Hey y'all! I got the awesome chance to do an interview with Argentinian wrestling legend, Hip Hop Man! We talked about his most recent run in Japan, the origins of the Hip Hop Man character, plans for his future, and more! Check it out!!! mikeawesomeblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/inte...

New on the blog! @mikeawesomemike.bsky.social is back with a powerful dive into how the lucha libre tradition and Japanese puroresu have influenced each other—and how that rich exchange continues to shape wrestling today. thehivemedia.substack.com/p/a-brief-hi...

New blog post! Wrote about some indie lucha from the past two months (featuring: Tonalli, Erick Ortiz, Avisman) mikeawesomeblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/matc...

welp 😭 #sumo #大相撲

New blog post reviewing more matches! Talking about Mako/Shibata, Mistico's debut, some gnarly bleeding from The Great Kabuki, and a World of Sport match that I shockingly enjoyed!! mikeawesomeblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/matc...

New blog post y'all! In this one, I talk about Coliseo Coacalco llave, an amaresu match from this year that I liked a lot, a short Mid-South TV match between Junkyard Dog and The Grappler, and a Nishimura/Nagata match from Italy!! mikeawesomeblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/matc...

🚨 FLORIDA PEEPS 🚨 Robert Martyr is currently missing and without his phone. Please keep an eye out for him in the Florida area as we believe he's in danger. Robert's good people, praying he's alright #WrestleSky

Hey y'all! I had the very fortunate oppourtunity to talk to one of my favorite wrestlers ever, Thanomsak Toba, and ask him some questions about his career and the wrestling world. mikeawesomeblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/inte...

Wrapped this up after about 90 minutes; this was pretty fun! Thanks to everyone that joined. Maybe I’ll do more these more often (I say this every time and then don’t do another one for 4 months)

Awesome elimination tag [Manami Toyota/Mika Takahashi/Kaoru Maeda/Mariko Yoshida/Esther Moreno vs Aja Kong/Bison Kimura/Madusa Miceli/La Diabolica/Xochitl Hamada - UWF/FULL Lucha Primera Class II (11/17/90)]

streaming Mariko Yoshida matches or whatever, who knows www.twitch.tv/mikewrestlem...

German show from 2011 with a main event of Finlay vs Dick Togo (that match is at 1:15:14); also this show has a Big Van Walter midcard match lol EWP Wrestling Festival 2011 Part I 10/7/2011:

Welcome to the crew @mikeawesomemike.bsky.social He'll be bringing his love for lucha and puro over the Hive Substack in the coming weeks!

So, 7x AJPW World Tag Team Champion Takao Omori is having his retirement match in Brooklyn, New York on October 25th, 2025.

The smiley face and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. My new video, "Why Are They Yellow?", is about the history of yellow skin in media. It's out on YouTube... for now 😰 youtu.be/Vio9Yr0x4YY 💫🙂💛

I hope Carlos Amano is having a great day

finally getting around to the 2002 JWP stuff and the opener (Kaori Yoneyama & Kayoko Haruyama vs. Erika Watanabe & Kobina Ichikawa) from the first show is must-watch. Sick stuff that had me in awe the whole time youtu.be/M6NaFFP_x0g

If you really think about it (or choose to play semantics), Luna Vachon is far more important to wrestling than Hogan ever could be

this isn't all their matches against/with each other because they had like 14 matches in just 2002 alone, but I'm sure this'll serve as a nice little primer to someone who doesn't want to sift through all that stuff manually

NEW COSTUME NEW COSTUME NEW COSTUME #TJPW

hey y'all, I heard that the JWP footage we have from 2002 is pretty legendary, even if it's all handheld because the wrestling is some all-time stuff; yet when I looked, only like 5-7 shows were available online (and even then, they were all unlisted) sooooo I spent a lot of money so here yall go:

Very big day for me

I get it now; Despe just wanted the title on the line so he could say he had the greatest match in the history of the division On a real note, yeah like that’s an all timer right there. Somehow better than their TakaTaichiDespeMania match. “Soulmates” doesn’t do it justice. I’m so glad I met you too

Wrestle stuff I watched today!

Some new pickups today!

new show review blog post! TJPW Spring Final 6/22/2025: mikeawesomeblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/show...

My Greatest Matches Ever List: prowrestlingsuperblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/21/t...

new blog post! Show Review! (W*ING The Name Of Wing - Take Off Again 4/22/2001) mikeawesomeblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/show...

I'm sure I've posted this before, but this is still one of my favorite vids ever youtu.be/4DwDE0IRBgI?...

new blog post mikeawesomeblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/matc...

new blog post finally mikeawesomeblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/more...

Really clever bit of ring positioning (the good, organic use of a roll) by @theleemoriarty.bsky.social against Matt Mako to lure him in and seize the advantage down the stretch of his Pure Title defense at DEAN~!!! 2. #actiondean

Say what you will about Inokism and shoot-style, but the Russian freestyle guys like Salman Hashimikov and Victor Zangiev have had such a major influence on so much of wrestling in the past 2 and a half decades

The power and technique of Salman Hashimikov, just makes it look effortless #NJPW

The sheer strength of Salman Hashimikov to hit the Waterwheel Drop on Bam Bam like it's nothing! #NJPW

new blog post! it's a bit of a different post than usual, but I kinda just wanted to write a small blurb recommending this match to those who haven't seen it before! mikeawesomeblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/art-...

MASSIVE recommendation on the IWRG main event apuestas between Bombero Infernal and Cerebro Negro from today (starts at 2:29:14) www.youtube.com/live/O82H_OK...

It’s been a while since I was active on here, so I wanted to give a lil update on what I’ve been up to! I started a blog (about wrestling mostly lmaoooo) (just made a new post a few hours ago tho! mikeawesomeblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/just...) I’m planning on writing a book (about wrestling lmaoo)!

This is really, really cool!!!

random Hirooki Goto match I found today 🤼‍♂️ him in a title match with UG from 2011 in CMLL

Short but sweet match Also I know this isn’t about him, but Nakanishi rules man

Another match that I enjoyed from Nishimura Dory Funk Jr’s influence is definitely more obvious in a match like this

I know it is very unfortunate given the circumstances, but admittedly this is the first singles match I’ve watched of Osamu Nishimura. Great first impression though, amazing match and I’m very glad I decided to watch more of him

Good wrestling I’ve watched today 🧵

Pick a promotion for me to play as in TEW (can be either in 1992 or 2025) (if you pick a specific wrestler instead of a promotion, I can try to make something work)

Seeing Cho-Ten in a UWFi ring is a sight to behold but THIS MATCH ROCKS

Good wrestling I’ve watched today 🧵

PEAK

Good wrestling I’ve watched today 🧵

What’s everyone been watching lately? If it’s current stuff, is it a specific promotion? If it’s older/historical stuff, is there a theme/era/promotion/worker you’re focusing on? Doesn’t even have to be wrestling-related tbh!