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  1. Credit puroresufan.com "Yomiuri Sports reveals this morning that New Japan has succeeded in acquiring the "super-important foreigner" that Simon promised after the Dome show. Former Olympic gold medalist, Kurt Angle, is set to make his New Japan debut on 2/18 at Sumo Hall after Yomiuri reported that an agreement has been reached between the sides" I'd love to see how the calling of the match would be handled if Angle faced someone like Nagata. Still, this ain't a bad deal for New Japan, as Angle means infinitely more than Brock. But it'll also be interesting to see how Angle's bullshit is put up with by New Japan staff and talent.
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  3. Homicide vs. Bryan Danielson (6/3/06) This was the Homicide show, as he really stole the spotlight in the match. Early portions were fairly pedestrian, until they go out to the floor and brawl around a bit, while Danielson starts going to town on Homicide's shoulder. Homicide really shines in his role as the face, as his selling of the arm is top notch and natural (unlike some other ROH workers whose selling is rather unnatural). Things eventually build to both men missing moves from the top, which really made things interesting for the last few minutes, as it was back and forth after that. Danielson is working his heel schtick pretty good, even in the later portions of the match. For example when both guys are slugging each other and really getting the crowd going, Danielson goes for the eyes as he's losing the striking match, which got a great reaction due to the timing. Unfortunately, Danielson's timing on some of his late match moves isn't strong, as he blows off some previous offense and goes through a dragon suplex like nothing, without bothering to milk it for heat or dramatic effect. Best near-fall of the match was Homicide's frog splash, which he hit after fighting off a Danielson superplex attempt. A good example of getting a hot near-fall out of a counter. Finish wasn't great, mostly because the Danielson elbows didn't look particularly effective, and a ref stoppage should really warrant some nasty looking punishment. The booking of it was fine, because it kept Homicide strong, it just wasn't performed well. The match was still rather good, and makes me look forward to their rematch. ***1/2
  4. I revisited this match in the match review folder. Thanks for giving me the motivation
  5. Holy cow, I wrote a review. Kind of by the numbers, but I'm not a creative writer, or even a good one Chigusa Nagayo vs. Devil Masami (8/22/85) This was pro-wrestling in its purest form. It wasn't about good vs. evil or trying to avoid or hit a specific move. It was about two competitors trying to win a wrestling match. And both Chigusa and Devil really, really wanted to win. Everything was fought for, nothing was given. Every early mat-hold was contested. Chigusa got the short end of the stick early on, but she never stopped trying to fight her way out of Devil's holds. And why wouldn't she, the holds hurt right? They sure looked like it, as both girls did a phenomenal job putting over the damage of the early mat-work, with excellent facials and clear body language. In some matches, the early mat-work seems to be given a passing thought. Not here, where it seemed like life or death from the very start. The struggle and competitiveness extended itself to the rest of the match. Suplexes and slams were fought for and against. It makes sense, but it also made for great timing, which is something missing from a lot of matches today. It makes such a large difference when the wrestlers fight for moves instead of just hitting them right away. It builds anticipation for the move and makes them that much more important. Maybe the best example of this was Chigusa's late match cross-armed german suplex. Chigusa slowly hooked it in while Devil frantically tried to struggle out of it, to no avail. When the move was hit, it made for an excellent near fall, one that the crowd bought into as the finish. Most all of the big moves in this match were timed and fought for well, which added to the drama, and put the moves over to the audience. While the main reasons this match was so great are covered above, there were a few other things that stand out, good and bad. Devil's absolutely devastating punches for one. These were some big league knocks Chigusa was taking, I can't remember the last women's match I'd seen with such great punches. The selling was just fantastic, most notably the late match selling which put over how much sheer energy each girl had used up. This was one of the big reasons the match came off as epic as it did. On the negative side, I wasn't crazy about the late match structure and transitioning, as it seemed like a few of the transitions came at perplexing moments. For example, a couple times it seemed like Chigusa or Devil would get hit with a move for a near fall, and then almost right after, transition into control without any reversal or comeback made. It didn't happen often, but was just a small annoyance late in the match. Finally, the double KO finish made sense, because the match had really been quite even. Devil got the better of it early, Chigusa eventually fought back to somewhat equal footing, and they each took their fair share of bombs late in the match. Some things might have been done to add a little more drama to the finish, because I don't feel it got over as well as it could have, but it was definitely the right finish for the match. I really liked this match. The "competitive" style of pro-wrestling is absolutely my favourite style. I'll take two wrestlers going at it in a rough, hard-fought wrestling match over a more theatrical approach any day. This match was basically that, and in that context, was performed almost as well as I could expect. ****1/2
  6. I may have been underselling Nagayo vs. Devil, so I'll have to watch it again, but Jaguar and Galactica was just all kinds of goodness. Great structure and context, and a really nifty performance from Galactica.
  7. Stolen completely from Loss. I like putting together lists, so I'm going to do one of the top wrestling matches by year, according to me. I left out matches that were significantly edited. I'll post additions at the bottom and will occasionally change or remove the status of a match. Comments appreciated, because I'd love to re-watch some of these, but generally don't have the motivation to do so without a good reason (too many unwatched matches kicking around). 1970 Antonio Inoki vs Dory Funk Jr. (9/2/70, ***3/4) 1973 The Destroyer vs Mil Mascaras (10/9/73, ****1/4) 1974 Mil Mascaras vs The Destroyer (7/25/74, ****1/2) 1976 Jumbo Tsuruta vs Terry Funk (6/11/76, ****1/2) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Jack Brisco (8/28/76, 2/3 Falls, ****) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Giant Baba (5/1/76, ****) 1977 Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee (8/29/77, ***3/4) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Harley Race (6/11/77, 2/3 Falls, ***1/2) 1980 Dynamite Kid vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (2/5/80, ****) Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Dick Slater (5/1/80, ****) Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Dick Murdoch (2/23/80, ***1/2) Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Dick Murdoch (3/5/80, ***1/2) 1981 Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. (12/13/81, ****1/4) Bob Backlund vs. Sgt. Slaughter (3/21/81, ***1/2) 1982 Bob Backlund vs. Adrian Adonis (1/18/82, ****1/4) Bruiser Brody vs. Dory Funk Jr. (3/21/82, ***3/4) Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask (8/5/82, ***3/4) Tiger Mask vs. Bret Hart (7/30/82, ***1/2) 1983 Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask (4/21/83, ****) Stan Hansen & Brusier Brody vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu (12/12/83, ***3/4) Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (1/6/83, ***3/4) Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood vs. Sgt Slaughter & Don Kernodle (3/12/83, ***1/2) Ric Flair vs Harley Race (11/24/83, ***1/2) 1984 Sgt. Slaughter vs. The Iron Sheik (6/16/84, ****) Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch vs. The Brisco Brothers (12/28/84, ****) Kazuo Yamazaki vs Nobuhiko Takada (12/5/84, ***3/4) Super Tiger vs Akira Maeda (9/11/84, ***3/4) Adrian Adonis/Dick Murdoch vs. Bob Backlund/Brian Blair (7/7/84, ***3/4) Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Super Tiger (12/5/84, 25:36 of 27:19 shown, ***1/2) Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Nobuhiko Takada (10/22/84, ***1/2) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Nick Bockwinkle (2/24/84, ***1/2) Super Tiger vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (9/7/84, ***1/2) 1985 Jaguar Yokota vs. La Galactica (2/27/85, ****1/2) Devil Masami vs. Chigusa Nagayo (8/22/85, ****1/2) Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki (9/11/85, ****) Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Super Tiger (9/11/85, ***3/4) Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Super Tiger (7/17/85, 10:23 of 15:15 shown, ***3/4) Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Akira Maeda (3/2/85, ***3/4) Nobuhiko Takada vs. Super Tiger (9/6/85, ***3/4) Dump Matsumoto & Rosy Moreno vs. Lioness Asuka & Chigusa Nagayo (1/5/85, ***3/4) Nobuhiko Takada vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (7/8/85, 11:23 of 15:04 shown, ***1/2) Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Kazuo Yamazaki (1/7/85, ***1/2) Ricky Steamboat vs. Bob Orton Jr. (7/20/85, ***1/2) Greg Valentine vs. Ricky Steamboat (6/21/85, ***1/2) Super Tiger vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (6/24/85, ***1/2) 1986 Akira Maeda/Yoshiaki Fujiwara/Osamu Kido/Nobuhiko Takada/Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Antonio Inoki/Tatsumi Fujinami/Kengo Kimura/Umanosuke Ueda/Kantaro Hoshino (3/26/86, ****1/2) Hart Foundation vs. Killer Bees (2/17/86, ****1/4) Nobuhiko Takada vs. Keiichi Yamada (5/1/86, ****) Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat (7/27/86, ****) Nobuhiko Takada & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido (12/8/86, ****) Akira Maeda/Yoshiaki Fujiwara/Osamu Kido/Nobuhiko Takada/Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami/Kengo Kimura/Shiro Koshinaka/George Takano/Kantaro Hoshino (9/16/86, ***3/4) Nobuhiko Takada vs. The Cobra (6/17/86,***3/4) Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki (8/7/86, ***1/2) Nobuhiko Takada vs Shiro Koshinaka (9/19/86, ***1/2) Ricky Steamboat vs. Jake Roberts (8/9/86, ***1/2) 1987 Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham (1/20/87, ****1/2) Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda vs. Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka (3/20/87, ****1/4) Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage (3/29/87, ****) Yukari Omori vs. Lioness Asuka (4/15/87, ***3/4) Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda vs. Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka (3/26/87, ***1/2) Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (8/20/87, ***1/2) 1988 Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada (12/16/88, ****3/4) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu (10/28/88, ****1/4) Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda (11/10/88, ****1/4) Nobuhiko Takada vs. Hiro Hase (3/11/88, ****1/4) Kazuo Yamazaki vs Nobuhiko Takada (8/13/88, ****) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Tiger Mask (3/9/88, ****) Akira Maeda vs Gerard Gourdeau (8/13/88, ****) Nobuhiko Takada vs Bob Backlund (12/22/88, ***3/4) Akira Maeda vs Kazuo Yamazaki (5/12/88, ***3/4) Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka (2/4/88, ***3/4) Hiroshi Hase vs. Shiro Koshinaka (2/7/88, ***3/4) Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda (6/11/88, ***1/2) 1989 Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (6/5/89, ****3/4) Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat (4/2/89, ****3/4) Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (10/11/89, ****1/4) Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat (5/7/89, ****) Yoji Anjoh vs Masakatsu Funaki (6/14/89, ****) Masakatsu Funaki vs Tatsuo Nakano (7/24/89, ****) Naoki Sano vs. Jushin Liger (7/13/89, JIP, 10:56 of 13:48 shown, ****) Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano (8/1/89, JIP 11:04 of 15:26 shown, ****) Akira Maeda vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (8/13/89, ***3/4) Yoji Anjoh vs Minoru Suzuki (10/25/89, ***3/4) Akira Maeda vs Kazuo Yamazaki (5/21/89, ***3/4) Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano (9/20/89, ***3/4) Kazuo Yamazaki vs Yoji Anjoh (8/13/89, ***3/4) Kazuo Yamazaki vs Nobuhiko Takada (5/4/89, ***3/4) Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda (1/10/89, ***3/4) Shiro Koshinaka vs. Hiroshi Hase (3/16/89, ***3/4) Riki Choshu & Masa Saito vs. Super Strong Machine & George Takano (3/16/89, ***3/4) Nobuhiko Takada vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (10/25/89, ***1/2) Jumbo Tsuruta & Kenta Kobashi vs. Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu (8/6/89, ***1/2) Atsushi Onita vs Masashi Aoyagi (10/6/89, ***1/2) Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada (1/7/89, ***1/2) Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada (2/23/89, ***1/2) Yoji Anjoh vs Minoru Suzuki (4/14/89, 13:41 of 19:39 shown, ***1/2) 1990 Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (9/1/90, ****3/4) Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano (1/31/90, ****1/2) Mitsuharu Misawa/Kenta Kobashi/Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruta/Masa Fuchi/Akira Taue (10/19/90, ****1/2) Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (6/8/90, ****1/2) Southern Boys vs. Midnight Express (7/7/90, ****1/4) Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda (6/21/90, ****) Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey vs. Terry Gordy & Steve Williams (4/19/90, ****) The Great Muta vs. Hiroshi Hase (9/14/90, ****) Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kazuo Yamazaki (2/9/90, ***3/4) Steve Williams vs. Toshiaki Kawada (JIP, 13:27 of 16:22 shown, ***3/4) Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Stan Hansen (3/6/90, ***3/4) Genichiro Tenryu & Ricky Fuyuki vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Tiger Mask II (1/14/90, ***3/4) Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (4/19/90, ***1/2) Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda (1/16/90, ***1/2) Hulk Hogan vs. Stan Hansen (4/13/90, ***1/2) 1991 Jumbo Tsuruta/Akira Taue/Masanobu Fuchi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa/Toshiaki Kawada/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (10/21/91, ****1/2) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Toshiaki Kawada (10/24/91, ****1/2) Mitsuharu Misawa/Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruta/Akira Taue (11/29/91, ****1/2) Keiji Muto vs. Masahiro Chono (8/11/91, ****1/4) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mitsuharu Misawa (4/20/91, ****1/4) Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada (3/3/91, ****1/4) Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Terry Gordy (6/1/91, ****1/4) Jumbo Tsuruta/Akira Taue vs. Toshiaki Kawada/Kenta Kobashi (9/27/91, ****1/4) Mitsuharu Misawa/Toshiaki Kawada vs. Terry Gordy/Steve Williams (12/6/91, ****1/4) Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Terry Gordy & Steve Williams (07/24/91, ****) Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect (8/26/91, ****) Nobuhiko Takada vs Kazuo Yamazaki (10/6/91, ****) Ric Flair/Larry Zbyszko/Barry Windham/Sid Vicious vs. Sting/Brian Pillman/Scott Steiner/Ric Steiner (2/24/91, ****) Jumbo Tsuruta/Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (9/1/91, ****) Toshiaki Kawada/Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue/Masa Fuchi (9/23/91, ****) Mitsuharu Misawa/Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (11/24/91, ****) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Masahiro Chono (8/9/91, ***3/4) Toshiaki Kawada vs. Akira Taue (1/15/91, ***3/4) Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada (5/24/91, ***3/4) Toshiaki Kawada vs. Steve Williams (6/16/91, ***3/4) Stan Hansen/Danny Spivey vs. Terry Gordy/Steve Williams (12/4/91, ***3/4) Mitsuhara Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue (09/24/91, ***1/2) Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Toshiaki Kawada (4/6/91, ***1/2) Bull Nakano vs Yumiko Hotta (1/23/91, ***1/2) Jumbo Tsuruta/Akira Taue/Masanobu Fuchi vs. Toshiaki Kawada/Kenta Kobashi/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (10/27/91, ***1/2) Mitsuharu Misawa/Toshiaki Kawada/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta/Akira Taue/Masa Fuchi (1/27/91, ***1/2) Toshiaki Kawada vs. Akira Taue (4/18/91, ***1/2) Toshiaki Kawada/Kenta Kobashi vs. Stan Hansen/Danny Spivey (9/1/91, ***1/2) The Great Muta vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (9/23/91, ***1/2) 1992 Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki (11/26/92, ****3/4) Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (10/21/1992, ****1/2) Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada (8/15/92, ****1/2) Jushin Liger vs. El Samurai (4/30/92, ****1/4) Kyoko Inoue vs Akira Hokuto (1/4/92, ****1/4) Kyoko Inoue vs Akira Hokuto (11/26/92, ****1/4) Vader vs Sting (12/28/92, ****1/4) Jushin Liger vs. Pegasus Kid (2/10/92, ****1/4) Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman (2/29/92, ****) Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue vs. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada (12/13/92, ****) Bret Hart vs. British Bulldog (8/29/92, ****) Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage (4/5/92, ****) Nobuhiko Takada vs Gary Albright (9/21/92, ****) Pegasus Kid vs. Jushin Liger (8/12/92, ****) Hiroshi Hase vs Great Muta (12/14/92, ****) Stan Hansen vs. Mitsuhara Misawa (08/22/1992, ****) Bull Nakano & Aja Kong vs. Akira Hokuto & Toshiyo Yamada (8/15/92, ****) Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Akira Taue & Jun Akiyama (12/04/1992, ****) Stan Hansen vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (3/4/92, ****) Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi (3/22/92, ****) Masa Chono vs. Keiji Muto (8/11/92, ***3/4) Bull Nakano vs Aja Kong (11/26/92, ***3/4) Vader vs. Sting (7/12/92, ***3/4) Jumbo Tsuruta/Masanobu Fuchi/Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Mitsuharu Misawa/Toshiaki Kawada/Kenta Kobashi (1/12/92, JIP, 19:30 of 26:00 shown, ***3/4) Nobuhiko Takada vs Gary Albright (5/8/92, ***3/4) Stan Hansen vs Mitsuharu Misawa (4/17/92, ***1/2) Kyoko Inoue & Mariko Yoshida vs Manami Toyota & Sakie Hasegawa (5/24/92, ***1/2) Aja Kong & Bison Kimura vs Akira Hokuto & Etsuko Mita (5/24/92, ***1/2) Bret Hart vs. Roddy Piper (4/5/92, ***1/2) Jumbo Tsuruta & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi (1/2/92, ***1/2) 1993 Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori (4/2/93, *****) Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi (7/29/93, *****) Toshiyo Yamada & Manami Toyota vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki (4/11/93, ****3/4) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (06/01/93, ****1/2) Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada (1/30/93, ****1/2) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (3/27/93, ****1/2) Aja Kong & Sakie Hasegawa vs. Toshiyo Yamada & Kyoko Inoue (10/10/93, ****1/2) Stan Hansen vs Toshiaki Kawada (2/28/93, ****1/4) Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Akira Taue (2/28/93, ****1/4) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (7/29/93, ****1/4) Steve Williams vs Mitsuharu Misawa (9/3/93, ****1/4) Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi (4/16/93, ****1/4) Vader vs. Sting (2/21/93, ****1/4) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Stan Hansen (3/30/93, ****1/4) Akira Taue vs Kenta Kobashi (1/26/93, ****1/4) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Genichiro Tenryu (8/8/93, ****1/4) Kyoko Inoue vs. Shinobu Kandori (8/25/93, ****1/4) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (12/3/93, ****) Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai (10/9/93, ****) Mitsuharu Misawa/Kenta Kobashi/Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue/Yoshinari Ogawa (7/2/93, ****) Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect (6/13/93, ****) Steve Williams vs Kenta Kobashi (8/31/93, ****) Aja Kong & Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori & Eagle Sawai (4/11/93, ****) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Keiji Muto (12/10/93, ****) Shinya Hashimoto vs Genichiro Tenryu (8/8/93, ****) Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue vs. Mayumi Ozaki & Cuty Suzuki (4/2/93, ****) Aja Kong vs. Dynamite Kansai (8/25/93, ****) Nobuhiko Takada vs Vader (12/5/93, ***3/4) Akira Hokuto vs. Rumi Kazama (8/25/93, ***3/4) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Power Warrior (12/13/93, ***1/2) Akira Hokuto vs. Yumiko Hotta (8/21/93, ***1/2) Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Stan Hansen (5/21/93, ***1/2) Vader vs. Cactus Jack (10/24/93, ***1/2) Kenta Kobashi vs Terry Gordy (5/21/93, ***1/2) Kyoko Inoue/Takako Inoue/Toshiyo Yamada vs. Aja Kong/Kaoru Ito/Infernal Kaoru (8/21/93, ***1/2) 1994 Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (6/3/94, *****) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (5/21/94, ****3/4) Super Vader vs. Nobuhiko Takada (8/18/94, ****3/4) Aja Kong vs Yumiko Hotta (1/24/94, ****3/4) Kenta Kobashi vs Steve Williams (9/3/94, ****3/4) Toshiaki Kawada vs Steve Williams (4/16/94, ****1/2) Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (3/20/94, ****1/2) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda (1/24/94, ****1/2) Wild Pegasus vs. Great Sasuke (4/16/94, ****1/2) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (4/11/94, ****1/4) Toshiaki Kawada vs Steve Williams (10/22/94, ****1/4) Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue (4/1/94, ****1/4) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Hiro Hase (12/13/94, ****1/4) Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Gary Albright (8/18/94, ****1/4) Jushin Liger vs. Great Sasuke (4/16/94, ****1/4) Bull Nakano vs Kyoko Inoue (1/24/94, ****) El Samurai vs. Great Sasuke (4/16/94, ****) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (12/10/94, ****) Akira Hokuto & Aja Kong vs Dynamite Kansai & Yumiko Hotta (8/24/94, ****) Manami Toyota vs. Aja Kong (11/20/94, ****) Kyoko Inoue vs. Dynamite Kansai (11/20/94, ****) Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue (3/27/94, ***3/4) Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (12/10/94, ***3/4) Jushin Liger vs. Super Delfin (6/18/94, ***3/4) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Genichiro Tenryu (2/17/94, ***3/4) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Riki Choshu (6/15/94, ***3/4) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue (10/9/94, ***3/4) Aja Kong vs. Dynamite Kansai (11/20/94, ***3/4) Nobuhiko Takada vs Gary Albright (6/10/94, ***1/2) Bret Hart vs 1-2-3 Kid (07/01/94, ***1/2) Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan vs. The Nasty Boys (5/22/94, ***1/2) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Shiro Koshinaka (8/7/94, ***1/2) Bull Nakano & Kyoko Inoue vs. Aja Kong & Manami Toyota (3/3/94, ***1/2) Aja Kong vs Yumiko Hotta (12/4/94, ***1/2) 1995 Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa (6/9/95, AJPW Double Tag Titles, *****) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (1/24/95, ****3/4) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue (4/15/95, ****1/2) Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue (4/8/95, ****1/2) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (3/26/95, ****1/2) Jushin Liger vs. Ultimo Dragon (12/95, ****1/2) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (7/24/95, ****1/4) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (4/6/95, ****1/4) Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue (7/24/95, ****1/4) Bret Hart vs. British Bulldog (12/17/95, ****1/4) Koji Kanemoto vs. Shinjiro Otani (7/13/95, ****1/4) Jushin Liger vs. Gedo (12/95, ****1/4) Toshiaki Kawada vs Gary Albright (10/25/95, ****) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue (4/12/95, ****) Akira Taue vs Kenta Kobashi (3/21/95, ****) Lionheart vs. Wild Pegasus (12/95, ****) Ultimo Dragon vs. Shinjiro Otani (12/95, ****) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue (9/10/95, ***3/4) Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (10/15/95, ***3/4) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (12/9/95, ***3/4) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Keiji Muto (5/3/95, ***3/4) Bret Hart vs. Diesel (11/19/95, ***3/4) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (10/25/95, ***3/4) Jushin Liger vs. Gran Naniwa (12/95, ***3/4) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Keiji Muto (8/15/95, ***3/4) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Kensuke Sasaki (1/4/95, ***1/2) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (3/4/95, ***1/2) Ric Flair vs. Keiji Muto (8/13/95, ***1/2) Toshiaki Kawada vs Jun Akiyama (3/21/95, ***1/2) Nobuhiko Takada vs Vader (4/20/95, ***1/2) 1996 Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama (12/6/96, *****) El Samurai vs. Shinjiro Otani (1/21/96, ****3/4) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama (5/96, ****1/2) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (7/9/96, ****1/2) Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Shinjiro Otani (3/17/96, ****1/2) Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (11/17/96, ****1/2) Shinjiro Ohtani vs. Ultimo Dragon (8/4/96, ****1/2) Shinjiro Otani vs. Wild Pegasus (3/20/96, ****1/2) Black Tiger vs. Wild Pegasus (6/11/96, ****1/2) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (11/29/96, ****1/4) Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue (3/31/96, ****1/4) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (3/31/96, ****1/4) Jushin Liger vs. Black Tiger (6/12/96, ****1/4) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue (5/24/96, ****1/4) Antonio Inoki vs. Vader (1/4/96, ****) Chris Benoit vs. Dean Malenko (8/10/96, ****) TAKA Michinoku/Koji Kanemoto/Shinjiro Otani vs. Gran Hamada/El Samurai/Jushin Liger (4/5/96, ****) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Riki Choshu (8/2/96, ****) Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue (7/24/96, ***3/4) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (11/22/96, ***3/4) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Kenta Kobashi & The Patriot (11/22/96, ***3/4) Jushin Liger vs. Dick Togo (British Jr. Title, ***3/4) Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shinya Hashimoto (4/29/96, ***1/2) Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada (5/24/96, ***1/2) 1997 1 Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa (1/20/97, *****) 2 Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa (10/21/97, *****) 3 Jushin Liger vs. Shinjiro Otani (2/9/97, ****3/4) 4 Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama (12/5/97, ****3/4) 5 Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (4/19/97, ****1/4) 6 Hiroshi Hase vs Kenta Kobashi (8/26/97, ****1/4) 7 Bret Hart vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin (3/23/97, ****1/4) 8 Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama (3/30/97, ****) 9 Jushin Liger vs. Ultimo Dragon (1/4/97, ****) 10 Mitsuharu Misawa & Hiroshi Hase & Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi & Akira Taue & Jun Akiyama (9/26/97, ****) 11 Toshiaki Kawada vs Mitsuharu Misawa (6/6/97, ***3/4) 12 Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi (4/19/97, ***3/4) 13 Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyama (9/6/97, ***3/4) 14 Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (4/2/97, ***1/2) 15 Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue (7/25/95, ***1/2) 16 Shinya Hashimoto vs. Keiji Muto (6/5/97, ***1/2) 17 Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace & Johnny Smith vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama & Satoru Asako (8/22/97. ***1/2) 1998 Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada (6/12/98, ****3/4) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (10/31/98, ****1/2) Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace vs Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (6/5/98, ****1/2) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Kazuo Yamazaki (8/2/98, ****1/2) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (3/29/98, ****) Jun Akiyama vs Mitsuharu Misawa (1/26/98, Triple Crown, ****) Jun Akiyama vs Kenta Kobashi (7/24/98, Triple Crown, ****) Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace (1/25/98, ****) Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Stan Hansen & Vader (12/5/98, ***3/4) Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (10/11/98, ***3/4) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyama (4/18/98, ***3/4) Shinjiro Otani vs. Ultimo Dragon (1/4/98, ***3/4) Toshiaki Kawada vs Mitsuharu Misawa (5/1/98, ***1/2) Akira Taue vs Kenta Kobashi (9/11/98, Triple Crown, ***1/2) 1999 Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (6/11/99, ****1/2) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (1/7, 17:28 of 25:58 shown, ****1/4) Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (10/23/99, ****1/4) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (1/22/99, ****) Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Vader (5/1/99, ****) Bret Hart vs. Chris Benoit (10/4/99, ****) Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (3/6/99, ****) Vader vs Kenta Kobashi (4/16/99, ***3/4) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (7/23/99, ***3/4) Ayaka Hamada/Mika Akino vs Mima Shimoda/Etsuko Mita (12/11/99, ***3/4) Kenta Kobashi & Toshiaki Kawada vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Akira Taue (6/4/99, ***3/4) Raven & Saturn vs. Dean Malenko & Chris Benoit (4/11/99, ***1/2) CIMA vs Minoru Fujita (10/19/99, ***1/2) Ryuji Yamakawa vs Tomoaki Honma (6/20/99, ***1/2) 2000 1 Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama (12/23/2000, ****1/2) 2 Jun Akiyama vs Mitsuharu Misawa (2/27/00, ****) 3 Vader vs Kenta Kobashi (2/27/00, ****) 4 Jun Akiyama vs Kenta Kobashi (8/6/00, ****) 5 Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada (10/9/00, ***3/4) 6 Masa Fuchi & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka (12/14/00, ***3/4) 7 Jun Akiyama & Kenta Kobashi vs Vader & Steve Williams (2/20/00, ***3/4) 8 Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada (1/17/00, ***3/4) 9 Jun Akiyama & Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Akira Taue (8/5/2000, 2/3 Falls, ***1/2) 10 Toshiaki Kawada vs Genichiro Tenryu (10/28/00, ***1/2) 11 Genichiro Tenyru vs. Kensuke Sasaki (1/4/00, ***1/2) 12 Shinya Hashimoto & Takashi Iizuka vs. Naoya Ogawa & Kazunari Murakami (1/4/00, ***1/2) 2001 1 Jushin Liger vs. Minoru Tanaka (6/4/01, ****1/4) 2 Minoru Tanaka vs. AKIRA (5/28/01, ****) 3 Toshiaki Kawada vs. Satoshi Kojima (6/6/01, ****) 4 Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Mike Barton & Jim Steele (12/11/01, ****) 5 Jun Akiyama vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (7/27/01, ****) 6 Naomichi Marufuji vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa (4/18/01, ****) 7 Keiji Muto & Taiyo Kea vs. Osamu Nishimura & Tatsumi Fujinami (10/28/01, ****) 8 Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Shinya Hashimoto & Yuji Nagata (3/2/01, ***3/4) 9 Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Toshiaki Kawada (1/4/01, ***3/4) 10 Keiji Muto vs Genichiro Tenryu (6/8/01, ***3/4) 11 Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yuji Nagata (1/4/01, ***3/4) 12 Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuya Nagai vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (9/16/01, ***3/4) 13 Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Naomichi Marufuji (12/9/2001, ***3/4) 14 Takehiro Murahama vs. Minoru Tanaka (4/20/01, ***3/4) 15 Keiji Muto & Jushin Liger vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura (10/19/01, ***3/4) 16 Yuji Nagata/Osamu Nishimura/Takashi Iizuka vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan/Satoshi Kojima/Scott Norton (4/20/01, ***3/4) 17 Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jun Akiyama (4/11/01, ***1/2) 18 Taiyo Kea vs. Genichiro Tenryu (3/3/01, ***1/2) 2002 Masayuki Naruse & El Samurai vs. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (9/23/02, ****) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Yuji Nagata & Jun Akiyama (2/17/02, ***3/4) Kenta Kobashi & Kentaro Shiga vs. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito (10/19/02, ***3/4) Satoshi Kojima vs. Genichiro Tenryu (7/17/02, ***3/4) Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Osamu Nishimura (2/16/02, ***3/4) Osamu Nishimura vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (8/10/02, ***3/4) Jushin Liger/Great Sasuke/Tiger Mask IV vs. Dick Togo/Gedo/Jado (1/4/02, ***3/4) Yuji Nagata vs. Jun Akiyama (1/4/02, ***3/4) Great Sasuke/Jinsei Shinzaki/Dick Togo vs. TAKA Michinoku/Gran Naniwa/Kaz Hayashi (11/8/02, ***3/4) Masahiro Chono vs. Yuji Nagata (10/26/02, ***1/2) Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (8/4/02, ***1/2) American Dragon vs Low Ki (3/30/02, ***1/2) Samoa Joe vs Low Ki (10/5/02, ***1/2) American Dragon vs AJ Styles (11/9/02, ***1/2) 2003 Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Jun Akiyama (8/17/03, ****1/2) Kenta Kobashi & Tamon Honda vs. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito (6/06/03, ****1/4) Makai Mask IV & Makai Mask V vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (7/09/03, ****) AKIRA/Super Crazy/HEAT/Masahito Kakihara/Tiger Mask IV vs. Minoru Fujita/Gedo/Koji Kanemoto/El Samurai/Jushin Lyger (2/16/03, ****) Jun Akiyama/Makoto Hashi/Akitoshi Saito/Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Tamon Honda/KENTA/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi/Kenta Kobashi (5/14/03, ***3/4) Doug Williams vs. Chris Daniels (3/22/03, ***3/4) Tamon Honda vs. Kenta Kobashi (4/13/03, ***1/2) Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle (1/19/03, ***1/2) Kazunari Murakami vs. Yuji Nagata (12/10/02, ***1/2) Osamu Nishimura vs. Yuji Nagata (2/02/03, ***1/2) 2004 CM Punk vs. Samoe Joe (10/16/04, ****3/4) Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Kenta Kobashi (4/25/04, ****1/2) CM Punk vs Samoa Joe (12/4/04, ****1/2) Akira Taue vs. Kenta Kobashi (9/10/04, ****1/4) Bryan Danielson vs Samoa Joe (10/2/04, ****1/4) Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kensuke Sasaki (12/12/04, ****1/4) Takeshi Rikio & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kenta Kobashi & KENTA (11/28/04, ****1/4) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan (8/15/04, Final, ****1/4) Mark Briscoe vs Colt Cabana vs Austin Aries vs Homocide vs Bryan Danielson vs Samoa Joe (6/24/04, ****1/4) Low Ki & Bryan Danielson vs Samoa Joe & Jushin Thunder Liger (11/6/04, ****) Brock Lesnar vs Eddy Guerrero (2/15/04, ****) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki (11/03/04, ****) Austin Aries vs Samoa Joa (12/26/04, ****) Low Ki vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (9/10/04, ****) Austin Aries vs Bryan Danielson (8/7/04, ****) Jay and Mark Briscoe & Jimmy Rave & John Walters vs Alex Shelley & Jack Evans & Austin Aries & Roderick Strong (5/22/04, ****) Takeshi Rikio vs. Kenta Kobashi (3/06/04, ***3/4) CM Punk vs Samoa Joe (6/12/04, ***3/4) Great Sasuke & Dick Togo & Nobutaka Moribe vs Minoru Fujita & Ikuto Hidaka & Macho Pump (8/22/04, ***3/4) SUWA vs. Magnum Tokyo (2/08/04, UDG Title, ***3/4) Bryan Danielson vs Jushin Thunder Liger (11/5/04, ***3/4) Yoshinari Ogawa & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA (4/03/04, ***3/4) KENTA vs. Kenta Kobashi (10/09/04, ***1/2) Toshiaki Kawada vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan (12/5/04, ***1/2) Jun Akiyama vs. Kenta Kobashi (7/10/04, ***1/2) Kenta Kobashi & KENTA vs. Akitoshi Saito & Takashi Sugiura (11/28/04, ***1/2) Kurt Angle vs Eddy Guerrero (3/14/04, ***1/2) 2005 Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiosaki vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima (11/5/05, ****3/4) Kenta Kobashi & Makoto Hashi vs. Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (8/19/05, ****1/2) Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita (5/7/05, ****1/2) Low Ki vs. KENTA (12/17/05, ****1/4) Bryan Danielson vs. James Gibson (9/17/05, ****1/4) AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe (12/11/05, ****1/4) KENTA vs. SUWA (9/18/05, ****) Kenta Kobashi vs. Samoa Joe (10/1/05, ****) Roderick Strong vs. Bryan Danielson (10/29/05, ****) Kenta Kobashi & Homicide vs. Low Ki & Samoa Joe (10/2/05, ****) Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio (6/23/05, ****) Mitsuharu Misawa/Kenta Kobashi/Jun Akiyama vs. Naomichi Marufuji/KENTA/Makoto Hashi (4/2/05, ****) James Gibson vs. Austin Aries (4/16/05, ****) Naomichi Marufuji & Minoru Suzuki vs. Akitoshi Saito & Takashi Sugiura (9/11/05, ****) Chris Daniels vs. James Gibson vs. Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk (8/12/05, ****) KENTA vs. Mushiking Terry (10/28/05, ****) CM Punk & Spanky vs. Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal (3/12/05, ****) Kenta Kobashi vs. Takeshi Rikio (3/5/05, ***3/4) Satoshi Kojima vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (3/26/05, ***3/4) Satoshi Kojima vs. Toshiaki Kawada (2/16/05, ***3/4) Satoshi Kojima vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan (2/20/05, ***3/4) Chris Daniels vs. Samoa Joe (11/5/05, ***3/4) KENTA vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (7/18/05, ***3/4) Roderick Strong vs. Bryan Danielson (11/5/05, ***3/4) Spanky vs. Bryan Danielson (4/2/05, ***3/4) Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Sugiura vs. Richard Slinger & Low Ki (8/27/05, ***3/4) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata (4/19/05, ***3/4) Mitsuharu Misawa & Mohammed Yone vs. Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiozaki (4/17/05, ***3/4) Low Ki & Homicide vs. Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal (8/13/05, ***3/4) KENTA/Naomichi Marufuji/Kotaro Suzuki/Ricky Marvin vs. Takashi Sugiura/Yoshinobu Kanemaru/Makoto Hashi/SUWA (4/17/05, ***3/4) James Gibson vs. Homicide vs. Austin Aries vs. Samoa Joe (7/8/05, ***3/4) Shawn Michaels vs. Kurt Angle (4/3/05, ***3/4) Toshiaki Kawada vs. Minoru Suzuki (8/11/05, ***1/2) Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (8/7/05, ***1/2) Satoshi Kojima vs. Kensuke Sasaki (11/19/05, ***1/2) Samoa Joe vs. Jay Lethal (12/3/05, ***1/2) Black Tiger vs. Koji Kanemoto (10/30/05, ***1/2) Shinsuke Nakamura & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yuji Nagata (1/30/05, ***1/2) Jun Akiyama & Makoto Hashi vs. Minoru Suzuki & Naomichi Marufuji (7/18/05, ***1/2) Kenta Kobashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki (7/18/05, ***1/2) Yuji Nagata vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan (8/13/05, ***1/2) Chris Daniels vs. CM Punk (7/23/05, ***1/2) Minoru Suzuki vs. Mohammed Yone (9/18/05, ***1/2) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Toru Yano (8/4/05, ***1/2) Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Sugiura (6/5/05, ***1/2) Kenta Kobashi/Mohammed Yone/Go Shiosaki vs. Takeshi Rikio/Takeshi Morishima/Naomichi Marufuji (2/20/05, ***1/2) Takeshi Rikio/Mohammed Yone/KENTA vs. Jun Akiyama/Genichiro Tenryu/Go Shiosaki (5/17/05, ***1/2) Satoshi Kojima vs. Keiji Muto (7/26/05, ***1/2) Bryan Danielson vs. Homicide (2/19/05, ***1/2) Colt Cabana vs. Austin Aries (2/19/05, ***1/2) 2006 Samoa Joe vs. Bryan Danielson (8/5/06, ****1/2) Kenta Kobashi vs. Naomichi Marufuji (4/23/06, ****) KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio (NOAH 7/16/06, ****) Samoa Joe/Adam Pearce/BJ Whitmer/Ace Steel/Bryan Danielson vs. Chris Hero/Claudio Castagnoli/Nate Webb/Necro Butcher/Eddie Kingston (7/15/06, ****) Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA (12/2/06, ****) KENTA vs. Bryan Danielson (9/16/06, ***3/4) Nigel McGuinness vs. Bryan Danielson (8/12/06, ***3/4) Roderick Strong vs. Bryan Danielson (3/31/06, ***3/4) Kenta Kobashi vs. KENTA (3/5/06, ***3/4) Kurt Angle vs. Undertaker (2/19/06, ***3/4) Necro Butcher vs. Low-Ki (4/1/06, ***3/4) Naomichi Marufuji vs. KENTA (10/29/06, ***3/4) Naomichi Marufuji vs. Akira Taue (3/5/06, ***1/2) Yuji Nagata vs. Giant Bernard (4/30/06, ***1/2) Homicide vs. Bryan Danielson (6/3/06, ***1/2) Colt Cabana vs. Bryan Danielson (8/26/06, ***1/2) Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Takashi Sasaki (3/31/06, ***1/2) Lance Storm vs. Bryan Danielson (4/1/06, ***1/2) Edge vs. Mick Foley (4/2/06, ***1/2) Samoa Joe vs. Bryan Danielson (10/28/06, ***1/2) Jimmy Rave vs. Bryan Danielson (2/25/06, ***1/2) Genki Horiguchi/Ryo Saito/Dragon Kid vs. CIMA/Naruki Doi/Masato Yoshino (3/31/06, ***1/2) William Regal vs. Chris Benoit (10/8/06, ***1/2) Kenta Kobashi & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Katsuhiko Nakajima (2/11/06, ***1/2) Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels (4/13/06, JIP, ***1/2) 2007 CM Punk vs. John Morrison (9/4/07, ***1/2) 2012 Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito (3/4/12, ****1/2) Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (2/12/12, ****) 2013 Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazushi Sakuraba (1/4/13, ***1/2)
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  9. Here's my ballot from the DVDVR 1980's Other Japan project, with a few comments on some of the matches (mostly early ones before I got lazy). 1. Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda (11/10/88 UWF) 2. Kazuo Yamazaki vs Nobuhiko Takada (8/13/88 UWF) 3. Akira Maeda vs Gerard Gourdeau (8/13/88 UWF) 4. Kazuo Yamazaki vs Nobuhiko Takada (9/11/85 UWF) 5. Nobuhiko Takada vs Bob Backlund (12/22/88 UWF) 6. Yoji Anjoh vs Masakatsu Funaki (6/14/89 UWF) 7. Masakatsu Funaki vs Tatsuo Nakano (7/24/89 UWF) 8. Kazuo Yamazaki vs Nobuhiko Takada (12/5/84 UWF) 9. Akira Maeda vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (8/13/89 UWF) 10. Yoji Anjoh vs Minoru Suzuki (10/25/89 UWF) 11. Akira Maeda vs Kazuo Yamazaki (5/21/89 UWF) 12. Kazuo Yamazaki vs Yoji Anjoh (8/13/89 UWF) 13. Kazuo Yamazaki vs Nobuhiko Takada (5/4/89 UWF) 14. Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda (1/10/89 UWF) 15. Nobuhiko Takada vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (10/25/89 UWF) 16. Super Tiger vs Nobuhiko Takada (9/6/85 UWF) 17. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Super Tiger (9/11/85 UWF) 18. Akira Maeda vs Kazuo Yamazaki (5/12/88 UWF) 19. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Super Tiger (7/17/85 UWF) 20. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Akira Maeda (3/2/85 UWF) 21. Super Tiger vs Akira Maeda (9/11/84 UWF) 22. Nobuhiko Takada vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (7/8/85 UWF) 23. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Super Tiger (12/5/84 UWF) 24. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Nobuhiko Takada (10/22/84 UWF) 25. Atsushi Onita vs Masashi Aoyagi (10/6/89 FMW) 26. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Kazuo Yamazaki (1/7/85 UWF) 27. Super Tiger vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (6/24/85 UWF) 28. Yoji Anjoh vs Minoru Suzuki (4/14/89 UWF) 29. Super Tiger vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (9/7/84 UWF) 30. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Masakatsu Funaki (5/4/89 UWF) 31. Nobuhiko Takada vs Marty Jones (2/18/85 UWF) 32. Yuko Miyato vs Minoru Suzuki (5/4/89 UWF) 33. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Osamu Kido (9/6/85 UWF) 34. Akira Maeda vs Super Tiger (1/7/85 UWF) 35. Riki Choshu vs Genichiro Tenryu (2/21/85 JPW) 36. Osamu Kido vs Akira Maeda (7/21/85 UWF) 37. Super Tiger vs Nobuhiko Takada (7/21/85 UWF) 38. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Kazuo Yamazaki (8/29/85 UWF) 39. Super Tiger vs Marty Jones (3/2/85 UWF) 40. Akira Maeda vs Kazuo Yamazaki (2/18/85 UWF) 41. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Kazuo Yamazaki (7/24/89 UWF) 42. Super Tiger/Joe Malenko vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara/Osamu Kido (5/25/85 UWF) 43. Masami Soronaka vs Scott McGhee (12/5/84 UWF) 44. Nobuhiko Takada vs Masami Soronaka (3/2/85 UWF) 45. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Osamu Kido (2/18/85 UWF) 46. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Yoji Anjoh (5/21/89 UWF) 47. Osamu Kido vs Akira Maeda (1/29/85 UWF) 48. Minoru Suzuki vs Johnny Barrett (10/1/89 UWF) 49. Ryuma Go vs Atsushi Onita (4/30/89 Pioneer) 50. Rusher Kimura vs Alexis Smirnoff (11/22/80 IWE) 51. Mighty Inoue/Higo Hamaguchi vs Carlos Plata/El Doberman (11/27/80 IWE) 52. Bob Backlund vs Masakatsu Funaki (5/21/89 UWF) 53. Carlos Plata/El Doberman/Goro Tsurumi vs Higo Hamaguchi/Isamu Teranishi/Mach Hayato (11/22/80 IWE) 54. Super Tiger/Akira Maeda vs Nobuhiko Takada/Yoshiaki Fujiwara (7/23/84 UWF) 55. Kazuo Yamazaki vs Chris Dolman (11/29/89 UWF) 56. Riki Choshu/Yoshiaki Yatsu/Kuniaki Kobayashi vs Hiro Saito/Shunji Takano/Super Strong Machine (11/2/85 JPW) 57. Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda (5/25/85 UWF) 58. Atsushi Onita vs Masashi Aoyagi (6/2/89 Ultimate Karate Ikki Kajiwara Memorial) 59. Shozo Kobayashi & Haruka Eigen vs Mighty Inoue & Isamu Teranishi (6/29/80 IWE) 60. El Gran Hamada vs Perro Aguayo (4/11/84 UWF) 61. Mighty Inoue/Higo Hamaguchi vs Spike Huber/Rocky Brewer (7/25/80 IWE) 62. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Akira Maeda (7/13/85 UWF) 63. Tarzan Goto vs Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (12/4/89 FMW) 64. Higo Hamaguchi/Isamu Teranishi/Mach Hayato vs El Cobarde/Herodes/Goro Tsurumi (3/26/81 IWE) 65. Akira Maeda vs Kazuo Yamazaki (10/22/84 UWF) 66. Osamu Kido vs Super Tiger (7/8/85 UWF) 67. Kazuo Yamazaki vs Jack Snuka (9/11/84 UWF) 68. Osamu Kido vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (7/25/85 UWF) 69. Cuban Assassian/Phil Lafleur vs Super Tiger/Osamu Kido (10/22/84 UWF) 70. Carlos Plata/El Doberman vs Mighty Inoue/Mach Hayato (11/1/80 IWE) 71. Super Tiger vs Osamu Kido (8/29/85 UWF) 72. Atsushi Onita/Dick Murdoch vs Masanobu Kurisu/Jos LeDuc (12/4/89 FMW) 73. Jimmy Backlund vs Mitsuteru Tokuda (10/6/89 FMW) 74. Killer Khan vs Stan Hansen (??/??/86 JPW) 75. Pete Roberts/Akira Maeda vs Keith Hayward/Osamu Kido (12/5/84 UWF) Rusher Kimura vs Alexis Smirnoff (11/22/80 IWE) - I doubt this will be a popular pick, but I liked it. There was a lot of very, very basic and deliberate matwork, but it wasn't inactive matwork . Sometimes one hold would be held for 2 or 3 minutes at a time, but both guys would constantly try to fight their way out of those holds, and eventually, it turned into a solid and focused leg attack from Smirnoff. I'll take basic and deliberate combined with active and focused any day. Super Tiger vs Akira Maeda (9/11/84 UWF) - I loved the back and forth in this match. Great counters and great momentum swings made this really dramatic for me. Masami Soronaka vs Scott McGhee (12/5/84 UWF) - This was perhaps the most realistic match on the set so far. A lot of chain/amateur wrestling going on here, with both guys working for holds, and moving along in a realistic and smooth way. For how great of an amateur Kurt Angle was, these two seem to have a better grasp of how to translate that style into the pros. Pete Roberts/Akira Maeda vs Keith Hayward/Osamu Kido (12/5/84 UWF) - A complete bore for 25 of the 30 minutes this match went. Lifeless matches aren't a big deal when they're short, but when they're long, it's just painful. Maeda did nothing except kill one of the first exciting sequences of the match. The other three only picked up their game during the last 10 minutes or so. There was little or no direction, focus or action and it lasted 30 minutes. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Super Tiger (12/5/84 UWF) - Absolutely brutal. The early portions of the match are peppered with some great mat sequences, with both guys working for holds, transitioning to other holds when those weren't working and just looking really believable in general. Then Tiger starts killing Fujiwara with kicks. For about seven minutes. This was actually good and bad in that it was silly that Tiger was allowed to kick the hell out of Fujiwara while he was down and supposedly taking a ten count. If a ten count is going to be used for knockdowns, the other guy can't be allowed continue beating his opponent after the opponent gets knocked down. It ruins the point and drama of the knockdown. The whole finishing sequence would have been better if Fujiwara was taking the beating on his feet, along with making a few more attempts at a comeback. But I can't complain too much, since this is still early UWF, and the workers were still perfecting the style. Kazuo Yamazaki vs Nobuhiko Takada (12/5/84 UWF) - This was more or less a better version of Tiger vs. Maeda from 9/11/84. A great swing match, where both guys had their moments. Great, fluid matwork early, awesome transitions from one move attempt to the next and a fantastic back and forth stretch run where the outcome was very much in doubt. Osamu Kido vs Akira Maeda (1/29/85 UWF) - Maeda actually sold a bit. Early portions were very dull, as Maeda was in control for 95% of the first 10-15 minutes. Things picked up at various points, but the work was never more than good. Ends up being merely decent, which is a lot better than I thought it would be after the first few minutes. Nobuhiko Takada vs Marty Jones (2/18/85 UWF) - Good bit of fun here, with some clever reversals, great body language from both guys and a neat mini-story revolving around the headscissors. Not much drama, just a solidly worked, shoot-style wrestling match. Akira Maeda vs Kazuo Yamazaki (2/18/85 UWF) - Not such a great first 15 minutes, although it wasn't all bad. Things got really good when Yamazaki was allowed to make his comeback and get in some quality offense. Most of the match was mediocre, but the stretch run made it good enough to get a decent placement on the list. Riki Choshu vs Genichiro Tenryu (2/21/85 JPW) - This was one of those matches where they don't waste any time in moving the match along, as Tenryu tried to bomb Choshu out of there right at the start, which made the whole match seem like a stretch run. If the sort of work these guys did was at the end of 15-20 minutes of build, this would be a MOTYC. As it was, it's just merely good, but a lot of fun regardless. Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda (5/25/85 UWF) - This was way too clipped, showing only six of nineteen minutes. What I saw was mostly good, and was enough to put it over some of the weaker matches, but I didn't see enough for this to really get a good placement. Nobuhiko Takada vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (7/8/85 UWF) - The main point here was that Fujiwara is a prick, and that makes Takada angry. Angry Takada decides to kick the crap out of Fujiwara, but that doesn't really stop Fujiwara from being a prick. Short match, but it had a nifty story and it was a ton of fun. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Kazuo Yamazaki (8/29/85 UWF) - There was some nifty matwork here which led to some bizarre positions, along with a couple of neat counters. The match never really got hot, and the ending was somewhat abrupt, but it was still a solid match due to how good the early portions were. Kazuo Yamazaki vs Nobuhiko Takada (9/11/85 UWF) - Tough call between this match or their 12/5/84 match, but I went with this one. The early portions of this match were hit or miss and weren't as strong as their previous encounter, but the stretch run was a lot better. Only problem was that it may have gone on a little too long. In any case, this match seemed like a blueprint for UWF2, as this was worked much like the bigger UWF2 matches, with a lot of knockdowns, comebacks and tons of drama. Kazuo Yamazaki vs Nobuhiko Takada (8/13/88 UWF) - Takada was actually heeling it up here, twice kicking Yamazaki while he was down, along with punching him right in the face. The opening 5-10 minutes of this match was full of neat little spots and story sequences like that. Later, Takada started going after Yamazaki's leg but couldn't put him away. One complaint is that the dragon suplex wasn't treated well, as it didn't even get a close near-fall, and it wasn't sold very well either. Finishing sequence was incredible and the actual finish was incredibly hot. Excellent match. Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda (11/10/88 UWF) - Incredibly dramatic and epic match. Both guys were just whaling on each other by the end. Really great story, with Takada getting the worst of it early, and only being one knockdown away from losing, only to reverse the tide and storm back for the win. The finish was just beautiful, as they were drilling each other with their best shots, and it was only a matter of who would go down first. Maeda's selling was fantastic and it was the best performance of his that I've seen.
  10. 4x, 4x, 4x, 4x ditto, please. PM'd you. -- Loss, 01/15
  11. Modern HBK matches seem preposterous, unconvincing and redundant to me. The indy wrestlers who try to force out a MOTYC~! might be using a different method to reach their goal, but the end result is the same - a contrived mockery of a wrestling match.
  12. Not an unfounded criticism, because bad Punk matches tend to look that way. Hearing that criticism from WWE workers (especially HBK) is just hilarious though.
  13. I expect the main event to be epic and emotionally charged. Also, lots of no-selling. I also expect semi-main 6 man to be the best match on the card. KENTA and Marufuji taking a beating while MiSuwa act like dicks and Takayama and Rikio just pound the crap out of each other. Sounds like a winning combo. Akiyama vs. Shiosaki and Taue vs. Hashi are similar matches, and should also be quite good. Akiyama in the grumpy veteran role is fantastic, and I expect Shiosaki to take a king-sized beating. Taue isn't as good as Akiyama was playing that role, but Hashi is probably the best sympathetic babyface in the world, so that match should end well too. So yea, this should be the card of the year.
  14. I think at this point, it has to do with him being signed with TNA. I believe I've heard that, and it makes sense that he couldn't do both, assuming he was expected to be a full-timer in NOAH. There seemed to be some interest on NOAH's part, judging by Akiyama name-dropping Joe as a possible GHC title challenger (it might have been pure bullshitting, but obviously they must think somewhat highly of him to even mention him in that context). There's definitely more prestige to be had in NOAH, but I'm not so sure it'd be as financially rewarding as his current situation, given that he'd have less free time to work indy dates if he was touring in Japan.
  15. That's a good point. There won't be interest if there are no opponents. Morishima could be SOL in that regard. Who else is there from Morishima's generation? Rikio could be somewhat of a player. His reign was a total bomb, but he seems to have gained some of his popularity back after losing the strap (I'm basing this on the crowd reaction I hear for him). I'm skeptical about KENTA and Marufuji's ability to be long-term heavyweight threats. I just don't think the crowds will accept them in that role for anything other than a quirky, short-term thing. After that, it's all new-generation guys. Shiosaki has a ton of potential, but he's still a few years off, and he won't really be a "generation rival". Same goes for the greener rookies like Taniguchi. I think they can get some mileage out of Morishima vs. Misawa/Kobashi/Akiyama at this point. After that, who knows?
  16. Ah, so he did. I think it'd be better to just post the match at the beginning of the thread. And we could start with some matches that most people would already have. There are probably a few of those that haven't been discussed to death already.
  17. Just throwing this out there, but would anyone else be interested in doing something where a match is selected and uploaded, and then we all discuss that match? I like the idea of having a specific topic to discuss, but I find myself to be more interested in discussing matches, rather than wrestlers.
  18. Misawa is still the second most over guy in the company, and a living legend, so I can't really see the problem. The crowd went crazy when Misawa won, and the show seemed to draw a bigger house than the previous Budokan show. And ultimately, this just sets up Morishima to get the big win from Misawa, and eventually Kobashi. Morishima beating Marufuji for the title would be a rather anti-climatic way for Morishima's first run to kick-off. And as for Marufuji, him as the ace was not going to work anyway, as I don't think people would have accepted him beating Misawa, or any other top heavyweights on a regular basis. And finally, Misawa has a financial stake in the company if I'm not mistaken, so obviously he wants to do what's best for business. Him as the GHC champ over Marufuji makes better business sense at this point, both in the short-term (him drawing as champ) and long-term (making Morishima into a big draw for the future). Re: Morishima vs. Misawa from March - I only thought it was merely "good", but it was the sort of match that was way, way over with the live crowd. I don't particular like overkill offense, but those matches definitely get over with the crowds. Point being, the rematch for the GHC title could be something special, and should go a long way into getting Morishima over as THE guy (although it won't truly happen until he gets put over Kobashi).
  19. All 60 minute draws are pretty much telegraphed these days. The general pace of the wrestling you see today is higher than it was years ago, so you really notice when 2 guys are pacing themselves to go to the limit. Hell, in the last few years, I've seen some 30 minute draws that were completely telegraphed.
  20. Making absolute statements about a group of individuals isn't so cool either, when you get right down to it. A vocal minority, or even majority doesn't excuse that shit. But anyway, I really don't think this has anything to do with "kids" per se. It's pretty fucking lame to get on anyone's case for simply cheering or booing certain wrestlers. But on the other hand, if some people in the audience are being douchebags (Throwing shit at the wrestlers and chanting stuff like "who are you?" would certainly apply. I don't know if those stories were true, just using it as an example.), then it's a different story. Mind you, if it's kids acting that way, I don't think chanting shit at them is such a hot idea, but it's certainly not a grievous sin. Definitely not on the same level of douchery as telling kids to shut the fuck up just because they were acting the way wrestling fans typically act.
  21. And so, the "bitching about the crowd" syndrome continues on and on and on. First, it's people complaining about the "smarts" in the crowd, now people are complaining about the "marks" in the crowd. I love the intarweb. I don't see any reason to complain about how a crowd reacts, unless the crowd is full of jackasses (and chanting "shut the fuck up" to some innocent mark kids is pretty high in jackassery). I mean, god damn, how dare those kids cheer the wrestlers! Outrageous~!
  22. Sounds like DRAMA~!
  23. Is there a full version of that, or am I stuck with the clipped TV version?
  24. The State Patrol showed up in AJPW from time to time. Kind of bizarre seeing them (and later, Bubba Rogers in Bossman gear) in that enviroment.
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