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Thanks for the comments. Tamada was not in their much, it was heavily clipped. Her teamwork was great, but if she's not great that will show out over time. Really hard to judge. Let's go back to the 1990s!!! Mariko Yoshida & Sakie Hasegawa vs. Etsuko Mita & Takako Inoue (AJW Fuji TV Tag Tournament 07/30/92) After months of feuding on the undercard, Yoshida & Hasegawa say fuck it and team up for this tournament. It's a fun match, and Mita has changed her look and seems to step up her game. Inoue is someone we haven't watched much, but I was damn happy with her. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Hasegawa's kicks. Akira Hokuto vs. Bull Nakano (AJW 07/30/92, Cage Match) The two coolest wrestlers in history are in a feud here and let's settle it in a cage! The last match had Bull destroy Hokuto's ribs. There is a lot of blood, both biting each other, vicious throws into the cage, and each have their moments until Bull hits some power bombs to re-ignite the ribs injury. However, Bull has been worn down after 2.5 years as champion and she misses a top rope legdrop off the top of the cage! Hokuto gains control and hits two North Lights Bombs and then climbs out, only to stop and hit an INSANE MISSILE DROPKICK FROM THE TOP OF THE CAGE! Hokuto climbs out and wins. [Rating 9.25] Great post match with Hokuto almost dead but is a conquering hero and the first person to beat Bull in a singles match in 5 years! Mariko Yoshida & Sakie Hasegawa vs. Manami Toyota & Mima Shimoda (AJW Fuji TV Tag Tournament 08/09/92) We haven't seen too much of Shimoda, but she was damn impressive. I love that Toyota is not even teaming with her tag team champion partner, because she is jealous people think Yamada is better! Another fun tag which sees Yoshida and Hasegawa move to the semi finals!! Toyota is not happy,. Aja Kong vs. Takako Inoue (AJW 08/09/92) Inoue immediately attacks Kong during her entrance and hits a tope! KONG IS PISSED and destroys everything at ringside!! Inoue runs away for a bit, and then grabs Kong's garbage cans and tries to use them on her. Kong KILLS HER! Including a piledriver through a table and an easy victory. Inoue looked damn impressive taking it to Kong. [Rating 7.0] Akira Hokuto & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Kyoko Inoue & Terri Power (AJW Fuji TV Tag Tournament 08/09/92) Fun stuff. When Yamada goes for a pin, Hokuto grabs her canes and kills Terri Power blocking her from breaking up the tag. Yamada was not fucking happy with Hokuto being so mean. Power had some good power stuff and hit a nice rana, everyone else rules. Akira Hokuto & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Mariko Yoshida & Sakie Hasegawa (AJW Fuji TV Tag Tournament 08/13/92) BEST MATCH EVER!!! After a few moments of Yamada in the ring, Hokuto gets in and KILLS Hasegawa with the canes. Injuring her ribs so hard the referee stops the match. Yamada is not happy again. Hokuto casually strolls away like it was nothing. Yoshida loses her mind and challenges Yamada/Hokuto to return and do this 2 on 1! Yamada comes back looking distraught. Hokuto casually comes back, hits a MASSIVE NORTHERN LIGHTS BOMB and pins Yoshida with her knee on her throat, before leaving Yamada mad as fuck. WATCH THIS! [Rating 7.25] Aja Kong, Kaoru Ito & Miori Kamiya vs. Bull Nakano, Bat Yoshinaga & Tomoko Watanabe (AJW 08/13/92) This sets up the finals of the tournament as Yamada/Hokuto will face Kong/Bull! So hyped for that, but before that we get another special Kong/Bull moment. Every time, even trios matches, it feels special! Kaoru Ito does a fun spot as she does about 100 double stomps while running the ropes. What really stood out here is this amazing finish, as Bull ducks a spinning back fist that knocks out Karou, Bull immediately pins as Bat/Watanabe hold Kong off. Post match Bull says you better not try to do that shit to me in the tournament finals! Kong says some mean things back. This tournament finals is going to be a fucking war!

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ARSION Starlet 2000 (2000-03-15) This is the first part of a commercial tape where the whole thing is 2 hours, expect a lot of clipping. Hyper Visual Fighting is a great nickname for a promotion and this tape starts with a Star Wars scrawl! Bonus points already for a promotion that I have heard so much about, but never watched. 1) Ai Fujita vs. Rena Takase I forgot ARSION was like Battlarts, not my favourite thing. I enjoy it, but I never feel anything is high end. Maybe if it involves Aja Kong that might change some things for me. Anyways, both were solid and it was actually less shooty than I thought with handspring elbows and shit. Just a solid opener. After the match the loser whines backstage about being a loser. 2) AKINO vs. Bionic J Bionic J takes a great bump to the floor running into the corner. AKINO is super fun, doing run up the corner splash spots followed by armbars! This was pretty clipped for a 7 minute match. I liked AKINO, and Bionic J seemed ok. 3) Candy Okutso vs. GAMI Heel shenanigans by GAMI early, as she has the turnbuckles removed and Candy eats the metal buckles. More clipping during the crowd brawling, it's hard to really comprehend the match. It's basically highlights (fun highlights though). GAMI kicks out of three moonsaults and I've lost interest. Two power bombs and Candy kicks out at one. So yeah, there is that. Moving on. 4) Etsuko Mita/Mima Shimoda/Yumi Fukawa vs. Ayako Hamada/Fabi Apache/Linda Starr My AJW friends are back! They are a fun heel stable. It's very clipped, but really focuses on Hamada who is pretty damn good here. We get a little Apache, and the tecnicos do a dive train, quite good ones too. Heels win with a good finishing sequence, but we got way less than half of this. 5) Chaparrita ASARI vs. Mari Apache ASARI is a great flyer. Apache is a great base. From what we've seen of this match it was so much fun! They have great chemistry, I wish this wasn't clipped. 6) Aja Kong/Mariko Yoshida vs. Rie Tamada/Hiromi Yagi Yoshida is all grown up, and so strange to contrast her here to 1992. I rather liked Yagi/Tamada here, they make a good heel unit and I want to see more of them, but hot damn does the mood of the match change when Kong enters! Heels cheat with their second, a bunch of miscommunication spots and eat a spinning back first for their trouble. Not enough shown to really rate or anything. The next ARSION show I have never is also clipped, but I'm really looking forward to some full matches! Who I am most hyped to watch in the future? AKINO, Ayako Hamada, Fabi Apache, Mari Apachi, Rie Tamada, Hiromi Yagi, and the new Mariko Yoshida.

Over the last year, I've gone through the main stuff of the 1980s and started the 1990s pretty thoroughly (I'm up to the fall of 1992). I'm sharing my thoughts on chats and such, but never really here. I have three areas I'm covering now (and leading till 2026). The 90s, as stated above, going through really thoroughly. I'm also filling in the 1980s gaps. Finally, I'm going to watch a HUGE amount of the 2000s, because that is by far my weakest spot. I'm not going to give massive reviews, but I will give my thoughts. Starting off: Jd' Star Maxium Risk (2000-03-07) I have never seen Jaguar's promotion before, so I am excited for this! 1) Obatchi Iizuka vs. Nitohei Intergender comedy match, I skipped it. 2) Sachie Abe & Hiroyo Muto vs. Fang Suzuki & Saya Endo This starts as your wild 80s joshi tag that you love. Fang is obviously not Dump, but she has face paint and is in that vein. We are clipped up here, but even in the ring the heels (Endo & Suzuki) continue with weapons. This turns into FIP, heels cheat and double team, false tags, you know good wrestling! Wait, no hot tag and the FIP submits to the Torture Rack by Fang! That's so interesting! Fang calls someone out, they come out and it's a pull apart. I didn't mention the 15 minutes of recaps of previous angles to start the show, Jd' Star is an angle driven promotion? 3) Yuko Kosugi vs. The Bloody The Bloody is a nominee that I've seen one match of, so this is cool. They get into each others faces before the music even stops! It's intense from the opening bell, but not wild. Of course, after trying to beat the other down we spill to the floor and it gets WILD! Thrown into chairs, mats pulled up to hit to hit tombstones directly onto the floor by Bloody and her second covers Kosugi with chairs, as she hits a double stomp onto her and then a dive from the top! The Bloody is fucking Sabu! Yuko constantly tries to grab her and go for subs, which is a great contrast between the two! She makes her tab with one so submission. This was really fun! [7.00] Bloody is a wild woman after the match and wants to kill everyone! Kosugi calls out Lioness. This show with like 3 matches in have set up so many future matches already. 4) Lioness Asuka & Crusher Maedomari & Morimatsu & KAZUKI vs. Yuko Kosugi & Megumi Yabushita & Ranmaru & Himemaru (2/3 Falls) Well, looks like that future match is happening right now! We are getting the two teams each having meetings to discuss strategy! Of course, right back to a Lioness promo filmed earlier, and now entrances, so no idea what is happening with this editing or this show! Road Warriors and Ninjas, this is some collection of people here! Everyone pairs off and spread out all over the arena for wild brawling to start, before we settle down into a more traditional tag structure with the rare weapon shot. Lots of fun action from both teams, people tag in and out and we get a fall at 8 minutes, and the match continues? Nobody is leaving, so I'm guessing this 2/3 Falls? Lioness does not suck her, but she's not Crush Gals awesome either. She needs three death moves to pin Megumi for the second fall, Megumi I like. Her selling is good, I like her submission, and had some nice strikes. By the way, I'm totally rooting for the ninjas here! Great dives and flying, and some awesome kicks plus NINJAS! Third fall starts to look like M-Pro! Megumi goes for a springboard move, but gets kicked and EATS A FACEPLANT! After some counters, she runs up the turnbuckle for a SUPER ARMDRAG! Followed by a Fujiwara! Megumi!! I do love that after the ninjas get real control with some awesome flying, the Lioness and road warriors go straight for weapons to get back in control. Crusher does do some really good power stuff with choke slams and power bombs and that gets them the third fall for the win! This was a blast to watch and the slow parts never lasted long! More angles post match to end the show, including the road warriors putting on the tiniest tag titles I have ever seen in my life! Who I am most hyped to watch in the future? The Bloody, Yuko Kosugi, Megumi Yabushita, & Ranmaru.

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Earthquake was #100 in 2016, you have to be better than Earthquake to get into my list. I like him as a guardpost! Going over my list this morning, I may have a different 100 this time, but I do like the concept of Tenta there. Hey may go up, don't worry no way he doesn't make it.

I shared you this in private, but right now I'm thinking it may turn out like this: 1 Hokuto 2 Nakano 3 Funk 4 Casas 5 Jaguar 6 Bret 7 Satomura 8 Hansen 9 Kong 10 Mysterio Not my current top 10, but what I am predicting based on what I am watching.

the second Kairi Hojo match too! All time classic.

Quebrada.net has this: GAEA Battle Station 8/1/97 Storm Signal #3 taped 6/29/97 Nagaoka Welfare Hall & Dead Heat #2 taped 7/6/97 Club Citta Kawasaki -1hr 25min. Q=Ex KAORU vs. Toshie Uematsu 16:45 Sonoko Kato vs. Makie Numao 14:19 Sonoko Kato vs. Rina Ishii 10:41 Chikayo Nagashima & Sugar Sato vs. Hiromi Kato & Sakura Hirota 16:39 Chigusa Nagayo vs. Maiko Matsumoto 9:51 Akira Hokuto vs. Meiko Satomura 20:19 Chigusa Nagayo vs. Makie Numao 19:59 Akira Hokuto & Maiko Matsumoto vs. Hiromi Kato & Sakura Hirota 12:11 KAORU vs. Rina Ishii 15:39 Chikayo Nagashima & Sugar Sato vs. Meiko Satomura & Sonoko Kato 16:08 Not sure if it's the full version or not.

I just watched this: where Sekimoto and Kana have a Ikeda-Ishikawa match and it's right up there on that level. Sekimoto is so unreal in every match I watch of hers.

The 1/4/91 Bull match? I have that at 9.75 stars, big fan! The early Toyota tags and singles series of matches are well worth watching as it shows her at character best in ring.

I think people have is that they see 93-94 and she is the greatest wrestler ever, then they go back to 89-92 or post 94, and she's more like a top 10 wrestler of all time and are all disappointed. From the moment she debuts she is really damn good and just keeps getting better and better. By 1991 I thought she was the best wrestler in the world, and that's long before the peak people talk about. She's special. If anything is accomplished in the GWE26, I sure hope it's killing the narrative that Hokuto was great in 93 and that's all they talk about with her.

Mascarita Doraga (El Torito) is the greatest imo.

This was the match that made me think Gulak was the future of wrestling. vs Biff Busick (CZW to Infinity, 2014-04-27)

Better series not better individual matches, although I think those two (matches you listed) are over rated. I think a more accurate statement is, Boss Man was a better opponent and worked better with Vader. They clicked better.

Orange Cassidy Started his career as the hot tag in a high flying ant team and was amazing in that role. Later turned into the best comedy wrestler ever, and has transitioned that into some insanely great matches (David Starr, Pac, etc..) .The commitment to character and the different ranges between them is pretty damn impressive. Recs: Fire Ant vs Vin Girard (2008-06-15 Chikara) Orange Cassidy vs David Starr (2018-11-25 Beyond) Orange Cassidy vs PAC (2020-02-29 AEW)

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Since I don't watch Omega, I can't comment. On a positive note, Omega is likeable IRL, while Shawn isn't.

I'm not voting for Shawn, just like in 2016. Shawn Michaels throwing temper tantrums in the ring when things don't go his way hurts him for me. Shawn being the most unlikeable (but supposed to be likeable) character in wrestling history hurts him for me. His comeback really sucked for me, outside of one Mania match against Taker. He tried to rely on being a great athlete and wasn't. Also tried to rely on selling his injured back, but his selling was so over the top and cartoony. The Rockers stuff was good in AWA, but I hated about half of their work in the WWF. Most of their matches did the stupid thing, where they reversed the formula and cheated while Arn Anderson worked FIP. Hated it. Once he turned heel, his solo worked kind of sucked and was disappointing until 96. Yes, he ruled in 96-97. I do admit, part of him being an asshole in real life, his involvement in the screwjob, and him holding others down might be putting a bias into my views when I try to watch him. I can't control that.

My #94 in 2016, and based on my notes it was favouritism. Boss Man has a case to legit make the list, so that sounds silly now. What great punches he has! One thing I find amazing about him, is how he uses his size. As a heel he can look like a monster, beating people down. As a babyface he can look tiny, working from underneath. His career is littered with change too, from a bad ass monster, to a underdog underneath fighter, to a gate keeper, to a top star babyface, to a henchman, to a underneath hardcore worker and comedy guy. A very impressive arc. He's ALWAYS in the right place too and makes everyone he works look better. Plus had a better series of matches with Vader than Sting did.

1 Akira Hokuto 2 Bull Nakano

My #1 in 2016 and currently sits as my #1 man on the list and I don't see how that can't last. One of the best wrestlers ever at mixing in comedy, but not having comedy matches. You can throw on any Terry Funk match and, at the very least, it will be entertaining. The longevity is there, and wildly we have very very little of their actual prime. Has the ability to be an amazing heel or babyface, work tags or singles, work brawls or regular matches, work undercard or main events. The charisma jumps off the page with them in the ring too.

I think Kid/Lynn is more Kidd/TM, but a step further is all Benoit. Basically the 2000s indies and on. Look at the WON voting and Benoit was basically the perfect wrestler to that whole crowd. Yeah, he wouldn't had been that without Dynamite. That's very true. I wonder who influenced Dynamite then? Who can we blame for this style fully? To clarify, no chance of me voting for Benoit. I was over him by 05 and that was before the moral issues with voting for him.