Belleville, New Jersey emcee/producer Action Figure 973 releasing his eighth EP to coincide with SummerSlam XXXVIII this weekend. For a pair years already, his first couple mixtapes adopted by his final 7 EPs & the full-length studio debut DOOM Was Right merely 3 months in the past giving flowers to considered one of my all-time private favourite albums Madvillainy. Continuing the Dark Side of the Ring trilogy named after the favored Vice docuseries of the identical title, Sam Rothskeem’s producing the newest entry.

“R.I.P. Sabu” appropriately opens with a tribute former 2-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion, FTW Champion, ECW World Television Champion, 3 time ECW World Tag Team Champion, JCW World Juggalo Heavyweight Champion, NWA World’s Heavyweight Champion, IWGPジュニアヘビー級王座 & the longest reigning XPW World Heavyweight Champion whereas “Christopher Nowinski” references the previous 2-time WWE Hardcore Champion himself.

Former AJPWオール・アジア・タッグ王座, 世界ジュニアヘビー級王座, KO-Dタッグ王座, FMWインディペンデントワールド世界ジュニアヘビー級王座, 2-time IWGPジュニアタッグ王座 & GHCジュニアヘビー級タッグ王座 タカ みちのく and former 2-time WWE tag workforce champion Scotty 2 Hotty get references on “Rubber Match” as does former World Heavyweight Champion, WWE Intercontinental Champion & 10-time WWE tag workforce champion “Jey Uso” of YEETC.

“Southern Philly Nights” final however not least sends off the EP with a increase bap nearer referencing WWE Hall of Famer, former 2-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, 2-time WCW World Television Champion, 3-time WCW World Tag Team Champion & 5-time WWE United States Champion Lex Luger showing on Nitro created by WCW founder alongside WWE Hall of Famer, former WCW Hardcore Champion & Real American Freestyle Wrestling (RAF) CFO Eric Bischoff through the Monday Night Wars.

Only lower than a pair weeks because the present NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne turned the brand new TNA Knockouts World Champion at Slammiversary XXI & hours after the oldest AEW TNT Champion Dustin Rhodes getting dethroned by Kyle Fletcher on this week’s episode of Collision, my favourite installment of Action Figure 973’s Dark Side of the Ring collection come within the type of this most up-to-date one remembering the person who former 2-time GCW World Champion Joey Janela retired this spring.

Score: 8/10