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  1. soup23
    Getting progressively more sick of these.
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    I thought this was great too. Vega was competent so seeing him get his ass beat here by Vader really got over the monster Vader was. The attack of the legend that was Monsoon afterwards was one of the last scary kayfabe moments of my childhood and really got Vader over as well. Vince and Cornette played their roles very well. *1/2
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    Final stretch was better for me than I remembered too. I am glad that Bret got rid of that goofy mask of Takers and Diesel is really bringing the attitude.
  4. soup23
    I actually thought this was an underated Rumble watching all the ones from 88-02 last year, this would be top 5-6 which is surprising since the finish is pretty much a foregone conclusion. These clips highlighted the big portions of the match I liked besides Vader's destruction and we get good snippets of Owen and Davey still being in the upper mix.
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    Was a little disappointed in the finish of the match giving the brawling nature of the Raw segment the week before. Goldust entire act seems to be coming together nicely and Kidd vs. Razor is a good feud for Razor to lose the belt and readjust his intentions.
  6. soup23
    I think the indy stuff is interesting because there isn't a ton of stuff out there for that. Old School WCW is a niche I feel like we have filled at but still shows like Starrcade 89 have had way less discussion devoted to it than Mania 5 or whatever.
  7. soup23
    On DirectTV, it was $34.99
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    Agree with Parv here, think we need to give this at least a few more amount of time and have some type of sustained push to create interest for people to finish.
  9. soup23
    Desperado Red Dragon Bullet Club Yano's team Suzuki Ishii Omega Goto/Shibata AJ Styles Nakamura Okada WK 10 Main Event: Ibushi vs. Okada
  10. soup23
    Have at it. What was the Match of the Year for 2014? My pick: Ultimo Guerrero vs. Atlantis from the CMLL anniversary show.
  11. soup23
    Yep, going to do New Japan World as well as live hopefully. Contemplating the dangerous UFC > WK duo that will put me in a coma the rest off Sunday.
  12. soup23
    I almost don't want to respond to this to break it up as I really think this style of breakdown is genius and a great comprehensive guide but I did want to let you know how tremendous this has been to read Stomper and I look forward to your conclusion on WOTY.
  13. soup23
    I think more footage spanning a widening environment of discussion has something to do with this. For example, fifteen years ago most of the WON readership would link onto something Dave really hyped and seek that match out. Now, you have a wide community with people that watch a wide variety of stuff and others on this very forums that havent watched any 2014 New Japan for example. In addition, I think the star power and recycling of finishes has diminshed the memorability of certain matches. 2014 was a down year for tip top matches for me with only 1 ranked at ****3/4. However, 2013 had a few that I had in that area and was up there with many great 'Glory" years. I think it just depends to me on providing something different.
  14. soup23
    Pretty excited as last three matches have all produced great matches between those pairings. Tack on some fun stuff in the undercard that could be really good and I think this could be my favorite WK show in the past few years. Most interested in the main as their 1/4/13 match is my least favorite of the series and where I think they went the most epic route. I think a combining of the Invasion Attack and KOPW 2013 matches could produce something special and a MOTYC for 2015. Are you watching this live Shoe?
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    The style may fit early Sting but it felt like such a departure from the Sting that had been built up the past two years with little reason why he would suddenly change.
  16. soup23
    Get ready to see a bunch of Hales in the future. I will be interested to see if you come around on him as he grew on me at times and frustrated me at other points.
  17. soup23
    - Ill be realistic and say 12 WTBBP episodes - FInish the lucha set - Finish the 1993 footage watching - Finish the 1999 footage watching - Finish the 1996 footage watching - Write some articles on full length stuff and contributing including the lucha thing Matt mentioned above - At least keep a working knowledge of the highly hyped stuff in 2015. I felt like a curmudgeon in 2014 as while a lot matches were good in 2014, only Atlantis vs. Ultimo reached ****3/4 for me on a ranking sense which shows overall the tip top quality in the matches were lagging for me. I thought the year was littered with a ton of ***1/2 stuff which is fun to watch but much like 1991 as a year, it doesn't really resonate when looking at entire years as a whole. Also, WWE has completely burned me out and I have very little interest in the product currently.
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    Figured I would bump this halfway through the year to see where I stand. 1. Was able to watch all the Rumbles relevant to that series (1988-2002). Sadly made me sort of hate Royal Rumbles as a whole 2. 2.5 discs left of 1997 footage so I am on a good pace mid year 3. 2 discs left of 1991 footage so I am on a good pace mid year 4. Need a solid deadline to give me a kick in the ass to bust through the lucha set 5. Can't win them all as mine/Parv's recording schedule has been ransacked with various items. Who knows what will happen when Chad jr. arrives. 6. 1998 seems like a good choice 7. This has been successful approach for me in some ways from getting completely burnt out on what I think has been a fairly dreadful run booking wise for WWE 8. My spreadsheet is expanding and I feel confident I will be able to knock out a good top 10 list I am comfortable with at year end. I am pleased with how my year ended up. The only ones that didn't work out was the lucha set (Disc 6 with all the trios can be tricky) and the WTBBP stuff (having a baby!). Otherwise, I felt more streamlined and accomplished in my wrestling watching in 2014 and actually started watching three more years of footage as my interest in WWE waned more than it has in the past five years.
  19. soup23
    Much like Dave's WON write up of Andre starting changing the shift for handling wrestler deaths, this seemed to change to the way WWF would handle them too.
  20. soup23
    They have made Vader vs. Sting as a strong feud and Barry being put in the position of a gatekeeper is a lot of fun.
  21. soup23
    Wow Regal is a young chap here. Funny to see him as a babyface too talking about the best talent in the world is in WCW.
  22. soup23
    Pretty stereotypical crap for me honestly. I did like the highlights mixed in but I found this more disappointing than cheesy.
  23. soup23
    Never heard of this promotion. Austin looks pretty old here and receives a suspicious letter from T.F.
  24. soup23
    Good brawl keeping the heat between these two. This SMW is mostly fresh eyes for me so it has been a lot of fun so far.
  25. soup23
    SMW has really impressed me in January building up this RNR vs. Heavenly Bodies match and it still feeling shockingly fresh. I think adding the third team to the mix was genius to keep things uneasy. Stuff becomes more complicated here as Bobby comes out and delivers a great Alabama Jam giving the Bodies the straps. Awesome. **3/4
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