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  1. ShittyLittleBoots
    Welcome to the Bryan Danielson show! I am confident in saying that this is very much a carryjob from him; Kanemaru is super generic w/ everything he does, but Danielson's terrific work over him & the selling of his offense makes the best out of the situation & it results in a GREAT match. Loved the early stuff with them looking for control by trying to go for each other's arms - that resulted in Bryan getting the advantage, which then resulted in Kanemaru getting frustrated and taking the match to outside & unleashing the first strikes of the thing. Kanemaru on control could've been very meh, but as I said, Danielson was so good selling his work. I've never seen Bryan give less than great effort in his matches, so it didn't really surprise me, but it was so cool to see him be so into this one; it's very clear that winning his first singles championship from a Japanese promotion meant a lot for him. ****
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    Great match. Marufuji's performance in this is excellent. He targets Danielson's neck like if he was Akiyama or something; very focused & brutal with his work. ****
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    Great Bryan FIP segment, Nigel was on fire, very good hot tag by Aries, really great finishing stretch. Great match. ****
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    This time it's Morishima's turn to jump Danielson during the entrances, and that certainly set the pace for the rest of the match. Morishima absolutely destroys Danielson for most of it - Danielson's bladejob is sick & Morishima's offense is absolutely brutal. Bryan's selling is tremendous & his big comeback was great; he shows great fire in it & gets to stun Morishima for a little while - just for a little while indeed, because very quickly Morishima shuts that comeback down w/ an absolutely vicious looking lariat. The finishing stretch is superb; some really great callbacks to their previous meetings there. Excellent, brutal sprint. ****1/2
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    First of all, can we talk about that pre-match hype video where they linked ZSJ's submission style to Fujiwara & Fujinami?! So awesome! The match itself was crafted in very compelling fashion; Okada wants to challenge ZSJ on the mat to see what the hype is all about & quickly he finds out that it was probably the wrong move to make. ZSJ outgrapples him & works all over him, as he did to everyone during his New Japan Cup run leading up to this match. Okada gets some brief comebacks in, but Zack has counters for pretty much everything. Okada refuses to give up though, and in the finishing stretch he makes the usual Okada Superman deal where he wins the match after getting his shit kicked in for 30 minutes. That sounds negative when I put it that way, and it's certainly starting to annoy me a little bit, but yeah overall a fantastic match. The 2nd best title defense of Okada's reign. ZSJ's the fucking man. ****1/4
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    Danielson was pissed off & full of fire in their previous meeting at Man Up, but here the chip on his shoulder was double the size it was there. He runs wild on Morishima for a while, jumping him as he was making his way to the ring - Danielson's intensity is off the charts as he tries to beat the giant down, but very shortly it's Morishima's time to show that he isn't taking kindly to Dragon beating the crap out of him. Morishima's offense is absolutely murderous in this one - he gives Bryan such a brutal, badass beating. Bryan of course sells it tremendously. Such a fantastic, intense, energetic FIGHT w/ Morishima being the killer giant & Danielson being an aggressive pitbull seeking for revenge; Danielson vs. Morishima III is another classic chapter in one of the greatest wrestling rivalries of all-time. ****1/2
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    Danielson is pissed off & full of fire! He is not gonna do your Code of Honors and shit, he wants to get revenge on the man who destroyed his eye. Morishima had said before the match that he wouldn't target that eye of Danielson, which was the story of the match - Danielson took Morishima to the absolute limit, hitting him with his best shots & refusing to die. Morishima threw bombs at Bryan, clobbered the shit out of him, but Dragon wasn't gonna go down easy. Him getting his foot on the rope after the Backdrop Driver was the straw that broke camel's back; Morishima got pissed off about that big time & started to go after that eye of Danielson that he hurt at Manhattan Mayhem. Danielson still managed to get one big Small Package nearfall, and motherfucker did that piss Morishima off even more! Brutal ground & pound on that eye to end the match w/ a ref stoppage. EXCELLENT storytelling. ****3/4
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    Was just trying to joke around because Canadian Destroyer is such a shit move. Here I thought it came off pretty naturally, though.
  9. ShittyLittleBoots
    The greatest David vs. Goliath battle ever in a pro wrestling ring. One of the greatest matches ever in general. *****
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    Always loved this match. Danielson dominates most of it; he stretches the crap out of young PAC & I loved how once PAC got some offense in, that just pissed Dragon off & made him put him in even more brutal holds. PAC's big comeback towards the end is really great. A very good, borderline great match. ***3/4
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    Go Shiozaki is such a boring, robotic, soulless wrestler. Here Danielson gives him the match of his life. He tells the story excellently throughout the match starting w/ his awesome selling of Shiozaki's offensive onslaught on him in the early stages - Go had Dragon in trouble, until he made one mistake outside the ring & gave the man an opening. Bryan targets his arm in vicious & very focused fashion - that neutralized Go's biggest weapon; his chops. Once they are back in the ring, Go tries to go back to chopping the chest of Danielson, but it has no effect because of the damage his arm had taken at that point. Great stuff. Eventually the match becomes a complete bombfest, and it's pretty exciting & a great time. Danielson's counters to Go's stuff in it were very good, the way he got him to the Cattle Mutilation was very nice. Great match, a Bryan Danielson show in many ways, but I also gotta say that Go played his part well. Especially in those early stages where he completely overwhelmed Danielson. ****1/4
  12. ShittyLittleBoots
    All 3 are bonafide 5-star classics for me. The KENTA match in particular might be my favorite match of all-time, at worst probably like #3. As for Bryan's selling, his limb selling isn't as good as Benoit's or Kawada's, but he sells excellently when getting the shit beaten out of him (as seen in the KENTA match you mentioned) or when he is getting the heat worked on him (as seen during his 2013 - 2014 run many, many times).
  13. ShittyLittleBoots
    SUWA is such a nasty bastard. I am pretty sure I've only ever watched 2 matches of this & I've watched both of those quite a few times (the other one being vs. KENTA). Love the lad. Like I said, he's such a nasty bastard. Here he attacks Danielson right away during his entrance & from then on, it's him working on top, even opening up the champs HEAD. Great stuff. Danielson makes some awesome comebacks, but SUWA cuts most of them off pretty quickly until THE MASTER OF THE SMALL PACKAGE strikes & gets the victory during their strike exchange. Great match. ****
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    A very good back & forth sprint w/ Dragon showing good fire & Williams playing the role of the veteran-being-taken-to-the-limit very well. ***1/2
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    One of the best rivalries in wrestling comes to Defiant & delivers an absolute banger. Loved Starr controlling things with that headlock in the early stages - eventually WALTER has enough of that though & starts throwing him around. From that point on, it's your traditional David vs. Goliath action w/ 2 men who excel in their roles in that formula. ****
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    WOOOOOO, BABY. FIRED THE FUCK UP AFTER WATCHING THAT. WHAT A MATCH. First of all - who would've thought that in a match that has Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi & Nick Jackson (who is the more athletic of the Jackson brothers), Matt F'N Jackson would be the best performer?! Holy shit what a performance from the man! He brought brilliant emotion to the match w/ his character work & EXCELLENT selling of the back. The storytelling in general was absolutely perfect w/ Kenny being cautious to start unleashing his offense on Matt - great moment w/ Ibushi kicking the crap out of Matt's back, which lead to Omega coming in & stopping him. This match was honestly full of these great moments; all 4 showed perfect amount of emotion, the match had perfect amount of drama & the holy shit spots were indeed just that. Matt forcing Kenny to do the One Winged Angel on him is one of my favorite single match moments ever. I thought nothing would top Almas vs. Gargano & WALTER vs. Thatcher, but here we are. These 4 did it. What a rollercoaster. I don't even know. There are only few matches that I've thought after (Danielson/KENTA, Danielson/McGuinness, Okada/Shibata) "that was the best match I've ever seen", and honestly, right now, this one is up there with them. *****
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    Very fun interactions between Okada & Zack - great tease for their upcoming title match + a great FIP segment w/ Ishii; Suzuki & ZSJ working like dad & son with those submissions while Okada had the ref distracted was amazing. Some very good, hard hitting interactions between Ishii & Minoru, too. ***3/4
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    This was superb. Liger's offense was nasty & Ospreay's bumping for him was ridiculous in a very good way. A super fun, great bombfest. ****
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    An absolutely amazing AMBITION, shoot style match. Moss is the larger of the 2 so he relies more on his takedowns while Dragon chops him down with strikes - there's some very strong psychology in there too w/ Dragon doing some brutal targeting towards Moss' leg, which leads to a great moment where he had just knocked him down w/ leg kicks, Moss gets up & BOOM - a brutal kick to the HEAD. Baited him into it w/ the leg kicks. FUCK YEAH. Great, great stuff. ****1/2
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    "Same great shit!" chant as Danielson goes for the surfboard. Oh how a year can change things, eh. A very good, back & forth match w/ very good, competitive work on the mat + TJP's selling of Bryan's strikes was a beauty. ***3/4
  21. ShittyLittleBoots
    - This is one of my favourite performances in Bryan’s career. Now I have nothing against Absolute Andy, I quite like the guy, but I think Bryan could’ve had the match of this same quality against literally anyone else if it had the combination of Bryan’s journey in wXw + the relationship he had built with the crowd there. His work over Andy was absolutely tremendous - he basically busted out all the greatest hits he had built over as big weapons in wXw over the years. The atmosphere was terrific & the climax of the match w/ Andy kicking out of the kick to the balls -> small package sequence was amazing. There couldn’t have been a more perfect way to end Danielson’s career in wXw (before going back there for a few matches after getting released by the E a year later anyway). ****1/2
  22. ShittyLittleBoots
    In the early stages Claudio overwhelmes Bryan, which leads to Bryan taking his time on the apron, waiting for a good time to come back in & strike w/ a sneak attack. After that it's Bryan in control doing great work over Claudio - Claudio makes some absolutely terrific comebacks, LOVED him constantly going back to that Boston Crab, too. Such good storytelling. As the match goes, it becomes more 50/50 with both guys delivering big strikes & bombs to each other. Claudio got a couple of very nice nearfalls there. The finishing stretch & the finish = excellent. This was a beautifully paced & structured 40-minute epic - Claudio was a WONDERFUL babyface, all of his offense looked terrific as usual & his selling of Bryan's offense was amazing. Bryan was absolutely amazing as the heel too w/ that brutal offense of his & sneaky tactics. Amazing match & the post-match is so great as well - it's so satisfying seeing Bryan with the wXw Championship, throwing it around & spitting on it while talking shit to the fans. ****1/2
  23. ShittyLittleBoots
    An absolutely amazing match. Bryan tortures the shit out of young Zack - just stretches him out with his vicious submission holds & beats him down with his brutal strikes. ZSJ's selling & bumping is excellent + it looks all the more devastating than it already is because of his skinny frame. He gets pretty much nothing in until he gets fired up as Bryan is delivering corner strikes to him - that's when he gets his big comeback, in which he applies a very good looking armbar, which Bryan sells like DEATH. After that Bryan does his classic wXw spot which is asking the referee to help him check his arm - that was obviously just a little heel tactic by Dragon, as he blasts ZSJ with a vicious forearm while the ref is checking on him. After that he continues his brutal beatdown on the young lad, now also spitting & talking more shit to him, showing no respect - that continues until ZSJ gets that SURPRISE PIN! What a perfectly told underdog story. The perfect match for the crowd - wXw fans hated Bryan, and he got a lot of heat in the match, but my goodness the pop when ZSJ managed to get that win. Terrific dynamic all around w/ Bryan, ZSJ & the crowd. Amazing stuff. Between his brutal offensive assault on ZSJ & his selling of his comeback, Bryan's performance in this is just outstanding. ****3/4
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    Terrific storytelling with Bryan looking to tire Nigel out (while annoying the wXw fans at the same time) w/ submission holds, specifically the CHINLOCK. Bryan's facial expressions while working Nigel over w/ a wristlock while the crowd is booing the shit out of him = GOLD. The whole dynamic was actually really fun, because at the same time over in ROH, Bryan & Nigel were having a World Championship feud where Nigel was an absolute bastard of a heel while Bryan was the babyface ace. Pretty cool how the dynamic flipped when their rivalry made it's way to Germany. Great match. ****1/4
  25. ShittyLittleBoots
    Danielson getting the toilet paper treatment during the introductions is AWESOME - he was so hated by the wXw crowd, and here he was going against the most loved wrestler by the wXw crowd at the time, one Chris Hero. Danielson's heel performance is masterful; loved him going to the ropes constantly in the early stages of the match - that sure got the crowd riled up. "Best wrestler in the ropes", indeed! Hero finally gets something going by attacking Dragon's arm in brutal fashion, it's absolutely awesome & Dragon sells it super well. Bryan answers to that by going after Hero's NOSE in absolutely brutal, awesome, Regal/Finlay -esq fashion. Just a violent warfare between 2 of the best. One of my all-time favorite matches & certainly my favorite one in wXw's history. ****3/4
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