NintendoLogic Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 In the wrestler comparison megathread, Loss stated, to the shock of many, that he had yet to watch the 1/20/97 Misawa/Kobashi match. It got me thinking that it'd be a good idea for all of us to fess up to the highly acclaimed, historically significant, or otherwise notable matches we haven't actually seen. I'll start. I've never seen Hogan/Andre. Or the HBK/Bret iron man match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smkelly Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 I've never seen Hogan/Andre either. I have it on several DVDs though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdw Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Just about every praised TNA match. 95% of the praised ROH matches, and 100% of the praised DGUSA matches. I would take a guess that Yohe has dragged out every massively pimped NOAH match at KOC's, and I've groaned my way through all of them except for Kobashi-Suzuki (before groaning at the finish). So other than a major NOAH pimped match in 2010-2011 (he tends to catch up slowly), I probably have seen them all. Don't quiz me on them: I hate all those NOAH Jr's matches people lose their shit on. Ton of lucha. 99% of Europe. I'm guessing any pimped NJPW match in the past 8 or so years. A ton of Memphis and Wattsland, so most of the Crown Jewels of those promotions. I cop to having a lot of holes. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCampbell Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 I haven't seen any singles matches between Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Just about every praised TNA match. 95% of the praised ROH matches, and 100% of the praised DGUSA matches. I would take a guess that Yohe has dragged out every massively pimped NOAH match at KOC's, and I've groaned my way through all of them except for Kobashi-Suzuki (before groaning at the finish). So other than a major NOAH pimped match in 2010-2011 (he tends to catch up slowly), I probably have seen them all. Don't quiz me on them: I hate all those NOAH Jr's matches people lose their shit on. Ton of lucha. 99% of Europe. I'm guessing any pimped NJPW match in the past 8 or so years. A ton of Memphis and Wattsland, so most of the Crown Jewels of those promotions. I cop to having a lot of holes. John I have more holes than you could imagine, but you can absolutely follow along with Mid-South (about midway through 84) and 1979 Memphis on Justin.tv right now. I think he's going to run Memphis TV all the way through the 80s all in a row with 5-6 hours a week. It's not the most ideal way to watch it but the convenience is nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostka Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 I've never seen Wrestlemania 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 I think this is definitely one area where both with the expansion of internet and available footage, the scope has widened greatly on matches like these. For instance, in 2001 when I first started online, the main stuff to watch that wasn't WCW/WWE history related were All Japan 4 corners and New Japan juniors, mixed end with high end joshi and mich pro from the 1990's. Now all of a sudden, a match like Backlund/Valentine is fairly highly regarded and yet was unavailable until a few years ago. Ditto for the random indy matches that get high praise like KOW/MCMG from PWG. Anyway my list: El Hijo Del Santo vs. Negro Casas 1987 - keep waiting to watch this on the lucha 80's set if possible. Most big heavyweight matches from New Japan in the 1980 - 1990's - My custom tape orders from Lynch were really junior heavy All Indy stuff from 2006-2008, between getting married, finishing college, etc. This was the lowest point of my life for wrestling watching Almost all of Battlarts Big Egg Universe Tons of matches from the 1970's featuring mil Mascaras, Funk, Jumbo, etc. There is just a ton of stuff out there. I think Phil Schneider said in one thread at DVDVR one time that wrestling could end tomorrow and he would be unlikely to catch up on it all and that is true in my case also, I watch on average around 3-4 hours a week (not including Raw or Smackdown) and it amazing how much stuff is out there to consume. For instance, take the 1995 Champions Carnival Final. I watched it once around 6 years ago, I know I loved it then but can’t remember much about it except Misawa's injury being focused on. This is a match that I would like to rewatch, but does it take precedence over stuff I have never seen? In the past year, I have definitely become more snobish in my watching. Before I would watch a show start to finish not skipping anything, now if something on a DVD does not fit my interest, it instantly gets fast forwarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Waco Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 My biggest hole is Lucha where there is a shitload of great stuff I have not seen to the point where it is hard to know where to start. I've probably seen more WoS than most hardcore fans, but still there are lots of holes there. WAR and NJPW heavies from the 90's are things I need to go back and watch. Minchinoku Pro is another one, but I've got all of that sitting on a shelf ready to watch once I kill the AWA I'm closing out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 I've got more holes than swiss cheese: anything after 2004 for any promotion. Also the 80s NJ and AJ sets are my only exposure to Japanese wrestling PERIOD. And MidSouth my only real exposure to territorial stuff. THAT SAID, I'm pretty solid on WWF 83-01 and NWA/WCW in the same time period. I think I might have fewer gaps there than a lot of people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Portland, Texas post 1986, AWA pre 1984, RoH after about 2005, Georgia and Detroit. Florida is also a hole but I've tried and tried with Florida and I just can't do it. Even when the promotion was still in relatively good shape, I didn't enjoy it at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 There's not really a style I haven't had exposure to, but there are hundreds if not thousands of matches that I want to see and never have. I will point out that I have never seen a match from Chikara or Osaka Pro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocco Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 I have never seen any Joshi. Also need to see more Lucha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMFabianoRPL Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Pretty much anything good since late 2002, when I stopped watching full-time (WWE was beginning a reign of ridiculousness and TNA wasn't satisfying) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadedWrestling Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 My list of blind spots is huge, although trying to correct it a little at a time. In particular have barely seen any lucha, puro or joshi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 There's not really a style I haven't had exposure to, but there are hundreds if not thousands of matches that I want to see and never have. I will point out that I have never seen a match from Chikara or Osaka Pro. Chikara is a lot of fun. You won't see anything all time classic or anything but it is ridiculously fun. One of my favorite Chikara moments was Demolition in the 2008 King of Trios and the fans singing along to the theme song as they came out. You can honestly watch a lot of the backstage stuff on Youtube and see clipped versions of matches with their weekly podcast. Osaka Pro... you're not missing much. Dragon Gate and Chikara took a lot of the Osaka concepts and did it better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 I haven't seen any singles matches between Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo. Tragedy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 I've never seen Wrestlemania 1. I don't know if I'm in the minority on this or not, but if you've never seen it you aren't missing much. It's pretty much only noteworthy in the sense that it took place and Vince didn't lose his shirt because of it. The main event isn't too bad, it's still one of the best celebrity wrestler matches. The rest of the card is bad matches or bad finishes. I guess Steamboat-Borne was okay work-wise but it is a nothing match that in retrospect looks like the prototype of the now common "get everyone a PPV payday" match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 I saw the Austin Idol/Freebirds/Kevin Sullivan/Mike Davis "FOUR FLAT TIRES!" angle in context the other night. One more blind spot taken care of! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCampbell Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 I haven't seen any singles matches between Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo. Tragedy I know, Will. I've got Barnett's Santo/Casas comp, but Bob himself tells me it's some of the shittiest VQ that he has, so I haven't brought myself to put it in yet. My best friend is an even bigger tragedy, as he's a wrestler who's gimmick is a Mexican Luchadore. And he only first saw Santito this past April, when hanging out at my house when I decided to pop in the two Santo rudo trios matches. His response was "Hey, he's pretty good!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cremcraw Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 I haven't seen any singles matches between Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo. Tragedy This clearly calls for a Negro Casas comp. Who will heed the call? In all seriousness, Negro Casas is one my favorite wrestlers. For some reason it is easier for me to get immersed in his matches than for any other wrestler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunning_grover Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 I haven't seen any singles matches between Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo. Tragedy This clearly calls for a Negro Casas comp. Who will heed the call? In all seriousness, Negro Casas is one my favorite wrestlers. For some reason it is easier for me to get immersed in his matches than for any other wrestler. A Negro Casas compilation would be the greatest compilation of all time. Hopefully there will be a 60-disc Negro Casas DVD Set one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hack myers Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Too many blind spots for me. I just started using the conveniece of youtube and dailymotion this year. My mind is empty on most of the territories except Buddy Rose's great Portland stuff and a handful of Mid-Atlantic and Vince Sr.'s WWWF. Outside of the states I've seen a decent amount of the must sees from All Japan except 12/6/96, very little of New Japan, a little bit of Lucha, and almost no European wrestling. Every thing else in between I'm pretty much blind as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLIK Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Was just thinking about this the other day. Heard about the guy for years but I don't think i've ever seen an Eric Embry match. Atleast 50% sure I may never have even seen a picture of him. I've got the DVDVR World Class set so that'll change eventually when I stop being lazy and finish it though. For 2 guys who've feuded literally for an eternity I think i've seen maybe 2 Lawler vs Dundee matches in my life. Haven't watched HBK/Taker II, HHH/Taker mania this year, hardly any WWE since maybe 08 or 09 actually. Couldn't even tell you what the Usos look like for example. I plan on watching every ROH show eventually, in order but i'm still making my way through 2005 and haven't even gotten to Joe/Kobashi yet. I've only ever seen a few handfulls of PWG shows. Anything good from any other pimped indy out thear (IWAs, Chikara, CZW, Evolve, etc) I haven't really seen past 2007-2008. Except for BJW, Joshi & Battlarts, very little Japan stuff from the last 2-3 years or so, especially if it happened in Z1, NOAH, DG, New Japan or All Japan. I'm sure i'd enjoy a lot of it, don't misunderstand but there's so much out thear that things just fall by the wayside. I'm like a year behind on AAA, no current CMLL except for a few matches from Mistico's heel turn in forever and ever and ever either. Tons and tons of other shit but that's what leaps to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Couldn't even tell you what the Usos look like for example. The one looks exactly like the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artDDP Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 I used to be pretty caught up with wrestling until 2004. I've seen stuff periodically via YouTube and DVD but there are large portions that I've missed. I read storyline recaps from this board and places like Wikipedia and a big part of me is glad I missed it. I know I was watching every Raw, Smackdown, Nitro, and Thunder in the year 2000 (queue Conan and La Bamba) but, honestly, there are large gaps in my recollection of WCW from that year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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