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Telephone interview while they show the Bodies and Cornette laying out the the Fultons. Cornette does a great heel promo about welfare and food stamps, which you'd think would make him a babyface in this part of the country, but no. Stan Lane's overly obvious toupee has to be seen to be believed.
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Ron Wright was so distraught about something that happened at a recent show that he had a mild stroke. DWB is talking trash and Brian Lee comes out and says if DWB wants the belt, he can come get it. Ron Wright says his heart just couldn't stand the excitement of that and asks DWB not to lock up.
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As great as the Gilbert promo was, this was even better. Lawler relates a story from Missy Hyatt, from whom Gilbert is divorced by this point, that Missy once told him about a time she got all decked out for Eddie, then he crawled into bed and started watching Jerry Lawler videos. Lawler said there was something not quite right about that. He also says despite all his attempts to copy him, Gilbert has never been able to measure up. I really want to see this match.
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Gilbert does another really good promo hyping up his upcoming Mid South Coliseum match with Lawler. Gilbert shows PWI and I think New Wave Wrestling magazines to show that he is on the top 10 and Lawler is not, and also that he's the wrestler of the month in New Wave Wrestling. The story of the feud seems to be that Lawler has been a great champion and taken on all comers for a long time, but Gilbert is ready to replace him.
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First vignette hyping Razor Ramon's WWF debut.
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This is some freaky stuff. Shango curses Gene Okerlund, who loses control of the mic and ooze starts dripping down his hand. Gene does a great job in this segment. If the guy in the role could have performed in the ring, this would have been a great gimmick.
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This stands out for many reasons. One is that this is the best Taue performance of the year to date. Aside from Misawa heeling it up at times, as Ditch mentioned, both he and Jumbo largely surrender the spotlight to Taue and Kobashi. Taue makes the most of it, but I'm amazed that his blatant footstomps on punches weren't something that ever got him criticism during training or within the company. I've always noticed it, but when you see him exchanging blows with Misawa and Kobashi, and see Jumbo exchanging blows with Misawa and Kobashi, it stands out more. Besides that, Taue was strong. Here's another match with him selling his knee, and I think he actually does a better job of it here than he did on 5/22, even if as an overall match, I think I prefer that one to this one. I mentioned Kobashi as the other standout. Really, Taue looks better from a layout point of view. Misawa has to save Kobashi far more often than Jumbo has to save Taue, including one spot where Misawa has to actually come in, attack Taue, drag both him and Kobashi to their corner, then tag himself in. Final stretches in AJ tend to be dramatic as a rule, but some of the Kobashi kickouts are so unexpected that they stand out in a positive way, even within the context of All Japan. Misawa taking the nasty bump off the apron from a Jumbo blow, bashing his head against the bottom of the guardrail, I was sure was the end of Misawa's involvement in this match, but he came back. Great match! I don't want to single out just this match to make this point, but I will say that I have some problems with the lack of risk-taking or events in All Japan booking at times. It's a good thing the matches are as strong as they are, because the booking felt on cruise control for much of the year. You know in every tag or six-man that the stars of the team aren't going to be involved in the finish most of the time, so as soon as you see who's in a match, you can usually narrow down the possible finishes pretty easily. They sometimes surprise us, but not nearly enough. Sometimes, the booking seems more geared to maintaining the picture instead of enhancing it. Maybe that's a good thing. I think there's a balancing act somewhere between this and Vince Russo obviously. But I know that even if the matches aren't as good, New Japan booking seemed to do more to keep the top acts fresh and keep things exciting and unpredictable. They also weren't afraid to have key guys do jobs to set up something for the future. I don't want anyone to over-read my point. I don't think top guys should be doing jobs every week, and the advantage that had was that when a Jumbo or Misawa type did lay down for someone, it was incredibly memorable and worked well almost every time. But I'm always surprised that guys like Kawada and Kobashi -- Kobashi especially -- could eat as many losses as they did and not lose any momentum. -
You've probably thought about it more than they have if the last few weeks are any indication. My prediction: They have no idea at this point what they are doing for a finish at Summerslam and will probably decide as close to the show as possible.
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A crazy start, just like every other Hansen/Kawada match, but it becomes more subdued once the opening stuff settles. Nice for a change of pace. Hansen pummels Kawada's left knee through leg grapevines, stiff strikes and dropping him knee first on a ringside table. Kawada fights back by kicking with his good leg, selling remarkably well while doing so, but Hansen cuts him off. Kawada's struggle to scott across the ring and try to reach the ropes just to get a break also looks great. Like most Hansen/Kawada matches, Hansen goes to great lengths to put Kawada over in losing. But they opt for a different method than normal here. Usually, it's about how Kawada can be so aggressive with Hansen and push him to the limit. This is more about Kawada's ability to come back from a beating. That's not to say he doesn't get in plenty of his own offense. He does, but because his selling is so good and consistent, he stays over because it's obvious he's playing through the pain. I don't want to call this match "basic". It almost seems insulting considering that there are some things Kawada does physically where most wrestlers would struggle. But the layout itself is really basic and good -- Hansen takes it to Kawada early, maybe knowing that if he can take him out early, if the match goes long, even if Hansen ends up in a bind, Kawada is weakened. That's exactly what ends up happening. The ability to look so far ahead and anticipate what may happen later is the mark of a veteran. Even though Kawada outwrestles him, outbrawls him and shows great resolve in coming back from a big beating, Hansen is still the smarter, more resourceful wrestler, which is how he wins this match. The end ... right? Not quite. Hansen ends up making the old standard mistake (if it's possible for a mistake to not have any consequences) of pulling Kawada up from a pinfall position himself. He toys with Kawada for a few minutes, giving him a powerbomb and a lariat before getting the win. They would have blown the roof off the place with one last Kawada comeback mixed in with that, but the match is still very good. Kawada looks completely and utterly destroyed in the post-match.
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I was surprised by how much I liked this match. Both of these guys are iffy on smaller shows. I'm not sure that either guy busted out things you wouldn't expect to see from them in any semi-competitive match, but they both bring their standard stuff and have a really fun, solid match. Shawn in 1992 compared to Shawn in the last decade is such a different wrestler. Age is obviously part of that, but he's a really good striker at this stage. I really like Shawn's punches. I'm not sure what happened, but by 1996, that part of his game was starting to suffer, even as he was getting more flashy in his style. As for Bret, Bret isn't dogging it, which is more than I thought I'd be able to say. It's the five moves of doom and pretty standard, but as I said before, it's done well. They cut a good pace, get the crowd going with a few nice nearfalls and both get in their trademark moves and bumps. Will make an interesting comp to the Survivor Series match. This also in some ways makes an interesting comp to the Iron Man match. I'm not about to argue that this is better or anything crazy like that. But there are certain aspects of their game -- specifically Shawn's -- that would have helped the Iron Man quite a bit; the more aggressive, deliberate style, for starters. Not worth going out of your way to see, but a flattering indication of what their touring match was probably like at this point. This may be slightly better than we'd get on a normal day simply because of the cameras rolling, but it's probably not too far off.
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I suspect that chronologically, this will be the earliest Kanemoto match to make a yearbook. Liger is obviously leading Kanemoto, not in a heavy-handed way, but calling the match and setting up a few synchronized spots. The pace picks up noticeably when Liger does tag in, which shows how green Kanemoto was at this point, even if he did show some promise. He was in there with three other guys at the top of their game. He does a great dive over the railing to the floor on both Benoit and Samurai. He was fairly new to wrestling, so it's not a criticism to point out how much he's being carried and made to look good by the other three, just an observation. Admittedly, there are a few calls that are long and complicated, so Kanemoto looking lost a few times isn't THAT terrible. On other subjects, I like seeing Liger in a match with his two biggest rivals of the year side by side. As far as wrestling style, Benoit and Liger gelled better because both were so dynamic. As far as personas interacting, Liger and Samurai are way better. Kanemoto eats the submission loss to Samurai. After the match, we get Samurai mic work and some interplay with Liger, presumably to set up Sammy's match with Liger later this month. Decent match, more interesting as a snapshot in time than a really good match.
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December: #1 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW 12/06/96) ***** #2 - Great Sasuke & Gran Hamada & Super Delphin & Gran Naniwa & Masato Yakushiji vs Dick Togo & Mens Teoh & Taka Michinoku & Shiryu & Shoichi Funaki (Michinoku Pro 12/16/96) ****1/2 #3 - El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas vs El Dandy (CMLL 12/06/96) ****1/2 #4 - Great Sasuke & Masato Yakashiji & Naohiro Hoshikawa & Gran Hamada & Super Delphin vs Taka Michinoku & Dick Togo & Mens Teoh & Shiryu & Shoichi Funaki (Inoki Festival 12/01/96) ****1/2 #5 - Katsumi Usuda & Takeshi Ono vs Daisuke Ikeda & Alexander Otsuka (BattlARTS 12/25/96) ****1/4 #6 - Nobuhiko Takada vs Genichiro Tenryu (WAR 12/13/96) ****1/4 #7 - Great Sasuke & Gran Hamada & Super Delphin & Gran Naniwa & Tiger Mask IV vs Dick Togo & Mens Teoh & Taka Michinoku & Shiryu & Shoichi Funaki (Michinoku Pro 12/09/96) **** #8 - Kazushi Sakuraba vs Hiromitsu Kanehara (UWFI 12/25/96) **** #9 - Daisuke Ikeda & Takeshi Ono vs Taka Michinoku & Shoichi Funaki (BattlARTS 12/04/96) ***1/2 #10 - Steven Regal vs Psicosis (WCW Monday Nitro 12/16/96) ***1/4 #11 - Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong (AJW 12/08/96) *** #12 - Nobuhiko Takada vs Yoshihiro Takayama (UWFI 12/27/96) #13 - Flash Funk vs Leif Cassidy (WWF It's Time 12/15/96) #14 - Ultimo Dragon vs Dean Malenko (WCW Starrcade 12/29/96) #15 - Jushin Liger & El Samurai vs Shinjiro Otani & Koji Kanemoto (NJPW 12/01/96) #16 - Lex Luger vs The Giant (WCW Starrcade 12/29/96) #17 - Jushin Liger vs Rey Misterio Jr (WCW Starrcade 12/29/96)
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Additional comments on the Michinoku Pro match Matches of the Month for 1996
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My first rewatch since I started going through these yearbooks. This was prompted by jdw asking if I purposely left off this match when ranking matches at the time, or if it was an oversight. I had to rewatch to jog my memory. From a comments standpoint, I stand by what I said before. Delphin was the standout and my favorite performer. I'm not sure I'd call this "awesome", especially when next to the other MPro matches during this time. But it's an excellent match a few shades below most of the great matches at the time. It has a place on the list and it appears to have been an oversight. This should have been on my top 100 for the year. I have added a ranking for it in the Matches of the Month thread. Very good match.
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November: #1 - El Dandy vs Black Warrior (CMLL 11/02/96) ****3/4 #2 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW 11/29/96) ****3/4 #3 - El Hijo del Santo & Bestia Salvaje & Scorpio Jr vs El Dandy & Negro Casas & Hector Garza (CMLL 11/29/96) ****3/4 #4 - El Hijo del Santo & Bestia Salvaje & Scorpio Jr vs Negro Casas & El Dandy & Hector Garza (CMLL 11/22/96) ****1/2 #5 - Bret Hart vs Steve Austin (WWF Survivor Series 11/17/96) ****1/2 #6 - Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (AJPW 11/22/96) ****1/2 #7 - Rey Misterio Jr vs Ultimo Dragon (WCW World War 3 11/24/96) ****1/4 #8 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (AJPW 11/16/96) ****1/4 #9 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Kenta Kobashi & The Patriot (AJPW 11/22/96) ***3/4 #10 - Great Sasuke, Gran Hamada & Super Delphin vs Dick Togo, Mens Teoh & Shiryu (Michinoku Pro 11/12/96) ***3/4 #11 - Sabu & Rob Van Dam vs The Eliminators (ECW November To Remember 11/16/96) ***1/2 #12 - Steve Austin vs Mankind (WWF Monday Night RAW 11/18/96) ***1/4
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October: #1 - Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 10/18/96) ****1/2 #2 - Gran Hamada & Super Delfin & Tiger Mask IV & Gran Naniwa & Masato Yakushiji vs Dick Togo & Mens Teoh & Shiryu & Taka Michinoku & Shoichi Funaki (Michinoku Pro 10/10/96) ****1/2 #3 - Yuki Ishikawa & Alexander Otsuka vs Daisuke Ikeda & Takeshi Ono (BattlARTS 10/30/96) ****1/4 #4 - Genichiro Tenryu vs Great Muta (WAR 10/11/96) **** #5 - Ultimo Dragon vs Great Sasuke (WAR 10/11/96) **** #6 - Billy Scott vs Kenichi Yammamoto (UWFI 10/23/96) **** #7 - Devil Masami & Kyoko Inoue vs Dynamite Kansai & Aja Kong (JWP 10/13/96) ***3/4 #8 - Volk Han vs Masayuki Naruse (RINGS 10/25/96) ***1/4 #9 - Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask IV & Hikari Fukuoka & Hiromi Yagi vs Super Delphin & Gran Naniwa & Candy Okutsu & Commando Bolshoi (JWP 10/13/96) ***1/4 #10 - Rey Misterio Jr vs Psicosis (WAR 10/11/96) ***1/4 #11 - Jushin Liger & El Samurai vs Shinjiro Otani & Yuji Nagata (NJPW 10/25/96) ***1/4 #12 - Rey Misterio Jr vs Dean Malenko (WCW Halloween Havoc 10/27/96) ***1/4 #13 - Dick Togo & Mens Teoh & Shiryu vs Great Sasuke & Gran Hamada & Masato Yakushiji (Michinoku Pro 10/19/96) ***1/4 #14 - Steve Austin vs Hunter Hearst Helmsley (WWF Buried Alive 10/20/96) ***1/4 #15 - Undertaker vs Mankind (WWF Buried Alive 10/20/96) ***1/4 #16 - Keiji Muto & Rick Steiner vs Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima (NJPW 10/25/96) *** #17 - Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong (AJW 10/06/96) #18 - Shawn Michaels vs Steve Austin (WWF Monday Night RAW 10/14/96) #19 - Shane Douglas vs Mikey Whipwreck (ECW 10/18/96)
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September: #1 - Shawn Michaels vs Mankind (WWF Mind Games 09/22/96) ****1/2 #2 - Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 09/05/96) ****1/2 #3 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (AJPW 09/05/96) ****1/4 #4 - Nobuhiko Takada vs Genichiro Tenryu (UWFI 09/11/96) ****1/4 #5 - Manami Toyota & Mima Shimoda vs Mariko Yoshida & Kaoru Ito (AJW 09/28/96) ****1/4 #6 - Volk Han vs Kiyoshi Tamura (RINGS 09/25/96) **** #7 - Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka vs Terry Funk & Gladiator (FMW 09/24/96) **** #8 - Masa Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka (NJPW 09/23/96) **** #9 - Shinya Hashimoto vs Shiro Koshinaka (NJPW 09/23/96) **** #10 - Steven Regal vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW 09/21/96) ***3/4 #11 - Masahito Kakihara vs Yoshihiro Takayama (UWFI 09/30/96) ***3/4 #12 - Hulk Hogan & Scott Hall & Kevin Nash & NWO Sting vs Ric Flair & Arn Anderson & Lex Luger & Sting (WCW Fall Brawl 09/15/96) ***1/4 #13 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama & Satoru Asako vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue & Yoshinari Ogawa (AJPW 09/28/96) ***1/4
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August: #1 - Volk Han vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (RINGS 08/24/96) ****1/2 #2 - Ultimo Dragon vs Shinjiro Otani (NJPW J*Crown 08/05/96) ****1/2 #3 - Aja Kong vs Kyoko Inoue (AJW 08/30/96) ****1/2 #4 - Keiji Muto vs Shiro Koshinaka (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/05/96) **** #5 - Chris Benoit vs Dean Malenko (WCW Hog Wild 08/10/96) **** #6 - Ultimo Dragon vs Great Sasuke (NJPW J*Crown 08/05/96) **** #7 - Masato Tanaka vs W*ING Kanemura (FMW 08/01/96) ***3/4 #8 - Jushin Liger, Gran Naniwa & Gran Hamada vs Dick Togo & Taka Michinoku & Shoichi Funaki (Michinoku Pro 08/18/96) ***3/4 #9 - Riki Choshu vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/02/96) ***3/4 #10 - Shiro Koshinaka vs Satoshi Kojima (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/06/96) ***1/2 #11 - Chris Jericho vs 2 Cold Scorpio (ECW Doctor Is In 08/03/96) ***1/2 #12 - Masa Chono vs Keiji Muto (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/06/96) ***1/2 #13 - Rey Misterio Jr & Konnan vs Juventud Guerrera & Jerry Estrada (AAA 08/19/96) ***1/2 #14 - Shawn Michaels vs Owen Hart (WWF Monday Night RAW 08/12/96) ***1/2 #15 - Undertaker vs Mankind (WWF Summerslam 08/18/96) ***1/4 #16 - Mayumi Ozaki vs Dynamite Kansai (JWP 08/10/96) ***1/4 #17 - Genichiro Tenryu vs Naoki Sano (UWFI 08/17/96) ***1/4 #18 - Shawn Michaels vs Vader (WWF Summerslam 08/18/96) ***1/4 #19 - Dean Malenko vs Steven Regal (WCW Monday Nitro 08/19/96) *** #20 - Rob Van Dam vs Doug Furnas (ECW Natural Born Killaz 08/24/96) ***
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July: #1 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW 07/09/96) ****1/2 #2 - Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue (AJPW 07/24/96) ****1/2 #3 - Genchiro Tenryu vs Yoji Anjo (WAR 07/21/96) **** #4 - Rey Misterio Jr vs Juventud Guerrera (AAA 07/15/96) **** #5 - Rey Misterio Jr vs Psicosis (WCW Bash at the Beach 07/07/96) ***3/4 #6 - Vader, Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith vs Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson & Sid (WWF International Incident 07/21/96) ***1/2 #7 - Rey Misterio Jr vs Dean Malenko (WCW Monday Nitro 07/08/96) ***1/2 #8 - Sting, Lex Luger & Randy Savage vs Ric Flair, Chris Benoit & Steve McMichael (WCW Monday Nitro 07/29/96) ***1/4 #9 - Shawn Michaels vs Marty Jannetty (WWF Monday Night RAW 07/01/96) ***1/4 #10 - Dean Malenko vs Disco Inferno (WCW Bash at the Beach 07/07/96) ***
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That's a fancam, right?
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To be clear, Austin was being lapped for the bulk of it. Around the time he got the haircut was the time he started putting everything together, and that was a few weeks before War Games, the unofficial "end" of the DA. (It went on for months afterwards, but never had the same focus and wasn't the same.) These things are usually more gradual, but the Windham match was the first time I thought he didn't look green. Instead, he looked like a young guy who had put some things together.
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That is a horrible comparison. There's tons of proof that Bin Laden was involved in 9/11, starting with the fact that he gleefully took credit for it. The two cases aren't remotely alike. Al Qaeda has taken credit for many things they had nothing to do with. I don't doubt Bin Laden is behind 9/11, but using his word as the main point isn't why. Dave Meltzer has more credibility on pro wrestling than Osama bin Laden has on world events. This is also worth mentioning: Dave did not have a conversation with some anonymous source after the tribute aired who said they knew in advance. Dave himself was told before the show aired that they knew. And his source? Someone who works in WWE. You don't need to know who the person is to lend credibility to that. I think it's just what you said -- they thought an outside party did it because they couldn't bring themselves to admit that it was Benoit. It's not something that is especially important as time goes on, but Chris Benoit's reputation in pro wrestling prior to all of this is relevant to this discussion. The guy was held in pretty high regard. I simply think they refused to accept that Benoit was responsible for this, even though deep down, they knew better. I look at it very similarly to the company not canceling Over The Edge after Owen died. I tend not to fault the company too much in either case. Was it a poor decision, on both counts? Yes. Absolutely. But few people think clearly when something of that magnitude has happened, so it's not a huge issue to me. It's a forgivable mistake. Not admitting later on when everyone involved is removed from the immediacy of the situation that it was a bad decision was made in haste is a far bigger issue to me. In both cases, they should have issued a public apology, but instead, they tried to defend their actions. And "defensive" is not a good color on WWE, although they like to wear it.
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You didn't hand out star ratings in 1996, but the last two months killed it in your rankings for the year: six of the top seven. November has the #2, #4 and #5 matches of the year for you. December had #1, #6 and #7. I don't know what the rest of 1992 is going to bring at this point, but right now, the top four matches would be in my top seven for the year to date. I think I started a thread to add star ratings to the best matches each month that I never completed. I'll go back and do that at some point so that comparisons like that are easier. But for purposes of this discussion: Nothing in May 1992 can quite touch the #1 match for 1996. But I would put the top three for the month above the #6 match for 1996. Another great month. War Games I'd put ahead of Dandy/Warrior, while the AJ 6-man compared to #2, #4 and #5 is a close call at this point that I don't want to answer without putting some thought into it. Kobashi/Kikuchi vs Can-Ams would be higher than #19 for 1996 I can say without thinking about it too much.
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The match excited me so much because it was bizarre that I'm willing to admit I may have overreacted. But I may not have. Before I do my year-end rankings, I will come back to this and watch it one more time and post thoughts again.
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May: #1 - Sting, Ricky Steamboat, Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes & Nikita Koloff vs Rick Rude, Steve Austin, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton & Larry Zbyszko (WCW Wrestle War 05/17/92) ****3/4 #2 - Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 05/22/92) ****3/4 #3 - Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat (AJPW 05/25/92) ****1/2 #4 - El Hijo del Santo, Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs Negro Casas, Horace Boulder & Tim Patterson (WWA 05/16/92) ****1/2 #5 - El Hijo del Santo vs Espanto Jr (UWA 05/14/92) ****1/4 #6 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue (AJPW 05/30/92) ****1/4 #7 - Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow vs Keiji Muto & Hiroshi Hase (NJPW 05/01/92) **** #8 - Rick & Scott Steiner vs Tatsumi Fujinami & Tayayuki Iizuka (WCW Wrestle War 05/17/92) **** #9 - Brian Pillman vs Tom Zenk (WCW Wrestle War 05/17/92) ***3/4 #10 - Steve Austin vs Barry Windham (WCW Saturday Night 05/09/92) ***3/4 #11 - Riki Choshu vs Keiji Muto (NJPW 05/17/92) ***1/2 #12 - Rick Rude vs Dustin Rhodes (WCW Worldwide 05/30/92) ***1/2 #13 - El Hijo del Santo, Atsushi Onita & Mil Mascaras vs Negro Casas, Tarzan Goto & Giant Warrior (FMW 05/15/92) ***1/4 #14 - Ricky Steamboat, Dustin Rhodes & Nikita Koloff vs Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton & Larry Zbyszko (WCW Saturday Night 05/23/92) ***1/4 #15 - Bill Wilcox vs Freight Train Fulton (UCW 05/01/92) ***1/4 #16 - Arn Anderson vs Big Josh (WCW Saturday Night 05/02/92) ***1/4 #17 - Nobuhiko Takada vs Gary Albright (UWFI 05/08/92) *** #18 - Manami Toyota & Sakie Hasegawa vs Kyoko Inoue & Mariko Yoshida (AJW 05/24/92) *** Overall thoughts: This was the best month so far of any on any yearbook. February was the second best. I think what I'm saying is that 1992 has been the most enjoyable yearbook for me. As far as other stuff not really represented on this list, Eddie Gilbert feels like the best interview in wrestling, but Arn Anderson did a few things toward the end of the month that showed if he got the opportunity, he would be red hot. Between the Windham match and War Games, this is the point when Steve Austin really started putting it all together. Before that, he had been in some strong matches, but he was surrounded by people outworking him. I think when all the 90s yearbooks are complete, the story of Austin from 1990-1999 will be one of the most interesting threads to tie them all together.