donsem43
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The first comp tape style video that the Vault has uploaded, hopefully this does well enough for more like this down the line. Especially like how their using all the TV rather than just PPVs, Clashes and Saturday Night.
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It's not fitting to link a nearly sixteen year old match in a current wrestling thread but it amazes me how Ayumi Kurihara, who was the It Girl of joshi wrestling during the "Dark Ages", has managed to slip through the cracks of current fandom. Basically she was Sareee before Sareee. Tomoka Nakagawa wasn't too bad either.
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Linking this because it has a couple of matches that got some praise from Loss in recent issues of Wrestling Playlists: From Issue #892: RICK MARTEL vs HAKU (08/22/1987; WWF MSG; 00:16:17) The story here is that the partners are at ringside early but the ref ejects them before the match. Martel works incredibly hard here and Haku looks good too, but the talk of Strike Force never being as over as the CanAms is pretty true watching this. It’s a bit sad to see Martel work so hard and, similar to the Philly match, not get the reaction the work deserved. But this is a nonstop bombfest from these two, an abridged and all-action version of the Philly match that is excellent. Martel’s work ethic is pretty amazing. 3 3/4* From Issue #902: ISLANDERS vs STRIKE FORCE (09/21/1987; WWF MSG; 00:16:19) This feud has been something I’ve been excited about starting, and now we’re here! They’re off to a hell of a start with a fantastic match! This is textbook tag team wrestling executed with an energy and excitement that we haven’t seen from a Crockett tag in months. Tama is a fearless bumper and Haku even takes a few chances on offense you wouldn’t normally see from him. I like that they do all the milking of the big Hot Tag like you’d get in classic tag team wrestling, then the Islanders cheat their way out of the momentum shift and you think they’re doing a double heat but they take a different route with it. This is great for both delivering an exciting match in the moment and making clear that there’s more where this came from. 4 1/4*
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Near 4 hour comp of Roddy Piper with Mid-Atlantic film footage of him vs Flair about 50 minutes in. If I copied the link right it should take you right to it.
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This match might have dodged a bullet as after her match with Saori Anou, Saya Kamitani revealed that she blacked out midway through the match and doesn't remember anything. She just tweeted that she went to the hospital. Considering Stardom is seemingly hush-hush about head injuries, Kamitani publicly mentioning the hospital visit could be a good sign. Even if she's clear, they might shorten this match as a precaution.
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Saya Kamitani won the Tokyo Sports Pro Wrestling MVP, which seemed like a formality after OZAWA got hurt. To celebrate, Stardom reupload the playlist that they had up earlier in the year with the addition of Kamitani's matches with AZM and Momo Watanabe. Both of those matches are worth watching if you haven't seen them already.
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I'm surprised you don't see fans making timestamps in the comments or making playlists that are more targeted and organized. Granted, it shouldn't be up to others but you would think you would find more of that.
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Comments that don't warrant a thread - Part 4
donsem43 replied to TravJ1979's topic in Pro Wrestling
Somewhat surprising that this place lasted after the last GWE poll. I don't think Smarkschoice lasted long after they ran their poll. That being said, there is a real feeling with this place that someone cares enough to pay to keep the lights on but don't care enough to fix the burnt out or broken light bulbs. Personally, within the last year I find that I enjoy watching wrestling more if I ignore online discourse. Even if you get past the tribalism, the number of people who have interesting takes keeps shrinking. The only good reason to keep checking in anywhere is the odd chance that someone has found some new footage. -
A playlist of pretty much every LLPW commercial release from 1992 through 1995. Not a lot of Kandori singles matches but a good sample size of her lower profile work.
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This was more pretty good than great. While they didn't outright blow any spots they definitely looked out of sync with each other, certainly more than they expect to be. A bit more surprising was how they both were running on fumes for the last few minutes. Worth the watch if your curious but don't go in with big expectations.
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This clocks in at 4+ hours so I imagine that has a fair bit of new/unedited stuff: TIMESTAMPS~! in the pinned comment:
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When this list was made this match was only available in short highlight form, about 30 seconds. It wasn't until the early 00's that this match was available in full. Jaguar/Lioness inclusion, along with Meltzer's rating of it, were mocked because they both based it on a 5+ minute clip of the match.
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Stardom has temporarily uploaded some of Saya Kamitani's biggest matches from this year. They even put them into a handy playlist. If you haven't already checked out her work this year now is the time.
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The motivation for AJW wrestlers working the style that they did was that they didn't think that they would get noticed any other way. Osamu Nishimura in the 00's was able to take a dated style and adapt it to the style of the time with the result being that he got really over by having some tremendous matches.
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To preview their Wonder of Stardom title match on Saturday, Stardom up loaded the Starlight Kid vs. Tomoka Inaba match from opening night of the 5 Star Grand Prix. One of the better matches from the whole tournament.
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New Japan ran multiple dome shows in the 90's when the Japanese economy was more screwed up than it is now. Stardom is doing record attendance, Noah is doing well hitching their wagon to OZAWA, even All Japan has done well when one of their younger wrestlers get hot.
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Whole show streaming for free on YouTube:
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Playoffs are set for the 5*GP. First round and quarters are on August 20th with the semis and finals on the 23rd. Block winners who get a bye to the quarter-finals: Saroi Anou, Sareee, Saya Kamitani, and Natsupoi. First round match-ups: * Suzu Suzuki vs. Bozilla > winner faces Anou * Ami Sohrei vs. Momo Watanabe > winner faces Sareee * AZM vs. Hanan > winner faces Kamitani * Bea Priestley vs. Rina > winner faces Natsupoi
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Stardom streamed the last 3 matches of this show on their YouTube channel so you can watch this match plus Starlight Kid vs. Rina and Saya Kamitani vs. Mei Seira for free.
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The Konami/Sareee match from the opening night of the 5 Star GP was a highly entertaining follow up to this. Konami's post-match promo was wild as well. Sareee/Momo Watanabe on August 16 might be the most anticipated match for the rest of the tournament.
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Highly recommend checking out Stardom's July 24 show from Korakuen. One of the best shows that they've had this year, especially the last 3 matches. The trios felt like a 90's interpromotional match, helped by the "Support the home team even though they're heels" crowd. AZM/Bozilla turned the monster/underdog dynamic on it's head. The main was surprisingly great, with Ruaka of all people doing the heavy lifting.
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Watched the Stardom Sapporo Rendezvous show. I would recommend checking out the top two title matches (Saya Kamitani vs. Natsupoi and Starlight Kid vs. Saori Anou) especially if you're tired of the formulaic nature of modern Japanese title matches. While you could be nitpicky about the limb selling SLK/Anou, they do end up working it into the finishing stretch (particularly the actual finish of the match itself) in superb fashion. Meanwhile, if you had told me that Kamitani and Natsupoi built a match around taunting and brawling I would have expected the worst but the two of them did a tremendous job to make it work. Kinda shocked that the Star Crusher is such protected as a finisher.
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5 Star Grand Prix lineup has been announced. THIRTY TWO (32!) women entered. Sareee and Bea Priestley are in. Syuri, Hazuki, Koguma and Saki Kashima are not.
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Not sure if this would be the right thread to mention this, but if anyone is looking for a relatively easy way to cast videos from your phone to a TV I recommend using Web Video Caster app on the Amazon Fire Stick. I haven't had any buffering issues that I would almost always have with Chromecast, even with 1080p videos. You can also use the Fire Stick's remote to control the video instead of wasting battery on your phone. Worked pretty well for me using Wrestle Universe and Stardom World. Archive.org and Google Drive stuff might take a couple of tries to get running but once the video starts it has ran well. Thought I would mention this since it's Prime Days so Fire Sticks will be cheap.
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Happy Canada Day! {Insert #ElbowsUp joke}