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  1. Jetlag
    This was another awesome piece of french greatness and completely different from the previous Cesca/Cantanzarro match. I'm assuming the "Peruvians" are mexicans or Peru is the next forgotten pool of wrestling greatness that we need to unearth. This was like 60s Michinoku Pro. The Peruvians are bump freaks, just incredible as they launch themselves all over the ring and over the ropes for the french guy's offense. I think they took about a dozen different variations of over the top rope bumps in this one, my favourite being the skinnier launching himself over the rope, doing a backflip and tying himself up Andre style, all super fast, just incredible. When they are not bumping all over the place they are working over the faces with nasty punches and knees, including several of the top rope which was wild for a 60s match. Match wasn't as technical as the stuff we saw before but there was still plenty of cool shit such as a really beautiful backslide reversal. Cesca is kind of nondescript, but Chemoul is super athletic and charismatic. At random points they just decided to paste the heels with punches. The finish may have been a botch, just brutal looking as Cesca decides to do a flying headbutt and their heads collide at full speed knocking the peruvian out square. It didn't build to an epic finish but it was still a hell of a show.
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    ZION Tournament 1999 First Round Matches Michiko Ohmukai vs. Rie Tamada (8/22) Short match that they clip. Still get the gist of it – mostly Ohmukai kicking the dogshit out of Tamada. The action was fun, but pretty inconsequential. I don't mind these spotty matches because they are kept short. Hiromi Yagi vs. Aja Kong (8/22) About 40 seconds of a 5 minute match shown. This actually annoyed me as what was shown looked quite good. They worked a sprint with a few unique spots. Aja wins with a fucking Magistral Cradle and the mistreatment of Hiromi Yagi continues. Mima Shimoda vs. Yumi Fukawa (8/22) This matchup was interesting due to the previous LCO vs. Fukawa/Tamada tag being so different. However, it didn't have the same allure going for it as Fukawa pretty easily controlled Shimoda most of the match with her flash armbars. They still manage to build some drama for the finish. Solid bout. Mikiko Futagami vs. Rie Tamada (8/22) They show Tamada, Yagi and Fukawa pulling straws and Rie gets another shot in the tournament. This was another clipped sprint. Futagami chokes Tamada out. Kind of pointless.
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    This was mostly hold-for-hold wrestling so of course it was impossibly cool. You kind of forget that outside of all the flipping around and piledrivers on the floor, Dynamite Kid could really go on the mat. And Mr. Wrestling lived up to his name. This was DK before all the roids, and he was this skinny long haired punk, who was fast on the mat, but could also get aggressive and go nuts with the dropkicks. The announcer rightly points out the dynamic is DK is a snotty brat and Mr. Wrestling is the old school class act teaching this rascal some manners, including a funny spot where he slapped him like the uppity little shit he was. There is some niggle with guys being aggressively shoved to the outside, and it actually plays into the finish which was sneaky and cool. Really fun match.
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    Hahaha! Forget about this being the best Warrior match or something. This was like the best WWE style main event ever. Essentially they worked it like a joshi match without any holds. Just BAM! BAM! BAM! impact moves and drama the whole time. Savage was a lunatic. You gotta give the Warrior some credit too, as he always kept moving forward at Savage, was never lost, and got over the fact that Savage put him in serious danger (in his own Warrior-ish way). The confusing interferences and character acting from Savage was gold too.
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    This was extremely goofy pro wrestling. They did a nice job doing a bloodbath, especially dug Slaughter's selling performance, and milking great reactions, excellent timing - but in essence it's still a match built around booth guys tipping their boots into the canvas. Some of the brawling was also kind of pedestrian - lots of unimportant punches, eye rakes, too many transitions. Good for a cartoon match, but I couldn't get into it much.
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    Watching Billy Goelz is quickly becoming a ticket to awesome match of the day. This was all friendly grappling, not a single punch being thrown, and you can see it must have been pretty state of the art for 1958, with even some british influenced spots on display. Russ points out there are about 7 holds in wrestling, but my god what you can do with these holds. Fantastic arm work here. Nichols also looked real good, but Goelz had the more outstanding selling. I sense these 20 minute draws were a staple of the time and Goelz executed them like a total pro.
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    Man, how fucking cool was Billy Goelz? You can tell this would be good from the first minute on. So much cool wrestling. Goelz even did the sneaky dropkick off of the 2nd rope after the clean break (which I love) and they teased getting surely, but went right back to the wrestling. And damn what wrestling it was. Hernandez looked like a decent wrestler too, but Goelz just twisted him into pretzels. Some of the best use of indian deathlock/tied up legs I've seen, great use of monkey flips and twist and evade rope running, and Goelz's spinning armlock finisher is cool as hell.This was moving fast and really they didn't let up for one second.
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    This was a seriously great match; naturally, these 1950s bouts have a high degree of intensity and struggle over basic holds, so it feels like you are watching a shootstyle match built around hammerlocks and headscissors. Then you also have Billy Goelz in the match, who looked like a master grappler in the vein of a Blue Panther or Ken Joyce, adding all these cool little touches. Such as turning himself into a turtle, constantly going for Verne's arm from any position, breaking Verne's arm over his own leg to keep control etc. The running and leapfrog spots where also fantastic, honestly. Verne is a former football guy, and Goelz would do these awesome bumps where it looks like Verne just ran right through him. At 20 minutes this also a pretty trim match, and they show a great sense for the subtleties of wrestling; Verne lands a big flying headscissor after being controlled by Goelz that gets a huge reaction, and the battle fiercely over the pinfall just as the time runs out. Excellent, pure wrestling match.
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    This was a fascinating match. Yes, it's a 60 minute match from the 1950s, so prepare for long holds, but the intense struggling over the whole duration made it interesting all the way to the end. The wrestling moves, altough extremely basic, were incredible. Gagne looked like he would rip right through Thesz if given the chance. There were also some greatly timed spots, such as an abdominal stretch cradle that made me jump. Then you also have the story of Thesz acting like a dick and dealing out some serious punishment on Gagne: punching at the cheek, grinding on his head, hitting him in the back of the head, etc. When Thesz is throwing those knees to the head it's a total assault. The work around the sleeper hold is quality and you can see the NWA title match structure was already perfectly in place. Gets a little repetitive/primitive at times, with the constant repetition of the cheap shot in the ropes, and I felt it could've delivered a little "bigger" considering how amazing it was when Verne was hammering Thesz with punches or when they were struggling on the mat, but other than that this was a tremendous match regardless of all.
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    Hey, thank you! That's great info. I see there's a few matches of Bob working as Karl Steiner in Portland on YouTube. Should be cool. Also, in germany, Bob was always announced as being a "strength sports trainer". That may have been true, but one of the weirdest tags I've heard given to a guy to make him seem tougher.
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    This is a beautiful bout. Great rhythm and pace, maximum use made of simple spots, and a story is told. Also, the match looked like a WoS bout transcribed to US setting. Great first fall with Buddy fooling around and getting caught, then you get Hennig turning Rose into a vegetable with those fucking headlocks. Buddy morphing from cocky athletic dipshit to stumbling around not knowing where he was, selling his ears and making fun comebacks, including making use of the steel ringpost again and pouncing on Hennig's back out of thin air, was really great. Great back and forth wrestling exchanges, and the pinfall reversal is such a simple, cool spot. Hennig is damn great in his role, up to speed and spot on selling. The commentators point out Curt isn't a rookie anymore and in a way this feels like a starmaking performance. Great nearfall for a vertical suplex here. For how simple this match is, it def. deserves to be tagged as "flawless".
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    This was a really fun fast paced match where Buddy pinballs like a motherfucker for Hennig. I mean, he was bumping for him while in an armbar! So many energetic spots and exchanges. And the usual clever spots from Buddy. Curt is a really good basic babyface here, awesome dropkicks, getting nice height on kneedrops, and totally going into those exchanges at full speed. The finish and angle with the deadly dropkick is great too including a sick cheer from the audience when it is declared Buddy may be paralyzed.
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    This was a very good TV match, but left a little bit to be desired. The match from the previous week was bloody and violent, this didn't really feel like the right followup. Altough Buddy gave a nice babyface performance, he is such an athletic energetic wrestler and very compelling from below, and Dynamite Kid is a good opponent as Kid is such a psycho. Kid's flying and throwing you around actually feels like he is seriously out to hurt somebody - his flying kneedrop is great. Also loved Buddy clawing at his face and then just mauling him with a fucking running thumb to the eye and then that series of fist drops. They get the fans really excited for the last couple of moves and do the usual bait and switch routine from these US title matches where the face comes sooo close but gets screwed. You've seen it before, but this was a nice, quality, mostly clean wrestling match to add to the canon, just a hair below your all time classics due to some wonky transitions.
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    This was a really good match; starts of with some really pretty 80s not-quite junior wrestling, and gets all bloody and grizzly. Rose adds a ton to the match, as his selling of his wounded back kept things very compelling and he always adds clever layout and smart spots to a match. to a match.The story where they kept breaking up pinfalls was cool and well done. At one point, Rose gave DK a low blow, and Kid sold it well, clutching his groin after hitting a legdrop, so it was believable that he was pissed off and wouldn't pin Rose and instead just keep stomping on him. The blood was tremendous, loved Buddy throwing punch and the finish to the 2nd fall was fucking great with Buddy bashing the back of DK's head into the steel before giving him the superplex as a fuck you. Damn that finish. They work a big nearfall or two for the finish going off the rails. with Rose getting spiked by a back suplex, DK even busting out a foreign object in the last 20 seconds, and I didn't mind the time limit draw as DK was a bloody mess and Rose was beaten up badly and they were just two beaten up men flopping around at that point. Pretty wrestling, intricate story, violence and pissed-offness and drama, this was fairly great overall.
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    Vader makes his entrance with the badass elephant helmet that spits smoke. Then Vader proceeds to just kill Fujinami, throwing him around and demolishing him with his patented shots. Pretty good way to introduce how destructive Vader can be. He was just crushing Fujinami at points, including hitting a lariat with his tree trunk sized arm that sent his opponent into spasms. Fujinami gets some of his technical wrestler comebacks - kicking at the leg, body shots, surprise backslide and submission hold etc. - I think Fujinami got a few comebacks too many and it kind of took Vader's badass destroyer vibe away. I also disliked that Fujinami couldn't get proper height for his enzuigiri. Other than that this was a nice big vs. little title match where the slower paced parts added to the match.
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    Finals of the SKY Tournament Mari Apache vs. Chaparrita ASARI (7/25) Another match that was enhanced by context. Mari has the skill and power advantage and the bombs to put anyone away, but Asari can win via flash pin. Could have been a little more grand, but what we got was fun and made me want to go back and check out more Mari as she has good execution, nice matwork, snug clotheslines, the whole deal. Another swank match. Seems that the title will be mostly used for these types of bouts, which is a nice change from the usual shoot submissions and suplex moves deal in ARSION, but I hope they do a little more with it than just Worldwide matches. Mariko Yoshida vs. Aja Kong (8/6) They only show 10 minutes of a 20 minute match. Weird considering it's a title match. What was shown was really good, though. Yoshida's submissions vs. Kong's hard hitting and power moves. Adds some new touches to their 1998 encounter. Great timing and they both do some quality selling to add to it. Feels like a MOTYC if we had the first half – still a great clip.
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    These main events look awesome. Should send an email to Lynch maybe?
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    Check out the Real Hero google drive.
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    Carl Greco

    Jetlag replied to Jetlag's topic in The Microscope

    THE QUEST FOR THE CARL GRECO OF THE YEAR: 1999 Carl & Joe Malenko vs. Yuki Ishikawa/Daisuke Ikeda (6/9/99) This was Joe's sort-of-retirement match. I expected the focus to be on him, but instead Carl did the bulk of the work, so this was just right for this project. These retirement matches often tend to be greatest hits-type matches, but they stick their necks out and have a nice competitive fight that could've easily been the finals of a tournament or title bout. Joe work's a really cool Gotchhead style integrated into BattlARTS shootstyle. He looked a little rusty at times but like a total master at others. He could totally roll on the mat and turn guys inside out. Carl was the faster, flashier, all modern grappling contrast to him. Carl played FIP but was still dangerous throughout the segment, like he always is. This was mostly centered to matwork with occasional hard hits but laid out with typical tag psychology building to a stretch run. Carl and Joe were a great team - you'd wish they'd done more together because putting the two gaijin grapplers together was such a no brainer, but I guess Joe was really only around for this one match in BattlARTS. Well, thanks Joe! This was a rocking bout.
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    This was fucking awesome. I love how in Mexico, the babyfaces can come to the ring wearing jolly traditional clothes with jolly traditional music playing and then jump the heels and beat them down in the most vile ways imaginable. Kind off one of those magic matches were everything just kinda falls into place and works, tons of nasty post shots, even the random shots of guys laying around crashed beneath the furniture looking dead work perfectly. Impossible not to love all of these guys, hell KONNAN looked awesome here. Aguyao is a such a gritty little bastard. Cien Caras is lovely in how miserable he looks and how awkwardly he tumbles around, he also has this nasty running high knee to the kidney which I dug. But the real star here is Chicana who looks otherworldly, like a real One in a Million kind of guy. You know it's Wrestling when a seedy hag-like dude is the highlight of it. Chicana on the floor, randomly grabbing audience members and pulling them into the fight. Chicana trying to rip Aguyao's face off even with Rayo and a referee on him. Chicana slipping and falling on his ass. Chicana adjusting his hair so Aguayo can see his face before he punches his lights out. Sangre Chicana is pretty awesome when you think about it.
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    After watching this and knowing Ikeda went through a war with Ishikawa later the same night, I think he might have been the Wrestler of the Year in 1999. This continues from their interactions in the previous tags and it's really made by Ikeda's selling. Yone is demolishing Ikeda throughout most of the match, ripping him apart with kicks and repeatedly trying to decapitate him using kicks to the face and lariats. It's really made by Ikeda's selling as he looks like he's trying not to pass out from the beating. Yone looks like a world beater, and Ikeda looks like the toughest motherfucker on earth for withstanding the punishment.
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    This is an awesome match; it's not very BattlARTS-alike as it's more pro-styled with no real matwork and not a lot of impact moves, but instead everyone in the match straight up dishes out the punishment left and right. Battle of shitheads pretty much sums it up as neither team is playing nice, Ikeda tries to claw Yone's face off a few times, while Orihara and Ono are at their sleazy best. You wouldn't think Orihara fits well into BattlARTS but he adjusts nicely, including an awesome one inch punch to Ono's face and a truely Usuda-styled breakup of a pinfall. I recall thinking Yone kind of sucked back then, but he was impressive as a tank just taking it to Ikeda, and his goofy leg drop was deadly looking. Ono was a little different then, less of a boxer more of a wrestler, but he was punching and kicking people in their faces as good as 11 years later, and his flying around and ballsily eating of an Orihara dropkick was cool. Ikeda was the Ikeda we all know and love. You will want to watch this.
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    Holy shit, this was amazing. How this didn't make it to the Best of BattlARTS set but three dozen fucking Minoru Tanaka matches did is beyond me. Taira was this really talented dude who could put on awesome weird leglocks and also had devastating kicks in his arsenal. It's a shame he disappeared after BattlARTS closed. This was like a hybrid of those matches against Ikeda and Yujiro Yamamot we've seen from Otsuka. He tries to teach this newbie some manners and busts out a few pro style moves executed with complete lack of regard for his opponents safety, including dropping him square on his head from an armlock attempt, a neckbreaker that looked like it really would break your neck, and doing a freaky Cesaro deadlift spun into a backbreaker in mid-air. While Taira isn't goofing around and looks to finish the match with every attack, forcing Otsuka to do some really freaked out grappling leading to some great nearfalls. When Taira is throwing kicks he is wasting Otsuka, including charging at him and connecting a knee strike that looked like nobody would get up from it, and coming back later in the match with a pele kick that produced the sound of a rotten melon and had me verbally marking out. Both the finish and the build to it were great. I'll have to watch Ishikawa/Murakami again because this maybe the best BattlARTS match of 2000.
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    From what I've gathered, Ono in these days was relegated to lower carder status whose single matches were either clipped, or against total scrubs, which is a shame. This is a rare chance to see a proper match, and it seems Ono at this point was not much less good than he was in 2010. They make the most out of an 8 minute match, Ishikawa is bigger and much higher ranked, but he takes a bit of a backseat and lets Ono go all out. Match has some pretty spectacular matwork, Ono is amazing at diving for submissions at lightning speed, which gives Ishikawa a good opportunity to show off his mat skills against a highly skilled opponent. To supplement the matwork Ono beats Ishikawa full force, including pounding on his head with fists and knees on the ground. The last couple minutes are especially off the charts, a proper main event between the two would've been amazing.
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    A long all matwork trios with these guys, how can you go wrong? This was some sweet, sweet pro wrestling. You know it's awesome when they go back to hitting the mat in the 2nd and 3rd fall. One of those times Terry shows how good he can be on the mat, and Olimpico looked pretty good aswell, completely different from the worker he is these days, losing the mask really changes a wrestler I guess. The Navarro/Panther matchup was dynamite. They were like two spry young grapplers here, trying all kinds of freaked out twisting rolling leg locks and it was cool as hell. At one point, Navarro tried a cross armbar, which Panther defended for dear life, with all the other wrestlers coming into the ring to urge them on and a big Panther chant breaking out from the crowd. Only in lucha. I also really liked Villano's matwork as he is a chunky barrel chasted dude with mat athleticism and he steamrolled Panther in several cool ways. Ultimo was mostly fine but the least great guy in the match by far. He was integrated well, however. Boss match overall, the best trios of the 2010s for matwork maybe.
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