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  1. Zenjo
    You couldn't accuse them of rushing the NWO breakup. I was sure Hogan and Savage would come to blows. Spicolli cracked me up here, he looked like such a tool.
  2. Zenjo
    Couldn't someone just ban JJ Dillon instead?
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    No mention of streak numbers yet. Goldberg looked great here with Brad doing some nifty bumping for him.
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    And try to rape her afterwards.
  5. Zenjo
    Requesting dates for 1996 Yearbook October to December and 1997 Yearbook please.
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    That cage match was so annoying. It looked really good but they only showed half of it. This is a year in which they have 16 comms released, and yet the blowoff to Nakano vs Hokuto somehow ends up on a C show and gets clipped up. Still I can't complain about not getting a great match from this rivalry. Their 1/4/91 battle was my 4th favourite match of 1991. I've been wondering for years how they came up with the name 'Dream Orca' or what it possibly means.
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    I've added a few extra CMLL matches to the list: Fuerza Guerrera vs Misterioso (CMLL 12/8/91) Atlantis vs Emilio Charles Jr (CMLL 3/22/91) Emilio Charles Jr, La Fiera & Fuerza Guerrera vs Misterioso, El Hijo Del Santo & Ultimo Dragon (CMLL 11/22/91) Angel Azteca, Atlantis & Super Astro vs Blue Panther, Fuerza Guerrera & Pierroth Jr (CMLL 11/8/91) It's no coincidence that they all involve Fuerza Guerrera or Emilio Charles, two of my favourite Rudos from the era. I've also expanded the list to the top 91 matches. It seems only appropriate. Plus some more: Kenta Kobashi & Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue & Masanobu Fuchi (AJ 9/7/91) Akira Taue & Jumbo Tsuruta vs Kenta Kobashi & Toshiaki Kawada (AJ 9/27/91) Royal Rumble Match (WWF 1/19/91) Final Edit: I've finally found enough recommended matches to fill out a top 100.
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    +1 to the black hole theory. You could build a case for Hyuga and Satomura as borderline top 20 contenders. I'd have Tamura a level down from those two. It's tough to see how any of them have had better careers than Jaguar, Devil, Chigusa, Bull, Kong, Hokuto, Toyota, Kyoko, Yoshida, Kansai, Ozaki to name 11 off the top of my head. You've also got Ikeshita, Omori, Lioness, Yamazaki, Yamada, Mita, Shimoda, Takako, Kudo, Hasegawa, Momoe and others to contend with for a top 20 slot. That's just from an in ring perspective. On the Brody issue I was just looking at my personal 80's AJ vote. I had his 10 matches at 11,47,60,90,98,100,115,122,125,146. Hardly crying out for additional footage. He had a great image and persona, and was ideal in his role at the time. He's a wrestler for his era though, and wouldn't have cut it in later years.
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    The commentary team kept referring to the classic series of matches from 5 years beforehand. Yes this is WCW, not AJ. For this great rivalry it was a welcome return to form, and would prove to be Steamboats last hurrah. They gave us a shade over half an hour of real pro wrestling. Both men had periods in control with body part work. Nice stiff chops from both parties as well. Beats punches any day of the week in my book. You could well argue that the action wasn't cutting edge or continually dynamic. But 20 year old wrestling feeling like 25 year old wrestling doesn't bother me much. Both eras were awesome. I don't spend much time worrying about what the crowd thinks either. The pacing was right and they told a great story. Plus there was plenty of excitement with near falls and believable submissions. Alas, the double pin was a bit of a letdown. The 80's can keep its finishes. Both men still looked like they were still in their primes on this night.
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    So where in America is the State of Euphoria again? This was a blast. 10m of wild, out of control brawling, with great energy and a scorching hot crowd. Plenty of weapon usage and little ring time. The Nasties were sloppy and dangerous, which really helped on this rare occasion. Then you had Foley bumping like only he would and could. Cactus was in his element here. Payne fitted in as well and it all felt so fresh. At the time it had originality on its side also. As good as you could hope for.
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    These days you can pick your poison from the thousands of Japanese wrestling matches on Youtube and elsewhere. Back when I started you generally began your journey into Puro by purchasing a tape of the Super J Cup. Several generations down the pecking order IIRC. At the time I thought Chris Benoit was the greatest wrestler in the world and yes, I shamefully was a Scott Keith fan. It's the event that helped many fans, including myself get into Puro. So it will always hold a special place in my heart, no matter how far away it is from being "the greatest wrestling show of all time". Even the first time I watched the card I can remember noticing that every match had the same structure. Thankfully there wasn't much body part work for Sasuke to not sell. He actually hit all his spectacular moves as well. Benoit did a good job of keeping it all together. Exhaustion selling and bonzo gonzo with a hot crowd made this a good 'un. The top rope gutwrench suplay makes Wild Pegasus the inaugural champion. Great finishing move.
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    Sasuke doing his lame Tiger Mask imitation shuffle got me thinking he was like the 90's version of Tiger. Very popular and flashy Junior who was wildly overated at the time. It's not just the frequent sloppiness or truly woeful selling. Or even the crappy outfit. He has no idea how to construct matches, only move sequences. There are times he looks lost in the middle of proceedings without a ring general to guide him. Fortunately he had Liger on duty, and the addition of a hot crowd made this watchable. Liger covering for the botched finisher was a classic moment. Another thing that bugged me here was the: [here goes] early match KO spot where instead of going for the cover (logical), the wrestler keeps trying to pick up his downed foe, jabbers with the referee and generally just wastes time until the opponent recovers (illogical). You only see it in Japan and thankfully it's very rare, because it's an absolutely fucking terrible spot.
  14. Zenjo
    This had its moments, and there was certainly potential for an excellent bout between these two. They weren't going full out here though. With this level of pacing they'd have needed 5m longer to make something of it.
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    Two promotional leaders collide. Considering the OTT match stipulations they certainly went for the 'less is more' philosophy. The problem is they didn't do enough. It was too stripped back and would've worked better as a regular bout from a match quality perspective. The gimmick probably sold more tickets so I can't criticize them for that. Tenryu got the win with a powerbomb 4th time lucky. That sucked as an ending, he should've busted out a different finisher when one idea wasn't working. It was a reasonably good match overall, just not as strong as I'd have hoped for.
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    This was totally unique. In real time the match finished on 5/12, having started about 3 months earlier by the look of things. It does all fit together though and work as one match when viewed like this. So I'll rate it as such. Great job splicing all the footage together Will. Fought in the European style with 5m rounds. The emphasis was on pure wrestling with some nice technique on display. They were well matched opponents and both men impressed with their mat skills. The 3 judges had obviously been bought, so they scored it a draw. After 5m overtime Flair gets the duke and a nice trophy to join the vast collection. Except he probably had to sell them after blowing all his money. 30m of wrestling in total. A wacko idea, but I appreciated the originality and the work.
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    At north of 27m this was a really gruelling encounter. Largely worked on the mat with lots of methodical body part work. Regal was on the receiving end more often than not as he was applying a defensive strategy. Slow going at times, but it was pure and worthy. Looked like a draw all the way, then then with seconds to expiration Regal gets the surprise screwjob victory. In this instance the heel cheating to win would've got a much more positive fan reaction than the alternative. I enjoyed the match, yet it would've been improved by having a 20m time limit.
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    The 3rd Steiners match to impress me in 1994 already. They were having quite a run. This was a fast paced and compact tag bout, with plenty of stiffness and innovative suplay. The fans were hot as well. Certainly had exciting moments, yet there were also poor move choices and it erred towards randomness at times. Fortunately they had Liger in there to bring some semblance of order to proceedings. Nobody else knew how to construct. The finish took it up a level as Rick did this awesome mid air belly to belly counter from atop Ken's shoulders. That was the shit right there.
  19. Zenjo
    Solid B show main event with low key Misawa vs Williams build up for later in the year. I didn't give a shit about random gaijin, but it was good whenever Doc was in the ring. The fans enjoyed it too.
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    The Thundercage is basically Hell in a Cell without the roof. There were a couple of minor blade jobs but, like everyone else is saying, it was strange how little usage they got out of the cage. Maybe tornado style would've worked better? Having said that it was a decent 6 man tag. Never got bogged down, had a nice rivalry and the fans were into it too.
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    To be fair to Gorilla, at least listening to someone who's miserable, downbeat and pernickety provided a contrast to Vince's phony joviality for one match. I wouldn't have fancied another dose of it mind you. The Steiners had returned from Japan, and it was like they'd never left. This was remarkably similar to NJ tags from the era, which explains why I enjoyed it so much. Pureitude throughout, with all four men displaying their technical skills. Seeing the constraints of the hot tag formula being avoided was great. It was open plain, and I didn't know what direction it was going or what would happen next. The matchup felt so fresh as well. It's cool seeing the chemistry between Breat and Owen as a combo, and also having two teams of brothers fighting it out. A rare sight. The finish was a little disappointing, although I knew it was coming. They started brawling in the aftermath before sportsmanship won out. It wasn't billed as a feature match, but over the 25m of work they made it something memorable.
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    Mutoh and Hase were the ideal opponents in NJ for the Steiners. They could both go with them on the mat as well as put over all their offence. The earliest sighting of the Steiner Screwdriver. That can't not be a finisher. The action was consistently good over a full length, with all the flashy high points you'd be hoping for coming in. It could easily have jumped up a level had it been at Sumo Hall, and the finish fell a little flat also. Overall a top 10 Steiner Bros match.
  23. Zenjo
    Back when AJ still had a one hour TV slot, so they made an effort with B show main events like this. After a few minutes Kawada nailed Kobashi with a dangerous backdrop-errr, which he sold on the floor for ages. Misawa then got dominated in the ring 1 vs 2. Fuchi underperformed at this stage. He should've shown more urgency whilst his team held such an advantage. Kobashi eventually came back into it and there was a decent stretch. I should think this will finish low end top 100 for the year.
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    It was exciting when the two stars were in there. As soon as the two underlings faced off the match just died. It was like going from the main event to the undercard in a blink of an eye.
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