August 1994

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Is this Bad News' best UWFi match thus far? Maybe. It kicks off with a bang, and Kanehara flying in with the knee to knock Allen off his feet. Allen is still bad news but he manages a few strong takedowns and used both the regular crab and single-leg variant. On the other hand, Kanehara is able to land some high kicks and gets a close call with an armbar counter but Bad News finishes strong. Pretty fun match, all things considered.

This has to be one of Gary's best singles performances in UWFi but it helps when your dance partner is Kiyoshi Tamura. Despite Tamura's presence, this still had some slower moments but Gary was definitely trying more on the mat than he has before. And the drama really bubbled to the finish. All of the suplex teases were well done, and Tamura's close calls with the armbars added tons to this. I mean, it's over 10 minutes before Gary hits his first suplex. Loved Tamura's enziguri counter, and him consistently slipping through Albright's fingers as he tries to set him up for the dragon suplex. One of my favorite parts of the match is when Gary nonchalantly slaps Tamura while…

Similar dynamic to the Lydick/Nelson tag but with more of a mad scramble of takedowns and reversals, looking for an opening to the upper hand. As I mentioned on the podcast, I’m a sucker for the suplex>submission combo, like Scott with the overhead suplex>kimura and Sakuraba with the German suplex>neck crank. This time around, Lydick is a little more prepared for Kakihara’s usual whirlwind of slaps and catches him with an overhead suplex, trying to follow that up with a heel hook, which sends Kaki scrambling for the ropes. I love the way Lydick just grabs his opponent and figures out a way to suplex them while they're trying to squirm out. Kakihara, however, fini…

This had that old-school UWF feel to it, as both guys were methodical and prideful, and extra snappy with their strikes. Nakano catching the high kick early on was a cool moment, which led to some nasty knees from Yamazaki and some dirty open hands by Nakano. The slower moments of the match were there but it paid off with the finish. Loved the fact that Kazuo escapes the rolling German attempt by throwing himself through the ropes. Great finish, too, with Yamazaki blocking the snap suplex with authority, enziguri'ing the kick counter, and grabbing onto the calf hold for the submission. Good stuff!

Berkovich was a non-factor in this but that being said, Zangiev continues to rule, and his exchanges with both Sano and Anjo were easy highlights. Him sliding in with the leg trip to set up the Sharpshooter was dope, and then when Sano tries to break out of the full nelson, Zangiev accordions him with a German suplex. Anjo was EXTRA shitty during the finishing stretch, where he just lays into Zangiev with knees and slaps and clocks him with a high kick to the cheekbone for the KO. What a finish. Not a great tag by any means but this made me really want to see a singles match between Sano and Zangiev.

Hashimikov is able to show off some dad power with several suplex throws, and Miyato is chippy with his strikes, but there really isn't enough there to draw me in. I love that the Russians have started using the Sharpshooter. But when that doesn't work, Salman uses the traditional armbar to win it. Nothing too exciting.

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Muffintop Mark Silver is back, his knee is still injured, and he doesn't last a minute in there against Takayama when he takes a kick to said injured knee. Story of his UWFi career. Not good.

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