Wrestling Art with Chris Things

Episode 37 is here pals! It's our  Chris Things Art "Match of the Week" Edition  w/ my dear friend (& fellow American Dragon aficionado), Bradley, talking the INCREDIBLE Bryan Danielson vs Shingo bout - not from this past week, but 14 years ago in Dragon Gate USA! So here's the deal, we watched the DGUSA edition as a primer for the big AEW rematch & for a variety of reasons...

Episode 36 is here pals! It's our  Chris Things Art "Match of the Week" Edition  w/ 'Best Mate David', talking the amazing llaveo/Lancashire catch dream-match that was Zack Sabre Jr. vs Rey Hechicero from June 22nd, 2024 in CMLL. We RAVE about this match till the cows come home. Quite in-depth this week! We ramble much nonsense but also some interesting tidbit tangents such as...

Episode 35 is here pals! It's our  Chris Things Art "Match of the Week" Edition  w/ the esteemed Unkle of Beeks back for 'TRIPLE-HEADER' episode talking the ever-eclectic combination of a legendary kaiju-monster battle of behemoths in  Andre the Giant vs Stan Hansen (from 1981 NJPW), a lucha masterclass of Hechicero vs Blue Panther  (from earlier this month in CMLL) & a jos...

Episode 34; is here pals! The latest in our " Wrestling Art Curator " special-edition interview series focusing on the art practices of rad wrestling-artists! I'm way excited today to be talking to the extremely talented gentleman that is Shining Wizard Designs/Matt Charlton ! Matt's work is just so wonderful & I've been a fan of his for quite a while! Just an INSANE output...

Episode 33 is here pals! It's our  Chris Things Art "Match of the Week" Edition  w/ the esteemed Unkle of Beeks back for another 'DOUBLE-HEADER' episode talking the delightfully odd combination of El Hijo Del Dr. Wagner Jr. vs KENOH for the GHC Heavyweight Championship from February of this year in NOAH as well as Terry Funk vs Abdullah the Butcher from December of 1978 in All...

Episode 32; is here friends! So in lieu of being way too busy to do a normal episode in my final week before the big solo show at Scratch, I thought I'd do another special little solo edition for you! Having just hanged the show this morning, I am quite tired, giddy & generally a bit delirious so felt that would be the perfect thing to capture in audio-form!! In the pint-sized episode I ta...

Episode 31 is here pals! It's our  Chris Things Art "Match of the Week" Edition  w/ 'Best Mate David', talking the incredible Grumpy Old Man battle that was  Genichiro Tenryu vs Riki Choshu from Choshu's short-lived World Japan promotion. We talk all about this delightfully gruff bout, my illustration of said match, as well as a bit about the rest this wonderfully strange c...

Episode 30 is here pals! It's our  Chris Things Art "Match of the Week" Edition  w/ good ol' Unkle Beek talking the bloody delightful match that was Big Bossman A.K.A. 'Big Bubba' & 'Dr. Death' Steve Williams vs The 'Holy Demon Army' of Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue . We also talk a heck of a lot of nonsense (including my tale of making my parents go...

Episode 29 is here pals! It's our  Chris Things Art "Match of the Week" Edition  w/ Cousin Ben for a special in-person episode discussing an amazing Pro-Wrestling NOAH main event from earlier this year between two of my absolute favourites; Go Shiozaki vs KENOH! We also chat about the big Kota Ibushi vs Naomichi Marufuji match that set the table for this in some ways, as well as Ben jo...

Episode 28 is here pals! It's our  Chris Things Art "Match of the Week" Edition  all about the incredible recent Bryan Danielson vs Will Ospreay match! This week I'm joined by 'Youngboy' Josh Smith in an extra-special episode whereby Josh has gone & done up his own version of this M.O.T.W.!! I think this was just great & gave us an opportunity to talk more about the...

Episode 27 is here pals! It's our  Chris Things Art "Match of the Week" Edition - this week joined by my 'brother from another mother'' & former Tag-Team partner , Josh Haze. We're talking the fabulous Black Tiger vs Dean Malenko match, the all-time great Eddie vs Dean rivalry & to be honest just a total love fest for all things Eddie Guerrero. We also chat a li...

Episode 26 is here pals! It's our  Chris Things Art "Match of the Week" Edition TRIPLE-HEADER EDITION with returning guest host, my good buddy (& extra-newsworthy!) Jaims Vanderbeek!! We're here to discuss Señor Beek's recent, very strange dance with "wrestling journalism" headline-fame, along with three wonderful matches. Those being the infamous Katsuyori Shibata...

Episode 25; is here friends! So in lieu of guest-scheduling issues for our latest 'Match of the Week', I thought I'd just go ahead and do a solo 'mini-show' for you. This week was actually quite a momentous one for me. After a successful outing bringing my Chris Things art-swag along to Lucha Fantastica's Brisbane event, I've decided to expand my schedule & do my fi...

Episode 24; is here pals! The latest in our " Wrestling Art Curator " special-edition interview series focusing on creatives in the 'Wrestling Art' space. This week I've got something a little different for you in the form of a chat with the esteemed creator of an amazing art installation/basement passion-project; Richard Beardsley of VIDEO PLANT ! @V ideo. Plant is a wacky, no...

Episode 23 is here pals! Another  Chris Things Art "Match of the Week" & another Danielson DREAM-Match in the form of The American Dragon vs The Wrestler, Katsuyori Shibata ! We're talking all about that match & my illustration of it with Keepin' it Strongstyle's 'Young Boy' Josh Smith. We've got various fun, nonsense side-bars in there for you - not limited...

Episode 22 is here friends! Our  Chris Things Art "Match of the Week" Edition is back for another big ol' DOUBLE-HEADER! Yes, my good friend Bradley is back with us to talk two equally amazing M.O.T.W.'s in the form of the American Dragon vs Eddie Kingston from earlier this month in AEW as well as a total all-timer of a match from January 15th, 1999 All Japan in Big Van Vader vs Ke...

Episode 21; is here pals! The latest in our " Wrestling Art Curator " special-edition interview series focusing on the art practices of rad wrestling-artists! I'm so darned stoked about this weeks' guest; Michigan-based artist,  Lil Petey Puro / @Gotch_Style_Bong_Rips ! A way-talented  & unique fellow art-dude who's weird, wacky, retro skate vibes wrestling-art illustration...

Episode 20 is here pals! It's our  Chris Things Art "Match of the Week" Edition  with returning guest host, my good buddy Jaims Vanderbeek to discuss a match & feud that I love dearly; it's STING vs. VADER from WCW Great American Bash '92! We talk all about this bloody great match along with much early 90s WCW nostalgia & all sorts of nonsense side-bars from Rick Rude&#...

Episode 19 is here pals! It's our  Chris Things Art "Match of the Week" Edition  with returning guest host, my dear friend, Jon Craft to discuss a 'Mask vs Mask' apuestas match that I absolutely LOVED; Blue Panther vs Villano V ! This wonderfully heated Lucha Libre FIGHT of a match took place back in 2008 at CMLL's 75th Anniversary Show in the holy grounds for lucha that is...

Episode 18 is here pals! Our  Chris Things Art "Match of the Week" Edition  with returning semi-regular co-host, Jaims Vanderbeek for another big ol' DOUBLE-HEADER! Yes, this week we've got TWO MOTW's to talk about & two amazing American Dragon matches at that! American Dragon vs Hechicero in AEW and Dragon vs ZSJ in NJPW. This week we're going long to make up for the p...

Episode 17; is here pals! The latest in our " Wrestling Art Curator " special-edition interview series focusing on the art practices of rad wrestling-artists! I'm truly delighted about this weeks' guest; IQWrestler ! A truly talented video-artist who creates some of the absolutely greatest Wrestling Highlight videos that I have ever seen! You may know his work from the absolutely w...

Episode 16 is here pals! It's our  Chris Things Art "Match of the Week" Edition  with Cousin Ben talking all about the fantastic professional wrestling bout that was "Mr IWGP" Yuji Nagata vs "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson from AEW Collision on 1.27.2024 in Bossier City, Louisiana. We talk all about the timeless magic that was two of our very favourites in a Fire...

Episode 15 is here pals! Our  Chris Things Art "Match of the Week" Edition  with returning former Grown Men Watch this S*** co-host, Jaims Vanderbeek for a big ol' DOUBLE-HEADER! Yes, this week we've got TWO MOTW's to talk about since we missed one last week. Firstly, a modern joshi spectacular in Sareee vs Chihiro Hashimoto from 5.16.2023 “Sareee-ISM ~Chapter One” in Shinjuku....

Episode 14; is here friends! The latest in our " Wrestling Art Curator " special-edition interview series focusing on the art practices of rad wrestling-artists! Our latest guest Wrestling-Artist being  Helen Hunter !! Just a wonderfully skilled multidisciplinary artist & illustrator now based in Chicago who’s epic Japanese Deathmatch & Joshi-Wrestling oil paintings have just blown...

Episode 13 is here pals! Another one of our  Chris Things Art "Match of the Week" Series  with returning former Grown Men Watch this S*** co-host, Jaims Vanderbeek! This week we're talking all about the "Big, Bad & Dangerous" duo of Big Van Vader & "Crusher" Bam Bam Bigelow vs Keiji Mutoh & Hiroshi Hase from March 1st, 1992 for NJPW in Yokohama Arena” with V...