Kronos

Yeah I think that's the problem with a lot of guys working today. It's amazing how much I'd rather watch old Georgia or Mid Atlantic stuff over a lot of stuff today as a lot of the matches blend in together and become a blur of amazing moves. I think Angle could have learned that but now he's in a position where he's the teacher instead of learning from better workers. So now he'll keep doing what he does. I am completely in line with this one. I just received the newly-back-in-print ROH: Better Than Our Best. I have watched the Storm/Dragon match 3x because it tells a story between a good guy and a bad guy with a minimum of flashy moves. They go back and forth with skill and power, and the crowd gives them a deserved ovation. I loved it -- it's fast becoming one of my favorite ROH matches. In exchange, I was bored by the 6-man tag that everyone on the ROH boards told me I would love because it was just one spot after another. Was it cool? Absolutely. But maybe for the first time, I began to understand the criticism of such-and-so's match being simply a series of "spot-fests". Lance Storm (and Bryan Danielson) proved that less is more, as far as I am concerned. Just your point. . .

I have to agree that Regal has always been someone I have enjoyed. I love it when he gets lots of exposure.

Not really sure why he thinks that Observer readers would find book boring or that the analysis outdated in 88. Fun book and easy read. I sent Bix a copy at one point and remember liking it a bunch. I know they used it in the MIT class on wrestling last year and the students really didn't get it at all. But honestly most of the students' analysis of all the materials came off sub Keith (I'm guessing that social science students at MIT are about as sophisticated as mechanical engineering students at Barnard). Still they really didn't get that book at all. Dang! The book lists for $75 used on Amazon.

It's a good point about new fans and old material. A few years ago, I was a new fan (I came to this world late ). I rented the Flair set from Netflix and couldn't get through the first disc. A few months ago, I bought it for my collection. I am simply amazed by the quality of the set and the fantastic matches! It takes some education to appreciate a lot of this stuff. I hope they keep doing it, even little by little.

Glad to hear that Beach Blast 92 is so strong. I am about to pick it up because I heard that Steamboat/Rude was awesome.

I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to chime in anyway. After a discussion on another board about how I wasn't giving Warrior a fair shake and having watched a fascinating long shoot by him on youtube, I decided to rewatch some of his stuff. I realized that the match with Hogan at WM 6 was a thing of beauty, certainly not for its tech wrestling but for its drama and energy. And the Savage match, which has perhaps my all-time favorite ending with Randy and Liz getting back together, ranks right up there in storytelling. W certainly knew how to work a crowd, and he made it fun. Watching that stuff reminds of why I got into rasslin in the first place. . .

Is the club still active? I would like to play. I PM'd Loss. ..