Thursday, October 20, 2016

Cross Rhodes

Longtime contributor Jim (from Chicago) emailed me a new set of photos he took at a Next Generation Wrestling event held in Newport, Tennessee last October 17th. The show was aptly called Cross Rhodes because the main event was a match between former WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes and veteran of the independent scene Matt Cross. Jim says the match "was nearly 20 minutes of superb wrestling action. The guys were hard to photograph because of all the high-flying non-stop wrestling. Cody won the match with a cradle pin." I couldn't find the match on YouTube, but a fan posted this after-match video: Cody Rhodes after Matt Cross match. Thanks for the great photos, Jim!









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8 comments:

  1. Eli JavOctober 20, 2016 at 9:46 AM

    Thanks Jim! Always appreciate these "inside" pics. I was curious what other matches were at this event? Rhodes is slated to fight here in SF and he's the only match on the card so far (vs Joey Ryan). The most expensive level is sold out but I'm not sure if go just to see this match though I'd love to see Rhodes up close.

    Wow, Matt Cross has gray hairs now? That seemed kind of sudden.

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    1. UnknownOctober 21, 2016 at 12:23 AM

      Good to see both Cody, who is always a favorite, and Matt, who probably should be. Thanks, Jim; Bruno. TT

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    2. brunoOctober 21, 2016 at 3:54 AM

      Cross' hair looks like a dye job to me. Some people -- young women, mostly -- dye their hair grey for fashion. I think it's a hipster thing.

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    3. UnknownOctober 21, 2016 at 5:14 AM

      You're welcome Eli,TT, I have some shots of Joey Ryan who also wrestled that night. I'll soon be sending those to Bruno. What surprises the hell out of me are the number of guys who want to share Joey's Totsie Roll Pop when he makes his entrance.

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  2. Chris HOctober 21, 2016 at 7:27 AM

    Cool to see pics of this match; I had just been reading an interview with Cody about his appearance on the CW show Arrow (as a drug dealer peddling his latest creation "Stardust" ;p) and he considers this match to be one of the best matches of his career. I'm really glad he doesn't regret his decision to leave.

    The interview was on IGN if you were interested in seeing it.

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    1. RayAtLOctober 21, 2016 at 12:14 PM

      I thought Cody did ok on Arrow last night ... the shirtless scenes was sort of a >wink< to wrestling fans

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  3. Dr. LOctober 21, 2016 at 10:25 AM

    Mat Cross used to be so hot. Then came the hipster beard. Sigh.

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  4. RayAtLOctober 21, 2016 at 12:13 PM

    @DR. L ... yeah... you are so-o-o-o-o-o-o-o right ... that beard just has got to go!
    But Cody — still hot!

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