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  1. mprice
    I would have to be like many and say Kawada-Misawa-Taue-Kobashi, though it always seems subject to change. Kawada has simply been a breath of fresh air to me since I have been diving into the AJPW stuff over the last little while. Misawa continues to impress me with his constant awesomeness when taken from 90-97. Taue has this just absolute "oddity" aspect about him that draws me to him whenever I watch. Kobashi gave my favorite performance in the 6/9/95 tag match, but has otherwise failed to impress me with a lot of his singles matches. I see Taue and Kobashi as much more of a tag specialist than singles guys overall, where as I could watch Kawada and Misawa in singles matches much easier.
  2. mprice
    Extremely interesting post. I loved reading your experiences and at the same time, you being able to have the insight to realize that certain things were not as healthy as they appeared at first. I am a very "all or nothing" type person as well with certain collections ranging from DVDs to baseball cards. That "down the rabbit hole" feeling is one of the most amazing things until you realize you have spent days away from everyone or everything that you needed to maintain true sanity. That's the bad thing about the internet now: One click and you are sent going in 86 different directions. Anyway, I appreciate your honesty and hope to hear more from you if you post again. Mick
  3. mprice
    Wow, I am much more in the majority than I realized. I have watched this match probably at least 5 times since I first saw it and I have had the same reaction. This match just isn't that great, especially when considering how much I enjoyed Wrestlemania 10. I even thought the Action Zone rematch was better than this, though that finish sucked some kinda bad. It wasn't the climbing and diving that got to me and made me cringe; it was just the sheer length of "these two have a non-bloody blood feud and it needs to be settled in an epic cage match where very little actually happens." I understand they were trying to go for an epic feel, but there seemed to be something intangible that was missing.
  4. mprice
    Even with the quick falls and the botches, I feel like this is a really good match. When watching the Eddie DVD from 04, it does bother me that there is a small cut in the footage but I haven't seen the entire rest of the match to see what I may have missed. I consider it one of the better non AJPW tag matches that I have seen from that year. I love the urgency that all of the wrestlers have throughout the match up because it gives that sense that it has to be done now and only now. The crowd absolutely lost it when Barr hit the tombstone on Octagon, and then I laugh a bit when the medics are called out to help him but we can hear them over the television broadcast. Then it is up to Super Santo who seems to be the "Cena before Cena" as Guerrero and Barr are both taken down soon after.
  5. mprice
    I am much in the same boat as a lot of the people that have responded. I love the first few shows. My favorite matches included the 10 team tag matches from 87 and 88 because one gets to see how much depth there was in the roster. There was also the post-attack Savage/Roberts promos from 1991 that were quite awesome that set up This Tuesday in Texas. We got to see Owen convince his mother to throw in the towel for Bret in 1994 giving Mr Backlund the WWF Title. Bret wins the title from Diesel in 95 leading to 1996 and a complete turnaround from a terrible overall year of WWF shows (with a few bright spots). 96 gave us Austin/Bret for the first time as well as Sid as a face against Shawn. 97....I think we all know the biggest thing about that (GANG WARZ). Wow...just looking at those shows just tells how much of an influence Survivor Series was for the first few years. It's a shame how much it has dropped off over the last 10 years or so. Like I said before, the 87 and 88 shows were probably some of my favorites to watch because of the depth of the rosters at that time. Looking back now, you had tons of WWF Champions, NWA/WCW Champions, Tag Team champs, and future legends. It is just crazy to see what that roster became when compared to now.
  6. mprice
    Well allow me to join you on the bandwagon for this match. I remember getting Wrestlemania: The Legacy 14 VHS set for Christmas in 1999. This was the first show I watched and I remember watching this match over and over again. It was my first foray into watching Shawn Michaels and then being able to see a really good (what I perceived considering the time between Backlash and Survivor Series 99) Steve Austin match. I consider this match to be extremely influential in my wrestling fandom because simply watching Shawn battle through and Austin win his first WWF title made things extremely satisfying. And yes...this one was for you, Earl.
  7. mprice
    This match....this match is why I first truly fell in love with wrestling. I remember seeing it on tape soon after it happened. I was absolutely enthralled from here on in with the sport of kings. It is still a fun and innovative match for the time period where you barely had the ladder matches, much less on the tag team scale (at least in the big 2). I can still watch it every so often and see something a bit new in the match that I may have not seen before. That first leapfrog over the ladder...good grief. I had seen a couple of the "tournament" matches on Raw but this was much, much more satisfying that I could have imagined. It definitely helped to set the bar for what would be to come in the next 2+ years of tag wrestling.
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    This was one of the first things I remember seeing on one of the Saturday night shows (was it still Shotgun at the time?) It is basically where I finally said "I can get into watching this," though it took me a little while longer to really get into the swing of things.
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    One thing that wasn't really mentioned is the reflective property of Kawada/Taue when compared to Jumbo/Misawa in the earlier 6 man tag. Jumbo/Misawa broke out and destroyed each other for a few moments before being pulled apart. As the Kawada/Taue feud was intensifying, they did the same thing in nearly the same part of the ring. It was a beautiful symmetry that I do not frequently see in other matches.
  10. mprice
    Since I am still new to the whole Japanese scene, I have been listening to these podcasts and attempting to watch what I can when I get a chance. Listening to you all talk about the Taue/Kobashi match, I got a chance to sit and watch that yesterday. I....don't really know what to say. Taue played a killer monster heel with Kobashi turning into an underdog role. That powerbomb into "the hole of no return" made me cringe just as much because not seeing him land does give an air of danger to the match. Plus Taue's Nodowa Otoshi chokeslam might be one of my favorite things to behold because it looks like pure power rather than the Big Show/Kane/Undertaker stylized lifting chokeslam. I don't know if I can rate it as high as Steven because even though it's a great story that is told, it doesn't resonate with me as much as some of the other matches I have watched from this series. I am starting to seriously turn into an All Japan early 90s tag fan more than anything because of the 6 man tags with Jumbo's Army vs. Misawa's Crew.
  11. mprice
    The reasons I like pro wrestling: 1. Much like JDW said, it's simply entertaining. Where can you find a variety of storylines permeating through 1-3 hours of television at a time and NOT get completely confused because each one has its own road to take. Each character has its own flaws, strengths, weaknesses...makes things mostly easy to follow unless the last name of the writer was Russo. 2. Most of the matches can be taken in within a 30 minute span, unless you are looking at a draw or iron man match of some sort. It is very easy just to sit down when you have a short bit of time and engorge yourself with a match or 2. 3. It is actually easier to get someone watching wrestling than most other sports because it has its own...niche, I guess one would call it? It always has a stigma of "this is extremely fake." Then someone watches it and latches onto it like a child on Christmas. But as I said in my second point, someone can sit down for 20-30 minutes and take in a match and the crowd, the announcing, and the overall atmosphere portrayed (whether it is in front of 30 people or 30,000). At least, I know that was me back in 99.
  12. mprice
    I am post #1000! Yes! Anyway thanks to JvK, I got a chance to watch the Choshu/Yatsu vs. Tsuruta/Tenryu match from January of 1986. What a great match with one of the more awesome Japanese crowds that I have seen outside of the Kobashi/Kikuchi vs. Kroffat/Furnas. And to think, that Choshu match happened right as I was turning a year old. It shows that good matches age well or don't age at all.
  13. mprice
    Okay so I got a chance to watch this match last night. It was extremely enjoyable. Nothing truly stood out other than Steamboat bleeding quite nicely. As with many of the AJPW matches of the 80s and 90s, the end is continuously heated.
  14. mprice
    Oh that chair shot...gave me the creeps 14 years ago and continues to do the same now. It is still one of the sicker bumps I have ever seen. I absolutely loved this match from the first time I saw it. The uses of the ladder were actually extremely innovative, like riding the ladder down on the outside, etc. As you said, ending was pretty pedestrian overall but was still rather satisfying as it was basically clean. Plus I loved Benoit attacking Jericho in the back during Jericho's post match interview.
  15. mprice
    The match itself is much like the match from Wrestlemania 25. Though it had more of a spectacle, this match is still amazing. The one thing that always makes me jump up is right at the end when Shawn slaps Taker right before Taker hits the ULTRASUPERMEGA Tombstone that retired one of the greats. The most impressive thing however? Michaels has kept his word about not wrestling, 5 years and going strong.
  16. mprice
    This match is another of my favorites. It is not a wrestling match as much as it is a 15+ minute beatdown with a couple of hope spots thrown in, including the ending. The buildup was glorious with Brock kicking Cena's hat, the pull apart bloody brawls, and the legit awesomeness that was Brock coming back to the WWE. Little did we know how much Lesnar would change up his style to fit his character. He took out a lot of his old wrestling maneuvers from, say, Wrestlemania 19 against Angle, to replace them with insane arm locks and reliances on the German suplex. Let's see...Lesnar elbowing Cena right at the beginning. Lesnar tying Cena up and hanging him over the turnbuckle post. The Kimura on the steel steps inside the ring....and my favorite spot...the knee lift/flip over the top rope that Brock completely no sells like the beast that he is. It is just a crazy match that I could only compare to some of the Japanese matches in terms of brutal strikes and one-sided beatings. I can't say enough about it.
  17. mprice
    To me it's just an absolutely great match. The back and forth action that ensues from the beginning continues to tell the story throughout which leads to the finish of "One person pins while the other taps." That was quite the clever ending as it kept both guys strong. Also I had a laugh at Punk's "I have til 5" parody of Danielson in ROH. With this match, it really did turn Over the Limit 2012 into a one match show. Otherwise that card was hot garbage. The 4 way with Orton/Sheamus/Del Rio/Jericho was probably the second best match on the card. Sadly it took place in my home state and I was not there to see it.
  18. mprice
    So this match hasn't been talked about on here. I absolutely love the brutality and chaos of this match. Angle becomes an absolute "man possessed" by his need and desire to not only beat Steve Austin to a pulp but also to take his title. Austin plays an awesome heel here, both using underhanded tactics as well as finally taking advantage when Angle starts to fall apart for a bit. It becomes such an insane bloodbath that no one knew when it would stop. However it finally did stop in an ode to King of the Ring 97's Michaels/Austin match as Austin takes out referee after referee leading to EVIL REF Nick Patrick coming out and DQ'ing Austin. He may have kept the title, but the war would be far from over. This match is one that I enjoy because it was a bright spot in a dark hole called the Invasion angle. This match came in between a great Shane/Kurt match at King of the Ring and then a Rock/Jericho classic at No Mercy of this same year. However it seemed like truly great matches were few and far between during this time up until about the middle of 2002. With people turning every day, it was good to see a focused Angle fighting a similarly focused Austin for the title. I would have loved seeing this be the main event, but of course the crowd had to be sent home happy with the Rock/Booker T match. The first time I watched this was a taped version given to me by one of my sister's friends that also had In Your House 3 on it. I watched the entire show and was quite disappointed until this match came on. Watching Austin and Angle meet in the middle of the aisle way leading to the beginning brawl was just amazing.
  19. mprice
    Alright so I guess it's my turn. Hello everyone. My name is Mick. I am a 30 year old living in North Carolina. I have been a wrestling fan since 1999 when I stumbled across Shotgun Saturday Night on the old UPN network. I saw the Smoking Skull belt get tossed off the bridge in April of 99 and I was hooked from there. Fast forward about 6 months and I was truly awestruck by the No Mercy Edge/Christian vs. Hardy Boyz match. My sister (12 years older) and I started watching. She made it through Wrestlemania 2000, and I just kept going. I have a huge affinity for tag team wrestling and multi man matches. I love the chaos and projected disorder that they bring. I almost got out of wrestling for a while around...mid 2007 much like a lot of others. However I have since been able to maneuver my way back into fandom. I have since ventured through different time periods, mainly a lot of WWE and some of WCW and ECW. YouTube has been a wonder as it has exposed me to a lot of Japanese stuff. Chad encouraged me to join the boards when I sent him a message about a couple of questions I had. I currently work in Mental Health as I work with adults with different disorders including depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar. I have been doing this for 8 years, but I continue to use wrestling as my escape from everything. My current favorite matches are 1. Austin/Bret Wrestlemania 13 2. Misawa/Kobashi vs. Taue/Kawada 6/9/95 3. Wargames 1991 4. Steve Austin vs. Kurt Angle- Summerslam 2001 5. CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan- Over the Limit 2012 6. Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat- Wrestemania 3
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