Phil Schneider

What has he plagiarized from Segunda Caida? I can't imagine anyone wanting to steal Eric rambling about APW or me making the same Teddy Atlas point in 25 different Fujiwara reviews

Here is my review of that Snowman match http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2011/11/y...-scene-all.html

It sounds like Will should make a separate 1990 USWA set, I would buy the shit out of that.

Here is my review of the Benoit v. Lawler match http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2011/06/y...good-clean.html

Yeah Fujiwara was punishing TAKA here, bodyshots, both the shoot and the pro-style headbutts, and some sick shots to the face. TAKA was really great as the underdog who almost heelishly disrespects Fujiwara. The matwork was really speed vs. guile, as all of TAKA's attacks were lightning quick, while Fujiwara was classically taking advantage of mistakes. TAKA is really great in PWFG, he doesn't work the style really but he was so good in the mid 90's that he can work a TAKA match that fits on the show.

Sami Callihan would be the indy guy I would put here. He has an entertaining formula that can be excellent against a great wrestler like Necro or Finlay, but can make matches with loads like Kyle O'Reily and Zach Sabre Jr. fun too.

In todays WON "Those in the company are under the impression Jericho is still returning in January and that the viral videos are a set up for him being on the Jan. 2 Raw in Memphis."

He isn't a good writer, I can't imagine any real journalist covering a real sport getting away with the kind of mangled nonsense in the Observer weekly

It was really interesting, although Meltzers habit of putting bios weirdly out of chronological order always bugs me. Made me really want to watch some Australian WCW though.

Do they still have the child porn thread?

I remember liking it a bunch when it happened.

Lord Steven Regal v. Arn Anderson 2/20/94 Tremendous match, pretty much a textbook TV title style match. Both guys target a body part, Arn with the arm, and Regal with the neck, and they go after them. Lesser wrestlers working this style will just go back to the same holds (even Flair pretty much just works the leg in the context of the figure four), but both Arn and Regal put on a ton of different locks and they all look great. It makes inherent sense, if you can't get a submission with a cravate try a crossface, hammerlock doesn't work use and arm stretch. Arn works a great hammerlock, bodyslamming Regal, turing him into a pin while holding it. Regal meanwhile wrenched the hell out of Arn's neck, cranking cravates, cracking him in the mouth with crossfaces. The brawling in this match was great too, Arn has a really pretty right hand and Regal was just vicious with uppercuts and headbutts. Finish run was very exciting as they worked the countdown with Arn desperately trying for the belt and Regal stalling. The crowd was super into the match at this point, chanting USA and popping huge for Arn's spinebuster. Finish was pretty surprising, as Regal gets the pin by holding onto Dundee's umbrella with 15 seconds left. It was a twist in a good way as everyone was expecting either an Arn win or a time limit draw. 1994 maybe the best in ring year in wrestling history, and this felt on the level of the other great matches of that year. If this looks like something on paper you would like, go watch it, it truly exceeds expectations.

I am pretty sure that the womens fed run by DOI had multiple hour plus matches with Mercedes Martinez which I imagine were claw out your eyes bad. Also pretty sure there was an indy which ran a 7 hour or something match. I remember trying to taunt SLL into watching it for Segunda Caida

When did Necro start getting good? He feels like a dark horse top 10

The Fabs were a really great team

I hope if it isn't they move things around and run Finlay v. Funk

It has been a long time since I thought about that stuff, but I know that all of the Daniels and Modest pimping had to do with Modests APW stuff and Daniels APW and ECWA work. I remember being disappointed with that Nitro match, mainly because it wasn't anything like what those guys were normally doing with each other. It is certainly possible I would hate the APW stuff if I went back and rewatched it, but the Nitro match isn't a good representation of what we liked about both guys. Dean and I talked a little about this on the recent Segunda Caida radio, indy wrestling before 97/98 was pretty terrible, you would go whole cards without seeing a single neat move, when guys like Ki and Daniels and Modest came around, they were such a huge breath of fresh air compared to the Tom Brandi heavy indy cards of a couple of years earlier. Indy wrestling sucks now for the completely opposite reason.

Chris Daniels? That is pretty crazy. Is there a single way he is a better candidate then say Dutch Mantel? And I can't imagine Dutch even getting on a ballot.

I am amused watching Punk ether Nash and HHH every week, and he is clearly right there with Cena as the biggest star on RAW, but I can't see this helping him in the long run.

This owned, Fujiwara is the worlds best Toru Tanaka. It was really fun to watch him work a completely different style, then he works in a normal PWFG show. He isn't the legend that the young guys have to get past, he is the dirty foreigner cheap shotting your local hero. No real Fujiwara matwork or reversals, no cool moves to speak of, but it was great. You get the sense that Fujiwara would have had an amazing career as a Gary Hart managed guy feuding with Dusty or a Tojo managed Akio Sato tag partner.

This was really great, and may have been the best Fujiwara, Fujiwara-Gumi match. The matwork was super here, as both guys were breaking out multiple counters to counters. My favorite is when Fuke was attempting a Boston Crab, Fujiwara tries to break out his signature crab counter, and Fuke counters it, then he tries it again and Fuke goes right for a cross armbreaker. I also loved all the fighting for holds, Fujiwara was going for the ankle and Fuke is just laying in bodyshots and headbutts, but Fujiwara refuses to let go. The shots to the knee were brutal, and I loved Fujiwara's viciousness.

Sure, but watch Callihan v. Necro, Callihan v. Ki, Callihan v. Hero or nearly any Callihan match in the last couple of years. He takes huge beatings. I am sure Finlay is going to lay it in, but that is what Callihan does.

Yeah I noticed the same thing, my dad thought he might be a volunteer usher

It is true that it is OK to dislike a black wrestler without being racist. However when you are a racist, it calls into question the reasons you dislike a black wrestler. You are a racist, you don't believe the holocaust happened, you believe that black people are subhuman leeches on society. These are all things you have said, and in all of your responses since then you never have said "I was wrong, I was a deluded idiot who celebrated some of the most vile and harmful views in human history." Instead you have cast your self as the victim of bullies, picking on the poor little racist for just stating his views. "I was just trying to say the Holocaust didn't happen, and then you all picked on me, why do you have to be so bigoted against bigots?" I love the idea that everyone is obsessed. You amuse me, the same way Resident Evil or Chikarafan Dan or Beast amuses me, kind of a "look at this loony shit posting stupid things on the internet, Let me kick the nest a bit and watch the bees fly." I am killing some time in between working nest kicking. I imagine that Bix, Tomk, SLL and I may take shots at you more then other people, because as Jews we maybe a little more sensitive to Holocaust denial then gentiles, maybe it is because we enjoy trolling you because we want to ground up your bones to make matzo with. One of the two probably.