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  1. Microstatistics
    What is peoples definition when they say cosplay?. Doesn't cosplay imply copying heroes/influences as a sort of tribute to them?. I don't think the majority of modern puro or indie wrestlers do no selling sequences or strike exchange, for example, in homage to 90s All Japan or to conjure nostalgia. Agree with all of this.
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    (I'm probably the only person really hoping 80s Joshi gets made). You're not.
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    Did anything happen with this? Sounded pretty intriguing.
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    Great stuff as you'd expect with these two. Funk heeling it up and selling while Colon making that great great fired up comeback. Excellent finish and I enjoyed the payback spot with Dory in the post-match. ****
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    The best match between these two teams, IMO. Outstanding performance by Akiyama, Misawa is Misawa while the HDA are absolute dicks. So much disrespect and arrogance. To the point that Kawada getting embarrassed by the kid at the end is actually a feel good moment so he did an excellent job making himself that unsympathetic. **** 3/8
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    Really good brawling with good selling. Not much else to say. The stair teases were great. *** 1/2
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    Agree with this. My biggest criticism of 90's All Japan and what ended up being their biggest handicap was the lack of variety. Different combinations of matches between the same guys (barring some gajin) over and over can become tedious and since no one else was really able to work at their level, there was no significant change-up. They were kind of stuck and escalation was the way to go forward. The alternative was completely abandoning the style and starting over (sort of) but that's implausible.
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    The spot where Tamura charges in for a takedown and Nakano just knees him in the face and casually walks away is one of my favorites ever. The rest of the match is really good too: gritty, hard fought stuff with some great Tamura character work. *** 3/4
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    I find this match to be really overrated, IMO. I like it to be fair, it has a good Cena performance and a great atmosphere. But I thought the majority of the match was pretty pedestrian and there are a lot of lulls in action building to the escalation at the end. Halving the length and tightening it up would have made the match 10 times better. Still, overall decent match. ** 3/4 Also with all the finisher exchanges, submission reversals and WWE style drama, I don't really see how this is any different from the 2003-2005 Kurt Angle and Shawn Michaels post-comeback matches that cope a ton of hate while this gets praised to the moon. I would be very interested in hearing what the discrepancy is.
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    Shinya Hashimoto 1989 - vs. Victor Zangiev, 4/24 1991 - vs. Riki Choshu, 8/10 1993 - vs. Genichiro Tenryu, 8/8 1994 - vs. Hiroshi Hase, 12/13 1995 - vs. Steven Regal, 4/16 1996 - vs. Nobuhiko Takada, 4/29 1998 - vs. Tatsumi Fujinami, 6/5 1999 - vs. Naoya Ogawa, 10/11 2000 - vs. Naoya Ogawa, 4/7 2001 - w/Otsuka vs. Misawa and Ogawa, 1/13 2004 - vs. Toshiaki Kawada, 2/22
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    My pick would be Jumbo vs. Tenryu 6/89. Not only is it maybe the best singles match ever (IMO), it might be the most influential match in the history of pro wrestling. Incredible atmosphere as well.
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    Agree. I was going for the traditional, confined definition of selling.
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    Not sure if it was supposed to but that made me laugh. I have only seen stuff from Disc 1 so far but had to pull out Disc 3 to watch this given the praise above. Very good, dramatic match with an outstanding selling performance from Invader *** 3/4
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    re: Elliott Would you consider Taue the smartest of the four then?. Because he was the least guilty of the flaws you mentioned and was able to make small things feel big.
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    I was actually thinking about just labeling this Bobby Eaton vs. Ricky Morton
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    Complex topic but I pose a simple question: generally, what is more important to you, that a wrestler have good offense or they sell well. I ask this because I've observed that many people seriously value offense to the point that poor offense takes them out of matches or makes them hate the wrestler. But is it more important than selling?
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    Changed my mind and I am going with 1996. Unbelievable NJPW run, AJPW spitting out great matches, incredible CMLL, peak Michinoku Pro, FMW, UWFi, RINGS on fire, some really good Joshi, high quality WWF, quality WCW and the start of BattlARTS.
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    The only problem with Banks, IMO, is that she is reckless. Working a slightly safer/toned down style would seriously help her in the long run. Other than that I still think she is one of the top workers in the company. Also think she is a really good babyface in the ring. I don't care about promo ability or botchy execution so maybe that's why the flaws people have pointed out don't bother me.
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    A great point. The match also showed Hashimoto's growth as he was able to go toe to toe with Ogawa in this, rather than merely survive like he was forced to do at times in 10/99. He even managed to hold him off long enough for Iizuka to secure the upset at the end. Amazing match. Heat, storytelling, violence and hate. Probably the best January 4 show match ever. **** 3/8
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    I agree with this 100%. I simply don't see the greatness behind hide-the-chain and things like that. It's fun sure but doesn't really make for good matches. The real meat of his career is his babyface run.
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    I agree about 1985, it was sort of a relatively poor year for Japan (with the exception of AJW).
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    I agree with you about Misawa having a great presence and I'd agree that he'd be 10/10 in that wack system. Shit, I think I argued with Parv for it. But Hashimoto and Tenryu were just as compelling chopping each other to death as Misawa/Kobashi were dropping each other on their heads, you know, if not more so. No argument there at all. I cannot explain how I have a weird problem with All Japan being too big and ridiculous and still like 1/20/97 but I love that shit to this day. I can't do Misawa vs Kobashi after that. Or any Misawa vs Akiyama match. Not sure if you've seen it but I would recommend the 2/2000 Misawa vs. Akiyama. A lot of people consider it a MOTDC and it's worked like it would have been in 91-93 rather than 94-99. Btw, the age comparison for Bryan is really interesting (and sad)
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    + Satanico vs. Cochise, Satanico vs. Koshinaka, a bunch of more great Satanico singles matches, Fujinami/Inoki vs. North-South, the Fujiwara vs. Sayama Series. 84 is a great pick.
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    Pretty simple concept. You can define your own criteria (booking, angles, in-ring and matches, business, combination of everything etc.). I care primarily about in-ring work and matches so right now I am thinking 1997 for high quality stuff from several different promotions and styles all around the world. 1989 and 1996 are the other really strong contenders for me.
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    Agree, an excellent performance by him. Brilliant heel touches, good bumping and some nice looking strikes. The two babyfaces were very good as well. Also a decent Kevin Nash performance, I guess miracles can happen. Everything after he was knocked out was interesting and well done. The best non-Bret WWF match of 90-95, IMO. **** 1/4
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