I've been watching a Ted DiBiase compilation, covering his time in WWE, and the one thing that stuck out for me is that it became clear how Ted managed to wear his neck out to the point he suffered the herniated disc in 1993 that ended his career. In all of his matches with Randy Savage, when Savage would snap his throat across the top rope, Ted would take the resulting bump by falling backwards and then arching up using his shoulders and forcing himself to roll backwards, with all the weight go
Stolen completely from Loss. I like putting together lists, so I'm going to do one of the top wrestling matches by year, according to me. I left out matches that were significantly edited. I'll post additions at the bottom and will occasionally change or remove the status of a match. Comments appreciated, because I'd love to re-watch some of these, but generally don't have the motivation to do so without a good reason (too many unwatched matches kicking around).
1970
Antonio Inoki vs Dory
Here's my ballot from the DVDVR 1980's Other Japan project, with a few comments on some of the matches (mostly early ones before I got lazy).
1. Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda (11/10/88 UWF)
2. Kazuo Yamazaki vs Nobuhiko Takada (8/13/88 UWF)
3. Akira Maeda vs Gerard Gourdeau (8/13/88 UWF)
4. Kazuo Yamazaki vs Nobuhiko Takada (9/11/85 UWF)
5. Nobuhiko Takada vs Bob Backlund (12/22/88 UWF)
6. Yoji Anjoh vs Masakatsu Funaki (6/14/89 UWF)
7. Masakatsu Funaki vs Tatsuo Nakano (7/24/8
