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  1. Zenjo
    Reasonable apart from Mr Hughes stinking things up. If someone can't be carried in a 6 man tag you know they're bad.
  2. Zenjo
    Action all the way with high octane intensity and hatred. This would've been really good had it lasted longer. Even so it was satisfying to see Savage get some revenge on the Snake who had slapped poor Liz in the chops.
  3. Zenjo
    It was a nice mixture of matwork and high flying early on. After taking 1 fall Dos began to work over the leg of El with a nice variety of holds. Like others have said a mat clinic. The Champion hit one big move to level the score but Caras was right back on him. Had plenty of near falls down the stretch, the slow count adding to the drama. In the end Caras had more energy left thanks to the earlier damage inflicted and this led him to the victory. A logical and well constructed contest.
  4. Zenjo
    I loved how the crowd booed the bizarre martial arts demo during the introductions. But even better was when a female fan got up and confronted Cien Caras after he delivered a low blow on the outside. She had to be held back by fellow members of the audience. You tell him girl! First couple of falls were a mixture of slow pace with flurries of action. It hit it's stride in the third. Octagon is flaky. A main eventer in terms of stature but not a top level worker. His offense here lacked focus. Aside from one blown spot Guerrera gave a decent rudo performance. Though there were issues with the technical quality it had the feel of an important title match. At the end there was an awesome Tope, but then unfortunately the 2nds interfered so no finish.
  5. Zenjo
    Matwork in the early stages. I dug Villano's innovative submission holds. He also looked good in the air later on, an impressive performance. Benoit looked slightly out of place at times but improved a lot as it progressed. The start of the 3rd fall was high quality. Finish could've been better. Good overall.
  6. Zenjo
    The end of an era with Jumbo's final TC bout. A veterans match between 2 longtime rivals. Both men worked on body parts and the construction was straightforward. Solid fare, though nothing to set the world alight.
  7. Zenjo
    This was hugely fun. At times Taue and Kobashi were on the receiving end, but you just knew the Kikuchi in peril segment was coming. I love watching him get beat up! He tries his hardest but is always fighting an uphill battle against bigger and better opponants. What was particularly good here was how Jumbo added a little stiffness and emphasis to each move. The little man survived quite a pounding before the inevitable. Overall it was more even and competitive than expected. They always kept things moving and the crowd were lapping it up. No it's not a top 20 AJ 90's match, I've got it as #7 from the company this year.
  8. Zenjo
    The greatest Rumble of them all? It's certainly right up there. Epic performance from Ric Flair in the ring and Bobby Heenan in the booth. Excellenly booked with the Superstars spread out well. I don't think they could've done it much better. From a technical standpoint the action was repetitive and got bogged down at times. But from a storytelling perspective this was top notch and my #1 WWF match of '92.
  9. Zenjo
    Certainly not lacking in the duration department. JIP and it looked like they were moving towards a 15m finish before a long leg work section on Misawa began. They did a full out stretch too. Always watchable, just not as good as they were aiming for. Taue sucked in this one but not in this set.
  10. Zenjo
    1) It was veteran vs youngster. 2) Tsuruta had the height and leverage advantage. 3) Jumbo's leg was going to be the focus. 4) Kawada wasn't intimidated. 5) Jumbo slapped the taste out of his opponants mouth and was going to put the upstart in his place. They'd established all of this within the 1st minute! Welcome to golden era All Japan. Having perfectly set the scene they then delivered the match. Kawada had all his success when going after the wheel. Jumbo had lost some speed but was still as strong as ever. The ending built up very nicely. First Kawada went close to the win, and then he survived lots of damage before falling. Fabulous match. Top 15 for the year. Perhaps the only slight downside was that the middle wasn't quite up to the level of the start or finish.
  11. Zenjo
    [x] Poor VQ [x] No sound [x] Clipping [x] Loved every minute of it Another excellent installment in possibly the greatest lucha rivalry of all time. These guys work so smoothly together it's like poetry in motion. Beautiful matwork in the primera. It's an acquired taste for sure and I can see why people wouldn't like it, particularly at first. Santo continued to dominate into the segunda. Casas was having to fight a defensive match and just hanging on. He levelled things up with La Majistal. I love that move. Then in the tercera there were exciting 2.9ers. Shame about no finish. I'd have liked to see this with better VQ and audio, but I'll take whatever I can get. You'd be missing out by skipping this because of those problems.
  12. Zenjo
    Marcus Alexander Bagwell always makes me laugh. How could such a fine young man turn into the egomaniacal Buff? Judge Judy should've kept a closer eye on her son. But anyway this was a decent TV match. Hot atmosphere as Sting was really over. Strong start and the condensed nature helped avoid a beatdown. There were a couple of silly tag spots and Eaton's finisher barely connected.
  13. Zenjo
    The live band, fireworks and gymnasts provided a glitzy entrance. The match was suitably superficial with no soul to it. The spots kept on coming and brought some pops. It was worth a watch. Muta just worked and didn't do any wacky stuff this time.
  14. Zenjo
    Didn't feel like a big match, no thanks to the typically shitty Dome atmosphere. This venue sucks for wrestling. I loved this rivalry in the 80's but it was stale bread now. A low key bout in which Lariato went over with conviction.
  15. Zenjo
    Liked this one. A full length encounter with both men working over body parts. Short term selling was strong, although not so much later on. Wholesome stuff as Arn led the promising young stallion. This was heading for a higher rating before the horrible sportz entertainment finish. Ahh the eternal battle of wrestling vs bullshit. I thought JR used to be a decent commentator once he'd got the football career info out of the way.
  16. Zenjo
    The only AJW match I didn't like from the yearbook. It was sloppy beforehand and then the end of the first fall just killed the match stone dead for me. Hokuto tried to do the Niagara Driver, failed utterly and Toyota lands on top of her so Hokuto takes the full impact from the move. That's fine, just pick her up, deliver one more move and go to the pin. Instead Hokuto rolled Toyota from on top of her like 'that hadn't just happened' and pinned her for the 3 which was ludicrous. It destroyed the whole wrestling illusion of this match and I couldn't get into it after that. This comm probably has the worst crowd muting and annoying commentator voiceover of any tape AJW released.
  17. Zenjo
    This lasted 45 minutes but was nowhere near long enough. It was so great I could've watched the mudslinging for 2 hours. I loved all the deranged ex-wrestlers ranting. I would've felt sorry for Vince if he didn't have rivers of blood gushing from his hands. The exchange between Vince and Murray was gold with Vince telling him he got fired because he sucked at his job. Wrestling is such a sleazy business, which makes it a match made in heaven with a trashy talk show. And the truth is crazier than fiction.
  18. Zenjo
    This was one of the best segments of the year. Paul E is so convincing as the male chauvinist and Madusa is badass enough to beat him up. "And because you're a woman, and I know that means that you're stupid..."
  19. Zenjo
    I couldn't believe how brutal and violent this came off, especially considering the era. Awesome beatdown. I mark out for Nailz. He was a crazed madman!!! No really he was.
  20. Zenjo
    I think a backwards 7 year old could have figured out where this was going well before the end.
  21. Zenjo
    I enjoyed this. It was so cheesy with Hammer rawking out. Nobody knew how to blow money quite like WCW.
  22. Zenjo
    I can just imagine all the kids pestering their parents for a pet Tazmaniac. He was cute!
  23. Zenjo
    Really ugly promo from Coraluzzo, and I'm not talking about his face.
  24. Zenjo
    2 decades later this remains one of the all time great angles. You'll never see the tag team break up done better than this.
  25. Zenjo
    This was easily the most entertaining thing for me from the USWA this year. Really wild and dangerous. Unfortunately it wasn't an official match so I can't rate it, but still lots of fun.
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