January 1995
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This fucking ruled, man. Slick, competitive grappling in the beginning, and Tamura slips a kick into an opening and blows the match completely open. Lydick starts panic wrestling, and he manages to keep himself afloat for a minute, but Tamura submits him with relative ease. ***1/2
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All the best sub-five minute matches feel like actualized encounters with a beginning, middle, and end. This one feels like it just missed the mark. At just a hair under two minutes, the ending is a bit too abrupt for my taste. Give this one or two more minutes and I think they could've done something great here. ***1/4
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There's an aimlessness and lack of urgency here that left me a bit restless despite how high-level the grappling execution was. I didn't hate this, but I couldn't get into it as much as I would've liked. **3/4
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On paper, this should be a complete hossfest -- in execution, however, it's a little disappointing. I really liked the tension behind the lock ups, building to when Albright starts wailing on him with elbows in the ropes. He does manage a belly-to-belly suplex on Vader but that's the only suplex we get in this match, despite Albright briefly getting him in a full nelson. The match plods along with Vader going for choke sleepers until he finally gets one locked on for the submission. Not the kind of match you want from these two.
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Bret returns to the ring after a brief hiatus post losing the WWF Championship to Bob Backlund at Survivor Series, and he's paired against a histrionic Jarrett - who bumps hard, sells, and uses Bret's aggression against him in a compelling manner (with assistance from the Roadie, of course). These two have really good physical chemistry, and it's kind of a shame that this wasn't longer. ***
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I'm glad Meltzer decided this was worth rating otherwise this would've fallen completely under my radar. Aside from some selling inconsistences in the finishing run, this is a really strong match from front to back with tons of action and a propulsive narrative. Yagi is presented as the clear weak link, but getting to her means going through the hulking obstacle that is Dynamite Kansai. I thought Fukuoka was incredible here -- just bumping around manically for Kansai, and making her look like an absolute killer. ***3/4
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