March 1996
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The first match in their 1996 trilogy which just demonstrated just how good these two were. The match opens with one of the best wrestling scrambles you will find, and Sakuraba and Tamura put on a clinic in grappling and counterwork. The two seem evenly matched at first, but Tamura begins to think quicker than Sakuraba and figures out openings before Sakuraba can read them. In comparison to their 5/27/96 match, there appear to be lulls where the two are trying to figure out where to go next but you don't notice it unless you watch very closely. Because of that, they convey a bit less emotion but the match is still mechanically very good. There is a point at the end where …
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A fun shoot-inspired pro-wrestling match, with Kaki looking uncharacteristically strong and focused, coming off his frenzied gambit of open hands and a solebutt that downs Ohtani. Ohtani answers with some knees and a German suplex throw, taking Kakihara to the ropes with the cross armbreaker. They fight over a leglock, slapping each other silly, until Kakihara’s able to turn it into a kneebar and continues targeting it throughout. He misses the big spinning heel kick (surprise, surprise) so Ohtani sneaks in with a grounded sleeper but Kaki is able put the pressure back on Ohtani’s leg. Good stuff. Ohtani fires off an awesome backdrop suplex and goes back to the armbar but…
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Albright is a man ahead of his time, coming out to "Voodoo Child." No air guitar, though. Definitely a match of value if just to see the other AJPW types work with Gary and compare them to what Kawada did in October. This is decent but not nearly as good--the opening is a total waste as Misawa doesn't seem to know how to really work Albright's style of opening mat-wrestling, so we get a lot of lock-ups, stalemates, and resets that's broken up when Albright unleashes a German suplex. Gary locks on a cross armbreaker on Misawa's rolling elbow arm and doesn't break when Misawa's in the ropes, providing an opening for another psychological road to go down, but they don't…
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This was shown somewhat complete (12 out of 14 minutes) so Bison Kimura working hard wasn't in vain. This was quite the good match between two talented workers you don't hear much talk about. Combat comes in with a bad arm and Kimura pounces right on that. Combat works this as the bigger, badder, tougher woman, using her good arm to swat Bison in the back of the head and hitting huge suplexes. It's really fun to watch these two clobber eachother, I really liked Kimuras well placed chops to the elbow and shoulder, and she was tenacious in attacking the weak spot to gain and keep control. Combat knew how to sell when it counted. It's infuriating that JD' only had a 1 hour T…
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Not as good as their previous TV bouts. Eddy does take an absolute shitkicking here, taking all kinds of stiff Benoit chops and other big bombs from him. This is also notable for being perhaps the first occurrence of Benoit's rolling German suplexes. Guerrero blocks a superplex attempt and catches Benoit with the frog splash to get a surprise win for the second week in a row. Not a bad match but I liked the more back-and-forth nature of the Nitro match.
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Before Shawn was World Champ, before Austin 3:16, no titles on the line. 18 1/2 minute never before seen dark match between these two legends. Available on the Network, Vault, Hidden Gems, 1996. "A Stone Cold Heartbreak, March 10, 1996". Talk about it here
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