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Here's an exercise for anyone who has access to a certain website. There is a tag match between the MVC and Kawada/Taue on 7/26/93. Then there is a six minutes out of the 8:30 6 man sprint from two days later immediately following that tag match. You tell me which is more entertaining. I know it's newly formed 1993 Kawada/Taue, but the fact that an eight minute six man is far easier to watch says a lot.

I absolutely loved this match. Fuchi should be remembered as a superworker and this match is a part of that resume. 1991 to mid 1993 Fuchi was ridiculous kinds of good at being a cranky old bastard who tied the kids into knots. Honestly I think he should be required watching for any wrestler past the age of thirty. So simple, yet so effective. Kawada vs. Misawa was off the charts awesome and better than the 1995 match where Kawada chokes Misawa out and gets his due. This match being so unknown seems criminal.

I'd have it written but I can't copy and paste. I tend to work from a rough outline.

I happen to come down on the side of GOTNW here, but I feel like we need to tone the tempers down. It's an argument on an internet message board fellas. I have that criticism of a lot of modern wrestling really. There is a distinct lack of meaningful transitions and more emphasis on getting in as much big stuff as possible during the finishing stretch. I won't try to stop anyone from enjoying something like Owens/Balor, but it's not my cup of tea.

My TV taping is today but I'll do a full write-up on the 8th when it would air.

I am liking NXT less and less and I can see myself unsubscribing to the Network after I hit all the stuff I want to. If Mania next year has the lineup I expect instead of Reigns vs. Lesnar 2 and NXT continues to go downhill I'm not sure it takes a long, long time. I'd miss the Becky Lynch and Sasha stuff as well as the Vaudevillains, Itami when he returns and Breeze, but I am finding more and more that modern wrestling goes away from a lot of the things I value in wrestling. NWA Classics seems a lot more up my alley in terms of the wrestling they have available, especially if they start putting together full cards and footage from feuds that my not have been available before.

Same. From what little I've seen of both Rose and Condrey they are impressive.

The match where he teams with Shinzaki against the Holy Demon Army is pretty boss too. 'Busa's big spots and Shinzaki's rope-walking chop are made into monster spots by the build.

Hara in late 80s All Japan was a discovery and a half for me. I felt like he had some of the major aspects of what would become All Japan style long before anyone else did. Tenryu seemed to come alive once Hara started teaming with him.

No reason it has to happen exactly the same way that it did. And who's to say Flair won't lose the belt in a year or sooner? There are all kinds of possibilities.

This was cookie cutter veteran vs. rookie All Japan stuff, but executed in a way that made it incredible. I loved Akiyama working back to a dive after Kawada's baiting. Every transition was fought for. Kawada as a giant prick helped make this match what it was, but you can't take away Akiyama's side of things given he had been wrestling for less than 10 months at this point.

It wasn't something I cared much for, but I get what they did and why. It looked a lot like that faux 90s All Japan style that the U.S. indies and to a point modern New Japan like to employ. Lots of big moves with little to no consequence besides nearfalls and laying around.

Happy 32nd birthday sir.

Yeah, reading this I was wondering where the need for help was. Great stuff.

I think a lot of us feel that way. We all have a bunch of guys who weren't in the territory the month before that we need to fit into place.

I liked using established talent to introduce new guys and give an idea of where they belong on the card. Overall was a very good introductory show getting all the important new names out there.

I liked the TV writing. I think it's going to be interesting seeing different things like the match/promo/angle ratio everyone goes with and how they structure their shows.

Thanks, it's mostly low end setup so I wasn't overly ambitious. I'm in a position that involves the people I want to be my big names not being really over yet and a lot of the people who are over won't get any kind of name recognition from most. Just gonna have to push through that and be patient. July 5th, Saguenay, Quebec, (1,700) "the Farmer" Louis Laurence and Tony Ricco defeated Tim & Alex Gerrard Dave Kochen defeated Rudy Kay Rene Goulet defeated Gilles "the Fish" Poisson Gino Brito and Tony Parisi defeated Richard Charland and Dan Johnson The Fabulous Rougeau brothers and Armand Rougeau defeated the Midnight Express and Mad Dog Lefebvre

This week's NXT was middling at best. Seeing Dash & Dawson get a little time to work was fun. The Vaudevillains as faces may be more fun than they are as heels. I hope they get a tag title run. Emma getting one of her submissions back on Carmella was good booking, It's old school predictable so I would have never guessed it would happen on a WWE sponsored show. Not an awful match either. They got scared with Baron and shifted him back to squash format. Way to kill his chances to learn. The fans aren't going to like him in longer matches because he shouldn't be in them. But if the push is necessary so is some seasoning and working those matches with a hostile crowd is what he's gonna have to do if he wants to get any better. I'm intrigued as to who Sasha's partner will be and sad that Becky Lynch will be out for a while. I hope Sasha can get something out of Brooke as the de facto babyface. Strange booking switch there from the "Brooke hates Charlotte" angle. It's starting. WWE type booking is seeping in gradually, but mark my words it will take over the show. Main event was predictable, but not awful. Everyone held up their end and Rhyno didn't stink the joint up. They did a nice tease of the opposite of expected to set up the Balor win going into his loss this morning. Overall I think the injuries are really forcing some things to happen that would have waited a while. I don't understand the Sasha/EmmaBrooke/Charlotte booking yet, but I hope it's not what I think it is.

They were a real highlight during their run with the titles, but became an afterthought pretty much the instant they dropped them it seemed like. It seems unfair to say, but they are a victim of the WWE's OCD midcard booking. You give them a run like the Shield had with some of the midcard talent the WWE had in 2013/2014 and they are right up there with the Shield as a contender. I'd say they are a pretty big contributor to the Shield's case.

The International Wrestling Association has announced it's house show schedule for the next two weeks. Tuesday, July 5th the IWA will be in Saguenay, Quebec. On that show the three Rougeau brothers will take on the Midnight Express and Mad Dog Lefebvre in the main event. Gino Brito and Tony Parisi will be wrestling, as will Gilles "the Fish" Poisson. Saturday, July 9th will find the IWA in the Paul Suave Arena in Montreal, Quebec. King Tonga will face stalwart veteran Gino Brito in the main event. Mad Dog Lefebvre, Gilles "the Fish" Poisson and Tonga John will wrestle Jim Brunzell, Phil Lafon and Tony Parisi in six man action. Armand Rougeau will also be wrestling on the card. The IWA travels to Gatineau, Quebec on Tuesday, July 12th. The three Rougeau brothers will once again be facing the Midnight Express and Mad Dog Lefebvre in the main event. Rene Goulet will test young, wild Tonga John. Tony Parisi will be in action against Gilles "the Fish" Poisson. Back in Montreal in the Paul Suave Arena on Saturday, July 16th the main event will feature a rematch from the tag tournament when The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers enter the ring with Gino Brito and Tony Parisi. The ferocious Mad Dog Lefebvre will tangle with feisty Armand Rougeau. 280 lb. Gilles "the Fish" Poisson will be wrestling on the card.

Maybe you could find somebody familiar with Memphis and have regular communication with them regarding your booking. Just send them a week or a month for critiquing and work off of that.

That was my thinking. They were already building towards Flair at least trying for the belt in November. We don't *have* to keep Flair as champ forever if he gets it though. Maple Leaf is booking a Flair vs. Martel feud that could be leveraged into an NWA Championship feud in the future. It would probably take some more American exposure to Martel to work as well as it ought to, Martel would make a great champ. He could go more into a more arrogant, "model" type gimmick where he had to work heel.

I always thought Kyohei Wada was pretty judicious injecting himself into matches. He's easily my favorite ref. Red Shoes is ridiculous kinds of awful and needs to be replaced. Joe Higuchi, especially when Hansen is in the ring, is really great.

Several more Montreal questions. Ring announcer's name? Interview guy's name? Did he speak English as well as French? Did they do a lot of towns outside of Montreal in a loop?