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Joseph's MOTYC Rewatch

Joseph Montecillo 2022 MOTYC Rewatch Part II (April and May)

WrestleMania, Anarchy in the Arena, and an ACTION dream match!

WWE

Sgt. Slaughter vs. Pat Patterson Don't Need a Referee

Without the pretense of competition, Slaughter and Patterson deliver on a goddamn fight.

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Joseph's MOTYC Rewatch

Joseph Montecillo's 2022 MOTYC Rewatch Part I (January to March)

From Bryan vs. Hangman to Mox vs. Biff, take a look back at the best matches of the first quarter of the year!

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BIG EGG MASTERLIST

Joseph and Colette Discuss Big Van Vader (Bull Power) vs. Otto Wanz

Otto Wanz and Big Van Vader CLASH in Wanz's retirement match, and it's a classic of big dudes beating the shit out of each other. TWO BIG EGGS COLLIDE.

CWA

Bull Power vs. Otto Wanz is Better than Sports

Is pro wrestling sport or entertainment? With Vader and Otto Wanz, it's better than both.

CWA

Big Van Vader and Otto Wanz Practiced Consequential Violence

Wrestling is at its best when violence has consequences. This is wrestling at its best.

BIG EGG MASTERLIST

Joseph and Colette Discuss Aja Kong vs. Akira Hokuto

Colette picked the wrong AJW match. So it goes.

AJW

Retirement Matches Should Suck a Little

The main event of Big Egg Wrestling Universe is neither woman's finest hour.

AJW

Aja Kong Overshadows Akira Hokuto in the Big Egg

In what was meant to be the last match of her career, Akira Hokuto fades into the background against the shining star of Aja Kong.

Joseph's Best of the Month

Joseph Montecillo's Best of the Month (November 2022)

Full Gear, CMLL trios, an Open the Brave Gate title match, and more! Read about Joseph's favorites from November 2022!

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BIG EGG MASTERLIST

Joseph and Colette Discuss Art Barr & Eddy Guerrero vs. Santito & Octagon

Joseph and Colette are underwhelmed by a match heralded by many as an all-time classic.

AAA

Los Gringos Locos, or: doing anything to get heat

Sometimes formative texts don't hold up.

AAA

How the Legend of the When Worlds Collide Apuesta Endures

The double hair vs. double mask match from 1994 is placed on a pedastal even though it never hits the peaks of the style.

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BIG EGG MASTERLIST

Joseph and Colette Discuss Billy Robinson vs. Antonio Inoki

And Nick Bockwinkel. You can't discuss Antonio Inoki and Billy Robinson without discussing Nick Bockwinkel. Or Jumbo Tsuruta, for that matter!

NJPW

Billy Robinson Escaping an Antonio Inoki Headscissors and Going 60

Seven minutes of this hour are perfection...

NJPW

Antonio Inoki and Billy Robinson Can Do It All Night

There's nothing special about wrestling for an hour, but it takes exceptional wrestlers to make that time feel meaningful.

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BIG EGG MASTERLIST

Joseph and Colette Discuss Samoa Joe vs. Bryan Danielson

Samoa Joe and Bryan Danielson square off in one of the best ROH matches ever, introducing one half of BIG EGG to a prime Samoa Joe.

ROH

Samoa Joe Is the Coolest Wrestler

Bryan Danielson is pretty cool, too...

ROH

Samoa Joe vs. Bryan Danielson Approaches Pro Wrestling Perfection

As close to perfect as a wrestling match can be without achieving perfection.

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BIG EGG MASTERLIST

Joseph and Colette Discuss Perro Aguayo vs. Sangre Chicana

Joseph and Colette discuss the classic hair match, and serendipity of wrestling matches that exist because a fan happened to smuggle a camcorder into a show.

CMLL

Sangre Chicana and Perro Aguayo Paint with Broad Strokes

The brilliance of the Perro Aguayo/Sangre Chicana apuestas is that it's told in broad strokes.

CMLL

Sangre Chicana vs. Perro Aguayo is a pro wrestling miracle

The hair vs. hair match between Sangre Chicana and Perro Aguayo is a classic, but maybe it's best left to the pages of an old wrestling magazine.

Joseph's Best of the Month

Joseph Montecillo's Best of the Month (October 2022)

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BIG EGG MASTERLIST

Joseph and Colette Discuss Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart

Joseph and Colette kick BIG EGG off by chatting about Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin.

WWE

Steve Austin Was Vulnerable, Once

Stone Cold Steve Austin becomes the hottest wrestler in the world by being something he'd never be again: vulnerable.