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This was pretty insane, and I loved it! Casas & Santo are on fire here. This may be a weird comparison, but I feel like Casas is the Bockwinkel of Lucha. He's just so smooth and perfect all of the time. This match is a party.

I LOVED the first fall of this match. I was all in. I found second fall to be pretty good, and third fall drug a little bit. Either way, I thought Austin looked like an up and coming main event player here. This was a cool match to see.

I’m loving the Heavenly Bodies! Their debut was great, and Stan was great in this segment. SMW>Memphis TV at this point in the year for me.

I don’t know if it’s the hair, or the bland and stumbling promos, but I’m just buying into JJ at this point (particularly as a babyface because I feel like he looks like a heel anyway)... Lawler jumps in and kicks it into high gear and saves the segment.

I am not as high as garretta on this match, but I do think I must be higher on it than most of the other reviews. Sure, this was long, but I enjoyed the format. This is worth checking out for fans of Kenta Kobashi for sure. I also thought Kikuchi was great with his selling early on. And, I loved how aggressive Fuchi was in this match. Great spot with him draping Kikuchi over the turnbuckle and grinding his boot under his chin. With the unique rules, I found this to be a fun edition for something different out of All Japan.

Tim Horner can't sing. Haha - Funny and Terrible. I can't believe they let him sound so flat - they could have edited it to just show the parts he was on pitch or something... too funny. #WhiteLightnin' - But yeah, so bad it's good for sure!

Some of the best characters in WWF history have one super fun match here. I loved it! The crowd is really hot, and they give the crowd exactly what they would want to see. It was a little longer than I expected too (in a good way). Piper makes everything fun, and I love seeing him as the IC Champion. Sid looked awesome/dominating. I always (like many) questioned why they went with Sid over Flair for WM, but he really does look like the perfect monster for Hogan to take on. Plus you end up getting the Savage/Flair classic anyway. I'm not saying they should not have booked Hogan/Flair, but I am saying I see their reasoning behind not doing it. I prefer getting these two storylines with the way WWF likes to tell stories.

Prowrestlingtees.com needs a "Snakespeare" shirt like yesterday.

The best thing ever is Stan Hansen becoming frustrated when the ref tells him Misawa got his foot on the rope, so he just slaps Misawa in the face while Misawa's still laid out.

Yeah, I'm right with Zenjo. I really found some strong appreciation for the intensity they brought, and the stripped down match they had here. It really sucked me in.

I had totally forgotten about this! This was fun to see again, it brought back the memories from seeing this as a kid.

The Vader show - A really fun match, and you get to see Vader showing off his legendary athleticism. He has great chemistry with Rick Steiner and Sting here (although it's not a very long match or anything). It's great to revisit. The Vader/Sting matches are some of my favorite of all-time, so I'm always excited to see them face off in any capacity. This was no different, and it was pretty cool because I don't think I had ever seen this match before (prior to tonight).

I thought this was great. For my money, this was the best feud in any promotion once it started and up through the ending here. The pre-match promo for Savage was fire. You could feel the intensity and hatred here, and Savage got his revenge. Sure, the match wasn't very long, but Savage brought the "insanity" he promised and got the decisive win the fans wanted to see. Great stuff... one of my favorite all-time feuds easy.

Back into the game after some really deep dives into 80's Mid-South, WCCW, & 80's WWF. I actually ranked all the matches from the 80's Mid-South set over in that thread. I'm pumped to be jumping into 1992. I've always sort of thought of it as a WCW year just because of War Games, Sting/Vader, Rick Rude's year etc... However, I'm glad to jump into all that again chronologically and put that into perspective with everything else. Of course, like most, I love the Flair run in the WWF. I just completed Jan., and I'll say off the jump the Royal Rumble remains my favorite match of the month. It's a five star affair in my book, and remains the greatest rumble in history. Standing the test of time all these years, how could it be anything less? Lucha got off to a slow start for me here. I'm still loving the Macho/Jake stuff. I don't know if it's just because he is my favorite, it probably is, but Savage is so good - he really does come across as THE GUY in the company to me. I've seen arguments that he never felt like the guy, but I guess I just don't agree. I think after watching all of the WCCW footage I had a new appreciation for the KVE and Flair moment in the rumble as well. Super cool moment between the two when you think about the history. I thought about the same thing with Piper and Martel after watching the 80's Portland set... I had a new appreciation watching those two in there during the rumble as well. I'm pretty sure they were even eliminated together. If I had to pick an MVP for me in this month, I'd probably have to go with Jumbo. I absolutely love watching him in tags. Here are my favorite matches for the month of Jan.: 1. The Royal Rumble Match - 01/19/1992 2. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Toshiaki Kawada - 01/21/1992 3. Misawa, Kobashi, Kawada vs. Jumbo, Masa Fuchi, and Taue - 01/24/1992 4. Jumbo & Taue vs. Kobashi & Kikuchi - 01/26/1992 5. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Stan Hansen - 01/28/1992 - it's a hard call - this might actually be my #4 - I feel like I enjoyed it more than most... 6. Sting & Muta vs. The Steiners - 01/04/1992 7. Vader and Mr. Hughes vs. The Steiners - 01/21/1992 8. Arn Anderson vs. Dustin Rhodes - 01/04/1992 Honorable mention out to Rude, Austin, & Eaton vs. Sting, Steamboat and Bagwell - 01/18/1992 - I loved how they worked the hot tag for Sting. I thought Eaton was really killing it here...oh yeah!-and, who doesn't love the classic Barbershop Angle? You can get an Homage Tee for that now. Awesome moment. Right out of the gate in Feb., I'm already getting more interested in Memphis TV again. It's been a bit since it really sucked me in, but I feel like I'm getting there. I'm enjoying the return of Koko Ware to the area. SuperBrawl II remains one of my favorite WCW PPVs (particularly the Turner edit because it really trims the fat). Liger, Negro Casas, and Savage & Rude are the performers that stood out to me the most in this month (I think Liger the most - in ring, but Savage promos and character). It was blast from the past seeing that Right Guard Hogan commercial again, ha. I had totally forgotten about it, but I remember seeing it so often as a kid. Here are my favorite matches from Feb. 1992: 1. Rick Rude vs. Ricky Steamboat - 02/29/1992 2. Jushin Liger vs. Pegasus Kid - 02/10/1992 3. Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman - 02/29/1992 4. Sting, Dustin Rhodes, Steamboat, and Barry Windham vs. Rude, Arn, Larry Z, and Eaton - 02/22/1992 5. Randy Savage vs. Jake Roberts - 02/08/1992 I know I biased to some degree, but as we roll into March Ric Flair cuts one hell of a promo as kick his feud into gear with Randy Savage. With these YB's and everything I've watched from Savage's WWF run, he is consistently in the most interesting and entertaining angles in the company. Just quickly, I'm thinking from Tito to Steamboat to Mega Powers to the Macho King and back to Liz at 7/Retirement angle, then the feud with Roberts, and now this... what an incredible run. SMW really took off in March for me. I loved the Rick Rude attacking Sting at the press conference angle. It turned the heat up with the DA feud. I also really enjoyed seeing what I assume is Shawn's first big match since turning heel vs. Piper for the IC Belt. My favorite match of the month of March was easily Ric Flair & Sid Justice vs. Hulk Hogan & Roddy Piper from MSG 03/23/1992. I also really liked Kawada vs. Taue from 03/31/1992. Rolling into April we quickly get all-time classics out of WrestleMania VIII. I know it's brought up often... the question of why didn't they do Flair vs. Hogan at WM8, but I can really see the other side of it. I really don't think there is any chance we could have gotten a better match out of Hogan than Flair vs. Savage, and I've really seen Savage as the guy. It makes sense to me to have your best performer take on the world champ and the storyline is in line with what WWF loves to do. Looking at it from their standpoint, the Liz/Flair stuff (knowing the emotion Savage and Liz could pull out of the fans) and Hogan vs. the most intimidating looking heel they had ever had was probably more appealing to them, and I venture to say the casual fans too. Looking back on it, I'm glad we got what we got. I think Savage was able to pull off a much more emotional title win than Hogan would have (Liz too). It was really hard to choose between my favorites in April. We really got some great in-ring action in April. It picked up a lot from March. I loved the debut of the Heavenly Bodies, and so far I've been digging SMW more than Memphis at this point of the year. I don't think there is anyone pulling me into their performance more than Savage. He's on another level. Liger would be my runner-up for MVP at this point. My favorite matches for the month of April 1992: 1. Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair - 04/05/1992 2. Roddy Piper vs. Bret Hart - 04/05/1992 3. Randy Savage vs. Shawn Michaels - 04/14/1992 4. Jushin Liger vs. El Samurai - 04/30/1992 5. The Heavenly Bodies debut match There were plenty of other great matches in April, but those are my favorites. I know Liger and El Samurai is probably looking a little low at #4, but I don't want that to take away from how much I loved it. It's still one of my favorite matches of the year. It's such a FIGHT. It's a better match that Savage vs. HBK, but I sort of looked at Savage's performance as being better than either match. His performance is just something I really connected with outside of it just being a great match. IMO it's kind of like Training Day, Denzel's performance is probably better than the screenplay itself, ha. Eddie Gilbert is a breath of fresh air to the Memphis territory in May. I loved his promo about their open door policy and he's coming in as the Global Champion to challenge and unify the two titles. I really feel like Austin is starting to come into his own. May is a month with lots of great action, and here are my favorite matches: 1. War Games 1992 - I still believe this to be the best War Games match. 2. Kobashi and Kikuchi vs. Furnas & Kroffat - 05/25/1992 3. Misawa, Kobashi, & Kawada vs. Jumbo, Fuchi, and Taue - 05/22/1992 4. The Steiners vs. Fujinami & Iizuka - 05/17/1992 5. Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Keiji Muto & Hiro Hase - 05/01/1992 6. Steve Austin vs. Barry Windham - 05/09/1992 7. El Hijo del Santo, Onita & Tarzan Goto vs. Negro Casas, Horace Boulder & Tim Patterson - 05/16/1992 Honorable mention shout outs to Steamboat, Dustin Rhodes & Nikita Koloff vs. Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton & Larry Z from Saturday night on 05/23/1994. I thought that was a really fun match... & 05/30/1992 Misawa/Kikuchi vs. Jumbo/Taue. Coming into June, I feel like the MVPs are Savage & Liger with Rude and Negro Casas up there. I also think Kikuchi just doesn't get talked about enough as the Ricky Morton of Japan. There are lot's of great performers around this time, and I'll always think Kobashi and Jumbo are at the top whenever and wherever they are. June Kicks off with a refreshing addition to the WWF roster with Razor Ramon. His introduction is much better than that of Crush, ha. It's also cool to get a look at La Parka. I may be wrong, but I think this is the first we've seen him in the YBs (I cold be forgetting something though). Eddie Gilbert is knocking his promos out of the park. And, I'm loving the Buddy Landell promos (particularly the one at the EOM with Dirty White boy where they are likely "chemically enhanced"). I can't decide which is worse... Rocco or Crush? There were lots of great tag matches this month. Look, I know I know technically the Iron Man Match at Beach Blast is better than Sting vs. Cactus Jack... but, I'm a mark for Sting and I just had more fun watching that bout this go around...It felt like a comic book battle of super hero vs. villain... it was big and explosive... so that's why I'll have it ranked higher in my favorites of the month: 1. Sting vs. Cactus Jack - 06/20/1992 2. Rick Rude vs. Ricky Steamboat - 06/20/1992 3. Arn Anderson vs. Barry Windham - 06/06/1992 4. Misawa & Kobashi vs. Jumbo & Taue - 06/05/1992 5. Stan Hansen vs. Toshiaki Kawada - 06/05/1992 6. The Steiners vs. Steve Williams & Terry Gordy - 06/16/1992 7. Jushin Liger vs. El Samurai - 06/26/1992 8. Jushin Liger & Brian Pillman vs. Chris Benoit & Beef Wellington - 06/16/1992 July - loving the Vader/Sting angle. I think this our first look at Rey, Jr. in the YBs. Here are my favorite matches from July: 1. Sting vs. Vader - 07/12/1992 2. El Dandy vs. Negro Casas - 07/03/1992 3. Kobashi & Kikuchi vs. Fuchi & Ogawa - 07/05/1992 4. Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes vs. Steve Austin & Rick Rude - 07/12/1992 August - I loved the Ron Simmons title victory. The crowd reaction is so unforgettable. I also really enjoyed Jumbo's comeback after some health issues. He does look a little different, but he still has a ton of fire and remains one of my favorite performers. Misawa getting his first TC win was really awesome. I think it's kind of an underrated bout between he and Hansen. Memphis is turning up with that Jimmy Hart WWF vs. Memphis promo. He and Lawler were great in that segment. I'm also really enjoying the Dundee/Rich feud. Really good promos between the two. The Rich hype video cracked me up when Rich whispered over the music "you're gonna die Dundee, you're gonna die!" haha. That was also a really cool recap of the Warrior/Savage feud with them both stating their case as to why they think the other has sided with Flair/Perfect. Good stuff! Even though it was angle-heavy, I really enjoyed the match from Summerslam and the storyline there. I do think that recap was a very important key to that enjoyment for me too. Here are my favorite matches from August: 1. Ultimate Warrior vs. Randy Savage - 08/29/1992 2. Rick Rude vs. Masa Chono - 08/12/1992 3. Bret Hart vs. Davey Boy Smith - 08/29/1992 4. Atlantis vs. Emilio Charles Jr. - 08/11/1992 It gets hard to rank from there, but I loved Hansen & Misawa from 8/22/1992 so that's probably next - I thought Angel Azteca, Solar, & Super Astro vs. La Parka & Rambo was really fun. The Steiners vs. Muto and Sasaki from 8/12/92 is also one of my favorites. I loved both Jumbo tags, the 6-man and the one with Taue against Williams & Gordy. Another standout from August was Ultimo Dragon vs. Negro Casas, It was just great chemistry between those two. So, really a lot to choose from and hard to rank once I get through my initial top 4. Again, with Savage, his performances are elite... another level. He's still the MVP of the year at this point for me. One cool thing about September, is you get the debut of Jun Akiyama. He has a stellar debut against Kenta Kobashi. I highly recommend it to any fan of his. I want to give a shout out to Dustin Rhodes for this month as well, as I really enjoyed his work on WCW Saturday Night/Main Event. My favorite match in September was: 1. Ric Flair vs. Genichiro Tenryu - 09/15/1992 My favorite matches of the month in October were: 1. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada - 10/21/1992 - it was great coming back to this match in context of the YB. I watched it when I went through the Top 500 Matches of the 90's list that Loss put together, and it didn't register with me as much clumped in with all of those excellent matches back to back to back. I thought it was great the first time, but I have higher appreciation for it now. 2. Jumbo Tsuruta and Akira Taue vs. Doc & Gordy - 10/07/1992 3. Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes vs. Doc & Gordy - 10/03/1992 I didn't think the way the Heavenly Bodies and RnR angle kicked off with Cornette's Mother pictured as a dog was very good at all, but I've really enjoyed the angle since. Particularly the episode where the Rock & Rolls were supposed to get the title shot, but Gibson was late arriving to the building (because his Mom had surgery)... Ricky takes them on by himself and Gibson shows up to bail him out at the end. Really fun stuff there. All Japan takes the month of October. From what I understand this does it for Jumbo. Easily one of the greatest of all-time, and is without question is one of my personal favorite tag-team wrestlers in history. I LOVE his team with Yatsu. Could November of 1992 be the month where Shawn Michaels really gets things rolling as possibly the best in-ring in the WWF? It's possible. It's subjective, but to this point it has been Randy Savage (IMO) for years. Following through the YB, it seems Savage is starting to slow down (not in the ring, but just the amount of work), so when watching HBK's singles performance and IC Title win against Bulldog... it was the first time I began to wonder... Of, course he has been great for the company but something about that match really stood out to me. He seems to always have great chemistry with Davey too. There is also an AWESOME Terry Funk vs. Eddie Gilbert brawl in a gym on the YB for this month. It took place in high-school gym, and I thought it was brutal! Terry Funk was throwing some killer punches. Gilbert is bleeding on the gym floor and the bleachers... I was thinking - you couldn't have a match like this in a gymnasium full of kids today. Anyways, they really brought it for that local crowd. Hands down my favorite match of the month - Texas Death Match - WWA: 11/14/1992). Also, the Prime Time episode in November where Mr. Perfect ends up becoming the tag partner for Savage at Survivor Series was just excellent stuff! Bobby and Hennig were so incredible in those segments slowly building the face turn for Hennig. Great expressions. Just really awesome. It's one of my favorite things on the YB for the entire year. My favorite matches in November 1992: 1. Terry Funk vs. Eddie Gilbert - 11/14/1992 2. Shawn Michaels vs. The British Bulldog - 11/14/1992 3. Dustin Rhodes vs. Vader - 11/21/1992 4. Misawa & Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi & Giant Baba - 11/27/1992 When I first started the YB, I noted I thought of it as more of a WCW year. Mostly because of the high end matches, but while going through the YB I've really come around on 1992 for the WWF. It did have a few slower months, but all in all I think it is my favorite promotion of the year. I'll see how that plays out when I wrap on December though, because as I scroll through it looks like I may have more WCW matches ranked higher... December starts off roaring, and is really one of the best months of the year. I have to say, this is easily my favorite month for UWF. I had been kind of bored with that style for most of the year (a few that liked), but these two in December were just REALLY good ( one listed below). Randy Savage is still the best performer in the WWF, which is weird to say knowing that they slot him into commentary in the near future. I noted this in the MDA's, but I really wish they would have turned him heel to feud with Bret for WrestleMania (an idea that Loss presented here and I'm sure others have thought of). I know Bruce Prichard claims that Savage wanted less of an in-ring role, but Bischoff says that's not true and Savage left WWF because he wanted to keep wrestling. So, who knows... Either way, whether it was Savage or Vince, I wish we had gotten the Hart and Michaels feuds with Savage. December of 1992 also is pretty special to me because Sting vs. Vader from Starrcade is possibly my personal favorite match. I note why in the match discussion, but it's a match I've just always loved. I think it is probably Sting's best performance. Also, I do love that Muta wins the Battlebowl. When discussing the Muta Scale match from this year, I loved Marty's points about Muta's character in the ring basically being just a stone cold killer out for blood. If someone reading this hasn't looked at that thread, I highly recommend it. I want to give props to the folks that watched these YBs before me. The threads for these matches are really incredible and full knowledge and background on every match and incident. It makes it such an enjoyable and educational process while following along with everything. Thanks to everyone in the MDAs.

That back handspring elbow into the release German from Steiner to Muta was just nuts! I had seen this before, but it was fun to come back to as I jump into 1992. I do love the entrances and the feel of the match. I love the teams too, but I don't agree it's more fun than the Superbrawl match with Luger. That match is such a fun sprint. Maybe that is just nostalgia talking, but I don't think so - either way, they are both super fun.

Best of luck! Exciting news!

I too got into Bruno thanks to you guys, and he is now one of my personal favorite wrestlers of all-time. So, thanks for that, and this podcast! It was great!

For those that don't really want to join Facebook... I didn't either, but I joined for the GWWE Project. I just didn't use my real name (I used first name pwo), and I didn't give them my e-mail address. So, I don't get email updates that are unwanted or anything like that. I basically only see the PTBN stuff on my feed and their groups that I join.

I'm all in for PTBN GWE for Crockett!

If you are clicking here, I'm sure you've looked at the list. So, I'll just say... what an AWESOME top 10. Savage is my guy. He was my number one and it's really spelled out as to why on the website and in the Facebook group. The top 10 didn't completely match my top 10, but I'm really happy with the results. They make sense to me. Savage really is the total package, Austin hit the highest high, Hogan is WWF, Cena is WWE, HBK/Hart didn't hit the tippy top charisma levels of those above them - Those above were Mr. Senior Class, but Hart/HBK are best all around..., Rock hit the charisma but was a little less than in the ring, Bruno is the Godfather, Undertaker is the most memorable character, and Y2J - Well, the most evolving man in the company's history that managed to change with the times and get himself over no matter where he was.... pretty solid ordering of the top 10! My Top 10: 1. Randy Savage 2. Hulk Hogan 3. Steve Austin 4. Bruno Sammartino 5. CM Punk 6. Roddy Piper 7. Shawn Michaels 8. Bret Hart 9. Rey Mysterio 10. Bob Backlund From the GWWE top 10: -Jericho I had at 19 -Undertaker I had at 21 -The Rock I had at 11 -John Cena I had at 16 Digging all the podcasts and the articles... thanks to all who participated and especially those who organized everything.

Yeah! Kevin is the man (he is my favorite Von Erich too). Possibly has the greatest entrance in wrestling (not just this match, in general). Relentless is the perfect description. BIG fight feel. Total Classic. SO much heat. This is another one of my favorite matches from the Texas set.

That superkick that started the match may be one of the best in history. I don't create GIFs but it is GIF-worthy no doubt. Also, the discuss punch on Adams was fire. Those two really had great chemistry, and I loved Kevin as the protective brother coming in to help Kerry whenever he could. This is one of my favorite matches on the Texas set. I agree with the ****1/2 range too.

That suplex struggle with all the blood and emotion tied into it is something else. This bout is incredible, and I can totally see why it hit number one in the voting for the Texas Set. Great stuff them tearing up Missing Link at the end. And... the handshake! Classic.

I was glad to hear you guys praise the show after listening to Prichard's podcast on this a few months back. They sort of trashed the matches, and I enjoyed it just as much as you guys did. Fun show!

I loved this. As I am making my journey through World Class in depth for the first time, Kevin has become my favorite of the VE's. So, I really got into the visual of him fighting all three of the Freebirds off after Kerry was taken out. I'd probably have it ranked a little higher around **** or so. The finish didn't bother me as much.