Song of the Day - Philip Seymour Hoffman

Duck. Little Brother, Duck! - Philip Seymour Hoffman (It's The Wonder of Nature Baby!) from Survival Is Not A Workout (2010)

Math-y goodness from one of the coolest albums of any time, Survival Is Not A Workout.



RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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Match of the Day - The Raw Bowl

The Smoking Guns vs. Yokozuna & Owen Hart vs. Savio Vega & Razor Ramon vs. Sid & 1-2-3 Kid - The Raw Bowl - Monday Night Raw (1996)

Here's a match with just as many rules and regulations as the big game tonight.  All that is missing is a Bronco Buster and Sid wearing a number 22!? jersey. 

The rules to this match are actually pretty simple; it's just a tag team elimination match were if one member of the team gets pinned/submitted, that team is out of the game... err, match. Also, any wrestler can tag in any other wrestler whether it be their teammate or not - a stipulation that saw Owen Hart tag in Bart Gunn's own tag team partner, Billy, etc. Throw in Earl Hebner with a whistle and a yellow flag, cover the green canvas with yard lines, give the teams one time out, and voilà, you got the first and only, Raw Bowl.

Song of the Day - Ryback

Coke Weed X - Ryback from Coke Weed X (2012)

This song may or may not be about WWE "Superstar", Ryback...

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Match of the Day - Cabana/Quackenbush at National Pro Wrestling Day 2013

Colt Cabana vs. Mike Quackenbush - Nation Pro Wrestling Day (2013)

Happy Pro Wrestling Day, everyone!

This is only one of many matches put on last year for the 8 hour inter-promotional NPWD event in Philly.

This years event, while not as long, was set up as a free show with all donations going to the Against Malaria Foundation. Apparently, all the money raised will go to the purchase of Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets that may or may not have John Cena on them.

Watch the replay of this year's show now, here!

Song of the Day - Den Femte Statsmakt

Black Debbath - Den Femte Statsmakt from Den Femte Statsmakt (2004)

Norwegian heavy metal/stoner metal by way of Black Sabbath.

Not, by any means, meant to be taken seriously.

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Match of the Day - Greg "The Hammer" Valentine goes hardcore

Greg Valentine vs. Kendo Nagasaki - No Rope Barbed Wire Deathmatch - BJW (1995)

It may seem surprising at first that Greg "The Hammer" Valentine would be found here fighting in a Japanese deathmatch in one of the most violent Japanese deathmatch promotions, Big Japan. But if you really think about earlier Greg Valentine (before the jet black hair, Rhythm & Blues days), Valentine was just out to hurt people. John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats made a great point about Greg Valentine during an intro to his live song, "Song for Greg Valentine" where Darnielle describes Valentine as a wrestler more out to break his opponents' legs and cripple them than to win matches. Which is pretty awesome, by the way.

That being said though, this is not the Greg Valentine that fought Roddy Piper in a brutal dog collar match or tried to end "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin's career, this is a miserable shell of a man who happens to be fighting in a Japanese deathmatch. Thus, this match really suffers because of it. Granted this match is still violent and features all the goodies that you would expect in a deathmatch like barbed wire, brawling through the crowd, and that red wet stuff, it's very slow and with little to no drive. No one breaks their legs, no one gets crippled, no nothing.

Song of the Day - Cabin in the Attic

Heccra - Cabin in the Attic from Devil-Faces VCR Session (2014)

Blown-up scream-o era porn-o.



Prepare your ears.

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