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Music...
Hydrocity Zone 1 by Howard Drossin (Sonic 3)
Main Title by Francis Monkman (The Long Good Friday)
Thanks To...
The lovely Batiri for the intro.
John Cmar for having faith.
Chikarason for the ECW stories.
Music…
The Second Joker (Ash) by Tetsuhiro Ogawa, Iku Mizutani, Toshihiko Hiraguchi, Tomonao Niiya, Makoto Suehiro, Tasuku Mizutani (The King of Fighters XIII)
Trio The Punch – Never Forget Me by Gamadelic
Blurred Lines by Ralph Vickers
Notes…
Yeah the title is wrong. Because of that one Raw segment! Remember? No? Well whatever, trust me.
Bad News Brown vs. Ken Patera is fucking shite.
Summerslam 1992 was shown live in the UK but they had time to edit it for the USA broadcast, so if you’re going ”woah hey I don’t remember those” then that’s why.
”maffew how do you decide what years to put in?” by hitting the fifteen minute mark.
Music…
Bad Times by GaMetal
Set Point – Match Point by Motoi Sakuraba (Mario Tennis)
Thanks To…
Tri.Moon for sending me the HHH/Austin clip
Music…
I’m Gonna Go To Hell When I Die by Conan O’Brien
Paint It Black by Dance With The Dead
Can’t be Touched by Roy Jones Jr.
Despite watching a shit-load of wrestling this week, I don’t have enough good clips for a proper Botchamania so here’s a look at the Taboo Tuesday/Cyber Sunday PPVs from 2004-2008 instead.
Music…
“Cruis’n Shuffle” by Uncle & the Bacon
Vote or Die by South Park
Turd or Douche by South Park
On paper, these fan-voted PPVs were a good idea that ended up offering little in the way of interesting matches or choices and usually ended up as ”so your choices are normal match, submission match or NO HOLDS BARRED STREET FIGHT, go ahead and pick any match you feel like NO HOLDS BARRED voting for.” It rarely felt like a feud was getting settled and more like dragging something along and shoving a gimmick into it to squeeze every drop out of what’s left. Cyber Sunday 2006 and it’s WWE Champ vs. World Champ vs. ECW Champ triple threat match had even the bairns watching their first wrestling show go ”well there’s no way any title’s changing hands in this”. If it hadn’t been for December To Dismember that year, Cyber Sunday would have walked away with the title of Shittiest PPV Of The Year 2006 easily.
It wasn’t all doom, gloom and Vader falling over though. Edge losing the public vote to HBK for a World Title match against HHH was the start of Edge’s glorious prick run, turning on the fans for picking injured HBK over healthy Edge and then interfering in the match to make sure he really didn’t win was gold. Also, bizarre as it sounds (and looks) Snitsky looked like the beast WWE wanted him to be in his match with Kane on Taboo Tuesday 2004. He won the match, broke a chair over Kane’s throat which caused him to spit up blood and then knocked over the stretcher sent out to help him. If it hadn’t been for the whole baby-killing thing Gene may have been something. Also King Booker trying to get Cena to team up with him against Show and accepting Cena’s demand of one night with his wife is great comedy, only upstaged by the I J
Rumblemania 1 (1988-1998)
One of the benefits of the Network is being able to replace all those ancient VHS rips with supersexy swinging HD.
Music…
Origin ~Awaken~ (Theme Of Heroes) by Szk (Gain Ground, Mega Drive)
Casino by Yasunori Shiono (Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals)
The Network version of Rumble 2001 is the unedited version so you can see Jeff and Matt fuck up everything at the start of the 2001 Rumble.
But Rumble 2004 is edited so my plan of showcasing the unedited Batista vs. Evolution tables match went unrealised. This is the shit that keeps me up at night.
Turns out I did a new edit of ”ah it’s still good” so ignore the Sky Box Office logo. And the X-Factor theme.
Music…
CORE by Toby Fox (Undertale)
Glitter Gulch Mine by Grant Kirkhope (Banjo-Tooie)
Lobby by Nintendo (SPLATOON)
You Think You Know Me (Edge) by James A. Johnston
What ‘Chu Looking At by Uncle Kracker
Let Me Take A #Selfie by The Chainsmokers
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Well it says 2006-2012 but there’s a few clips from 2013 because…well some of my selections sucked. Ah wey.
Music…
Stardust Crusaders by Yugo Kanno (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders)
Death by Glamour by Toby Fox (Undertale)
I Remember You by Frank Ifield
Oh man what a series of good Rumbles. Well, good for me anyway.
Music…
Area 1 by Naoki Kodaka (Blaster Master)
I’m Back (Eric Bischoff) by Jim Johnston
Spooktune by Toby Fox (Undertale)
Thanks to…
Duffy6Brett for suggesting the Sandow Insanity clip. Too good.
I think you can have a perfectly good match and then fuck up the finish. And judging by this video, I’m not the only one.
Das List…
Goldust vs. Stardust (WWE Fast Lane)
Green Phantom vs. MASADA (IWA-MS King Of The Death Match)
Eddie Kingston vs. Jaka (Chikara Aniversario)
Pinkie Sanchez vs. Juan Francisco (Chikara Key Decisions)
Bram vs. Matt Morgan (TNA Slammiversary)
Grado vs. Tigre Uno vs. DJ Z vs. Rockstar Spud (TNA Impact July 15th)
Roppongi Vice vs. Redragon (NJPW King Of Pro Wrestling)
BxB Hulk, Masaaki Mochizuki & Big R Shimizu vs. CIMA, Don Fujii & Gamma (Dragon Gate Rainbow Gate)
Eva Marie vs. Billie Kay (NXT September 2nd)
Charlotte vs. Becky Lynch vs. Emma vs. Dana Brooke (NXT August 26th)
Music…
Aquarius by Yoshinori Sasaki, Jun Funahashi, Yukie Morimoto (Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse)
Ariston and on and on and on and on
Doctor by Kozo Nakamura, Tomoya Tomita, Kenichi Matsubara, Yoshinori Sasaki, Satoko Minami, Kenji Fukui (The Lone Ranger, NES)
Decide in the Eyes by Yumiko Kanki, Naoto Ishida (F-Zero X)
How I Feel (Instrumental) by Flo Rida
Notes…
”Maffew was this video made because of Eva Marie not appearing in Most Botched Matches and fans bugging you because of it?”
Maybe.
Jon Barber was the ref for both Chikara matches. He made the first two Botchamania videos so this is where Maggle Cole would shout ”How ironic!”
(For some reason this was never posted on the site. Christ knows what that was about)
Three years in the making…
I always said I’d make this video, but only after the guy left. Well, the original Sin Cara (Mistico) officially departed WWE this year on March 26th. Looks like they’re keeping the gimmick so the time is right for the long-awaited SinCaraMania.
Amazing that the character was intended as a Mysterio replacement but despite a brief Bobby-Lashley-esque push, ended up in pre-recorded SmackDown land because he couldn’t be trusted to wrestle WWE-style. They must have forgotten Rey spent multiple years in WCW, getting used to working guys like Nash and Norton before WWE grabbed him. Rey also had MOTYC and feuds because he was against Angle, Edge, Jericho, Punk etc. Sin Cara feuded with Hunico for a bit, sort-of feuded with The Rhodes Scholars and got beat up by Del Rio every few weeks. Not quite the same, is it?
It didn’t help that everything that could go wrong did go wrong in his first year. Injuries, wellness policy violation, fucking up his entrance, bungling his debut and not being allowed on any live show is pretty much a full line on the Botch Bingo Card.
He’s still around in spirit (like Starscream after being blasted by Unicron) so let’s not rule out the possibility of a second video in 2017.
Music…
My Sacrifice by Creed
Sin Cara Theme by SHINING WIZADO
Pizza Theme by Spider-Man 2
Boss 1 by Fumito Tamayama (Tamachan) (Decap Attack)
Leave The Memories Alone by Fuel
Thanks To…
The miscellaneous creators of the Spider-Man as Sin Cara images. The names are lost to history, so if you made one and want a credit, message me.
Ah, Khali.
It was weird to re-watch some 2006 for this video and be reminded how well booked he originally was. Beating The Undertaker with one foot on his chest, stealing Cena’s title and having everyone bump off like him like similar magnets trying to come together would make anyone look good. Maybe if he’d arrived during a different period of history he would have continued to look this good, he would have left after a loss, go elsewhere, come back etc. Instead, he hung out for eight years and everyone quickly turned on him when they realised he moved around like Hank Hill’s dad.
So making this video was a fun challenge, as he botch that much. As it’s hard to mess anything up when you’re incapable of doing anything.
Which sounds like good advice for staying employed, actually.
Music…
Your Feets Too Big by Leon Redbone
Title Theme Yoshi by Kazumi Totaka (Mario Paint)
Giving the devil is due, here’s some decent Khali matches to watch:
vs. Undertaker, Last Man Standing (Smackdown 2006)
vs. John Cena (Judgement Day 2007)
vs. John Cena (Extreme Rules 2007)
vs. Triple H (Summerslam 2008)
Let's All Laugh At The Hardys
The Hardys are wrestling at TNA's next real PPV and they were apparently left alone to film their own video to hype it. Opinion is split on whether or not it's supposed to be trying to be one of the worst segments (in terms of production, audio and everything else) in the history of wrestling. One side argues ''it's so bad they have to be in on it, nobody can make something that bad and not know'' and the other argues ''if that's the case, how the fuck is that supposed to sell tickets?''
Make up your own mind, but I think everyone's in agreement: It's a must-see.
Included in the video is the full ''Director's Cut'' (their words, not mind) from TNA's YouTube, EC3 and other TNA wrestlers' own parody of it and some silly endings.
Thanks To...
Kenady16, SenorLariato & Wrestling Memes for the endings and suggestions.
Warning: I'm not to be blamed for shouting ''BROTHER NEROOOO'' all day after watching this video.
Back by popular demand. It was either make a separate video of Hardy endings and submissions or fill the endings with BROTHER NERROOOOO
Gash Of The Champions.
A collection of crap from COTCs 1-10.
The first few are easily the best as they’re being used to sabotage Vince as best as possible. Wrestling doesn’t get much better than COTC VI (Steamboat vs. Flair) or IX (Flair vs. Funk).
But you’ve got to take the good with the bad, especially with Dusty Rhodes in charge. The Ding Dongs, Jack Victory under several different masks and Steven ”Jobber who got a 17 minute match” Casey.
So if you think this vid is full of crap, just wait until the next ones…
Ah, 3PW. Everyone’s third favourite post-ECW Viking Hall occupants.
Music…
United Kingdom by Don Veca (Road Rash 3: Tour de Force)
Battle Theme by David Wise (Diddy Kong Racing)
Race Theme 02 by P.Phelan/A.Bennet/P.Bennet (Top Gear 2, SNES)
You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! by Words by Sammy Cahn. Music by Sammy Fain. Vocals by Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Paul Collins, Tommy Luske, The Jud Conlon Chorus, and The Mellomen.
Kid (Ending 1) by Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan (The King of Fighters ’95)
Headdy the Hero by Kazuo Hanzawa, Jun Irie, Hideki Matsutake (Dynamite Headdy)
Stage Theme 11 by Hirohiko Takayama, Tsukamoto (Lemmings, Mega Drive)
Stayin Alive In The Wall by Wax Audio
3PW’s biggest issue was finding an identity. It ended up being ”stuff you wouldn’t see in nearby XPW, CZW, ROH or JAPW” which meant Legends who couldn’t do anything but blade, your least favourite ECW guys (Pitbull #1, Jason Knight, Chad Austin etc.) and tits (Jasmine St. Claire). Which doesn’t sound that bad on paper, but with endless Todd Gordon segments, no direction and horrible commentary, the highlights were sparse.
In fairness, Matt Striker, Joey Matthews and Rob Eckos all excelled in the company and looked like stars from the get-go.
3PW became known later on for the problems caused by Jasmine St. Claire and others. Here’s a brief list of 3PW Follies:
Year End Mayhem…
-Bam Bam Bigelow apologised to fans after his match with Abdullah The Butcher.
-Syxx-Pac apologised for not being 100% for the second show in a row. Syxx said he wouldn’t return until he was 100%
-Dusty Rhodes, Too Cold Scorpio and Ron Killings all no-showed.
A New Era…
-Sandman (subbed for 3PW Champion Sabu, who missed his flight for not the first time) and then lost it to Terry Funk. Justin Credible would later win the belt and have it vacated for the same reason.
Five Star Four Way…
-There was a long wait, because Chr
Life sucks. ”But you already knew that.”
Music…
In the Crane Game by Konami Kukeiha Club (Parodius Da! －Shinwa kara Owarai e－)
Del Rio is the poster child for the PG era of WWE booking where only Cena, Orton and very occasionally Bryan and Punk are headliners and everyone is just making up the numbers, even former world champions.
Del Rio made his debut after a series of cool vignettes and made an immediate impression by beating up Rey Mysterio. He was a new, amusing and cool guy at the time and a breath of fresh air…until it became apparent he only had three lines of dialogue and WWE didn’t have any creative ideas for him.
He’s a rich guy and the only thing they do with him to show he’s rich is have him drive a new car every show. He wasn’t bribing any officials or paying people to lose to him or doing anything to do with wrestling with money. So in short, he was a rich guy but it didn’t mean anything. So why bother? The whole gimmick felt like Vince McMahon went ”you know what’ll be funny? A RICH MEXICAN!” in a booking meeting and nobody had the balls to object to it. I fully expect to have RICH INDIAN Khali on The Main Event now ADR’s gone, just so Vince can laugh to himself. ”HE’S AN INDIAN…WHO’S RICH! HAHAHAHAAH!” and then he’ll go and watch The Shaggy D.A. for the fifteenth time.
So ADR lost a lot of steam by the time he won MITB and confused everyone by sticking his oar in and cashing in the shot against CM Punk in the middle of the Summer of Punk angle. He immediately lost the title to Cena at the next PPV and won it again in a triple threat match at HIAC before losing it to Punk at Survivor Series 2011. Everyone was excited for Punk and the Cena/WWE feud…and now WWE decided was the moment to pull the trigger and have ADR win a title or two. People were paid money to write this shit.
ADR became a part of the scenery and feuded with Sheamus for about five years. The worst part about his whole st
Just realised I missed the September Q ‘n’ A, hopefully this makes up for it.
Steiner got ”it” in 2011. He was let go because of tweeting anti-Bischoff/Hogan/Flair rants. They should have given him a Jim Cornette-style five minutes on Impact instead, so he could rant to his heart’s content.
RATINGS.
There wasn’t enough crap this week so here’s a look back at the first year of Raw instead.
In (dis)honour of the last TNA PPV, here’s ten times the lights cut off/someone needed to stick a fiver in the meter.
Ernest Miller vs. HighSpots
Nick Gage vs. Smart Mark Video
Terri Runnels vs. HighSpots
Ken Patera vs. Ring of Honor
Chris Chetti vs. a fan at ECW Cyberslam 2000
Spike Dudley vs. HighSpots
Ric Flair vs. RF Video
Ron Simmons vs. HighSpots
Necro Butcher vs. RF Video
Ole Anderson vs. RF
R.I.P. The Brain
Quick video to get hyped for Rumble
This started off as a silly tweet and got a bit carried away so here's a compilation of the best submissions. This is all from yesterday, what an age we live in.
Hey Windjammers!
Wanted to say SO LONG AND FAIR WELL to the horrible year known as 2021 with a free recap of just the endings from the Botchamania episodes released this year (426-446) to see if this was a thing that people wanted to see!
Also while I'm here: This compilation is a bit of a stop-gap as Christmas/New Year ended up being busier than I thought but the Top Ten Botches Of The Year 2021 video is in development, it just got in the way of the ugly world of life.
But it goes without saying that the AEW Failed Explosion is #1 but it would be good to listen to your suggestions for the remaining numbers (Roman Reigns getting legit stuck during the Last Man Standing match against Kevin Owens, Adnan's three week run, the women's gauntlet match at Wrestlemania, Eva Marie's trip, Cody Rhodes in general etc.)
If you don't want to make your opinions heard that's fine, I just wanted to use this time to say thanks again for your continued support and hope you're doing well and drinking
