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  1. WingedEagle
    Sid, without question. Check out his promo on an early IYH where he basically asks to reshoot it and Jim Ross tells him their live. Brody didn't do comedy.
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    Somehow forgot about that, even with the thread on renaming the WON brawler award the history of it wasn't picked up on. Pretty clear this book was being written long before July 1988.
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    I remember noticing that when watching this on the AJ 80s set. No question he was loved in Japan and Brody/Hansen would've been electric over there. Taking another look at it I'm also struck by how gray Brody was. If Bin Laden could spring for Just For Men you'd think Mr. Goodish could as well.
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    What does the fact that Brody was gutted in Puerto Rico have to do with acknowledging him stinking up Japan, Texas and most anywhere else he went? I don't see the connection.
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    Its hopefully in my mailbox downstairs and I can't wait to pick it up after dinner. Absolutely love the extensive obits/history pieces on guys or eras I'm not too familiar with. On the other hand, this is why I can wait until after dinner to pick it up.
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    Maybe this is why I was struggling to come up with my current Fave Five. I was going to post that for me it was a somewhat more stylistic answer, as I've been seeking out guys like La Fiera/Casas/Santo/Dandy as I increase my exposure to Lucha and folks like Volk Han as I'm also looking to watch more shoot style wrestling. But, for example, today I've watched Daniel Bryan's promos & matches from the last couple WWE shows while flying through the rest on DVR, some end of '94 AJ and now some '80s Memphis from the DVDVR set (Hey, we've got snow and shitty weather so the wife was kind of enough to let me get away with that today while she watches some mysteries). More often than not I'll take advantage of that ability to watch a variety of styles and performers and keep it mixed up with new matches and angles while sometimes turning back to classics. Next I'll probably check out some lucha Dean's posted over at DVDVR.
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    Bonus points here for the stretch plum setting up a pinfall finish. It made that spot so much bigger in the tag league / carnival finals and all of Kawad's big matches basically until he won the TC.
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    Just saw this for the first time. While inferior to all of their big matches as noted above, it was fun and unique to see them in this setting without the same stakes and work without some of the crazy bumps that became part of the protocol for this feud. Loved the Kawada/Misawa interactions here as even though Kawada is the champion you can tell how important it is for him to get that elusive fall over Misawa.
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    Although it would've been much better about 8-10 minutes shorter, I thought this was a smartly worked and fun match. Kawada did a great job on Williams' knee in the early portion which paid off when he couldn't finish the Stampede due to the knee. I would've liked to see it stop him from landing a doctor bomb or another big move later as well. Down the stretch the struggle over the power bombs was great and the finishing sequence of enzuigiris was also a ton of fun. Somehow it still felt anti-climactic for a title change after everything Kawada had been through up to this point.
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    Fantastic post. Wish I could've laid it out just like that.
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    I think there's definite value in what other wrestlers thought of a given worker. Now ID'ing that value is open to much interpretation as well as a thorough reading on BS meter -- as others have noted this can give you insight into which guys were close outside of the ring, who's peers thought he worked lightly, who was perceived as a good draw, easy to work with or a genuinely great worker. But none of that means anyone has to accept the boys' opinion on who was a great worker as fact.
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    Their 8/93 match used to me my favorite between the pair. Upon a rewatch as I go through things chronologically that is no no longer the case. This was fantastic even if it was 8-10 minutes too long. The crowd was bananas almost from the beginning for Kobashi, almost like 5/21/94 or the TC win over Taue, only without being able to see them shaking in the stands like a video game. It was fascinating to see Williams approach Kobashi as more of a threat than Misawa -- he was much more cautious and more apprehensive about Kobashi's ability to match up with his power. The Hansen match in 7/93 is undoubtedly a classic, but Kobashi seemed to take another huge leap to being on an equal level with the big boys here.
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    I thought this turned on Williams' countering Misawa's offense into a spinebuster. Misawa had his spots afterwards, including the Tiger Driver, but Williams was mauling him and seemed in control the rest of the way, building for the BDD> This is one of my favorite examples of Misawa's selling. Just an unbelievable job making his challenger look like the most dominant thing out there. Gordy looked awful here in Williams' corner. Baggy purple sweats aren't flattering on most, but even they couldn't hide how he'd let himself go.
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    Thanks, definitely gives me some stuff to work with. Will probably check out IVP's comps once I'm ready to hit the 2000s. Thanks, definitely looking forward to working through these. Looks like a great mix. Appreciate all the suggestions!
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    Ole was a phenomenal promo. The man did a great job combining evil, maniacal and intelligent. Shia LaBeouf would've gone home without his lunch rather than face off with Ole.
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    Add Mayumi Ozaki to the list. Could add more from joshi, but the point stands. I'd rename it for Hansen.
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    But why does one have to discount Brody just because Hansen is so good? Hansen is also one of my faves and I loved his AWA title reign. I appreciate the differences they have in their style. Again I'm going to watch Brody over the next couple of days just to freshen up on him. Its not so much that Hansen's excellence discounts Brody but rather that when viewed side by side with Hansen, Brody's shitshow is even more rancid. He had a fantastic ring entrance and pre-match charisma. Then the bell rings and you've got a total stiff who doesn't bring you anything on either side of the ball. Imagine Ray Lewis or Drew Brees doing their thing before kickoff and then they come out and instead you've got Bart Scott manning the middle and Trent Dilfer under center. BRUISAH BRODY!
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    Somehow I went to college for 4 years in St. Louis and even though it was LONG after there was no such thing as Wrestling At the Chase, the only thing that ever got me to the Chase was the bar. Still incredibly disappointed and one of my big regrets from my time there. In other news, Brody still sucks. I never minded his kneedrop and appreciated his willingness to bleed, but I haven't seen too many wrestlers that sold so little or produced such little offense from such constant motion. I'm always waiting for his energy to pay off but after the ring entrance find myself constantly bored. Sorry -- didn't notice the Brody thread till just now.
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    Bonus points to this for setting up the classic final a couple days later. That isn't the same without this setting the table first.
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    Also Brody. He was so bad he gave the Berzerker a bad rap.
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    Cannot stand Sheamus. Not sure if I hate his work on the stick more or less than in the ring, but his segments are ones I comfortably fast forward through without regret. Randy Orton too. Its been said before that he performs like the generic CAW in a video game. I'll say it again. He sucks.
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    I could've posted this in the Longevity thread as it's juts as relevant there, but given this is all about Jumbo & Tenryu opted for it here. On the 80s AJ set Tenryu simply didn't do it for me. I loved him in the Jumbo/Choshu tags as well as vs. Jumbo in singles matches, but otherwise I couldn't get into him at all. I loved the Baba/Hansen matches better than any Tenryu singles outing that didn't involve Jumbo. Fast forward to the 90s and aughts, and its a whole other story. Love him vs. Hash in G1, love him in WAR vs. NJ, as well as badass Tenryu vs. AJ nearly a decade later. Perhaps he had to grow into being the surly old bastard I eventually grew to love, but I did not connect at all with the clean cut, blase greaseball frrom the 80s. Jumbo? Easily my favorite from the 80s set and top 5 on my GOAT list.
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    Much more compelling conversation that this is not true.
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    Yes, wasn't looking for something quite as focused as those comps. Ideally something organized on a bit broader basis.
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