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Was this for the titles? Because they had a title match in July with Misawa/Kawada winning.

See the thing is, mid-1999 WCW was near toxicity levels as it aired live. It was never meant to be mainlined like this. YOU'RE TOO YOUNG EL-P! STOP WHILE YOU CAN! *sobs*

Confirming most of what John said... -The 5/18/97 6-man is Lynch #853. -Misawa vs Akiyama from May is only available JIP from NTV. It aired like a month later. http://www.slambamjam.com/mm5/merchant.mvc...gory_Code=JTV10 -Misawa/Akiyama vs Kobashi/Ace is only available in the clipped NTV version. -Misawa/Akiyama vs Team FMW was released in full on the big Misawa Memorial deal. For instance: http://www.slambamjam.com/mm5/merchant.mvc...;Category_Code= -Kawada/Taue vs Kobashi/Ace is only available in the super-clipped NTV version. -Misawa/Akiyama vs Kawada/Taue 11/28/97 is Lynch #1040. Amazing how much crud was aired on Samurai in full while so many really good matches were clipped up.

This really freaked me out as a 9-year-old.

This was the first of their three to make tape. No idea if there were others.

It plays into the "one-note Flair" myth that lots of people who only watch WWF/WWE believe. So, no, I'd rather not have another person chiming in with the same old garbage.

vs Rock, Summerslam 2002. Pure Sports Build~

http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/275...y-Wife-Swap.htm

I'll go with a really underrated match: vs Nigel 2/23/08. So smart.

If they aren't on the poster, "roster" means "wrestled here once".

Yeah, that's tough, Thunderqueen is definitely my pick for "best match featuring Aja Kong", and she IS vital to it, but it's not the best "Aja Kong match". I'll go with 11/20/94 vs Toyota.

Third for vs Owen, Euro title. UP NEXT: Shinya Hashimoto. I'll go with the Zero-One debut main event (Hashimoto/Nagata vs Misawa/Akiyama)

Third for the Havoc '97 match. Bret Hart. I'll go with the Survivor Series '96 match vs Austin.

vs Angle, Rumble 2003.

Chael lost a 'lick my boot' challenge. http://i.imgur.com/dA22vp5.jpg (He said that if Machida beat Henderson, he'd lick Rashad Evans' shoe)

Mostly the Japanese themselves.

I was wondering if Inoki would kill this. Which IMO shows how overrated he is; very few matches where Inoki is blow-away great.

Team Heyman (Punk/Lesnar/Shield) vs HHH/Orton/Flair/Ryback/Sheamus would be interesting...

Attorney: Mr. Flair claims that the bleeding was caused by my client. In fact, it was a light breeze. Flair: That's a lie! (starts bleeding profusely) Aw, dammit...

http://www.tmz.com/2013/02/18/ric-flair-wi...estic-violence/

Nastiest stunner bump of anyone, and it isn't even close.

Let's not forget that RVD was much better in All Japan, where (it seems) he's being led and reeled in. The sum of his AJ work doesn't top the sum of his ECW work, but the average quality is WAY higher, and he was good a lot sooner in AJ.

vs Murdoch 6/19/86

I was there for the MLW debut where he walked rather than lose to Taiyo Kea. The same Kea who a month later beat TC champ Tenryu (non-title) in the main event at Budokan Hall. And by protecting himself from that career-threatening loss, Bigelow was able to follow up wiiiiiiiiith... zilch. I will say that I think the RVD match holds up, but that and a handful of 'good' matches or 'great match he happened to be in' are not enough to put him in a top 300 pounders list. A really good demonstration is Bigelow's cup of coffee in '90 All Japan, where you get to see how he works with Kawada and Kobashi. And... neither match is good. Not BAD, just not-good. Kobashi follows the Bigelow match up with a really solid effort vs Williams. In trying to think of similarly-sized, better wrestlers, I do have to stop and consider who should count. A *ton* of greats were in the 280-300 pound range, but the quality goes off a cliff after that. By the time we reach, say, 330 pounds, I think it might be hard to put together a list of 10 very good wrestlers. Maybe Bigelow *does* belong if you get to that size and up. The obvious great superheavies are Andre and Vader. Big Show probably makes it in a top 10. Tenta. Blackwell. Don Leo Jonathan was billed at up to 340 pounds. Gary Albright. I'd slip 330 pound Yoshie on the low end. I'm sure a lot of people would vouch for Yokozuka. One Man Gang? Anyway, I guess it's hard to hit 10 without Bigelow... but pretty easy to hit 5. Albright certainly smokes Bigelow and he gets WAY less talk, even in places where Japan is heavily discussed.