Oleg Boltman

There is a man at the ACC tournament screaming Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls while Stanford tries to shoot free throws

nobody makes the completely unexpected/unthinkable as exciting, no matter if it looks good or not, as exciting as Z1's own Cannon films villain-turned-sometimes-hero Tom Howard

(ZERO-ONE Genesis 2002 Day One, 4/27/2002)

room halfway filled with brown liquid

not to brag but I’m halfway done filling my basement with gasoline

you gotta keep them on their toes

(AJPW Champion Carnival 2002 Day Eight, 4/1/2002)

Hiroyoshi Tenzan, a skull stronger than every bone in the human leg

(NJPW Hyper Battle 2002 Day Eleven, 3/24/2002)

Zandig vs. Lobo, CZW This Time It’s Personal (2/9/2002) This was a barbed wire ropes and barbed wire bare boards match, with Zandig's ownership of CZW wagered against Lobo's career. When looking at the great U.S. independent deathmatches of the 2000s, especially twenty plus years later (and nearly twenty five years later in these cases), there's a pretty clear upper echelon. The Necro/Toby matches in the 2003 and 2004 King of the Deathmatch tournaments, Zandig/Mondo at TOD I, various Necro and Brain Damage meetings including one with Toby in TOD, Necro vs.

Zandig vs. Lobo, CZW This Time It’s Personal (2/9/2002)

This was a barbed wire ropes and barbed wire bare boards match, with Zandig's ownership of CZW wagered against Lobo's career. When looking at the great U.S. independent deathmatches of the 2000s, especially twenty plus years later (and nearly…

Jun Akiyama/Yuji Nagata vs. Mitsuharu Misawa/Kenta Kobashi, NOAH Navigate for Evolution 2002 Day Ten (2/17/2002) Kenta Kobashi makes his return from major knee surgery after thirteen very long feeling months, and to welcome him back, the old superteam faces a newer one. The result is a classic kind of big venue spectacle main event tag. It's the sort of match that, at least when done this well, that I sorely miss. The match isn't without its narrative and points of focus, of course, they come practically pre-loaded with Kenta Kobashi returning from surgery against an old partner turned rival who helped get his knee like that, but for the most part, it's not the kind of match that's really…

Jun Akiyama/Yuji Nagata vs. Mitsuharu Misawa/Kenta Kobashi, NOAH Navigate for Evolution 2002 Day Ten (2/17/2002)

Kenta Kobashi makes his return from major knee surgery after thirteen very long feeling months, and to welcome him back, the old superteam faces a newer one. The result is a classic…

Carlos Colon vs. Abdullah the Butcher, WWC Vengeance in the Afternoon (6/15/1986) Commissions continue again, this one coming from regular Ko-fi contributor hippoboy281. You can be like them and pay me to write about all different types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, but very little is entirely off the table, so long as I haven't written about it before (and please, come prepared with a date or show name or something if it isn't obvious).

Carlos Colon vs. Abdullah the Butcher, WWC Vengeance in the Afternoon (6/15/1986)

Commissions continue again, this one coming from regular Ko-fi contributor hippoboy281. You can be like them and pay me to write about all different types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, but very…

GUNTHER vs. Randy Orton, WWE King and Queen of the Ring (5/25/2024) Commissions continue again, this one coming from Ko-fi contributor Duy. You can be like them and pay me to write about all different types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, but very little is entirely off the table, so long as I haven't written about it before (and please, come prepared with a date or show name or something if it isn't obvious).

GUNTHER vs. Randy Orton, WWE King and Queen of the Ring (5/25/2024)

Commissions continue again, this one coming from Ko-fi contributor Duy. You can be like them and pay me to write about all different types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, but very little is entirely off the…

CM Punk vs. Bron Breakker, WWE Raw (1/5/2026) Commissions continue again, this one coming from regular Ko-fi contributor MainsTheMad. You can be like them and pay me to write about all different types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, but very little is entirely off the table, so long as I haven't written about it before (and please, come prepared with a date or show name or something if it isn't obvious).

CM Punk vs. Bron Breakker, WWE Raw (1/5/2026)

Commissions continue again, this one coming from regular Ko-fi contributor MainsTheMad. You can be like them and pay me to write about all different types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, but very little is entirely off the table, so…

really had That Shit On during the walk home

16 Windiana IS real, you DO have to talk to your children about it, and it WILL hurt you if you try and look away from it

this year felt like playing with house money and i still feel better about this Bears team than I have with any of them since 2006 (even the 2010 team that got further) but ALSO fuck you and i feel horrible and i am going to listen to "Silver Springs" at least 10 times tonight

Dick the Bruiser could have probably gotten away with killing his barber after this one

(AJPW 3rd Champion Carnival 1975 Day Six, 4/10/1975)

incredibly sick that they would just throw this up there and let you email Invader #1

(WWC, 2/2/2002)

after an entire Matsunaga entrance wrapped in barbed wire, this camera cut to Fujiwara's reaction is one of the greatest small production choices ever

(Rainbow Festival 2002, 1/20/2002)

i owe the 2011-2024 Chicago Bears so much

El Hijo del Fishman, showing one of the rare times in wrestling where more of something really is better

(Promociones Cordero, 1/3/2026)

some of my favorite search terms that have recently led people to The Blog

never move, just kick.

(GAEA Wild Times 2002 Day Two, 1/14/2002)

the last time i felt this positive about a Bears win, the iPhone didn't exist and, for a wrestling benchmark, Homicide was the ROH Champion. many of you were not alive yet. i'm gonna run past traffic and through a million walls. i love you all and/or i'll kill you. god bless.

sorry what i meant to say was 100% of the time

i mostly love Caleb Williams, he is probably the best quarterback I've ever experienced as a Bears fan, but a third of the time i also want to kill myself. this is the Caleb Williams experience.

took a real gamble with a "is that Annie Kim?" while watching the Pitt season premiere, but thanks to having watched every (non gas leak) Community episode at least 10 times, it paid off and wasn't racist. Baron Davis style buzzer beater on my part.

i would have cheered just as hard for Al Qaeda Tech if they were in that game instead of Miami, but good for Miami also.

Points scored in 2025 playoff games:

JMU 34
Ohio State 14

Time for a serious conversation about handing out these participation-trophy bids like candy. Bad TV. Safety issue. I just feel so bad for Ohio State. They should have their own junior tournament

sadly i did not see any great movies about a closing movie theater this year, and we will have to settle for a much maligned emotional juggernaut of a HK action epic in 1st and the fusion of THE FAST & THE FURIOUS and JOSIE & THE PUSSYCATS in 2nd

1. A BETTER TOMORROW III: LOVE AND DEATH IN SAIGON (1989, Tsui Hark)

2. D.E.B.S. (2004, Angela Robinson)

3. APOCALYPTO (2006, Mel Gibson)