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  1. Loss
    B-teamers in the NJ vs WAR feud loses a little something for me, but not much, as this is still very heated and has some great action, specifically from Koshinaka, who it's good to see make a cameo on this set. Very good match.
  2. Loss
    Magnificent. This is a seriously incredible match, one of my favorites ever, and one that is brilliantly crafted. It is all about Hokuto's struggle to put her money where her mouth is when she has an opponent who is determined to destroy her. They play off of Hokuto's history of serious injuries big time, and while there is less action than your typical high end AJW match in 1993, the action that is there is very good and is way more meaningful than usual, and the selling and drama is so otherworldly that the match would have suffered with a faster pace. If anything, that the match is so basic is one of the most beautiful things about it. The drama is created through personality, history and selling. Kandori tries to rip Hokuto's arm completely off of her body, drive her head through a table with a tombstone (which is MADE by the camera shot of the dented table), and take every single resource she has, and Hokuto has to find a way to come back with whatever she can muster. Hokuto's face is so bloody that it looks like she's a masked wrestler at times. But her body language is so amazing and her selling is so demonstrative that the match still conveys the story really well. At times, this match feels more like a fight scene in a movie than a wrestling match because of all the great camera work and facial expressions. I think this match stands fine on its own, but I could see someone going in cold and not quite getting it. I loved it without having seen anything else, but I was at least familiar with Hokuto's history of injuries and setbacks. Without that knowledge, this match would likely miss something, so I think earlier yearbooks will elevate this match even more. I find new things to appreciate about this every time I watch it though. One of the greatest wrestling matches that ever happened.
  3. Loss
    That was a planned spot by Foley because he wanted fans to think it was a shoot.
  4. Loss
    End the giant swing already! Good Lord. That said, great match, but not quite as good as the January match in JWP for me, but Takako and partner vs Ozaki and partner in 1993 seems to be a promise of an excellent match. All the action and nearfalls you'd expect from the time period.
  5. Loss

    My Top 100 Matches of 1996

    Loss replied to Loss's topic in 1996

    #30 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (AJPW 11/16/96) -- 30 minute draw that tells a nice story of Doc & Ace trying to isolate Misawa on the outside while taking out Akiyama on the inside. #29 - Katsumi Usuda & Takeshi Ono vs Daisuke Ikeda & Alexander Otsuka (BattlARTS 12/25/96) -- Shooty matwork and stiff wrestling mixed in pro wrestling moves like powerbombs. Great match. #28 - Rey Misterio Jr vs Ultimo Dragon (WCW World War 3 11/24/96) -- Ultimo Dragon is fantastic in this one. You may have heard it called a one-sided match, which I don't see at all. #27 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (AJPW 06/07/96) -- Excellent match that from a story and action standpoint sets up many interesting things that pay off throughout the year. #26 - Dynamite Kansai & Kanako Motoya vs Mayumi Ozaki & Reiko Amano (JWP 06/16/96) -- Matwork heavy Joshi match in a relatively quiet year. #25 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (AJPW 09/05/96) -- The best performance you'll ever see from Johnny Ace, as he and Doc win the tag titles. #24 - Rey Misterio Jr & Ultimo Dragon vs Heavy Metal & Psicosis (World Wrestling Peace Festival 06/01/96) -- Has a rhythm and creativity that every spotfest should of comedy, bumping and some great moves. #23 - Aja Kong vs Kyoko Inoue (AJW 08/30/96) -- Not a world title match, but it sure feels like one. Paced really well, and a bit of a lost classic. #22 - Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (AJPW 11/22/96) -- Kawada puts on quite the show, selling knee damage beautifully, and waking up an anemic crowd. #21 - Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue (AJPW 07/24/96) -- Kobashi wins the Triple Crown in a fantastic match with some great counter wrestling between the big spots.
  6. Loss
    Inspired by BIG DADDY BRUNO BEEFCAKE and SAILOR MOSES in the Bix thread, I thought using this thread to create a list of other fun wrestling names that don't exist. They can play off of existing names or be entirely your own creation. For example: Slaughterhouse Stevens -- Headlined several MSG shows in the 70s before retiring to live with his family in Vermont. Finishing move was The Tenderizer. Have fun.
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    Matches of the Month

    Loss replied to Loss's topic in 1993

    March 1993: #1 - Ultimo Dragon vs Negro Casas (CMLL 03/19/93) ****3/4 #2 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW Championship Carnival 03/27/93) ****1/2 #3 - Ultimo Dragon vs El Samurai (WAR 03/07/93) ****1/2 #4 - Genichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa vs Riki Choshu & Osamu Kido (WAR 03/03/93) ****1/4 #5 - Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas vs Hollywood Blonds (WCW Worldwide 03/27/93) **** #6 - Shinya Hashimoto & Michiyoshi Ohara vs Ashura Hara & Kodo Fuyuki (WAR 03/07/93) **** #7 - Jushin Liger vs Chris Benoit (AWF 03/04/93) ***3/4 #8 - Rey Misterio Jr & Misterioso & Volador vs Heavy Metal & La Parka & Psicosis (AAA 03/12/93) ***3/4 #9 - Ultimo Dragoncito & Cicloncito Ramirez vs Felinito & Nuevo Piratita Morgan (CMLL 03/05/93) ***3/4 #10 - Genichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa vs Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami (NJPW 03/23/93) ***1/2 #11 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Jun Akiyama & Akira Taue & Yoshinari Ogawa (AJPW 03/03/93) ***1/2 #12 - Tracy Smothers vs Dirty White Boy (SMW TV 03/06/93) ***1/4 #13 - Hollywood Blonds vs Marcus Bagwell & 2 Cold Scorpio (WCW Worldwide 03/06/93) ***1/4 #14 - Kuniaki Kobayashi vs Koki Kitahara (WAR 03/07/93) ***1/4 #15 - Jushin Liger vs Dean Malenko (NJPW 03/21/93) *** #16 - Great Sasuke & Gran Hamada vs El Signo & El Rudo (Michinoku Pro 03/16/93) *** #17 - Kevin Sullivan vs W*ING Kanemura (SMW TV 03/20/93) #18 - Jerry Lawler vs Brian Christopher (USWA TV 03/27/93) #19 - Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas vs Hollywood Blonds (WCW Power Hour 03/06/93) #20 - Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas & Dustin Rhodes vs Hollywood Blonds & Barry Windham (WCW Main Event 03/28/93) #21 - Nasty Boys vs Headshrinkers (WWF Monday Night RAW 03/15/93)
  8. Loss
    Yes, that's all correct. Bret's selling is great and the video is good.
  9. Loss
    Sign in crowd: "Cry Baby Brian - He's Always Fallen And Can't Get Up" Okay match I suppose, but it really runs together with everything else involving these guys. This was taped before the title change. Steamboat pins Pillman to secure the win for his team.
  10. Loss
    This was actually pretty well-produced. Payne looks like he's in a wind tunnel of many neon colors while he plays his song.
  11. Loss
    Last few minutes only. Eaton wins the TV title. Awesome finish, as Mark Curtis leapfrogs both guys to avoid a ref bump and Cornette hits Horner with the racket behind the ref's back.
  12. Loss
    Arn: "The more I get hurt, the more I like it. Some girl in St. Louis instilled that in me one night." Morton: "Whoa."
  13. Loss
    Wow. They are in the dark, as Mantell says he is going to use his pre-med, pre-law and pre-psychiatry backgrounds to try to understand Kevin Sullivan. Sullivan's occupation is Master of the Wrestling Universe, and he is holding a flashlight to his face saying he is being followed. He then walks through all the gimmick matches in which he'll be facing Brian Lee on upcoming house shows, and makes them all sound pretty maniacal. Great stuff.
  14. Loss
    Ron Wright has sent Tony Anthony to train for the upcoming chain match against Tracy Smothers in New York City (the woods, actually). He takes a sack of flour, then a melon, and starts hitting them both with a chain. Then he pulls out a pineapple, because he hears Smothers likes his women a little bushy (Um ...)
  15. Loss
    The best match of the series. The Blondes win the tag titles when Pillman pins Steamboat. The match had almost no heat to begin with, but the crowd was pretty insane by the end. They used every trick they could think of to have a good match, to a point where it may have even been a little overdone, but it's hard to fault this effort. The use of the towel when they were working over Douglas was amusing, because the fans were screaming so loudly over a towel. The build to the hot tag is as good as any hot tag build you'll ever see. I especially enjoyed Austin trying to replicate Douglas' partner-assisted slingshot from the apron to the ring spot that Douglas would always do and missing. Also enjoyed the Rocket Launcher backfiring. The series isn't an all-time classic series like it's been hyped to be in some cases, but it is a very good series, bookended by the best two matches (the first one at the Clash, and then the title change).
  16. Loss
    Studio match that is 90% bullshit and awesome. Christopher stalls and stalls (and stalls), and when Lawler uses closed fists, he threatens to leave the match if he doesn't stop, and even does a promo about it mid-match because he's so upset. He then starts playing hide the non-existent foreign object. Lawler is getting the upper hand when the Harlem Knights (Men on a Mission in a previous gimmick which looks a lot like the Harlem Heat gimmick) run in and attack Lawler. They are doing a promo calling themselves the new kings of Memphis when Jeff Jarrett runs out to get a piece of Christopher. Typically fun USWA.
  17. Loss
    Shawn Michaels is poolside saying he has heard Jeffrey Jarrett has issued an open challenge, and that Memphis doesn't deserve a star of his calibre coming in, but that he'll do it anyway, just to teach Jeffrey Jarrett a lesson. Shawn is awesome here.
  18. Loss
    Another good Duggan vignette. This time, he is visiting a lumberyard saying he's done feeling sorry for himself, and had a new 2 x 4 made to come back and go after Yokozuna.
  19. Loss
    In the on-screen graphic, maybe, but Hogan just referred to him as "my leader".
  20. Loss
    "Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, Wrestlemania, fighting to survive!" Awesome time capsule.
  21. Loss
    Awesome awesome awesome. I know they've had better matches, but this is a worthy addition to the feud and deserves plenty of praise too. Misawa is just amazing in '93, probably my pick for Most Outstanding Wrestler at this point. The nearfalls are interesting to watch in hindsight, because I know Kawada isn't winning anything, but there's still that small bit of doubt where I wonder if he beat Misawa and it was forgotten about because they built up the pin attempt so well. That's a huge credit to these guys. This is an all action match, a faster pace than any of their other singles matches I've seen, and ... yet another low-end MOTYC.
  22. Loss
    Fun, but over too quickly to really be great. The Choshu/Tenryu interactions continue to build to a singles match between them that I can't wait to see. Tenryu pins Fujinami to secure the win for his team.
  23. Loss
    This is an AMAZING video with "A Whole New World" playing in the background the whole time as they show random celebrities being honored. Hulk Hogan does a speech in full wrestling promo mode complaining about the lack of food at his table, which is funny. Then we get a video about how wonderful and charitable the WWF is, of random wrestlers posing with children. Tatanka wants you to stay away from drugs. The Nasty Boys hate smoking. Randy Savage wants you to stay in school and off drugs. To close things off of that section of this, we get Vince's smiling face while soft piano music plays. Hogan then does a speech extolling the virtues of Vince McMahon, calling him "the true champion of children". Then Vince does a speech. You don't think the WWF is trying to rebuild their public image, do you? Then we switch to a nice Andre video tribute that's very well done.
  24. Loss
    These two typically have good matches and not great ones. This falls into that category. Liger finishes with a rana pinning combo.
  25. Loss
    Arn Anderson! He does an excellent promo as a segue from the Sullivan/Kanemura angle to the feud with Cornette and the Bodies.
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