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[2001-03-15-PWF-Lift Off] Backseat Boyz vs Jose & Joel Maximo
soup23 replied to GSR's topic in March 2001
I enjoyed this for what it was. The ref dive was dumb but otherwise this was a pure spotfest when these moves felt fresh and everything was hit cleanly. I can’t recall seeing the Spanish fly before this. *** -
Pro Wrestling Love Is Now A PTBN Podcast Series
soup23 replied to Superstar Sleeze's topic in Publications and Podcasts
Loving the WCW series. A lot of fun picks with Justin skewing more towards moments and emotion which I can appreciate. -
[2001-02-03-NWA Wildside-TV] E.Z. Money vs Mike Youngblood
soup23 replied to GSR's topic in February 2001
Money is a fun spotfu guy that probably should have been utilized more. He seems to know when to stay in his lane and know what he does best. This match got real slow when Youngblood was on top and overall it suffered. *1/2 -
[2001-02-03-NJPW-Fighting Spirit] Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka vs Dr Wagner Jr & Silver King
soup23 replied to Loss's topic in February 2001
THis one didn't click for me. They had some good ideas and the King/Wagner duo had some nifty double teams but there was a lot of resets and the awkwardness didn't result in intensity and improvement like it sometimes can. *** (6)- 5 replies
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[2001-02-03-MPPW-TV] American Dragon & Shooter Schultz vs Lance Cade & Joey Abs
soup23 replied to GSR's topic in February 2001
Dragon is unmasked which is the biggest development here. I watched this after the MCW Cade/Abs match and liked this one better. It had better energy and Dragon fed better into Abs weak strikes. It was also shorter which helped hide the limitations of most of the workers involved. **1/4 -
[2001-02-03-IWA-MS-1st House of Hardcore Anniversary] Tracey Smothers vs Little Guido
soup23 replied to GSR's topic in February 2001
Smothers is the master of working the crowd here. I had watched this before and was disappointed because Guido can go but he really stayed in the backseat here and let Tracey shine. Overall, the crowd is really rampant against Tracey and this felt like the perfect mixture of old school shtick and updated moves. ***1/4 (6.7) -
Horowitz was fine here and should be in a higher profile spot but Rastaman was atrocious and as a result this became a slog to get through and mostly unwatchable. *1/4
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Real cool seeing Sandman's entrance in this setting but not much else and JAPW has to be real careful about doing that for the Bayonne hardcores in making those shows seem like advertisements to them starting to run the ECW Arena.
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[2001-02-01-WWF-Smackdown] Matt & Jeff Hardy vs D-Von & Bubba Ray Dudley (Tables)
soup23 replied to GSR's topic in February 2001
Some clever spots and also some that looked brutal. This was a great follow up to their Rumble match and actually did an impressive job of presenting a fun and satisfying match on tv while also leaving stuff on the table. The Dudley's look like they are really taking a step forward as the leaders of the division currently. ***1/4 (6.6) -
[2001-02-01-WWF-Smackdown] Kurt Angle vs The Rock vs HHH
soup23 replied to GSR's topic in February 2001
They keep raising the tension for the Austin vs HHH match and overall this wasn't too far behind the SummerSlam match which I seem to like more than most. THe energy was good here and Angle continues to exude more confidence in there with the big guys. We did get some call backs from attitude era tropes like Austin counting the refs hand but overall this was a fun way to end the show. *** (6.1) -
[2001-02-01-WWF-Smackdown] Kane & The Undertaker vs Rikishi & Haku (First Blood)
soup23 replied to GSR's topic in February 2001
RIkishi and Haku get jobbed out again. THis was again fine for Kane/Taker to do something for a bit but yeah, it is time for something else. Haku isn't someone I can recall blading much before so seeing that was at least a novelty to put over the hardcore aspect of this SmackDown. *3/4 -
[2001-01-31-OVW-Christmas Chaos] NIck Dinsmore vs Chris Benoit
soup23 posted a topic in January 2001
This is the Dinsmore I have been waiting on although being in there with Benoit can't hurt. Benoit works it as a ferocious heel that is surprised at how well DInsmore is able to hang in the early going. His aggression is well presented and DInsmore is sympathetic with his hope spots and selling overall. The finish was shit but I was expecting that considering this show otherwise had more clean blowoffs by comparison of OVW standards and neither Benoit or Dinsmore could really lose here. ***3/4 (7.4)