1999

Will update ongoing, probably after each month, just adding matches that struck me as particular MOTYCs. Year completed: Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Yoshihisa Yammamoto (RINGS 6/24/99) El Samurai vs. Shinjiro Otani (NJPW 6/3/99) El Hijo del Santo & Negro Casas vs. Bestia Salvaje & Scorpio Jr. (Hair vs. Mask) (CMLL 3/19/99) Jushin Liger & Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Shinjiro Otani & Koji Kanemoto (NJPW 3/6/99) Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki vs. Tamon Honda & Jun Izumida (AJPW 1/16/99) Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Stan Hansen & Akira Taue (AJPW 12/03/99) Daisuke Ikeda & Mohammed Yone vs. Alexander Otsuka & Yuki Ishikawa (BattlARTS 1/12…

Post them here.

January: #1 - Yuki Ishikawa & Alexander Otsuka vs Daisuke Ikeda & Mohammed Yone (BattlARTS 01/12/99) ****3/4 #2 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW 01/22/99) ****1/2 #3 - Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki vs Tamon Honda & Jun Izumida (AJPW 01/16/99) ****1/2 #4 - Mr. Gannosuke vs Hisakatsu Oya (FMW 01/05/99) ****1/4 #5 - Yoshinari Ogawa vs Masahito Kakihara (AJPW 01/15/99) ****1/4 #6 - Chikayo Nagashima vs Meiko Satomura (GAEA 01/08/99) ****1/4 #7 - Hardy Boys vs Serial Thrillaz (OMEGA 01/29/99) ****1/4 #8 - Magnum Tokyo, Dragon Kid & SAITO vs Shiima Nobunaga, Judo Suwa & Sumo Fuji (Toryumon 01/31/99) ****1/4 #9 - Naohiro Hoshikawa, Mas…

#100 - Steve Austin vs Val Venis (WWF Smackdown 10/21/99) #99 - Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko vs Rey Misterio Jr. & Billy Kidman (WCW Saturday Night 04/17/99) #98 - Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko vs Horace & Brian Adams (WCW Thunder 02/18/99) #97 - Bret Hart vs Booker T (WCW Monday Nitro 02/22/99) #96 - Susumu Yokosuka vs Genki Horiguchi (Toryumon 09/14/99) #95 - Juventud Guerrera vs Blitzkrieg (WCW Spring Stampede 04/11/99) #94 - Mike Awesome vs Masato Tanaka vs Taz (ECW Anarchy Rulz 04/19/99) #93 - Hulk Hogan vs Diamond Dallas Page (WCW Monday Nitro 03/29/99) #92 - Bret Hart vs Chris Benoit (WCW Monday Nitro 10/04/99) #91 - Edge & Christ…

So here we are, about one month shy of four years from the time I started watching 1996. I have now viewed over 1200 hours of footage from 1990-1999. My full attention from here forward will go toward completing the e-book, which includes lots of writing and watching a decent chunk of supplemental footage that I've identified. After I get fully in the swing of writing again, I'll have a better estimate of when the e-book will be released. In the meantime, be on the lookout for: - My Top 500 Matches of the 1990s countdown, starting at 500 and going all the way to number 1 - A new podcast series devoted to 1990s wrestling on a global scale, which will tackle a …