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Loss, there's a 4 part series on WWE.com where Eric Bishoff is interviewed by JBL about Eric's book. One of the questions he answers is why he allowed Nash to book. I won't ruin it for you here.

5/23/93 is the rare Worldwide match, isn't it? If so, that IMO is even better than Pillman vs Luger. What a great match.

Perhaps, but my reviews and thoughts tend to be positive based if I'm talking about wrestling since I feel bad about being negative when talking about individual wrestlers and matches. Jericho as said before is both underrated and overrated. I don't know how he does it but he pulls it off. He managed to be underrated in the smarkschoice poll though. Very charasmatic, had the Marc Rocco factor about him in the ring (wrestling looked natural to him) which I thought he improved on as his career went on. Despite having some "weak" moves at the end of his WWF run (One example of the WWE limited moveset hurting someone), I thought a good amount of them were somewhat interesting moves (especially the dropkick your opponent off the apron bit) which I believe contributed to him being overrated and underrated by everyone. That was probably also due to his varying quality in his wrestling matches. And that reminds me that Jericho has several high end preformances that are terrific. Kane on Raw, Rock on PPV, Michaels at Mania, some of his matches against Benoit. However, perhaps just as impressive was that string of matches where he had on Raw against the new crippled WWE star of the day where Jericho was basically wrestling himself. I thought he got shortchanged there in the GWE poll as I bet most people weren't thinking of those matches when rating him. I don't know if he was a better as a face or a heel. I thought he did well with both roles which is a compliment to him. Another compliment to him is that he gradutated to what I like to call the "fans will never turn on you or grow apathetic" factor. This is what Eddie Guerrero experienced, the Undertaker to a degree, Angle was experiencing it and Benoit is definitely there as well. When it's all said and done, that just may be the greatest accolade one can get as a wrestler. Enthusiastic respect are the words I'm looking for here and Jericho had it. The WWE hasn't been the same since he left.

That's the Cuban Assasin, isn't it? I'm not sure if I've seen this match or not.

This is one of my favourite matches of all time. The intrigue of wondering what would happen if Hanson hit Andre with the lariat alone was enough to keep me glued to my seat. I've been watching a few matches lately. Some classics and even a match that's said to be one of the best of all time but there was nothing that was really hitting home with me. One of the ways I judge matches is how they make me feel. If they can make me come out of a bad mood or get me pumped up mentally than it gets some extra stars. I was watching a few matches there last night and like I said I haven't been feeling much as of late. 3 matches into my viewing and I was worried that I was starting to become jaded to absolutely everything. One match started to bring me out of this mindset and than other totally did so and reminded me of why I love this art we call professional wrestling. Ironically, it was a match I already knew I really liked but a match that didn't hit me as hard back than as it did now. That match is the Chris Benoit/Dean Malenko vs Eddie Guerrero/Chris Jericho bout from the Brian Hildebrand show from 1998. I now think this this is the best match Benoit and Malenko ever had together. In fact, it may be the best tag team match of the various tag team combinations we had in the late 90s WCW even surpassing stuff like the Benoit/Saturn vs the Triad PPV handicap match. Perhaps before I wasn't into the tag team formula present here as I am now. Perhaps I wasn't into the great work around the sleeper that was here. Perhaps I wasn't as happy at the offence as I am now. I don't know but what I do know now is that this match is brilliant. The match is handheld and not televised. The handheld is perfectly fine but a television production would probably be better for the match as Benoit's offence at the time comes off better when you have a camera close up. Jericho and Eddie are your classic heels in this and do a great job of portraying that. Benoit and Malenko are of course the faces. Everything done after that is spot on. Benoit is super agressive on Eddie and he cowers in the corner. Jericho like the coward he is takes over with a eye poke. Eddie and Jericho proceed to work over Benoit while concentrating some on the throat making the sleeper spots that more effective. Benoit does a great face in peril job that is not predictable at all. In fact, the number of times you think he's going to get it but than ends up with Benoit not getting the hot tag is truly refreshing. I LOVED how when he got first opportunity for a tag it makes sense on why he can't get it. I loved on how when Eddie and Benoit were going to get another double tag team effort on him that Benoit than senses the urgency of the situation and than fights backs with everything he's got like only he can. The comeback spots in here were just spot on and than at the end of the face in peril segment where Eddie like a good heel does cheats on the outside by going back to a sleeper yet again. That puts the face back in the "most peril" possible before making the tag (something I always like in my tag matches) before in an awesome bad guys get what's coming to them spot Benoit gets the hot tag. Really great work in there that gets the emotions brewing. Than they have a sweet ending stretch where a battered Benoit who appeared to have been taken out by Eddie on the outside comes back and makes the save. Following tht we got a nice payoff at the end where the heels get their just deserts which was a very satisfying way to end the whole bout. If I had to give a rating I would say it's over the 4 star mark. I also watched Rip Rogers in a ladder match against the Hardy Boys. Lots of fun in that one as well with what looked to be a reallly banged up Rogers still bringing it in the ring like only he can. _________________

Jake Roberts vs Big Boss Man Wrestling Summit 4/90 Wow, this was a very good match. Roberts is really smart in the ring and Bossman once again brings the wrestling effort. The work from Robets comeback late in the match was done really well with Roberts knocking Bossman with several hits to the face. Bossman avoiding the kneelift was a cool spot as well. Someone so needs to make a Best of the Big Boss Man comp.

Maybe you don't see the problem because you're one of the fans everyone else has a problem with? Just sayin, anyone who doesn't understand why ROH fans get on everyone's nerves is either being intentionally dense or is one of the annoying ROH fans themselves. This is so true at the smartmarks board.

I seriously don't understand at all what the author's trying to say here. How can people cheering take heat away from a match? Doesn't cheering mean heat is being added to the match? Or does he mean the kids were distracting the audience and therefore "taking" potential heat away from the match? Anyone who chants "shut the f**k up at kids" should be drug out to the streets and shot.

Are the tests coming up this week? WP -- Finally getting excited for Raw

Yes, he was. Definitely over the midcard posistion and from what I remember he had the same spot in World Grand Prix Wrestling as well. However, he was just as well know or more so than even the main eventers. You can't help but love the Assasin after awhile simply because he is what wrestling is truly all about. http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBios/cub...anassassin.html

Ted DiBiase vs. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan Tuxedo/No DQ/Coal. Miners Glove on a Pole In the confines of a Steel Cage Very good bout. Duggan showed some fire and Dibiase was a really good heel here.

Absolutely! Even TODAY, many people mention Iron Mike Sharp along the same lines as Wayne Gretzky, Ferguson Jenkins, Steve Nash, and Bret Hart as far as "Greatest Canadian Athletes Ever" go. Yeah, "Iron Mike" was awesome. He did a good job of sticking out from the pack. Does anyone remember him teaming with Hogan in New Japan?

Don't think he ever worked shootstyle. I don't know how much lucha work he has, but he does have a match with El Canek, a clipped version of which is available via the youtube thread. Owen and Benoit were opponents for some tag matches in Mexico so there are some more mathches you can put under Owen's Mexican resume.

No, that doesn't wash. Have you even seen the Lesnar matches in Japan? It's nothing to do with the style or the fans or unfamiliarity. That would stop him from having really good matches, at first. Lesnar had awful matches where he basically never even tried to do anything. It's not like he was working hard and it just wasn't happening because of the style/language/familiarity "barrier". It's easy to tell when's someone's trying and it's not coming off right and when they just don't care. And Lesnar just didn't care. Plus, he worked with Bernard and it was as bad as anything else he did while in Japan, so that puts an end to the unfamiliarity excuse. If anything, not wrestling the WWE style should've allowed Lesnar to grow a lot as a wrestler, but he did the complete opposite. Yeah, I've seen 3 or 4 of Lesar's matches in Japan. A-Train despite being a really good wrestler was not one of Lesnar's better opponents in the WWE. They had a good, solid match in Japan just like they did in the WWE. I imagine he got a little discouraged on top of everything else once he was out of his element. The WWE style despite its annoyances at time is really good in that it automatically gives you a very good base and match structure to work with. Other styles may have more freedom but they don't give you that structure that's guaranteed to at least work so with other styles you're more likely to get a so so match or a dud. I had predicted Lesnar would suffer after not wrestling the WWE style and I was right. If he were to go back to the WWE his matches would recieve an automatic boost in quality and with that would probably come more motivation which in turn would get everyone praising him again. A-Train's a different scenario than Lesnar and since I'm bragging here I'd like to point out that I predicted he could handle styles outside of the WWE and well; I was right.

Not wrestling the WWE style and Lesnar's unfamilairity with his new opponets were big handicaps for Lesnar went he over to Japan. If he were to go back to the WWE. odds are that his match quality would improve and everybody would be in love with him once again with the word unmotivated a million miles away from anyone's thoughts.

Ricky Steamboat/Jay Youngblood vs Brisco Brothers Starrcade 83 This was really good. Nothing too special or anything or but a fun, fun match that managed to look really realistic for a pro wrestling match without resorting to ultra stiffness. Steamboat hits the deadlift counter out of the short arm scissors that Davey (Just how strong was Davey??) Backland and Benoit like to use so yeah even if the rest of the match sucked I would've still liked this one because that's one of fav moves ever in wrestling. It never fails to wake me up; not that this match needed to wake me up or anything. And Angelo Mosco makes a terrific refferee! I marked out watching him actually keep control in the ring.

Why are those guys out?

So very true. That would make a good topic. Stuff that made you think, "I've seen it all now". I remember marking out of mind when I saw the Cuban Assasin doing somersault flips off of the top rope back in the late 80s.

I rewatched the Kobashi vs Misawa NOAH match from 03. Last time was about a couple of years ago. This is so terrific. The fans, the drama, the heart, the passion, the hard hitting, the bumps, the moveset and a fitting "conclusion" to the saga of Kobashi vs Misawa. They wrestled the match just the way it should've been given the situation. A true torch passing the way it was meant to be. I love wrestling.

Man alive, the Iron Sheik is awesome. Heres' the Iron Sheik on Jerry Springer and signing an autograph outside of a courtroom Sheik always maintains kayfabe! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Cqm7tN1cA

Why did they job Muto as bad as they did at Starrcade 89? Even if Muto was leaving it didn't make sense to job him out that bad. Yes, I'm still upset over this almost 17 years later.

So Vince isn't get paid as an onscreen preformer anymore? Is that 100% confirmed Bix?

Has anyone heard anything on when Benoit will be coming back?

Was the young guy cheering for Cena or RVD? Anyone have any idea?

Was RVD driving while stoned? Does anyone know?