Boss Rock

The Ibushi match from Invasion Attack 2015 in really highly thought of, though I'd have to go back again to give a fair assessment of it. There's about three or four matches each with Okada and Tanahashi and a couple with Naito as well. But the Suzuki G1 match is the standout of the New Japan tenure imo. His runs in the 2014 and 2015 G1's have a ton of hidden gems as well.

From what I understand WWE passed on him a while back. I think in Cobb's case he feels handcuffed by when he can or can't take indy dates. Sort of like how talent were supposedly told to keep the beginning of 2017 clear because they were supposed to start filming but then it didn't happen.

http://www.sescoops.com/lucha-underground-offering-releases-to-unhappy-talent/ Looks like LU is gonna let some people go if they want out. I've heard that Cobb isn't too happy, so perhaps Matanza gets killed off.

As for my vote, as much as I am an apologist for post-comeback Shawn (that was the first run of him I ever saw so it might be nostalgia) I give A.J. the nod. Great offensive wrestler, capabale of pulling something good out of almost anyone, and an all-time great bumper.

I haven't seen a lot of his latter TNA stuff, but I remember A.J. being consistently good in the mid to late 2000's. His 2005 in particular was awesome with MOTYC's against Abyss and Samoa Joe. I do agree though that NJPW-onward is where he took his career to a whole new level.

Pure speculation, but I could see that being a situation where Brock didn't want to work with him.

Up until Sunday I had it: 1. Reigns 2. Braun 3. A.J. But A.J.'s recent string of great matches against Finn, Jinder, and Brock as well as holding the Hell in a Cell triple-threat together put him back at number 1.

Stomps: Jumbo Kicks: Hashimoto Chops: Tenryu and Kobashi Punches: Lawler

Really loved Takeover, thought it was legitimately one of the best shows of the year. Lars vs. Ohno was fun, hard-hitting, and exactly what it needed to be. Dream vs. Black had fantastic character work and a fire finishing stretch. Dream is an absolute star. Fatal Four-Way was solid and even though I thought Peyton should have won, a really cool finish. Almas vs. Drew was great and had the right person go over. And while WarGames may not have been the same as what it used to be, I thought it was an awesome No DQ match.

Thought the show was pretty good for the most part. Usos vs. Cesaro and Sheamus was great, Alexa vs. Charlotte was good, and A.J. vs. Brock was perhaps the greatest carryjob I've ever seen. Not since Bryan have I seen someone get so much out of almost anyone. The main event on the other hand was maybe the most bizarre and confusing thing I've ever seen. Sure it perfectly summed up everything wrong with WWE and their inability to make almost anyone not from the Attitude Era look good, but nothing about it made sense. Why bring Cena in at all if he was only in for 5 minutes and was in complete phone-in mode? Why have Owens and Zayn interfere if they ended up being completely ineffectual and have no bearing on the finish? Just unbelievably stupid stuff. Still, Braun destroying Haitch was absolutely delightful.

I haven't seen all of Flair's '86, but a huge fan of his '89.

Kobashi: 1993-1998 Jumbo: 1986-1991 Liger: 1992-1997

A.J. Styles: 2014-now. His 2005 was also great.

Chip Day has a good right hand.

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Thanks! I thought he was out for all of 2002. And the '94 Dr. Death match is on my to-watch list.

Kenta Kobashi: 1990: w/ Mitsuharu Misawa and Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Masanobu Fuchi, and Akira Taue, 10/19 1991: vs. Stan Hansen, 9/4 1992: w/ Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat, 5/25 1993: vs. Stan Hansen, 7/29 1995: w/ Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue, 6/9 1996: vs. Stan Hansen, 9/5 1997: vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, 1/20 1998: vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, 10/31 1999: vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, 6/11 2000: vs. Jun Akiyama, 8/6 2003: vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, 3/1 2004: vs. Jun Akiyama, 7/4 2005: vs. Kensuke Sasaki, 7/18

Same here. Was a great alternative during a time when I only watched WWE and when WWE was the absolute pits. Took a lot of risks and made a lot of bold decisions to create one of the most compelling products I'd ever seen.

Mil Muertes and KUSHIDA have awesome knockout punches. Juice Robinson and Gedo are awesome punchers as well.

Yep. Gotta make Kane look good in the year of our Lord 2017.

Been on the outs a bit when it comes to 205Live but I love Drew.

I am disappointed Kurt did not come back out in his traditional singlet. Would've taken the awesome absurdity level to new heights.

Really big, really dumb spectacle. But I had fun. Just hated the treatment of Braun by friggin' Kane of all people.

In all fairness, I haven't seen much of Kross either. I just know he's done a ton of dark matches for them similar to how Cobb did before he became Matanza.

I was only into the main event, but Finn-Styles should be very good.