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I'm going to be needing Benoit vs Regal from Velocity on some kind of format besides the online one. Anyone know of someone transferring this from WWE.com to VHS or DVD? Thanks in advance.

Benoit vs Regal Velocity Benoit vs HHH Raw - match where HHH wins aftrer Flair interference Benoit vs Edge - Day after Mania Benoit vs Eddie Guerrero Smackdown Kenta vs Kanemuru From the Naoh Tokyo Dome Show Sorry, I don't have time to look for dates

I agree with the match assesment. It made sense however for Sharmell to grab the foot though because she's been showing signs of having an evil side to her. She's also pretty devoted to Booker and is not afraid to get her nose involved with stuff.

Everybody knows I'm a big Benoit fan. One of the reasons is because he has something that others don't when I start watching too much wrestling and become jaded somewhat. Intensity. It makes him stick out and gives him matches that extra something which drags me into it. The intensity factor is stronger than being jaded. Even if someone could magically be transported into a Benoit match and magically do the exact same thing move for move it wouldn't be the same because the intensity wouldn't be there. That's something that sucks me into a match and keeps it alive for me. Some of my other favourites also have special traits that allow me to watch them more intently on the TV - Andre the Giant/Dynamite Kid/Bad News Brown with the ring presence, Ozaki with the personality or Johnny Smith with his heel charactor. The author mentions sacraficing a hot move for a heel spot. I've seen Smith do that before and you know what I was wondering? I was wondering if people watching this match would think more of the bout if Smith had done some cool/flashy move instead of choking his opponent on the ropes. But if you start doing stuff like that too often than your charactor starts to weaken and what makes you special is out the window.

I don't watch much indy wrestling because I just can't get into it so I can't comment on the overall scene. However, from what I gather the authour here is saying that the wrestling audience can't handle a million matches trying to be a 5 star AJPW classic with no strong charactors to get behind. Variety is the spice of life. And he's right. That's why I watch several different organizations such as AJPW, AJW, Stampede, the WWF, the WCW, Michinoku Pro and the lucha libre organizations. You need that variety. Not only with different federations but you need it on the same card because if you don't everything gets redundant and nothing means as much as it could. You've got to avoid the dreaded J word -- Jaded. You need strong/entertaining/believable charactors that you can get behind who make you care (Joshi), a strong hierachy, 4 minute matchups, big wrestlers, little wrestlers, a comedy wrestler, fat wrestlers, small wrestlers, average quality matchups so you can appreciate the better ones and a few squashes on the side but not too many. I would you say you need different match styles too but I think it's important not to get away from a main formula too much because I believe it's important for your audience to be familar with the style so they can really feel part of something and get into a match. Some variety but not too, too much in that instance. All this is easier said than done of course.

Another question. For the best match nominations how good does a match have to be before you nominate it? Do you guys go with the top 10, 5 or 2 percent of a federation's best matches? Or do you go by star rating? Or does it differ with each league? With myself it varies but I'm having a little bit of trouble trying to think of what actually should be the cut off point as far as the best matches go.

For the best matches I was wondering: If a wrestler or a tag team happens to be in a good amount of the best matches are we going to show every match of theirs or are we going to go for variety and pick something else even if it's not as good?

The bodybuilding thing is good if the league wants to prosper. The last thing you want is a bunch of skinny guys off of the street that look they came from the indys. Of course it helps you preform better in the ring too. We are supposed to be watching cream of the crop atheletes. It'd just be nice and better if they could cut down on some of the drugs and overall mass. Bring in some guys who have some variety in their physiques. Otherwise, the big guys don't look as special. The tan and hair thing is stupid. Nothing speaks bland like your typical average boring haircut. The tan remark reminds me of them telling Dragon to get a tan. Screw that, the untanned body would've helped seperate him from the pack.

The big problem is too many guys looks like pretty boy wimps. That's the look WWE wants but for wrestling it doesn't work. Yes, a couple of pretty boys on the roster is good but you can't have the whole roster filled with them. People say they want normal looking people on the roster but really that's the problem. Everyone is normal looking with the exception being that they're bigger and have more muscles. Hardly anybody has a look anymore that makes them stand out.

I don't know. The match is on the deathvalley best of 1980s WWF series. There's a promo beforehand where Perfect mentions that this is a special request match from one of the viewers at home.

Some more nominees Bob Backland vs Hulk Hogan 4/8/80 Bob Backland vs Adrion Adonis 1/18/82 Sgt. Slaughter vs Iron Sheik 5/21/84 Adonis/Murdoch vs Brisco Brothers 12/28/84 Steamboat/Junkyard Dog vs Muraco/Fuji 8/17/85 Bulldogs vs Hart Foundation 9/23/85 Savage vs Tito Santana 4/22/86 Jumping Bomb Angels vs Glamour Girls 11/24/87 WWF MSG Hogan vs Savage 4/2/89 Mania Mr. Perfect vs Ronnie Garvin 12/12/89 Nashville Tennesse Rockers vs Brainbusters MSG ?/?/89 I'll have to look this up later.

Let's see. I think the dollar's at .8453 cents US so that'd be 28(.8453) = $23.6684 American

Did you read Dynamite's book Goodhelmet? He talks about Stampede some in there. Anyone else talk about Stampede in their books? Man, I can't wait for Bret's book.

1989 was when I really started watching wrestling. When talking to other fans about wrestling one of the hottest topics would be Mr. Perfect's perfect streak. This is all about Garvin taking it to Perfect with Perfect only getting in brief offence in the middle of the match. And it works. I was back in 1989 again "wondering" if Perfect's streak was going to get beaten. Perfect looks like he's beaten only for him to kick out again and again which serves to frustrate the viewer of the match. Garvin is absolutely creaming Perfect and the only thing Perfect can do at the closing moments is hit a temporary headlock. Than we had the ending which I loved. Garvin goes for the small package but Perfect retaliates by being the "perfect" wrestler that he is by going technical and reversing the small package. To the fans the pulling of the tights that accompanied the pin leaves us with the feeling that Perfect was just lucky and keeps our hope alive that his time will be coming up shortly. So this match did a lot. It had us thinking Garvin could beat Perfect, it had us popping for the annihilation of Perfect and it had an ending that fit Perfect's charactor to a tee. He can still brag about being Perfect but for the fans we can see that Perfect is "nothing more" than a lucky cheat who had to use the trunks for a pinfall victory.

I was hoping someone would pick up on that. I'm all about pushing the Gilmore Girls. Steamboat vs Savage from MLG is now way up on the list for me. Garvin vs Perfect is a match that I want to talk about later. Definite thumbs up.

Thanks. I checked that out on a couple of matches and it worked for the audio. I should've thought about that. Check it out if you ever can. I loved how the match just turned into a vicious fight. Like two bloodthirsty NHL hockey players going at it. I wanted to go on deathvalley yesterday to see what everyone thought of this but unfortunately I discovered they got hacked.

Some brief thoughts on some of the matches I've seen so far from the deathvalley best of 80s series. Thanks a million to deathvalley for this. This is a must for any fan. I've been watching the majority of these without audio. I've used a PS2 which works fine for the video but not for the audio. THe Magnasonic DVD player worked better but the majority of the matches were without sound. One other DVD player I tried didn't work as well. Anybody know what DVD player I should be playing these discs in? Please help! Adonis vs Backland MSG 1/18/82 -- So far the best match I've seen from the discs and I don't think anything's gonna beat it. Great bloody brawl at the end. JBA vs Gilmore Girls -- Second fav so far. For matches like this I believe you have to put yourself in the MSG crowd watching wrestling like this for the very first time. The JBA actually pulled off maybe the toughest move in wrestling to preform. The double top rope missile dropkick Dynamite vs Bret -- Yeah, I'm a big fan of this. Bret takes all sorts of pnishment that has the announcers marking out and DK comes back with the greatest offence you can possibly ever see. I liked how they went to a fancy pinning sequence after all their offence didn't work. Bret Hart with the lifter!! Bulldogs vs Harts MSG -- Loved the pacing and selling. Bulldogs vs Dream Team -- People miss the point of this match. It's all about making the Bulldogs look spectacular and this match does this in great abundance. Davey with an unbelievable military press, Dynamite with the speed and both of them with the moveset. The way the superb finish "comes out of nowhere" leaves the viewer with the impression that not only can the Bulldogs do anything but they can stike anytime with whatever they feel like doing. Bottom line, it makes the Bulldogs look spectacular Bret vs Perfect -- Great all around Adonis vs Backland Phily -- Starting to forget this. Great finishing sequence. Adonis can do an awful lot inside that ring. "Steamboat vs Savage" Maple Leaf Gardens 7/27/86 -- Yes, I like it better than Mania. In fact, I like it a lot better than Mania. All the counters are cool. The selling is mostly on. The sequences in the beginning are terrific. You have bumps. You have blood. You got everything in this. Backland vs Hogan Philly -- I am such a Backland mark now. This wasn't perfect and it was a touch anticlimatic but it was still awesome. I love Backland's arm scissors in peril spot although he may stay in it too long. Backland is unbelievably strong and the effort he put into this spot automatically allowed me to relate to Backland for the pure physical effort he put into this. Ronnie Garvin vs Mr. Perfect -- 12/12/89 Nashville Tennesse -- 1989 was when I really started watching wrestling. When talking to other fans about wrestling one of the hottest topics would be Mr. Perfect's perfect streak. The match is great in making us hope that Perfect might lose his streak. It's also great in that even though Perfect wins the match leaves us thinking that Perfect was just "lucky" and that his time is coming up. Hogan vs Savage Mania -- Different formula than most WWE matches. I had actually watched part of this a couple of months ago and tapped out it to in a few minutes wondering why I liked it so much when I was younger. Well, this time I watched it all and was surprised on how much I liked it. The match gives off the long hard fought battle vibe. Tito Santana vs Macho Man No DQ 4/22/86 -- What I've noticed about the Savage matches in this collection is that most of them all got the long hard fought out feel to them. The matches all feel very important. This is no different. Hogan vs Bossman Cage Match MSG 3/18/89 Backland vs Rose Spectrum -- Nothing wrong with this match and I loved how Rose took over control against Backland. Very good all around. Hart vs Steamboat -- Very good. They really protected Hart here. Steamboat vs Valentine -- Steamboat was full bode into his martial arts gimmick here. I had never realised he was that deep into the gimmick before so that alone made this interesting to watch. Both wrestlers work hard. Steamboat had a nice looking kick here that I really liked which I hadn't seen before Backland vs Slaughter 1/81 -- The ingredients were there to have a classic. It's just that they were screwed up somewhat. Backland is not afraid to bleed. Bulldogs vs Harts 11/1/86 Boston -- Very good. I wish they gave more time to this one. Adonis vs Backland "Bret Hart vs Randy Savage" Saturday Night's Main Event Bret Hart vs Ted Dibiase -- Real good match. They both bring the nice offence. Hart's small package is a thing of beauty. Jose Estrada/Johnny Rodz vs Travis/Garea -- This one surprised me. I was impressed with their ability to keep it interesting for 3 falls especially considering the first fall actually felt like a full WWF match. Rick Rude vs Rowddy Piper Steel Cage MSG Adonis/Murdoch vs Backland/Blair Spectrum -- The ending is a memoarable one and help brings the match up a notch. Were they trying to bury Backland some here by showing a couple of anti Backland signs in the crowd? Backland vs Ivan Koloff Steamboat vs Roberts Boston 8/9/86 Hogan vs Savage MSG -- Very intense. It's just not that long. Backland vs Slaughter 10/20/80 MSG Chair Steamboat vs Savage Mania Rockers vs Rougeaus France -- Highlight was the Rockers cheating against the Rougeaus. Really only a solid tag but the cheating story brings it up to over average. Slaughter/Daniels vs Adonis/Murdoch Bad News Brown vs Hulk Hogan SNME Santana vs Sheik -- Solid Hogan vs Sheik Title match -- Good match Hogan vs Macho Man MSG Lumberjack match 2/17/86 Santana vs Macho Man 3/16//86 Backland vs Slaugher Cage match -- I'm probably being too hard on this. I just didn't like the concept of having escape rules in a cage for a match like this especially when the situation calls for something different. It should've been pin/submit only Hart Foundation vs Rougeau Brothers 9/22/86 Orndorff vs Santana -- This caught off on me after the vicious Orndorff clothesline Owen vs Horrowitz -- Good match though the flow wasn't the best. Owen hits a superb dropkick off the top rope which has to be seen. Steamboat vs Roberts Johnny Rodz vs Koyobashi -- This got some extra points for being different. The spot where Rodz had Koyobashi trapped is a sweet one. Slaughter vs Rick McGraw Steamboat vs HonkeyTonkMan Hogan vs Muraco Steel Cage 6/21/85 Santana vs Bass -- There was interesting stuff in this match but the flow wasn't there for me. Hart Foundation vs The Killer Bees 2/23/87 MSG Mr. Wrestling II vs Les Thornton Hogan vs Shultz -- Solid Hogan vs Orndorff Spectrum Slaughter vs Sheik (3rd disc) Tim Horner vs Barry Horowitz Snuka vs Muraco -- okay match Hogan vs Muraco -- Good stuff but way too short Patterson vs Ken Patera 12/29/80 Piper/Orton vs Snuka/Atlas Slaughter vs Orndorff Spectrum "Murdoch/Adonis vs Mascaras/SD Jones" Spring 84 "Hogan vs Dibiase" 3/12/88

Ozaki vs Fukuoka 9/10/94 TV or 8/21/94 if you go by the arena date Ozaki vs Masami 9/10/94 TV or 8/21/94 if you go by the arena date

Benoit vs Jordan is scheduled for next week's Smackdown. Well, enough is enough. Yes, Jordan wasn't the best US champ ever but he doesn't deserve to get buried like this. Is there anything coming out of this? You know they could be thinking of doing another swerve like they did at the last Smackdown PPV and having Jordan win again just because everybody thinks he won't. I don't know. Does anyone else know? Edit -- Isn't Benoit on the cover of the Smackdown mag as US champ? That would seem to dictate he's not losing the belt for a little while yet. Gilmore Girls is really inturrupting this thread here!

It's not a real job as Benoit gets caught by Woman taking off his jacket. Should be seen because this could very well be Big Show's best chokeslam ever.

I wish I'd taken notes on what all my best matches were. These are just a few which are biased picks somewhat because they're from well known events. I know I can't name tons of stuff without looking back at everything which would take forever. Toyota vs Yamada 6/21/92 Ozaki/Fukuoka vs Hotta/T.Inoue 12/1/92 -- One of my all time favourites Hasegawa vs Yamada 3/23?/93 - The stiffest Ozaki/Suzuki vs Inoues 4/2/93 Toyota/Yamada vs Ozaki/Kansai 4/11/93 Toyota vs Hokuto 8/21/93 Toyota/Yamada vs Ozaki/Kansai 12/6/93 Megumi Kudo vs Aja Kong 12/6/93 Toyota/Hokuto vs Yamada/Kyoko Inoue 12/10/93 -- There were 2 matches here. Toyota vs Yamada 8/94 Kong/Nakano vs Hokuto/Kandori 3/27/94 Toyota vs K. Inoue 8/24/94 Toyota vs Kong 11/20/94 Tokyo Dome Ozaki vs Kansai 3/17/95 Streetfight Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue 5/7/95 Ozaki vs Kansai 7/23/95 Streetfight Toyota vs Kansai 12/4/95 Toyota vs K. Inoue 12/8/96 Kudo/RIE vs. Mayumi Ozaki/Reiko Amano 4/8/97 Karou/Yamada vs Mita/Shimoda 4/4/99

Just reading that list -- Man, you know if a match makes it on that set of DVDs it's one good match! Here are a few matches that I think can make it in. Benoit vs Lyger 8/10/90 Benoit vs Lyger 11/1/90 Lyger vs Honaga 4/30/91 Benoit vs Lyger 2/10/92 Benoit/Finlay vs Eddie/Casas 4/30/92 Benoit vs Ohtani 5/26/94 Benoit vs Honaga 19/27/94 Tourney Finals Benoit vs Kanemoto 3/13/95 Benoit vs Black Tiger 7/4/95 Benoit vs El Samurai 7/7/95 Benoit vs Black Tiger 7/13/95 Benoit vs Regal 9/23/95 Benoit vs Gedo 12/13/95 Benoit/Lyger/Samurai/Hamada vs Taka Michinoku/Shinjiro Otani/Koji Kanemoto/Tokimitsu Ishizawa 2/3 falls 3/14/96 Benoit vs Black Tiger 6/11/96 Benoit vs Lyger 8/12/92 Chris Benoit/Jushin Liger/El Samurai/Kendo Kashin vs Chris Jericho/Shinjiro Ohtani/Koji Kanemoto/Tatsuhito Takaiwa 9/22/97 - Niigata, Japan There are a lot of junior tags for 97 that should be looked at. We got to make sure not to overlook them.

I got a laugh out of that quote.

All right, these should be the dates for a few matches I wasn't sure of before 1)Owen Hart/Ben Bassserb vs Viet Cong Express (Hase/Niikura) 8/15/86 Stampede 2)Owen Hart/Ben Basserb vs Viet Cong Express (Hase/Niikura) 8/22/86 3)Owen Hart vs Johnny Smith 4/29/88

I've been watching a few matches lately to see what's worthy. This one definitely is Wellington vs Smith -- 9/2 or 9/1/88 Owen Hart vs Dynamite Street Fight 8/89 - though there might not be enough footage for this one to qualify Owen Hart vs Johnny Smith 8/89 Owen Hart vs Johnny Smith ?/88 -- If I can ever figure out the date on this I'll edit the post and put it in here. Edit -- 4/29/88 Owen Hart/Ben Basserb vs The Viet Cong Express