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Montoya seems much better suited to being a heel and really had the crowd against him during the opening promo. I really enjoyed the "shoot fight" with its emphasis on matwork and reversals. Low Ki was impressive when working from underneath. Watch how he punches Montoya in the side or moves his feet to gain position when trying to get out of holds. Low Ki decimated that small guy after the match. Very good match.
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The early part of this was a mess with people standing around waiting for dives. The guys in the Big Unit really struggled as they botched a lot of moves. Da Hit Squad were the only compelling part of the match, since they had some strong offensive moves. The match seemed really long, and needed to be cut in half. Below average.
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[2000-02-25-FMW] Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs Willie Takayama
Moonsault Marvin replied to soup23's topic in February 2000
The commentators and the crowd were laughing, but I didn't understand what was funny. An okay match with nothing much standing out. -
I preferred the Kanemara/Yamakawa match to this one, as I didn't get into the big spots in this one. The barbed wire board didn't really seem to cut them much so it didn't seem devastating. I did like the spot near the end where Honma jumped on the ladder and catapulted it into Kobayashi's face. Average match.
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[2000-02-22-BJW-Exite Series] Ryuji Yamakawa vs Kintaro Kanemura
Moonsault Marvin replied to Loss's topic in February 2000
Death matches aren't my favorite style, but I thought this was a good match. Kanemura did a good job of being a humorous heel. Yamakawa really took a beating, and I don't know how he got up after that power bomb where he was supposed to hit the table but instead he hit the floor.- 12 replies
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- BJPW
- February 22
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[2000-02-20-NJPW-Fighting Spirit] Koji Kanemoto vs AKIRA
Moonsault Marvin replied to Loss's topic in February 2000
Kanemoto and AKIRA got off to a heated start with lots of slapping strikes. Kanemoto brings the hate by ripping AKIRA's jacket and then the mask off his face. Kanemoto had him screaming while kicking his leg, but he seemed to recover easily and eventually win. I wished they could have kept up the early heat throughout the match, but otherwise a good match.- 8 replies
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- NJPW
- February 20
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Kobashi gets totally destroyed. The match built well with early grappling between Akiyama and Williams and good exchanges with Kobashi and Vader, but they amped it up with the finishing stretch. Kobashi is given a sick dragon suplex from Williams and then constantly double teamed until he had nothing left. Williams continues to surprise with his comeback in 2000. Excellent match.
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[2000-02-20-Saitama Pro] Survival Tobita vs Kendo Azteca
Moonsault Marvin replied to soup23's topic in February 2000
Survival Tobita takes on a Kendo Nagasaki imitator. Tobita gets beat with the stick for most of the match, but rips up the mat and uses it to take the advantage. Funny. -
[2000-02-19-IPW] Barry Horowitz vs Marty Jannetty
Moonsault Marvin replied to soup23's topic in February 2000
That taper needed a new camera. Horowitz was doing a good job of heeling and used a variety of holds to work the leg. I wish we could have seen Janetty's face, as I suspect he was selling well and he sold the leg after the match as he limped off before getting attacked by Horowitz. -
[2000-02-19-OVW-TV] Rico Constantino vs Flash Flanagan
Moonsault Marvin replied to soup23's topic in February 2000
The two wrestlers were having a good match, but unfortunately it gets ruined. The match has a fast start, but they immediately cut away to show Conway talking with Cornette. Flanagan takes a huge backdrop over the ring post, but the camera misses it. Rico looks really athletic in his moves, but too bad Cornette screams through the whole match so you can't concentrate on the match. Then we get more ridiculous fighting referees and interference. Cornette should be ashamed, but I sure he thought all of this was genius. -
[2000-02-19-MCW-TV] Jerry Lawler vs Bull Pain
Moonsault Marvin replied to soup23's topic in February 2000
The match was a fairly standard Lawler match, but the crowd no longer buys into the aging Lawler, leaving the match without the rabid response of Memphis fans of yesteryear. Dundee bringing in the weapons at the end livens things up. Average match. -
[2000-02-18-IPW-St. Pete Slaughter] Barry Horowitz vs Don Montoya
Moonsault Marvin replied to soup23's topic in February 2000
I grew up watching Barry Horowitz get beat every weekend on television, so there is an element of novelty to seeing him stay on offense for the majority of the match. This was a fun throwback to 80's style wrestling. Average match. -
[2000-02-17-MAW] Ian Rotten vs Corporal Robinson (Taipei Death)
Moonsault Marvin replied to soup23's topic in February 2000
Painfully boring match. After one punch, Robinson just sits there while he gets cut. They slowly walk around and cut some more with no struggle. Repeat over and over. -
[2000-02-17-AJPW] Steve Williams vs Kenta Kobashi
Moonsault Marvin replied to soup23's topic in February 2000
This was super clipped, but looked really good. It started off with a gorilla press dropped into the guard rail, and then Williams continued with bomb after bomb on Kobashi. Kobashi finally made a comeback and ended it with an awesome clothesline. Williams has been impressive in his return to Japan after looking so bad in WWF and WCW. -
[2000-02-17-AJPW] Yoshinari Ogawa vs Daisuke Ikeda
Moonsault Marvin replied to soup23's topic in February 2000
This was joined in progress, which made it difficult to assess. Ogawa was being dominated as usual, but then he won really easy and without cheating. If Ikeda took more damage in the parts we didn't see, the easy win might make more sense. -
[2000-02-17-AJPW-Excite Series] Vader vs Toshiaki Kawada
Moonsault Marvin replied to Loss's topic in February 2000
I really liked the beginning with the multitude of kicks by Kawada and his attempt to get the cross armbreaker, but it began to drag after Vader took over on offense. Vader no longer looks intimidating, so things like Kawada getting headbutted into the row of seats look like overselling even if it would have worked effectively years earlier. This ended up somewhere between average to good, but not what it could have been with a better in-shape Vader.- 17 replies
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[2000-02-13-BattlARTS] Minoru Tanaka vs Hiroyoshi Kotsubo
Moonsault Marvin replied to soup23's topic in February 2000
Kotsubo has a lot of hair. This was a mostly mat based encounter with some nice reversals by Tanaka and Kotsubo. This seemed closer to UWFI type shoot style than the stiff type of wrestling associated with Battlearts guys like Ishikawa. They both battled for the arm, but Tanaka finally won out. Good match.