Grimmas Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Discuss here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Crackers Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I need to watch more RINGS but I did like his performances from 1993 and 1994. Obviously selling in shoot style is more subtle than what people expect from pro style wrestling bit I felt like he was one of the Russians who came to RINGS and totally understood how to sell in that setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Casebolt Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I like Kopylov a lot, and I'll take the excuse to watch the whole RINGS run again, but I don't expect to see him in my top 100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditch Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Is Kopylov top 25 for just shoot-style? I'd lean "no" to that question. He's maybe the 5th best Russian shoot-style guy- MAYBE. Shouldn't be seriously considered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Cooke Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 For Russian guys in RINGS, I think he is #2. Zouev could be two and I'll be interested in re watching more of his matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo-Yo's Roomie Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 I really enjoyed the Kopylov/Han series and, even though he was outshone by Han, I enjoyed Kopylov's role as scrappy matworker who was gonna hold off from taking the rope break for as long as possible to see if he could work a counter. Everything else I saw Kopylov in he was kinda dull. Not bad, but just not terribly interesting. Ultimately, I don't think I have seen enough to think about ranking him. I'm super-excited to see more Han though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxnj Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 Who are the 4 better Russian shoot style guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzombie1988 Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Who are the 4 better Russian shoot style guys? Don't know, but Han and Zangiev would be in contention, but I wouldn't put Hashimikov above him. I did enjoy Gregory Veritchev in FMW, but not that much. I think Kopylov was better overall than Zangiev, but Zangiev was always fun to watch. Anyway, I do like me some Andrei Kopylov. Not the best ever, but he really understood selling well and was definitely one of the better RINGS guys. He was a very good foil for Han and I'd like to review more of him in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanClingman Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Wow, I was thought of Kopylov as really bland compared to Volk Han, although Han was clearly on another level. I have only ever seen the matches he had with Volk Han, and thought that they weren't of an exceptionally high caliber compared with some of my favourite Han matches, with Tamura, Maeda, Vrij, and so on. I will have to watch more of him though to make a fair judgment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Cooke Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 For early RINGS, Kopylov was the best non-Han foreigner at putting together matches. Zouev, Zaza, and Orlov may have had flashier high spots but they couldn't work a full match - well Zouev eventually became okay but it took three or four years of regular work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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