WingedEagle

I only got home in time for the last hour of Raw but what an amazing hour it was. Say what you/we will about Vince, but he was as vital to that match and the crowd's reaction as either participant in the ring and used his character and gravitas from the years just perfectly last night. Can't wait to go back over the full show tonight. They've clearly built Roman-HHH but can't see going that route at Mania, not because of any issues with that as a main event match, but because it leaves Brock without a single viable opponent on the biggest show of the year. Is it crazy to think Hunter would wrestle at the Rumble?

Thanks for posting this. Have a few matches left to rewatch but this'll be helpful in throwing my ballot together.

Nod to the original poster, as the angle with Honky teasing a guitar shot to Elizabeth prompting a Hogan save is what permanently ensnared 7 year old me as a wrestling fan. I was 6.5 for Hogan-Andre at Mania 3, and not quite there yet, but vividly remember watching this one after my parents taped it for me. One of *the* all time angles, SNME or otherwise.

How great can a wrestler be if they never had an MVP season? Hell, an MVP month? This kind of over-inflation seems more damaging to her resume than attempting to put it in an objective context.

Big question of whether that's Reign's program for Mania or a stop along the way towards the title match.

Definitely a miscommunication here. I think I have a pretty good sense of which MX tags are necessary for Eaton, but am not familiar with what's considered his top singles work. More curious than anything else. That being said, if anyone wants to throw some underappreciated MX tags, go right ahead. I just can't rattle off what, if anything, are considered his standout singles affairs. Not sure there's enough there to move the needle on him at all but at worst I'll enjoy a different look at him.

Call me crazy but I enjoy this Charlotte a ton more than v1.0. No problem at all with her heeling it up and relying on the old man.

Nope. Watch the opener.

Even Herb Dean would've stopped it. AMAZING. What a fucking match.

Tag title match is the best major spotfest they've put on in forever. Pure insanity, great pacing and I am loving it.

Apparently the stream issues are universal at the moment. Good stuff.

Thanks for that, much appreciated. BOBBY EATON!

Sounds like a plan, can certainly check out all of those. Anything from the 80s? Short can be good. Any that stand out above the pack?

What are the showcase Eaton singles matches? Just watched him for the first time in forever in a random Midsouth 6-man and forgot how great he was. Just wondering where to go next beyond the top flight MX tags.

I'm open to it but arguing that she pulled a one star match out of Stacy Keibler isn't much of a testament to anything other than one's stamina to sit through something that's not very good.

This is the participation medal of microscope threads.

I always enjoyed Trish as a change of pace and for putting on some passable matches. Not sure I can think of a single great one though, much less many above average if we're looking at a standard other than WWE Diva's division of that era.

Absolutely stoked to watch Casas/Cota over the weekend. Perhaps tomorrow night if I'm home in time.

I had he exact same problem with their series. Went in expecting a precursor to the Choshu tags in AJ and that's simply not what was happening.

Make it happen.

Even Tank had an amateur background though -- nothing of note, but its not as though he was Van Damme's buddy in Bloodsport.

Don't recall Piper having much of a rep for adhering to scripts. Sounds like he was just all over the place rather than going into business for himself.

Bumping this as he was mentioned in the Benoit thread and there seems to be zero talk for someone that may be a legit top 10 candidate for many. He's got big performances going back to the Yamada days without the mask in the '86 Gauntlet and probably elsewhere that's not top of mind, right through to the Sano series, Samurai, Ohtani, Kanemoto, Benoit, the NOAH feud, Sasuke, Pillman, Hashimoto, and undoubtedly countless others. Has anyone revisited his career along the way or have any new thoughts on him? One of the juniors who almost without fail holds up incredibly well with a variety of opponents and styles. Whether its limb work with Sano, hateful brawls with NOAH, flying with Sasuke or working the mat with Pillman there's little in his library that's lost steam over the years.

In a broad sense. In the early UFC days it generally referred to someone without extensive formal training in a given martial art or wrestling. More of a marketing posture than legit recruitment of Ken or Ryu.

Watch wrestling.