Ditch
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What *is* the appeal of Bryan, anyway? I was speaking with a website owner a few years ago who was pulling his hair out about how tough it is to make money with a wrestling website that's a mix of news and opinion, in a sea of similar content, while Bryan (pre-merger) was making money with pure opinion. And not even, like, spectacularly insightful opinion. I can understand paying post-merger, but Bryan already had a significant fanbase at that point.
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I don't like the match because I just generally don't like the Steiners. They absolutely suck at structure and they botch plenty of moves. This match could have been interesting if they were cooperative, but they weren't.
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If Lawler is facing himself and the Moondogs, isn't that triple duty?
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There's really no way they weren't doing Cena/Punk at Summerslam after MITB and all the buzz.
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I think Omori and Kea pretty much reached their potential when all is said and done. Akiyama is the one who fell short because of booking, since he had a much higher upside.
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This is decent. Their match on the AJ '80s set is INCREDIBLE.
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Fine: more marginal '91 matches! Fujiwara vs Wilkins, PWFG 5/19: My pick for the top Fujiwara match of '91, as he gets a capable opponent and thus can really do his thing. Jumbo/Taue/Fuchi vs Misawa/Kawada/Kikuchi 1/27: In the second tier of JvM 6-mans, and it continues the Kawada/Taue rivalry quite nicely. Fuchi vs Dean Malenko 3/2: Uber babyface Dean must be seen to be believed. Only a couple minutes aired. Jumbo vs Taue, CC: Their only match, so there's novelty. And the finish is hot. Kawada vs Taue 4/18: Another good outing for them. Jumbo vs Kobashi 5/24: Similar to their other matches, which means it's good but not epic. Hansen/Spivey vs Jumbo/Taue 6/1: A hot, compact tag title match at Nippon Budokan, AND Taue's first title match. Yeah! Kawada vs Fuchi 7/18: Some good technical wrestling and some hatred, as you'd expect. Gordy/Williams vs Misawa/Kawada 7/24: Good match and a milestone for the Generation Army. Misawa & Kawada vs Hansen & Ace, 8/17: Stan Hansen just plain rules in this match. Jumbo & Taue vs Misawa & Kobashi, 8/18 Jumbo & Taue vs Misawa & Kikuchi, 9/1: These two are quintissential All Japan lead-in matches. I go in depth on them about halfway down this page: http://theditch.biz/testim.html Jumbo, Taue & Fuchi vs Kawada, Kobashi & Kikuchi, 10/20: Solid lead-in for Jumbo vs Kawada AND a continuation on the story from 10/15.
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[1992-04-18-SWS] Ric Flair vs Genichiro Tenryu (2/3 falls)
Ditch replied to Loss's topic in April 1992
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I had it #23 for AJ in the '90s and #3 for 6-mans. Definitely a case for it to go higher even WITHOUT sentiment.
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I'll second Misawa/Akiyama vs Williams/Eagle. I recently saw it and Doc is absolutely on fire. Sets the tone for his 1994.
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Kawada vs Kobashi re-aired on AJ Classics and is beautiful (and full!). Kobashi vs Akiyama is just the last 5 minutes, but they're 5 very good minutes.
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Kobashi vs Ace happened in March (Carny), May, and July (TC contender tournament). I think only the May iteration is available, and it's good.
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MPro: 11/2/97 and 11/9/97. The latter re-aired in better VQ on a Gaora MPro classics ep (that I have and can trade Will for) AJ: 11/16/97. I got the full Samurai version, so (see above)
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Why would you replace Kawada with Baba? Do you mean replacing Rusher in the Taue slot?
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Yup. And thank goodness for it.
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Taue debuts the chokeslam. This is Quality All Japan Lead-In Match #631, so while it doesn't stand out from the pack relative to the rest of the Jumbo/Misawa feud, it still accomplishes something long-term while being enjoyable on its own.
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There must have been some botching for them to STILL clip it on the big Kobashi comp that this was taken from. The added footage is good, though the thing it adds the most is the intros. Things only really get in gear after the TV JIP, and man do they ever GO. Kikuchi at his best as FIP, Can-Ams at their best in control, Kobashi is a very effective hot tag, and the finish is molten. Not as 'deep' as the very best AJ of the decade, but as a de facto juniors match it's as good as anything else you'll see.
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It can't be worked but with a handshake agreement and no contract?
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It depends on who was saying it? If it was Meltzer, maybe I'm wrong. I'll add more thoughts whenever I get around to watching this again.
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Liger was The Man back in '90, and by '91 he was used to 'make' guys (ie. Honaga, Nogami). This match certainly put Samurai in the spotlight but it didn't mean much long-term for Liger. It's good and all but not *that* good. I recall them having a fair amount of downtime. A match of significance, but New Japan bested it many many times.
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[1992-04-06-AJPW-Championship Carnival] Stan Hansen vs Toshiaki Kawada
Ditch replied to Loss's topic in April 1992
I had this in the top 50 for the AJ '90s a few years back. Good in the same ways as the 2/28/93 battle. -
In statistical analysis, assuming the 25000 are truly random, odds are hugely in favor of it being accurate. Especially on shows with over a million viewers.
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If he can get people to pay those rates, how is that anything but brilliant? I mean, at that price people should be getting at least an hour.
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WWF NY was a tax write-off because all the money they invested was now worth zero. Or something like that.
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They cut unknowns from developmental. There was never a lack of pessimism here. At worst, the pessimists weren't posting as much as the optimists.