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  1. Jetlag
    It says a lot about me that this was one of the few 2017 wrestling matches that I could stomach or care to watch. Yes, this sluggish in parts and largely consists of appealing to the crowd. Super Muneco looks really bad, but then, that dude always sucked, and Raton and Pinocho are still absolute workrate machines. Something that is often misunderstood: Formulas don't have to be boring. Yes, you know roughly what's gonna happen, that there will be lots of technico shine and fooling the rudos here, but these guys all have so much stuff they can do and mix up you never know what's exactly gonna happen. So any unexpected turn and twist of events ends up adding to the enjoyment and contributing to the structural whole. Mr. Condor is hilarious in this match, bumping himself and pinching Pinocho in the nose as a dick move. Gallego has a really nice slap and headbutts. Raton is fat as fuck but can still spin around into armdrags and Pinocho is a damn maniac, has always been. Rocky Santana is still referred to as the Mexican Onita in 2017. Yes they're all fat and OLD~! but still able to engross their audience with the same tricks as 27 years ago. I rate this 6,26 stars.
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    Roland Bock was a former olympic-level amateur who quit the real fighting after he had a nervous breakdown and blundering his chance at the olympics. He got into pro wrestling for a quick buck and "not wanting to be there" pretty much sums him up. He used to run his own wrestling shows where he main evented against a bear and all that crap. Of course the japanese loved him for his uncooperative bullshit.
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    Based in Hamburg, Germany, the IBA (Internationale Berufsringkampf Agentur) vows to bridge old school european wrestling between the 80s and 90s. Having signed top tier wrestling talent from more than 12 nations, the goal is to run a series of events across the surroundings of Hamburg and Lower Saxony. A variety of prizes lure the aspiring wrestlers to make their mark in top notch wrestling contests and tournaments for the entertainment of the highly educated and critical local german audience. Ruleset IBA have introduced a unique ruleset which functions as a hybrid between european and international wrestling styles. Matches are 2/3 falls (with the exception of some preliminary and special contests), KO may end the match immediately. Wrestlers may receive yellow or red cards for lesser or greater fouls. Special stipulation matches may be granted upon request to the matchmaker. Official Roster Heavyweights Steven Regal (England) Tarzan Goto (Japan) Headhunter A (Dom. Republic) Headhunter B (Dom. Republic) Greg Valentine (USA) Franz van Buyten (Belgium/Germany) Kim Duk (S. Korea) Tom Magee (Canada) Klaus Wallas (Austria) Indio Guajaro (Colombia) Canek (Mexico) *Per special agreement, Headhunters will both represent Dominican Republic and F. Van Buyten will represent both Belgium and Germany, Middleweights Masayoshi Motegi (Japan) Emilio Charles Jr. (Mexiko) Mile Zrno (Croatia) Franz Schumann (Austria) Blue Panther (??????) Lightning Kid (USA) Marty Jones (England) Dave Morgan (Wales) Jörg Chenok (Germany) 2 Cold Scorpio (USA) Terry Rudge (England) *per special agreement, Middleweights may move up to heavyweight division upon request Trainee: Markus Buchholz (Germany) Staff Ring Announcer: Manfred Koch Head Referee: Mick McMichael Matchmaker / Spokesperson: Peter William Promoter / Spokesperson: Sven Hansen Business will pick up soon.
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    Mat Work

    Jetlag replied to Tim Cooke's topic in Pro Wrestling

    Wrestle Dream Factory or Yume Factory, a micro-indy that split off from SPWF (which split off from SWS, which split off from AJPW). Masakazu Fukuda, Fugofugo Yumeji, Onryo and others came from there. They had some pretty good cards for a shitty indy led by drunkard Shinichi Nakano and Masayoshi Motegi.
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    JIP into a wristlock and they move right into trading impact moves. Some nifty spots before Jumbo wins the 1st fall with a series of high knees leading to big one off the top. 2nd fall Jumbo immediately continues working over Billy's neck with knees and elbows and also chopping the hell out of him. Jumbo controls for more than 10 minutes including lots of chinlocks and headlocks and Billy sells that he's DEAD. Billy eventually gets out of the headlock and repays Jumbo good, crashing him into the corner and then finishing with a bunch of neck-snapping moves leading to the tombstone piledriver. 3rd fall is all action right before the time limit runs out, Jumbo goes for the figure 4 and Billy is hitting impact moves but can't follow up because of his leg. This was good solid pro wrestling and I didn't hate the long headlock in the second but I still thought it was a little grating especially with how lukewarm Billy's comeback was and the neck work could've been payed off better and they could've done more to build on each fall, for example, by continueing the neck work from the 2nd instead of moving straight to a legwork story, teasing the big knee attack again etc. Just stick to their 70s matches instead.
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    Pretty much a pro wrestling 101 match. They start out with Kozak immediately going for the arm. Some more scientific wrestling ensues where Boyd stays in control cheating on almost every move. Eventually Nick fires up and Boyd bumps really huge for the first punch. Boys tries to smuggle a god damn boomerang into the ring, leading to Kozak bashing him with the chair. Boyd rakes the eye and Kozak is selling that eye rake like a motherfucker. Boyd lands some shots to the back of the neck then applies the NECK CLAW while Boesch goes into the science of the rabit punch. Kozak keeps coming back, but Boys posts him. Some more work on the back before Boyd secures it with a basic neck snap. Pro wrestling can be very enjoyable when it's done with a brain.
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    This was an extremely basic undercard match where they get good heat. Brooks had some really nice corner bumps and Markus was constantly punching away at him. Punching him in the shoulder, the ribs, the jaw... Markus really seemed like he was punishing the guy. He was selling the whole thing to the backrow too. Gino Hernandez is also at ringside and goes after Markus post match. Fun stuff and even though it's about the same workrate as the previous AJPW match it's much better.
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    Another not very exciting substandard brawl. Brody again assaults Tiger, this time bloodying him with a chain. There was no subsequent bigger drama following from that though as Tiger tagged out, then tagged in again and Brody just pinned him with his mean old kneedrop.
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    Interesting looking matchup, but this was pretty much just a throwaway houseshow match. Robinson pretty much carried the whole thing as he was the only one to add anything of note. He was always doing something interesting, and he understands how to sit in a hold while building suspense. Also a guy in the audience bursts out in laughter when Robinson blocks a Baba chop.
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    Mat Work

    Jetlag replied to Tim Cooke's topic in Pro Wrestling

    Something that does not fall into any of the categories listed above: I really enjoyed the punishing matwork in this contest:
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    This is a classic pro wrestling job. Breaks is the champion and puts Saint over really strong here to set up their title match a few months later. Saint didn't have his signature crazy reversals at this point (or abstained from doing them here) and is a much more restrained serious babyface, while Breaks is just all over the place with his exaggerated selling and mannerisms. Much of the match was Breaks working over Saint with painful clinical holds and nasty little attacks to set up an explosive comeback from Saint. My favourite thing about Breaks is that he is constantly increasing the pressure, he will get a hold, and then move from there working towards a and elbow popping goal. When Saint gets a pin on him to win the first falls Breaks starts attacking his face in really nasty ways, so Saint comes back furious busting his nose and bloodying Breaks. Walton points out Breaks had his nose broken so many times that there is no bone left but its still really painful. Breaks gets mad and looks to finish the match quickly but Saint one ups him and steals a pin in the blink of an eye. This is classic efficient pro wrestling executed to perfection with some really cool technical prowres on display.
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    Interesting tag which was fairly luchariffic. These guys clearly had a routine worked out, and they wrestled smooth as butter. I dug Royal alot as he always does nifty technical stuff, Faulkner on the other hand could never get his stupid grin off of his face. The Black Knights - Masambula and Honeyboy Zimba were pretty solid too. Obviously Masambula's charisma was the center, as he has mad presence, but he also did a lot of wrestling. I liked that while it was acknowledged that Masambula was a bit of a comedic, he had no problem going on the mat and piledriving Faulkner out of nowhere. I also loved Walton pointing out Faulkner is too short for the arm lever to work. Zimba saves the biggest highspots until the end when he does his awesome kip ups. Match didn't develop a ton of intensity or high end work but it was a fun look at this kind of entertaining good time british match.
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    Next on the list is Kim Duk (1991) Joeg El Boricua Grimmas SirEdgar SmartMark15 Lee Casebolt
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    If I'm not wrong, 6 hours have passed and thus Blehschmidt can make his next pick. This is sure creeping along slowly...
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    This was a match I was 50/50 on, as it was a pretty damn great Aoyagi performance vs. a really dull Miura performance. Miura sucks and has no clue and he dominated much of this match, wondering what to do, showing more confusion than aggression. He worked over Aoyagi's leg for the match, and there were a total of 3 interesting things he did: a) trying to moonsault the leg headbutting the leg and c) removing Aoyagi's knee pad. Aoyagi's selling and comebacks on the other hand were just awesome. I have no idea how Aoyagi learnt to sell this well, but he understood perfectly how to dish out devastating kicks while also hobbling arround and collapsing looking very anguished on his bad leg. He also brought out the stiff punches for this one. Easily his best performance from WYF, but wasted on a slug. What's with Aoyagi getting shitty opponents in his own fed?
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    I was thinking of John Nord too, but he kept slipping my memory and never made my proxy list. Ah well, still a lot of big scary looking obscure guys to choose from...
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    Mima Shimoda/Etsuko Mita vs. Lioness Asuka/noki-A (Tag League, 12/8/01 Tokyo) This match was pretty long and pointless. Previously, LCO were booked to look really strong, but they got dominated almost the whole match here. LCO added almost nothing to the match, sticking to their lazy chops and no-selling. I kind of like the Asuka/Akino Team and it was cool to see Akino showcasing her stuff. Still, need better opponents than LCO. Mikiko Futagami/Rie Tamada vs. Michiko Ohmukai/Ai Fujita (Tag League Final, 12/8/01 Tokyo) This was a sprint with a lot of no-selling and choreographed sequences, not all of which went well. Not a smart match, but atleast it wasn't dull like the previous LCO match. Ai Fujita is starting to become a pretty fun worker, being the next to do a Takeshi Ono tribute and combine punch combos with her fast junior wrestling. Michiko Ohmukai/Mariko Yoshida/Ai Fujita vs. Lioness Asuka/noki-A/Rena Takase (Trios Tournament Final 12/23/01) Finals of a trios tournament. ARSION sure is tournamentville. This was a match where everyone just runs in to do their stuff together, not really good, not bad, sort of nebulous, and your mind starts to wonder how you'd much rather watch a singles match between Akino, Yoshida or Fujita than these these girls doing hasty 40 second exchanges, but again, that's kind of the point. The highlight of the match was rooTkie akase stringing a serious of fun nearfalls together before getting caught by the big bad spider lady.
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    It's a lucha de apuestas! The first match was like a high end formula match, while this was more intensely fought. They start strong with a big slap and it's action from the start. I really liked the blocked moves they did here early on, including Cutie blocking a move as basic as a half crab, as this added so much to the build. Cutie has really good basic stomps, knees and elbows and takes the fight to Scorpion who beat her so badly last time. I liked her ankle pick counter too. They settle into the EPIC stretch when, mirroring the last match, Scorpion hits two dives in a row, but this time Cuty scores the suplex on the floor. The end run was what you expect from this sort of match, huge suplexes from Cutie, some spectacular moves from Scorpion (her Cavernaria/Chickenwing combo was totally awesome and steal-worthy) and they worked in some breathtaking counters for nearfalls. I guess it comes down to taste whether you prefer this or the first match which had less grandeur, but I thought they did a great job her and this was easily a better joshi apuestas match than Toyota/Yamada the following year. Not as stiff or big, but way more substance.
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    Ha, forget about joshi, lucha or shootstyle. This is like one of the finest US style matches of the year. Scorpion had all the spectacular moves, and Cutie was grinding her down with holds and stomps. It might aswell be an Ole Anderson vs. Lightning Kid match, with Ole played by an 80 pound idol girl. Scorpion looks cool as hell mixing up the junior and shootstyle. When Scorpion keeps overwhelming Cutie she switches to working the arm. It's fairly basic stuff and doesn't have any consequence so it feels like high end time killing, but the match was well worked enough. Scorpion totally owns Cutie with her last comeback – normally these JWP matches are pretty 50/50 in the end run, but her Cutie is reduced to two last ditch counter moves, which makes a lot of sense in the context of the match and was probably why she got on the mic afterwards looking upset. Other that, really well worked match with fun stylistic experimentation.
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    Double dose of Cutie/Scorpion! The Scorpion vs Cutie Suzuki (JWP 08/30/91)Ha, forget about joshi, lucha or shootstyle. This is like one of the finest US style matches of the year. Scorpion had all the spectacular moves, and Cutie was grinding her down with holds and stomps. It might aswell be an Ole Anderson vs. Lightning Kid match, with Ole played by an 80 pound idol girl. Scorpion looks cool as hell mixing up the junior and shootstyle. When Scorpion keeps overwhelming Cutie she switches to working the arm. It's fairly basic stuff and doesn't have any consequence so it feels like high end time killing, but the match was well worked enough. Scorpion totally owns Cutie with her last comeback – normally these JWP matches are pretty 50/50 in the end run, but her Cutie is reduced to two last ditch counter moves, which makes a lot of sense in the context of the match and was probably why she got on the mic afterwards looking upset. Other that, really well worked match with fun stylistic experimentation. The Scorpion vs Cutie Suzuki (JWP 10/10/91) (Mask vs. Hair)It's a lucha de apuestas! The first match was like a high end formula match, while this was more intensely fought. They start strong with a big slap and it's action from the start. I really liked the blocked moves they did here early on, including Cutie blocking a move as basic as a half crab, as this added so much to the build. Cutie has really good basic stomps, knees and elbows and takes the fight to Scorpion who beat her so badly last time. I liked her ankle pick counter too. They settle into the EPIC stretch when, mirroring the last match, Scorpion hits two dives in a row, but this time Cuty scores the suplex on the floor. The end run was what you expect from this sort of match, huge suplexes from Cutie, some spectacular moves from Scorpion (her Cavernaria/Chickenwing combo was totally awesome and steal-worthy) and they worked in some breathtaking counters for nearfalls. I guess it comes down to taste whether you prefer this or the first match which had less grandeur, but I thought they did a great job her and this was easily a better joshi apuestas match than Toyota/Yamada the following year. Not as stiff or big, but way more substance.
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    Throw in Man Mountain Rock aswell and you'll be good
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    Next pick - Emilio Charles Jr. (1989) dkookyPunk SirEdgar Joeg SmartMark15 Lee Casebolt Elliot Low Blow El Boricua Gordi -Dan Kroffat 1992 Blehschmidt Superkix
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