August 1998
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Kojima has barely aged since the 90's, and he's still in that role of "guy who's over but not main event" as he's always been in. This is wrestled slightly different to the first matches these two were in as Koji becomes the underdog and Yasuda becomes the big lumpy sumo that he needs to chop down. Yasuda's stuff on top is fairly decent, mixing in the usual big man shtick while also occasionally doing something more athletic, like a rolling senton splash or whatnot. His sumo slaps are pretty damn stiff as well, naturally Koji works well with such a dynamic as he bumps solid, his selling is naturally sympathetic enough to get the crowd supporting the guy against the big la…
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Chris Candido vs Lance Storm - ECW Heat Wave 1998 Watched this before and thought it was pretty good. Did not age well. Storm lacks any sort of fire or pizzazz. Like just nothing. So mechanical and cold. Everything feels thought out, artificial and mechanical. I can see him being a good trainer for technique, but lacks that attitude. This is supposed to be a grudge match of two tag partners that hate each other, but instead when Storm rips off Candido's head gear (Candido's ear was injured by Sabu/RVD in their title loss) nothing. No heat. Just nothing. Candido for his part was definitely too 80s Southern stoogy for a grudge match BUT at least it was entertaining. A l…
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Shinya Hashimoto vs Satoshi Kojima - NJPW 8/2/98 G-1 Climax Semifinals Hashimoto is on the road to doing the one thing he has never done before in New Japan, win the G-1 Climax. Standing in his way his a young bull named Satoshi Kojima. They had a really damn good match in 2003 for the Triple Crown in All Japan. Very underrated match that peoples should check out. I don't think Kojima is NWO 4 LIfe yet; I think that happens a little later this year. This match is definitely a portent to come. Lots of defiance. Lots of lariats. Lots of fighting spirit. Lots of standing and bellowing. Lots of strike exchanges. It works because Hashimoto is God. This is definitely th…
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