July 1993
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This was one of those matches that had a lot of good moments which didn't really fit together. I can see people liking a lot of them, but at the end of the day you have an apuestas match in which things started off almost gentlemanly, Sangre Chicana threw away a fall for no real reason, and Fiera won with a fluky and botched rollup while not looking like a conquering hero. Even in the prematch video package, included to make this feel like a bigtime event, something felt off, as you could see that it wasn't even Chicana who turned on Fiera first. And the bottle shot made no sense. It was a cool image and everything, but it's not like Fiera had been making a comeback or do…
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This bangs. Suzuka attacks Hokuto before she can get out of her big robes and wig only for Hokuto to counter a backbreaker into an armdrag over a pile of streamers. Hokuto takes her wig off, Suzuka jumps her and attempts the backbreaker again but Hokuto counters it into a splash this time, goes back into the corner to take off her robes and shouts something at Suzuka which got a lot of crowd laughs. Suzuka looks a bit embarrassed that she failed to jump Hokuto at the bell not once but twice. One of the wackiest opening 30 seconds ever. They then have a great violent match with nasty handwork and the big bombs you'd expect. ****1/4
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My latest obsession is watching any Toshiyo Yamada match that sounds remotely stiff. This wasn't worked under combat rules, but these were two like minded workers and brought a significant amount of striking and stiffness to their bouts. Yamada was a chameleon in that she could blend between shoot style and the AJW Joshi style, and you get a little bit of both here. This is a tournament bout that goes the distance. It's not as dramatic as Yamada vs Hasegawa, but that's to be expected. Saito's a LLPW worker, and they don't know each other as well. There's a ton of action to sink your teeth into, and the work is generally of a high standard. I was impressed by how much ener…
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Undertaker vs Samu - WWF RAW 7/5/93 I was so impressed with Taker against Yoko; I wanted to watch some of his work from 1993 but unfortunately in 1993 he was squandered by being married to Giant Gonzalez. Taker deserved a lot better than that. This was his highest ranked match on Cagematch for 1993 no real story between these two in particular, but it is a good match. The angle is Mr. Hughes in alliance with Harvey Whippleman (the manager of Giant Gonzalez) stole the Urn and beat up Paul Bearer. Now I don’t know if Taker/Hughes was the original plan for Summerslam and Gonzalez replaced Hughes or if Hughes was a henchman. The story of the match is how would Undertaker…
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IWGP Tag Team Champions Hellraisers vs Shinya Hashimoto & Keiji Mutoh - NJPW 7/13/93 The Hellraisers had been defending against such world class tag teams as Tony Halme & Rambo (who?) and Tony Halme & Bobby Eaton (what?). This was their first defense against a major native tag team and what a duo, basically the two biggest stars of the 90s. Mutoh was in the midst of his IWGP Heavyweight Reign as the Great Muta. He would wrestle matches as Mutoh during this reign and seemed that they were winding him down at this time as he competed in the G-1 Climax in 1993 as Keiji Mutoh and would drop the title to Hashimoto in September of '93 and would wrestle the major…
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Aaaahh that good ol' iron curtain shootstyle. This at times near indistinguishable from IWRG as they just tied from one crazy hold into another. The throws were awesome too. Todorov looked as good as any other random east european, but Zouev was awesome. Great balance of technique and tenacity. I liked the stomach blows too. Bout could've gone longer easily.
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