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What a way to start in on this project over a year late. Am definitely stoked to watch a bunch of Lucha that I've never seen featuring luchadors I'm mostly unfamiliar with. Somehow, I'm actually familiar with both guys here, but Bucanero quite a bit more than Tarzan Boy. This match is really good, but never quite gets to that "great" level. The highs, as many people have pointed out in this thread are super high, but the lows are pretty cringey. Bucanero pre-bell and during the Primera was awesome. His ability to be a complete nutcase and attack the early cut on Tarzan Boy is obviously great, but his strikes (especially his kicks) were pretty crisp too, which really surprised. He DECIMATES Tarzan Boy in the opening, and really in the Segunda, which is awesome. The SHITTY roll-up that ties things up is rough and is a big reason why I can't go higher on this match. I don't like to nitpick, especially with second falls in lucha, but after how strong the first fall was and even the early work in the second, for Tarzan Boy to get a completely unbelievable reversal roll-up after executing next to no offense sucked. Oh, and Bucanero's Gory-style Dominator or whatever was fantastic. I can imagine people being split on the third fall. Having Tarzan Boy capitalize on his momentum between falls and bloody up Bucanero is great story-telling, but was hard to follow. While his dive over the top was at risk being overshot and maybe a little sloppy, the height and distance of it, especially during a brawl-heavy, bloody match was a big highlight for me. The replays did it justice too. Third fall has some great selling and great work from Satanico on the outside and while the cavernaria submission spot was dope (love that move), I wish it would've been held like 5-10 seconds longer. The actual finish with Tarzan Boy's double-underhook facebuster (Tarzan Driver?) is cool but really feels like it comes out of nowhere, like Bucanero just walks into it. Overall, awesome spots, awesome selling, awesome Satanico but lacking in areas outlined above. 3.5/5

me and ^^ watched together last year, eating hella Jack in the Box tacos. now we are separate, so of course we are down. BUT IM STILL WATCHING LIVE AND TAKING TOMORROW OFF

Excited to do a pod where I bullshit my way through my list

You should definitely be able to still download the episodes. I can on my end, both mobile and on my laptop. The page looks a little different because it embeds "related" episodes on the webpage for each episode, but scroll to the bottom of the episode page (or even just the main page which will have the latest epiosode) and there should be a download link there. Here is the direct link to episode 5: https://tracking.podiant.co/d/spoke/fightingnetworkfriends/episodes/audio/35a89b07bbd0ac.mp3?referrer%5Bdomain%5D=direct&referrer%5Bformat%5D=episode_list

Got 69 wrestlers left to fill the last 55 spots. Not enough time in the day for this shit.

Hey everyone, I forgot my password for awhile, but I'm back - Thanks for all the kind words about the podcast so far, we are having a blast with it.

Hey y'all. Brennan (VOW, Burning Spirits) and Andy of VOW (Glory Pro, Over The Hill) have started a new podcast based on their friendship and desire to watch and revisit a bunch of old ShootStyle matches. This is our debut episode, and I think it turned out pretty decent. Take a look if you're interested in this style, or dope ass Japanese music. http://fightingnetworkfriends.podiant.co to stream or subscribe to the RSS feed. You can also search us on Apple Podcasts. FNF #001: Slappy Kaki Topics discussed: - Our backgrounds and familiarity with Japanese shoot-style wrestling of the 1980's and 90's. - "Would a USA-based shoot-style promotion work today? And who would you book for such a promotion?" - CITY POP - BJW / Masahito Kakihara Produce: KakiRide (8/14/17), including cigar- smoking Fujiwara, Tatsuo Nakano's mullet, the ongoing saga of Hideki Suzuki's fatherly love and destruction of Takuya Nomura and Minoru Suzuki as the best character on the planet. - Deep Dive into the losing efforts of the terribly underrated Masahito Kakihara: vs. Tatsuo Nakano (9/21/92) **BLOODBATH** w/ Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Gene Lydick & Steve Nelson (6/10/94) w/ Nobuhiko Takada vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Tatsumi Fujinami (6/26/96) vs. Kazushi Sakuraba (8/17/96) Youtube Playlist: http://tinyurl.com/fnf001 Follow us: @fightfriends @trillyrobinson @bren_patrick on twitter Email at: [email protected] Youtube at: http://tinyurl.com/FightFriends