Wahoos Leg
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I was intrigued at the thought of seeing a hoss fight between these two, but this one missed the mark. Production doesn't help. Mid-match replays become frequent in this match (I counted six of them), and while they all come after big spots, by the time the camera cuts back to live action, the next big move is already being set up. It makes you feel like you're wearing a highlight reel and not a match. Moreover, this match is too short to be very memorable. Read my full review of the match as part of my 365 Wrestling project.
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The opening few minutes are tame and not especially compelling but these two make up for it with a strong finishing stretch. Generico sells everything Liger does well, and the uniqueness of the matchup adds to the value of watching this as well. Definitely worth checking out, especially if you’re a fan of either ... or both. You can read my full review of the match here, which stands as the 30th entry in my 365 Wrestling project.
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This rivalry between Kong and Kim helped establish the new Knockouts division, and this is the best match from their feud that I have seen. It’s a solid, satisfying watch. Of course, this is also TNA, so after meeting in a title match with a stipulation, these two wrestled AGAIN on the subsequent episode of TV, where Kong won the title after interference from her new manager. Why not do that here, especially since Tenay explicitly mentions “an associate” of Kong’s being in attendance for the pay-per-view? Check out my full review of this match, one of the entries in my 365 Wrestling project.
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This is a fantastic match. I know plenty of people, especially those who are wrestlers themselves, who hold up the Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit match from the 2003 Rumble as not only the best non-Rumble match ever, but one of the best wrestling matches ever. If Angle-Benoit is the wrestling equivalent of a symphony, this is the equivalent of a blockbuster action movie. Is one better than the other? That’s really in the eye of the beholder, as the two products are so different that it’s difficult to compare them outside of the shared setting of a WWE ring. You can read my full review of this match, over on my website as part of the 365 Wrestling project.
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There’s plenty of good talent in this match and while there’s nothing wrong with what they’re doing, there’s also not anything to make it really stand out or that I can identify as a reason for you to go out of your way and watch it. The definition of an average match. My full review is available here, which is part of the 365 Wrestling project.
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This is a very good match worth seeing on its own and a fine microcosm of the Danielson ROH reign as a whole. The ROH-CZW rivalry adds plenty of atmosphere. Seek it out and, if you haven’t seen it and have access to ROH’s 2006 shows (which, like most of the promotion’s early library are out of print and have not been released on the ROH Honor Club streaming service), I recommend going for the ride and checking out the entire seven-month run of shows. You can read my full review of the match here, as part of the 365 Wrestling project.
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[2005-01-08-NOAH-Great Voyage] Kenta Kobashi vs Minoru Suzuki
Wahoos Leg replied to Loss's topic in January 2005
There’s a lot to like and the novelty of the matchup (their only singles meeting) is one of the main attractions for watching. Making an early-match headlock compelling and creative was quite the feat. Still, with Kobashi facing some physical limitations, the end result only reaches a certain height. Great Voyage is one of the biggest events of the year in NOAH and this match definitely has that big-fight feel. Here's my link to the full review. -
This culminates a series of matches between these two revolving around the Cruiserweight Title that started the previous fall. What ensues is a very good match and an excellent showcase of both Rey and Tajiri in their primes. Everything flowed well and looked good. At under 12 minutes (counting entrances, and minus the early portion of the match we don’t see due to the commercial break), this is a brisk, action=packed match with real stakes and a satisfying conclusion. You can read my full review of the match as part (the first part, in fact) of the 365 Wrestling project.
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This is an all-action tag match with real stakes, a creative finish, and it’s historically significant as it marks the start of the first title reign for Benjamin and Haas. Any booker could take a lesson from the way Team Angle gets presented, and built up quickly as contenders, then champions, but without having them shoved down the throats of the audience. Associating them with Kurt Angle and Paul Heyman right off the bay certainly helps. You can read my full review of this match here, as part of the 365 Wrestling project.
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This is the 10th Anniversary match for Omukai, who started in wrestling in 1992 when she was 16 years old. I’d never seen either of these wrestlers before so I came into this with no expectations but was pleasantly surprised with what they did in 15 minutes of work. The escalating of violence and intensity grabbed my interest. The draw finish and their willingness to keep fighting left me wanting to see more. Check out my full review of the match, from my 365 Wrestling project.
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Tajiri and Super Crazy are both extremely talented and produced their best work when against one another. They had better matches than this one, but this overall sample from their body of work is elevated by the finishing spot. Here's a link to my full review of the match, from the 365 Wrestling project I am doing.
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This match lasts less than 10 minutes but damn if these eight don’t pack in a good 20 minutes’ worth of action (or more) in the time that they are given. Silver King is the MVP of the match based mostly on that fearless bump to the floor where he whiffs on the plancha. It’s also a fantastic opening match for a card, with nothing but action and a bunch of big moves to get the crowd fired up for anything and everything coming next. You might enjoy reading my full review of the match, as part of the 365 Wrestling project.
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Mortis busts out a couple of crazy moves (because it's anytime) in a glorified squash. Juventud gets a few chances to shine: executing a partial tilt-a-whirl into a sleeper that Dusty Rhodes delightfully calls a “whirlybird”. This match occurs in a vacuum from a booking perspective. Even though he’s in glorified enhancement talent mode here, Juventud won the Cruiserweight Title for the first time less than a week later on Thunder, later embarking on a feud with Chris Jericho that costs him his mask. Meanwhile, Mortis abandons the gimmick altogether by February, allying with Raven. Check out my full review of the match, as part of the 365 Wrestling project.
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I echo those who wonder who we haven't seen that tombstone on the escalator replayed regularly through the years. The setting stands out because it is so unlike standard WWF/WWE programming, which usually seeks a sameness from show to show and week to week… and has since the promotion truly “went national” in the late 1980s. Here, we get wide panning shots to take in the crowd and the limited space, unlike the glut of camera cuts that embodies current programming from WWE. The ring looks considerably smaller than the 20-by-20-foot squared circle WWE typically uses. It catches the eye and draws your interest. Here's the link to my full review of this match, as part of my 365 Wrestling project.
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Morton and Armstrong meet in a bar in Asheville for a promotion called IPW Pro Wrestling. This was the first and only show for the promotion, and the show runner is Al Getz, a longtime manager and commentator in the Southeast. What ensues is a fine example of a good, solid, well-worked wrestling match. Everything that happens has a purpose, and everything that both guys do means something. I think it’s definitely worth checking out for young and new wrestlers. Morton makes a steady transformation into full-fledged heel mode by the end, which comes abruptly. It feels like these two were waiting for the 10-minute call and just wrapped up as soon as possible. Here's my full review of this match, one of the entries in my 365 Wrestling project.
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This was a house show version of the yearly WWF pay-per-view Rumble, held five days before that year's pay-per-view. In several ways, this serves as a dry run for the Rumble on pay-per-view a few days later. The final four, for example, is almost the same: with Fatu, Bret, and Shawn Michaels in at at the end. Owen Hart joins them, in a spot that would be filled by Lex Luger five days later. The story between the Hart brothers carries the second half. Even a bad Royal Rumble is still pretty fun to watch at least once, and this one is better than some of the offerings that made pay-per-view. Seeing Owen win here, just a few days away from cementing a full=-on heel turn, makes you wonder what might have been for him as a face. Here's my full review of the match, as part of my 365 Wrestling project.
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Samu and Fatu really keep this match going and moving, whether it be with classic heel tactics (biting and gouging and choking, oh my!) or little touches of character work, especially during the third fall. There’s a decent pace throughout but the first two falls are meandering brawls and there’s not enough about the third fall to make this match jump off the proverbial page, aside from a couple of quick highlights like a sweet dive by Fantasma near the finish. This one definitely falls in the skippable category for me. My full review can be found here.
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There’s lots to like about this match. It showcases four of the top talents in WCW at the time, in the midst of a heated feud centering on the Dangerous Alliance faction. It’s also a tantalizing glimpse at Steamboat and Sting as a team, something that WCW didn’t really explore during any period where both were on the roster. This is a good match that is definitely worth watching, but I honestly preferred the six-man involving other members of the Alliance on this same Clash card. My full review of this match can be found here, as part of my 365 Wrestling project.
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The action here is hard-hitting and the story is fairly simple. With a less talented group of wrestlers, this match easily would be skippable. Instead little touches really elevate this six man, such as: –When Dustin kicks out after eating a huge clothesline from Austin, Steamboat (who was already headed in to try and break up the pin) starts cheering on his partner –As the beatdown on Rhodes continues, Arn backs into the ropes to deliver a stalling kneedrop to Dustin, only for Steamboat to slide into the ring and take the knee across his own back –A unique turnabout spot, where Arn goes to ram Dustin’s head into the outstretched knee of Austin in a tag-match spot we’ve all seen a million times, only for Dustin to send Arn’s cranium into the knee instead. Arn and Dustin smash skulls after the impact while Austin, doing the Wrestling Gods’ work, stumbles to the floor, selling his knee after the impact Check out my full review of this match, as part of the 365 Wrestling project.
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[1991-01-19-WWF-Royal Rumble] The Rockers vs Orient Express
Wahoos Leg replied to Loss's topic in January 1991
I watch the Rumble every year but somehow I missed this one until I recently saw it and hot damn if it doesn't live up to all the hype. They go almost 20 minutes and I could have watched them battle for another 10.This tag battle is the perfect match in the perfect place on the card. An already eager pay-per-view crowd is whipped into a frenzy by this highly entertaining tag match. It’s also worth noting how atypical this match was for WWF, especially in this era. A match this long, worked at this pace, with this many big moves and high spots just didn’t happen in this company. Check out my full review of this match, part of my 365 Wrestling project. -
Jumbo and Tenryu have a reign of two-plus years as NWA International Tag Champs. A week before, on January 28, the champs successfully defended them against Choshu and Yatsu. That match earned a five-star rating (if you’re into that sort of thing). This match checks most of the boxes of what I want in pro wrestling: --It’s a match with tangible, significant stakes. --It’s got a big-fight feel. --There’s some real heat and hatred present. There’s lots to like here, very few lulls, and quality intensity and physicality from bell to bell. This is a hard-fought, well-worked wrestling match that is recommended viewing for both fans and wrestlers alike and one of the better matches I've seen as part of my 365 Wrestling project. Here's my link to a full review of this match.
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This was an easy night’s work for Jumbo, but an otherwise forgettable match aside from the relative novelty unless you're a big Kabuki fan. He does the lion’s share of the work in this match, and when the Freebirds have control over him, they clap and chant his name like a diehard Southern rasslin’ crowd rooting for Ricky Morton to make the tag to Robert Gibson. Check out my full write-up on this match as part of the 365 Wrestling project.
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I’m a sucker for the wild, brawling style of wrestling in front of a red-hot crowd and this is a good example of that type of match. They did themselves a favor by keeping it short, and the intensity and high heat of the battle made an abbreviated contest make sense. This match also represents a fine snapshot of the wild and woolly atmosphere of Memphis wrestling in the 1980s. You can read my full review of this match at this link, as part of my 365 Wrestling project.
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Hansen's first match since jumping to All Japan from New Japan at the end of 1981 has a real buzz around it. The crowd is eager to see Hansen and to see the lariat, simmering in anticipation on every whip into the ropes. Hansen wins a match with a 45-minute time limit in less than three, sending an immediate statement to everyone in his new home promotion. Hara does his part, treating Hansen’s lariat like death itself to make this debut as noteworthy as possible. The goal here is to establish Hansen immediately as a force to be reckoned with in All Japan, and they overachieve in meeting that objective. It’s a historic match for both Hansen and the history of wrestling, especially in Japan. Read my full review of the match, as part of my 365 Wrestling project.
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[1981-01-18-CWA-Mid-South Coliseum] Jerry Lawler vs Jos LeDuc
Wahoos Leg replied to paul sosnowski's topic in January 1981
The crowd was into this and the action felt heated but this comes off as more of an angle than a match, and the way that storylines play out so quickly given the way the territory is structured, it just falls into the category of yet another chapter in the ongoing feud between Lawler and Hart. It doesn’t help matters that LeDuc is one-and-done, not returning to the territory again until 1984. A decent watch, but not anything worth going out of your way to find and see. Check out my full write-up of this match, one of the entries in my 365 Wrestling project.