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Funk vs Lewin We get a feeling out process to start. Hart is active at ringside early. Lewin tosses Funk to the outside to a waiting Hart who attacks. This sets up the heat. Funk is back in, but it looks like his arm has been hurt. Lewin follows up by posting the arm. Lewin chops the arm, puts a nerve hold on it, more chops, wristlock with the arm extended, then into a hammerlock. Funk is tremendous in selling this big. Lewin with judo thrusts to the arm, and posts the arm again. Lewin has just destroyed Funk's arm. Funk fires off some jabs to get some seperation to no avail.More arm work, then Funk tries standing headbutts to get seperation, again no luck. Funk with an ankle pick and knee drop, but Lewin catches him with a judo thrust to the neck for a 3 count. The 2nd fall starts with Lewin on the arm. He puts Funk on a table and slams his head onto the table for a bit. Back into the ring and Terry catches Lewin with the ankle pick/knee drop combo. Funk still slling th damage of his arm big. Big Atomic drop by Funk. Spinning boot scrape by Terry. Terry peppers him with jabs . Then he locks on his spinning toe hold for the fall. The 3rd fall starts with Terry going after the leg. Hart is massaging Lewin's leg. Funk bites Lewin. We this awesome leg lock by Funk that no one ever does anymore. Funk moves into a grapevine of the leg. Lewin teases a FO, then hits Funk with it. This was timed perfectly. Lewin works Funk over with the FO. Funk goes for the anklepick/spinning toe hold combo. Then he goes after Hart. Bronco calls for the bell for the DQ while Lewin has Funk in the Oriental sleeper. 4 3/4* Final Thoughts. I think this is my favorite match that has been uploaded. The limb work and selling is top notch here. The timing of the comebacks and cut offs were tremendous. This was a great Terry Funk performance. Shows why he's the legend . Easily my favorite Mark Lewin match ever.

We get a feeling out process to start. Hart is active at ringside early. Lewin tosses Funk to the outside to a waiting Hart who attacks. This sets up the heat. Funk is back in, but it looks like his arm has been hurt. Lewin follows up by posting the arm. Lewin chops the arm, puts a nerve hold on it, more chops, wristlock with the arm extended, then into a hammerlock. Funk is tremendous in selling this big. Lewin with judo thrusts to the arm, and posts the arm again. Lewin has just destroyed Funk's arm. Funk fires off some jabs to get some seperation to no avail.More arm work, then Funk tries standing headbutts to get seperation, again no luck. Funk with an ankle pick and knee drop, but Lewin catches him with a judo thrust to the neck for a 3 count. The 2nd fall starts with Lewin on the arm. He puts Funk on a table and slams his head onto the table for a bit. Back into the ring and Terry catches Lewin with the ankle pick/knee drop combo. Funk still slling th damage of his arm big. Big Atomic drop by Funk. Spinning boot scrape by Terry. Terry peppers him with jabs . Then he locks on his spinning toe hold for the fall. The 3rd fall starts with Terry going after the leg. Hart is massaging Lewin's leg. Funk bites Lewin. We this awesome leg lock by Funk that no one ever does anymore. Funk moves into a grapevine of the leg. Lewin teases a FO, then hits Funk with it. This was timed perfectly. Lewin works Funk over with the FO. Funk goes for the anklepick/spinning toe hold combo. Then he goes after Hart. Bronco calls for the bell for the DQ while Lewin has Funk in the Oriental sleeper. 4 3/4* Final Thoughts. I think this is my favorite match that has been uploaded. The limb work and selling is top notch here. The timing of the comebacks and cut offs were tremendous. This was a great Terry Funk performance. Shows why he's the legend . Easily my favorite Mark Lewin match ever.

It's going to be just like Mania with Sting last year. HHH is going to need a lot of smoke and mirrors .

Not Jerry but faces never got booed out of the building during that time frame. Especially ones who won matches.

Parv I liked the article. Reigns clearly would be more over if he won matches that were good . It's all about climbing the mountain and conquering the final obstacle . At least if he got a real push you could see if he's the man or the wrong guy. Sting got a fair push in 88-90 and failed on top. In 92 Simmons got the belt with practically no build and failed. SCSA sure as hell wasn't losing the big ones right before he won the belt.

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Another key to the mechanic role is that people can buy him as a main eventer at times. So when people they're trying to elevate beat him it means something.

I liked the show as well. I'm not an intergender guy at all, but man they did a great job with Ivelisse. It was a total Barry Windham vs Scorpio vibe to it.

Brody has not been a favorite of mine, and many others here on the board. Bockwinkle on the other hand has been loved by me and many others on the board. I've always thought Bockwinkle and Buddy Rose were the 2 best at having different types of matches. Here Bockwinkle has a match that looks totally different than what he has done previously. This is 2 out of 3 falls. In the 1st fall it's all Brody. He just dominates Bock. Brody uses an incredible looking knee drop. He attacks Bock's neck. He uses the rope. Brody bites Bock's head and attacks it with head smashes. One back breaker later Brody goes over. The 2nd fall starts with Brody taking it to Bock. An eye rake gives Bock some seperation. In payback Bock goes after Brody's neck. Brody is selling some here. Brody is back to biting. Brody misses a drop kick. Nick follows that up with a back breaker for the fall. The 3rd fall turns into a spirited brawl. Brody is a bloody mess. They are throwing bombs at one another. A real fun match. 3 1/4* Some other thoughts. I really liked how snug both guys worked. Brody in particular. I liked how they kept it to bare basics, and the finish seemed perfect with the story they were telling.

Brody has not been a favorite of mine, and many others here on the board. Bockwinkle on the other hand has been loved by me and many others on the board. I've always thought Bockwinkle and Buddy Rose were the 2 best at having different types of matches. Here Bockwinkle has a match that looks totally different than what he has done previously. This is 2 out of 3 falls. In the 1st fall it's all Brody. He just dominates Bock. Brody uses an incredible looking knee drop. He attacks Bock's neck. He uses the rope. Brody bites Bock's head and attacks it with head smashes. One back breaker later Brody goes over. The 2nd fall starts with Brody taking it to Bock. An eye rake gives Bock some seperation. In payback Bock goes after Brody's neck. Brody is selling some here. Brody is back to biting. Brody misses a drop kick. Nick follows that up with a back breaker for the fall. The 3rd fall turns into a spirited brawl. Brody is a bloody mess. They are throwing bombs at one another. A real fun match. 3 1/4* Some other thoughts. I really liked how snug both guys worked. Brody in particular. I liked how they kept it to bare basics, and the finish seemed perfect with the story they were telling.

I'm looking forward to the new season.

1/23/16 NJPW/CMLL Volador jr/Mistico/Tanahashi vs Ultimo Guerrero/Memphisto/Okada 4 1/4* This was pretty fun. They did a great jobbing of incorporating comedy, crowd interaction, and then balls to the wall action. With Guerrero and Memphisto being the 2 best bases on tour so we got some incredible dives.We see thee heels get the advantage early. We get a Kaientai pose that Mistico breaks up with a great rana. Then it is all action with everyone joining in on the action. Mistico in particular looked incredible.Ultimo Guerrero shined as well. Tanahashi worked really hard here.

​1/24/16 Dragon Lee vs Kamaitachi 4 1/2* This was an incredible feud in 2015. They hit a homerun in 2016. This started with a real fun angle the previous night. Both guys come across as big deals. This was a real fast paced bout. Dragon Lee with a tope early on . He would ding his knee. This was a big moment because Kamaitachi would work over the leg. His Dragon Screw was particularly nasty. Dragon Lee sold the leg throughout. He would still hit his big moves, but still sold the leg after a big move which I thought was fair based on the leg work. Their was some nice call backs. The double stomp off the top and the cross up of it later was great. I also dug how Kamaitachi went back to the leg later in the match. The finish was pretty great too.

Lothario vs Darsow Man this match might have had 6 moves used between the wrestlers. This was all about the psychology and crowd heat. Right off the bat Darsow wants to shake hands and the crowd boos the shit out of that. Lothario's punches are so over he's able to tease the punch throughout. This is very similar to how Jake would tease the DDT. Right off the bat Lothario misses a huge punch. Darsow would work the arm trying to take out Lothario's upper cut. Lothario would tease the punch and Darsow would back peddle. I loved the finish how it became 2 guys trying to knock each other out with punches. I'm sure you can guess how this ended. 3 1/4*

Man this match might have had 6 moves used between the wrestlers. This was all about the psychology and crowd heat. Right off the bat Darsow wants to shake hands and the crowd boos the shit out of that. Lothario's punches are so over he's able to tease the punch throughout. This is very similar to how Jake would tease the DDT. Right off the bat Lothario misses a huge punch. Darsow would work the arm trying to take out Lothario's upper cut. Lothario would tease the punch and Darsow would back peddle. I loved the finish how it became 2 guys trying to knock each other out with punches. I'm sure you can guess how this ended. 3 1/4*

How was it working a young Gino vs an experienced wrestler like Black Gordman?

How did he learn to throw such an incredible punch . What made Houston such a special wrestling town. How was he able to make his brawls so believeable?

This is awesome.

I like the vibe too how it switches up.

Guerreros vs The Fabulous Ones 1/24/86 This was just uploaded. We have Bruce Tharpe as the ring announcer. This is the famous Mexican Death Match. This was just an incredible bloody fight. Both teams are hitting on all cylinders. If you've never seen this match check it out. 4*

http://placetobenation.com/this-week-in-wrestling-for-12516/ Fall 1 Pete and Johnny look at nwaclassics.com Magnum TA vs Mr. Wrestling 2 from 3/23/84 that we see 11 year old Pete at. ROH tv with a super fun main event. Fall 2 Timothy joins Pete to breakdown and analyze the Rev Pro High Stakes Show. How many MOTYC are their on the show? Was the Ospreay match as good as the lads across the pond say? Fall 3 Johnny is back and they breakdown NXT, and we take different sides on the booking of RAW. NWA Classics #ROH TV #Rev Pro High Stakes #NXT #RAW

I'll check it out late tonight.

Ernie Ladd vs Art Crews This was a showcase match for Ladd. He's getting heat right off the bat by teasing he was hiding a foreign object. I love Ladd as a heel. He's a big guy who still resorts to cheating. Pretty much Ladd used his size to work over Crews. Crews though shows plenty of fire to keep the match interesting. Their is one camera shot of Ladd eating a stiff drop kick in the chest. Good showcase match.

This was a showcase match for Ladd. He's getting heat right off the bat by teasing he was hiding a foreign object. I love Ladd as a heel. He's a big guy who still resorts to cheating. Pretty much Ladd used his size to work over Crews. Crews though shows plenty of fire to keep the match interesting. Their is one camera shot of Ladd eating a stiff drop kick in the chest. Good showcase match.

Need to look at the AWE footage. I liked ADR/Kalisto but not enough for a MOTYC.