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This was a pleasant surprise, as I'd actually listed this match in a thread about videos you hope surface some day. It's nice when your hopes get answered but even better when what you hoped for more than lives up to your expectations for it. El Felino and Mascara Magica got over thirty minutes at Arena Coliseo to have a great match. That was it--no clipping, no rushing, and the promotion actually gave them a bit of controversy to help the match feel bigger. It was one of those title fights where they actually set out to hurt each other. The holds in the first fall were tough and hard fought, in addition to being technically very good, but it was afterwards that they turned things up. Fans of working a body part even got the kind of payoff they love when Mascara tried to catch Felino in the same hold he'd won the first fall with and couldn't lock it in because of the damage inflicted on his arm. Eventually Mascara wiped out Felino with a somersault tope and just barely made it in the ring before the ref got to twenty, but he got counted out on the most technical of technicalities: he didn't get his foot back in under the rope. It was a brilliant screwjob. Mascara threw a tantrum (and continued to complain even after the match had ended and it was well past the point of being inappropriate), and the commissioner decided to settle things with a fourth fall. This brought out the big Felino spots that I'd been dreading--they're a lot like what you hear about Kurt Angle's big spots--but after twenty plus minutes of intense technical wrestling, they were tolerable and maybe even kind of good as the finale to a contest like this one. The Youtube description calls this the best performance of Mascara Magica's career, and I have no dispute with that (although I do think he's pretty underrated), but this is the most I've ever liked Felino, too. Usually he annoys me, but he was great as the veteran of the match. He was better than usual working holds and he seemed so poised. Even the cheating, which often feels like cheap heat when in a title match or coming from Felino, felt like desperate moves that he had to sneak in. Top five match for 1996 CMLL, in my opinion.
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The ring here is terribly squeaky. It appears to be in a TV studio in front of a psychedelic background. It's Post-Modernist Shootstyle Wrestling Daddy!!! You may want to watch this for gorgeous Otsuka suplexes. A little uneventful undercard match otherwise. The BattlARTS matwork was pretty rough in 1996, and they didn't quite succeed here in making it compelling. I do appreciate the the uncooperativeness, though. Usuda looked legit as hell.
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[1996-12-29-WCW-Starrcade '96] Jushin Liger vs Rey Misterio Jr
Charles (Loss) posted a topic in December 1996
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[1996-10-25-RINGS-Mega Battle Tournament] Volk Han vs Masayuki Naruse
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[1996-10-25-RINGS-Mega Battle Tournament] Kiyoshi Tamura vs Mikhail Ilioukhine
PeteF3 posted a topic in October 1996
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[1996-08-24-RINGS-Maelstrom] Volk Han vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka
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[1996-07-16-RINGS-Maelstrom] Volk Han vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka
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[1996-02-18-WWF-In Your House VI] Bret Hart vs Diesel (Cage)
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[1996-05-25-RINGS] Yoshihisa Yamamoto vs Buzariashville Ramazi
Charles (Loss) posted a topic in May 1996
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[1996-04-26-RINGS] Tsuyoshi Kohsaka vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto
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[1996-12-29-WCW-Starrcade '96] Hulk Hogan vs Roddy Piper
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It's always weird watching japanese wrestling where the wrestlers actually over after getting used to mild clapping.This match ruled. Yamamoto goes after Maeda attacking him with palm strikes and takedowns and as a result we see a more defensive Maeda. Maeda opts to attack Yamamoto with Leglocks and wears his leg down throughout the match which Yamamoto sells perfectly by slowing down in the final minutes more and more after every leglock Maeda catches him in. One of my favourite moments in the match was Yamamoto getting overzealous once he realised he was a real threat to him and earning a yellow card for slapping him on the ground or after Maeda went down I couldn't really tell which one it was. ****
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[1996-01-13-BattlARTS] Daisuke Ikeda & Katsumi Usuda vs Yuki Ishikawa & Shoichi Funaki
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[1996-03-31-WWF-Wrestlemania XII] Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels (60-Minute Iron Man)
Charles (Loss) posted a topic in March 1996
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