Tim Cooke

You haven't seen Rey/Eddy Loss? I didn't see it until 2001 and it blew me away. Still does today. Top 3 WCW Match of the 90's for me. Tim

Smackdown main event was pretty good for a TV match. Orlando Jordan sucked ass, to the point that Eddy decided he would really just stop doing anything but almost everything with Eddy/JBL and JBL/Rey was really good. JBL should have petitioned for Eddy as his WM opponent since Eddy makes him look like a million bucks. And Rey's selling in this match is just another example of how he is the Kawada of the WWE in 2004-2005. Tim

I want to add a lot more later but am rushed for time. I watched Wargames 92 last night in preparation for Wargames 94 which I hope to see later this week. I agree about the Wargames 92 > Flair/Steamboat but then again, most of the Flair stuff just doesn't hold up very well. You can compare any wrestling match. The only criteria is that the match is worked. If it is a shoot, then you can't. To come up with a Top 5 Matches of 2004, I had to take into consideration the following matches: Kawada/Hashimoto (2/22) Danielson/Homicide (4/24) JBL/Eddy (5/16) Tamura/Ito (8/18) Danielson/Joe (10/2) Punk/Joe (10/16) The first is a Japanese heavyweight match. The second is a heel vs. face US match. The third in a WWE main event style match. The fourth is a shoot style match. The fifth is a US heavyweight match. Same with the sixth. Regardless of styles, they can all be compared. It is easier to compare two matches with a similiar style or gimmick but that doesn't mean you can't compare two complete opposites. 1988 is an example of two matches at different ends of the spectrum. Takada/Yamazaki from 8/13 and Jumbo/Tenyru from 10/22. Both MOTYC. But which is better? Only way to find out it to compare and since they both instill the basic fundamentals of pro wrestling, it can be done even though one is based in a shoot style and one is based in a traditional Japanese heavyweight style. Oh and I agree that Wargames 92 BLOWS AWAY every HIAC. Tim

Loss, just get a comp with every match Rudo wrote about in his Nog/Fedor III review as it will give you a perfect introduction to MMA. And then the Sakuraba comp that you should get next will be great. Tim