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  1. dawho5
    Normally not a fan of the "big girl using weapons over and over" joshi stuff, but they made it work for me. I'm a blood and guts guy when it comes to wrestling, but this kind of stuff does not do it for me enough to put it in the top tier of matches, even with the great Aja vs. Bull dynamic.
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    I like the Dandy/Satanico matches more, but I do think this one had something good going for it. Brazo's pacing is so perfect for being the big guy, bruiser type worker in the match. You know who is in charge based on how fast the wrestlers are moving. Brazo keeps things super slow and methodical, never letting Santo get to his more accelerated pace if he can help it. Just slowly beating the tar out of him. Then Santo gets to his up-tempo offense and he's struggling to keep it up so Brazo doesn't go back to his methodical beatdown. Very good work on showing the difference in styles.
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    This match was absolutely shocking for me. I loved it, but one thing kept going through my head. Did they plan all of this? Did they let anyone KNOW they planned any of it? Did Vince chew their ass afterwards for all of that...wrestling?!? that was going on? All told, great tag match and I wish there were more of these in the WWF.
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    One of my favorite AJPW matches of the 90s. I know they get "better" and all, but something this simple can be just as incredible to watch when well-executed. And these guys are already at a level that rivals some of the best Stateside brawls I've ever seen.
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    Nothing special, but still worth watching if you ask me. Both are all-time greats, they just rarely seem to come up big against the other.
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    Warrior kind of stays on script here. He at least aims his comments in the right direction even if they are hard to understand due to Warrior-speak. Is it possible the guy wanted to stand out so much he refused to use normal words way past the point of sanity?
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    Fujinami brought the fire late. I thought early on Vader was a little too giving with the Fujinami slaps. Mostly well-executed if not overly inspiring up until Vader's eye started bleeding.
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    Awesome brawl. Loses a bit at the end, but that hardly matters when you have Terry Funk as a madman and Jerry Lawler just punching each other in the face. I mean, who gets tired of seeing that?
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    Loved this. The dueling limb work and attention to detail make this match for me. Finish was your typical Memphis fare, so it's no surprise by any means.
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    RIP Bobby Heenan. Easily one of the best performers wherever he went, even in a dying WCW.
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    I'm wondering how much money this little scam made for pro wrestling in the early 90s. Must have at least been some for every major company to have them.
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    Taylor is not a great promo, but that's hardly a surprise. Ross does well enough leading him through this. WCW is looking REALLY lost to start 1991. The best we see in the first week is a match you know means nothing to anybody in the front office.
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    Virgil's face throughout this thing was great. Almost as great as Ted was.
  14. dawho5
    Paul made Missy look pretty beefy selling that slap. Ross acting as the disapproving parent seems like the right role for him.
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    So Warrior doesn't care about Savage despite apparently having a title match with him BEFORE the Slaughter match? That seems like a bad idea. Also, Sherri needed some mic time there. She brought so much to the act.
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    Pritchard and Hogan do have good chemistry. Hogan is clearly the number 1 guy again, no bones about it here. He beat Warrior in the Rumble last year, remember?
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    Hokuto's fast start makes sense given her opponent. As does the later wearing down strategy with holds when the opening presents itself. Bull finally being vulnerable is a nice payoff, but ultimately these things didn't connect for me in watching the match. I did think Bull's selling down the stretch was really well done. Hokuto taking that tombstone was beyond stupid/crazy/brave.
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    Good match despite the ridiculous 180 they did on the stip. They only tried to pin each other for the first 5 minutes, when id didn't count. Then when it counts there were exactly 0 near-falls leading to the Pillman win. Beautiful. The Pillman dive from the stands was sweet, as was his signature bump (although that was a little scary).
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    Hansen going nuts with the chair really made Kobashi look like a boss. Loved this match, love most of the 91 to 93 Kobashi stuff, especially involving Hansen.
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    Great brawl, but I will second (15th?) the awful finish. Can't blame them for wanting to not be in the ring any longer than they had to be though. That suplex spot gone wrong to the apron looked particularly nasty. Impressive dive with the chain involved as well. Strong start to 1991.
  21. dawho5
    Eddie refusing to wrestle on TV because of the bounty is incredible. He looks so hurt and upset by it. The bounty on Lawler, whether it was Eddie's doing or not, definitely got a different reaction.
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    Fun little segment and I'm glad that lucky fan didn't get to the ring before Idol and Gilbert. Memphis roster must have been thin to have Lawler, Idol, Gilbert and Bam Bam do triple duty.
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    I'd agree that these 3 were a blast to listen to. You can always tell when people are having fun with something like this, and it makes it all that much more enjoyable.
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    Seems like this is the kind of deal a TV champ would have had to know how to do. Drag a young (hopefully promising with some prospects for the future) guy to a far better match than said young guy was capable of. Probably one of the reasons Arn was one of the better TV champs WCW ever had.
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    If I was impressed with Bock at 56 doing what he did, Thesz at 74 is amazing. No way you'd expect anywhere near what we got here.
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