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Medico was great here, Ayala seems like a guy who is over enough that he can get away with being fairly bland on offense. Especially as a heel. I will say his Arn Anderson elbow to the back of the head to counter a backdrop was pretty good though. Those Medico punch flurries are all kinds of insanely awesome and HOW has somebody not ripped that off? The crowd was nuclear for this, anytime Medico makes a comeback it is such a huge deal. The other takeaway I have from this match is that Chicky Starr has an awesome purple sport coat and he doesn't want to sully it by becoming physically involved. And who would?

That bump by Kroffat was THE highlight of this. Good whipping and general brawling, choking, etc. going on with the straps. Six minutes of big dudes beating each other up works for me.

So what we are saying is that daddy issues can cause the next generation to go through daddy issues? Shocking.

I'll echo the thoughts on Muta. The guy just has a completely different way of doing just about everything and it works. I also liked the comparison of junior heavyweight body types. Muta is average height and skinny but built. Invader 3 is only a junior heavyweight due to being short. If he was 2 or 3 inches taller he'd be heavyweight for sure. Agile as Hell for what he looks like though.

Too cluttered, like late stage Rumbles. Except with weapons. Different, but not that much better.

Jaggers is great here as the stooging/stalling heel early on then turns into a complete badass when it's time for the heat. Santana delivers when he has to, but Jaggers really makes this with the way he handles working from underneath and on top. Second straight match Jaggers has hung Santana.

TNT using superkicks while Funk was hung up in the ropes was pretty great. The scaffold climbing after the match by Terry was fun, as was TNT's dogged pursuit and kicking him off of the other side.

Hell of a bold project here. The Inoki mixed styles matches should be different than anything else in the project. Hell of a juniors division. Tenryu, Fujinami, Choshu and Flair all in the mix for main events should be all kinds of fun. Oh and Volk Freaking Han!! Love that guy.

Loved these 2 beating the shit out of each other. Jaggers really shines in matches like these. The cowbell was used in all kinds of hurty ways and both guys bleed buckets. What more can you ask for?

Pretty nothing match after the shine, I'd have to agree. Commentary didn't help.

You do understand Victator that really what kids want is to feel like their parents love them and want to spend time with them. The food and clothes mean nothing to them. Toys are great, but without parents who give loving attention the kids are going to be miserable. I can tell you this because I see it happening within my own family and we all do our best to make up for what the kid isn't getting from her mom.

Yeah the fire was incredible. That had to be a seriously hot environment to work in. Loved Colon getting his hair singed by the fire. Crazy bastard. The figure 4 by Colon after the bell was great, as was the crowd still throwing garbage at Ayala after he had been beaten. Ayala crawling over to try and get his hands on Colon one last time was pretty great too.

I liked this, but I felt like it needed more FIP time from Perez. The offense that Kroffat and Jaggers got was good, but there needed to be more, put some hope spots and cutoffs in there too. Perez's powerslam was really good as well.

Not much besides a brawl. It's not bad in any way, but it doesn't really stand out either.

Yeah that pre-match footage was all kinds of gruesome in a way only Puerto Rico can deliver. Chicky is attacked with a wooden axe handle and bleeding at the opening bell, which is a perfect way to start this. Both Invader 3 and Chicky play their roles perfectly. Chicky is so great at putting over how much a babyface is destroying him. I also love how his comebacks pretty much come off of dirty tactics right up until the last one. The camera work of Invader 3 punching Chicky on the outside is all kinds of awesome. You can see the blood smeared all over Invader 3's fist! I dug the finish, I really love how some of these finishes don't involve a finisher but make perfect sense. Invader definitely took a good shot to the back of his head and Chicky, with his one non-cheating comeback, takes advantage to get the pin and escape the wrath of Invader 3. When you think about it, Invader 3 losing due to hitting the back of his head really hard is an incredible finish in the meta for this match given the pre-match footage as well. Amazing stuff and I really love Chicky Starr. Invader 3 too, but Chicky makes this.

I love the idea of the characters being main event draws. Imagine the western perception of that as it happened.

The comedy match with the women taking turns beating up on the one man on the opposite team is a funny idea. Then if you look at some of the darker reasons for watching joshi it gets a little more twisted.... Anyway, having Super Porky in a match designed to get the doll characters over seems a little counterproductive. THAT guy can and will steal just about any show. Those first 3 you listed would all be incredible. One thing though, if you're in japan wouldn't you list the names from least prominence to most?

I liked the way Butch was working the crowd throughout. Really great stuff there. Battens play off of the Herders really well and both the shine and the heat were really good. Hot tag could have used a bit more heat from whichever Batten it was, but that's a small quibble for an otherwise very good tag match.

I like them putting over the cobra clutch as such a big deal. Santana slamming Pogo's head against the mat as a revenge spot was great.

I loved Starr using his arm to stop Colon from punching him in the headlock. Repeatedly. Then Colon puts the arm between his legs and I don't know what Starr did but it made Colon think twice about that. Nice detail work there. I also liked how Starr countered all of Colon's technical wrestling to cut off his offense (once he got going) with brawling. Good way to show that he's outclassed there and has to go to the strikes to even the playing field. I enjoy how these guys will actually bump on the baseball field. That can't possibly be as easy on you as bumping on the mat.

So much good stuff here. They start out basically just beating the shit out of each other and never stop. Colon grabbing two handfuls of hair to keep Starr from dropping off the top of the cage was amazing. I loved the cutoff spots as both were going for the door involving the ropes being used to do damage to the guy trying to escape. Brilliant stuff. How none of it made it's way into other matches I've seen I'll never know. Ending is basically a continuation of the match if you ask me. Brawling out the cage door and onto the field seems like a logical conclusion to what we just saw.. Starr takes a suplex on the baseball field, bet that felt good. Great, great stuff all around.

Yeah, Hogan seems like a guy who is always working if he knows there are cameras on.

Elliot covered most of it. Pogo is really, really good in PR. I've not once liked him in japan.

Yeah that is a great finish, very lucha tecnico-y. Very fun tag match with Pogo really doing some great stooging at the start. The babyface switching (since they are twins) really confuses the ref. Not sure I like babyface illegal partner switching before the heels do anything dastardly. Pogo and Nagasaki really do well with the heat though and the tag gets the crowd all kinds of riled up. One of the reasons I like tag wrestling is there are a few really good formulas that very rarely miss when done by competent wrestlers.

I don't need to make Carlos Colon a star. Watch any of his big matches in PR. I'd put him on a Hogan/Lawler level of the crowd living and dying through what he does. Some of his big comebacks the crowd response is ridiculous.