January 1999
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It's been said before, but parts of AJPW felt pretty old hat by 1999. Case in point: matches like this. Misawa no sells a few moves, parts of the Kawada/Misawa sections came dangerously close to current NJPW elbowfests, and the build and sense of escalation seemed to be lacking overall. It picks up here or there, but it speak volumes to me that 2 minutes before the finish in this match Misawa and Kawada were still working fairly standard exchanges that didn't feel like they were preceded by a 20 minute match at all. It was a pretty stiff match, so even if it wasn't exciting, it was atleast painful. Shinzaki didn't really add much besides a few different moves. He threw a …
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Kenta Kobashi vs Vader - AJPW 1/15/99 Vader's first major singles match in All Japan and after that double hot performance at the Real World Tag League Final, I had high hopes for this one. Kobashi vs. Monster is one of my all time favorite match types (vs Hansen in mid-90s and Takayama in 00s) and it is a shame we did not get more. This was a bit more sluggish and kind of mechanical than I expected, but it still delivered on the things we expect. At the Real World Tag League, Vader felt like a rabid grizzly bear with Kobashi & Akiyama urgently doing all they could to survive the vicious, relentless onslaught. Here Vader is a monster, but he is more the kind t…
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This for a good while was only available as a chopped up match that removed the majority of the starting grappling exchanges, which for a match like this you'd kinda want to see out of these two lol. Thankfully the full version has now shown up and not shockingly is very good. Mainly what works about this match (as well as any involving this two, really) is that they compliment each other well. Amano I've found does her best work when using her technical wizardry first and foremost, mainly in give-and-take formulas where she mostly has heelish tendencies during her control spots, attacking weak limbs like a injured shoulder or a bad leg as the main lead-in for every…
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This was a very good popcorn match with a ton of sick moves and bumps. It was even psychologically interesting, as the heels didn't want to exert themselves and targeted the faces, while Rey and Kidman initially worked together. However, soon it was chaos and nobody cared who the legal man was anymore. Also, the commentators didn't know that it was First Fall Wins, so tried to explain guys breaking up pinfalls by them not wanting their winning chances decrease. Man, Kidman pulling Juvi by the hair getting a bigger reaction than Psicosis' insane bump to the floor is telling that these guys didn't have the most efficient understanding of crowd pleasing. Maybe Psicosis just …
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This was better than it had any right to be. The stooges are great in their roles and actually some of my favorite minor characters in the Attitude Era. Comedy ensues when Gerry tries to mat-wrestle Chyna only to be tied up by her. More stooge antics ensue until Chyna takes a tumble to the outside. Sable comes out and has one of the most pointless run-ins ever. Before she's even off the ramp, she gets blinded-sided by Luna and that's the last we see of both of them during this match. The Stooges start groping Chyna in a spot that's not even the most offensive moment on this show, let alone the entire Attitude Era. The Stooges use classic wrestling tropes such as the airp…
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