•Kauze Nagahori vs Condor Saito: Intense, energetic joshi as a competition. Both were attacking and always looking to get the upper hand.. They cut a fantastic pace & nailed simple yet effective moves. Very good stuff!

•Jumping Bomb Angels (Tateno & Yamazaki) vs Yukari Omori & Hisako Uno (Akira Hokuto): Rabid pace and an excellent dynamic with Omori as power house paired with the young but competent Uno. You might think she was a liability at this age but she was making Tateno & Yamazaki look great while pulling off her beginning offense in a believable, intense manner. The Angels were in top form today and that's all I need to say about that 🙂 Very good to great match.

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April Anarchy: Devil Masami vs Chigusa Nagayo - 04/15/87

March Mayhem: Toyota & Yamada vs Takahashi & KAORU - 03/20/88

Bull Nakano in the 1980's

•Bull Nakano vs Yumi Ogura: This is just as aggressive as the previous bouts but more traditional in structure. This has a good baby face vs heel vibe with Bull looking to brawl & cheat. This has a little bit of everything. I think it's a great match!

I definitely recommend all of these matches. I'm about quicker, more urgently paced wrestling matches online anymore. If you're interested then these are for you. This show also has some longer matches like Chigusa vs Dump & Lioness vs Devil as well. If you've got the time & inclination, check those out too!

Welcome to Apache (04/14/06)

•NOSAWA Rongai & Onryo vs MIYAWAKI & Naoshi Sano: Joined in progress but no matter. This a fun junior match to kick things off.

•GENTARO vs Wataru Inoue: There's a good story here with GENTARO working over Inoue's leg. He uses leg locks, dragon screws and a cool sharpshooter. There's even a really cool spot from the apron too. I really dug this match but man, it needed one more minute. That finish came too quick. GENTARO was great here by the way. He's a guy that I try to catch when I can. Very good match.

•Daisuke Sekimoto, Ryuji Ito & Katsumasa Inoue vs Mammoth Sasaki, Hi69 & Saburo Inematsu: Big Japan versus Apache Pro! Everyone showed great effort and heart here. It was only given about 10 minutes but they packed it was action and intensity. This was very good and definitely something I recommend checking out!

•Jushin Liger, Gedo & Jado vs W*ING Kanemura, Bad boy Hido & Tetsuhiro Kuroda: This starts as Hido vs Liger. Liger dominated him but gets attacked post match and gets his hair cut. The rest of the guys, who are supposed to have a tag team main event, come out. We get an impromptu 6 man match! They're fighting in the crowd & bleeding. Apache Pro is getting beaten with Team NJPW (CTU) using old school tactics. This gets a little dry but, a molten hot tag is made to Kanemura! It's on like Donkey Kong!! This is very much laid out like a FMW 6 man...I was popping for the final minutes. This is for all FMW fans & gets a rock solid recommendation for me.

Plus there's a Jun Kasai Vs Takashi Sasaki death match. It's 18 minutes long and while I like both guys, I'm not interested in spending 18 minutes on it. 

This was a very good show and relaunch of Apache Pro. I'm looking forward to more of this stuff in the future!
 

I appreciate it! And without further ado, let's get to the wrestling!

•Mike Awesome vs "Earthquake" John Tenta (AJPW 03/22/03): This was a fun match that put Awesome in an interesting situation. He wasn't the biggest man in the ring. Tenta, even a little bit older was still damn large. Awesome had to employ more brawling than raw power. Earthquake needs to slow the Gladiator down and uses a great looking sleeper hold to even the odds. This was fun and something different as there's a good story told instead of a slew of power bombs (not that I dislike those 🙂).

•Mike Awesome, Johnny Smith & Gigantes (Jerry Tuite) vs. Earthquake, Genichiro Tenryu & Nobukazu Hirai (AJPW 03/28/03): 9 of 15 minutes. This was a barrel full of monkeys. There were callbacks to Awesome vs Tenta. Tenryu is chopping & punching. Tuite is the big foreigner who can sort of run roughshod over Tenta and Tenryu just because he's large. Hirai is that lumpy WAR dude that doesn't mind throwing elbows. Plus he's the right size of heavyweight that he can get thrown around. While the previous match is a soft recommendation for Mike Awesome fans, this one is a recommendation for all early 2000's wrestling weirdos. 

•Matt Sydal vs PAC (ROH 5th Yr Fest: Finale 03/04/07): A very good junior action match. There's some great moves but we get a rare error from PAC. Steal covers for it (ala Liger vs Sasuke Super J Cup '94). I don't knock it for that but it feels beneath what they could do in '07. It is a under card match on a big show so, it's understandable. Still fans of both will get a kick outta this one.

•Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs Shingo & Naruki Doi (ROH 5th Yr Fest: Finale 03/04/07): This bout is stupid in the best way! This is a ballz to the wall movezzz match. It starts standard enough but somewhere along the way they opened a jar of bananas and made this straight bonkers. It's one of those matches where the "tag" stipulation gets lost in the action. It's not Dragon Gate rules...it's Young Bucks in PWG style. I think that is the "stupid" thing but eventually I said, "screw it" and went along for a good time. These dudes are 4 of the best at that type of wrestling so this was great stuff. Nearly a classic if you're in the generous mood. I mean if you're reading this then I gotta highly recommend it.

•Masato Tanaka vs Hirooki Goto (NJPW 03/22/10): Hirooki Goto reminds me a lot of Tanaka. They both have that toughness and intensity about them. So, I dug this one. They blistered each other's chests with chops. They rattled jaws with elbows and battered brains with slams. This was 10 minutes of smash mouth wrestling. This felt like a puro WCW Saturday Night main event. Solid recommendation and if you dig this Tanaka is doing more of same in Zero One. Check out Tanaka in Zero One Wrestling 2007. In the meantime, New Japan has the match below:

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Neville vs Cesaro (NXT 03/05/15): Not gonna lie, I threw the horns a few times during this one 🤘 It was awesome. Cesaro was like Steven Regal in his precise brutality yet he did his own thing. He used his freakish strength in ways Regal could only dream of. He showed a mean streak that I really don't remember seeing as Claudio. Cesaro is a meaner, more aggressive, more calculated version of Castagnoli. Then, Neville, is a more grounded and focused version of PAC. When he tried his flying moves, they were done out of desperation rather than exhibition. It's wonderfully surprising when Cesaro stops those "hail mary" moves dead in their tracks. This is a wicked twist as Neville has been the man in my NXT viewing. Cesaro seems like the end to all of that. I LOVED THIS ONE. What's crazy is that this was a Dark Match and it only seems to be officially available on the first NXT DVD set (which I have). Find this anyway you can because I think it's an All Time Classic. Highest Recommendation.

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•Nick Bockwinkel vs Rick Martel (03/13/83 AWA): Martel comes in like a rocket, hitting the champ with a drop kick. The Canadian hero keeps hitting Nick with offense which keeps him rolling to the safety of the floor. But let's be honest, Bockwinkel is coming up with a plan. He gets his challenger in a test of strength and controls the match. Eventually, the Quebecois finds himself stuck on the floor with Nick playing king of the mountain. You can't keep Martel for long and he lets the champion have it! The crowd is hot for this match and seems to end at just the right time. Great heel performance from Bock & a great offensive baby face display from Rick. This is very good 15 match from two of my favorites. If you're needing to scratch an 80's wrestling itch, I recommend this one.

•Yoshiaki Yatsu & Animal Hamaguchi vs. Terry Gordy & Art Crews (03/12/87 AJPW): A very good all action tag match! There's lots of rope running and simple but good looking moves. I'm unfamiliar with Art Crews but he keeps the party going so this is a winner of a tag match. Yatsu &Animal are awesome and if you didn't know...Then your ass better call somebody! 😄 

•Yoshiaki Yatsu vs Pete Roberts (03/28/87 AJPW): This is one for the real wrestling fans in All Japan. 8 of 9 minutes of these two trading holds & fighting for leverage. Then we get about a minute of big moves to set up the finish. I'm glad that we get to see Pete work a technical match. I think Yatsu is the man to have it. I really am starting to really appreciate him. This is a fast, athletic and competitive bout. Very good stuff, an easy recommendation.

• Akira Nogami vs Hiro Saito (03/11/92 NJPW): A simple yet fun heel vs baby face match. Saito, the brawler, is beating Akira up on the floor. He really smashes a table into our neon yellow trunk wearing hero. Very appropriate for '92 😁 Saito is full of hate and is grinding Nogami down. Can he overcome the stocky Saito? This was an easy match to watch. It's got great pacing, A simple story and just the right amount of stiffness and aggression. 
• Eddie Guerrero & Black Tiger III vs Wataru Inoue & Shibata (03/22/02 NJPW): This was a lot of fun. Black Tiger III/Silver King & Eddie as a tag team - yes, please! Inoue and Shibata are the plucky youngsters. Their contribution is pretty basic but Eddie and BT Silver King bring all kinds of fun moves and moments. I actually don't know if people here knew Eddie was BT II or a mega star in WCW/WWE. This is one of types of matches that keeps me searching for stuff online as I want to truly cut back. It's under 15 minutes, it's got a neat mix of talent and it's a good time. Here's NJPW's link:

•TAKA Michinoku & Gran Naniwa & Tiger Mask vs. The Great Sasuke & Gran Hamada & Pablo Marquez (03/06/99 Michinoku): M-Pro seems to reign supreme in pacing, emotion and knowing what to do when. I felt this was flawless... Not necessarily a classic per se but, 15 of 21 minutes of near classic lucharesu. Don't sleep on this one because it's not 1996 or Kai En Tai.

•Kenny Omega vs Davey Richards (03/20/10 ROH Epic Encounter III): These guys worked their asses off ALL MATCH. I appreciate the aggressive Richards hunting Omega throughout. He kept lighting the Canadian up with kicks. He wanted the Cloverleaf hold early but switches to his arm. Kenny is fighting to stay in this one. He's got to use his big moves to even this up. And damn, Kenny's got plenty of those in his arsenal. This match had a great pace, providing top notch action for a little bit under 25 minutes. I think what hooked me were the surprises and counter moves. This absolutely is worthy of the 'Epic Encounter' title and is a classic in the full speed ahead junior style. If you're curious & reading this review then, I think you should check this out! For more ROH recommendations Check out: https://wrestlingdreambattles.blogspot.com/search/label/ROH
 

•Abdullah The Butcher vs Jack Brisco (AJPW 03/27/81):  This is not a match but a chaotic spectacle in the best way. I think every once in awhile, we should watch Abdullah the Butcher vs a star such as Jack Briscoe. It serves as a type of mental reset. We are just watching simple yet charismatic wrestling. There's no real maneuvers or complex story play out. It is just simple good guy versus bad guy. Additionally, we get to see the fans go absolutely bonkers in the venue. I think this is true fan engagement. No one is needing to bring a sign, chant names or songs...the people in attendance are watching the brawl but are also a part of it. Maybe the wrestlers bump into you, or use your chair as a weapon, maybe your entire row of seats gets knocked down and scattered around the ring floor...you're right there. I think there's a lot of imitation of this but Abdullah is one of the best. So I can't say if this is better than another Abby 'match' right now but I will say this is really fun stuff. If you're needing some true pro wrestling, this is a good choice.

•Riki Choshu vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (NJPW 03/02/84): March Mayhem indeed! A quick intense fight between two of the most intense wrestlers of the 80's. Fujiwara is like a mad man from the start. He's put on a choke and won't let go. Eventually Riki finds his way free. He then proceeds to smash the fuck out of Fujiwara's face against the unprotected top turn buckle! I'm really surprised there's no blood. Things break down and the wily Fuji' goes under the ring for a wrench. From here to the end of the footage, this resembles something you'd see in AJPW with the Funks. This was a blast!! It's about 8-9 minutes of wrestling goodness.

•Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Mika Takahashi & Kaoru Maeda (AJW 03/20/88): Wow! This was a spirited sprint! This was a beginners style tag match and had plenty of scoop slams & drop kicks (not a bad thing). There were some great arm drags and rope running segments as well. There's one especially sick back breaker - keep an eye out for that one! Yeah, this was a lot of fun. These women brought the intensity and desire to win their novice level bout so the relatively simple moves were a perfect fit. It showed that their efforts were more impressive than their skill. Of course they would improve in that regard soon.

•Gran Hamada, Masato Yakushiji & Naohiro Hoshikawa vs. MEN'S Teioh, Shoichi Funaki & Yoshihiro Tajiri (Michinoku 03/01/98) - 8 of 13 minutes shown. This was very good Michinoku action. It's not as crisp as the top shelf stuff but is still damn good especially once they start picking up the pace. Tajiri fits in wonderfully and wish we got more of him in this one. I'm looking forward to seeing more Hoshikawa.

FMW  2000 (03/27)
•Gedo, Jado & Koji Nakagawa vs. Hayabusa (H), Naohiko Yamazaki & Yoshinori Sasaki - Fun match with Hayabusa (H) guiding the youngsters up against Team No Respect. Yamazaki was a little clumsy like a baby giraffe but it worked well. H had to save the day a couple times in a bigger brother way. Gedo, Jado & Nakagawa were excellent as always... especially in these 6 man matches. Nice way to kick off the event.

•Balls Mahoney, Chocoball Mukai, Crazy Boy & Tracy Smothers vs. Hideki Hosaka, Hido, Hisakatsu Oya & Kintaro Kanemura - This was fun like a bag of pop rocks & a Pepsi! Stuff was happening all over at the beginning! And the draw really is that everyone here is pretty solid worker (except Crazy Boy but he's doing the flying moves). The other bonus is that Balls, Tracy, Kanemura & Hido were working with each other in ECW around this time. So they really gelled. Very good stuff!

•Hayabusa (H) vs Kyoko Inoue 03/27 - This was a good match and was looking to be a great one at the very beginning. I think this became too much "your turn, my turn" wrestling. Someone would do 5 moves and try to get a pin then when that doesn't work the person on defense gets an opening. Then they try 5 moves and try to get a pin then it switches back. It is kinda lazy from a layout standpoint. Hayabusa does do this sometimes... not very often but unfortunately this is one instance. It is also elsewhere in wrestling, of course but we have two dynamic wrestlers and it doesn't feel dynamic. Why is it good? It's good because it does tell a quality story. It does actually treat Kyoko as an equal... there's no bull shit pervert spots or brushing her off. It's treated like Hayabusa vs a mid carder...so we can't actually believe they were going to do a great match.. I just wish they did.

I definitely would recommend the multi-man matches over the big match. I think you'll have a lot more fun with those! 

•CM PUNK vs. EDDIE GUERRERO vs. REY MYSTERIO (IWA-MS 03/01/02): This has no reason to be this good in such a tiny venue with ropes as loose as an old rubber band. These greats went for it though. Eddie Guerrero had nothing to prove. Rey was maskless but a star that clearly was getting better each day. Punk was champ but let's be honest, had a lot to prove here. He had to keep up with two of the best workers. And the young Punk did it! These guys went for fun spots. They went for tricky spots. And they hit them all. It wasn't as crisp as you'd see because of the ropes but damn they didn't let anything stop them. Now I'll stop you, it's not a tank emptying battle for the ages but for an indie match less than 15 minutes, this puppy will put a smile on your face.

•Dr. Wagner Jr., Mistico & Dos Caras Jr. vs. Ultimo Guerrero, Rey Bucanero & Hector Garza (CMLL 03/4/05): This was a blast!. Everyone did something impressive and cool. There was a decent sense of animosity between the teams. I thought the finish was rather brutal for lucha libre (at this time). It's sort of an 80's finish.

•Dr. Wagner Jr. & Mistico vs. Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (CMLL 03/11/05): This picks right up where the previous fight left off. There's so many cool moments and this is a breeze to watch. Plus this has a clean finish! 

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• Magnitude Kishiwada & Shoichi Uchida vs. Yoshihito Sasaki & Ryuichi Kawakami - Good to really good match. This had some really surprising moments for an under card match. Sasaki and Magnitude crushing wind pipes with lariats was totally unexpected for instance. All 4 guys put on a performance worth your time. Seeing as I skipped the official opener, this was a fine way to kick things off !
• Chairs Match: Takashi Sasaki vs. Sakigake - I'll have to keep an eye out for Sakigaki. He's a decent mid card guy. Takashi Sasaki is a ton of fun here. He's just going for big moves and Sakigake is fighting him off. Sasaki doesn't quit and eventually gets his move. This is hard hitting and the chair spots send a twinge down my spine. There's one I'm glad that they don't hit perfectly because the one guy could have been really hurt. This is a fun, fun match...weird to say that right after the previous sentence but that's wrestling for you.
• Scramble Bunkhouse Death Match: Suicide Kings (Drake Younger and Danny Havoc) vs. Ryuji Ito & Takumi Tsukamoto - Haha! Oh shit Drake has some blood gelatin swinging off his forehead at the end of this one 😄😵 This was a very good match. They kept the pace up. They had their spots of course but there's good tease and reversals too. It felt competitive which is always a positive. The barb wire bat spots were especially cringe inducing. And I'm not talking about some socially awkward situation...I'm talking about watching a guy get suplexed on a baseball bat wrapped in barb wire and  imagining how painful that would be. 
• RIP Coffin Death Match: 045 Junkies (Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa) vs. Isami Kodaka & Masashi Takeda - This was a good standard death match. It took a little bit to get going, I thought. Isami Kodaka really kicked the match into 2nd or 3rd gear. He started getting everyone else to do wrestling instead of aimlessly doing pedestrian hard-core wrestling. It was rather low effort before he got tagged in. Once everyone started wanting to work, this was fun. It was a little 'tongue in cheek' death match wrestling however... like the fun is that the crowd is enjoying the wrestlers do stunts rather than have a competitive match. Or that's how Kasai & Jaki were acting. Eventually once Jun, who is a good wrestler, got serious this was worthwhile. 
• Shinjiro Otani vs. Kazuki Hashimoto - This was a pretty good "young punk vs old grump" match. Hashimoto lit Otani's chest up with stiff kicks but Shinjiro has had worse (I think!). So the veteran wrestler was able to mount a come back with some stiff kicks and slaps of his own. And that's the point of the game. Hit the other guy really, really good. I ended up getting into this match because of the simple story and the intensity they were displaying. This gets this show back on track in terms of high quality wrestling.
• Shinya Ishikawa & Amigo Suzuki vs. BJ Strong (Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi) - Good tag team match. Amigo was out of his depth here being a junior wrestler vs two heavyweights (super heavies). Shinya was a great partner for him. This match told a good believable story so it never hit the height that it could have. Still it was well done and a fun bout.
• YMCA Death Match: Shuji Ishikawa vs. Yuko Miyamoto - This took a couple minutes to warm up but once they did, this was great! I cannot believe they did that superplex spot! What is best about these two is they want to do a wrestling match augmented by the props rather than make complicated arrangements. This was so much fun. Miyamoto had to give it his all to combat the titan Ishikawa. I definitely recommend this one! By the way, the props were barb wire, light tubes, chairs and two boards with sea shells attached to them (I think?). 

This was a really good show/DVD. Everything was easy to watch and got me excited to see what was next. I was a little disappointed by the Big Japan Strong  tag match as that was a selling point of the DVD. I was hoping for a battle but instead got a really fun story match. The thing is I'm not an Amigo Suzuki "fan." It's my second time seeing him...but that's on me not the wrestlers. Death match & hard core wrestling fans will get a kick out of this show. Thanks for reading!

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Naoki Sano vs Kenichi Yamamoto (05/27) - This a weird match as it's fought under some hybrid rules like BattlARTS or something 😀 There's pins but they're not actually working towards them. There's pro moves at times but they are extremely stiff. Yeah this is neat and something mentioned on DVDVR back in the day. It's short, violent and weird. I LIKED IT!
Tatsuo Nakano vs Koki Kitahara (05/27) - Yes! yes! Take your pretty Katsuyori Shibata, I'll take fatty Nakano & Kitahara any god damn day! Two pudgy prize fighters punishing each others fat faces with straight knees and headbutts. News flash a real headbutt hits the guy in the fucking nose & mouth with the thick cranium and breaks his face with your skull..not to knock heads together and give yourself brain damage. Anyhow, Nakano does a real "shoot" head butt to Kitahara and busts the bridge of his nose open. Does he go easy on him? Nah..he knees him in the face some more. LOVED IT!!!
Yoji Anjo vs Naoki Sano (06/26) - BattlARTS match again... maybe those guys were ahead of the curve - Technically oriented, hard hitting "pro wrestling" but no points system. You know its probably what UWF v.1 was doing. Anyhow, this was all of those things. Anjo jumped Sano before the bell. However, Sano rallied and was beating the crap outta Anjo. Anjo was bleeding. They played up the drama here in a more traditional manner. This was a bigger version of Sano's match with Yamamoto. Your mileage may vary on the outcome but I LOVED THIS.
Toshiaki Kawada vs Yoshihiro Takayama (09/11) - A really good novelty match with big implications for AJPW booking. These two would go on to have better encounters but this laid the groundwork. Again more UWF v.1 than UWFi shoot style. And that is the vibe of UWFi here in 1996. It's not necessarily the same wrestling it has been from '91-'95. It seems everyone wrestles like Tamura (I started to watch Scott vs Kakihara and it lacked both guys' personality and felt like Tamura vs Tamura) OR they wrestle a UWF/BattlARTS/NJ 86-87 style. That's difficult to adjust to once I've gotten to like what I have been watching. I suppose they were trying to do whatever would draw them business. I don't dislike the more pro oriented style. I like it but it doesn't work for me right next to the more authentic shoot style wrestling. Which is real & which isn't? I don't want to ask that question while watching the same promotion. These hybrid matches need to actually be watched separately from the rest of the promotion's output. This seems like a good place to end with UWFi.
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UWFi closes up shop in 1996 but RINGS is getting better as it goes. This might be the largest batch of RINGS matches reviewed.
Mitsuya Nagai vs. Mikhail Ilioukhine (RINGS, 3/25/96) - I liked the slams Mikhail was doing and Nagai's stand up was fine. There's just too little of it. This is felt like the same confrontation every time. Throw a kick, grab it, slam, exhibition submission wrestling, half hearted rope break. This felt like a throw back and a step back to what RINGS was doing. IT'S OK 
Dick Vrij vs Kiyoshi Tamura (RINGS 6-29-96) - This was good but over too soon. Vrij was really laying into Tamura. His strikes were pretty on point. Those knees to the face were wicked. Dick doesn't really wrestle and so it was cut and dry on the mat. Unfortunately, they didn't milk the drama with multiple knockdowns. It really actually kinda ended with a moment that was kind of realistic. Like "yeah you should end things asap." IT'S OK. Hopefully I didn't speak too soon about the promotion.
Masayuki Naruse vs. Todor Todorov (RINGS, 6/29/96) - Exciting stuff! Really spirited stand up fighting. The mat stuff was good but not overly complex. In honesty, it was a good addition to the striking. It broke that portion up. And I really dug the suplexes/slams also. A very well rounded bout. It could have gone on a few more minutes as these guys had great chemistry. I LOVED THIS ONE
Volk Han vs. Mitsuya Nagai (RINGS, 6/29/96) - OK now I'm getting to see what others have said about Han. It's probably because Nagai is higher in rank/experience now. Additionally, RINGS is a bit quicker and closer to a shoot. We get the speed and we get better strikes as time moves on in RINGS. There was a specific wrestling exchange where it really looked like Volk was progressing through holds organically. He went for one joint lock which opened up a stretch which opened up another hold. Prior to '95, it sometimes looked like he kind of just would pick around for a free limb as if not bothered by the opposition or if he were in a leg lock. Maybe that's what he wanted to convey but that style didn't work for me. THIS worked for me. This version of Nagai worked for me too. He drilled Han a few times and was no slouch on the canvas. LOVED IT
Masayuki Naruse vs Egan Inoue (RINGS 8-24-96) - Oh shoot! Was this a shoot? Off the chart intensity and realism. Even the grounded stalemate and different guards led me to think if this wasn't a shoot, it certainly wasn't as sportsman-like as many other matches. The stalemate on the ground as led me to believe this. Seeing as you're not allowed grounded strikes, they both were evenly matched and I'm sure someone would find an opening, the ref wisely stood them back up. The "story" of the match is that Inoue kept getting hit in the eye. They seemed to show respect to one another during the match but after the second hit in the eye, that's out the window. Finish may be a work, may be a shoot but LOVED THIS ONE
Tsuyoshi Kohsaka vs. Mitsuya Nagai (RINGS, 9/25/96) - What an absolute battle! Nagai's throwing strikes like he should every match. TK has got to struggle for everything. He is a wizard on the ground. But he's not a push over fighting from his feet as well. But what makes this special is the speed & intensity. This felt like a shoot. RINGS finally is doing what UWFi was doing in this regard. Now they also seem to have a deeper roster as well. They are offering fresh matches and as history shows, they have their best years ahead of them while UWFi was closing its doors. LOVED THIS
Volk Han vs. Masayuki Naruse (RINGS, 10/25/96) - Really good stuff! I'm really digging Naruse and his evolution. He can hang with Han. This starts out excellently but does get into the Han slowing things down to "grab an extra limb to make a human pretzel" which everyone else seems to enjoy. What I do like here is that Naruse is able to escape from many holds or at least get to the ropes. Han is a great pro wrestler though, I have no doubt. Seeing as he's been doing it for 5 years and once a month, he's a quick study. Case in point, him making the concerted effort to drag Naruse into the middle of the ring...much like an animal bringing its prey back to its den. Another great moment is when Volk Han loses his cool. Naruse excels at being the spunky under dog and selling that to the fans. This is definitely where he exceeds Mitsuya Nagai. Anyhow, great, smart finish on top of a great match. LOVED IT
Masayuki Naruse vs Dick Vrij (11/22/96) - Equally quick match as the Tamura one at the start of this section BUT I think they built the tension much better. I think they showed Dick was vulnerable on the mat but very dangerous in stand-up. Naruse was more well rounded and could end it anywhere. This did feel like a wrestling match in terms of drama and the strike exchanges and whatnot. I LIKED IT
RINGS is still carrying the shoot style banner. They have definitely picked it up where UWFi left it. I think it's a safe generalization that UWFI 1991-94 & RINGS 1996 and afterwards are the best periods. You can look to where Tamura was wrestling as a general guide, I guess. I'm going to end my sampling here for now. I really enjoyed the project. I definitely feel better informed. This is entertaining stuff but nothing can replace more traditional pro wrestling for me. It's a nice diversion. I think that's how I will look at it in terms of my blog going forward. I know I missed a lot of the classic stuff...even when using my own parameters. But that was the point, in a way. I wanted to see if the style itself could appeal to me. Thankfully it does but it comes and goes. There were days where I watched almost a half dozen matches. Other times, it felt like a chore to get through one match. It all depends AND my views don't necessarily mesh with others' views. There were more than a few recommended matches that I thought were OK or above average at best. Then there were other bouts that I loved but I didn't hear much of anything on from other folks. If you're interested in UWFi & RINGS then use my posts as a guide. Use others reviews as guides too. Ultimately, you're going to have to see what you like & what you don't. You'll have to do your own shoot style sampling 🙂

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Keiji Muto vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan (06/14) - Battle for the moonsault, Tenzan's busted wide open, Muto's pissed, Tenzan has an answer for Muto's moves. This absolutely is what Muto can deliver when he's motivated. No laying around on the mat or even messing around with dragon screws teasing figure four bores. This is about fighting. This could have been a true classic if it went on for maybe 30 seconds longer but honestly this was as long as it needed to be. I dug the heck out of it and definitely why I watch Muto matches when they come up. I don't know why or when but, he absolutely has excellent matches in him. And I'm not talking much about Tenzan because he's a solid player who can deliver very good to great matches just by being tough, hitting hard and showing attitude. Muto takes that, brings his A-game and deliver a low end classic. RECOMMENDED
Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Shinya Hashimoto (08/13) - I watched the full version and damn! this was a really, really good match. It's simple. Two guys, one baby face & one heel, beat each other up to prove who's tougher. Sure there's a tournament but this is more about ego than a couple tournament points.
Yoji Anjo & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (11/25 UWFi) - Yes! Oh hells yes! Stiff as a wall ! A hate-fest fought at a machine gun pace. Anyone hesitant about shoot style needn't worry. This is pro-wrestling. It's a brawl more than anything else. It is fantastic! Just so much bad attitude from both sides. I loved this. It's a little over 10 minutes but I'm still going to call it a classic. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. 
Masa Chono & Tenzan vs Hashimoto & Junji Hirata (12/11) - Hash is tired of Tenzan's shit! Let him have it!!! This was a great match. Hirata/Super Strong Machine was excellent in this match. Hashimoto let him handle himself in this match. It was two of the toughest teams of New Japan facing off again. The post match stuff is entertaining as well.

Keeping with the Video Daze format, I'll be collecting some matches that interest me but just aren't able to watch at the moment. This will help remind me as well as steer you in a direction you might not known about. 

This time GAORA has collected a series of matches from the summer of 2005. These feature the dastardly Voodoo Murders stable versus Kensuke Office. I had a best of 2005 comp DVD that features a VM match and man, was it different from the 90's AJPW that I had been watching. It turned me off of this era of the company. I was mistaken though. It wasn't what I wanted at the time. This period, especially VM stuff is closer to American wrestling angles & shenanigans than you'd see in AJPW or maybe even New Japan. I honestly love this type of stuff though. It's really melodramatic. What draws me about it in puro is that they can back it up in the ring. Now...that said the VM stable did have some muscle bound Western wrestlers that were fresh out of Stamford, CT and they aren't my cup of tea. In fact, they're a big reason why I stopped watching wrestling on TV in the early 2000's.

What drew me to this angle was the inclusion of joshi queen & Mrs. Kensuke, Akira Hokuto! She's one of my all time faves & I recommend her matches in GAEA in case you think she ran out of juice in the 90's. Anyhow, this looks like a great angle where TARU and his crew go after Hokuto in order to get in the head of Kensuke & his protege Nakajima. Tomoaki Honma becomes an honorary member of Kensuke's clan in order to fight them. I'm becoming more of a fan of his from watching late 90's Big Japan so this was right up my alley.

I did my best dating these using Quebrada & Cagematch. 

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2005
The evil hand of VOODOO ...
Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Shuji Kondo/"brother" YASSHI (06/03)

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Katsuhiko Nakajima & Tomoaki Honma (Kensuke Family) vs Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI (06/19)

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Akira Hokuto K.O. in front of Kensuke Sasaki...
Kensuke Sasaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Tomoaki Honma vs Shuji Kondo, "brother" YASSHI & TARU (07/15)

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Akira Hokuto rejoices!! 
Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI (07/26)

This looks like an easy four-pack of matches to watch. I'm looking forward to these! Thanks for reading!

Hiromitsu Kanehara vs Kenichi Yamamoto (01/16) - Quick one sided bout but very entertaining as Yamamoto not only refused a hand shake but had a couple rude gestures for Kanehara. So seeing Kanehara teach the young punk a lesson was fun. I LIKED IT

Kazushi Sakuraba vs Yoji Anjo (02/18) - This was very mat scrambly as you would expect from Sakuraba. Anjo can do any discipline of fighting. He threw some very good knees to the bread basket for instance. Nothing earth shattering here but still fun to watch them work in & out of holds. I LIKED IT

Masahito Kakihara vs. Kiyoshi Tamura (02/18) - Holy cow! Too short to say much about but cool while it lasted. Short & intense enough to be a shoot frankly. Worth a watch.

James Stone vs Kazushi Sakuraba (06/18) - Fun match but Stone/Little Guido was enhancement talent for UWFI. Still he looked pretty good on the canvas. His selling/defense of the stand up fighting was too "pro wrestling" than I've become accustomed to. That said, his matches might be an excellent entry point for someone wanting to see what shoot style/UWFi was about. IT'S OK

Yoshihiro Takayama vs Kazuo Yamazaki (06/18) - My favorite matches have a good sample of all tactics - strikes, suplexes and submissions. This was no different. There's actually an emphasis on striking here. That made this interesting since it felt more like a shoot style brawl. I also think this translates well to fans not used to shoot style. Anyhow, this was exciting and dramatic wrestling. I LOVED IT

Naoki Sano vs James Stone (07/13) - Stone already has the Guido character figured out. He shoves Sano while the ref is checking his ring gear. I liked this more than the Sakuraba match as Sano kept things on the ground. He used choice strikes to either set up a takedown or to count as a knockdown. I wish they let Stone be more competitive because these really are squash matches. They are a novelty for ECW/WWE fans who want to see Little Guido/Nunzio. But hey, that's me & I'm glad I saw this 😋 Plus I'm a Sano fan. IT'S OK. I should note that it's a little closer to earlier UWFi style in they use a couple pro moves in good shoot style context. Not sure if they did this to make Stone more comfortable or more likely to ease people into the upcoming NJPW feud/gain wider appeal to draw bigger audiences. That's a general trend I've noticed for 1995.

Yoshihiro Takayama vs Naoki Sano (08/18) - Oh wow, this was a neat one! Sano was targeting Takayama's bandaged thigh. Not super obvious but, it was giving him openings with the big man. This match definitely could have gone on a couple more minutes and I would have been happy. Terrific showing from Sano. He & Takayama had great chemistry. I think that they tagged together later on in NOAH. I LIKED IT

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OK I've got a few more RINGS matches this time.

Mitsuya Nagai vs. Willie Peeters (RINGS, 4/28/95) - Pretty quick but pretty sweet. This was primarily about strikes. Peeters palm strikes were nasty. If he could connect with his kicks then he might have ended this sooner. Nagai was landing his though. Seems like he was going for the liver - nice! 😋 Short and sweet. I LIKED IT

Volk Han vs. Masayuki Naruse (RINGS, 4/28/95) - It's neat to watch Naruse mature. Here he takes it to the master. Volk is like fly paper. He seems to turn every strike encounter into a hold/take down to the mat. Here Han's height advantage plays a part since it's tough for Naruse to land kicks to the head. He does just fine with palm strikes though. Han has much better strikes now too. In fact, he seems much more animated than in earlier years. This seemed much more like a true competition than an exhibition. Earlier RINGS seemed at half speed of UWFi for example. LOVED THIS

Mitsuya Nagai vs. Andrei Kopilov (RINGS, 5/20/95) - Excellent intensity here. Striking when it's appropriate to open up a takedown. Great throws from Andrei. Competitive wrestling on the canvas. I really dug how Nagai pulled Andrei back into the middle of the ring on one attempt. And that reminds me! Andrei is strong as hell! He damn near dumped Nagai over the ropes a couple times! I think this could have developed more because they had great chemistry. I LIKED IT!

Tsuyoshi Kohsaka vs. Grom Zaza (RINGS, 12/19/95) - Bullshit Zaza's 29 years old! More like 39. Holy crap...just saw his Wikipedia entry. He was 30 years old. The man aged like LeBron. Anyhow, WAY more aggressive than we were seeing a couple years ago with striking. RINGS is stepping up in '95. Or maybe TK brings out the best in people. This looked way more like a legit fight than much of the RINGS I've seen pre '95. I'm no expert but the intensity and speed of the strikes made this super exciting. On top of that, the mat wrestling was top notch AND they really played up the drama. I LOVED this one! Maybe the best RINGS match I've watched. Ishikawa vs Naruse excluded.

I'm glad that I didn't quit on RINGS. Don't know if it's just me but, RINGS seems to get better as time goes on. Thanks for reading!!!

I figure, I still will be promoting cool wrestling to folks. Hopefully my digging will help provide a curated watch list/mixtape for you to check out. For me, I think it'll free up some space on my computer and my mind. I'm only going to link officially released stuff because I don't want any heat on the mom & pop posters sharing good stuff. Besides there's plenty of good stuff being released by the companies nowadays. Additionally, most official promotions channel's old video are a rat's nest of dozens (hundreds?) of videos with no real good way to sort them out. I'm doing some of that work for ya 🙂

This first batch is early 2000's New Japan. There's such a hard time finding much of New Japan on da Tube because of their paid service But back in the 2010's they were posting tons of contemporary stuff. 15 years later, that stuff is vintage wrestling 😁 And in my opinion isn't really marred by the tropes of 10+ years. There's not a ton but again, it's worth checking out.

 
2003

Bucanero & Guerrero vs Super Crazy & TAGUCHI (04/23/03) Rey Bucanero & Ultimo Guerrero were introduced to my through the 2008 TNA Global X Cup. I'm not a lucha aficionado so I can just say that I like them. I have a compilation of theirs that I watched years ago and enjoyed. Seeing them in a match versus Super Crazy & a young Ryusuke Taguchi is exactly the type of shit I dig for.

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CHONO & TENZAN vs TANAHASHI & YOSHIE (04/28/03) After watch 1995 New Japan, Chono & Tenzan are one of my favorite teams at the moment. Seeing them versus baby Tanahashi & big man Yoshie sounds like a good time.

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NAGATA & IIZUKA vs TAKAYAMA & MAKABE (07/05/03) Save Iizuka, this has three of the most interesting workers of the 2000's in it. Nagata vs Takayama is enough to get me interested. Throw Makabe in there...yeah this is worth a watch. You know someone gets kicked or kneed really hard.

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2004

TENZAN & NAGATA & NAKANISHI vs TANAHASHI & NAKAMURA & SHIBATA (10/01/04) This is cool. We've got a representation of New Japan early 2000's stars. These guys weren't setting the internet ablaze in the West but I've come to like all three. Then we have the new Three Musketeers. Korakuen Hall 6 man with vets versus young punks...this has to be a blast.

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Nakamura vs Shibata (07/04/04) The two shoot style leaning wrestlers of the new generation. All said, under 10 minutes long...this should be nasty. I really dig this period of Nakamura.

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2005

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura vs Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi & Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin (06/19/05) This reminds me of putting a match together in Fire Pro Returns match maker mode. Thinking, "OK I've only got one match slot left. I need to make sure I draw a big crowd. Who do have left on the roster?" It's got almost a 1/2 million views and its in Korakuen Hall. It's worth checking out!

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SHINSUKE NAKAMURA vs NAOFUMI YAMAMOTO (12/25/05) Again, I'm interested in this era of Nakamura. Yamamoto is Yoshi Tatsu from WWE. I actually have a 2006 New Japan project that has DVDs. Yeah, holy shit!! 😄 And he's kind of a big deal in those so I thought this would be a good way to get familiar.

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HIROSHI TANAHASHI vs HIROOKI GOTO (12/25/05) Hirooki Goto is one of guys that got me interested in watch "newer" NJPW for a minute back in the 2010's. They don't have a bunch of his stuff on the New Japan channel so I'm going to take what I can get. We'll see how young lion Goto works with Tanahashi.

Thanks for reading! Enjoy the wrestling!

Yoshihiro Takayama vs Yuko Miyato (04/03) - Man, Takayama has reach! Miyato isn't going to win the striking game. He doesn't really dominate on the mat either as Takayama has a clear size advantage. This was really good stuff and I thought they went home a little earlier than I would have liked. They had really good chemistry and a dynamic fight.  Really LIKED IT

Victor Zangiev vs Yoji Anjo (04/03) - Zangiev is a damn wizard. That one escape was nothing short of amazing. You gotta see it! Like his Street Fighter counterpart, the man is a suplex machine. Anjo peppers him with stiff kicks & slaps but the Russian bides his time. I really dug the finish here as one man went outside of his comfort zone to finish the match and presented a big opening for his opponent. Post match drama too! I LOVED THIS!

Dan Severn vs Masahito Kakihara (04/03) Severn is really good in these as he's got the wrestling down pat and it's done in a believable way. Plus he's usually bigger than his foe and can absorb their blows. That means that they can lay into him without fear of an accidental knockout. This has a little bit of everything including Dan fighting defensively on the ground (with strikes) which you don't see too many guys do. I LIKED THIS a good bit.

Kazushi Sakuraba vs Tom Burton (05/06) - Holy moley - this is why you want some weight classes! Burton is a big beast and Saku is young and thin. He's still gifted on the mat but Burton was throwing his scarecrow body all around the ring. And damn! that knee lift! Pretty one sided but quite entertaining. I LIKED IT

Victor Zangiev vs Yuko Miyato (05/06) - Zangiev exhibition match. This was a blast to watch and would recommend just if you want to see Zangiev do his thing. LIKED IT for what it was.

Bad News Allen vs Hiromitsu Kanehara (08/18) - This was a fun one. Kanehara was clearly holding back but this was well worked. It's a pleasure to see Allen work these UWFi matches. I LIKED IT as it was simple and enjoyable to watch...not necessarily a badass match though.

Dan Severn vs Yoshihiro Takayama (10/14) - Well, that was aggressive to the point of frenzied. Hell yes! Severn was just eating palm strikes and knees in order to get (the still thin) Takayama off his feet. In the most entertaining fashion, he suplexed the dude. But damn, Takayama drove those knees in. This is definitely one that could have gone on a couple more minutes. Still that finish was brutal looking. LIKED/LOVED IT

Victor Zangiev & Vladimir Berkovich vs Yoji Anjo & Naoki Sano (UWFi 6/10) - Zangiev is always badass! Berkovich is here so it's not a 2-1 match but he adds very little. Anjo & Sano do great here peppering the Russian with kicks and getting the occasional suplex. It's underdeveloped and iswhat holds it back from being "great." Still it's a blast - I LIKED IT!

Kazuo Yamazaki vs Tatsuo Nakano (08/18) - Yamazaki played along with Nakano's strength and did a predominantly standing fight. Nakano would want to wrestle but Kazuo didn't necessarily play along and risk exposing Nakano. Or maybe he wanted to beat Tatsuo at his own game? It's good but not great. I LIKED IT with that said.

Yoji Anjo vs Hiromitsu Kanehara (11/30) - Very spirited fight. Kanehara was fighting an uphill battle as Anjo might be the most well rounded fighter in the league. They did everything right without this being necessarily outstanding. I LIKED IT though.

Just a couple RINGS matches since it hasn't been setting my world on fire. I found a couple that looked interesting though.

Mitsuya Nagai vs. Masayuki Naruse (RINGS, 12/16/94) - This was really good at times. The strikes were snappy and the wrestling was quick but believable. But then again, there were enough moments where I'm not sure why a hold was released or why a guy went for a rope break or something didn't look strong enough to warrant a knockdown. So it had it's moments and had it's issues. I LIKED IT though. 

Tsuyoshi Kohsaka vs Daisuke Ikeda (RINGS 12/24/94) - Oh yeah this was pretty damn aggressive from the start. Ikeda could throw and take a shot. This came down to who would be best on the mat. TK just wanted it more. It think Ikeda was losing steam as this went on whereas Kohsaka stayed in the zone throughout. I LIKED IT quite a bit. Those strikes - damn!

Yoji Anjo is definitely the stand out so far in this project. He & Ted DiBiase are probably my front runners for best wrestlers watched this year. Hope you find some good stuff to watch! Thanks for reading 🙂

Dan Severn vs Yoji Anjo (02/14) Damn was this fun. Severn is way bigger than Anjo and was throwing suplexes. Anjo tried for strikes but Dan was absorbing them. I really LIKED IT

Steve Day vs Hiromitsu Kanehara (04/10) - This had a bit of everything - strikes, suplexes, judo throws, hurty-looking submission holds. And it all looked and felt urgent and real which is important. Kanehara threw strikes while grounded to break Days concentration which was a nice touch. Day wanted to use throws & takedowns but knew he needed to throw a knee here & there in order to get inside and get Kanehara on the defense. LOVED  IT

Masahito Kakihara vs Naoki Sano (04/10) - You gotta love Kakihara's fire. It definitely gives all his bouts an adrenaline shot. Sano is a smooth operator though. It was a real fire vs ice bout. Excellent work in stand-up and the ground. These somewhat shorter matches force the guys to really push the pace and competitive feeling. I LOVED THIS

Bad News Allen vs Yoshihiro Takayama (05/06) - Fun stuff with a slower pace since they're heavyweights. Well Allen certainly is at this point. He's still bad news though. His throws and submissions look great. That arm bar neck lock was a beauty! I LIKED IT

Yuko Miyato vs Kazuo Yamazaki (05/06) - Hard fought battle for a 12 minute match. I think this one had it all - kicks, suplexes and working on the mat. I really enjoyed that both guys were able countering and escaping while on the mat. I also dug how heated this was. This wasn't a dry competition... I got the vibe they weren't happy with one another. Anytime they can incorporate storytelling like that in shoot style and have great action - it's something special. I LOVED THIS ONE

Dennis Koslowski vs Yuko Miyato (08/13) - Dennis is a bronze and silver medal winning Greco-Roman wrestler. But he's susceptible to strikes as you'd expect. Miyato knows he's got to keep hitting the big man if he's going to have a chance. Koslowski is entertaining as hell here. Suplex City baby! But his submission holds look great too...he's not looking for a KO and wants to finish it on the mat. I LIKED IT ALOT

Kiyoshi Tamura vs Yuko Miyato (10/04) - Miyato was like fuck this shit, I'm not wrestling Tamura on the mat. Dude wisely starts laying in the hits. His shots to the abdomen are vicious! You can't count Tamura out though. This was excellent stuff with great strikes and super dynamic mat action from Tamura. LOVED IT

Tatsuo Nakano vs Yoji Anjo (10/04) - Damn, this was a gutsy performance by Nakano. He's essentially the level one boss of a beat-em up game. Anjo who's usually pretty sure of himself got real scared when Nakano nearly German suplexed him in the early goings. I really got into this match. At the very least a Tatsuo Nakano match will be entertaining. You get to see him get beat up & keep going. This was a different kind of match. I REALLY LIKED IT

Now let us shift over to RINGS. General principle applies here too but I'm focusing more specifically on Nagai, Naruse, and Grom Zaza.

Masayuki Naruse v Nobuaki Kakuta (3/5/93)I wanted to skip as it looked like a shoot on initial viewing. But I've come back and it's a work. They just happen to get the UWFi style & speed down pat. RINGS really seems half speed in comparison to UWFi at this time. This is an exception. Really good striking & competitive mat wrestling. I LIKED THIS

Yuki Ishikawa vs. Masayuki Naruse (RINGS, 5/29/93) - Matwork marathon, matwork masterpiece. These guys scrambled for nearly a half hour. They worked the whole time. It feels like what you you're looking for when talking about highly technical professional wrestling. Ishikawa and Naruse aren't fighting for real of course. The concept of a "guard" is treated as foreign for instance. So you know it's a work 🙂 Then the next conclusion I think is "this is exactly what Inoki had in mind." This harkens back to that. And harkens back to the original UWF as well. I LOVED IT. Naruse is someone I'm glad I'm seeing in this project.

Volk Han vs. Dick Vrij (RINGS, 7/13/93) - This felt stilted to me. There's a great emphasis on strikes. Those didn't look great though. Han's strikes looked good. Dick should have looked vicious but looked neutered. IT'S OK

Grom Zaza vs Nikolai Zouev (08/21/93) - A little bit of everything in this match - strikes, suplexes and submission moves. They felt pretty evenly matched and was pretty entertaining for the most part. They lose steam or focus as it went on. There was drama with the points at the end but I felt that they didn't actually do much to work that drama. It felt like like they knew the order of rope breaks but didn't really build towards them though. I LIKED IT overall though.

Todor Todorov vs. Masayuki Naruse (RINGS, 12/8/93) - Nice even match up. There's some nice strikes, a few great suplexes and constant mat action. I wish there was a better angle on the finish because it was hard to see what did the job. I LIKED IT

I'm not really sure if RINGS is my jam. Ishikawa vs Naruse has probably been my favorite and I'm not getting that excited by everything else. It's good but it's not encouraging me to invest more time into it. And you might say, "well that's because of who you're watching." That's true but I don't know if I'm breaking any news then or at least giving these a fresh take. 

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I find the layout over on the new blog is a lot easier to read on phones & tablets...which is kinda what I gear my writing to. I want you to be able to read my blog while you're on the train, waiting for your food to be delivered, or on your lunch break. This way you're pumped up to go check wrestling out when you get some actual free time 😁 Also I think it's a better place for wrestling pictures because I can adjust some things better. So if you dig pictures with your blogs, check it out!

Currently I am posting about NJPW 1995 and will be tackling NJ vs UWFi there. Also did a cool Bull Nakano in the 80's post with a bunch of pictures.