WingedEagle
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I imagine most folks on here at a level of fandom such that they find his schtick unreadable at best and insulting at worst. Interestingly, I sent a couple friends who came to Mania to read his stuff as they're casual fans at best and they found it interesting and informative. Go figure. -
I'd love to see something like Liger & Daniel Bryan vs. Eddy & Samurai.
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Why do we have an English ring announcer here? Slow matwork to start with a focus on Choshu's knee, including a long figure four spot. Choshu's backdrop suplex gets a pretty big big crowd pop. Muto's hot stretch sees him break out a a moonsault and dive, pulling out all the stops against the champ. Nice finish with Muto withstanding one lariat but not a few. Reminiscent of a low-rent Misawa-Hansen in that regard. ***1/4
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Rude with a good heel promo saying Steamboat can't get through him, but no mention of their PPV main event.
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Steamboat is out with bruised eyes and a busted nose so apparently we missed the angle where the DA smashed his face into the floor. Steamer stumbles over calling Rude his "nemesis" and we get zero mention of War Games, that PPV which is a week away.
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Lawler is out with with a handicapped kid talking I presume about a charity softball game.
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Embry is out with a garbage can & weapons, and pretty soon Lawler/Jarrett and the Moondogs make their way out. Lawler wants Guy Coffee to give them a 6 man tag. Embry closes going nuts about his eyes, Texas, just about everything. Love it. Liger/Samurai may be the best in-ring feud of the year but this is a blood feud.
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I don't doubt he had more than his share of less than shining moments. But I wouldn't want to hold those involving Brody against him anymore than I would hold Flair responsible for working with El Gigante or the Black Scorpion.
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Most matches involving Brody were below average. What's the point? Hansen was a great worker, not a miracle worker.
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I watched Funk vs. Jumbo from '76 today. It was a great world title match and I can see why at the time it might have felt like an all time classic. But it didn't register with me as such a classic today in 2013. What am I missing?
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Couldn't agree more on the feuds. I had the Baba matches ranked higher than many on the 80s AJ set as I thought they held up ridiculously well and were pretty amazing when you consider what else Baba was doing in the ring at the time. Then you look at the Funk match, the tag league matches, the Tenryu series, Puerto Rico with the highlights that Dylan recapped in that thread, '88 w/ Gordy vs. Tenryu & Kawada. And that's before we get to the 90s versus those stars. I do disagree about the promos though -- if you take those and many angles away from Flair his feuds and resume just aren't the same. Its not a strike against Hansen in the sense he didn't deliver in that respect, but the same opportunity just wasn't there. This stuff about the 70s is pure garbage though. The record for anyone there is beyond incomplete, and even so, comes off to me as fishing for an opportunity to throw stones. When you've got a pretty strong 15-20 year period to evaluate someone that should be a pretty fair body of work for purposes of this kind of discussion. Its the same reason I'm not interested in hearing why the '00s are a case against Flair. I also don't care what Willie Mays did with the Mets or what Jordan did with the Wizards (even if his performance in the ASG was classic and yet another reminder that he is the only true god on earth).
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Haven't seen much of him in the 70s. I'd consider the 80s and 90s a sufficient body of work for such an evaluation.
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Without looking at their runs, I think you could easily make the case that Hansen's highs in Japan are better than Flair's domestically, but Flair clearly gets the edge on volume. Where the cases falls apart for me is promos and angles. Obviously Hansen doesn't have the opportunity for that in Japan but building matches and feuds outside of ring work is too important for me to overlook.
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Contract signing for a title unification match. Lawler delivers a great promo about previous world champions, saying that Gilbert doesn't just want to be like Lawler, but actually wants to be him. Gilbert snaps, straightens his tie and chokes Lawler. Awesome. Great point above though that Lawler's delivery heel really fit a heel more than a face -- he came across as a bullying older brother.
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The Moondogs interfere in Embry's match, everyone eventually is out and Lee bumps well for Eddie Marlin and Jarrett. Highlights continue with tons of chairshots and blood. Then the dogs attack again, spike piledriving Jarrett before Embry is out to to clean house. As noted above, this feud has been one of the true highlights of the year.
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Man do I hate you I'd love to be part of a crowd like this just once, as it was super hot right from the start. The first fall and early minutes here were amazing, and if they continued like that for three falls this might've been amazing. But they didn't. The early going saw Onita piledrive Boulder near the back of the arena, Santo and Casas doing what they do together, Santo delivering huge dives and all of it at a ridiculous pace. Final two falls had more nutty stuff that would be tough for any handheld to capture, but it just didn't hold up to the start. Still a really exciting match to watch. Santo's dive on Patterson and then rolling through with a plancha outside on Casas was just out of this world. ****
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Onita and Goto trading headbutts and juice to start is never a bad thing. The highlight the rest of the way were the Santo/Casas exchanges, which to no one's surprise were great, especially a Santo dropkick from the turnbuckle to the floor. The finish was really awkward, as everyone except Onita, Goto and myself were aware it even occurred. Fun but nothing uniquely special or memorable. ***1/4
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Great atmosphere and footage here of what feels like a hidden backyard show that just happens to have a legend main eventing. They trade the first two falls with Espanto dominating en route to victory in the second. Which means Santo will be on the verge of losing at the end before overcoming a strong challenge. Except that doesn't happen. Santo hits a super plancha before Espanto gets a bunch of great near falls that you'd think are his moral victory but then he actually scores the upset. Bonus points for the ring looking like garbage. ***3/4
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Konnan would NOT be pleased.
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This was pretty good, especially given the seemingly endless 2/3 falls main events on Saturday Night we've seen and that are still in the pipeline. Austin looked really good here, working a quick, rough pace early that felt natural whereas in the past you might see him thinking about what comes next. Good finishes for all the falls here and a surprise title change. Heyman's antics during the third fall as the intensity picked up were superb. ***