Jump to content
Pro Wrestling Only

Wrestlers with largest timespan between 2 great matches


Jetlag

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 87
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

You can go back to May of '87 with Jarrett (vs. Bockwinkel).

 

It's amazing how quickly he became good. There was a certain timing and crisp execution that he had early that always surprises me. He also seemed to carry himself with a certain confidence.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Tenryu 30 years

1985

w/ Jumbo vs Choshu and Saito

2015

vs Okada

 

Vader 31 years

1986

vs Otto Wanz

2017

vs Will Ospreay

 

Choshu 21 years

1983

vs Fujinami

2005

vs Shibata

 

Akiyama 25 years

1993

Multiple great matches

2018

Multiple great matches

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Ric Flair 26 years

vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (1982)

vs Shawn Michaels (2008)

 

And he really may had a great match before 1982 that I didn't see.

 

I'd actually go back to 1978 for Flair. Jumbo match on 4/27/78 from All Japan. It's possible after viewing the Mid Atlantic film footage with more focus that there will be more going back to 1975 too, but I'm not sure about that.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I know he's not really in the running for longest, but I'm curious to know how Dustin Rhodes would fare for those of you more knowledgable about exact dates of his really good/great matches.

 

The Clash tag with Steamboat vs Arn/Larry would probably be his first great one. Nov 91. As a match/angle, there's an argument for the Dibiase 10 minute challenge, and I'm high on the six man with the Young Pistols vs the Freebirds from GAB 91, but "Great" seems a little much maybe?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Tenryu 30 years

1985

w/ Jumbo vs Choshu and Saito

2015

vs Okada

 

Vader 31 years

1986

vs Otto Wanz

2017

vs Will Ospreay

 

Choshu 21 years

1983

vs Fujinami

2005

vs Shibata

 

Akiyama 25 years

1993

Multiple great matches

2018

Multiple great matches

That Tenryu-Okada match was pitiful. I love Tenryu as much as anyone but he could barely move. Okada essentially had to powerbomb himself.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

 

 

 

 

Jushin Liger-26 years

vs. Naoki Sano (1990)

vs. KUSHIDA (2016)

If we're going multiman you can push this back a few years for Liger.

Any ones in particular?

Earliest Liger match to make the DVDVR NJ set was April '85 vs. Kosugi.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

 

 

 

Jushin Liger-26 years

vs. Naoki Sano (1990)

vs. KUSHIDA (2016)

If we're going multiman you can push this back a few years for Liger.

Any ones in particular?

Earliest Liger match to make the DVDVR NJ set was April '85 vs. Kosugi.

 

 

While not one I'd rate as great, the Kosugi match was pretty damn good. Great, as in **** or better? I'd go there on these without question:

 

Antonio Inoki & Keiichi Yamada vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido (2/5/86)

5 vs. 5 Gauntlet (5/1/86) -- Arguably not 1 match, but pick your poison on that debtae.

Akira Nogami, Tatsutoshi Goto, Keiichi Yamada, Kantaro Hoshino & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Hase, Hiroshi Saito, Norio Honaga & Kensuke Sasaki (4/27/88)

Tatsumi Fujinami, Keiichi Yamada, Shiro Koshinaka, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura vs. Hiroshi Saito, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Super Strong Machine, Masa Saito & Riki Choshu (Elimination Match, 9/12/88)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.


×
×
  • Create New...