Mad Man Pondo

[5.0] "Mad Man Pondo was always a dude who had a lot of charisma, and could take a beating. The dude is liked wherever he goes and has been a fan favourite in multiple different promotions and across countries even. He was never that great of a wrestler though. Even watching his matches from the early 90's is a hard watch, and his ability certainly hasnt gotten better with age. He should really retire now as its hard watching him stumble around the ring nowdays. He would be a great on screen presence though, or he could pick up the promotor roll again at IWA-EC, as what he did there as a promoter/booker was always really good and a ton of people miss IWA-EC. Wherever he goes he puts smiles on peoples faces and he's genuinly a great dude."

[8.0] "I like this guy! I know he was more in his "prime" back in the 90s but speaking strictly as a resident of Japan who goes to a lot of BJW shows, Pondo has a shocking amount of fun charisma and likability and knows exactly how to play to the crowd. The Japanese audience loves this guy (no joke, I even saw a 5 year old girl with his merch, oh Japan...). Now character aside... yeah, he's a 50+ deathmatch veteran, how good of an in ring worker is ge going to be? But he can still take punishment, even a tad safer than his modern contemporaries. Far from being for everyone but he's clearly still for somebody at least."

[4.0] "Pondo is one of the original death match guys. That said in 2024 he needs to retire. The crowds still love him but he just looks exhausted less than a minute into his matches. He used to have some decent bloody brawls but those were dependent on the situations and opponent."

[4.0] "Mad Man Pondo is a veteran & original when it comes to American deathmatch wrestling. However, I feel like he needs to retire as soon as possible. I just watched TOD 21 and safe to say his best days of death matches are over. He looked like a 80 year old grandpa that was on the verge of dying by the semi finals. He had his time in IWA MS and IWA EC but it's time to hangup the weapons and boots"

[7.0] "It's hard not to like Mad Man Pondo. Never pretended to be anything other than a deathmatch guy, brough a proper weirdo charisma and ultraviolent joviality to everything he did. Worked with pretty much everybody in the scene and properly understood more fundamental psychology things than he'll ever get credit for - he's always played to the crowd particularly well as a tough babyfave."

[9.0] "Gotta love Pondo. One of my all time favs. This guy is one of the best death match wrestlers ever from US. Guy is like a monster movie come to life. I can only imagine the pain that he goes in his body for wrestling."

[4.0] "A death match wrestler who builds his stories around one-ups-manship and creative spectacle rather than psychology. This guys' bloody brawls have been an indy hardcore mainstay for decades. Take him out of this specific element, though, and I am not sure that he can thrive. If you haven't seen any death matches, add a Pondo match to your watchlist. Just be ready to cringe. It is not for everybody. Not for many everybody's at all. Not my cup of tea, but I need to respect the ware and tear."

[0.0] "Like a lot of his comrades in the death match ranks, Mad Man Pondo's talents are limited to mindlessly carving his body up with a razor blade, and coming up with stupid stunts to cover up his total lack of in-ring talent."

[10.0] "Mad Man Pondo is probably in my top 10 guiltiest pleasures in wrestling. Far from a good technician, Pondo is an extremely smart man who does some incredibly stupid shit, and has made a career out of it. One of the icons of US death match wrestling, he's been all around the world doing this insane stuff. I'll always love Pondo, for he cannot be stopped."

[8.0] "Super charismatic and entertaining death match wrestler, takes some crazy bumps, even though some people say he cant bump properly."

[1.0] "I'm suprised about the rating here, it's kinda hard to call this guy a wrestler."