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  1. Microstatistics
    Excellent apeustas brawl. Difficult to execute that type of match in a tag setting but they made it work superbly. Satanico's selling/body language after the first fall beatdown is about as good as wrestling gets. Violence, intensity and drama. ****1/4
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    Between this and his performance in the Hogan match, The Rock was quite good in 2002. Pretty awesome subtle heel performance, adapting well to the crowd. Young Brock was also good: powerhouse and a bump machine. A really fun match. ***1/4
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    My initial review: Rewatched this and I stand by almost all of what I had said. Having said that, I enjoyed it slightly more than I did initially. Watching it in a vacuum helped. It's still reasonably hard hitting and there are cool individuals spots. But ultimately, it's a bit of a mess and all the F5 kickouts killed any chance of it being decent. The apathetic crowd didn't help either. **1/4 Speaking of, were the repeated F5s Brock's creative choice or were they incorporated by someone backstage using the "Roman's loses but gets to kick out of a bazillion finishers in row to look resilient" logic?
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    A sensational established champion vs. up and coming challenger bout. Amano launches a very impressive assault on Hyuga's leg and Hyuga does an amazing job selling. Great attention to detail as well. MOTYC. ****1/4
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    Off the charts intensity and aggression, classic underdog story, Tatsuo getting his face busted, great heel work by Funaki, great crowd. ****1/4
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    This might be my top joshi match of the 80s at the moment. Crazy action with amazing character work (all four have distinct roles), heel vs. face dynamic and great heat. Up there with many of the acclaimed 90s joshi tags. ****1/4
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    Interesting match in that some think it's overrated and some think it's a classic. I'm in the middle with it. Really good hard hitting stuff and plenty of emotion. Flair was a great babyface. Vader was Vader. ***3/4
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    I have this ranked # 3 for Kobashi's title bouts. Great dynamic as the dominant champion is now suddenly the underdog against the giant badass shooter. These two together were always gold. Takayama's finest hour. Brutal finish. ****1/4
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    Top 5-10 match for 2016 and the match that sold me on Kenny Omega. Truly sublime knee selling. Great action, character work and escalation. ****1/4
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    Man, I don’t get the criticisms of 70s Jumbo at all. He is so great as the dynamic young technician. Great babyface work and sublime selling. All that’s on display here against an awesome subtle heel performance by Brisco. ****1/4
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    Lucha maestro Wagner comes to New Japan and twists Koji into knots while adapting well to the high impact juniors style. Great heel work. Kanemoto is great in the underdog babyface role as well. I can understand the finishing stretch criticisms but I think it was earned and put over Koji's resilience. 1998 low end MOTYC. ****1/4
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    Jericho's career match and Rey's best WWE match. Great action, continuity with the past, heel work, underdog work. Superb finish. ****1/4
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    Super match with great action, drama and emotion. The spotfest criticisms make no sense to me. The Hokuto entrance and the start in particular rule. ****1/4
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    Lovely match and a really unique one. Cheating, headbutts, punches, blood and more cheating. Great selling and character work. Possible top 5 match for the 70s. ****1/2
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    Match was not as good as I hoped but I find Satomura bouts disappointing more often than not anyways. Io is awesome and delivers a great performance here, oscillating between cockiness and vulnerability. Nutty action and a strong narrative. Overall, a good match. ***1/4
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    The top match of Black Terry's stellar 2016, IMO. Tough as nails vet vs. the young bruiser. Great mix of slick matwork and grisly brawling. ****3/8
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    Awesome awesome match. Cooper is honestly up there with Breaks and McManus when it comes to heel antics. Myers is great as the sympathetic babyface. The rope induced injury spot and follow up are great. ****
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    A great mix of superb technical skill, high end storytelling and character work and some nice comedy. Narrative wise, builds off their 10/75 flawlessly. Not really hateful or violent but still manages to be very hard fought, struggle filled and intense.
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    Wily veteran using different strategies to survive the UWF ace juggernaut. Fujiwara's performance in this is about as good as it gets. The best shoot style match of the 80s. ****1/2
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    The first fall has the greatest lucha matwork this side of Dandy/Azteca. Cota's assault on Rocca's arm second fall onwards is truly incredible and the selling is great. I even like the controversial finish, thought it was a nice twist and fit the narrative. One of the best matches of the 80s. ****5/8
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    Outstanding grappling mixed in with both guys constantly trying to cave each others faces in. Very violent and gritty. Really liked the heel vs heel dynamic as well. ****1/2
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    UWF top dog delivers a monstrous beating to New Japan's hero, who will not stay down no matter what. Maeda is good as the destroyer but Fujinami's epic selling performance makes this a classic. The top NJPW match of the 80s. ****5/8
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    Best lucha match of the decade. Tremendous matwork and excellent storytelling. The escalation to the 3rd fall was superb. ****5/8
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    Fantastic lucha title bout with typical attention to detail and rudoing from Morgan, awesome limb psychology, great selling by Brazo and an amazing 3rd fall finish. ****1/4
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    Kawada's masterpiece. Not his best match but easily his best performance. One of the definite wrestler vs shooter matches with Kawada trying to find ways to survive the suplexes and submissions of the monster Albright. Top 10 AJPW match for the decade. ****3/8
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