#Wrestlepalooza

[chuckstaylors]

f1rst wrestling's wrestlepalooza 1.14.24

x / christinaswrestlingshiz

#orange cassidy #arik cannon #f1rst wrestling #wrestlepalooza #i'm posting pics so more people talk about it

[allelitewrestlings]

Orange Cassidy at F1RST Wrestlepalooza (2024) — photographed by Darin K

#orange cassidy #wrestlingedit #aewedit #aew x f1rst #f1rst wrestling #wrestlepalooza #aew #ours: edits #social media #maker: s #* #event: wrestlepalooza 2024

[elitehanitje]

Orange Cassidy Smooches Arik Cannon

Orange Cassidy gave Arik Cannon a smooch during his speech where he said he wanted to be at Wrestlepalooza because he wouldn't be where he is now without places like F1rst Wrestling and people like Arik Cannon.

#Orange Cassidy #Arik Cannon #Wrestlepalooza #F1rst Wrestling #AEW #All Elite Wrestling #AEW Dynamite #AEW Rampage #AEW Collision

[fuckyeahorangecassidy]

#orange cassidy #aew #aew dynamite #all elite wrestling #james cipperly #wrestlepalooza #f1rstwrestling #f1rst wrestling #when the right lighting is on him #he's especially breathtaking

[wallersgrayson]

what do i need to-- i’m talking to YOU, what do i need to say?? tell the- to the fans that-- SPEAK UP! wrestlepalooza’s about to start [...] i’m just kiddin’ i don’t own a tie.

WARHORSE at WRESTLEPALOOZA: A PRIDE PRE-PARTY

#i just think he's neat #warhorse #wrestlingedit #f1rst wrestling #wrestlepalooza #*warhorse #*f1rst #*

[aritamargarita]

False alarm cannot find my meme….💔

I GIVEEE y’all this instead. u see raven how put his head on beulah??? IT SHOULDVE BEEN MEEEEEE

#arita speaks #rita’s clips #grab me like that and im takin my clothes off in the ring hold on #sorry for quality i couldn’t find this taping on the network smh #THEY MISSING ECW STUFF CUZ WHERE IS WRESTLEPALOOZA ‘97 #also this storyline was insane #like it was just one thing after another #how did dreamer bag beulah #top ten mysteries fr fr

[aaronpullinteeth]

I've decided I'm going to be doing some retro PPV reviews. Going back and watching some older shows from start to finish, rating the matches and all the segments as well as talking about the show as a whole. Just haven't decided what show to start with. So....

#wwe #wcw #ecw

[blowflyfag]

ECW Magazine: February 2000

Grinding His Axe

Axl Rotten wants to be respected as one of ECW’s core stars

By Matt Hunter

Rotten Fast Facts

Height: 6-foot-2

Weight: 302 pounds

Birthday: April 21, 1971

Hometown: Baltimore, Md.

Professional Debut: 1988

Favorite musician: Marilyn Maanson

Favorite song: “Unholy” by KISS

Real name: Axl F—ing Rotten

Most memorable ring moments: “My feud with Ian in 1995 set the standard for what people considered hardcore and extreme at the time, and to this day it has not been duplicated. One of my favorite singles matches was against Chris Candido, before Wrestlepalooza - the atmosphere and the way that match felt was electric. Then there was me and Balls against Candido and Lance Storm at Wrestlepalooza. Thought we had a damn good match.”

Most troubling ring moments: “When I was in a battle royal in Nashville for the United States Wrestling Association, I thought I was going over the top rope, but I went through the middle, and I piledrived myself on the concrete floor. I thought I was dead. Another time in World Championship Wrestling, the first night I wrestled Vader, he punched me in the chest. I’ve never been hit so hard in my life. I fell through the ropes to the floor. I was 19 years old at the time. I said to myself ‘I better get my ass back in that ring.’ I look at that as a learning experience.”

PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING IS about respect. 

Different wrestlers measure respect in different ways. For Sabu, respect is measured by the volume of the fans’ chants - “ECW! ECW! ECW!” - after he flies through the air in an attempt to injure his opponent. For Balls Mahoney, respect is measured by the impact his chair shots have of a hapless opponent. 

For Axl Rotten, though, respect hasn’t quite come his way – yet. 

“I’ve never been one of the boys who’s held back his mouth,” Rotten said. “I’ll talk about the boss, I’ll talk about the company - sometimes it’s gotten me in trouble.”

Rotten, ironically, then left nothing unsaid about his past role in Extreme Championship Wrestling.

“Now that ECW has the national TNN deal, a lot of us who worked hard to get there aren’t getting the bigger push. I’m not saying they don’t deserve it, but I am saying don’t forget about me. 

“When you look back at the history of ECW, I’m the one who always gets overlooked,” Rotten continued. “People talk about Tommy  Dreamer being there since day one but everyone forgets that Axl was there since day one. When people talk about the innovations ECW has brought to the sport, everyone else is the pioneer or the innovator.”

[Johnny Smith attacks Axl Rotten from behind with Lance Storm prone in the foreground.]

Rotten said he simply wants the respect he deserves.

“I’m not downing anybody. Everybody’s worked their asses off to help ECW get to where it is today,” he said. “I’m the last guy who wants anything handed to m. This has nothing to do with sour grapes. I just want the recognition.”

Beyond the barbed-wire bat

Until now, Rotten has had no problem getting recognition, even if it’s not quite the type he’s looking for. The violence in his matches is legendary, and his baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire has become something of a trademark. Still, he is looking for more. 

“I don’t want to be known as the most hardcore guy in ECW, or the guy who bleeds the most,” Rotten said. “I want to be known as the best wrestler. I love entertaining people. When the people put down their hard-earned dollars to see Axl Rotten, I want them to be completely entertained.”

Rotten said he does not want to be known only as the wrestler with the brutal baseball bat.

“It happens to a lot of people,” he said. “You get known for one thing and you get stuck with it. But it’s not an impossible thing to get out of.”

“My reason for getting into the business in the first place was Dusty Rhodes,” Rotten continued. “He could bleed all over the place one night and still have a 40-minute match with Ric Flair the next night.”

So why, then, is Rotten finding himself being slammed through fiery tables and doused with pints of blood rather than competing in more scientific matches?

[Axl Rotten and tag team partner Balls Mahoney] “Maybe the reason I get put in the extreme position is that all the people around here who claim to be so hardcore and extreme are afraid to do it,” he said. “The days of ECW being pure extreme are gone. Mick Foley’s gone. Abdullah The Butcher is gone. The only ones left are me, Balls [Mahoney], New Jack and Spike [Dudley.] We're the ones who have to go out there and get extreme, because that’s an ECW reputation. But the truth of it is, I would just as soon have a good wrestling match with Chris Candido.”

[Anyone thirsty? Axl Rotten and Budweiser girls]

Tag team days 

These days, Rotten’s matches tend to be ultra-violent tag team bouts with partner Balls Mahoney. 

“We wrestled The Dudley Boyz for what seemed like two years,” Rotten said. “We wrestled Sabu and Rob Van Dam, and Candido and Lance Storm. Everyone who was put in the top tag spot, we were their opponents. And because we’re so damn tough, they always came out looking good.”

“Raven and Dreamer are a joke as tag team champions,” he continued. “Me and Balls don’t get the opportunity to win with the ball.”

Rotten said Mahoney is one of the few who truly respects him.

“Me and Balls, because we wrestled each other, respect each other as athletes,” Rotten said, “I know how hard he can swing a chair. Hell, I’m one of the craziest f—ing people I know. Then I look at Balls and I say, “Look at this guy!”

Hey Axl, what would you say if Vince McMahon called you?

“I’d say, ‘What do you want?’ He’d have to give me a reason to leave. Money alone is not a reason to leave. I’ve seen ECW grow from 2000 people in a building to thousands at a pay-per-view. I helped bring this company to where it is now. Vince would have to offer me something more than just money. I don’t think you can put a number on what ECW means to me. I don’t begrudge anyone anything. Taz? Dudleys? They have to do what’s right for them. Right now, for me, it would take a lot more than the number figure. I think there’s a lot more I can do here in ECW … if I’m given the opportunity. 

Axl back on track

However, a lot of people look at Rotten and say the same thing. More troubling than what they say, though, is what they whisper: “Rotten can’t cut it. He got booted from ECW by owner Paul E. Heyman. He’s crazy in the ring, but he’s not reliable.”Rotten said those rumors helped him get back on track. 

“For a time I was getting involved in a few things outside the ring I shouldn't have been involved in.” he said. “It took  Paul E. to make me realize what I was doing and how I was wasting my life. There was a quote from Paul that got back to me, he said: ‘Axl Rotten is one of the top performers in my locker room who doesn’t perform up to his abilities.’ I sat back and thought about that, and he was right.

“That was a wakeup call,” Rotten continued. I thank Paul for making me realize I’m too smart and too talented to waste my time on that.” Rotten looks forward to the task of rebuilding his ECW career. 

“I’ve been as far down physically and emotionally as I could possibly be, and I’m working my way back,” he said. 

By working his way back, Rotten will earn the respect he deserves from his peers and fans.

#axl rotten #ecw #extreme championship wrestling #ecw magazine #magazine transcript #magazine scan

[hostilecityshowdown]

Danhausen; photographed by Robert Starkz-Bellamy (Mouse) (@Mouse3911 on Twitter) at Wrestlepalooza on October 1st, 2021.

#[ colour commentary ] #danhausen #eye strain

[twincitiesgeek]

This Week in Geek (1/8/24–1/14/24)

This week, celebrate all things Doctor Who at CONsole Room, enjoy a night of movie riffing with The Mads, catch two nights of Wrestlepalooza action at First Avenue, and more!

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#This Week in Geek

[emmiapolis2023]

Wrestlepalooza!

6/18/2023

[chikararesults]

S19 - “King of Trios 2018 - Night 1″ Results (8.31.18)

1) KOT Opening Round Match: Mick Moretti/Jack Bonza/Adam Hoffman eliminated Razerhawk/Danjerhawk/Nytehawk in 11:38.

2) KOT Opening Round Match: Fire Ant/Green Ant/Thief Ant defeated Volgar/Frantik/Callux the Castigator in 12:49.

3) KOT Opening Round Match: Justin Gabriel/Michael Tarver/Darren Young beat Juan Francisco de Coronado/Sloan Caprice/Rick Roland in 16:58 when Gabriel used a 450 Splash on de Coronado.

4) KOT Opening Round Match: Chris Dickinson/Brian Milonas/Cameron Zagami advanced over Mr. Touchdown/Dasher Hatfield/Boomer Hatfield.

5) KOT Opening Round Match: Katie Lea/Jean-Pierre Lafitte/Rey Bucanero ousted Merlok/Hermit Crab/Cajun Crawdad in 17:51.

6) KOT Opening Round Match: Icarus/Travis Huckabee/Tony Deppen advanced over ThunderFrog/Wildcat/Air Wolf in 14:04 when Travis used his Butterfly Suplex on Wolf.

7) KOT Opening Round Match: Kikutaro and Los Ice Creams upset Mighty Molly/Aja Perera/Solo Darling in 19:31 when Kikutaro used a Small Package to pin Perera.

8) KOT Opening Round Match: Miyu Yamashita/Yuka Sakazaki/Shoko Nakajima eliminated Madison Eagles/Shazza McKenzie/Jessica Troy in 19:40 when Yuka used her “Magical Girl Splash” to pin Shazza.

#kot18 #KOT18Nt1 #tokyo joshi pro #SHIMMER #Nexus #Beyondwrestling #CHIKARA #season19 #pco #reybucanero #mighty molly #mollyholly #thunderfrog #wrestlepalooza #kikutaro #NowWeConquer

[shitloadsofwrestling]

Ultimo Dragon, Mike Quackenbush, and Sonny Onoo [June 2nd, 2018]

Today, wrestling was so wonderful & so weird. A dear and respected friend gave me the most magical of surprises...and I couldn’t wipe the smile from my face. #WRESTLEPALOOZA #WrestlingIsJoy

#ultimo dragon #mike quackenbush #sonny onoo #pro wrestling #wrestlepalooza #2018

[sarahdope]

I recently had the pleasure of shooting another Wreslepalooza (XII) in Minneapolis. Here are some of my favorite selects from the night. Click here for more (because there’s over 300, lol).

WRESTLEPALOOZA XII Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue June 2018

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#wrestlepalooza #wrestling photography #wrestling #photography #sarah dope #sarahdope #first avenue #minneapolis #minnesota #event photography #ultimo dragon #mike quackenbush #darin corbin #dasher hatfied #air wolf #arik cannon #black and white #black and white photography #kody rice #hallowicked #chaos 300 #scott story #ryan cruz #joy coy #burlesque #burlesque photography