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LA Park, La Parka, & EL Hijo del LA Park vs Rush, Pierroth, & Toscano (Lucha Elite, 4/27/2016) The first fall was a wild brawl which was so much fun. LA Park hit an insane tope to take out rush leading to the first finish. The first fall was just a joy. The second fall had the Parks working as Los Brazos. Holy shit it was great funny, but still a wrestling match stuff. Fun but short second fall. The second fall starts with Rush taking a mini or a child out of the crowd and tossing him into ringside. Toscano throws him around for good measure. What the heck was that??? We get more wild ringside brawling until it settles down for a hot crowd. Rush and LA Park work really well together and I want to see more from those two. Just one singles match would rule the world. El Hijo del LA Park is coming along as a flying youngster. I LOVED the finish and it set up future matches. Fuck I loved this whole thing! If I go **** am I nuts? I also watched the CMLL Arena Mexico show from the weekend. Nothing stands out as great matches, but everything was a lot of fun. I can watch Hechicero & Blue Panther wrestle forever and I WANT to see as much of The Reaper as possible!

I love Progress. For a variety of reasons. 1) The booking and storylines. Nothing is too complicated or silly. The wins and loses matter. They build up big matches over time. Love it. 2) The crowd. They are like ECW with their passion, but they are British so it's like watching a soccer game sometimes. It's not at an annoying level like most other companies though. It's passion for the wrestlers and product. 3) Cheap streaming service with all their stuff I can watch on the roku. Talk about Progress, Rev Pro, WXW or whatever here.

I don't know how anyone can say you were a wrestling fan before being a feminist. As a kid you thought women should be treated less then men, then you watched wrestling, then at some point you thought all genders should be treated equal? That's just bullshit.

My wife has no issues with NXT and loves Bayley. It's easy if you present women the way NXT does.

Complete bullshit, becase 99% of people on this forum are feminists.

I don't think I buy that. This is a simulated fight. I don't think anybody is pushing for intergender fights in UFC.

I would say Highspots as most of the others are almost all exclusively tied to one promotion. I decided to subscribe to Progress, watched a load of there previews video and decided to take the plunge on them. Anyone know the best place to start? I started just at the beginning of 2016, it's not a bad place with the surge of Scurll building to his title match. When I signed up Pete said to start with the tournament from the previous summer, but I didn't have the time. That might be a good place.

I can't imagine that era Savage vs Undertaker being any great shakes.

Only redeeming thing of that horrible sad pathetic shitty finish.

Weird question, but what do you folks watch week to week? Just the matches that peak your interest? Certain shows? Certain wrestlers? Hyped stuff? I never know what to do with a giant playlist of everything that aired from all companies.

I thought it was a hell of a good time and a good match to throw on an undercard of a show like that.

It's true, at least for me. I see his name and get excited, see his partners and skip the match.

Great post Ship Canal. Really wrestling doesn't need racism, homophobia, misogyny, etc.

Forgot to mention I argued against WWE being separated when it happened. Still feel it's wrong.

Yes to all of this! Started a current lucha thread talk already today. Will start a UK/Europe one once I finish the current Progress show I am on. New wrestling is awesome, plus it has the added benefit of speculation which is lost on watching old wrestling. I hope more people start with current stuff now that GWE is over.

I'm pretty sure Finn debuts tonight and him and Gallows/Anderson cost AJ the match.

Yes WWE is stale, but to complain about it on this show where it is the least stale show they have had lined up in a year is odd.

Funny post for this ppv line up, where it's focussed on new people and almost no retread.

Did you see the Rush vs Maximo Sexy apuestas match? I didn't think it was blow away great or anything, but definitely a really solid match with good heat.

The problem wasn't that people ignored certain styles or areas of wrestling, it was that nobody ignored US wrestling at all.

GWE is over, we can now focus on current wrestling. Cubsfan puts up everything weekly on youtube, so there is no excuse to not watch a little. Here we are, current lucha talk. What did you watch? What are you looking forward to? News, rumours, etc...

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1 - "Nature Boy" Ric Flair 2006 Ranking: 8 Points: 15261 #1 Votes: 30 #2 Votes: 23 #3 Votes: 17 Top 10 Votes: 46 # of Ballots: 148 Average Vote: 7.95 High Vote: 1 (TheU_2001, Loss, Derek C, Moonsault Marvin, Tim Evans, Jerryvonkramer, BackToBionic, ???, ???, Paul Cooke, Woof, supremebve, anchor, mprice, Justin Webb, Cross Face Chicken Wing, Timothy Buechner, Steven White, Paul Völsch, Danish Dynamite, Shoe, Conker8, Fishbaugh, Ricky Whittenburg, Brad, Floyd, JazeUSA, MikeF , Badlittlekitten, & peachchaos) Low Vote: 67 Discussion Thread "He dropped own in the last week. I respect everything he has done in wrestling, but the simple fact of the matter is, most of his matches leave me underwhelmed. No matter how much people try to explain the brilliant psychology behind them, I do not get as excited as I should. Also, I find his shtick and his performances really grating. Only so many times I can hear "fat boy" being yelled before I start shouting at my screen." MoS "Great stamina. Participated in many legendary matches. One of the most entertaining performers in the United States during the 1980s and early 1990s." stunning_grover "Only Funk's adaptability and outrageous status in Japan kept 'Naitch out the top spot. The best in and out of the ring whose love for the business is evident in nearly every performance. He's given his all and then some." Jon Burr "It's really hard for me to rate him number two as it is neck-and-neck with Jumbo and Funk. The greatest defending champion I can think of. I recently watched his 1989 matches with Steamboat and they seem to have gotten better with time." Dave Musgrave "He epitomizes the standard to which the 'world champion' should be judged; and in the world of wrestling, no one is better than the champion of the world." Steven White "Every wrestler has his flaws and Flair is no exception, however the question is if his flaws are enough weighed against other workers. In my opinion, the answer is no. A great wrestling character that is probably the greatest wrestler alive when it comes to killing time in an entertaining fashion. 20 minutes fly by like 5 and it expands along with the length of the match." Goodear "Five-part podcast mini-series outlining the case: http://placetobenation.com/fair-for-flair-a-mini-series/" jerryvonkramer Recommended Matches: Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (2/3 Falls, NWA Clash of the Champions, 4/2/1989) Terry Funk vs Ric Flair (NWA Great American Bash, 7/23/1989) Royal Rumble (WWF Royal Rumble, 1/19/1992)

2 - Terry Funk 2006 Ranking: 11 Points: 14452 #1 Votes: 25 #2 Votes: 15 #3 Votes: 10 Top 10 Votes: 49 # of Ballots: 148 Average Vote: 11.36 High Vote: 1 (Joe G, ???, TravJ1979, Elliott, Laney, Grimmas, The Russian Daydream, PeteF3, Josh Ritter, Trent Williams, Kris Zellner, topropepodcast, ShipCanal, Jimbo Tsuruta, simen oem, John Steffy, Dr Ackermann, Jon Burr, Parties, victory, benjaminkicks, JAEDMC, The Man in Blak, El Boricua, & Dylan Waco) Low Vote: 77 Discussion Thread "There's literally no facet of that jewel we call wrestling that hasn't shown Terry Funk's reflection. One may not find each said facet to his taste, of course, but his work, character, and influence is nigh incalculable across the globe." Jon Burr "He was great in so many different roles. The best combination of versatile and great you could see. Based on his book and comments by Dave Meltzer he seems to have the best mind for wrestling out of any major star." Dave Musgrave "I've said this before but without the Flair v. Funk feud from 89 I would never have become a hardcore/life long fan. It was that feud that took me from the level of being a fan, to being obsessed. It was that feud that pushed me into a collectors mentality, and even started me down the early road to tape trading. It was that feud that revealed to me the best about pro wrestling's dramatic storytelling elements and arguably it's worst as well (I got into more than one fight at school over that feud). One thing I've never really talked about in regards to the feud is that it provided a wonderful distraction, and a great escape for me as a child during a period of great devastation. While the feud kickstarted at the GAB 89 in July, it reached a fever pitch to me at Clash VIII in mid-Sept. in Columbia, SC when Funk came out of the crowd and tied a bag over Flair's head. I witnessed this live and remember the fallout from it, but what probably isn't remembered for those outside of the area is that less than two weeks later the South Carolina lowcountry was devastated by Hurricane Hugo. We were without water or power for two months. With no school, I spent most of my days walking around my neighborhood which had been completely destroyed (our house was actually the only house on the block that did not have a tree go straight through it) and fantasy booking the Flair v. Funk feud. My dad would hook the t.v. up to the car battery and we would watch two blocks of television a week - wrestling on Saturday morning and TGIF (hey, I was eight!). But there was no TBS, and that killed me. I remember watching a scrambled version of Halloween Havoc at a friends house who lived 4 blocks away, but we didn't have any power until early Nov., and no cable until 11/14/89. I remember this date well because the very next day I got to watch the Funk v. Flair I Quit Match live. It was the first wrestling show I'd watched inside my home in close to two months. I have always been partial to their match from GAB, but in many respects the New York Knockout match is the most important match to me as a fan because it was the anticipation of it, the build that I was largely creating in my own mind for it, and the circumstances surrounding it, that made me a fan forever. People know that Terry Funk is my favorite wrestler ever. There are many reasons for that, some familial (he was and is my dad's favorite as well and I was reared on him), and some more personal (he's maybe the only wrestler I can think of who has never disappointed me in a wrestling performance). But Flair is also one of my five favorite wrestlers ever. As a Carolina kid he was pro wrestling in many respects to me, and I probably saw him live as much as anyone who rated in this poll. While Terry Funk was my families wrestler, Ric Flair was my regions wrestler. In 1989 both my family and my region suffered great loss, and it was Funk and Flair's feud that helped me through it as much as anything else." Dylan Waco Recommended Matches: Terry Funk vs Jerry Lawler (No DQ, Memphis, 3/23/1981) Terry Funk vs Stan Hansen (AJPW, 8/23/1985) Terry Funk vs Ric Flair (NWA Great American Bash, 7/23/1989)

Me too. Like Adam Bomb and Wrath a lot. He had a cool aura and squashed people.