Karl Malenko vs. Low Ki from ACTION/PRODUCE DEAN~!!! Sunday School was super fun. Definitely a notebook match. Both were in incredible shape with a ton of mat wrestling from both. ****1/2
Phil Schneider
@philschneider.bsky.social
Pro-Wrestling Writer at The Ringer, Author of The Way of the Blade book, Weekly Column at https://www.patreon.com/kayfabemetrics
DEATH VALLEY DAYS UPDATE Feb 28th - Red Bank TN A huge return to pro wrestling.... Brought to you by the creative team from #ACTIONDean, Matt the Mouth, Segunda Caida & @philschneider.bsky.social
sports.yahoo.com/wrestling/ar... Shimmer turns 20 and I talked about their history and influence.
Shimmer turns 20: How an indie dream helped spark the revolution for modern women's wrestling
Born from passion and possibility, Shimmer gave a generation of women wrestlers the space to freely create. Twenty years later, its fingerprints remain all over WWE and AEW.
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This Omni card with the Ole-Dusty 'Minnesota Loggers Match' was brought up by @philschneider.bsky.social on his Piper/Buzz Way Of The Blade episode. It's actually a Blindfold Match and of course they cut great promos on TV to build it up.
Dusty Rhodes and Ole Anderson build up a blindfold match! Tommy Rich and Buzz Sawyer cross paths in a TV match. Roddy Piper is being Roddy Piper. Dive into April 1982 Georgia and use the links to watch some great territory wrestling TV! cero1max.substack.com/p/1982-georg...
Any time Blue Panther does any sort of dive or flip I pop like its the craziest thing ever #actiondean
For folks watching on Honor Club tonight we are using #ActionDEAN the more chatter the better chance we have to run more of these!
I got to help run a show in the ECW Arena last night in honor of my friend, his family was in the front row. Some of my best friends were there and helping Blue Panther wrestled on the show. Blessed beyond belief
D3AN~~!!! was so much fun. The lucha maestros trios blew my high expectations away. Demus/Mad Dog was an excellent wager match. Undercard and Collision were super solid. The tributes to Dean were awesome! Thanks @philschneider.bsky.social @actiondean.bsky.social for an awesome night.
Back at the Ringer today with a list of the best ECW Arena matches, got it in under the wire, because this list is getting ripped up by DEAN 3!! www.theringer.com/2025/09/04/w...
The Greatest Matches of Pro Wrestling’s Indie Mecca
What’s now known as the 2300 Arena has been a hotbed of pro wrestling since the 1990s—hosting ECW, countless indies, and now AEW. Here are its 10 greatest matches.
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At #ACTIONDean~!!!3 we present, for the first time..... MAESTROS contra MAESTROS TRIOS match, 2/3 Falls, submissions ONLY Your sixth participant is HECHICERO ACTION DEAN~!!!3 Sept 6 Philadelphia PA - 2300 Arena
At #ACTIONDean~!!!3 we present, for the first time..... MAESTROS contra MAESTROS TRIOS match, 2/3 Falls, submissions ONLY Your fifth participant is XELHUA ACTION DEAN~!!!3 Sept 6 Philadelphia PA - 2300 Arena
At #ACTIONDean~!!!3 we present, for the first time..... MAESTROS contra MAESTROS TRIOS match, 2/3 Falls, submissions ONLY Your fourth participant is PANTERA ACTION DEAN~!!!3 Sept 6 Philadelphia PA - 2300 Arena
At #ACTIONDean~!!!3 we present, for the first time..... MAESTROS contra MAESTROS TRIOS match, 2/3 Falls, submissions ONLY Your third participant is ANGELICO ACTION DEAN~!!!3 Sept 6 Philadelphia PA - 2300 Arena
At #ACTIONDean~!!!3 we present, for the first time..... MAESTROS contra MAESTROS TRIOS match, 2/3 Falls, submissions ONLY Your second participant is DR CEREBRO ACTION DEAN~!!!3 Sept 6 Philadelphia PA - 2300 Arena
MATCH ANNOUNCEMENT At #ACTIONDean~!!!3 we present, for the first time..... MAESTROS contra MAESTROS TRIOS match, 2/3 Falls, submissions ONLY Your first participant is VIRUS ACTION DEAN~!!!3 Sept 6 Philadelphia PA - 2300 Arena
Frank Shamrock ECW World Champion? Interviewed @heymanhustle.bsky.social over at @uncrownedcombat.bsky.social sports.yahoo.com/wrestling/ar...
'ECW What If?' with Paul Heyman: How MMA legend Frank Shamrock became the one who got away
In the heyday of the mid-1990s, Paul Heyman's ECW wanted to inject a little excitement into its championship picture — so it turned its sights to one of the toughest men alive.
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It's Wednesday night. If you know what that means, you're the exact person we had in mind for "Way of the Blade: AEW Edition." It's a new book featuring #AEW's bloodiest matches, with new insights from the wrestling geniuses who created them. amzn.to/4m4yXkQ
Way of the Blade: AEW Edition
Amazon.com: Way of the Blade: AEW Edition: 9781734945980: Schneider, Phil, Bryan, Chris, Khan, Tony: Books
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MATCH ANNOUNCEMENT #ACTIONDean ~!!!3........... from @ringofhonor.bsky.social @actionwrestling.bsky.social & Segunda Caida #wrestlejoy 🤼
I was at the Demus vs. Connelly dog collar match. It's one of the most insane things I've ever seen live. I can only imagine what they have planned without a tether at the former ECW Arena in a lucha de apuestas.
MATCH ANNOUNCEMENT Your main event for #ACTIONDean 3~!!! Sept 6 Philadelphia Presented by @ringofhonor.bsky.social @actionwrestling.bsky.social & Segunda Caida
Here we go! We are cooking up some awesome stuff for this show! Stay tuned!!
ACTION DEAN 3~!!! comes to you live on Sat, Sept 6th, taking place before & after Collision at the world famous 2300 Arena Tickets are on sale now at AEWTix.com, don't miss a night of Collision & ACTION DEAN 3~!!!
I wrote up some Hogan hidden gems for Yahoo, dogshit human, great pro-wrestler. sports.yahoo.com/wrestling/br...
Hulk Hogan's legacy: 5 hidden-gem matches from his long wrestling career
Here are some of the lesser-known Hogan bangers, the kind of kick-ass matches that got fans to return to arenas month after month.
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AEW fans, picked up this gr8 book on Amazon, ‘Way of the Blade - AEW edition’. By Phil Schneider with a foreword & contributions from Tony Khan. Covers 42 of the most violent matches of the past 6yrs in AEW with comments from the people involved & lots of comments from TK along the way. Recommended.
"...a Death Wish ripoff with Michael Ironside" is my favorite line in this amazing collection. Bra-fucking-vo @philschneider.bsky.social & Chris Bryan. Loved it!!! #WayOfTheBlade