The original alternate is back with 56 minutes of entertainment – which is perfect timing for those who may only need four minutes out of an hour to celebrate St. Valentine’s Day. But, that’s not important right now. What is important are points

A tad tardy, but always hearty (that’s hearty, like Chunky Soup, not Hardy like absolutely insane people), the original alternate has returned with our thoughts on the epic New Japan Tokyo Dome show from January 4, and the reasons that many believe that

Never fear, the original alternate is here, and with no further ado, the topics include, but aren’t limited to: a lazy trip south leads to fuzzy old-school memories of Magnum T.A. and smoke-filled buildings. Literally. Times were different then. Also, the future of

Ushering in your December with glee, the original alternate returns to discuss a myriad of topics bequeathed by two simple, yet manly, sports: Ice hockey and pro wrestling. Show begins with about 25 minutes of expectedly unexpected hockey talk including Roman Hamerlik, owner

Your hearts be still. We know. Two shows in a week? Inbelivable. Three in ten days? Well, that may be unpossible, but we’re going to try. But let’s not put the cart before the horse, here, as the original alternate has enough to

Did you miss us? Of course you did. But, never fear, the original alternate is here – and damn it, we got some stuff to say. Some of it is even lucid. Topics this week, include, but aren’t limited to: we heard New

After almost a three-week delay, the original alternate has returned to preview the hottest thing sweeping North America at 4 in the morning. No, not methamphetamine. It’s the New Japan Sumo Hall iPPV coming up on Monday. We run down the card, give

Mightier than a Hiroshi Tanahashi-Testuya Naito match, and almost as awesome as hearing about that rumored Shakira video existing, it’s the return of the original alternate featuring discussion on topics, including, but not limited to: Nagata and Tanahashi’s tethered tale of unique New

The original alternate has returned with about 70 minutes of Skype-recorded goodness with topics this week including, but not limited to: everyone’s starting to come around = New Japan Pro Wrestling: King of Sports, post-G-1 Climax feelings, their iPPV success, the returns of

The original alternate has returned with hands-down the most insane, geektastic, show we do: (no, not the Mighty Joe Thunder Memorial career retrospective) it’s the 2012 New Japan Pro Wrestling G-1 Climax XXI League. We run down every single match, on every single