1997

January: #1 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 01/20/97) ***** #2 - Volk Han vs Kiyoshi Tamura (RINGS 01/22/97) ****3/4 #3 - Megumi Kudo vs Shinobu Kandori (LLPW 01/05/97) ****1/4 #4 - Riki Choshu vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW Tokyo Dome 01/04/97) **** #5 - Cicloncito Ramirez vs Damiancito El Guerrero (CMLL 01/07/97) **** #6 - Jun Akiyama vs Akira Taue (AJPW 01/20/97) ***1/2 #7 - Hiroumi Yagi vs Tomoko Kuzumi (JWP 01/12/97) ***1/2 #8 - Mayumi Ozaki, Sugar Sato & Chikayo Nagashima vs Chigusa Nagayo, Sonoko Kato & Meiko Satomura (GAEA 01/19/97) ***1/4 #9 - PG-13 vs Flash Flanagan & Steven Dunn (USWA TV 01/18/97) *** #10 - Ultimo Dragon vs Dean Ma…

#100 - Shawn Michaels & Steve Austin vs Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith (WWF Monday Night RAW 05/26/97) #99 - Bret Hart vs Sid (WWF Monday Nitro 02/17/97) #98 - Shinya Hashimoto vs Kazuo Yamazaki (NJPW 02/16/97) #97 - Juventud Guerrera, Hector Garza & Lizmark Jr. vs Psicosis, La Parka & Villano IV (WCW Bash at the Beach 07/13/97) #96 - Vader vs Ken Shamrock (WWF Cold Day In Hell 05/11/97) #95 - Jun Akiyama vs Akira Taue (AJPW 01/20/97) #94 - Randy Savage vs Diamond Dallas Page (WCW Halloween Havoc 10/26/97) #93 - Wolfie D vs Flash Flanagan (Music City 12/25/97) #92 - Genichiro Tenryu vs Yoji Anjo (WAR 07/06/97) #91 - Rey Misterio Jr. & Juventud Gu…

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New matches in blue. Will continue editing throughout the set. January: Shinjiro Otani vs Yoshihiro Taijiri (NJPW Tokyo Dome 01/04/97) Riki Choshu vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW Tokyo Dome 01/04/97) Steve Austin vs Shawn Michaels (WWF Stockton, CA 01/04/97) Eagle Sawai, Michiko Nagashima & Miss Mongol vs Michiko Omukai, Mitzuk Endo & Rumi Kazama (LLPW 01/05/97) Megumi Kudo vs Shinobu Kandori (LLPW 01/05/97) Owen Hart vs Mankind (WWF Monday Night RAW 01/06/97) Cicloncito Ramirez vs Damiancito El Guerrero (CMLL 01/07/97) Shawn Michaels vs Mankind (WWF Anaheim, CA 01/11/97) Sonoko Kato & Meiko Satomura vs Chihiro Nakano & Makie Numao (GAEA 01/12/97) …

1997 doesn't have as many complete matches as the other years I have watched but the top quality is amazing. I feel like I am fairly stingey with my ***** and this year has five of them. The #1 match from the year I am ready to declare the greatest match of all time. Beyond that, this year features amazingly memorable storylines and was the peak of creative forces in wrestling matching the athleticism. ***** 1. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 1/20/97) 2. El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas (Hair Match) (CMLL 9/19/97) 3. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (I Quit Match) (Mania 3/23/97) 4. Toshie Uematsu v…

Use this thread to post recommendations for the yearbook. I don't want to put requirements on making recommendations necessarily, but I will kindly ask a favor -- if you recommend something, if you could, maybe just include a brief reason that you're recommending it. It doesn't have to be elaborate, but just something for us to see why it should go on. If you make recommendations that pique my curiosity, I will do my part to ask more follow-up questions to make sure I have a good understanding of why it was recommended. In addition, I will use this thread to list matches I come across when looking through various lists that look interesting on paper to ask…