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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRVj-4I58N8 Parkita & Mini Cibernequito vs Mini Mankind & Mini Goldust (AAA 1997) I love La Parka, so I was really curious to see La Parkita. Man, what I would give to see a La Parka & Cibernetico vs Goldust & Mankind match, but alas, this will have to do. THERE IS A MINI PAUL BEARER!!!!!!! Classic 3 falls version here. 1st Fall: Mini Goldust is pretty great with cheap shots here and awesome taunting posing to Ciber and strutting to Parkita. He even does a Rick Rude sell of an atomic drop. Parkita hits a huge tope on Mankind leaving Ciber and Goldust alone with Ciber countering a backdrop into a hurrancanrana for the pin. For the first fall. Some fun stuff, but sloppy. 2nd Fall: Vicious dropkick by Goldust. Then he completely misses a springboard corner dropkick which gets sold by CIber... Ciber is also a huge dick, as Goldust has Parkita in a camel clutch and Ciber comes in and cheers a lot before making the save. Parkita returns the favour when Mankind has Ciber in a hold. I feel these partners are turning on each other. Holy Shit! Ciber tries a sommersault plancha, his legs get hooked on the ropes and he falls upside on his head on the concrete. Ouch. I rewound that 3 times.Goldust got his knees up a little for help. Parkita has Goldust down, Paul Bearer makes the save with brass knuckles and then sprints to the back as Mankind and Goldust are DQ'd. Parkita is out cold. A fun but sloppy affair. Such a weird contest to see, I would give this a recommendation. I just looked it up on lucha wiki and Mini Goldust is Mini Abismo Negro and Mini Karis La Momia, so I have a new person to look out for. Dinastia & Mascarita Sagrada vs Mini Abismo Negro & Mini Histeria (AAA 2014.10.10) I thought would give Mini Goldust a second look, so here we go. Histeria & Abismo come out in matching outfits like a true tag team to cool music and we have a six-sided ring. Dinastia comes out to Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Sagrada comes out to Undertaker dance music. Wow, I'm psyched now!! Goldust has filled out a little in the last 8 years, so he should be more bad ass now. Dinastia and Goldust have a fun mat sequence to start and then Sagrada and Histeria tag in and its a fun sprint all of the sudden. Straight to tag team bad assery by Histeria & Goldust. They even swing Sagrada around by his mask and toss him. They pull of a top rope leg drop version of the Demolition move! They double team one guy, throw him out, other comes in and they double team him. This is lots of fun so far. However, a miscue leads to a technico comeback and Dinastia unloads with some awesome strikes and they go back to the mat. Another few miscues and then Dinastia does the Ultimo Dragon kicks and Histeria cuts him off and then dances!!! Goldust with a big DDT on Sagrada and a huge slap, but Sagrada stealds Dorada's submission and everyone is back in. Dinastia is quite the impressive high flyer. Huge belly to belly from top rope by Goldust, but the count is broken up. Sagrada with a flying headscissors from top rope to floor which leaves Histeria and Dinastia alone. Dinastia connects with a (450?) splash for two and then misses a plash and goes to the floor. Sagrada with a hurrancanrana for the win. OK, this is my new favourite match ever! OK, maybe not but the fun level on this one was way up. Awesome dives, great heel tag team antics, amazing taunts and everyone looked great. This was kind of like Dick Togo & Shiryu vs Gran Hamada & Great Sasuke if you need a comparison. Check this one out. Easily *** 1/2 if not more.
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Little Coco & Karate Kid vs Little Tokyo & Killer Cruz (WWC 1991) We head into Puerto Rico for some Little Tokyo!!! This one is JIP. Tokyo is a grizzled veteran at this point and is awesome. There is some comedy you would expect, but damn you get this real cool spot where the faces pick up Cruz and use him to do a bettering ram on Tokyo in the corner a few times. It looked vicious and great. The heels start cheating to get the heat and do some old school heel tag actions. Cruz even hits a nice belly to belly suplex. Coco is decent enough as a FIP, but Tokyo and Cruz are the stars here.There was the token mini thrown into ref after kick out spot which I hate. Karate Kid gets a hot tag and does some fancy karate for the win. A fun and solid southern style tag match. El Torito vs Hornswoggle (WWE Smackdown, 2014.04.18) I didn't realize they wrestled on Smackdown, so I was excited since their PPV matches were so awesome. They start with headlocks and old school wrestling like push off run ropes into body check. Then Torito shows off his awesome spots with a headscissors and a dropkick. A vicious throw into the turnbuckle by Hornswoggle and then he hits the Yokozuna bomb, but does the silly comedy afraid of height thing. HUGE LARIAT by Hornswoggle and he does a great Hansen impersonation. JBL and Cole are horrible here, though, over hyping this in a mocking fashion. Almost a death bodyslam by Hornswoggle! He taunts the Matadores and a nice hope spot roll up by Torito for two. Come back by Torito and it's great seeing Dorada incorporating bull movements into his already great routine. It's great he can go from awesome Rey Jr. esque wrestler to comedy Rey Jr. wrestler so easily. Big moonsault by Torito for a win. A very fine 5 minute TV match. WWE TV needs more Torito.
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Matt D EDIT: Also, look at what I said. I backed up my position and you said it is a nostalgia vote? Do you think match structure and strategy is not important? How about working successfully as babyfaces and heels? What part of what I said was wrong or wrong enough for you to assume I am just trying to justify my nostalgia.
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What I love about Demolition is that you can see strategy in their matches. They cut off the ring and double team and tag in and out like few tag teams. As heels they were great with structure and I enjoyed so many of their matches. As babyfaces they were interesting and had some good matches like The Brainbusters series or The Twin Towers matches. They will probably make my list. This is the ultimate great matches vs great performances debate.
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I loved every single Rock & Roll match they had and in those they seem like an all-time great team. A Stomper list would be nice here, because I enjoy the heck out of what I saw.
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Discuss here.
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Discuss here.
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Hi Nikolaj, thanks for enjoying my show (Pro-Wrestling Super Show). Welcome to the board. I'm so glad you are doing the exact purpose of the Greatest Wrestler Ever project. I'm looking forward to reading your thoughts.
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Another thing to point out is that watching wrestling from the past almost makes you lend an analytical eye. Watching things live gives you a better chance to get caught up in the show, while a 20 year old show has an almost impossible task in trying to get you hooked emotionally.
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This is a funny example, because while I haven't seen Interstellar yet, plenty of the reviews make it seem like the sort of half-baked sci-fi that falls apart if you think too hard, kind of like Prometheus (and that's been a problem for Nolan himself previously). That's the risk you run when you aim high, and when the souffle falls, it can take the emotional/awe-inspiring moments with it. I can't get onboard with "don't overthink" enjoyment for movies that aim higher than popcorn status, because it makes it hard to call a spade a spade. Movies that give me a lot to think about make me think a lot. I more frequently "fall for" character dramas and comedies than high-concept, high-plot action and sci-fi, because they have less of a framework to undermine, but I'm more impressed when a complex construction doesn't fall apart. Use whatever example you want, my point still stands. I've seen these problems with Interstellar lists going around online and I just don't understand people. Outside of the paradox ninety percent of these complains are from people who seem to have either no imagination or no ability to think for themselves. I LOVED this movie.
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I look at wrestling the same way I look at movies. Some movies and wrestling match I look at and start picking it apart. Some I watch and just think that I am enjoying this. The very best are the ones where you are legit cheering the good guys and booing the villains. If you are one of those assholes that can sit through something like Interstellar and just pick it apart and not be rooting for Murphy in the end or whatever film you actually gets you, if nothing can make you cheer for a babyface in wrestling and hope that a heel loses, than you are in a position to always watch things as a critic. I do kind of feel bad for you in that case, but I do understand it. I just think you are missing out.
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Malenko is the wrestler that I need to re-evaluate the most. I have not watched any Malenko since he retired and I have no idea how I feel about him anymore. What should I watch?
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http://placetobenation.com/pro-wrestling-super-show-wwf-tag-team-title-history-part-1/ Pro-Wrestling Super Show – WWF Tag Team Title History, Part 1 Host: Steven Graham Guests: Pete (Titans of Wrestling) & Mike Poulin On this week’s episode we look at the history of the WWF World Tag Team Titles from March 1979 to 1991. Who worked, who didn’t, we break down the title reigns here.
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Why not get someone who has worked NJPW to announce? Vader is doing nothing right now.