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Is there any footage of Dory Funk Sr? I'd search youtube but I'm sure it would just be hundreds of Dory Jr videos.
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Mike Love enters elite non-wrestling carny territory
Ditch replied to Bix's topic in Pro Wrestling Mostly
What the hell was Mike Love griping about, workrate? -
Willing to grant that point about Abby re: Mae.
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Abdullah is still wrestling, so far as I know. At the very least I'm pretty sure he wrestled last year. Having debuted in '58, he's well past the 50 year mark in his career. Has anyone else managed that? Great Kojika and Dory Funk Jr have both wrestled this year after debuting in '63. Note: I don't think Mae Young and Moolah's various "matches" in WWE from 2000 on should really count...
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That makes a lot more sense.
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Wow.
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I much prefer this to the July iteration, and think it's really underrated. My take from '07: "Daaaaaaamn this rules. This isn't just [top 50], it's probably top 30. They establish the hate and intensity early on, then go through the really incredible heat sequence on Misawa with steady escalation and *actual* peril before the hot tag, then hope spots, then an extended comeback leading to a whole bunch of credible but non-overkill nearfalls. I think this has to go above Jumbo/Taue vs Misawa/Kobashi and I love that match. Jumbo-era matches had tons of heart but very basic moves. Misawa-era you get bigger moves but often lose a lot of the spirit; this has both in spades."
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Kobashi was really good week-in-week-out in '92 as well, and in '94 the TV cutback means we get less week-in-week-out content. '93 was a peak but I wouldn't call it dramatically better, let alone a 'one year peak'.
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This is definitely making the most out of a bad situation (ie. the available talent pool). Lots of technical wrestling matches are glorified spotfests, but this combines technique AND story. When you throw in the post-match, this is maybe the best match-centered segment ever on Superstars.
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They go for less than did Takayama/Kanehara, and they get all of it, resulting in a better match. I enjoy Takayama/Kanehara almost as a stiffness exhibition/spotfest; the tag is a match with clear roles, good execution, great crowd response, and effective booking.
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[1994-10-30-WWF-Action Zone] Shawn Michaels & Diesel vs 1-2-3 Kid & Razor Ramon
Ditch replied to Loss's topic in October 1994
I watched a lot of mid-90s WWF "classics" years after the fact, and almost every time was let down. This match is an exception, I think in part because its hype is based entirely on match quality rather than a significant portion being the storyline/significance. Other than it being "clique vs clique" there is zero significance, and it didn't matter in any long-term storyline. It's just a very very good match. -
Memorable, but not actually good. Which is my opinion of pretty much every Onita deathmatch.
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Japanese arenas do not usually have much in the way of air conditioning...
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Quite obviously a reference to WWE, so I don't think "WWE wasn't mentioned by name" will hold up. But it's a poor decision to sue over something like this, especially when it looks like WWE is being used for political purposes.
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First poll showing Linda could be competitive: http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-c...?ReleaseID=1758 Hopefully we get more polls; this is the only one in 10 weeks. I'm very skeptical about the 12 point swing from March.
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[1994-08-05-NJPW-G1 Climax] Hiroshi Hase vs Shiro Koshinaka
Ditch replied to Loss's topic in August 1994
I had a very different reaction. Thought the first two-thirds were solid, and the finishing run was white-hot. -
Good point on the fact that Doc feels like the better man, who out-wrestled Misawa and deserves the belts. Whereas, Misawa's previous singles losses (to Hansen and Gordy during CC '93) were sorta "there" and seemed more like gaijins happening to hit one big bomb than someone taking down the champ. Much more convincing than the '96 title loss to Taue.
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Doc's improvement is apparent when one compares this to the '93 match. Much more focused and cohesive, better transitions, and it feels like Doc is good enough to win (as opposed to "good enough to be plugged into Misawa's formula"). Misawa is also better in terms of not making easy comebacks like he did in '93. The result is a vastly superior effort.
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Pretty sure this is Jado's career singles match (not that it's a big accomplishment). Taka's peak as a babyface, IMO.
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Tenta's athletic ability definitely separated him from the typical 300lb+ "fat guy" types (ie. Mike Shaw).
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Misawa literally died because it was felt he couldn't take time off to properly heal. (Well, that and he didn't take better care of himself given those circumstances). I think "Misawa shouldn't have been pushed as the end-all be-all for so long" is self-evident.
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I saw the phrase "Krone Meltzer" over the years and never knew what it meant. What a bizarre video.
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Misawa had held the belt for almost two years, hadn't defended it in 8 months, and this was Kawada's third attempt at taking it from him, AND Kawada had finally gotten a big singles accomplishment by winning the CC. Now, they did have Kawada get the belt in October, and Misawa winning here helped make 6/9/95 and 12/6/96 special, but business-wise Kawada became an also-ran as time progressed without him knocking off Misawa. By the mid-2000s, Kobashi was a bigger star than Kawada because Kobashi actually managed to become ace while Misawa was around; Kawada became ace by default. If Kawada was seen as a true peer to Misawa, AJ would have been in better shape after the NOAH split. The TD '91 finish does a lot to mitigate the "wrong guy won" aspect, because it puts Kawada over as the strongest challenger so far. Kawada was able to survive the level of Misawa effort that had previously beaten Kawada, Hansen, Taue and Williams; Misawa had one last trick up his sleeve that Kawada couldn't handle.
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It's Ishizawa, and he's a young Kendo Kashin.