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  1. WingedEagle
    Christopher decks Eddie Marlin with chain, then Marlin gets him back and Pritchard surprisingly wins the Southern title. Definitely not what you'd expect with the Bodies headlining in SMW.
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    I didn't enjoy this promo. It would've been something to see him and Warrior headline a show.
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    Crush asks which heel will make him mind his manners now that he's all grown up. I absolutely despise these spots. They're embarrassingly bad.
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    Heels are singing. Awful.
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    I've yet to try, but imagine if you put something like this in front of someone that's never seen women's wrestling and has the prejudices you'd expect come with such limited exposure that they'd rethink things pretty quickly. Headbutts and brawling to start with things moving outside quickly where Bull is busted open. Kong is soon juicing as well. Awesome near fall for Kong on a German suplex after Bull hit a top rope legdrop but missed the somersault version. The two trade awesome dives and Kong's uraken is only enough for a nearfall. After connecting on the somersault legdrop for only a near fall Bull gives us the facial that absolutely makes the match and finishes her defense with a moonsault. **** I really haven't watched a ton of joshi -- a couple comps here or there and some other matches sprinkled in, so its great to hear what others who are more well versed in it can add. My general understanding was that Kong was appreciated as an all time elite with only Hokuto considered her peer. Both here and in the other matches I've seen, Bull is not only better but clearly so. She's got thy physical presence to work as a monster against smaller foes, while faring no worse going toe to toe or working underneath against someone like Aja. More than anything else her style, facials and emoting are some of my favorite and never fail to draw me in. The other comments here similarly tout Bull as the man, so maybe I'm just imagining how they're viewed or its been that long since Bull was on top so maybe she was simply forgotten for a bit. Either way this holds up about as well as anything other than All Japan from the era.
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    Kyoko looks a lot slimmer here than I recalled. After an opening spring things slow down for a while as they kill some time without much structure or focus. The stretch run follows a series of Toyota dropkicks and big giant swing and is clearly why this got such acclaim at the time. Toyota pulls out 3 dives including a moonsault to the floor from the middle of top rope. Toyota wins the IWA Women's Title with the Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex. Seeing some of the earlier comments it makes sense that this was so highly touted based on a clipped version of the match, as the complete just isn't anything epic. Pretty funny in retrospect to see how highly it finished in the Observer's MOTY balloting based on the clips / word of mouth, as it wasn't even the best match on the show that night. ***3/4
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    HBK is pretty firmly #1 but Taker and Rock also have strong resumes.
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    I completely get that. My point is simply that a 25 year old kid is dead, and his parents' and family's world has been destroyed. Not much else is relevant at this point.
  9. WingedEagle
    The point remains that even though I don't know your mom, if I know she exists she deserves a certain level of compassion and sympathy that goes beyond your workrate.
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    Thank you. This "the board is called PWO so let's examine star ratings and psychology and forget the fact that a couple of parents are burying their child any day now" attitude just doesn't sit well with me. Forget making excuses for anyone's behavior. Its an awful situation and one that no one should go through. Is it really asking so much to respect the dead a few days after their passing? Save the workrate debates for another day with respect to those individuals.
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    I'll be at Mania with a couple friends. Was thinking about trying to stop by the WON get together on Friday afternoon but that would require cutting out of work pretty early so I'm not optimistic. Anything worthwhile going on Saturday that I don't need tix for?
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    Who cares if he was a good worker or whether his death was drug related, suicide, natural or something else? When you've got parents that have to bury their child I'm not sure what else is relevant.
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    Jesus what a tragedy. I know Reid had his demons but from all reports he'd been doing well in Japan recently. Just beyond terrible for any parent.
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    This. Just because a concept is simple doesn't mean someone doesn't deserve credit for executing it. Especially when countless others failed to do so.
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    PWO Radio

    WingedEagle replied to Loss's topic in Pro Wrestling

    Nice! This sounds awesome. Really looking forward to it. Can always bang out episodes that look at classic feuds, matches, an extension of the thread talking about individual wrestlers' best matches, and probably a ton of other random topics that lend themselves to lengthy discussions.
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    FEED. ME. MORE.
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    Really enjoyed listening to this. Stevie sounded like a pretty decent guy who appreciates his fans. A shame to see the Extreme Rising shows over Mania weekend were cancelled. I was thinking about going after listening to this.
  18. WingedEagle
    For those that subscribe online, what format is the Observer delivered each week If its clean and easy to print and save I'd consider switching from my print subscription to online.
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    I imagine the appearance as booked by the movie people who thus can likely dictate what topics will be covered on his appearance. Don't think Rock has much say in that.
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    One of those issues that pops up every year or 2 where I can skim most of it. Oh well.
  21. WingedEagle
    We join to Eddy immediately slipping as he comes off top rope. Nothing special, but I enjoyed what we had here more than Liger/Eddy.
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    Definitely a letdown given who was involved. This felt pretty by the numbers with nothing spectacular. Eddy delivered a great dropkick, while it looked like Liger was poorly positioned and didn't do a great job catching Eddy on his dive. Liger's half-standing/kneeling submission was a really creative finish I haven't seen before. **3/4
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    Who says All Japan didn't feature great brawling? Just awesome, wild strikes from both here throughout the match. Hansen sold his knee like a champ and on the comeback delivers a sick power bomb to Kawada on floor. Interesting how they each used missed elbows as transitions in succession. Kawada slams Hansen on the floor and gives a diving elbow off the apron to the outside, after which point the crowd treats all of Kawada's offense as a potential finish. Kawada eats another bump on the floor, taking a bodyslam this time. After countering two attempted lariats, Kawada eats the third for the finish. This stuff does not age. Its just awesome. ****1/4
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    Hayes actually looks legit and not completely out of place in this setting, even if the whole thing is absurd. Garvin? Not so much. Where did they find these people are who featured? How much money did they spend on this? Why isn't this universally panned as a colossal waste of financial and creative resources as the White Castle of Fear and other similar videos from a year later? So many questions coming out of this. Fortunately not much time would go into answering them.
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    Love the pink outfit. Really befitting a world champion. As is showing up without a world championship belt. Little things do matter. Already settinguip the Vader match which wouldn't headline until July. The production & lighting here feel really minor league.
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