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  1. WingedEagle
    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
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    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.
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    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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    Christopher complaining about a chain, then clips of Tommy Rich beating Doug Gilbert before both Gilberts take him out post-match. Eddie says the 3 of them are the new Memphis Mafia. Tommy Rich is still one of my favorite discoveries on this set, even if he's not even remotely prominent.
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    Gene rundowns the card, Diana with emotional comments going overboard with the the tears and crazy. Then Bret & Davey with promos. They also preview the Beverlys vs. Disasters, Taker vs. Kamala and HBK vs. Model.
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    Savage promo that he's not getting help from Perfect, who comes out saying Savage wants him in his corner and that the best man will have him in his corner. Interesting dynamic in that its unclear which face the crowd should get behind. When I watched this as it played out back then I wasn't too invested in it at all, but this time around I've enjoyed it a lot more. Go figure.
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    Its not Dump/Chigusa nor is it the the tag match from earlier in the night. But its still pretty damn good. Surprisingly little heat for the predictably fast start which sees dropkicks raining everywhere. The crowd gets into things as the near falls start coming pretty early. Tons of great high spots and counters playing off their previous encounters. I normally don't go for Toyota bridging out of falls but it felt right here. The post-match was intense, emotional and just as big a part of this as anything that took place during the match. I wish I'd know a bit more about what led up to this as well as that Chiguys was Yamada's idol growing up. As great as this was, it didn't compare to the tag from earlier in the night. It deserves its own recognition, but man that match blew me away. ****
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    Flik didn't leave much to cover. I absolutely loved this, much moreso than the hair match later that night. Bull & Aja plays monsters perfectly, while Yamada & Hokuto take a thorough beating while staying determined and never laying down. Hokuto's brawling was just awesome. So much to love here, there's really no good place to start or stop identifying it all. You have to question the booking a bit because given the beating she takes here I don't know anyone can give her a chance to win the hair match later. Kong & Bull bust out a couple dives that put heavyweights around the world to shame. Just such great storytelling with different roles on the Yamada/Hokuto team, the big vs. small element, high spots, brawling and a killer finish -- everything you could ask for. Was there ever a big Hokuto/Yamada match coming out of this? ****1/2
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    When does Pogo jump back to FMW? Pogo takes his cowboy boots off to use as an early weapon, and one Hunter springs a gusher right away. Headhunters' matches always read better than they watch, and that's no different here. Pogo accidentally nails Matsunaga with chair and they need to be separated afterwards w/ challenges issued. **
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    This was pretty decent and kept my attention throughout. That may be more due to the setting and atmosphere, but what's wrong with that? They keep things simple and do simple very well. Charming for what it is in front of dozens of people. Looking forward to PG13, but Jamie can definitely work underneath and throw a punch. **3/4
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    Best part of this was Manny Fernandez on the mic pre-match. Unique, but forgettable and stupid. They also should've shot it during the day as the lighting here was poor.
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