WingedEagle
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Highlights from another wild brawl in the feud of the year from the Mid South Coliseum. Lumberjacks have chairs, Lawler & Jarret have boards and eventually a chain & garbage can. After Lee throws powder the dogs attack the lumberjacks and Moses or Jimmy Valiant make their way out. More awesome.
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Embry is a bloody mess. Jimmy Valiant & Tom Pritchard interfere and eventually DWB is busted open as well before Tony Falk and Brian Christopher run in. You know how people scream about SEC football? Or Mark Henry screams that's what he does? I feel like everyone here should be able to scream "Memphis Wrestling!"
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Hogan & Piper definitely opted against the decaf before their promo. We're then treated to the Fink announcing that HBK has left the building. Perfect isn't out with Flair here, who gets his own entrance, as does Justice, while the faces are out together. Flair does his standard spots bumping for Hogan & Piper to a ridiculously hot crowd. The use of Whippleman's bag as a foreign object is awful. After that we get the Hulk Up and Flair eventually taking the fall for Hogan. Crowd and Flair really made this. **3/
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Bump, even if I can't contribute to Anthony.
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Loved the ref pointing out his official's patch. Gilbert does a great job working the role of the babyface with the decked stacked against him, but I had a hard time getting into this. Not in love with the work of the others, it didn't come across as serious as it should and try as I may I just can't get into Barry Horowitz as a credible heel. **
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That's for sure. This is probably the best heavyweight singles match so far this year, and without looking at my overall rankings, I can't imagine its all that far from the top. They start off ridiculously hot, with Kobashi hitting a DDT off the apron and flying shoulderblock to the floor. Then comes the prolonged headlock, which with Kawada transitioning from it with his left knee work I did not mind one bit. I can see how that may look like a worthless rest spot to someone that isn't at all familiar with these guys. Kobashi's selling of Kawada's stiff elbows and kicks takes things up a notch as well. Then comes the stretch run with them building to Kawada's power bomb & Kobashi's moonsault. Great near fall after Kawada hits the power bomb on his third try before Kobashi taps to the stretch plum. The intensity here had me completely forgetting they were still teammates at this time, but they shake afterwards. This was great. ****1/4
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Ha he really does look like Toru Tanaka. I wasn't aware PWFG ran any US shows, but it probably meant a hotter crowd than we would've had in Japan. Fujiwara's heel work and facials highlighted this. Not as big a fan of this as the UWFI but still great to watch to see what else was going on in the world. Fujiwara is continually working towards an armbar, and eventually the crowd goes home happy with Vale knocking him out of the ring with a high kick for the victory. ***1/4 That wraps up a pretty interesting disc -- a bunch of promos, angles and highlights from WCW, WWF, Memphis & SMW mixed in with a couple domestic matches, a little NJ, Joshi, shoot style and Donahue. Talk about eclectic.
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We finally get some joshi on the yearbook and what a way to kick things off. Yamada's facials and fire after the hot tag highlight the first fall which sees the challengers take the pin with an Ocean Cyclone Suplex. Kong goes nuts and opens the second fall with chairs & tables in a wild brawl all over the arena. She piledrivers Toyota on a chair and continues to destroy her from there, with Toyota escaping a bunch of near falls before going down to a power bomb off the ropes. The third fall is incredibly heated with the faces double teaming Kong for an extended period, culminating in an absolutely brutal double suplex off the top that sees Kong take the bump right on her head. Just a sick and awesome spectacle. After the match Kong does her best Stan Hansen trying to destroy a belt and needing to be escorted out. ****1/4
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I imagine he meant googling before you posted the image.
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While this dragged a bit at times, it was paced very well and logically. Quick striking early with Silver's big kicks looking great. The crowd finally pops pretty big for a backdrop suplex followed by a transition into a choke. Silver continues controlling things standing with his kicks, working in a half crab after a takedown. He also hits a big German suplex. The infrequency of those kind of spots in this style make them feel like absolute game changers. Things come together late, where every single move and attempt looking like a potential finish. Kakihara withstands an onslaught from Silver and counters with an uppercut slap that busts the big man's nose. They continue trading kicks and strikes as time expires. So different, and so much fun. ***3/4
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Looks like I'm in the minority on this one as I was a huge fan. Brad Armstrong shines on commentary. Pillman with great early work on Morton's arm including a hammerlock, armbar and even posting Morton's arm. We transition to Pillman selling the knee, working the figure four like a real platinum blonde heel before Pillman scores the win the same way as he defeated Liger at Superbrawl. ***3/4
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