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    Great TV match. Both guys really put everything they could into something so short. Rude really is on fire in 1992.
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    Koko vs. Gary Young would have been a super fun match. Looking forward to the tournament as well.
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    Tanaka vs. Pillman would have brought the house down in Calgary. Simmons/Jack and Roberts/Piper on one card is insanity. Black Irish/British Bullies would be a great one. Main in Alberta would have been all kinds of brawl-y fun.
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    My guess was $30. Guess I'm only slightly less cheap than Memphis. I would have taken a damn walk and found other ways to make $25. Great beatdown, but when you look at the suffering these kids had to go through for pocket change...
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    Scathing promo from Landell. Two episodes in and I'm more excited for SMW than anything but the DA and the Moondogs.
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    Not familiar with Ron Wright, but I am interested in seeing how a man in a wheelchair is a heel. Should be a fun time after what I've read so far.
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    Bob did seem like the perfect foil for Cornette here. Looking forward to their continued interaction. Corny with a great promo about current events and how you could always trust him. Even if you were a stupid redneck.
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    Only promo I had a problem with was Hogan's. He comes across as overly whiny and egotistical. Which is a great way for your top babyface to act. How exactly was Sid the heel here?
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    Horowitz getting to show off a heel character and serve as a base for Lynn was fun to watch. Lynn's missed dropkick looked horribly painful. The pre-match was definitely ahead of it's time, if a little silly. Nothing that's goingto win any awards, but it's a fun segment and definitely not something you see often from Horowitz.
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    Interesting point for sure. One that can be copied into it's own thread and discussed there. In the vein of trying to get things back on track I will offer several things. I do agree that modern NJ style is heavily based on AJPW of the 90s. I think it affected a lot of wrestling fans, some of them wrestlers who borrowed aspects of it for their own use. I would say the same for most American wrestling. Whether or not that translates to exactly what Taue, Kobashi, Kawada and Misawa were doing I don't know. I would also point out that Daniel Bryan did have some major bouts with KENTA for the GHC junior title that would count as "King's Road" style. And although it may seem like faint praise, he seemed more interested in putting on a match that had internal logic, not just getting his shit in, than KENTA did. So if we are using stylistic references as cred, Bryan has some there even if not the same immersion as Styles has in NJPW.
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    Reading through this I have some observations. You probably won't like all of them. Or any of them? 1. I don't know if shodate is a troll. He has some of the hallmarks of it, but could very well just be a guy who has to respond to everything and get the last word in. He actually does make some valid points though. At the very least get the idea in your head that if you address one of his points he is going to respond to you. 2. IF he is a troll you all play his game as if you'd never seen one before. First, you let him frame the discussion, leading to a Daniel Bryan thread turning into...whatever the Hell this is. Second, trolls need you to try and prove them wrong. It's what makes them work. It's why they do what they do. Solution is simple. Stop. Just fucking stop. And discuss the topic of the thread regardless of the intrusions of other topics. I can see the A.J. argument, but the rest is superfluous. 3. His English typing is not great. But 95% of the time I know what he's getting at. That is enough to communicate right? I'm done playing the exasperated dad now.
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    Larry losing the belt in convincing fashion. Poor LaFon, a couple of tough losses. Big won for Pillman without Sullivan on his back. Spivey becoming an unwilling part of the Battle of the Pits was entertaining. Bam Bam continues to be an unstoppable force. I love that Bock's presence alone is impactful. The Sheepherders make a big splash on TV!
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    Cooley's win is definitely the highlight. The main was a great mix of brawling and technical wrestling. The Assassins and the Cobra really put the boots to Mark there too. Who is going to avenge the Youngblood name now? Hot Property got a big win in the opener.
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    Heel ref almost took me out of this. The hate and massive bumps and dives in the third were enough to reel me back in and think it was really good.
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    I loved what they did here. Armstrong works the early part of the match like a young guy would be expected to. Really basic. Then ends up playing FIP and doing it so well the crowd that was chanting Mutoh's name gets behind Armstrong. Norton looks awesome on the hot tag and it's a win for everybody involved. Armstrong could have done better selling after being tagged back in for sure, but this is still really good for me due to the structure and Armstrong's great FIP.
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    Funk as Friday is perfect. Embry/Garvin walking out is a good way for them to keep the belts.
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    Tully no-shows in Wheeling?? Stud Stable vs. Caspiian Empire would be a ton of fun. Taylor got robbed and the Soul Patrol look to be falling apart. Poor Scott Casey's hat.
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    I had not seen this before. If it's puro from after 2009 (and most of the matches from the 2000s) I haven't seen it and usually with good reason. The style doesn't appeal to me and I had a hard time getting into this despite liking Akiyama in most of his matches I've seen.
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    Kai comes to the ring with some kind of massive burn or scar on his chest. I think we know where this is going. Akiyama responds to an elbow with some chops and gets the advantage using the injury. Kai being below Akiyama (his strikes don't have much of an effect slowing Akiyama down, but he does sell them) makes this more of an underdog match. Problem for me is you never really get the impression Akiyama is actively trying to stop a lot of the impact moves Kai does. He just takes them because he knows he can. Then he is up faster than you would think and needs to be beaten down more or comes back. Kai's offense is perfectly good in a flashy junior who idolizes Kawada way, but it doesn't really lend itself to the story the match wants to tell. If he had stuck with more of the big (too obviously leg slappy) kicks it would have worked better than the suplexes and a powerbomb on a uy way above him and 20 pounds heavier. Akiyama didn't exactly go out of his way to put Kai's suplexes over either. He sold great for the strikes as the match progressed, but didn't seem to have much respect for the backdrop or the German. It's nothing really against either guy or this match. Just not my cup of tea.
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    What about those of us who don't care for modern wrestling as a whole? Are we the out of touch, grumpy old men who just wish the kids would stay off of our lawn?
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    Good juniors style match with lots of good action. Not a fan of the style and I much preferred the Honaga match. I will mention that 1998-2003 me would be telling me how insanely wrong I am for thinking that as Benoit was one of my gateway drugs to becoming a wrestling fan. That dropkick was completely insane, and you can see how little he did to lessen the impact when he did his diving headbutt every time.
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    Fun heavyweight match with Ricky actually playing a decent FIP. Scotty seemed like an afterthought for 90% of the match here, which probably helped. Vader never truly looked like the big man monster in the States. He always let himself get tossed around a little more. No big deal though, it seemed like it worked.
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    I wonder how long until Jimmy gets so pissed with Embry he won't team with him anymore. Martel has been a nice change of pace as champ due to being a babyface. Pringle getting more interview time than Lawler would not stand in Memphis, good thing this is Texas. Tim Horner as TV champ is a cool idea.
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    Loved Pritchard's heavy hitter opponent for the TV belt. Main was great with David finally getting his come-uppance. Should have saved that for an arena so the crowd could blow the roof off. Race vs. Orndorff will be fantastic. Mulligan is a great addition to your show. The Horsemen, St. Clair, Soul Patrol not quite getting the win, great show all around.
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    Good to see Borne getting a big push of late. Tonga seems to have found his groove again after losing a few. I like los Infernales getting one over on the Rougeaus. Martel continues to have a great run as champ.
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