Zenjo

Liz looked gorgeous. In a totally different league to any divas you get these days.

I was wondering why this hadn't made the set. The karate crossover star was one of the highlights of the 80's Other Japan set for me as well. And thanks for doing these ranking lists in the first place Loss. It's definately inspiring, and you seem to appreciate pretty much any style of wrestling. Nearly everyone has some type of wrestling they don't like much or can't get into. It often seems to be Lucha (2 refs WTF?), Joshi (screaming Japanese women flying about at 100mph) or shoot style (Bor-ring). For me I just didn't get anything out of the UWSA or SMW. But that's what's so great about the yearbooks. You could hate 2/3 of the stuff on it and it would still be worth getting. Thanks FLIK. That's good as I can add one more promotion to the list.

Check back in 2017 and I might have done one of these for all the years in the 90's. It takes quite a lot of viewing. 1992 was an amazing year and not even a top 100 can contain all the recommended stuff. The blue highlighted matches are not on the 1992 Yearbook. I'll put them in the other matches worth watching thread. They're mainly AJW, which as you might guess by my username is my favourite promotion. I love the Kings Road classics of course. New Japan is my #2 all time promotion. WCW was amazing in 92 with numerous bouts just falling outside the top 100 as well. I think the lucha may turn out to be the highlight of these sets. Everyone gets the yearbooks for a combination of US & Japanese footage so the Mexican stuff is a fantastic bonus. All matches are listed by taping date, which may not always correspond with listed dates on the Yearbook.

Zenjo's Top 100 Matches of 1992 100) Kyoko Inoue vs Akira Hokuto (AJW 1/4/92) 99) Jushin Thunder Liger vs Pegasus Kid (NJ 8/12/92) 98) Blue Panther vs Ultimo Dragon (CMLL 1/31/92) 97) Ricky Steamboat, Nikita Koloff & Dustin Rhodes vs Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton & Larry Zbyszko (WCW 5/11/92) 96) Bull Nakano, Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue vs Toshiyo Yamada, Yumiko Hotta & Mariko Yoshida (AJW 9/15/92) 95) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Stan Hansen (AJ 8/22/92) 94) Octagoncito, Misteriocito & Mascarita Sagrada vs Espectrito, Piratita Morgan & Pequene Pierroth (CMLL 4/17/92) 93) Debbie Malenko & Sakie Hasegawa vs Mariko Yoshida & Takako Inoue (AJW 4/25/92) 92) Stan Hansen vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJ 6/5/92) 91) Blue Panther vs Super Astro (AAA 10/9/92) 90) Big Van Vader, Super Invader, Rick Rude & Jake Roberts vs Sting, Nikita Koloff, Rick & Scott Steiner (Elimination) (WCW 9/2/92) 89) Devil Masami vs Dynamite Kansai (JWP 8/23/92) 88) Fuerza Guerrera vs Octagon (CMLL 1/31/92) 87) Rick Rude vs Dustin Rhodes (WCW 5/30/92) 86) Etsuko Mita vs Mariko Yoshida (AJW 6/27/92) 85) Genichiro Tenryu, Takashi Ishikawa & Koki Kitahara vs Shiro Koshinaka, Kengo Kimura & Masaji Aoyagi (NJ 11/23/92) 84) Mitsuharu Misawa & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue (AJ 5/30/92) 83) Volk Han vs Andrei Kopilov (RINGS 7/16/92) 82) El Dandy vs El Satanico (Hair vs Hair) (CMLL 9/17/92) 81) Akira Hokuto vs Takako Inoue (AJW 12/13/92) 80) Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue (AJ 9/9/92) 79) Pegasus Kid vs Villano III (UWA 1/26/92) 78) Villanos IV & V vs Dr Wagner Jr & Espanto Jr (UWA 5/29/92) 77) Sting vs Cactus Jack (Falls Count Anywhere) (WCW 6/20/92) 76) Atlantis vs La Fiera (CMLL 4/3/92) 75) Kiyoshi Tamura vs Kazuo Yamazaki (UWFI 10/23/92) 74) Jushin Thunder Liger vs Norio Honaga (NJ 2/8/92) 73) Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes vs Steve Austin & Larry Zbyszko (WCW 2/29/92) 72) Big Van Vader vs Sting (WCW 7/12/92) 71) El Hijo Del Santo vs Espanto Jr (UWA 5/14/92) 70) Takako Inoue & Mariko Yoshida vs Debbie Malenko & Sakie Hasegawa (AJW 1/5/92) 69) Grom Zaza vs Shtorm Koba (RINGS 8/21/92) 68) Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (AJW 4/25/92) 67) Rick Rude vs Ricky Steamboat (WCW 2/29/92) 66) Mariko Yoshida vs Sakie Hasegawa (AJW 7/15/92) 65) El Hijo del Santo, Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs Negro Casas, Horace Boulder & Tim Patterson (Indy 5/16/92) 64) Volk Han vs Akira Maeda (RINGS 4/3/92) 63) Stan Hansen vs Mitsuharu Misawa (AJ 4/17/92) 62) Big Van Vader vs Ron Simmons (WCW 8/2/92) 61) Big Van Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow vs Keiji Mutoh & Hiroshi Hase (NJ 5/1/92) 60) Aja Kong vs Bison Kimura (AJW 6/21/92) 59) El Canek vs Dos Caras (UWA 2/2/92) 58) Rick & Scott Steiner vs Tatsumi Fujinami & Tayayuki Iizuka (WCW 5/17/92) 57) Yumiko Hotta & Suzuka Minami vs Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 10/17/92) 56) Perro Aguayo vs Sangre Chicana (CMLL 3/20/92) 55) Masahiro Chono vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJ 3/1/92) 54) Blue Panther vs Angel Azteca (AAA 9/4/92) 53) Aja Kong vs Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 8/30/92) 52) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Terry Gordy (AJ 4/14/92) 51) Combat Toyoda & Megumi Kudo vs Akira Hokuto & Bull Nakano (FMW 9/19/92) 50) Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue (AJ 3/31/92) 49) Akira Hokuto vs Kyoko Inoue (AJW 11/26/92) 48) Suzuka Minami vs Akira Hokuto (AJW 9/15/92) 47) Randy Savage vs Ultimate Warrior (WWF 8/29/92) 46) Masahiro Chono vs Shiro Koshinaka (NJ 7/31/92) 45) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue (AJW 12/13/92) 44) Stan Hansen vs Mitsuharu Misawa (AJ 3/4/92) 43) Genichiro Tenryu vs Shiro Koshinaka (NJ 12/14/92) 42) Eriko Tsuchiya & Yoshika Maedomari vs Bat Yoshinaga & Tomoko Watanabe (AJW 10/17/92) 41) Angelito Azteca, Mascarita Sagrada & Octagoncito vs Espectrito, Jerrito Estrada & Picudito (AAA 10/23/92) 40) Nobuhiko Takada vs Gary Albright (UWFI 5/8/92) 39) Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs Rick & Scott Steiner (WCW 6/16/92) 38) Takako Inoue vs Mariko Yoshida (AJW 4/29/92) 37) Manami Toyota & Sakie Hasegawa vs Kyoko Inoue & Mariko Yoshida (AJW 5/24/92) 36) Bret Hart vs Davey Boy Smith (WWF 8/29/92) 35) El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas (UWA 1/5/92) 34) Kiyoshi Tamura vs Yoji Anjoh (UWFI 8/28/92) 33) Genechiro Tenryu & Koki Kitahara vs Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura (WAR 10/23/92) 32) Great Muta vs Hiroshi Hase (NJ 12/14/92) 31) Rick Rude vs Ricky Steamboat (30m Ironman) (WCW 6/20/92) 30) Masahiro Chono vs Hiroshi Hase (NJ 12/11/92) 29) El Dandy vs Negro Casas (CMLL 7/3/92) 28) Royal Rumble Match (WWF 1/19/92) 27) Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi & Giant Baba (AJ 11/27/92) 26) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Aja Kong & Bison Kimura (AJW 3/20/92) 25) Jushin Thunder Liger vs El Samurai (NJ 4/30/92) 24) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Sakie Hasegawa & Debbie Malenko (AJW 11/2/92) 23) Masakre vs Pirata Morgan (Hair vs Hair) (CMLL 2/28/92) 22) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue (AJ 6/5/92) 21) Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue vs Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (AJ 1/26/92) 20) Bull Nakano vs Aja Kong (AJW 11/26/92) 19) Brian Pillman vs Jushin Thunder Liger (WCW 2/29/92) 18) Aja Kong & Bison Kimura vs Akira (Hokuto) & (Etsuko) Mita (AJW 5/24/92) 17) Stan Hansen vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJ 4/6/92) 16) Manami Toyota vs Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 6/21/92) 15) Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono (NJ 8/12/92) 14) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJ 1/21/92) 13) Big Van Vader vs Sting (WCW 12/28/92) 12) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jumbo Tsuruta (AJ 4/2/92) 11) Nobuhiko Takada vs Gary Albright (UWFI 9/21/92) 10) Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Masanobu Fuchi & Yoshinari Ogawa (AJ 7/12/92) 9) Manami Toyota vs Toshiyo Yamada (Hair vs Hair) (AJW 8/15/92) 8) Bestia Salvaje vs Huracan Sevilla (Hair vs Hair) (CMLL 2/14/92) 7) Atlantis vs Emilio Charles Jr (CMLL 8/11/92) 6) Sakie Hasegawa vs Mariko Yoshida (AJW 6/21/92) 5) Mayumi Ozaki & Hikari Fukuoka vs Yumiko Hotta & Takako Inoue (JWP 12/1/92) 4) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJ 10/21/92) 3) Sting, Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat, Barry Windham & Nikita Koloff vs Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, Larry Zbyszko & Steve Austin (War Games) (WCW 5/17/92) 2) Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat (AJ 5/25/92) 1) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Mayumi Ozaki & Dynamite Kansai (AJW 11/26/92)