Wrestling Chatter

Hi guys, After posting my Block A post yesterday ( https://wrestling-chatter.blogspot.com/2019/05/bosj-26-preview-block-a.html ), I was surprised to see some changes regarding Block B with El Desperado being injured (which means my pick to win is out) and Flip Gordon having Visa issues. However, Block B is still so strong and there's a crazy amount of talent to rival that of Block A. Ryusuke Taguchi After Taguchi's dreams of being the 69th IWGP Heavyweight champ alluded him, the Coach is back in the BOSJ. Taking part in his 16th tournament, could this be the year that Taguchi gets his second BOSJ win? A lot of people count Taguchi out as a joke or someone just to get the pin but, after his amazing match with Taiji Ishimori earlier this year, you can't count out the Funky Weapon. However, although Taguchi will take it seriously, all of his matches are going to be tons of fun with some hip attacks and maybe even a few ankle locks here and there. In terms of match u

Hi guys, With the largest Best of Super Jr line up ever on the cards and all of the events being broadcast live and with English subtitles, May is going to be a damn good month of wrestling. Obviously, as the line up is so big, I'm going to split this preview into two and this post will focus on the participants in Block A! Dragon Lee As the IWGP Jr Heavyweight Champion, Dragon Lee has probably the biggest target on his back. Even though everyone is gunning to pick up as many wins as possible, the main win they will all want is against Lee because it guarantees a title shot in the future. However, Lee stands in good stead against his competitors because of his perfect combination of speed and agility in the ring. Even though he's one of the youngest competitors in the field, with the title around his waste, he's already one step above all his opponents. Within this block alone, I am looking forward to another match between him and Taiji Ishmori and his fellow CMLL w

Hi guys, If any of you have followed my posts, you'll have seen my focus on British talent and my attempts to be a world class interviewer (attempt being the key word). On a (very cold) trip to see Defiant Wrestling at the Manchester Academy, I got to speak to the one and only World of Sport Champ Justin Sysum about all things wrestling, Marvel and moving to Wales. What was your first memory of wrestling or your first experience? It would’ve been watching TNT movies when I was a kid and secretly watching WCW in my bedroom. We didn’t have Sky or anything so occasionally I’d pop to my friends house up the street and we’d watch a Wrestlemania or something. It was definitely WCW and Goldberg, just seeing him kicking and punching thin air was brilliant. You said you started wrestling at 27, was that when you first decided you wanted to be a wrestler?  I always had in the back of my mind the thought that wrestling might be something fun to do. There was no intention to start