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[1980-01-11-Houston Wrestling] Tim Brooks vs Gran Markus
Jetlag replied to shoe's topic in January 1980
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. -
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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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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[1973-03-14-Joint Promotions] Jim Breaks vs Johnny Saint
Jetlag replied to Microstatistics's topic in 1973
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. -
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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[1991-10-10-JWP] The Scorpion vs Cutie Suzuki (Mask vs Hair)
Jetlag replied to Loss's topic in October 1991
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. -
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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Next pick - Lightning Kid (1992) El Boricua Superkix Gordi Blehschmidt Joeg Superkix Lee Casebolt Jetlag El Boricua SmartMark15 Grimmas
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Kawada has that dream match against Sasaki in the dome and an MOTDC against Tenryu. Also an excellent underrated match against good old Fuchi and that yuuge interpromotional tag against Nagata and Iizuka in December. Not the best year for the black and yellow destroyer but I'll take it over Kobashi and Akiyama trying to figure out how to work in a green ring.
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My next picks: Mile Zrno (1990) and Franz Schumann (1992).
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That was fast. My next pick: Steven Regal (1992) El Boricua now.
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Agreed. Tremendous match. And it's not even the best match I watched for this project so far... 12/24/90 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Mayumi Ozaki vs. Rumi Kazama This was another strong match, YMMW on how good exactly. The story was Ozaki's rough style vs. Kazamas brutal kicks. I liked the opening a lot with Ozaki immediately taking control roughhousing Kazama in a way similiar to what a guy like Mick McManus would do, yanking her head violently, putting her toe in her eye etc. After some failed attempts, Kazama makes her comeback by locking in an armbar and after that it's mostly back and forth action. They do a nice job of working a long match with a strong pace, but it was a bit lacking in terms of drama, if you know what I mean. One thing I've noticed is that the wrestlers would do a nearfall with a big move, then follow with a basic move to make the basic move look like a potential match ender too; it's such a simple psychological trick but it's the kind of stuff that's sorely lacking elsewhere. Should point out that Ozaki had really good suplexes and Kazama was kicking really hard. The fans wanted both girls to win, and they delivered another heated finish. I thought the match was lacking in high notes, intensity or epic story, but was a perfectly good quality main event otherwise and absolutely worth watching. 6/14/1990 Eagle Sawai vs. Maiko Tsurugi Maiko Tsurugi was a nimble worker in a funny pink outfit with shoulder armor and liked to kick hard. In a different reality she probably would've been a really good partner for Kansai in those interpromotional wars. This was back and forth action early on, with Tsurugi mostly coming out on top, dropping Sawai with a Superplex in the first minute of the bout, and then another one a few minutes later. However that changes when Mayumi Ozaki (who else) forearms Tsurugi in the kidney as she goes for a dive. Tsurugi injures her back, and this sets up the dramatic 2nd half where Sawai tries to get the submission with a bunch of holds to torture her back. Sawai bumping big is really fun and Tsurugi made a quite good sympathetic face. This would've been really good with a little more build, but as it stands it was still a quality 10 minute bout.
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My first pick is, of course, Masayoshi Motegi (1992)