Gday
so recently after i had savd my dollars and cents for a fair bit , I had a bit of a shop and one of the things I bought was Sean Oliver, yes he of Kayfabe Commentaries, epic tome and then the thought occured , that i got a absolute shitload of KC product so i reckon i should do a blogaroo...so here it is ....by all means proceed.....
A few years ago, i was perusing the intraweb and found a website that was the purveyor of shoot style wrestling stuff, but unlike some of the godawful crap out there , this was filmed very uber proffesionally and thus I became a fan of Kayfabe Commentaries .....
I started out getting dvds of the timeline series , and I got to say that these are truly brilliant, for the most part anyway, cant honestly say I enjoyed Roddy Pipers, who i thought was trying to kayfabe us and Bret Harts was a bit ...odd, but the other 98% have been fairly bonz , if I had to pick a favourite it would have to be the Jim Cornette Timelines, and while I dont agree with every iota of Jims philosophy, he is a veritable genius when it come to pro wrestling , mind you, the greatest intercontinental champion of all time , The Honky Tonk Man does a damn fine job as well when it come to KC stuff, his Timeline was friggin awesome.
Speaking of excellent Timelines , Big Sexy, Sean Waltman and Kevin Sullivans versions are ridiculously good as well......
The next KC production I became familiar with were the You Shoot series, and I have to say for the most part i've thoroughly enjoyed the series , having said that , the one I was really looking forward too was the Scott Hall one, I was keen to hear his thoughts, after DDP helped him like he helped Jake, but sadly , the Bad Guy was erudite and sharp as a tack , but the questions from the the KC fans bordered on deviancy, way too many rat or "who did you nail" questions for mine, anyway.....
my favourite You Shoot has to be, once again , Jim Cornettes, it was that good it took them multiple dvds to cover it all...DDP's was also a bit brilliant as was Waltman's , Honky's and Big Kev's ...i'm sensing a theme forming here.
I have to say , I'm yet to be disappointed by a KC release, sure there are sections of some I could of done without but that's friggin life aint it?
The next series that grabbed my attention was the one where Sean picked the brain of some of the greatest minds in pro wrestling history , GUEST BOOKER had arrived on my radar
And once again Mrs Cornette's baby boy did a ball tearing, brilliant job BUT my absolute favourite Guest Booker belonged to one my favourite managers of all time, and the guy that turned Mario MIlano heel on Aussie tv and stunned the country, i know cause i watched it happen, was the one done by the late great Gary Hart (who was managing The Spoiler in Australia) when he re-booked Dallas, it was truly a brilliant piece of "shooting", kudos to Gary and Sean on that one . it was friggin awesome. RIP Gazza
GARY HART TALKS ABOUT THE SPOILER
Tell ya what though , the one by "Dirty Dutch" Mantell was pretty damn impressive as well....the stories he told about TNA and Puerto Rico were fantastic.....Sullivans one were he rebooked WWE in 84 was a bit good as well, so was Bill Eadies....am i sounding like a mark yet? HAHAHAHAHA...anyway
Over the yonks I've picked up a few KC's that were probably series but i didn't get a pile of them, stuff like My side of the story with Magnum and Nikita , Harley and Brunos great debate, which is a dead set ripper, and one particular piece of brilliance, The End of WCW with Kevin Sullivan , what an absolute masterpiece that one is , if you can, grab a copy ....7 days with the Horseman wasn't bad either, I do recommend that you don't have a shot every time theirs a Ric Flair mention, you'll end up in friggin coma
Now when i was younger fan of wrestling and its been 49 years this year, the only wrestling news we got down here in the colonies was maybe a 2 inch square result in the sports page and then we finally got those wonderful bits of fiction by one Mr William Apter, and that's not a knock, its just the way it was at the time, anyway, once i got smarter, I often wondered about the territories that i'd read about for those eons , KC to the rescue , they gave Jim Cornette's his own series, delving into the stuff I was hoping someone would get amongst
What an absolute pile of friggin brilliance, as for picking a favourite, Id have to say that I like Greg Gagnes one the best so far, weird since i wasnt a huge fan of AWA,
Savio Vegas was a fine peice of celluloid as well, Terry Funks was hilarious and JJs was also right up there.
Tell you what, the recent discovery I made of Breaking Kayfabe was a bit of a good find ...holy gingos , didnt Corny give it to the ROH owners, if you want to see a deadset spray , get this dvd (or dl) its a deadset eye peeler....Kevin Nashs was also a bit good as well, hell I got four of em and there all the grouse, Ravens and Lanny Poffo's round out the collection and those are both amazing as well, especially Mr Levys...just wow.
Another recent find has been the Supercard series, near as I can tell there are two , Honky and King Kong Bundy have each done one and they are true eye openers about the run up to a main event of a PPV, get em , there bonz
One I did get off a mate for a swap was the Worlds something something, my particular pile of talking heads is the awful angle episode, if you can find it get it
And finally there is a series that apparently changes bloke employment status , Gabe Sapolskys Next Evolution....I bought the Johnny Gargano one , but Chris Hero and Roderick Strong have done one as well, and soon as they did , they get snatched up by nXt...thats not bad hey, must have blokes lined up around the block to do one with Gabe
Now Im sure I left some Kayfabe Commentaries releases out But I can only speak to the one's I got ...but there are also the Ring Roasts series and Ravens Restler Rescue as well available [I think] so i'm fairly sure you will find something to your liking
Righto
thats me done
Seeya round like a rissole
