Thread by @segundacaida, For such a trash heap of a year, @philaschneider and I wrote [...]

For such a trash heap of a year, @philaschneider and I wrote a ton of things at Segunda Caida that I'm really proud of. I thought it would be a good idea to do a big thread with links to my favorite pieces of writing:

Here is our 2020 MOTY List, which while not complete, is bound to have reviews of several matches that you have likely not seen: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/01/2020-moty-master-list.html

I took a look at all of all time underrated worker Bob Cook's job work in WWF: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2019/12/on-brand-segunda-caida-bob-cook-in-wwf_21.html
https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/02/on-brand-segunda-caida-bob-cook-in-wwf.html
https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/03/on-brand-segunda-caida-bob-cook-in-wwf.html

I took a look at the much maligned 1995 King of the Ring, including all of the Qualifying matches: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-1995-king-of-ring-qualifying.html
https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-1995-king-of-ring-qualifying_25.html
https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/01/wwf-king-of-ring-1995.html

I ADORE All Japan Battle Royals and write way to many words on the specific joy they bring me. I wrote up several, and they are all wonderful.
1998: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/01/all-japan-battle-royal-1298.html
1997: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/04/all-japan-battle-royal-1297.html
1979: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/06/all-japan-battle-royal-1379.html

Here is a bizarre 1994 LA indy show where Dan Severn, Al Snow, and a bunch of indy guys you've never heard of work a RINGS style show called GAME. Great. American. Mat. Endeavors. https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/01/new-footage-friday-recognize-game.html

After falling in love with Nick Patrick's incredible performance in his WCW match vs. Chris Jericho, I wrote about his return to the ring 4 years later on Smackdown (and the link to the WCW match review is in there too): https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-return-people-waited-4-years-for.html

Here is a STACKED full 2003 WWF House Show, that includes a list worthy Bashams vs. Jamie Noble/Ultimo Dragon match, Matt Hardy/Shannon Moore vs. London/Spanky, Rey/Tajiri, Brock/Taker, and more! https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/01/new-footage-friday-wwe-msg-handheld.html

Here we looked at a show long 1973 face turn from one of our absolute favorites at SC, Killer Karl Kox. Oh, and the review also has a sick Finlay match from 1997 Germany, and a great PG-13 match from 2009: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/01/new-footage-friday-pg13-finlay-killer.html

I added to one of my favorites features (and by readership, one of the absolutely most unpopular features on SC), my Complete & Accurate Tony Halme: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2018/05/complete-and-accurate-ludvig-borga.html
We also started a C&A for our boy Drew Gulak:
https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/04/complete-and-accurate-drew-gulak.html

Check this killer 1990 Philly TWA show, that had an awesome Cheetah Kid/Tom Prichard match, a great Tony Stetson/Johnny Hot Body match, freaking Austin Idol vs. Paul Orndorff, and another really good Lawler/Kerry von Erich showdown: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/02/new-footage-friday-tully-bam-bam-kerry.html

In more Complete & Accurate news, we wrote up more shows from our favorite indy, @aiwrestling: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2019/07/complete-and-accurate-aiw.html
and started a C&A for our favorite tag team, the Jollyville Fuck-Its: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/06/complete-and-accurate-jollyville-fuck.html

I revisited two video store rental favorites of mine, WWF In Your House 1: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2019/12/wwf-in-your-house-1-51495.html
and In Your House 2 (and yes, the Michaels/Jarrett match is still a serious WWF MOT90s contender): https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/02/wwf-in-your-house-2-lumberjacks-72395.html

I wrote over 2,200 words on what the 2003 Brock Lesnar vs. Chris Benoit match means in 2020. It was a match I saw live, but hadn't watched since 2003. https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/03/all-time-moty-list-head-to-head-lesnar.html

I watched the Goldust/Roddy Piper Hollywood Backlot Brawl for the first time in over 20 years, still unable to comprehend the whys of it all: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-hollywood-backlot-brawl.html

Phil and Matt wrote up an entire recently unearthed show from the summer 1987 Great American Bash tour: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/04/new-footage-friday-nwa-great-american.html

One of my favorite New Footage Friday posts of the year, saw a newly unearthed Moose Morowski match from 1980, an amazing 2002 Eddie indy match that had never been released until this year, and a 1995 AAA trios w/ Mysterio and Sabu on opposing sides: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/05/new-footage-friday-eddie-sabu-rey-jr.html

American death match legend Supreme passed away, and we took a look at a sick match vs. Necro Butcher, and a flat out amazing junkyard 8 man match that I thought (blasphemously) was better than the best Zona 23: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/05/rip-supreme.html

Matt and I watched several weird previously unseen matches from the 1996 WWF Kuwait Cup, inc. Bushwhacker Butch vs. HHH, Stone Cold vs. Marty Jannetty, Bret vs. Leif Cassidy, a great Backlund/Savio match, + bonus Smoking Gunns/RnR Express from Germany: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/05/new-footage-friday.html

I did a completely unnecessary, beyond thorough review of WrestleMania IX, a show I like more than many, and probably wrote more words on Giant Gonzalez vs. Undertaker than anyone you know: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-thorough-review-of-wrestlemania-ix.html

Here are alllll the different changes we made to our All Time MOTY List, including adding new years (including obvious favorites like the 95/96 AJPW tags, and obscure stuff like 50s/60s French Catch), plus tons of year by year challenges: http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/search/label/All%20Time%20MOTY

I love the Heavenly Bodies, and here are two killer (for different reasons) tags. You get to see them against all time fatties team Kimala II/Abby in AJPW, and a great Raw tag against 123 Kid/Bob Holly: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/06/on-brand-segunda-caida-heavenly-bodies.html

Speaking of 123 Kid, here are 3 Waltman matches that were not online (or known about) before 2020: an early 90s indy match teaming w/ Jerry Lynn opposite Masa Saito/Brad Rheingans, a WWF house show match vs. Diesel, and a singles against Bryan Danielson! https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/06/new-footage-friday-waltmans-sampler.html

I laughed at trump's inept Tulsa rally by writing up a dogshit 2000s Nitro event that drew twice as many people to the same venue & had a WAY more engaged crowd. This was one of the 1st things that came to mind when thinking of my favorite pieces of 2020: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/06/wcw-monday-nitro-2700-from-tulsa-ok.html

There are now *40* matches written up for my WWF 305 Live project. This is the place to be for the fattest matches between the chunkiest dudes. I love this project. https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2019/07/complete-and-accurate-wwf-305-live.html

Here's a bloody 2019 lucha brawl w/ Romano Garcia, Wotan, Rocky Santana, Fly Star, etc. Nutso stuff: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/07/2019-ongoing-moty-list-san-juan.html
and for something completely different, @ParadigmProWres first UWFI rules show, from late 2019: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/07/paradigm-pro-wrestling-fighting-spirit.html

We looked at a few mid 90s AJPW matches that had shootstyle leanings, w/ Albright vs. Honda, Kawada vs. Honda, and the righteous Dr. Death/Albright vs. Takayama/Kakihara tag: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/07/on-brand-segunda-caida-shootstyle-all.html

For reasons I can't quite remember, I wrote up the entire 4/20/98 episode of Raw, mostly because it had an absolutely bananas on paper lineup of matches: Goldust/Bradshaw, Funk/Scorpio vs. New Midnights, Severn vs. Mosh, fuck yeah: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/07/wwf-raw-42098-good-on-paper-episode-of.html

We also lost SC favorite Mitch Ryder this year, and Phil, @wrestlingbubble, and I picked a couple of 2001 @IWAMidSouth matches to celebrate him: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/08/rip-mitch-ryder.html

Just as I did w/ the 1995 WWF King of the Ring, I took a look at all of the 1993 KOTR Qualifying matches, and then the flat out excellent 1993 KOTR PPV: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-1993-king-of-ring-qualifying.html
https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-1993-king-of-ring-qualifying_19.html
https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/10/wwf-king-of-ring-1993.html

I could not have had more fun with this piece, where I took a look at all of the available WWF Bobby Heenan Weasel Suit matches, which includes the MSG one that I think is one of the 100 best WWF matches of the 80s: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-weasel-suit-matches.html

We also sadly lost Bullet Bob Armstrong, so on the recommendations of Southwest expert and Bullet superfan @KrisPLettuce, I wrote up 4 different matches to celebrate him: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/08/rip-bullet.html

Here's a fun 2003 Velocity ep (now on the Network) that had a real indy invasion feel to it. Danielson, Xavier, & Spanky (under a mask) all worked super competitive matches that felt very different from other non-contract talent WWF matches of the time: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/09/wwe-velocity-11803-indy-invasion.html

Phil started the glorious Fujiwara Family project, while will see us reviewing every single UWF, PWFG, RINGS, BattlArts, and FUTEN show ever. New drops every single Thursday! https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/09/complete-and-accurate-battlarts-and.html

I began documenting the least popular weekly WWF show, NXT UK, because I think it's a very fun hour long wrestling show. I highlight the best matches, and will be doing DVDVR style wrestler rankings every 25 episodes: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-complete-guide-to-nxt-uk.html

Brian Kendrick has quietly had some of my very favorite matches of 2020, and here are three great, unique matches he had in October that will take you less than 30 minutes to experience: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/11/check-out-what-brian-kendrick-did-on.html

I continued a Thanksgiving tradition of writing up a Coliseum Video, this year randomly drawing the excellent Smack Em Whack Em: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/11/coliseum-video-thanksgiving-smack-em.html

A never before seen 1994 WCW El Paso house show appeared, and my god was it good. Regal vs. JB Badd, Stars & Stripes/Pretty Wonderful, Guardian Angel/Ron Simmons, and Steve Austin/Sting (as great as it sounds), all in front of like 300 people: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/11/new-footage-friday-1994-wcw-house-show.html

The 7/28/90 ep of Saturday Night's Main Event was watched by child me more than almost any other SNME. I watched it again for the first time in 25+ years: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-joy-of-wwf-saturday-nights-main.html

Here is a newly found 1996 All Japan handheld, which adorably features all 20+ minutes of the old man trios match, at the expense of the two actually excellent main events. To justify it, I wrote a TON on that glorious old man match: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/12/new-footage-friday-all-japan-handheld.html

Finally, here are my thoughts on last night's AEW tribute to Brodie Lee. It is not my typical Dynamite Workrate Report, as that would have been weird. I wrote this one from the heart, because the show deserved that: https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/12/aew-dynamite-brodie-lee-tribute.html

Honestly, these links represent only about 10% of the writing we did this year. We post new thoughts on pro wrestling every single day, for obsessive compulsive reasons that Phil and I can't even explain to ourselves, let alone our friends and loved ones. Thanks for reading.

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