This Is Awesome is an informal research project with no methodology asking the question: What makes a great pro wrestling match and why?
We watch the best wrestling matches of all time, suggested by you, and then we show it to a non-fan to see if it holds up!
Season 9 mercifully reaches its end with another classic finale episode! As is tradition, your croix boys have gathered 'round the microphone to get to the business of tying up loose ends.
This seas…
Put that cigarette out!
The longest TIA season of all time creeps ever closer to the its end with (predictably) the longest TIA episode of all time.
With the World's Heavyweight Title held in abeyan…
Crank up the AC, pour yourself a cold beverage, and maybe wear something that breathes because you've found yourself smack dab in the middle of a Heat Wave 1998.
We're checking out a standout match …
Our "long" hiatus has finally ended!
(I mean, sure it was a long time but its not like it was a whole year or anything, jeez. This show is free! Get all up off my back about it.)
We return to Lucha U…
Well folks, we're in for a delightful night of gentlemanly pugilism as we turn our sights on an exciting exhibition matchup between two champions! Competing under Admiral-Lord Mountevans with 8 five …
It is night 4 of the 23rd G1 Climax. 5th match on the card.
In one corner: The Stone Pitbull. The other: The Wrestler. Each man with a reputation. Each man with something to prove.
This instant class…
Frank, Chuck and Joaquin (yes, Joaquin is back on WTE once again) break down all of the action from this year's Double or Nothing PPV. Did AEW deliver a solid four hours of wrestling action or did th…
Open the forbidden door! It's an inter-promotional dream match!
Christian, perennial WWE glass-ceiling cleaner, will attempt to reclaim the World Championship that was taken from him by the tattooed…
Another exciting edition of the TIA vamping series - this time Frank and Chuck sit down and run through the entire AEW Blood and Guts card from May 5, 2021.
Your boys are talking the highs and lows …
Back to the impact zone we go - this time to watch the exciting conclusion to what many have argued is the greatest "best of" series in tag team wrestling. It's best 2 out of 3 falls to put a cap on …
A very special episode of Watching the Elite - Frank and Chuck happened to watch BOTH nights of WrestleMania 2021 and decided to have a chat about it. Done in the format usually applied to all thing…
Forged in the furnace that was the CHIKARA gauntlet, Sara Del Rey vs Kana (now Asuka) will now be put through the STAR rating grinder. Despite missing both a third rope and a hot program to raise the…
It's the return of the Gauntlet episode! For the season 9 edition your intrepid hosts are sifting through FIVE audience suggested matches from the now-defunct promotion: Chikara.
Joaquin, Chuck and F…
We could open an In n Out with this many potatoes!
This episode, for AJW's prestigious Red Belt, comes with a pretty big content warning. Despite there being zero thumbtacks and not an an inch of ba…
The journey through season 9 begins with yet another first for TIA as we examine one of the most compelling matches in the short but remarkable history of WWE United Kingdom Championship matches.
Par…
It's the final off-season episode before we fire up season 9 and Joaquin has donned his blazer, mustache and game-master cap as he hosts TIA's first ever edition of Pro Wrestling Jeopardy! It's just …
On this week's episode, Joaquin, Frank and Chuck don their WTE thinking caps and get to the business of Talkin' Bout AEW. Your boys look back at the year that was 2020 for the upstart promotion and t…
What the buck are we watching?
It's the final part of our two part series! We've dusted off the old Watching the Elite format to take a look at an artifact from the late aughts - the final five episo…
What the buck are we watching?
For this off-season episode, we're dusting off the old Watching the Elite format and taking a look at an artifact from the late aughts - the first five episodes of YBTV…
As we get closer to the go-home portion of 2020, it's important to take a moment and celebrate the many holidays that greet us warmly in December. It is with that spirit that your TIA boys celebrate …