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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2017 14:32:11 GMT -5
Flair v Foley - Summerslam 2006. I genuinely just enjoy a good hardcore match between two guys around 50 years old. Bloodbath, thumbtacks, good barbed wire spots. Good match, just my style.
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Taylor
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Post by Taylor on Aug 20, 2017 8:23:12 GMT -5
Bret Hart Vs British Bulldog at Summerslam '92. A real favourite of mine!
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Aug 21, 2017 16:53:03 GMT -5
NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament: The Miracle Violence Connection vs. The Steiner Brothers – Clash of the Champions XIX 6/16/92; McAlister Field HouseLooking to re-establish their relationship with the NWA, WCW hosted an NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament. The opening stuff went down on this edition of the Clash of the Champions. Earlier in the night, the Miracle Violence Connection, Steve Williams and Terry Gordy, defeated Jeff and Larry O’Dea. The Steiner Brothers beat Miguel Perez Jr. and Ricky Santana via forfeit, which got them to the second round here. I’ve seen these teams wrestle once. At Beach Blast, four days after this, they wrestled to a thirty minute draw. Rick started the match for his team and commentary instantly noted that was unusual for the Steiners. Little things like that being noticed by commentary adds so much. It really made this feel like a strategic head game, rather than Rick just wanting to start. Some of the early stuff felt clunky, but they made it work. For example, Scott had trouble bridging up with Gordy on him and instead of feeling like a botch, it was more like we saw how not even Scott’s strength was enough against these opponents. Once things picked up, this became one of the manlier tag matches you’ll find. Scott started throwing suplexes and the intensity revved up. Slaps, ground and pound and stiff shots were the name of the game from there on out. The fans woke up for that, popping for the big offense and biting on near falls. Rick got the hot tag of sorts, as we were treated to the old “referee didn’t see the tag” spot. Scott had his leg worked on, so when he got clipped late, it seemed like it might be the end but he survived a great gorilla press slam. Scott came back with an attempted belly to belly suplex, only to get clipped again. Williams landed on top of him and got the three at 15:01 to eliminate the tournament’s #1 seed. Early on, this wasn’t really working for me. I just wanted to see them go at it, but the slow start left something to be desired. Once it got going, I was way into this. Rugged action that looked legitimate at times and felt different to a lot of what was going on at the time. The finish worked because it came as a shock and played into the leg work from earlier. I prefer their match from Beach Blast, but this was still great. [****]You can vote for my next match at strawpoll.com/1c9w648r
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Post by The Brain on Aug 22, 2017 3:45:18 GMT -5
NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament: The Miracle Violence Connection vs. The Steiner Brothers – Clash of the Champions XIX 6/16/92; McAlister Field HouseLooking to re-establish their relationship with the NWA, WCW hosted an NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament. The opening stuff went down on this edition of the Clash of the Champions. Earlier in the night, the Miracle Violence Connection, Steve Williams and Terry Gordy, defeated Jeff and Larry O’Dea. The Steiner Brothers beat Miguel Perez Jr. and Ricky Santana via forfeit, which got them to the second round here. I’ve seen these teams wrestle once. At Beach Blast, four days after this, they wrestled to a thirty minute draw. Rick started the match for his team and commentary instantly noted that was unusual for the Steiners. Little things like that being noticed by commentary adds so much. It really made this feel like a strategic head game, rather than Rick just wanting to start. Some of the early stuff felt clunky, but they made it work. For example, Scott had trouble bridging up with Gordy on him and instead of feeling like a botch, it was more like we saw how not even Scott’s strength was enough against these opponents. Once things picked up, this became one of the manlier tag matches you’ll find. Scott started throwing suplexes and the intensity revved up. Slaps, ground and pound and stiff shots were the name of the game from there on out. The fans woke up for that, popping for the big offense and biting on near falls. Rick got the hot tag of sorts, as we were treated to the old “referee didn’t see the tag” spot. Scott had his leg worked on, so when he got clipped late, it seemed like it might be the end but he survived a great gorilla press slam. Scott came back with an attempted belly to belly suplex, only to get clipped again. Williams landed on top of him and got the three at 15:01 to eliminate the tournament’s #1 seed. Early on, this wasn’t really working for me. I just wanted to see them go at it, but the slow start left something to be desired. Once it got going, I was way into this. Rugged action that looked legitimate at times and felt different to a lot of what was going on at the time. The finish worked because it came as a shock and played into the leg work from earlier. I prefer their match from Beach Blast, but this was still great. [****]You can vote for my next match at strawpoll.com/1c9w648r These 2 teams were bada$$ enough said.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Aug 22, 2017 14:37:01 GMT -5
NEVER Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii [c] vs. Hirooki Goto – NJPW Power Struggle 11/8/14; Osaka Prefectural GymnasiumAt King of Pro Wrestling a month earlier, Tomohiro Ishii regained the NEVER Openweight Title and now came face to face with Hirooki Goto. The NEVER Title sort of became the de facto championship for matches where dudes just stiff one another and go to war. Considering Ishii and Goto, that’s what I expected coming into this. I’ve seen them meet in later years and it’s always fun. All three meetings were in the G1, coming in 2015 (****½), 2016 (***½) and 2017 (****). People wanted them to go to war and that’s just what they did. There were brutal strikes from the opening bell. That’s Ishii’s domain and, though Goto can hold his own there, he got outmatched early. A chop exchange led to him crumpling to the mat in pain. Goto manned up and returned the favor to Ishii in the next few minutes, setting the tone that he would dish out as good as he took. The sheer brutality in this never wavered. Strike after strike. Chop after chop. Lariat after lariat. It seemed to become about more than the title, it was a test of who was manlier. A great exchange saw Goto finally send Ishii down with a lariat, only for him to pop up and return the favor. Goto got up instantly and they took each other out with simultaneous lariats. With each move someone survived, the crowd got louder and more invested. They continued to stiff each other and I honestly have no idea how they kept the pace they did. Goto nearly decapitated Ishii with a lariat, only for Ishii to kick out at one. That really took the crowd to the next level. Goto put the focus on Ishii’s neck and head, hitting several neckbreakers and USHIGOROSHI (shoutout to Mauro). Ishii had blood in his mouth and I’m not sure if it was something internal or a busted lip. After surviving the very best they could throw at each other, Ishii put Goto down and retained in 17:15. This is what the NEVER Openweight Title was built on. Two warriors doing battle to not just win, but outlast the other. They worked the crowd into a frenzy and never stopped. It’s the Tomohiro Ishii special. 12-20 minutes of non-stop, hard hitting action and a never say die attitude. Goto gave him everything in his arsenal, but Ishii weathered the storm and retained the gold. A must-see match that’s probably their second best encounter ever. [****½]Please take a moment and vote on my next single match review at strawpoll.com/885h3x21
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Aug 24, 2017 11:12:41 GMT -5
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Naomichi Marufuji [c] vs. Prince Devitt – NJPW Dominion 6/19/10; Osaka Prefectural GymnasiumAt Wrestle Kingdom earlier in the year, Naomichi Marufuji won the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship, despite being a Pro Wrestling NOAH regular. On that same night, Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi successfully defended their Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles. In the time between then and Dominion, Devitt’s team was stripped of the titles for not defending them and he entered the 2010 Best of the Super Juniors Tournament. Devitt bested Kota Ibushi in the finals to earn this title shot. Though the men were close in age (Devitt was 28 and Marufuji was 30), Marufuji would be considered the veteran. He was accomplished, having won the Super J Cup twice, a Heavyweight Title in NOAH and Jr. Titles in NJPW, NOAH and AJPW. Devitt’s BOTSJ win was the biggest singles accomplishment for him so far. Marufuji beat Devitt in their first match in the Super J Cup Finals a year prior, and again at a show earlier in 2010. Devitt needed to finally beat Marufuji to bring the title back to NJPW. The veteran instinct of Marufuji came into play early. Devitt was amped and busted out a dive in the opening minutes, but Marufuji had a game plan and took the attack to his challenger’s leg. He slammed it on the apron and applied submissions like a modified stretch muffler and figure four. Devitt refused to quit, surviving it all. He began his rally, which the crowd was firmly behind. Some of his stuff involved the use of his leg a bit too much, with no time taken to sell it. IF you’re going to use a body part that’s been worked on, at least stop to sell the pain or shake it out or something. To be fair, he was better about it in the later stages. They had a brilliant exchange of kick attempts, where they each dodged a bunch. Marufuji would win out, catching Devitt with stiff kick after stiff kick. As the match reached its final point, they called back to previous outings. Marufuji needed to reach deep to beat Devitt this time, because he wouldn’t stay down. He went for high risk offense, taking Devitt to the top rope. That mistake proved costly when Devitt countered and hit Bloody Sunday off the top to take the championship away from NOAH and earn his first Jr. Heavyweight Title at 20:20. Great match, with the added bonus of the almost always excellent Osaka crowd. I had some issues with the leg selling at times, but other than that, this ruled. They had great exchanges and reversals from knowing so much about each other in their past battles. A lot of the time, it looked like Marufuji was the better wrestler. He was almost always a step ahead. But Devitt wouldn’t quit and survived a lot to finally take home the title. [****]You can take time to vote for my next review at www.strawpoll.me/13778392
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Aug 25, 2017 11:07:16 GMT -5
PROGRESS Championship: El Ligero [c] vs. Ricochet – PROGRESS Chapter 6: We <3 Violence 3/31/13; The GarageI’d like to thank everyone who voted, as this got the most total votes of any poll I’ve posted so far. There’s not much of a backstory to this one. This was the early days of PROGRESS and El Ligero was only the second champion in company history. We’re so far back that there wasn’t even a belt yet. The title was a staff. Ricochet was the first American to appear in PROGRESS since Chapter 1 and got a title shot in his debut. It was weird seeing Ricochet here, as he looked considerably smaller and had a mohawk. It was pretty clear that he was very good, getting the upper hand on El Ligero at almost every turn. As if Ligero wasn’t ready for his level of skill. The champion finally got an opening with a dropkick. With him in control, we got to see more of a guy who was a top champion. For the early portions, he certainly didn’t feel like he was in Ricochet’s league. As he slowed the pace, things worked in his favor. Of course, Ricochet would find ways to regain some of the control, but the match moved into a more back and forth affair. Though the match was more even in the later stages, it still felt like Ricochet was the star. His offense is always impressive, so the fans gobbled up everything he did. However, some of Ricochet’s aerial stuff came back to bit him in the ass. He missed a Phoenix Splash and Ligero got his knees up on a Shooting Star Press attempt. Ligero delivered a great looking reverse rana and springboard tornado DDT to remain champion after 18:09. This was a fun main event, just not a great one. It worked as a great showcase for Ricochet, though I feel Ligero didn’t come off looking too great. It seemed like the outsider was way above the top PROGRESS guy in terms of skill. Ligero did manage to show some resourcefulness and resiliency, though. A good outing with a clean finish, just not dramatic enough to take it to the next level. [***¼]Please take a moment to cast a vote for my next review at www.strawpoll.me/13785538
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Aug 27, 2017 13:16:29 GMT -5
Austin Aries and Kota Ibushi vs. The Briscoes – ROH Tag Wars 2008 4/18/08; Michigan State Fairgrounds & Expo CenterROH had a banner year in 2007. 2008 got off to a great start as well, but was bolstered by the arrival of Kota Ibushi. Ibushi was still a bit of a baby in the industry, having debuted about four years prior. His short stint with ROH in the Spring of 2008 marked his first appearances in the United States. He suffered losses to Davey Richards and Claudio Castagnoli before this match. Not much else of a backstory here, as it was just the best tag team in ROH at the time against a singles ace in Austin Aries and an international star. The early portion of this match felt rather pedestrian. Not that they were bad, but it felt like the fans, and myself, were just waiting for things to get out of hand. The Briscoes picked up the pace, working a heat segment on Ibushi and reminding everyone why they were the best team in the world at the time. That heat segment was great. It was perfect for the Briscoes, because they got to show off their skills and do it at a crazy quick pace that wowed the audience. With Kota struggling early, you could sense some fans wondered if Aries would remain a loyal partner. He was in the midst of a storyline where he may or may not join the villainous Age of the Fall. When Aries got the hot tag, it got even better. He had a rather lengthy history with the Briscoes and it showed. Kota got to bust out his double moonsault, which is honestly a contrived spot, but worked here because the fans weren’t used to it and popped big time. The traditional tag formula went out the window by that point, with no more tagging and guys coming in and out for spots. Yet, it doesn’t fully become a spot fest. There’s a reason behind stuff and the underlying stories of Aries being the strong link against the Briscoes and Kota desperately wanting to return home with a win, remained evident. The Briscoes managed to finally hit Aries with the Doomsday Device, leaving Kota alone. He fought valiantly, but fell victim to a spike Jay Driller to lose in 17:36. Great tag team acting. Ibushi got to shine and showcase his stuff in his first trip to the States, while the Briscoes were allowed to be the great team that they are. The inclusion of Aries could’ve felt like an afterthought, but his history with the Briscoes and past as an ROH World Tag Team Champion were key factors. They weaved that into the story of the match brilliantly. The desperation of Kota, the upper hand of Aries (and his AOTF questions) and the overall excellence of the Briscoes. It made for quality TV. [****]Vote for my next match review at www.strawpoll.me/13801157
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Post by k5 on Sept 7, 2017 14:18:00 GMT -5
dynamite kid/tiger mask - 01/01/1981
downloaded this match from limewire 13 years ago and it started my love for their series of matches and dynamite's style in general. still in my top 3 all time in ring performers and it's easy to see why in this bout. dynamite so expertly plays the veteran stronger wrestler who is shocked by tiger mask's speed and versatility, but still confident that he will pick up a fairly easy win until the surprise roll up.
brilliantly done. dynamite's timing cannot be ignored, probably the best professional wrestler in between the ropes of all time.
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Post by Codyverse: Tag Team Champion on Sept 17, 2017 11:27:28 GMT -5
Undertaker vs Ric Flair Prime Time Wrestling 1992
On the dawn of the Deadman tab on the network
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Post by k5 on Sept 20, 2017 1:52:28 GMT -5
ddp vs macho man - no dq - spring stampede
awesome match that cemented ddp's place on the upper card of wcw as a major face.
savage beat the living hell out of referee mark curtis at one point. i guess savage had a thing out for refs considering his treatment of 'lil naitch' charles robinson.
i'm missing wcw right now. i was young enough to not understand most of the booking mess ups so i was always just happy to see the major names, cruiserweights, and midcard guys.
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Post by Codyverse: Tag Team Champion on Sept 21, 2017 19:18:22 GMT -5
ddp vs macho man - no dq - spring stampede awesome match that cemented ddp's place on the upper card of wcw as a major face. savage beat the living hell out of referee mark curtis at one point. i guess savage had a thing out for refs considering his treatment of 'lil naitch' charles robinson. i'm missing wcw right now. i was young enough to not understand most of the booking mess ups so i was always just happy to see the major names, cruiserweights, and midcard guys. I agree about WCW. As a kid, it was awesome to watch. As an adult, it went from must see tv and great stories to a 3 year dumpster fire that ended in closing the doors.
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Post by Stuart? on Sept 23, 2017 8:40:19 GMT -5
The Hulkamaniacs (Hogan, Roberts and Demolition) vs The Million Dollar Team (Dibiase, Zeus and the Powers of Pain) from Survivor Series 1989.
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Post by The American Daydream on Sept 23, 2017 8:55:01 GMT -5
ABA Undertaker vs Jeff Hardy for the Undisputed Championship on RAW in a Ladder Match.
When JR is screaming "make yourself famous kid!" and Taker comes back at the end to raise Jeffs arm giving him the biggest rub possible, goosebumps. The in-ring work itself isn't anything to go crazy over but the story they manage to tell is not something you see anymore in todays wrestling. David vs Goliath done right.
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Post by Brad on Sept 25, 2017 2:03:26 GMT -5
ABA Undertaker vs Jeff Hardy for the Undisputed Championship on RAW in a Ladder Match. When JR is screaming "make yourself famous kid!" and Taker comes back at the end to raise Jeffs arm giving him the biggest rub possible, goosebumps. The in-ring work itself isn't anything to go crazy over but the story they manage to tell is not something you see anymore in todays wrestling. David vs Goliath done right. Really enjoy that match.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2017 5:11:36 GMT -5
The entire Royal Rumble 1992, just to hear Bobby Heenan's awesome commentary. (Monsoon's too)
R.I.P
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Post by mrassbillygunn on Sept 29, 2017 11:29:10 GMT -5
Ernie Ladd vs Bob Backlund from MSG, its on the network under the old school section, its one of the videos dated from 1978.
I really enjoyed it, just listen to how much the crowd are into this match, it gets huge pops at various times throughout. I just love the old school crowds, their reactions are sooo much more authentic compared to today's audience. This is definetely one of Backlund's better matches as champ. Great ring psychology from both guys.
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Post by robbutler01 on Oct 11, 2017 9:53:32 GMT -5
the entire WWE unreleased DVD So many legends on there
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Post by PJ on Oct 12, 2017 13:16:18 GMT -5
So having the DM Jericho in my possession for the last week has had me wanting to watch Vengeance. I woke up this morning feeling like I was in the middle of a Cesaro spin with the way my head was spinning. Well, my wife went to the office and my daughter didn't have class today so I just stayed home in bed and watched Vengeance. An entertaining show, but I think my favorite thing about it was the Flair and Angle interaction in Flair's office. lol
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Post by Brad on Oct 12, 2017 23:02:09 GMT -5
So having the DM Jericho in my possession for the last week has had me wanting to watch Vengeance. I woke up this morning feeling like I was in the middle of a Cesaro spin with the way my head was spinning. Well, my wife went to the office and my daughter didn't have class today so I just stayed home in bed and watched Vengeance. An entertaining show, but I think my favorite thing about it was the Flair and Angle interaction in Flair's office. lol DM Jericho?
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