WingedEagle

I like heel mohawk Sheamus better than missing a chromosome Lucky Charms Sheamus, but the guy still does nothing for me. Let him scream at Evolve crowds until his visa expires.

Prayers to his family and friends.

I saw a bunch of reviews for Ibushi/Shibata from folks who are generally on the same page as me that hailed it as a legit MOTYC so after watching last night I had to give it another go today. Shibata's stiffness and explosive intensity brought what they usually do, but this was the match where it finally clicked that I just don't dig Shibata the way a lot of NJPW fans do. I was never in camp with the Goto series or Ishii G1 from '13 being MOTY level and felt the same about the Tanahashi matches last year. He forces people to completely abandon any kind of selling that puts an absolute ceiling on my enjoyment of the match. This may read very negatively, but I want to make the point that I liked the match and thought it was pretty good despite its flaws, maybe ***3/4 level in my book, but the need for these back and forth pissing contests doesn't work with someone who can dish it out like Ishii and certainly not here with Ibushi, who's matches with Tanahashi and Styles are my 2 favorites from the G1 so far. I think Ibushi is at his best with punch-drunk selling like the Nakamura Dome match or how they worked both Styles matches this year. Shibata just seems determined to build every match around face-breaking pissing contests. The sleeper / PK finisher also feels anti-climactic after everything else dished out during the match.

I thought of saying wrestlers other than Han or Brock when starting the thread but didn't. Someone with that few matches, nevermind years, is even more of an oddball scenario. Really just curious about regular, full-time workers.

I liked his presence walking to the ring, especially when Graham managed him. Anything else worth checking out I may have missed?

From the Kyle O'Reily thread -- who can you see ranking with the fewest amount of years on their resume?

That's the one! LOVED that. Would play that for hours. That NWA edition was incredible fun for this guy as an 8 year old.

I've always enjoyed Benoit/Angle as well. They usually went too long but the Rumble doesn't drag like others and is still one I liked a ton when I watched again on the network over the last year.

Don't know about that one. Me want dirt. What's the story ? And yeah, Bull is the coolest. Add to the fact she lost tons of weight and became a MILF golfer. What's not to love about her ? (I'm a big time Aja fan, but I do think Bull was better overall) Reportedly fired due to a drug test failure for coke. DIVA!

Bull would probably make you bleed until you pass out for this. I can only hope. It'd be an honor to see if she can drag me to something watchable. Look at how many boxes she ticks off -- amazing, all-time great wrestler. All-time hair. Pretty (certainly not to all but she always looked sweet). Party girl, if the WWF firing story is legit. Golfer. Must love to drink. We'd probably have an awesome time hanging out even with the language barrier.

Very likely the top diva on my ballot.

Thanks, but that was stompers

Savage could miss out on my list.

Shoe, really enjoying your thoughts as you work through these. Looking forward to when I can finally make time to jump in on this stuff.

Flair seems like a safe pick, but you never know who's having a bad day. I'd say the same for the All Japan greats, but have seen enough people who aren't familiar with them that may pass for that reason.

Somehow I remember FoF being a nice time to check on food during PPVs of that era but there's been enough positive feedback here I actually want to see what I think now. Never really loved Barbie but Meng was always fun.

Agreed. It probably needs to be a new face, or something closely approximating one like a freshly turned heel. Though I don't know what babyface on the roster even has that potential right now unless you build up Cesaro as his good buddy and set things up that way. Unlikely, but probably the only way to do it if you're trying to max out the potential of someone on the roster.

Speaking of Cena rehabbing the US Title. What makes sense for him dropping it at this point? Hold it through Mania? As much as the world title is still the big belt and more important, winning this will do more to make someone outside of the usual crew.

Bachelor and Bachelorette? Waitress / waiter? Why can't we just stick to the rasslin?

I sure as hell hate it. There seems no rhyme or reason when he goes to it other than that he has to go to it every time out, and it never means anything. Plus he exaggerates the rebound in a fashion that leaps past comical into parody.

I enjoyed the main event quite a bit and thought they built the near falls very well. I even popped for Rollins's superplex into a falcon arrow. Not at the level of either Cesaro match but another solid outing from the Summer of Cena. That nose was gruesome.

Pretty fair. He'll sell, but usually with a wink & a nod or so over the top like he was shot. Compounding it is that his offense, which has become almost more five moves of doom-ish than anything else going on these days, ramps up to full speed at comeback time without anything he did underneath mattering at all. This guy has nosedived since the Rollins feud around Summerslam.

Yeah leaving aside the Mania match what they put together wasn't bad. I just don't think it rates at all compared to what was going on in Japan or the NWA. Can't speak to other US offices though. Just doesn't feel like that era of WWF produced a ton of high end work.

Its a pretty terrible year for WWF. Worker of the year there is like winning NBADL mvp.