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This is someone that I wish we had a lot more footage of. I thought he looked awesome in the 1973 NJPW tag match, but there is no way I could rank him when there is so very little footage out there.
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Necro certainly has some matches that I enjoy very much, and the Samoa Joe match may be one of the best ever indie matches. However, his 2009-2010 ROH run was absolutely atrocious (albeit ROH was pretty horrible as a whole during that time period). He lost all his mystique during this time period and abandoned his brutal style to become ROH's version of Hillbilly Jim. I can't possibly consider somebody who was unwatchable for 2 years. I don't think I've seen any matches of his since 2010. Has he done anything notable since then, besides making embarrassing/sad facebook posts?
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Here are Meltzer's full ratings: Battle Royal * Young Bucks vs ReDragon vs Roppongi Vice vs Sydal & Ricochet ***3/4 Briscoes & Toru Yano vs Bullet Club ** Jay Lethal vs Michael Elgin ***1/4 KUSHIDA vs Kenny Omega **** Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs Gallows & Anderson ***3/4 Hirooki Goto vs Tetsuya Naito ***3/4 Katsuyori Shibata vs Tomohiro Ishii ****1/2 Shinsuke Nakamura vs AJ Styles ****3/4 Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi *****
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This is a match that would have been much better if it was just one fall. I loved the first fall of this match, but the other two just brought it down. I didn't see anything wrong with the crowd here and thought they seemed genuinely into the match. -
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Great set-up by Rocky King here but this was soured by the racism. It also didn't help that JYD did a promo at Capital Combat where he said he was going after the Horsemen, which kind of took away from the surprise element. This angle really pissed off Meltzer and his readers, and not entirely because of the racism aspect.. A lot of the talk centered around JYD (or JFD, the Junkfood Dog as the Observer referred to him) being a horrible worker that was 6 years past his prime (of being over) that put no effort whatsoever into getting into shape.
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This was pulled off very well. I went back and read the Observer from this time period and Meltzer wasn't sure whether this was a work or a shoot. His only doubts about this being a shoot was the length of time they allowed Snowman to talk. Very intriguing stuff here.
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That's what I thought about Night 1 and 2 as well. I would rank Night 3 ahead of Night 1, but it was still on the mediocre side of things. The number of reverse ranas on Night 1 was absolutely ridiculous. I watched it a couple of weeks ago and didn't keep an exact count, but I think at least 6 of the 8 matches had a reverse rana spot.
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Last person that bladed was Lesnar. He does it in almost every match.
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I would be interested in this, but every day would be too much. Unfortunately I've seen things like this get started and only last a few weeks before people lose interest or realize they don't have the time. See the Microscope Match of the Week section.
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I remember Undertaker during his biker days using a dragon sleeper. The With Authority game called it the Takin Care of Business sleeper. Possibly the dumbest name of all time.
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Too early for him to be considered for me. He had a very good year in 2014, but by no means would I consider him one of the elite last year. If I'm not putting my WOTY for 2014 (Styles) on my list, then there is no way I can defend putting Rusev on there.
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I recall Joe vs Hero from Volcano Girls being good with a super hot crowd.
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Canadian destroyer? I thought that was a Code Red. Looks like round three at the next ppv.
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I don't see it for London. In 02/03 he had an awesome run, and was one of my favorite guys to watch during that time period. I don't remember anything memorable from his WWE run besides some fun matches with Jimmy Yang on Velocity. Post-WWE he seemed to have lost his motivation. An arguable two years as a top performer doesn't cut it for me.
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Definite Daniel Bryan Cesaro Sami Zayn Shinsuke Nakamura Hiroshi Tanhashi Might Find Their Way on My List Kurt Angle Low Ki Akira Tozawa Super Dragon CM Punk KENTA Chris Hero Kevin Steen John Cena
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I loved all of his work in SMW. An overlooked manager in my opinion.
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It looked like everyone was having fun here. I think the team of Scott Steiner and Sting would be the best combination. Having Rick play twice and Scott only once was puzzling.
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[1990-04-28-WWF-Saturday Night's Main Event] Interview: Ultimate Warrior
Laney replied to Loss's topic in April 1990
This promo makes no damn sense. Worth watching to see Okerlund looking completely confused as to what Warrior is saying. -
Looks like I'm with the popular vote here. None of the matches really interest me, but I'll watch anyways. The most intriguing things for me to see are the crowd reactions to the Reigns/Lesnar match and what kind of physical condition Undertaker will be in. Besides NXT, I don't think I've watched a WWE show since the RAW after Fastlane.
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I really don't see Sami Callihan as someone who is able to work multiple styles. Sure, he was able to hang in there with Finlay to put on a good match, I can give him credit there. However, his European work that I have seen is the same fast paced style as his American indie work. I will concede that this style of work is popular in both the European and American indies. I am not completely against the fast-paced style and I completely agree that there is a differently psychology to it. However, I don't see Sami Callihan as being someone that grasps that psychology. Even though the style is more fast-paced and contains a lot of highspots, I feel that it should still follow the same basic concepts of storytelling. My opinion of Sami's work is that he poorly builds up to the climax point of the match and he holds the match at that climax for way too long with a seemingly endless run of nearfalls. It gets to the point where I am completely taken out of the match. In my opinion there are far too many guys that work the same style in a way that is much better than Sami.
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There's no way that Sami will make my list. Yes, he had some very good matches on the indies that I enjoyed, but he also had a lot of matches that epitomized what I think is wrong with the indie scene today. He seemed to be one of those guys who had the mindset that the more highspots you put in a match, the better the match will be. He was also very liberal with his use of the "fighting spirit" comeback which was a major pet peeve of mine. Go watch Sami Callihan vs Davey Richards from PWG if you want to see exactly why he won't make my list.
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That's the impression I have and I personally hope to check out many of them. I was speaking to the suggestion that he could be someone's #1 after only a few matches. He's not my #1 based on a few matches, but I was in the process of watching a few of his matches when I realized that he was putting on matches in his 50's that very few people could match in their prime years. This wasn't my first time watching Bock and I would have easily put him in my top 3 before my recent viewings. There's still 2 years to go and I'm sure listings will be more apt to change in the early stages when everyone is still trying to define their criteria.
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Yesterday I would have said Flair with justifying leaving out the latter part of his career where his ring work drops off due to his age. However, after watching Nick Bockwinkel put on some awesome matches and coming to the realization that he was in his 50's at that time, I can no longer use that argument. Needless to say, Bock is my working #1 at the moment.