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  1. tcg91
    Not the best New Japan multi men of the 80s, but still pretty great. Hot crowd, even though this kind of struggled to pick up from the beginning, until Yamazaki and Takada started to get more involved and messing up with their weakest opponents. Once this got going, drama was on for the whole 30+ minutes and this had some great moments like Fujinami sacrificing himself to eliminate Maeda, or Ueda's miracle run towards the end. A bit strange for Inoki to have a final showdown against Takada, who should get sympathy as the underdog, but the finishing stretch was quite exciting anyway ****
  2. tcg91
    Good tag match, snug enough for the delight of the Houston crowd. It was the DiBiase show, as he played a long babyface in perils segments and bled buckets, while I felt like Superstar wasn't on his best day and kind of damaged Murdoch, who had to play by his partner's pace instead of raising the bar. Of course, Doc got a heated hot tag and got to look good. Hot finish, it was funny to see the fans cheering for the black glove this time around ***1/4
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    If you like stalling, you'll love this. Once they got down to business, it was pretty fun, but of course the heat wasn't the same that they gathered before the action started. It went quickly anyway and the Guerreros were less diplomatic than usual, which fit the circumstance due to the Sheepherders' violence. Cool dirty finish, as the New Zealand flag was featured again and led to the finish, so all the gaga got a follow up at least **3/4
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    Not 'Hansen vs Vader' yet, but quite good despite White still being very green. Great job from the announcers, as they described White's football background and, also thanks to Hansen's selling, you could tell White was going to be special one day. The limb struggle sequences weren't bad, even though a few fans were not thrilled to see them unless Hansen was on top with his armwork. Fun finishing stretch, Hansen's lariat proved to be too much, but White still looked good for going toe to toe with him for 10 minutes ***
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    Once the usual stalling was out of the way, this was lots of fun. Really nice brawling and cat and mouse game between Lawler and Dundee, also thanks to a very hot crowd that couldn't wait to see Lawler getting some revenge on the Australian. Poor Landel managed to step up in a match like this, but he took lots of punishment as the Lawler and Mantel dream team was too much for him. Very smart non-finish, Landel was left alone and destroyed until the referee rang the bell ***1/4
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    Good stuff, but not the 'Bret vs Steamboat' dream match as Bret still wasn't figured in as a singles guy at the time. Honestly, he bumped well and even looked competent on the mat, but his control segment wasn't great despite a consistent focus on Steamboat's ribs and Jimmy Hart getting enough heat from the Boston crowd. Sadly Stamboat's arm work got forgotten during the match, despite being the best stuff they did here. The flashy pinfall finish was quite cool though ***
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    This was a blast, despite not being their best work. Typical Breaks shenanigans and plenty of heat from the crowd, as he managed to get them and the referee mad, but the commentary was quite poor and didn't react very well to the challenger's antics (or to celebrate when the referee reversed the public warning, for example). I felt like Saint took a backseat here, despite his solid performance on the mat. Fun finish, as finally Breaks meets karma and Saint manages to outsmart him ***1/4
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    The whole 'manager locked in a cage' stuff doesn't do much for me, it seems silly and it could be replaced by simply barring the manager from ringside. Anyway, the match was good and Roberts was working hard to put Slater over on his way out, so kudos. Very good armwork from Slater, who was desperately trying to stop the DDT and got Roberts to sell his arm exquisitely. This got very good towards the end, but the finish was a bit silly as Roberts came back to the ring and simply watched Slater dropping on him with a chain ***1/2
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    Good Flair formula match, as they followed a clear pattern and offered a good performance even on this B show. It was a competitive match, obviously highlighting Magnum's potential and Flair's legwork, even though TA forgot about selling it towards the end. Apart from that, the bout had no major issues and was fine for what it was, Flair blade as usual and sold big time for Mangum. Usual dirty finish, that has already been used by Flair a couple of times, but the execution was pretty good anyway ***
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    This was JIP, about 5 minutes are missing from the start of the match. This is also the best Killer Bees ever looked in WWF, as the Harts had a pretty cool control segment on both of them, putting over their selling skills. Brunzell shined a lot here, doing very crisp stuff with Bret in terms of heat, but also feeding the energetic comeback with one of the best dropkicks I have ever seen. This was getting better and better, until the time limit draw, which was quite stupid at 18 minutes (13 shown), they could have done this at the 20 minutes mark or so ***1/4
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    This was too short to be a classic, but it was a blast and a very enjoyable 7/8 minutes fight. Due to their feud, they wated no time and went straight to the point, as Slater quickly managed to get Roberts bleeding all over the place. Roberts gave him tons of offence, but unfortunately Slater never worked on the forehead cut like someone else would do. Roberts' comeback was the best part, he was throwing hard punches and Slater tried the boxing face defence in pain, for a great visual. Genius Watts finish, involving the boot and leading to the usual DDT ***1/4
  12. tcg91
    This was an amazing match and a breakout performance for Windham, who looked like a star and had his best match yet (or ever?). Typical Flair formula, that worked very well as Windham did wonders as the local babyface. Windham's shine was not perfect though, as some of it got a bit sloppy, but he worked well on Flair's leg and things got great once Flair started reversing it and cheating, working his way to the figure four. Amazing finishing stretch, as Flair didn't have it anymore and he had to use the ropes 3 times to save himself from a pinfall. The non-finish was pretty good as well, not the most impactful one but it reflected the stalemate between the two after a long 40+ minutes ****1/4
  13. tcg91
    They had another good match, showing lots of chemistry and without even going all out, as this will surely have more rematches down the line. Savage had a good control segment, while Santana was amazing in his role a pissed off babyface that had enough of the heel's antics. Very good commentary by Monsoon and Ventura, they both took a side while still putting the other wrestler over and that is talent. A very fun bout, with a good fu** finish when Savage managed to cheat using a foreign object without letting the referee spot it ***1/2
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    I liked this way more than the one Fujiwara had with Akira Maeda on the previous day, as the crowd was very into it and Inoki looked as motivated as ever, participating in crisp matwork and showing the 'UWF kid' that he had lots of experience on the mat. Not only the limb stuff makes sense and gets appropriate selling, but the strikes made sense too and Inoki got under Fujiwara's skin by laughing at his struggle in a very unexpected skit. Incredible clever finish, Inoki's accidental low blow gave him the match but it kept Fujiwara strong and it made the feud with UWF even more personal ****1/4
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    This has a very good reputation, but I didn't love it. I always struggled to get behind some UWF matches when they went from strikes to holds without a logic flow and this was another instance of that. The restart spot wasn't that great either, but things luckily picked up after that and so it was a blessing, as the first part was solid but not super exciting. The strikes enhanced the bout and Maeda struggled big time against his opponent, despite not being always very generous with his selling. The finish was very good, putting over how Maeda was resilient but also lucky to survive his opponent's hold ***1/4
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    A great rematch, shockingly. This had a great start and a great finish, but dragged a bit at the beginning and so it didn't live up to what they did the previous week. The challengers had excellent focus on Jumbo's neck, after a nasty piledriver on the floor, as they understood that hurting Tsuruta would enhance their chances to win as Choshu's ribs were still taped. Of course, this meant lots of Yatsu vs Tenryu and their strikes were so crazy that their own partners had to talk them down. This picked up again at the end, great finish as Tenryu couldn't overcome the odds all by himself ****
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    Their best match of the 80s so far, this got tons of time on TV despite a commercial break being placed in the middle part. This was a textbook example of the tag southern formula. Great bumping from the MNX in the shine segment, but of course they eventually took over and interestingly Gibson was the FIP, he did very well despite not being as great as Morton at it. Great hot tag and fun finishing stretch, even Cornette took a great bump and the dirty finish was a complete success ***1/2
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    This was short and sweet, a heated battle that had no downtime and a hot crowd. Slater quickly made Roberts bleed and Jake sold it really well, acting dizzy and also looking in pain rom his ribs. Roberts fought from underneath and there were a few fun teases of his comeback, as Slater kept shutting him down violently. Clean pinfall, which will later be reversed, but it was quite clever as a finish and the crowd simply exploded when Snake hit the DDT ***1/2
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    This was unbelievable and it had a big match feeling, as everything worked very well and they finally capitalised on months and months of tensions. What I loved about this match was how everyone played a specific role: Jumbo and Choshu, the captains, both fell prey of a strategic attack (specifically on their leg and ribs), while Tenryu and Yatsu grew even more aggressive after they both felt the 2v1 handicap on their skins. This has outright epic moments, like Choshu being retaped at ringside after a nasty bump on the guardrails, Jumbo bleeding and at least 2 tremendous nearfalls towards the end. Clean finish to boot, marking one of Tenryu's biggest career victories at that point ****3/4
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    I hate the stipulation, as it always creates stalling periods and stops the match's momentum, but this was a good bout anyway. Huge heat on the Fabs, their heel run was underrated for how mean they were and how they got booed after a long babyface career. The Guerreros always shined well, Hector was the star of the match because he took so much punishment and the Fabs just killed him with a chair over and over. The finish was quite silly too, this was a great angle advancement more than a great match ***1/4
  21. tcg91
    The first 10 minutes were clipped, unfortunately. They had a decent bout, I couldn't detect much chemistry between them, but they were good enough to go through the motions and come up with some nice legwork. I could tell it was a B show performance, as Flair didn't go extra, but him and Bock mastered the crowd with a solid showing and sold each other's stuff quite effectively. As predictable, they had a political non-finish to end this, which helps making it not a special one ***
  22. tcg91
    It is a very fair point. I don't really care for referees getting too involved, I guess that played a part too.
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    Not as good as the one they had in Houston a couple of days earlier, but it looked a lot like that one, as they were taking the feud to the whole territory of course. Murdoch still did fine work on DiBiase's neck, even though the momentum here was disrupted by a commercial break and a short studio clip, despite DiBiase's top class selling. Just like in Houston, this built to a crescendo and DiBiase won by finally using his black glove for a great punch ***1/4
  24. tcg91
    I liked this a bit more than the one Buzz had with Duggan, as it was straight to the point and featured more impactful stuff. Buzz was great at hitting Reed when he was on top, then trying desperately to get out of the confrontation when he didn't have the upper hand, resorting to all kind of tricks. While this wasn't a classic, it was a damn good one and it was a shame Reed didn't have more space here, as he would have made this better with a larger contribution ***1/2
  25. tcg91
    This was clipped (and not in a good way, as some stuff felt disjointed), so about a third of the action was missing; and it was a shame, as most of the match ruled. Dundee dominated Lawler from the start, working on his injured eye and punching him straight in it. Lawler was great at teasing his comeback, first with a few spare hopeful punches, before he actually managed to dish some real punishment in spite of Dundee cheating eagerly to stop Lawler's momentum from growing. Shocking finish that put Dundee over, I really wish this was complete ***3/4
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