September 1996
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The two most relentless strikers BattlARTS had in 1996 face in a big deciding match, so this was a quality match up. There was some shootstyle matwork but this was mostly brutally violent standup, Usuda may have out-Ikeda'd Ikeda here. Ikeda's selling was absolutely fantastic. He got in some good shots, but Usuda was just relentless sending Ikeda into desperation mode and you got the sense the match was a hair away from being done. This was a brutal and great sub-10 minute war.
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JIP to the juicy part. They trade some big damn beatings like this is BattlARTs or something. Ono didn't have the elaborate punch technique he developed later, but made up for it with sheer force kicks to the face. Ono actually gets the advantage over his bigger opponent but falls to Ikeda's power advantage. Fun clip.
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Katsumi Usuda was rampaging through BattlARTS in 1996. He lays an absolutely murderous beating on Ishikawa. Ishikawa comes back with his excellent grappling technique and throws, but Usuda just crushes him with kicks to the face and blows on the ground. Short clip but both guys looked awesome.
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WWF World Heavyweight Champion Shawn Michaels vs Goldust - WWF RAW 9/6/96 Special RAW on a Friday because the US Open would pre-empt RAW this week. Now that they got competition in the form of Nitro they feel like they need to bridge the gap. The original Goldust heel run is one of all-time favorite runs by anyone. It is a near perfect gimmick played to the hilt by Dustin. It is a shame they turned him baby face by the end of the year, there was a lot of mileage left and interesting stories to tell as a heel. The visual aesthetic may be my favorite of all time and the gimmick was so versatile. That being said Dustin always seemed to be hurt when working as …
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Hey, now here's a match that slipped under the radars! Have YOU seen this match? Go boast to your hipster friends about it. One can't help but wonder how this match up will go down. Hashimoto is the heavyweight mega star. Sano is a junior and at best not even the 3rd highest ranked guy in UWFi. Also, Hashimoto represents NJPW... at a UWFi vs. WAR show? Let me say that this match is very slow, and 100% true to their characters and hierarchy. Hashimoto can beat Sano in 30 seconds, and the finish drives this home. But Sano is skillful and hard to kill. This is like an NJPW match dressed as UWFi match, with grappling and hard fighting over the throws. I'm a fan of Has…
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This show had a lot of rad matches. By this time, Orihara had fully morphed into the singlet wearing punk. Even though this was UWFi vs. WAR and he was the outsider, he was quite sympathetic here taking on ultra-skilled young Sakuraba. Lots of basic but hard fought grappling, gritty suplexes and Orihara getting kicked in the face by Saku. Orihara actually gets the upper hand on Sakuraba - apparently the trick is to just kick him in the balls and follow up with a nasty kick to the back of the head - before uncorking some nasty as fuck piledrivers. Great little match.
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