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Hey Loss did you see Foley's match with Jumbo from AJPW in 1991? He got to take all of his "patented" bumps in that one, and even though the match is pretty much a glorified squash, I still love it because it's fun and has two of my favorites in the ring together.

Wasn't Bret Hart a pretty damn good bumper too? I remember every time people whipped him into the corner, he always bounced back and sold it like death. I thought Rikishi always did a neat job of selling lariats too, with that spin in the air. Although I love his work, Terry Funk's over selling during bumps can be downright goofy at times. I recently heard Raven brag during some shoot interview about what a great bumper and seller he is...but it's been so long since I saw a Raven match...and an even longer time since I saw a GOOD Raven match...that I couldn't say.

You guys need to have more faith in the WWE's ability to fuck this up. They will. This is the same company that thinks the Hassan/Taker thing was a good idea, and that parents should watch it with their children. Do not be fooled...they're idiots. They're luring us all in so that they can ALMOST do something right...and then fuck it up. Think Triple H/Stephanie/Angle here.

Hashimoto was awesome. I have a Lynch Comp of his matches and many of them are just off the charts. 1) 01/15/94: Hashimoto vs. Chono 2) 03/05/94: Hashimoto vs. Liger 3) 04/16/94: Fujinami vs. Hashimoto 4) 08/27/94: Hashimoto vs. Power Warrior 5) 09/03/94: Hashimoto vs. Koshinaka 6) 12/24/94: Hashimoto vs. Hase 7) 01/14/95: Hashimoto vs. Sasaki 8) 02/25/95: Hashimoto vs. Tenzan 9) 04/29/95: Hashimoto vs. Regal 10) 05/20/95: Muto vs. Hashimoto 11) 07/08/95: Hashimoto vs. Nakanishi 12) 07/08/95: Chono & Tenzan vs. Hashimoto & Hirata 13) 08/19/95: Hashimoto vs. Norton 14) 08/26/95: Sasaki vs. Hashimoto 15) 09/02/95: Hashimoto vs. Tenzan 16) 09/09/95: Hashimoto vs. Chono 17) 09/16/95: Muto vs. Hashimoto 18) 05/06/96: Hashimoto vs. Takada 19) 05/25/96: Hashimoto vs. Nagata 20) 06/22/96: Hashimoto vs. Kojima 21) 07/01/96: Yamazaki & Iizuka vs. Hirata & Hashimoto 22) 08/10/96: Choshu vs. Hashimoto 23) 08/17/96: Tenzan vs. Hashimoto 24) 09/21/96: Hashimoto vs. Chono 25) 10/12/96: Koshinaka vs. Hashimoto 26) 12/28/96: Hashimoto vs. Nakanishi 27) 01/05/97: Hashimoto vs. Choshu 28) 03/08/97: Hashimoto vs. Yamazaki 29) 05/10/97: Hashimoto vs. Ogawa 30) 06/21/97: Hashimoto vs. Muto 31) 08/17/97: Hashimoto vs. Tenzan 32) 08/30/97: Hashimoto vs. Chono 33) 09/06/97: Tenzan vs. Hashimoto 34) 12/20/97: Muto & Chono vs. Hashimoto & Nakanishi 35) 06/05/98: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 36) 08/02/98: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Satoshi Kojima 37) 08/02/98: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Kazuo Yamazaki 38) 01/04/99: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa 39) 09/13/99: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Kazuo Yamazaki 40) 09/14/99: Shiro Koshinaka vs. Shinya Hashimoto 41) 10/11/99: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa 42) 02/20/00: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Scott Norton 43) 04/07/00: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa 44) 10/09/00: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 45) 01/04/01: Riki Choshu vs.Shinya Hashimoto 46) 1/13/01: Misawa & Ogawa vs.Shinya Hashimoto & Otsuka 47) 03/02/01: Misawa & Akiyama vs. Shinya Hashimoto & Yuji Nagata 48) 08/30/01: Shinya Hashimoto & Fujiwara vs. Mark Kerr & The Predator 49) 10/25/01: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Gerard Gordeau 50) 12/09/01: Hashimoto & Naoya Ogawa vs. Tom Howard & Mark Kerr 51) 03/02/02: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Masato Tanaka 52) 1/19/03: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Joe Son 53) 2/23/03: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Great Muta 54) 03/02/03: Shinya Hashimoto & Shinjiro Ohtani vs. Keiji Muto & Arashi 55) 4/12/03: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Arashi 56) 05/02/03: Shinya Hashimoto & Naoya Ogawa vs. Muto & Satoshi Kojima 57) 6/13/03: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Satoshi Kojima 58) 07/06/03: Shinya Hashimoto & Naoya Ogawa vs. Keiji Mutoh & Kawada 59) 11/07/03: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Masato Tanaka 60) 12/24/03: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Ohtani Check them out, you won't be sorry. Wrestling lost an all time great, I'm just in shock. (By the way...the Joe Son match is not a great one...but it is funny as hell.)

I saw the show last night. Go watch Dude Love vs. Steve Austin at Over The Edge 98. If you saw that match, then you've seen JBL vs. Cena, except this one had more blood, and more gimmick spots.

1) Mitsiharu Misawa Bottom line is, I've seen Misawa in more so-called "5 Star" matches than any other wrestler ever could, I think. He's in my two all time favorite singles matches, (vs. Kenta Kobashi, AJPW 26th Anniversary Show for the Triple Crown on 10/31/98 and vs. Toshiaki Kawada for the Triple Crown on? 6/6/97) and he's also in my favorite Tag Team Match of all time (with Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue on 5/21/94 for the World Tag Titles.) Hell, he's even in my favorite Six Man Tag of all time! (Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi on 4/20/91) He's part of my two favorite feuds of all time (The Super Generation Army vs. Jumbo & Co. and Misawa vs. Kawada.) You could write a book on all the great matches he's been involved in, and on that basis alone, he's my favorite. I've seen more of his stuff than I have of any other wrestler ever. When he was "on" he was incredible, and even now, he's capable of pulling the odd classic out, such as his GHC Tag Title Match last year with Ogawa vs. Kenta & Marifuji. Misawa is the man, period. 2) Toshiaki Kawada See above, I actually fluctuate between he and Misawa as my all time favorites, I think Misawa wins out simply because of his role in the SGA vs. Jumbo & Company feud, and his TC matches with Kobashi...but still, I just flat out LOVE to watch "Dangerous K" work, and he (for me) brings the element of excitement and emotion to his matches that Misawa doesn't sometimes. 3) Jumbo Tsuruta I'd probably rate Jumbo higher if I'd seen as much of his older stuff as I have of Misawa and Kawada. I have seen pretty much all of his matches against Misawa and Company, but my 70's and 80's Jumbo collection is weak. I have his classic 1976 match against Terry Funk, and I have his matches against Tenryu and Flair from the 80's, but that's it. From what I hear, if I had seen more of his 70's stuff he might be at the top of my list and as it stands right now, the stuff I have seen was awesome...even if he was "lazy." 4) Terry Funk My Funker fanboyism is well documented. It's faded considerably since my introduction to the "King's Road" style a few years back, but I still love me The Funker. Whether it's his aforementioned 1976 classic against Jumbo for the NWA Title, his matches with Dory vs. Abduallah & The Sheik, his goofy 80's feud with JYD in the WWF, his feud with Flair in WCW in 1989, his 90's Garbage Matches in FMW, his ECW run, or his feud with Foley...for me, there are so many different sides to him to enjoy and like, I have to include him. It helps that I had the chance to meet him live, and what I have heard of him outside the ring makes him a good guy to idolize as a fan. His 674 retirements aside. 5) Atushi Onita Onita is my "guilty pleasure." Somebody who I shouldn't like, but for some reason I still do. His over the top theatrics and insane death matches, his shouting, screaming and bloodletting in FMW just appealed to me for some reason (in limited doeses of course.) Every few months I can throw my four volume "Best Of Onita" set in the VCR and sit back and enjoy some insane Garbage Wrestling, and if you like that kinda stuff, he's pretty much the master.

Excellent, that actually made me laugh out loud. I saw Juvi in the Super X Cup tournament in TNA last year, and some of his work in NOAH. He looked okay, but not as good as he was in WCW. I think he has tried to "bulk up" as well and that has reduced his speed and mobility in my opinion.

So not a big fan of his series of matches with RVD, huh?

Last time I saw Shane Douglas try and go more than 15 minutes, he got so blown up that he puked in the ring...seriously.