Everything posted by Tim Evans
- [1996-09-05-AJPW-Summer Action Series II] Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi
- [1996-09-05-AJPW-Summer Action Series II] Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace
- [1996-09-02-WCW-Nitro] Ric Flair & Arn Anderson & Chris Benoit & Steve McMichael vs Kevin Sullivan & Big Bubba Rogers & Meng & Barbarian
- [1996-09-01-FMW-Super Dynamism] Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Koji Nakagawa vs W*ING Kanemura & Hideki Hosaka & Hido (Exploding Barbed Wire Death)
- [1993-02-27-USWA-TV] Interview: Eddie Gilbert / Eddie Gilbert vs Brian Christopher
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[1996-08-24-ECW-Natural Born Killaz] Rob Van Dam vs Doug Furnas
Furnas just killed RVD with those chairshots. This was better than I thought it would be. But no way should Furnas and Kroffat gone to WCW. They would have gotten killed by the Outsiders.
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- ECW
- August 24
- 1996
- Philadelphia
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[1996-08-24-ECW-Natural Born Killaz] The Sandman & Pit Bull #2 vs Raven & Shane Douglas
This was pretty bad. The part before Pitbull came in was just awful with Raven looked like he was out of it and Shane was bad. Just a overbooked mess. The fans reaction to Tyler hitting Sandman with the cane was funny.
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- ECW
- August 24
- 1996
- Philadelphia
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[1996-08-30-AJW-Grand Prix] Aja Kong vs Kyoko Inoue
Kyoko's crying is almost as annoying as Toyota's screaming. But Loss is right about this being one of the better Joshi matches on the set. The Clotheslines were just painful looking.
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- AJW
- Grand Prix
- August 30
- 1996
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[1996-08-24-RINGS-Maelstrom] Volk Han vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka
I wouldn't call this a classic but it was fun. Han is just incredible getting out of submissions. The finish was just great.
- [1993-02-13-WCW-Saturday Night] Vader vs Rick Thames
- [1996-08-19-WCW-Nitro] Dean Malenko vs Steven Regal
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[1996-08-19-WWF-Raw] Shawn Michaels commercial
This is a lot like the Jeff Jarrett commercial from the early 90's. Funny as hell.
- [1996-08-18-WWF-Summerslam] The Undertaker vs Mankind (Boiler Room Brawl)
- [1996-08-18-Michinoku Pro] Jushin Liger & Gran Hamada & Gran Naniwa vs Dick Togo & Taka Michinoku & Shoichi Funaki
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[1996-08-18-WWF-Summerslam] Shawn Michaels vs Vader
Shawn's temper tantrum during this match is very remnicent of Orton calling Kofi Kingston "Stupid" after Kofi screwed something up. I don't know what he was trying, I think it was the Perro Aguyao double stomp or something? I think I liked this match more than most with HBK kicking and punching Vader to start the match. I agree with the finish being bad though.
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- WWF
- WWE
- Summerslam
- August 18
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[1996-08-17-AAA] Rey Misterio Jr & Konnan vs Juventud Guerrera & Jerry Estrada
Konnan coming out to California Love and being a tecnico is funny for some reason. I wouldn't call this a good match at all. Rey/Juvi and Estrada's bumping was nice but Konnan just ruins it. He might be the worst guy not only in the match but on this set. He just wrestles so awkwardly and adds nothing. How long was this before the big breakup between Konnan and Pena? Couldn't have been too long.
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[1996-08-17-UWFi-Mid-Summer in Jingu] Genichiro Tenryu vs Naoki Sano
Yeah the near empty stadium looked like when World Class ran the Cotton bowl in 89. However, this match was fun as hell thanks to Tenyru's punches. Will, When is the Tenyru set coming out? I need more of him in my life.
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- UWFI
- August 17
- 1996
- Genichiro Tenryu
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- [1996-08-15-WCW-Clash of the Champions XXXIII] Ric Flair vs Hulk Hogan
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[1996-08-12-WWF-Raw] Shawn Michaels vs Owen Hart
I've really grown to like the Owen/HBK series. This was another good match mainly thanks to Owen's selling and bumping.
- [1996-08-10-JWP] Mayumi Ozaki vs Dynamite Kansai
- [1996-08-10-WCW-Hog Wild] Chris Benoit vs Dean Malenko
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[1996-08-06-NJPW-J*Crown] Ultimo Dragon vs Great Sasuke
Dragon's AAA mask is just weird. I don't even remember him there. Did Sasuke get injured during this match?
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[1996-08-05-NJPW-G1 Climax] Keiji Muto vs Shiro Koshinaka
The last 10 minutes of this is pretty exciting. The crowd gets into it and Muto is motivated. Muto getting powerbombed from the top looked painful though. Good match.
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- NJPW
- G-1 Climax
- August 5
- 1996
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- [1996-08-04-BattlARTS] Yuki Ishikawa vs Daisuke Ikeda
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Feud of the year
I'm going to go with Bill Dundee vs Wolfie D. So many twists and turns happened in that feud. PG13 loses a loser leaves town match and comes back under masks. Before that was the great angle with Dundee coming back and screwing with Randy Hales. Of course you have the Jerry Lawler Heel turn and the angle with him writing Cyberpunk Fire a check but needing his real name. I also liked the Flair/Savage feud. But that was more 95 than 96.