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Here are some PWFG recs Minoru Suzuki vs. Naoki Sano (7/26/91) (33:35) PAS: Man am I steamed Sano only worked three matches for PWFG as he is fucking gold again. This goes to a draw which keeps it a little below the sublime Sano v. Shamrock match on the second show, but it was incredible. The counters in this were faster then in the Shamrock match, but it was paced similar. __Suzuki was the one brining the pro wrestling here, as he breaks out a nasty piledriver and even tries a dropkick. The dropkick spot was great as he threw it and Sano steps away contemptuously, Suzuki lands bounces up and hit a brutal jumping spin kick into Sano's grill. Suzuki was great here, as he is awesome as a fired up babyface, there is a point where is trying to get a cross armbreaker and he is just chopping at Sano's arm and kicking him in the head in a frenzy to try to get Sano to break his grip. There is a great spot where Sano has on a choke, and Suzuki is slapping his own face to keep himself awake. I loved the draw finish too, as both guys have kneebars on each other and are just twisting the ankles in desperation to try to get the submission before the bell. I clearly need to get more UWFI Sano, as he is truly brilliant in all of his PWFG matches, and I want more shootstyle Sano. Wayne Shamrock vs. Minoru Suzuki (9/28/91) (20:42) PAS: I liked this alot more then their debut show match. Much like the first match, the opening was both guys working for ankle and leg locks and both guys rolling with some nice counters. The stand up and suplexes in this match looked alot better then they did in their first match, and it actually built to the finish well. Suzuki has really fast hands, and landed some really nasty combos. Shamrock official ruled in 1991, and he was throwing hands too. I love how they established Shamrocks dragon suplex as a deadly finisher. Once he hits the dragon, it is lights out, and the dragon he landed here looked like it should end a night. Yoshiaki Fujiwara v. Minoru Suzuki PWFG 11/3/91-EPIC PAS: Fujiwara had been mostly working undercards up to this point, but man does he deliver in a main event spot. Suzuki is your young guy desperate to overtake the veteran ace of the company, and he dominates here, although he is never able to put Fujiwara away. This is really all about Fujiwara as a defensive wrestler, he blocks and eludes and counters and while Suzuki would easily win a decision, there are no judges in PWFG. There are a ton of nifty little things in this match, but I especially loved the way Fujiwara used hand and wrist control. Suzuki is rarely ever able to lock anything in solid, as he is always getting his wrists and hands grabbed and twisted. I am not a big fan of the draw booking, but the finish here was great, Suzuki is getting more and more frustrated, and he and Fujiwara start shit talking at each other, and then at the end they both are working on ankle locks as the bell rings, and Suzuki refuse to let go. Then when he does he is punching the mat in anguish and frustration. Just great stuff. TKG: Both guys were working defensively as you had sense that Suzuki was fighting to block headbutts before they were unleashed. Fujiwara tries to establish distance to headbutt and Suzuki pulls him in. Really Phil’s covered the whole story here so pretty much all left to talk about are the cool little pieces like that, the multiple ways Fujiwara fights out of a choke (my favorite being this thing where he uses his feet to push his way out). Cameraman did a pretty great job here getting really expressive shots during long sleeper segment where Fujiwara spouts different types of bubbles till getting to the ropes. For a show that really had only two matches,,,this was a fucking great match.

If you define rookie as a newcomer in a regular promotion, than he is a rookie. I am all for voting the way it's listed, as opposed to intended. Maybe it will make him change the rules in the future. He worked Monterey which runs weekly in a big arena and has TV, how is that not a regular promotion?

I reviewed them all on Segunda Caida. Listed the ones I considered must see http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/search/label/En%20Busca%20de%20un%20Idolo

Hechicero for rookie of the year is so crazy, that dude has been wrestling a decade. I know that is Meltzer's fault for making him a candidate, but damn vote Cacharro or Dragon Lee because they are actually rookies

Hiroyuki Ito is the best wrestler ever with under 20 matches.

My favorite was going through Memphis in the 80's and seeing the Harris brothers as bj's with long blond hair. They have to be contenders

I don't even know where to begin. It's not racism, it just an environment where racists frequently say and do racist things.

I think if you asked the folks going to OMEGA shows in the 90's who the biggest star out of that group was going to be, you would have gotten unanimous votes for Venom, big guy, stuff looked great, bumped awesomely for flyers. He had a good run in MCW, got stuck with the awful Joey Abs gimmick, was stuck in Velocity hell for a while, washed out and quit wrestling.

One of the great Hillbilly Wrecking Crew tags got put up on Youtube, it was as much fun as I remembered, felt very much like a Memphis Moondogs match

Email Black Terry Jr. at [email protected] He has Hechicero v. Terry from this weekend too. Both rule! Thanks so much We reviewed them over at Segunda Caida Terry v. Hechicero http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2014/11/2014-ongoing-match-of-year-list_4.html Hechicero/Terry v. Navarro/Trauma 2 http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2014/11/2014-ongoing-match-of-year-list.html

It is about time for the annual Regal series on NXT. Someone unearth Sami Callihan and let them have a couple of matches against each other

I remember liking Ross on commentary in the WCW/New Japan supershows back in the day

Why can't everyone see that Joe is only concerned with ethics in gaming journalism?

That Dave quote is really embarrassing.

No Problem, I am going to through up reviews on Segunda Caida of those two matches this weekend hopefully.You should post what you think here.

I liked some of Dreamers WWECW stuff. He had a really great match with Regal William Regal v. Tommy Dreamer WWE 11/8/09-EPIC I was on the fence, this is a 8 minute match against Tommy Dreamer, can this really be an epic. Fuck it, this was just too great and Regal was just too awesome for me not to give the full E. Dreamer took a crutch shot in a street fight the week before and the bolt penetrated his triceps, so he is coming into this match with a big white wrap on his arm. Regal is on that arm like a fat kid on the last piece of pinata candy. Really the best example of Regal as vicious WWII prison guard. He just tears and pounds on the wound, he is someone with so many ways to hurt you. Meanwhile Dreamer does a great job of selling the injury (which I am sure hurt like a broken heart) while throwing in some really exciting comebacks. I loved how he went for a DDT, only to Regal hurl him down using the arm, still Dreamer was able to catch him in a one armed spinebuster. Finish was awesome. Dreamer is rolling, finally getting the advantage, but Regal rolls to the floor, grabs the arm rings it over the cable, while Dreamer is recoiling, Regal flies into the ring and hits the running knee right on the arm. Best Tommy Dreamer match ever, and a hell of performance by Regal He isn't going to come close to my list, but that match did rule

Email Black Terry Jr. at [email protected] He has Hechicero v. Terry from this weekend too. Both rule!

Any idea about the date or the wrestlers?

Here are my reviews of two of the three matches DR recommended. Seems like I didn't review the Mochizuki match, so look for a C+A Fujiwara post upcoming Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Super Tiger UWF 9/11/85- EPIC This is the final UWF 1 match up between these two, and really their masterpiece. Kris Zellner described the beginning of this match resembling a heavyweight title fight, and that is really accurate. The first part has a lot of feints and shrugs, Fujiwara throws some jabs, Tiger tosses some range finder kicks but neither guy wants to make the first move. At one point Fujiwara grabs Tiger's wrist and just yanks him in to take him down. Then you have the Fujiwara controlling Tiger on the mat. The two most trite moves in the first UWF are the half crab and sitting leg lock. Watch some of the lesser matches from this period and they are loaded with diffident half crabs and somnambulant sitting leg locks, watching Fujiwara work those moves shows the real gulf between him and everyone else. He is constantly moving and working to improve his position, and Tiger is constantly trying to counter. There is never a point in the hold where nothing is happening. After being controlled on the mat, Tiger is able to get a break and unloads a nasty jumping knee right to Fujiwara's face. Fujiwara gets up at nine, backs Tiger into the corner and just blasts him with one of the best straight right hands in wrestling history. And it is on. Most UWF1 matches have a slow build and a hot finish, but this was the best slow build of any of the UWF, and damn near the best hot finish. The end run of this match was really all about establishing distance. Super Tiger needs to have some distance to unleash his kicks, and when he gets that distance Fujiwara does an amazing job of selling them as deadly, even when they don't land clean. He is drooling, eyes rolling back into his head, checking his tooth to see if it still there, gasping for breath when he gets hit in the belly, Tiger looks like a guy who has the eraser in his feet, he can end a match with one shot. Meanwhile Fujiwara is attempting to keep it close, either on the mat, or in the corners where he can land body shots or headbutts. The finish run is perfect example of that, Tiger gets a couple of near fall KO's, but makes the mistake of locking up with Fujiwara, he tries for a German suplex, but Fujiwara, throws a back elbow, and just drops into a Fujiwara armbar for the tap out. Just an awesome perfect finish for a great match. Yoshiaki Fujiwara v. Wellington Wilkins Jr. PWFG 5/19/91-GREAT Damn was this a blast. This was worked as a mat brawl, both guys were exchanging really nasty shots mostly on the mat. Short punches to the temple by Wilkins, almost JYDish seated headbutts by Fujiwara, Wilkins kind of leaping from a lying position into a knee on Fujiwara's throat. Fujiwara was almost working heel here, as he slaps on a kneebar and lays out in a supine lounging position with his head resting on his elbow, he almost looks like he is stifling a yawn. Wilkins is great, he has nice deadlift suplexes and takes Fujiwara's signature boston crab reversal as a dangerous neck bump. Is their any other shoot Wilkins out there? Did he work Kingdom or something?

All the matches I rated EPIC are worth seeing, here is the match I had #1 on my Other Japan 80's ballot http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9chrh_yoshiaki-fujiwara-vs-kazuo-yamazaki_sport

Boy I wonder where one could find some Fujiwara recommendations? http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2009/08/complete-and-accurate-list-of-all-of.html

We are live blogging this over at Segunda Caida again http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2014/10/ongoning-hell-in-cell-live-blog.html