fuck.

– FUCK.

– Ok, this match was great. Let’s get that out of the way. The booking, however, is fucked. Why does Punk need anyone? I loved the action, but that leaves the story, which remains terrible. As a stand alone match, this is also worth the watch. Five combatants in solid long match. As for caring about the build, though, not so much.

So I guess this is the most snow we’ve gotten in 112 years of Calgary… Alberta, Canada’s history. Oh, and we’re only 1/3 of the way in. Great. Not complaining though, many parts of my country get WAY more.

– And we’re back. Again, still good… but… hrmm… See, isolating Cena makes no sense. We already know can beat all three of the Shield on his own means this is silly. Stupid TLC, way to fuck up the BWF Awards. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed this match… it’s just the booking that makes me shake my head. Dean Ambrose remains my favorite. Fuck the RAW review guy and his Seth Rollins crush, and the WWE for their Hoss crush on Reign. Spatula City’s ambassador, Dean Ambrose ice’s my cake everyday. Eat it.

– Rumor has it, that Punk likes to test out moves on Rollins that he normally wouldn’t get away with otherwise. Those headbutts on the dude at TLC seem to back that up. Dirt sheets. Bed shitting.

– The match is ruled DQ. I guess. Reigns hits a gore. Then Team Beta hits their multi-slam on Cena. Beat downs for all WWE DVD stars. Big E Smalls runs in and chases them away? Reigns looks extra concerned. Canada’s own The Littlest Hobo runs down the to ring with a rifle strap in his mouth because ThatDamnDoubleC. The fuck?

I criticize because I care. I did enjoy the show. I wouldn’t watch if I didn’t love this shit.

The WWE logo comes up, and I’m out.

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Sept 6, 2013. I am a clone of G. I am currently handcuffed to one of the lower legs of G’s sofa in his apartment. Yesterday, while the real G was at work, monkey nearby shrieked at me to attempt to lift the sofa. It worked! I went to thank the monkey located in an open-doored cage on the stairs leading down to the basement of G’s basement apartment, and noticed a large man strapped into a chair in the basement. I then heard the original G returning home. I need to find his magical device that created me…

Sept 13, 2013. The real Gee has noticed my writing. That stupid fuck hasn’t deleted anything, but he did taze me repeatedly. I still think there is a monkey held captive on the stairs to the second level of this building.
Sept 20, 2013. Made progress today. Discovered some kind of cloning device. I used it to clone the device itself, and hid the copy under the couch I am “hand-cuffed” to. The monkey saw this, but I don’t think he’ll say anything. He’s a monkey, after all. Some dude named Johnny Storm stopped by to say hi. Weird.

Sept 27, 2013. An obese man who claims to be famous magically appeared in the living room today. He told me the cloning gadget I made a copy of has the powers to do much more. Sounded like a bunch of crap to me. I immediately knocked him out and tied him up beside the one the “real” G calls “Barks.” Both look the same. I killed the new guy and fed him to the other captives. I think. They both look the same. All of that future-talk and preventing the death of kayfabe annoyed me. Either way, one of the “Barks” was dinner. He tasted like chicken. Big surprise there.

Oct 4, 2013. So I guess the guy I fed to his doppleganger was actually able to escape last week with help from that J.T. guy. He was screaming something about “his” chair. Either way, G is pissed and punished me all week. He said something about maybe sending me to Fall Camp. I decided to not make any decisive moves. It seems for the best. Just like the WWE, I guess, albeit “best” isn’t the “best” word I’d use to describe the product.

Oct 18, 2013. It’s been a while since I’ve been able to write here. G has been continually sending me off to ancient historical eras to collect random artifacts. I don’t understand why a stool sample from Henry Hudson is so important. And what was the point of leaving a smoke bomb in the front hall of the Palace of Versailles on May 6, 1682? I’m told I’m going to have to… gotta go. He’s home.

Nov. 8, 2013. I’ve been sent on a bunch of weird missions. The most weird was when G sent me back to 2008. See, I snuck former PM Tony Blair into Buckingham Palace and stapled old-people-face to his kind of already old-people-face. No one has noticed even until today. I still don’t understand why he made me do that.

Nov. 15, 2013. This last week was even more bizarre. He made me put on some suit and a red tie and shave my head, and then pretend to be in control of his weekly scab collecting group. I burst in, and told the vice president and current scab champion collector that I was in charge. We bickered back and forth for a while, and then G kicked in the door dressed in drag and began shrieking that since he was the vice president of the chess club next door he was taking over. Very odd.

Dec. 6, 2013: Charles Barkley recently abducted me and took me on a cruise ship with him. We circumvented the planet, stopping at various ports-of-call, and living the high life again. It was really awesome. Then sadly, today, I awoke only to find myself back on the couch of G’s apartment. Was it all a dream?

Dec. 13, 2013. Nope, not a dream. In fact somewhat of a nightmare. This week I was forced to go to work for G while he vigorously stayed home masturbating (I can only assume) and eating nachos. Work sucked. Firstly, I am not trained to do anything G actually does at his jobs, so I looked like a complete idiot. Oddly enough, some fellow who has a Bruce Springsteen complex and calls himself “The Boss” told me that my work had shown significant improvement today. I am pretty sure G’s jobs don’t involve a body count, though.

Dec 20, 2013. Just got back from a reconnaissance mission to infiltrate Charles Barkley’s place. G insisted I take the monkey from the open cage on the stairs with me. He told me the monkey was given special orders, and my job was to get the little guy into the house. I did as I was told. Once inside, the monkey went to every toilet in the house and proceeded to defecate inside the water tank of each one. I don’t know what G is feeding that monkey, but damn!

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Earlier this year over at Wonderpod-Online, Bruce McGee and PatMan created a new theme of podcast for our site. PatMan and I decided to continue the series with a conversation reminiscing about our experience growing up in Calgary, the “Hart”land of the Stampede Wrestling promotion. What a perfect way for two old smarks to contribute to the ongoing festivities and celebration of professional wrestling going on at Wonderpod-Online and the Bored Wrestling Fan?

When I was seven years old, I moved to Calgary from Unionville, Ontario, in the year of 1984. Like any child of this era, I was a regular viewer of the then WWF. My older brother and I were total marks, and delved into watching our hero Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, and George “the Animal” Steele battle the devious Rowdy Roddy Piper, the massive Andre the Giant, and any of the heels managed by the evil mastermind, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan.

Suddenly, there was something new to watch on Saturday! There was ANOTHER wrestling show on! While it likely aired in Ontario, my brother and I were oblivious. And it didn’t just feature the big names squashing jobbers in every match either. It was different, fresh, innovative and wildly exciting. One episode later, we were hooked.

Somewhere across the snowy tundra of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, a young lad by the name of Pat(Man) was already a huge fan. He would dial his analogue television to channel 2/7 every week in anticipation of the great action and matches this unique promotion delivered. Whether it was to boo the baddies, or root for the faces, Pat was invested in the product like many fellow children of Calgary.

Earlier in March, PatMan and G convened on Skype to discuss and relive some of their favorite aspects of Stampede Wrestling, their contributions to the evolution of the art of wrestling, as well as how the-little-promotion-that-could contributed to the showcase of the immortals, WrestleMania.

Download the MP3 here, or stream it below!

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My local internet is hooped and have no camera phone, so this will be akin to the first edition versus my normal wrestling “reviews.”

It was a busy night in Calgary tonight. Cirque de Soleil was in town on the Stampede grounds right beside the Saddledome. So yes, the circus was indeed in town. Also, there was a municipal election today. Busy Monday in Calgary.

I met up with my partner in crime from last time, and two new cohorts and we made our way to the “meeting spot.” After waiting around for a bit, Steve, the same guy from two Augusts ago made an appearance. He told us he’d be back for the orientation shortly. I made the mistake of talking to a random guy also waiting. He turned out to be mildly retarded and he took some semi-polite ignoring to get rid of.

We did the orientation, and when Steve asked how many of us had done this before, only my buddy, myself and some random person held up their hands. Last time, a good thirty of the crowd had done this gig. Also, the semi-retarded guy was involved and slowed things down a whole lot by asking stupid questions and interrupting Steve.

The deal was the same as before, in exchange for being seat-fillers, we are given free seats and special pink wristbands so security can identify us. We went to our “home base” starting point for all of two minutes before we were moved. We initially ended in a spot for the first match, but the actual seatholders showed up. Three of four of us snagged the seats I will describe for the entire show. Second row from the floor with an awesome unobscured view.

To spot me. The main camera angle, I’m in the immediate bottom left corner in many shots. I am wearing a yellow T-Shirt with the Charlie Brown zig zag on it. I appear throughout the matches.

Observations (I will note these as I watch the program):

– Jerry the King Lawler remains beloved in Calgary, and received a huge pop when he came out.

– The RAW GM flashing lights and sounds are much more annoying live… much much more annoying.

– Santino remains a huge fan favorite in Cowtown. During the Superstars match prior to RAW, the crowd went nuts for him when he landed the Cobra finisher.

– Not surprisingly, the Hart Dynasty went over massively with the crowd. This started the “We want Bret” chants that would continue during every single commercial break for the rest of the night. Cody Rhodes looks even more awkward and mishapen in person.

– There were three guys in the same row as us, all drunk, that were dressed up like wrestlers. The Million Dollar Man, HBK, and Andre the Giant (in the unitard) left for beer about 6 times in the first hour. This got real annoying. Later, the idiot dressed as HBK decided he would pander to the crowd between commercials. This genius eventually decided to balance on the ice-rink boards which garnered the attention of security who kicked him out.

– I’ve noted before how boring it must be between commercials/clip packages/etc. at live events on a go-home show before PPV’s. Now I can say, yes this kills the momentum. The crowd was almost murdered in the start of the fourth quarter of the program when there was over 10 minutes of nothing going on. LIVE!

– My friends and I were pretty much the only people who did not stand up when Cena came out for his tag match with Orton. I took lots of time to watch and see how Nexus standing on the ramp reacted throughout the tag match… it’s got to feel kind of weird for the wrestlers to just stand there and watch… This was a solid match to watch live. McGillacutty and Harris looked good. Yes, Harris is not pretty per say, but the camera clearly does him no justice. He is built like an old school wrestling body type. Watching Justin Gabriel land his splash finisher that close up was fucking brilliant.

– I could barely hear Vickie over the crowd. They were WAY louder booing than on television. And it continued when Dolph came out…

– Nobody near myself and buddies picked up on the blatant Lance Storm reference used by Daniel Bryan when he dropped “But if I could be serious for a minute.” In the broadcast, the crowd seems louder. What does this mean? They compress the audio for the audience extremely heavily. I wish more people picked up on all the Storm references Daniel made in his promo (notice the colors of his ring gear tonight? Coincidence? Doubtful). I had to watch the television to see how the scrap at the end went down. Couldn’t see ANY of this from my vantage point.

– I can’t believe Gail Kim botched tossing a bucket of sparkles on Vickie. Point blank range, and she blew that spot. It took about 8 people to frantically clean up the sparkles on the mat surface and were literally just getting out of the ring as we return to broadcast. Alicia Fox is even more futile in her efforts live. Horrible diva… turrible, in fact. Natalya clearly carried this match.

– There was this guy on the floor near the back of ring side who had brought sparkley letters, glue sticks, and poster paper. He was constantly making new signs. At one point he started running back and forth to get on camera across the floor while someone else had the same idea. So Mr. Sparkley Sign Guy flipped out and ran to security and made a funny little scene for my own personal amusement. Sign making is serious business!

– For those following my Smackdown reviews, at the point when Laycool came out I mentally groaned. I was glad I did not pay for these seats. Seriously? Zach Ryder? Alicia Fox? Dolph Ziggler? And Hornswoggle in various segments? Where the hell is my CM Punk match?

– Speaking of which, for those who follow any of my reviews will know I LOVE me a good clusterfuck. And when it was announced we would have a battle royale, I marked out harder than I ever have at a show. I see myself double fist pumping in the crowd just over the RAW team outside the ring as we cut to commercials.

– During the commercial break, guys from both teams issued threats and promo’s including Edge, Miz, Santino, and Sheamus. You at home missed this. On the other hand, I had absolutely no clue that Hornswoggle attacked Michael Cole and joined commentary… in whatever capacity you define him laughing into the microphone the whole time. I’m not sure if this detracted or complimented the match itself… it almost seems appropriate to have Hornswoggle here.

– I’ve never had the opportunity to see one of these in person before. From our vantage point, it was even more unclear who was actually out and involved for much of the start of the bout. I actually enjoyed this aspect of the experience, as it kept things more exciting when you realize who you are seeing and what they are doing. Watching the televised version almost came across as a completely different match as a result. That’s kind of cool in itself. This only makes me love battle royales more!

– The WWE logo came up, and yet I was still strangely there. Odd. Normally that marks the end of my experience and suffering… My buddy who actually made the whole seat-filler deal happen was very vocal about what happened next not making television. They clearly were still filming the whole thing, for those heeding the trinatrons.

– Post RAW Dark Match: Bret Hart came out to a MASSIVE pop, and of course this IS Calgary…. so…. he was “guest referee,” but was more like “at ring side” since there was another referee actually calling the match. Randy Orton defended his title in what was to be a fatal fourway against Sheamus, Cena, and Wade Barrett. Barrett tells us that he has pulled Cena from the match, so it instantly becomes a triple threat match. It was actually a pretty damn good bout. Nothing major, but since the last time they were in Calgary we did not get anything after the show went off the air, this was a nice way to wrap things up.

– Orton remains champ with some post match Bret Hart celebrations. There was some Hart involvement in the action with a classic sharpshooter… Hart went around to pretty much everyone at ringside high-fiving and signing stuff as the show faded into the memory banks of this smark’s brain. We kind of hung around and loitered… Hart was still greeting fans and whatnot…

– Overall, this was a pretty fun time. Personally, very happy to see Bret Hart and my first live Battle Royale. I filled those seats like no other. We’re doing again next time they’re in town.

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