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  1. WingedEagle
    Don't recall saying that other wrestlers -- good, great or GOAT -- lack any repetitive elements to their game. Your point as I read it was that Flair is not as prone to this as others. I disagree.
  2. WingedEagle
    Not every day I can send a link to friends & family and say this is why I'm proud to be a wrestling fan. Today is one such day.
  3. WingedEagle
    Perhaps if you pull these out and chart them move for move like a pitcher every fifth day you'll find he's in fact mixing up what he's throwing out there. But leave that technical analysis aside you're left feeling the same about what's taking place. You may see a curve or slider every now and then but you're generally seeing the same repertoire.
  4. WingedEagle
    This is basically where I've always come out on Funk, although his highs in Japan, NWA, ECW and promo work ensured he was a cut above that level overall, but pretty far from the GOAT discussion.
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    Cosign. Not only would I hate it, I don't think there's any way they'd piss away 6 figures worth of PPV buys, which I legitimately believe watering down the main event would do. You maximize money with Cena/Rock 2 and would take a hit with Punk/Rock. A triple threat is an absolute waste, and say what you will about their booking, but they and Rock are not blind enough to make that kind of mistake. As for the show, they did a really great job putting the shield over without making Ryback/Kane/Bryan look weak at all. As noted earlier some of the camera angles and cuts they used made it feel a lot more chaotic and violent than is typical. I thought the shield was effective in not only selling where appropriate without looking out of their league, but constantly working as a unit that was greater than the sum of its parts.
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    Great match, but it never connected with me on the same level that I've seen it touted over time. There's obviously nothing wrong with it and as Loss notes its certainly a fantastic spotfest. But I agree that afterwards you're not left recalling much other than "that was a lot of fun." Which means its still better than most of what you'd find elsewhere while failing to rise to the level of what I'd consider memorable.
  7. WingedEagle
    Are there any stellar Joshi comps out there folks would recommend? I'll probably settle on what's in the yearbooks as I was looking to start there with '92 or so but thought I'd see if there were any more focused comps available on that front. Thanks.
  8. WingedEagle
    Wouldn't be at all surprised if Austin praised him that highly.
  9. WingedEagle
    No question the story had passed its natural climax by the end of '95 and certainly after Kobashi was split off from Misawa. I wonder if Jumbo doesn't get ill, at what point does Misawa get a chance to take over as ace and the events of '93-'94 take place instead from '95-'96? Does Jumbo stay on top so long that Kobashi eventually gets the run? Quite the MMQB convo, but fun to think about.
  10. WingedEagle
    What's next -- HOF points for what could've been if he turned in '96 instead of Hogan?
  11. WingedEagle
    That's a win. Pretty much nailed it.
  12. WingedEagle
    Definitely interesting. Assuming things played out that way I don't think there's any question the resulting product would've been less compelling than what came of it. Unrelated, but I can't get over the job Hansen did selling for Misawa and painting him out as some kind of unstoppable force. Just awesome.
  13. WingedEagle
    '92 CC and 8/92 TC are not classics (although the TC is great), but I always thought Hansen selling for and putting Misawa over in these two, particularly his elbows, did nearly as much for Misawa as the Jumbo win 2 years earlier. Hansen went out of his way to paint Misawa as the type of force that he just didn't do for anyone on the 80s set or on this level in the early 90s.
  14. WingedEagle
    Do we know any more about plans for the TC post '93? Fascinating to think about what that would've led to, but man would we have missed out on so much.
  15. WingedEagle
    His pyro is sometimes fun. +1!
  16. WingedEagle
    The Kobashi/Kawada sequences were clearly the highlight and had a totally different feel from the Carnival match following Kawada's split from Misawa's group. The punch to end the chops and brainbuster of doom were awesome, but the nodowa / power bomb combo was also pretty cool and showed Kawada & Taue gelling on day one.
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    I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to given when it took place. The first half or so felt like two pros running through a routine they've worked on forever (almost akin to how I've read AJW used to start off young pros), before picking up after that with a few high spots and hot finish. I don't know if I'll appreciate it as much on a rewatch but thought it was a lot of fun on an initial viewing.
  18. WingedEagle
    Although I prefer 10/92, I loved how the tone of this changes with the slaps and strikes. Its a dramatic step forward from the respect of tag partners facing off for the singles title to two rivals who do not like each other.
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  21. WingedEagle
    Supposedly Flair had some abandonment/commitment issues resulting from his being adopted as a child. Different people handle that and the attending circumstances in various ways and outside of his seemingly being open to showing emotion, I wouldn't be at all surprised if he hasn't exactly sought out to formally resolve these issues and insecurities. Hopefully he can find some happiness without causing too much damage to his family.
  22. WingedEagle
    Okay. You win. There are lower midcarders. As epitomized by Brad Armstrong.
  23. WingedEagle
    I've subscribed to the WON since September of '96 and have never been entirely clear on just what best technical represented separate and apart from most outstanding. No explanation has ever made much sense and for some reason I never really questioned it. I always interpreted it as somewhere along the lines of "best wrestler who does not brawl or fly and is not exceptionally small, large, fast or slow."
  24. WingedEagle
    I think this fluctuating is part of the very definition of a mid-carder. Sometimes they're involved in a storyline and sometimes they're not. They're filling a necessary slot on the card and in some cases that sees them in a featured role either putting over an upper carder or advancing a storyline, while in others they may be in their own feuds/stories or simply rounding out the lineup.
  25. WingedEagle
    Not to be too greedy/lazy, but where links to matches are available they'd be much appreciated.
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