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World's Worst Man

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  1. Building to a move which is kicked out isn't really a negative in my book. If it was, Misawada vs. Kawada 6/3/94 wasn't such a great match In fact, building to a move with small offense and numerous attempts is a great way to get a nearfall, because you're building drama by slowly wearing the opponent down, and showing that the guy desperately wants to hit the move, rather than building drama by piling up big offense, and THEN hitting the move. In the latter case it's a negative, because it's just a shortcut and it just kills the moves off if tons of offense doesn't get the job done. Thats why Misawa-Kawada 6/3/94 was so great, because they managed to lay the match out in such a way that the offense never really piled up and became ridiculous, while also building so superbly to the powerbomb. But anyway, the build was just one of the reasons I thought this match was better than any WWE match since the Bret Hart days
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  3. The thought of doing this makes me cringe, knowing how much wrestling I'd have to re-watch, when I have so god damn many DVDs still sitting here unwatched. It'd be easier to just say Kawada > * though, and Jumbo > * - Kawada. There you have it. Although damn, Kawada's peak was the best ever in mein eyes, but Jumbo had the longevity. Argh..
  4. Supposedly NOAH makes a bigger profit than New Japan these days, and they seem to draw better too. If NJ grosses more per year, than it's because they're running bigger venues, so there are more tickets available. But as far as the percentage of tickets they're selling, NOAH is probably better. If they ran bigger venues more often, they'd beat NJ in gross I believe. Dragon Gate is probably #3. I don't know any specific numbers, but based on what I've seen, they draw a lot better than AJPW. But AJ runs bigger venues than DG, so it might be another NOAH-NJPW comparison. As for spin-off promotions, Zero-One started as Hashimoto's promotion when he was "retired" in New Japan. They eventually brought in Omori/Tanaka/Otani, and then Hashimoto cut his ties to the promotion, leaving those 3 and others. They don't draw well at all, and their product is AWFUL, but somehow they stick around. Big Mouth Loud is a shoot-style spin-off from NJPW, with Shibata and others. King's Road is a faction from AJPW. Dragon Door is Ultimo Dragon's new promotion, after he was forced to leave Toryumon/Dragon Gate. Then there's Osaka Pro, led by Super Delfin, which was a spin-off of Michinoku Pro. Kind of funny considering how small-scale Michinoku Pro was at the time of the split. These promotions aren't really affiliated with any others though. Zero-One I believe was backed by New Japan early on, but not anymore. The rumour was that DSE was backing Zero-One MAX lately, but I haven't heard much more about it.
  5. How about a Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex? As long as Megumi Kudo was bumping for it every time. Does anyone not named Manami Toyota even use that move?
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  7. I'm pretty sure they were in my version. I know I saw the headbutt, and I saw someone get back-bodydropped over the top-rope to the ramp, just don't remember who.
  8. Wild Pegasus vs. Black Tiger (6/11/96) Huge improvement over their 1995. Huge. The guys really did a nifty bit of story telling here. As they were battling for control, Tiger kept getting the best of Pegasus when the match picked up pace. So Benoit simply started using a sleeper, and went back to it anytime Tiger was able to pickup the pace. It actually got to a point where the crowd would boo Pegasus when he slapped on the sleeper, and start a loud "Tiger" chant, making Tiger the babyface for the match. Pegasus finally followed up one of his sleepers with a quick powerbomb, so Tiger never even had a chance to quicken the pace. And after this, Tiger had noticeably slowed down, and the match started to wind down. Both men hit their big moves, Pegasus' dragon suplex, and Tiger's B.T. Bomb, but both moves were somewhat isolated so they didn't get the pin. Finishing sequence was awesome. Tiger went for the avalanche-style brainbuster, only for Benoit to reverse it into a tombstone position. Tiger managed to get out of it and ended up on the apron, so he ended up going up again and hitting a avalanche-style huracanrana for a nearfall instead. Then Tiger ends up hitting the avalanche brainbuster for the 3 count. Just a really smart and well executed finish. Only complaint is that the early portions of the match could have played into the finish a bit more. They did a good job of turning Tiger babyface, for his eventual win, but I would have liked the sleeper to play a part in the finishing sequence somehow. Still, this was a great match. ****1/2 This match kind of made me a bit sad, since it was so much better than either guy has done for years, and it really shows how much of their potential has been wasted by the promotion they were working for. That both men still managed to be very-good workers is a testament to how good they were before their creativity and physical game was completely dismembered.
  9. That match was just typical WWF main event. Horrible wrestling with ok match structure, and overbooked to the nth degree. I thought Trips was better than Austin, considering Austin's early selling was non-existant (like after Trips' knee attack), and his offense, as usual, looked like it wouldn't crack an egg. Based on my rating, I would call it "good", but I'd also say there's about 100 better matches from 2001-present day. It just seemed a whole lot worse knowing that at least one person gave it a ****3/4 rating.
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  16. In no particular order Manami Toyota Shinjiro Otani Chris Benoit Bull Nakano Bret Hart Stan Hansen Vader Akira Taue was better at his peak, although it wasn't a long peak. Jun Akiyama Dynamite Kid The Destroyer And probably a lot more, especially guys who are better, just not better by miles. From what I've seen, he wasn't good enough to drag great matches out of guys. He had some good performances, but only enough to where he was having good matches, and then the odd very good or better match. Maybe it was because of the crummy style he had to work, but no one will ever know how he would have done wrestling a style that was more condusive to great matches. But it's hard to rate a guy high just based on "what if".
  17. True, but that's a fairly obvious exaggeration. If someone says a wrestler "sucks", who's to know if it's literal or not? There are no matches that actually have a million nearfalls, but there are wrestlers who suck
  18. Welcome to the IWC, where hyperbole is a way of life.
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  20. His argument is just completely fallacious. "It was great because other people popped for it". What the hell does that prove? It proves people liked it, which has nothing to do with it actually being good. Thats the problem with Alvarez though, he doesn't have a friggen clue about in-ring work, but he likes to run his mouth off about it because he's a huge Angle mark. Actually, now that I think about it, Kurt Angle has that effect on a lot of people. It all just comes down to supporting one's opinion with tangible points. Alvarez and many others, never do that.
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  23. Indeed it is. What sek said was funny, but it's probably going to end up being true too.
  24. Harley Race. Absolutely terrible on the stick and wasn't a huge guy either. Dusty Rhodes. Self explanatory.
  25. Hepatitis B? Isn't that like, the really, really serious form of hepatitis? And aren't their vaccinations for it?
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