matches that happened: randy orton vs mike awesome

workrate goldberg in all japan

it's moondog, you've got the power to be his friend

what in the goddamn is this submission from matt striker

pro wrestling is only as good as who sponsors it an advertisement thread 🤼

opening requests up for finding gifs name a number on this year's GWE vote and I'll find a match of the wrestler at that number (you can also request a ranking from a previous year's voting) 🤼

terry funk rushes with the high knee but baba moves at the last second, and funk crashes to the floor

takayuki ueki squeezes a citrussy fruit on nick gage's open wounds

gorilla monsoon goes up and over

bobo brazil wears giant baba down with some headbutts

the destroyer with an infinite airplane spin

dick chopped ^ ^ (the bruiser) (by giant baba)

billy fives with a helluva combo to orlando jordan here

a bearded harley race clubs the beast with a chair shot up in canada

vive harley race et vive le québec

matches that exist: edge and christian vs don callis (pre-bald) and rick martel ref didn't see the tag to christian but copeland has that burst of energy overcoming the double team and almost rolls up martel to win it

a thread of crimson masks: 🩸 be warned, there's copious amounts of blood to follow

that's right vader, powerbomb america

i've never seen abdullah the butcher move that fast before

wild overhead angle of tiget jeet singh and abdullah the butcher irish whipping the smallest john tenta seen into the corner post

matches that happened: genichiro tenryu vs kamala kamala already stumbling to get back up is hit by the enziguri and falls headfirst out of the ring

akio kobayashi goes high, but gets brought low by tengu kaiser

this match isn't even listed on cagematch but ricky banderas had a dark match against tajiri in 2001, and that isn't even the wildest part el mesias pulls it off

fortunes didn't favor charlie haas as we jump forward a few years, he's teaming with viscera to squash a rookie EC3

there's been footage floating up of wwf dark matches lately, and this one shows us the teamwork of the haas brothers taking out scott vick f.k.a sick boy

mickie knuckles won her debut match in iwa-ms, and then took the sickest bump I have ever seen off of a chair

rick steiner really earned that german suplex on dan spivey

all out dogfight here between junkyard dog and moondog rex

kimala 2 sells this bradshaw big boot like jello

that's right that's shoot style pez whatley taking down yoji anjo

the new foundation pick up the win over brooklyn brawler and kato when jim neidhart fastball specials owen onto brawler

ole and arn anderson say acab to state patrol's lt. wright with a tandem gourdbuster

Dark Side Of The Ring - Damn Hausen (from the always amazing aeonlinear)

crowbar feels the fullest effect from rick fuller in this wwf dark match

so i says to mabel i says

truly the best deal you can get concerning wrestling hey #indiewrestling you want to study these tapes and get your education

matches that happened: jeff jarrett vs sabu in the uswa

in this split cam view, we see a real sick chris hamrick bump through the ropes in the carnage crew vs chris hamrick & monsta mack match

2 Cold Scorpio with a picture perfect 450 to Perry Saturn

sabu gets the chair set up for a leap to the outside but hes drilled out of the air by perry saturn with an elbow over the top

for all timeless toni storm fans who want to know more about the lore please check your local movie theaters for what's playing on august 3rd and 4th, they may be playing the 75th anniversary of sunset boulevard which is a cornerstone of cinema and to the foundation of the timeless character 🤼📽️

helluva capture suplex from yuji nagata to pat tanaka

justin hawk bradshaw decapitates steve rizzoni with that lariat on action zone

mongo had a better tombstone than the undertaker or kane

the gifapalooza mission statement: to be the bluesky account that wrestlers use when consulting the tapes

bob backlund with a real creative break to johnny rodz' full nelson

rick martel had elbows and punches that looked good, johnny rodz took those punches and sold them great

we here at gifapalooza support johnny rodz

A surreal time in pro wrestling. We were still watching Japanese wrestling on 3rd generation VHS, but if you dug deep enough there was some wild stuff happening on North American television. Shotgun and Los Super Astros looks crazy with 2025 eyes.