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  1. JKWebb
    #366 - placetobenation.com/countdown-top-500-matches-of-the-90s-400-351/2/ As soon as Vader and Bam Bam start bouncing off the ropes... I wonder... where has this Tag Team been all of my life? I want to watch this tag team forever. Bam Bam looks so quick and agile showing off his athletics right off the bat. He is so entertaining at the start with some great bumping and dramatic selling. Vader looks like a monster and gives Hase some of his trademark blows, but Hase fires right back some nasty looking slaps to the face and Vader bumps huge for his Lariat. It looked great, and that speaks to Vader's effort to put it over. Bam Bam comes in and lets Hase give it to him too. I wasn't expecting this match to go this way in the beginning stages, but I like that they are establishing a chance for Hase and Muto. Muto gets some HUGE offense in on Vader with a back drop. Vader eventually gets back on top and starts bringing the devastation on to the head of Hase. He tags Bam in for the fun. They get him pinned in their corner and start to go to work. Hase had a bandage on that was removed during this and he's bleeding out. Vader NAILS Hase with Lariat, and a splash, and they are demolishing him now. Hase sells the damage really well, and somehow kicks out of a powerbomb. Vader sets him up for diving headbutt from Bam Bam, then tags BB back in. BB is biting the cut, and he now has blood on his face as he pummels Hase. They really look like they are going to damage this guy for life. Then Hase gets HOT. FIRED UP! Muto comes in and calls for a double suplex spot that I thought sort of impacted Hase's momentum negatively. They then start double teaming to gain the advantage. I loved when BB made the save after the moonsault from Muto. I love the finish. Vader and BB throw everything they have at Hase, and it looks awesome. Bam Bam has to hold onto the leg of Muto for Vader to get the pin. This was a blast! I have to find more Vader/BB tags. I think I remember hearing it did not happen too often, or for a long period. ****1/4
  2. JKWebb
    1. More 80's sets - In a little over a year I completed Memphis, AWA, and Portland - I am on disc 10 off All Japan, and Mid-South is on the way. I want to complete those and probably PR and New Japan and/or Lucha this year. 2. Knockout another yearbook - On top of all those 80s sets, I also completed the 1990 YB in 2016, so my plan is to knockout 1991 this year. 3. Check out more highly pimped stuff from the indies 4. NWA ON DEMAND 5. Watch more Lawler from the 70s and any Bock I can find 6. Oh yeah, and adding completing the top 500 matches of the 90s viewing... I'm working my way backwards.... I'm in the 360's I believe now...
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    The crowd is pretty thrilled to see Brody and Hansen go at it. They do a fine job of giving them what they want. I liked the off the ropes ducking lariat action. There's one point where Gordy already has Brody down in a submission, but Hansen can't wait to get his hands on him, so he runs in starts attacking Brody anyway - good stuff. There's a good (but short) chop exchange between the two. It's fun to see them on opposite sides. This isn't a great match, but there is some solid fun to it. Can't say I enjoyed the finish. I liked the shot of Brody in the crowd holding the chair and chanting with the fans.
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    This was also my first watch of any CWF Mid-Atlantic Worldwide. I've been wanting to check it out for months, but I just haven't been able to work it in. I also looked into this match as my first choice due to the Shoe MOTY thread. I think it ended up as #2 for him of 2016. This match is incredible. The high impact offense of Trevor Lee really blew me away, and I agree with the comparisons notes above to AJPW. You're right, I didn't think of it on my own, but the strength of this performance lies in the cohesiveness and ability to tell a long story without it feeling like you're building for such a long story. I loved the work on the left hand in the onset and snap of the finger, and that Trevor came back to it later delivering that devastating stomp. I'd preferred if Everett had worked selling that injury into his offense as the match went on... but whatever ... it was epic and awesome. The middle finger moment was great. The finish looked awesome and vicious. I can't remember the exact moment, but there was a kick to the head from Lee onto Everett that looked DEVASTATING! I bounced off my couch. I'll definitely be trying to work more CWF Mid-Atlantic into my viewing as I can. ****1/2
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    #368 http://placetobenation.com/countdown-top-500-matches-of-the-90s-400-351/2/ What an awesome bloody brawl. Re-watching this today, I'm inclined to think this is my match of the night now (on a really great show). I love how this starts with Dustin flying over the top as he is so fired up. The lariat he takes on the entrance ramp, prior to being busted open, looks so brutal. Dustin really delivers a nice spot there. Typically a lot of southern brawls like this, with all this heat and intensity, don't typically last this long either. Great match! ****1/2
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    http://placetobenation.com/countdown-top-500-matches-of-the-90s-400-351/2/ #372 I really really enjoyed watching this tonight. This was great! At first I was thinking about how awesome Kawada was firing up and selling, then I started leaning towards Misawa as MVP... his selling of the right arm etc... but Jumbo was so good in the closing moments... grabbing onto to the refs shirt and not letting go... not wanting to submit... I loved this. Everyone delivered perfectly in my opinion. ****1/2 I wasn't bothered by the length of time Misawa spent getting taped, and I probably wouldn't have thought about it had I not read the other comments. Personally, I found it added some drama to the match seeing Kawada basically trapped in there. When the tape came off, Misawa acted super fired up like he was going to strike through the pain and I loved that. He went back to selling it after he was cut off, which I also appreciated.
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    I thought this was fun, it's not great, but it's enjoyable enough. Especially if you're a fan of these guys. They did some serious make-up on Sting for the post-match promo that I thought looked pretty good. I agree/like the comic book comparison.
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    #373 http://placetobenation.com/countdown-top-500-matches-of-the-90s-400-351/2/ I personally couldn't get into this one. I must have missed how the matwork that lasted the majority of the match came into play at all in how it finished. I might have to come back to it someday because certainly there are others that have found something I wasn't able to uncover or enjoy here. I did read how others interpreted it, but not before I watched it. So, it didn't come across as very entertaining to me. Maybe watching it more linear would have an impact.
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    http://placetobenation.com/countdown-top-500-matches-of-the-90s-400-351/ #376 Halloween Havoc 1990 is typically the one I throw in around Halloween, so I've seen this a bunch. I love the look of the show, and this match is so much fun. I think the key ingredient of the greatness has to be the Steiners EXPLOSIVE offense. The Bulldog off the top and the finishing Frankensteiner are probably my two favorites. Both teams delivered great performances. If this were a really great action movie, I'd say the Steiners are the stars that get to save the day and have the cool action sequences... but the Nastys were the story, the glue, the structure that made the explosions mean so much more when they happened. ****1/2 I like this better than the Cactus brawls too.
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    http://placetobenation.com/countdown-top-500-matches-of-the-90s-400-351/ #378 I agree this was great ****. I loved Dean picking apart the arm (in a variety of ways) and Rey's selling during that. That's a cool story of him being made fun of, then coming out and blowing them away. Makes this seem a little more special. The only downside to me was Rey abandoning selling the arm once he got on top and started hitting his high impact moves. I felt like Dean had worked on it so long that I would've preferred some long-term selling. I came back and watched this again in June of 2020. I just wanted to add, it's awesome if you go through the year chronologically and watch Rey Mysterio throughout the year up to this point. I think at this point in the year he is a good candidate for WOTY actually. I also wanted to add that I thought it was awesome Dean felt like he had to put his feet on the ropes to hold this guy down after having tried everything else and getting frustrated.
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    http://placetobenation.com/countdown-top-500-matches-of-the-90s-400-351/ #380 I thought this was good and really entertaining in spots. It wasn't a great match to me, but I agree it had a big feel and delivered where it needed to. I didn't enjoy the mat work too much, but as always with Vader I enjoyed his presence and the striking of both gents.
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    Yeah, I actually thought Jumbo did a good job with his selling and I didn't really see anything lackluster about his performance at all. There were a few times I thought Tenryu looked blown up or just exhausted actually, but it didn't take away much from the match for me. Felt like a war to me and great way to kick this thing off! ****1/4
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    #381 - http://placetobenation.com/countdown-top-500-matches-of-the-90s-400-351/ I knew I was going to love this within the first sixty seconds. The selling from Misawa was fantastic throughout and Kawada really brought the high impact offense to him the entire time. There was an incredible shot of the crowd with about five minutes to go, and by watching this cranked up in my headphones I really got the feel for this molten crowd. I think I'm closer to Chad with this one at probably around ****1/2. I really loved it.
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    I dig the chop exchange of Hansen and Tenryu this stars off with. DiBiase starts this with his ribs taped. DiBiase does an excellent job selling rib damage throughout this match. I think Ted's selling really drives the first half of the match, and I'd consider this a pretty memorable performance from him. I would say if your DiBiase fan (like me) and haven't seen this (like I hadn't), you would want to check this out. He might be a factor of the match too short of time for this to be considered a great moment, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Hansen does a good job carrying things once Ted is out of the picture. Hansen has some nice selling of fatigue and taking damage in his own right here. Neat finish.
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    I forgot to note in the topic this in All Japan.
  16. JKWebb
    I thought Dibiase did a really great job of selling leg damage in this one. The finish is a little abrupt, but Hansen puts on a pretty good show on the outside of the ring and while he's on the apron throughout the match. I liked when Yatsu tried to attack Hansen on the outside near their (Hansen & Dibiase's) corner, but he slaps him and tells him to bring it on. It's a good match.
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    #382 - placetobenation.com/countdown-top-500-matches-of-the-90s-400-351/ I love that Ventura compares Liger to the Predator - just awesome. He really does push how intimidating his look is. I think it's cool that Pillman probably expected this high flyer to come in and dominate by air, but he starts off dominating him on the mat instead. The leg work is really good in the beginning, so yeah it's a bummer that they blew it off. But, overall, they gave the crowd one hell of a show on this night. I do agree that Rude/Steamboat is the match of the night, so if I were making a list, I'd have Rude/Steamboat above this. However, I still think this is a great match. The Turner edit of this PPV is, from my memory, is fantastic. From what I remember, this was one of the ones where the edit really makes the show flow a lot better. It's a very memorable and great card. This being one of the two best matches of the night of course.
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    #383 - placetobenation.com/countdown-top-500-matches-of-the-90s-400-351/ I've really gotten into Akiyama over the past year, so I was glad to check this out. I actually thought the presence of Ogawa was pretty reckless and awesome here, and the DDT that starts this off was pretty rad. I enjoyed Akiyama's consistent selling of the left arm throughout the match, which consistent selling is standard for him from what I've seen. I really liked the Ogawa's little block and pin attempt then poke to the eyes and pin attempt segment. I lean on the - this was tons of fun side. I thought this was really good and very entertaining.
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    #384 - placetobenation.com/countdown-top-500-matches-of-the-90s-400-351/ Waltman was recently on the Talk is Jericho podcast (12/09/2016). He talked about how they really wanted to be like the Freebirds. He said that Flair initially didn't want him in the match, and that they (Piper & mostly Flair) wanted Hogan instead (at first). He said he and Flair had serious heat going into this match. He thought Flair was trying to "freeze him out" of the main event. He said that he shoot slapped Fair on live TV after he was pushed by Flair (leading up to this on Nitro I'm assuming). He said Flair was killing him on the mic, so the only thing he knew to do was slap the taste out of his mouth. Flair chased him around the ring so he ran away. He thought they were going to fight, but Flair told him he LOVED it backstage. He said his goal in mind for this match was to give people the Nature Boy again and hoped to deliver his (Flair's) greatest hits to the crowd. He said that they (Nash, Hall, Syxx) had so much respect for Flair and when they worked with him they really wanted to get the most Flair out of Flair they could get. They talked about how Hall and Nash were cool, but Syxx's goal was to get the heat. I love that the nWo were clearly the heels here. You might not think it looking back at it now, but I remember us teenagers of the mid to late 90s (that were into wrestling during this era), thinking Kevin Greene was actually cool. I love seeing Syxx strut into the chop from Flair. I agree, in this match, Hall and Syxx were not trying to be cool. They were obnoxious and they were really drawing the heat. I love how after they stooge for Flair a bit, Flair wants to call the big man in the ring. Nash has a great look on his face and Flair is just dialing it in. Kevin Greene gets tagged in and acts like a nut, and I love the face that Hall gives the crowd - toothpick and tag. Greene gets the big man. The crowd was is super hot for his offense. And, Nash is giving it to him. He's bumping for him like he's the real deal and then Hall takes a bump to boot. Piper and Hall have a great exchange when he slaps Piper's injured leg and Piper gets him with nice hard slap to the face. It was a good idea to work over Piper and let the crowd heat back up for Flair. It's obvious the nWo wanted it to be the Flair show. The crowd goes nuts for the hot tag. I can't imagine this match with Hogan in it instead of Syxx. Syxx gets the ultimate heat with the Bronco Buster, and I just don't think Hogan would have been near as good for this. If you are wanting to revisit the nWo, this is likely the best match to return to. I had a blast watching this. Great match - fun finish. Off the top of my head, I agree it's a MOTYC for WCW. I'd definitely have Rey and Eddie G. above it and Savage vs. DDP at Spring Stampede. There might be some others, but still, this is great!
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    http://placetobenation.com/countdown-top-500-matches-of-the-90s-400-351/ #385 Great match. I had a good time watching this tonight. It reminded me of the Jarrett I watched recently during the 1990 Dallas era for him and I thought Shawn played to that style perfectly. Easily the best JJ match in WWF that I can recall, and possibly his final match to reach **** level. Shawn took some pretty sick bumps in this match!
  21. JKWebb
    #386 - placetobenation.com/countdown-top-500-matches-of-the-90s-400-351/ I think there was a thread on the board not too long ago about favorites that you soured on. At this time, I can't think of anyone higher on my list than RVD. I really liked RVD as a kid, but I really don't care to watch his matches at all anymore. Someone mentioned this above (about this match), but a lot times I can't get around how weak his offense is in any match. I think his striking still looked weak here at times, but I'm on board that this is probably his best match. Granted, I haven't watched much RVD over the past few years outside of some of the hyped Jerry Lynn matches, but for now I'll jump on that train. I thought he did a good job of selling the high impact offense from Kroffat. I absolutely LOVED the pulling of the RVD ponytail from Kroffat. I agree that some of the spots did come off as pretty innovative. I also want to give RVD props for one thing specifically - RVD always takes DDTs like a champ. I can watch RVD take DDTs all day. I really liked when Kroffat kicked the leg of RVD keeping him from going to the top. That's pretty logical, and not something you see often. I thought RVD's kicks actually looked pretty good after that. The nearfall after the split-legged moonsault was good. I can imagine thinking that might be the finish had that spot not been played out the way it became in WWE. He delivers some pretty weak ?punches? to Kroffat before eating a vicious lariat. I thought that was it. But, it took a little more from Kroffat to get the pin. I came away from this thinking it was a great match. ****
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    This match didn't start off with the intensity level and crispness that I got from the previous match on 01/24/1987. But, I do think this still turned out to be a great match. I love the callback from the previous match - Choshu is about to look in the sharpshooter, but he remembers the massive slap in the face he took in the previous encounter. He points to the ref and tells him to keep an eye on Jumbo before he locks in the move on Tenryu. Eventually, the ref is focusing on the submission, and Jumbo gets to slap him in the face again anyway. The match didn't really pick up for me until Jumbo gets really fired up delivering three big knees to Choshu. I felt like the crowd got more involved, or felt more emotionally connected by that point as well. I loved Choshu barely getting the foot on the bottom rope right before the three count. Tenryu looked like a star pulling out the W with nice looking German suplex.
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    While this match might not be the five star classic that 01/28/1986 is, it is still great. Lots of hard striking in this match. It's not just the slaps and chops, it is so many of the moves (combined with that) that are delivered with so much force. The offense is very intense and some of the blows look devastating at times. Jumbo does not stop in this match. He's slapping Choshu in the face when he goes for the sharpshooter, he's attacking him from behind when he gets a leg up on Tenryu, and he's attacking Yatsu on the outside when they aren't legal. He's everywhere! When he is legal, he jerks Choshu up after two, because one monster lariat isn't enough punishment for Choshu. But, it ends up costing him the match. The ending felt very abrupt, so I had to check the time. This match felt like ten minutes, but turns out it was closer to twenty!
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    #387 - placetobenation.com/countdown-top-500-matches-of-the-90s-400-351/ As mentioned above, I thought these two showed some great athleticism in the early going. I really liked Owen bouncing off the top rope into a hip toss, then getting caught in the powerbomb from Bulldog. I also liked how Owen used the ref to get out of the surfboard submission. They kind of lost me a little bit in the middle. But, I thought Owen did a fine job of cutting off Davey. Take a shot every time you hear the word "scientific." I get they were trying to push athleticism for Mania 13. Owen's execution of the German suplex was spot on, followed by some near falls, and a sweet enzuigiri. I'm always for a sucker for the reversal of a piledriver. I thought the finish was good. I saw this as a good match, but it didn't hit the great level for me.
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    #388 - placetobenation.com/countdown-top-500-matches-of-the-90s-400-351/ Psicosis gets a ton of heat playing to the crowd after the first fall. I loved the spot with him charging at Santo, Santo moves, and he absolutely NAILS the ringpost at a 100 mph. Then we get an awesome dive from Santo onto Psicosis on the outside. I also liked the powerbomb (from the corner) finish of the second fall. I liked how Santo returned to the left arm work that was established in the first fall in the third fall. I thought Psicosis did a great job of selling that arm while trying mount his comeback. Especially after a top rope missile drop kick where he ends up landing on that arm. The nearfalls were a little anti-climatic for me, and then the dive from Psicosis to the outside looked pretty rough. They sucked me right back in with a suplex to the outside by Santo followed by an insane dive onto Psichosis who was still lying on the floor. Oddly, Psicosis returned to the ring to boast before receiving a cross-body from Santo off the top rope. It felt out of place with the rest of the story. I did like the finish. Overall, I thought this was a good match. ***1/4
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