Big Rob
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The 2003 Orton match is a pretty good 2 minute sprint, the 2007 one doesn't have much going for it aside from Sarge nearly spiking the RKO.
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Was there anything vaguely of note in the later 90s during his commissioner run? Not that I'd mark him down for not having anything but would be curious to see if there's anything worth a watch. There's a 2003 episode of Heat where he works Stevie Richards in a fun match where Sarge takes his ridiculous over the top of the post bump to the floor, which is pretty mad for a man in his mid 50s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmJHCxzYe6U
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Is the 27th Feb 85 match available online anywhere? I've seen it be heavily praised from everyone and I've found a few of their matches but none seem to be the most lauded.
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His All Japan tour with Barry Windham is pretty strong, makes me wonder how far he'd be up the list had he not been stuck in a middling WWF tag tam most of the time until 2004. Gonna watch some of his Europe stuff now since a bunch has been put on YouTube.
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I could see Kamala as my 100. Someone who absolutely got their gimmick and how to work to it, with a resume that boasts a surprising amount of good stuff. A likely 100 for me, can't see him not being on my list.
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Yeah would love to be a part of this as well (especially since the UK has gone into a two month lockdown!) - was a seperate site/board set up for it?
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Sarge selling the rolling senton is one of my favourite things, so big and yet so realistic at the same time. Thought the last third or so of the match was maybe not as hot as the middle but still a lot to love. Agreed that the ring announcer added a lot to the proceedings. Slaughter's tackle from the floor in to the ring of Wanz's legs was great too, something you never see but something you'd absolutely do if you were in a scrap with a big fat guy. Great stuff.
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I watched this today, mostly because I've been on a Kamala kick recently and also because Wargames is this weekend. I really hoped this was gonna be a hidden gem but it kind of stunk. Nothing happens of note at all, so its just a lot of slow brawling. A couple of high points were Randy Savage and Mengs entrances as they just hit everyone in front of them at 100 miles an hour, and they were two of the only real tempo changes in the match. Enjoyed the brief scuffle between the babyfaces too, and Stings early performance but this was just a bit boring.
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If he'd been on WOS, I'm sure he would be a contender here. Not enough footage, and whilst can be great is often just ok and relies on clapping whilst in chinlocks and that sort of thing.
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I've seen both of them perform FIP and the hot tag, it's not like one is Morton and one is Gibson in each match. I really couldn't split them apart in terms of talent, they're both really good.
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Will be on my list, so far I've dug pretty much all the indy stuff of his that I've watched, and his standard of work in WWE is very high. Has given several people their best match, and the minor miracle of a match on Main Event with Khali will definitely earn him points. I'm yet to dip back in to his NOAH run with Hero but I remember enjoying much of it at the time.
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Big fan of his, but he's not for this list.
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I've just watched the hairs match with him and Dandy that's on Youtube, and he's great in it. Dandy's obviously a fantastic worker as well and brings it to the match, but I've not seen much of Fiera before and really dug what he did. The cut-offs and hope spots they worked in were great, and the finish was really clever. I'll definitely check out more of his work as he's instantly piqued my interest with that one match.
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Steve Grey vs Johnny Kidd - October 2006 Certainly not a high-end Grey match, but definitely a good indicator of what he could in his later years. Still really athletic and showing good personality, and whilst there are some familiar spots and sequences it never seems like too much of an exhibition. This is actually quite short for the kind of match he would be having around this time, but still lots of fun and worth watching for Kidd as well, whose selling I always enjoy. I liked that it has Grey's frustrated elbow smash spot from the Cortez match from about 30 years previous. I'm sure Grey did it a ton in reality, but I'd literally just watched his bout with Cortez and the callback made me smile.
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Kidd suffers from coming in later than most of the top-end WOS guys, he's had a bunch of pretty great matches throughout the 00s, but most would have gone un-filmed.
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If I remember correctly, the Quintain match is the one where Grey works heel. I've a couple of WAW DVDs and he makes an appearance on them first against Steve Quintain (who I've never seen)
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Longevity gives Grey an edge over a lot of the WOS guys too, they guy was flat out awesome in to the 00's, having really good matches with a wide range of guys like Taiji Ishimori, Marty Scurll and his old rival Mal Sanders. I also saw him work heel once, it was spectacular.
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Puroresu vs Lucha Libre vs American Wrestling?
Big Rob replied to blackholesun's topic in Pro Wrestling
I came in here to say pretty much the same thing - WWE right now might be the best it's ever been for the sheer amount of very good to great matches put out on TV and PPV. Granted, the amount of TV they have these days makes that a somewhat unfair comparison to, say, 1980, but they've had multiple TV shows for years now but they've really hit another level since mid-late 2013.I still enjoy watching the bits of lucha and puro that gets recommended to me, and working in the British scene I see a lot of talent there, but for me WWE is the standard for wrestling in 2014. -
Kane's a pretty good pick for a first challenger to Bryan. They need a proper blow-off to the feud, they work well together and Kane's is perma-over. It'll likely just go for a month, and Bryan will come out with the win. I'd rather have seen a fresh(ish) match with Batista, but since he's programmed with the Shield, Kane is the next best fit. The problem is that WWE actually seem to be building a few guys up right now - great for long term but none of them should really be taking high-profile losses right away unless played out perfectly.
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[2014-04-08-WWE-Main Event] The Shield vs Wyatt Family
Big Rob replied to Loss's topic in April 2014
I thought this was pretty great, better than the Raw match they had a month or so back. Ambrose put on a pretty epic babyface in peril performance, I seriously thought it was the best Ricky Morton act anyone's pulled off in years, whilst still retaining his character's edgyness. As mentioned, it followed a more traditional structure than the first two matches as well, which is probably why I preferred it over the second match. Promo afterwards was pretty great too, with Reigns looking like a megastar and Ambrose's continued sell. -
I was there live for this and got the feeling that it was one of Heyman's best promos ever. Still thinking that now after watching it back, utterly sublime stuff.
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Six year title run and you give away all those matches in the first six weeks?
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From a kayfabe perspective it doesn't hold much weight either, considering he just got cleanly beaten by Cesaro. I'd say that he was pretty much outshone there.
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Yeah fair play, that's a pretty humble interview from KENTA. I'm surprised that they haven't picked up a Japanese guy lately, they always seemed to like having one on the books most of the time, and whilst they still have Tatsu he doesn't make TV, even NXT, any more.