Sean Reedy

This was awesome. Just nice warm comfort food. You've got a Sumo Hall crowd that understands the assignment and elevates the big moments. You've got Fujiwara throwing headbutts, Murdoch throwing elbows, Saito throwing suplexes, and Inoki busting himself open hardway off a headbutt. I could have done another 30 minutes. Built to a strong fever pitch.

Honestly thought this was pretty tepid. First 2 falls were 30 minutes of laying in some holds. Baba started selling the knee big in the third fall and it got dramatic but it didn't hit a high enough level to justify the first 30 minutes.

What can be said about this stuff. it's everything I love in pro wrestling in one match. The violence, the grit, the genuine crowd investment, the blood, the emotion, the ugliness you can't turn away from, it's as beautiful to me as Steamboat-Savage

30 minutes air out of 60. Its fine, nothing too surprising, slog is the right word.

This was fabulous. Hata was great as Baba's little buddy who always took an ass kicking. I've been impressed by Iaukea in 78 AJPW. Ramos is a solid foreign heel brawler here. 4*.

My favorite stuff is Memphis and ECW so you can guess how I feel about FMW at its gutsy bloody resilient chaotic peak. Everything good about pro wrestling. Five stars.

Beautiful. Hashimoto was such a genius. It really does feel like a peak modern Brock match in a lot of ways.

Schiavone and Larry Z! One of my favorite announce teams. There's an ad for the first house show I begged my dad to take me to, El Gigante vs. Ric Flair. I was sure Gigante was bringing it home. He said the UIC Pavillion was in a bad part of town. Finish has a little Memphis flavor as Ron Simmons shows up throwing haymakers at AA and it turns into a pier six with the ringside table and a chairshot to the head. The punches in this match! It was solid but not great as they went 20 without a ton of heat and kept it pretty deliberate. Lots of smart stuff and worth watching of course.

Adoniis and Starr were tremendous face foils for Buddy. Great crowd heat. Frank Bonnema deserves to be mentioned alongside Lance and Gordon (and Vince). One of those territory matches where the fans are just dying with the faces as they make each hot tag attempt. 2nd fall ends with an electric hot tag and then one of those intricate Buddy finishing stretches that tears the house down, 70s Adonis was already so tremendous, he has a great hot tag in the 3rd. I can't say enough about how good this was. Bonnema at the end is great. :"The belts should stay with Adonis and Starr....NO THEY'RE NOT! SANDY BARR IS AWARDING THE BELTS TO ROGERS AND ROSE!!!: Frank was great because he was so completely chilled out 90% of the time but at the money moments he turns into 1986 JR.

Cody vs Bray under the current creative team would be brilliant. The current team has one Bray feud under their belts and has created one star out of it

That match and ending gave me 6/9/95 vibes

Im just telling myself the advertising is a lucha tribute

I swear this is so simple and effective and over I feel like I'm watching Smoky.

Oh I like this pace and style and storytelling very much thank you.

Thank you sir. I'll post a whole thing at some point but he was a tremendous human being and I think he belongs in the very top tier of wrestling geniuses alongside Vince and whoever else you want to put there.