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  1. tcg91
    Knowing what UWF would become, a Hamada vs Aguayo match on their show was a bizarre, but intriguing, concept. Unfortunately, the crowd wasn't very used or into this blood and guts lucha match, which was a shame as it wasn't bad at all. Absolute crazy at times- Aguayo was super aggressive on poor Hamada, cutting his forehead and working on it with a pair of scissors (!), but they rarely got the crowd to be fully invested in the bout. Unfortunately, the non-finish was quite anticlimactic as well despite their efforts ***1/2
  2. tcg91
    Like the previous ones between these two, the match was good but it didn't blew my mind. Savage had to adapt to the usual Lawler stalling start and he did it quite well, despite the matwork sequences not feeling like anything special; very nice transition to the brawling and the selling was also good, including all the segments that took place outside the ring. Great drama when a simple rib punch by Lawler manage to change the momentum of the bout. Hot finishing stretch, but the finish was horrible and not even well executed ***
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    JIP, the first 2/3 minutes were missing. As one would expect, the technical quality here was very good, but unfortunately Brisco worked the arm for quite a bit and then they gradually forgot about it. The Flair formula got a twist here, as Naitch was very careful because of how dangerous his opponent was on the mat, so he didn't get to Brisco's leg until later on, as Brisco kept countering pretty much everything. Quite animated finish for a '84 bout, but the flash finish well suited the match, in typical Flair fashion ***1/4
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    I liked this, they had good chemistry and 2's ability to be a good heel surprised me here, as he was really popular with the fans only a few weeks before the start of his feud with TA. Smart match, as 2 knew TA's skills and worked on his arm for a long time, trying to keep his former partner grounded as his only way to compete with TA's fire and strength. 2 controlled this well and TA showed good selling, then driving the crowd crazy when his comeback started. Funny and quite smart non-finish, as 2 tried to hide a weapon in his mask, but then dropped it. This was a classic veteran vs freak of nature youngster ***1/2
  5. tcg91
    This was a good angle overall, but not much of a match apart from the first few minutes. Andre dominating the heels was fun and their heat segment on the giant was good, he bladed deeply and the selling was actually very interesting as everyone got to look good. The bout stalled a lot with the stretcher job and everything, but continuing this as a handicap match was quite a surprise and it went well for another bit. At that point Andre's return was pretty much obvious, but the crowd loved it, too bad that the non-finish was quite rushed as things seemed very promising ***
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    Good match overall, but a bit disappointing, considering their skills. Santana was great at selling, his whines and face expressions really put over Valentine's blows on his ribs area and then on his knee. You could tell that they had chemistry, but that this was hold back a bit, as Valentine never went too deep with his legwork and never even attempted the figure four once, which also surprised Gorilla Monsoon. Very dull finish, as the bell rang for the 20 minutes time limit at like 15 minutes, shocking the announcers and making Santana look quite bad, as he never started a comeback **3/4
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    Slightly clipped, as there were some cuts here and there at the beginning of the match. This was a good one anyway, the best parts were easily the ones where the heels beat down the babyfaces in a relentless way and, also, despite the usual silly tag rule. Blackwell stole the show, using the structure very well and then selling Crusher's limited comeback. The blood got heat and the crowd also helped with their support, the finish was nice to see despite Gagne not executing it too well ***1/4
  8. tcg91
    This was more "fun" than "good" in a traditional way, as it was fun indeed to see Baba working on Hansen's arm and the crowd reacted to everything, in hope that this would stop the gaijin's lethal lariat. However, Baba's offense looked very bad at times and Hansen had to do all he could to sell it decently. At least they kept this short and Hansen made the match with his flawed reaction, as he only had one good arm and this helped Baba in his brawl with the champion. The non-finish made sense too, as they will wrestle again down the road **3/4
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    Slightly clipped. Unfortunately, the copy I saw had Matt Striker and Steamboat on commentary and they talked over the vibrant crowd, mostly speaking about everything except the match itself. The first part of the match was great, Steamboat worked on Flair's head persistently and controlled him, but Flair looked great as one of those football teams that is off the ball, but never really seems in danger. Flair takes over at like 40+ minutes in, but this is where the match failed to get to the next stage, as the Naitch's offense wasn't that great or particularly focused, he tried many things without consistency. Nice set of nearfalls over the last minute and huge drama, as Steamboat technically won the title, but it didn't count at 60:01. Excellent two thirds and good finish, but the last 15 minutes were dull ***1/2
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    Love the fact that "No DQ" was specified in the stipulation, like a cage match itself would still involve disqualification. This was a good match, despite easily not being everyone's cup of tea, due to the constant brawling sequences, some restholds (in a a cage match) and slower pace all around. Good drama once they started bleeding and the exhaustion selling brought to a different type of brawls, Valentine was a fiery babyface and Slater's headbutts proved he gave no ****s. The finish wasn't great either, despite being a pleasant surprise, I wished they used the cage a bit more ***
  11. tcg91
    JIP, as the first round was missing. I wasn't really thrilled to see some of the comedy spots, but these two were stupidly athletic and crisp here. Between Grey's technique and Myers' karate influence, this was a very enjoyable bout and the 5 minute rounds also helped quite a lot. I liked Myers legwork at the beginning, Grey shined with his counters and his cardio somewhat made up for Myers' unorthodox style. Really fun series of nearfalls towards the end, it was so good that the non-finish was satisfactory as well. Can't rate this higher as it wasn't complete and they only teased limb working throughout the whole out ***3/4
  12. tcg91
    This was another good match, extremely focused on matwork and ground action. The cleanest Joint Promotions stuff that didn't include Johnny Saint. Cullen didn't show much charisma or presence, far from it, but his legwork on Haward was outstanding, despite some selling flaws when Haward was trying to reverse the leg focus on his opponent. Too bad that his limbwork never led to a submission or got even close to getting one. The flashy pinfalls were quite good, but the non-finish was very lame, especially with 2024 eyes and with the TV cut in the middle ***1/4
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    This match started in a quite weird way, as the first two falls didn't mean much, but the last caida was actually very good. Salazar bled buckets and sold all around the ring, reminding me of Jerry Lawler for how his white trunks had huge red stains on it. Herodes looked okay, but he didn't seem that impressive to me, despite being very agile for his size. We got a few good nearfalls towards the end, while the finish was terrible but somewhat unique, I can't believe that a Hair vs Hair match was settled this way **3/4
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    Like their previous matches, this was good but I dug the crowd interaction/support more than the work itself, which was still not bad anyway. MNX were constantly improving as a team, I just felt the match never really delivered when they stalled or when MW2 was in, apart from his chair antics when he got tired of them. Once again, cutting TA and working on him was easily the best part and it led to a climatic crescendo. Another good piece of business, I am appreciating the feud itself even though the matches are "only" good and not great ***1/2
  15. tcg91
    This was a great match. Long and competent limb work by Bock, who massacred Tsuruta's arm repeatedly, taking all the time he needed to carry the bout in a very suggestive way. Jumbo's sold well up to the last 5 minutes, when he suddenly forgot about it, and his painful face expressions when he tried a power move were amazing. I loved how Bock feared the comeback and tried to cheat in any way he could, even though it got too overbooked. We were all waiting for a non-finish, but then the cleanest pinfall happened, which was great but a bit out of nowhere. Pretty fantastic stuff, but the overbooking and lack of selling towards the end were a pity ***3/4
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    This was pretty much on the same level of the previous bout between these two teams. The story sees the champions being angry and eager to punish the challengers this time, it got MW2 quite motivated as he was featured in a decent shine segment that went a bit too long, despite MNX being fun even when stalling. MNX was at their best when they got heat on TA and the non-finish got tons of heat from the crowd, getting the leather belts involved so the ending could easily lead to a gimmick rematch down the road ***1/4
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    This wasn't as good as the match they had the previous week, but it was still a very good one. I liked the storytelling progression, as Rocca was still angry about being screwed out of the title, so he was more aggressive and driven against poor Cota, who tried in vain to wrestle a more friendly bout. The first caida had great matwork, but then things weren't as exciting, as they failed to keep the very high bar they set. Cota gets another tainted victory in a fun finish, but the last fall felt rushed and poor, especially if compared to the meticulous way this match started ***1/2
  18. tcg91
    A typical Flair title defence, so a good one, even though it wasn't a memorable match in any way. This felt like they didn't have enough time to do all they wanted to, because the limb work was fine and even the crowd interaction was there, but the match clearly lacked something in the middle part of the contest. Adams never really looked like a threat, apart from the finishing stretch when he hit the superkick and then Flair started to work on his leg very late, trying to stay away from the lethal kick. Fine Flair-like finish, but even the ending lacked that something to make this special ***
  19. tcg91
    Heated match between these two, for the vacant title. This was quite short at 10ish minutes bout, but they still managed to come up with a pretty uneventful first part. Precious and Sunshine standing on the ring apron, in a cage match, just so they could do their silly catfight aged very bad, but the crowd was into it so who am I to criticise it. It got better once Adams started bleeding, plus the counter finish into a superkick was a incredibly smooth and satisfying way to end the match. This ended on a high note, despite a dull first part, the cage wasn't even used that much **3/4
  20. tcg91
    Insane crowd heat for this match, thanks to a hit and run beginning, as the Midnight tried to surprised the champions but ended up stalling to save their butts multiple times. The MNX had a long heat segment on MW2 that I didn't love, it was good but I wish they targeted the more mobile TA instead. Again, great reaction to the hot tag and the MNX sold TA's stuff really well. The babyfaces getting disqualified is an unconventional finish, but it made sense as TA was tired of the heels' antics. Pretty lovely piece of business here, good match and great angle ***1/2
  21. tcg91
    Another great bout from EMLL. This was a technical masterpiece from the very start, a smooth beginning with outstanding ring presence and high quality matwork. Then, of course, Cota got meaner when he was 1-0 down, as his armwork became less "pretty" and more effective on poor Rocca. Really good shoulder selling from the champion, even his comeback in the last caida was mostly made of kicks as he tried not to use his bad arm and expose them to more holds. Good piece of frustration for Cota, who dominated but couldn't find a way to win until the tainted pin, who was executed very well from the referee's visual ****1/4
  22. tcg91
    This was a great match. The climax was gradual, as Atlantis had a good start in a very "classic" first fall and then he got slowly destroyed by Satanico, who used the most subtle low blow ever as a cheeky turning point. Top notch selling from Atlantis and good visual on his bloody masked face once the rudo took over, trying to rip the mask of the tecnico countless times. While Atlantis sold for most of the match, his desperation comeback in the last caida was also fun and Satanico sold the back from the very first fall. This was so easy to follow despite the bad TV signal for the bout, even the finish was simple and effective ****
  23. tcg91
    This was a very interesting match, as they clicked just great thanks to their respective styles and skills. Santana showed a lot of fire, but his offense was limited and he mostly sold when Reed dominated the middle part of the match thanks to a good neck work, that got triggered by a vicious looking belly to belly. I can't overrate the control segment, it was a success but it never moved the match to the next level of greatness for some reason. Great finishing run, when Santana finally came back after some nice teasing here and there. The finish was also well done and fitting for a babyface that fights from underneath ***1/2
  24. tcg91
    This was a nice crescendo, but the first part of the bout dragged a bit with some basic, albeit solid, armwork from David after the usual Flair antics that only helped the crowd support the von Erich boy even more. I liked how David fought Flair in a different way compared to his brothers, with a mix of Kerry's fire and Kevin's mat focus. And the referee involvement was fun this time, as David Manning refused to disqualify Flair a bunch of times, seeing it as an easy way out for the Naitch. Flair went to the extreme when the claw was used and Manning had no choice but to finally disqualify him. Passable beginning, great central part and poor but logic finish ***1/2
  25. tcg91
    This was fun. As usual, I don't get why, in cage tag matches, two wrestlers need to be on the apron... but oh well. The stipulation and the good crowd hid all of their limitations, MW2 looked very inspired and this helped TA's pace and comeback. I liked the use of the structure, as it was effective but they didn't do too much. Quite good double babyface in perils segments, even though Reed did well and Neidhart looked a bit lost at times. Classic double mask spot by MW2, very clever and well executed finish by TA. This never overstayed its welcome ***1/4
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