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Man, I love this matchup. Young Punk Choshu was the best. You can say what you want about Inoki, but he was great at portraying himself as an untouchable badass. You look at some of the stuff Inoki does here and it's no wonder people thought he was a genius. He also always has these crazy facial expressions. I think the first 15 minutes or so of this didn't even have a bump but still ended up mesmerizing pro wrestling. This was worked like a technical battle of megastars so that was really cool. Both guys struggled hard and every movement could possibly lead to a finish which is exactly what you want from a match with really high stakes. Choshu was aggressive and really putting Inoki through the wringer, not just when he throw punches and stomps, but also in his grappling, butting heads when looking up and uncorking a super tight front headlock roll. Inoki came across as calm and cool headed so exactly the perfect counterpart to Choshu's rage. His selling was really strong too, at the beginning of the match he was dominating on the ground, but after Choshu really put the torque on him with the Scorpion Deathlock he was limping and stalling. Seeing the cool headed Inoki getting into desperation mode when Choshu tried the move again was great too. A limping Inoki punching Choshu in the face from the knees was epic and so was Choshu trying to bulldoze the legend with lariats and suplexes. I think if they had continued in that vein the match would've cruised into my all time top 10-20, but instead they slowed down again and went back to the holds. It was still really strong work and they delivered a great, clean finish. For a clash of the titans type match in front of a super hot 80s crowd that was mostly built around matwork this pretty much delivered all you can ask for.
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WWF All Star Wrestling Aired August 2, 1980 (Taped July 30, 1980) Hamburg, PA No review yet. Pat Patterson & Rene Goulet vs Jose Estrada & Matt Mahaso Pedro Morales vs Johnny Rodz Ken Patera vs Ron Lee Rick McGraw vs Baron Mikel Scicluna Rick Martel vs Marc Pole Bold matches are PWO recommended.
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WWF Championship Wrestling Aired August 2, 1980 (Taped July 29, 1980) Allentown, PA No review yet. Tony Atlas vs Mike Masters (November 13, 1979; Allentown, PA) Pedro Morales vs BB Coleman Sgt. Slaughter vs Billy Berger Harley Race vs Paul Figueroa The Hangman vs Ron Lee Rick Martel vs Jose Estrada Bold matches are PWO recommended.
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[1999-08-02-WWF-Raw] Steve Austin vs The Undertaker (No Holds Barred)
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[1998-08-02-ECW-Heatwave] Bam Bam Bigelow vs Taz (Falls Count Anywhere)
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[1998-08-02-ECW-Heatwave] Tommy Dreamer & The Sandman & Spike Dudley vs Dudley Boys
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