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  1. WingedEagle
    Second the Austin pick and also throw out a call for MiSu.
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    Am I the only one who thought Naito/Suzuki on Day 4 was better than Ishii/Shibata? I love Ishii and generally like Shibata, but that just felt like an excuse to concuss and beat the crap out of each other for 15 minutes. My thoughts on whether that's a good idea or not aside, I'm able to enjoy it do a certain extent when done well, which it was here. But Suzuki put on a clinic in carrying a thus far unimpressive Naito to his best match since last year's title challenge vs. Okada. If Suzuki could teach everyone the importance of timing and pacing, the world would be a better place.
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    That'd be great. Someone who watches as much as you do really deserves to enjoy the best of what's being put out right now.
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    Boricua, what a fantastic job. Really appreciate the time and effort you spent laying all of this out. We should be so fortunate to have someone do that for other places!
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    Jake doesn't want a piece of the world, he wants the whole world. Great heel promo.
  6. WingedEagle
    Fuller throws great punches and Morton takes a great beating as always. Both teams take out the ref and it’s a double DQ.
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    Signing for the no time limit match with Cornette's racket "omitted" from the ring, with Mama Cornette's money on the line. Bring on the RNR.
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    Gilbert promo talking about who's challenged him for Unified world title. Mentions DWB winning the SMW title, and challenges him to come to Memphis.
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    Looks like a good brawl from MSC before they're split up. Its mentioned that Moondogs vs. Lawler/Jarrett ended after a year, but we never really saw any climax. Cool music video of Rich clips going back to the Idol feud, setting up a cage match with Dundee.
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    Awesome, awesome promo by Jimmy about Jeffrey Jarrett challenging Bret Hart. We were absolutely deprived by him not given the opportunity to carry some big feuds on a national level. This makes you want to pop in Memphis set. Says Lawler & Jarrett, just like Memphis, are built on a bluff.
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    Great chain wrestling and counters early. Watching Tamura do his thing here even a novice can sense you're seeing a top shelf performer in this style. Tamura with a great submission I've never seen wrapping Anjoh's calf around his own leg. They tell a good story with Tamura constantly working for submissions while Anjoh is looking for the knockout. This definitely went too long though and would rate much higher as a 15-20 minute match. There still hasn't been a single RINGS/UWFI/PWFG match on the set I haven't enjoyed. ***1/2
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    Solid groundwork and submissions early, and Dragon throwing a neat flurry of kicks. Dragon also did his best Santo impersonation with the plancha through the ropes at the post. Nothing at all wrong with this, but as noted above it didn't rise to the level of anything great. But really, how bad is Dragon vs. Casas ever going to be? ***1/4
  13. WingedEagle
    Nastys hit Savage with the helmet while Warrior goes after Hart, where Flair & Perfect destroy him. Effective in building intrigue around Flair's role at SS.
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    Bob talks about a bounty that was placed on on Brian Lee, who can't talk but doesn't give as bad a promo as I expected. Corny's mom is also putting up $10K for the Bodies to beat Fantastics. Pritchard is great while Lane still comes across like some kind of parody. The Fantastics belong as far from a mic as Brian Lee.
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    JT Southern looks like one of the Nelson boys. Clips of Tommy Rich turning heel on Ricky Morton with a chain letting the Gilberts beat the RNR. Then Tommy Rich walks out on Dundee during a tag team battle royal. Promo from Dundee, then Rich from ATL talking about winners and joining the Memphis Mafia. Tommy Rich is good at this whole "wrestler on TV" thing.
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    Bruce delivers a third rate heel Owen promo talking about Bret's big head and how Davey Boy will win at SummerSlam, all while wearing a DBS shirt. Fortunately they picked the right Hart brother for a heel run when the time came.
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    Not a ton to add here, as I seem to agree with the consensus that it doesn't measure up to either man's best, which means its just a good match and a monumental moment. I always love Hansen yelling "ask him" at the ref to check if Misawa wants to quit while working over his elbow. Matches like this help build the elbow as much as all the times its used as a finisher because Hansen essentially treats it as as great a threat as the rest of the company always treated his Lariat. The finish was a little flat as there was a huge delay before the count that seemed to suggest it'd keep going. ***1/2
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    Taue far and away the the best performed in this match, and seemed to get over as a heel even against foreigners. Pretty surprising to see Jumbo take the fall here, even with Taue the standout. Combined with the main event result and this was a pretty big night in All Japan. ***3/4
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    Fernandez looked pretty good here, bumping well and doing a good job working Reed over while on top. Would've been a lot better if they chopped a third or half of this off, as it eventually dragged quite a bit. Still good to see these guys. Good fiery promo from Manny afterwards. **1/4
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    Panther looks solid on the mat early, but nothing stands out as especially excellent or heated. I ate up the comedy and dancing spots with Astro and the heels in 2nd fall. Astro's dive on Rambo was really nice. Post-match angle with Azteca ripping off Panther's mask. ***1/2
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    Han is such a superstar to this crowd and he doesn't rest on his reputation, throwing all sorts of awesome spinning strikes and creative submission attempts. He's easily one of the most innovative guys you'll ever see in a ring. Vrij stays strong with a couple knockdowns but Han capitalizes on one of his own and gets the win with what looks like some kind of STF variation. ***3/4
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    I wasn't particularly looking forward to this as a random shoot style match b/w guys I didn't know at all, but was never disappointed as this felt fresh and different from the rest of the set. Cool jumping takedown and early suplex by Zaza, with a number of fun takedowns throughout before a submission finish. ***1/4
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    Yes and yes. Jumbo looks to have aged noticeably, and this was clearly the second best 6-man behind 5/22, which means it was really, really good. Taue is such a great heel. Even though he looked like hell, Jumbo really got into destroying Kikuchi. Kikuchi also delivers a textbook Kikuchi performance here, taking quite the beating from Jumbo & Taue. ****1/4 Hell of a match to end the best disc of pro wrestling I've come across.
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    I loved Tanahashi/Ishii. For folks coming into it cold, it definitely wouldn't mean as much. But the Korakuen crowd and presumably many watching via the all in G1 sub package are quite familiar with the product and thus the upset came across as a big deal precisely because he didn't dominate the whole match and thus the likely outcome of Tanahashi winning wasn't threatened early on.
  25. WingedEagle
    That Desperado scene in the cemetery was amazing. If you weren't sold after that nothing was going to get you there.
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