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MATCH REVIEW: Bret Hart vs 1-2-3 Kid (07-11-94)

In the quarter century that has passed since this match took place, it has become rightfully immortalized, although the environment in which this match was created remains frozen in time. WWF Monday Night RAW 07/11/94 Bushkill, PA WWF World Championship 8.7 In 1994, Bret Hart clearly had a vision for the type of World Champion he wanted to be. He wasn't your older brother's WWF champion. Instead, whether intentionally or not, he was your father's NWA champion, a modern-day Jac
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FREE MATCHES: Next Evolution Wrestling (06-30-18)

Matches from the Next Evolution Wrestling (NEW) show in Elizabeth City, North Carolina on June 30, have been posted for free on YouTube.   They are: Austin Shadowz vs Dontay Bishop DA Assassin vs Livid the Clown Joe King vs Preston Quinn Wes Rogers vs Jake Hollister Handicap Match: Blunt Force Trauma (Benjamin Money Banks & The Demented Bradley) vs Victor Griff Evolution Championship: Beau Cr
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FREE MATCH: Barba Roja, Chris Stone Jr. & Syrus vs Alfa, Angel & Secreto Negro (07-08-18)

The HECTOR GODFREY TV Youtube channel has just uploaded a free match from the Wrestling Martin Calderon show on July 8 at Azteca Arena Budokan. In the opener of the card, Barba Roja, Chris Stone Jr. & Syrus teamed against Alfa, Angel & Secreto Negro.   Also on the card: Emperador Azteca Jr. & Impossible vs Corazon Negro Jr. & Drako Super Comando, Terremoto & Toxico vs Danger, Guerrero Mixtico & Sadico Fly Star & Muneca de Plat
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WATCH: Regal, Robbie Brookside wrestle hour-long exhibition at WCW's Power Plant, from 1993

This is an absolutely amazing find. Steven Regal and Robbie Brookside, two masters of their craft to say the least, work a 60-minute exhibition match from 1993 at WCW's Power Plant training facility. Fans of mat wrestling and the classic British style should probably go out of their way to watch this. We'll have a full review up soon!  
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How Matches Are Rated

Why we rate matches The mantra we try to live by here at Pro Wrestling Only is that there are only two types of professional wrestling -- good wrestling and bad wrestling. We profess this because as a medium, pro wrestling has proven that it can connect to people in a way that transcends time, place, and culture. We also believe passionately that no matter when or where new fans reach their point of entry, the most open-minded ones can discover and enjoy great wrestling in all corners of the w
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WRESTLING IN SEVENS: Interview with Victor "Victator" Rodgers

This is the first Wrestling In Sevens, a new feature at Pro Wrestling Only where I'll talk to some of the most fascinating fans that I know. The first is with Victor Rodgers, who posts at Victator on the PWO forums and is the author of Chairshot: A Savage Sports Story, available on Amazon. When did you become a wrestling fan? It's difficult to remember a time pro wrestling was not in my life. I can't remember much before I was six. A lot of it feels like a camcorder on low battery
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EDITOR'S NOTES: July 8, 2018

What a difference a week makes! I'd like to thank each of you for being so supportive and active during PWO's first week. In the first seven days the site was up and running, we posted a staggering twenty-two match reviews, two features articles, a podcast, and more! I thought I'd use today's update to talk about lessons learned and where we go from here. My real-life background is in content management and it's something I've done a decent amount of, but what I'm aiming to do here is
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MATCH REVIEW: Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Masa Fuchi & Yoshinari Ogawa (07-05-92)

Kenta Kobashi and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi are an all-time great babyface tag team, but because of Kobashi's subsequent singles superstardom, they aren't really talked about much at that level. This match -- and frankly, all of their 1992 matches that have made tape -- show much of an oversight that is. July 5, 1992 All Japan Pro Wrestling Summer Action Series Tokyo, Japan All-Asia Tag Team Titles 9.4 The most rewarding part of navigating Kenta Kobashi's extensive body of work is
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MATCH REVIEW: Ric Flair vs Ricky Morton (07-05-86)

Ric Flair and Ricky Morton -- two of the most symbolic figures in wrestling -- voluntarily toss reputations aside to prove their mettle. Jim Crockett Promotions NWA Great American Bash July 5, 1986 Charlotte, North Carolina NWA World Heavyweight Title Cage Match 9.5 I don't know if I'd go as far as to say he's taken a beating among hardcore wrestling fans over the last decade, but it's fair to say that a lot of wrestling fans no longer see Ric Flair as infallible. Based
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MATCH REVIEW: LA Par-K vs La Parka (07-04-10)

La Parka and La Parka Classic fight over the rights to the name in a real yawner. July 4, 2010 AAA Lucha Libre Worldwide Sin Limite Merida, Mexico 4.0 This was a bit hard to follow much of the time, mostly because they were dressed so similarly. I've seen Super Parka wear the yellow skeleton gimmick and Undertaker-Underfaker at least had purple and gray gloves to distinguish the two of them. It's even harder to follow when Konnan shows up and the RUN-INS commence. I don't ev
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MATCH REVIEW: Minoru Suzuki vs Kazunari Murakami (07-04-04)

Based on personalities alone, you might think Suzuki and Murakami could have a delightfully entertaining match. That theory was put to the test here when that was about all we got  -- personalities alone. Minoru Suzuki vs Kazunari Murakami July 4, 2004 New Japan Pro Wrestling Summer Struggle Tokyo, Japan 5.9 The words are barely there because the inspiration is barely there. This match intrigued me on paper because Minoru Suzuki is a bonafide legend and Kazunari Murakami i
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MATCH REVIEW: War Games (07-04-87)

Let the War Games, and the story of World Championship Wrestling, prologue and all, begin. July 4, 1987 Jim Crockett Promotions Great American Bash Atlanta, Georgia War Games  9.8 In the Jim Crockett era, there was an outlook on the relationships between wrestlers that wasn't entirely unique, but it was definitely distinct from the WWF's approach. Dusty Rhodes booked a more tribalist wrestling offering than that of the WWF, one where feuds overlapped and the locker room
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MATCH REVIEW: Fabulous Freebirds vs Von Erichs (07-04-84)

Even if you weren't watching World Class in 1984, it's hard for this type of intense brawling to not make you nostalgic for the brawls of wrestling's past. July 4, 1984 World Class Championship Wrestling Independence Day Star Wars Fort Worth, Texas Badstreet Match  9.2 It's pretty clear what we're getting when a match is billed as a street fight or any type of brawl in modern wrestling. Ultimately, the match will build to a huge spot with someone going through a table,
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MATCH REVIEW: Johnny Saint vs Ken Joyce (07-24-81)

Johnny Saint and Ken Joyce delivered an all-time classic without even getting too competitive or heated. All they needed was an overabundance of joy. June 24, 1981 Joint Promotions ITV 07-04-81 Shrewsbury, England 9.0 Wrestling is fun. It's true. I love watching wrestling, talking about wrestling, writing about wrestling, and thinking about wrestling. It's a wonderful combination of absurdism, emotion, excess, and demonstrated skill. There's nothing quite like it. I lov
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Dragon Gate USA: Revolt & Heat 2013

Dragon Gate USA has been a bit of a blind spot for me as I was losing interest in American wrestling (ROH & TNA) and exclusively watching puro in 2009, the year it took off. Certainly, I was interested as it featured Japanese wrestlers along with guys that I liked at the time like Bryan Danielson and Davey Richards. The problem was that I didn't really care for the style of wrestling. My cable company would have previews of the PPVs and I thought the ring, venues, and wrestling looked rinky
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MATCH REVIEW: John Cena vs Kevin Owens (07-03-15)

Forget everything you think you know about the effort level on WWE house shows, as these two tore the house down in Tokyo. July 3, 2015 World Wrestling Entertainment Tokyo, Japan 8.3 As much as we hear from wrestlers about how fun it is to work house shows, this seems to be pretty much what you would expect from a television or pay-per-view match around this time. In fact, it greatly mirrors the two matches they had on pay-per-view, with John Cena busting out the Code Red and
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MATCH REVIEW: Lioness Asuka vs Mariko Yoshida (07-03-01)

Old ARSION and new ARSION collided when Lioness Asuka and Mariko Yoshida used the ring - and ringside area - as a battlefield of ideas. July 3, 2001 Hyper Visual Fighting ARSION Tokyo, Japan 7.2 When ARSION debuted in 1998, it was a huge breath of fresh air on both the Joshi landscape and the overall pro wrestling landscape. In the late 90s, wrestling all over the world was starting to drown in its own excess with ever-lengthening finishing stretches, bigger bumps, and unneces
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MATCH REVIEW: El Dandy vs Negro Casas (07-03-92)

Wrestling fans can spend a heavy amount of time seeking hidden gems, which is great because it leads us to matches like this. However, sometimes, what we would benefit from seeing most has been right in front of us all along. July 3, 1992 Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Mexico City, Mexico CMLL World Middleweight Championship Tournament Final 10 In pro wrestling, basics can go a long way. Sometimes we think about wrestling through the lens that we have to temper our expectati
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MATCH REVIEW: Rick Martel vs Leo Burke (07-03-84)

Rick Martel played the role of the champion just as well as anyone, which is impossible to deny in this AWA title defense in the Great White North. July 3, 1984 International Wrestling Halifax, Nova Scotia AWA World Heavyweight Championship 7.0 While the NWA World Title was the pinnacle achievement in wrestling for decades, I definitely have time for an argument that the AWA title was the next best thing. Sure, the WWF title was defended outside of the home territory occasio
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MATCH REVIEW: Buddy Rose vs Curt Hennig (07-03-82)

Portland Wrestling has some really high-quality matches, especially featuring these two. But even the best of us have off nights. July 3, 1982 Pacific Northwest Wrestling Portland, Oregon No Disqualification 5.0 Buddy Rose. More than Nick Bockwinkel, Jerry Lawler, or even Ric Flair, it's hard to think of a single wrestler who made a career out of doing so much with so little on the opposite side of the ring. All three of these wrestlers are considered shining examples of
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