Match of the Day - Who's the real Midnight Express?!?

The Midnight Express w/Jim Cornette vs. The "Original" Midnight Express w/Paul E. Dangerously - NWA Main Event (1989)

After Paul E. Dangerously brought in the original Midnight Express team of Dennis Condrey and Randy Rose to Jim Crockett Promotions, it was only appropriate that they would go after the newly turned babyface team of Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane, AKA the current Midnight Express at the time. The feud quickly became a heated battle of who is the best Midnight Express pairing - the original or the current.

Unfortunately, due to Dennis Condrey's departure from JCP in the midst of this feud, the battle of who's the real Midnight Express just fizzled out rather than ending with a bang. Still, there's always this match from Main Event that best portrays the feud that really could have been momentous!

Song of the Day - Further Up

Caspian - Further Up from You Are The Conductor (2005) (re-released in 2010)

RIP Christ Friedrich, bassist of Beverly, Mass. post rock outfit, Caspian.

Caspian was one of the first "post-rock" bands I ever got into way back when. My support goes out to them and to the family of Chris Friedrich.

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Song of the Day - Tom Waits For No Man

My Dad - Tom Waits For No Man from Fat History Month/My Dad Split 7" (2013)

Really digging these guys. Fat History Month is great, too.


Be sure to check out this split and then check out Fat History Month's split with Spook Houses which you can stream here and wait for here. It's all top notch stuff, I promise!

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Match of the Debut - Randy Orton's "try out" match

Randy Orton vs. Hardcore Holly - Smackdown! (2002)

In honor of Randy Orton's Money in the Bank cash-in last night at Summerslam. Whether it was predictable or not...

Here's Randy before the voices.

Song of the Day - Indian Summer

Beat Happening - Indian Summer from Jamboree (1988)

That time of year again.

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Match of the Day - John Cena versus the American Dragon ten years earlier...

John Cena vs. Bryan Danielson - Velocity (2003)

From wrestling on velocity in 2003 to main eventing Summerslam in 2013 for the World title, here's where it all started. Kinda. It's John Cena taking on the beardless Bryan Danielson (now known as the "YES!" man, Daniel Bryan).

I sure hope Cena brought those banana pants with him!

And we're back!

My apologies for the two months hiatus. I was out tugboating the Gulf Coast and had zero internets...

I did however write down most of the matches/songs of the day for the last two months and will be doing some hardcore catch-up these next few days to get as many days as I can updated.

Once I have done my best to make this site look like I didn't miss 60+ days, this post will self-destruct and this apology will never be seen again. Got it?

Good.