The 5 Knuckle Shuffle


WWE Tag Champs’ ode to Demolition

Well…close enough. As of this date (8/4/11), former Nexus members David Otunga & Michael McGillicutty are the WWE Tag Team Champs. As you saw on the 8/1/11 edition of Raw, they took on “Long Island Iced Z” himself Zack Ryder & Santino Marella. It was pretty much all domination by Otunga & McGillicutty. I was expecting them to use their own personal finishing moves (Otunga’s one-armed powerbomb & McGillicutty’s running spinning neckbreaker) in succession for the 1-2-3, but something weird happened. I saw McGillicutty put “Internet Champion” Zack Ryder in a backbreaker position, Otunga tag himself in, climb to the 2nd rope, then boom: dropping an axe handle on him. Making Ryder turn inside out. I was like, “SWEET!” It reminded me of this team: (more…)



The Varsity Villain Grows A Set & Declares His Independence from the Miz

Yes, my friends. His name is Alex Riley, aka A-Ri aka the Varsity Villain. He finally got fed up with the Miz and has been at war with him the past couple of weeks. It began with this on the May 23 episode of Monday Night Raw…


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Now that the Viper is on Smackdown…Is The Legend Killer now the Faction Killer?

In the wake of Randy Orton’s victory at Extreme Rules in a last man standing match featuring a whip into the post with a chair around Orton’s neck, a back suplex to CM Punk into the barricade, repeated lashes with kendo sticks to each, a side Russian leg sweep to Orton into a steel chair, 2 RKOs to Punk (1 on the announcer’s table), a couple of GTS’s, and the ultimate: an RKO from the top rope for the 10 count on Punk, I can’t help but reflect on how WWE’s Apex Predator systematically took out the Nexus by punting each member in the skull. (more…)



WWE Raw – Apr 25 ‘11 – The Good, The Bad, & the Ugly

Welcome to another installment of the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: The Raw edition. As you probably already know, Monday Night Raw is the longest running weekly episodic TV show in history. Pushing 1000 episodes, it’s WWE’s main show dominating the ratings on the USA Network for years. If Dusty Rhodes did commentary for Raw, he would call it the mother ship of the WWE. That being said, let’s get things started.

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Czw Best Of The Best 10

I know im a couple weeks late but I have finally finished watching Best Of The Best and all i can say is … WOW ! Ive seen all the other Best Of The Best and Besides Maybe BOTB 4 , This one was the best one ive seen all 12 competitor came to win just for your own research Purposes ill give out all the name of who participated … A.R. Fox , Jake Crist , Gran Akuma , Jonathan Greshem , Kyle O’Reilly , Deisuke Sekimoto , Zack Sabre Jr. , Johnny Gargano , Chuck Taylor , Brandon Gatson , Adam Cole , And Sami Callihan … Now i must say to me the breakout start of this whole tournament had to be A.R. Fox … this kid comes out of Ansonia CT .. And reminds me of a young ROB VAN DAM … explosive offense and very innovated moveset , but the tourney itself had many big moments … Deisuke Sekimotos German suplex on two ppl , The hard hitting match between Sekimoto and Callihan , A.R. Fox Flying all over the Place … also there were two Huge Title Matches that will have you on the edge of your seat … first was the CZW Ultraviolent Deathmatch Title Match between Danny Havoc And Champion Jun Kasai From Big Japan and if you like old school Japanese Deathmatches this is a treat for you as Buckets were spilled in this sick match … And The The CZW WORLD TITLE AND TAG TITLES were defended in a winner take all match Between Devon Moore and Czw Tag Champs The Briscoes taking on Philly’s Most Wanted BLK Jeez / Joker and the CZW World Champ The Ego Robert Anthony … i wont spoil anything i suggest you go and watch this



WWE Smackdown! – Apr 22, 2011 – The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

Welcome to the 1st WWE Smackdown! Edition of The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. WWE, of course, is the #1 wrestling promotion on the planet. This is it’s 2nd show: Friday Night Smackdown. It is the 3rd highest weekly episodic TV series ever: only WWE Raw & Gunsmoke have more episodes. In case you missed this past Friday’s episode. The show is in it’s 1st year on Syfy so WWE will push the envelope to produce a great show. Occasionally, it will have better matches than Monday Night Raw. In case you missed it, catch it right here, right now on thefiveknuckleshuffle.com courtesy of WWEfannation on YouTube.

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TNA iMPACT! – APR 21, 2011 – THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE UGLY

Welcome to the 1st TNA iMPACT! Edition of The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. TNA is the #2 wrestling promotion. Tazz & Mike Tenay are commentators. There are a lot of WWE & ECW alumni wrestling here. Their TV tapings are rated TV-14 giving them more freedom on the language and the level of violence. Which means you’re gonna see a lot of great action. They have to push the envelope because they are #2. Okay, here we go…

THE GOOD – THE ICON’S STING PROVES TOO MUCH FOR IMMORTAL
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WHERE HAS THE PUNT TAKEN THE ARMY TANK WITH THE FERRARI ENGINE?

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WWE Raw – Apr 16, 2011 – The Good, The Bad, & the Ugly

Welcome to the 1st edition of the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly. Here you will get personal reactions on your favorite wrestling shows, pay-per-views, etc. All according to me. Let’s start with the April 16 episode of Monday Night Raw.

THE GOOD – JOHN MORRISON TAKES R-TRUTH’S #1 CONTENDER SPOT AT EXTREME RULES

John Morrison is a pretty good wrestler; a good high-flyer who uses his parkour skills in the ring. At the beginning of the show, he came out to confront R-Truth who was in his glory after a draw w/ John Cena in the gauntlet match for the #1 contender to the WWE Championship. He used his old Dirt Sheet skills to expose R-Truth’s drinking water between each gauntlet match last week & that he smokes cigarettes. The Prince of Parkour challenged Truth & as you saw in the video above, a Starship Pain later, he scored the pinfall and is now R-Truth’s replacement. This is well-deserved for Morrison who really’s had the Miz’s number in their last few matches. For more on the Sultan of Sexy, check out my DVD Review of John Morrison: Rock Star. (more…)



In the World of High Flyers, One Family Name Stands Out…STEAMBOAT

If you watched wrestling in the 80’s and loved high flyers, one of the names that stood out was none other than Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat. What you just saw was his son Richie Steamboat. Amazing! Just look at the wrestling moves. It’s a good combination of how his dad wrestled and today’s popular wrestling moves. (more…)