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REVIEW: New York Wrestling Connection Psycho Circus 17: What A Concept

Welcome to KB’s Old School (and New School) Reviews. I’ve been reviewing wrestling shows for over twelve years now and have reviewed over 6,000 shows. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I’ll be posting a new review here on Wrestlingrumors.net. It could be anything from modern WWE to old school to indies to anything in between. Note that I rate using letters instead of stars and I don’t rate matches under three minutes as really, how good or bad can something that short be? Psycho Circus 17 Date: February 23, 2019 Location: NYWC Sportatorium, Deer Park, New York Commentators: Christopher Andrews, Matt Striker This is from the New York Wrestling Connection, a promotion out of New York (shocking I know) that has been around for almost twenty years. As is usually the case, I know nothing about the show coming in and that can make things fun. Granted I’m not sure how much fun a show called Psycho Circus is going to be but let’s get to it. Keep in mind that I know nothing about this plac..

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WWE’s Paige Makes Surprise Appearance At Independent Show

There’s a guest star. There are a lot of people working for WWE and not all of them are active wrestlers. Some of them are not around very often but still have a place in the company whenever they are needed. However, sometimes you see a WWE star pop up elsewhere, which was the case this weekend in a situation you might not have expected them to be. This weekend, Zicky Dice’s Outlandish Paradise took place in Canton, Georgia, with Dice vs. Evil Uno serving as the main event. According to Wrestlinginc.com, the show featured a segment between Dice and WWE Hall of Famer Madusa. Dice insulted Madusa, resulting in Madusa bringing up a Twitch video feed of WWE’s Paige. This led to Paige cutting a promo on Uno and telling fans to vote on what kind of match Dice and Uno should have. Uno went on to defeat Dice in a Barely Legal Circus of Evil match. Paige is still under contract to WWE but rarely makes appearances. She was forced to retire from the ring due to a series of neck injuries and ha..

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UFC 223 Preliminary Card Ratings Are In

This past weekend, MMA fans were treated to a circus of craziness called UFC 223, which took place from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. While the weekend may be best remembered for former UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor attacking a bus full of UFC fighters, it was also a weekend filled with some excellent bouts, four of which were part of the preliminary card that aired live on Fox Sports 1. The four fight preliminary card, with Karolina Kowalkiewicz and Felice Herrig in the featured spot, brought in 852,000 viewers. It was the featured bout between Kowalkiewicz and Herrig that brought in the most viewers, with 1,057,000 people checking out that encounter. Other fights on the preliminary card saw Devin Clark defeat Mike Rodriguez, Ashlee Evans-Smith defeat Bec Rawlings and Olivier Aubin-Mercier defeat Evan Dunham. A pre-fight show aired on Fox Sports 1 and that drew 373,000 viewers, while the post-fight show on Fox Sports 1 brought in 138,000 viewers. There were..

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Indie Wrestlers Mock Randy Orton

<p>Independent wrestlers Shane Strickland, Sammy Guevara, and Mr. 450 decided to do a spoof of <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/randy-orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a></strong> at Saturday’s Wrestle Circus event. When they went to the top rope to do <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/dives/" title="dives">dives</a></strong>, they called it off. They then all proceeded to hit RKO’s simultaneously on their opponents followed by <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/doing/" title="doing">doing</a></strong> Orton’s signature pose.</p>