Bom-Ba-Ye: Redefining Pro Wrestling in the J-MMA Boom

Jesse’s TNA IMPACT! Review, May 12th, 2011, Wrestling Matters begins!

June 24, 2021 Jesse

This entry is part 11 of 9 in the series Bom-Ba-Ye: Redefining Pro Wrestling in the J-MMA Boom

TNA IMPACTMAY 12 2011 (TAPED MAY 3.)ORLANDO, FLA.AIRED ON SPIKE TVREPORT BY JESSE DAVIS, PARTS UNKNOWN PRESS Commentators: Mike Tenay, Taz We start off with Hulk Hogan in the parking lot with a pipe! Bischoff […]

Jesse’s Random Wrestling Reviews: MLW Underground 29*, January 30th, 2004

July 14, 2021 Jesse

This entry is part 10 of 9 in the series Bom-Ba-Ye: Redefining Pro Wrestling in the J-MMA Boom

MLW UNDERGROUNDJANUARY 30 2004 (TAPED JANUARY 9 & 10.)ORLANDO, FLA.AIRED ON SUNSHINE NETWORK (RE-AIRED ON YOUTUBE)REPORT BY JESSE DAVIS, PARTS UNKNOWN PRESS Commentators: Eric Gargiulo *Editors note: It should be noted that this originally aired […]

Jesse’s TNA Sacrifice 2011 Review:

August 8, 2021 Jesse

This entry is part 9 of 9 in the series Bom-Ba-Ye: Redefining Pro Wrestling in the J-MMA Boom

TNA SACRIFICE 2011MAY 15 2011ORLANDO, FLA.AIRED ON SPIKE TVREPORT BY JESSE DAVIS, PARTS UNKNOWN PRESS Commentators: Mike Tenay, Taz We open the show with a Sting and RVD video package and PYRO PEW PEW PEW~! […]

Jesse’s TNA Impact Review: May 19th, 2011, IMPACT after Sacrifice and a brand new era (but not really).

August 21, 2021 Jesse

This entry is part 8 of 9 in the series Bom-Ba-Ye: Redefining Pro Wrestling in the J-MMA Boom

TNA IMPACTMAY 19 2011 (TAPED MAY 16.)ORLANDO, FLA.AIRED ON SPIKE TVREPORT BY JESSE DAVIS, PARTS UNKNOWN PRESS Commentators: Mike Tenay, Taz We get a small video package recapping Angle and Chyna Vs The Jarretts and […]

Bom-Ba-Ye: Redefining Pro Wrestling in the J-MMA Boom (Intro)

August 21, 2021 Rune Caswell

This entry is part 1 of 9 in the series Bom-Ba-Ye: Redefining Pro Wrestling in the J-MMA Boom

Engage with Western fans of Japanese wrestling enough, and you’ll begin to hear about the so-called “dark ages” of New Japan Pro Wrestling. It’s a nebulous label with no strict range of years included, but […]

Top 10 reasons to stan No more BS Paul Wight

September 7, 2021 Cody Milkman Cabel

This entry is part 7 of 9 in the series Bom-Ba-Ye: Redefining Pro Wrestling in the J-MMA Boom

10) He’s a damn giant 9) He was in WWF in 1999 and beat up Stone Cold 8) WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL 7) He reminds me of Maizefarms 6) He has a great AEW theme 5) He does […]

Jesse’s WWE NXT 2.0 Review: It’s a new era!

September 16, 2021 Jesse

This entry is part 6 of 9 in the series Bom-Ba-Ye: Redefining Pro Wrestling in the J-MMA Boom

WWE NXT 2.0September 13th 2021Orlando, FLAAired on USA NetworkReport by Jesse Davis, Parts Unknown Press Hello everyone, we are back with yet another review, but this time, the new era of NXT, NXT 2.0! We […]

Jesse’s WWE NXT 2.0 Review: A “Toxic” Episode!

October 3, 2021 Jesse

This entry is part 5 of 9 in the series Bom-Ba-Ye: Redefining Pro Wrestling in the J-MMA Boom

WWE NXT 2.0September 28th, 2021Orlando, FLAAired on USA NetworkReport by Jesse Davis, Parts Unknown Press We start the show with Hit Row, they cut a decent promo, talked about where the ladies were, Top Dolla […]

Bom-Ba-Ye: Creating The Boom – From UWFi to PRIDE FC

February 19, 2022 Rune Caswell

This entry is part 2 of 9 in the series Bom-Ba-Ye: Redefining Pro Wrestling in the J-MMA Boom

Tracks the history of Nobuhiko Takada’s wrestling/MMA endeavors, beginning with UWFi and continuing on to PRIDE Fighting Championships, leading in all the way to Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2000. […]