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I just watched all of the Hansen vs. Colon feud through the bullrope match, which felt like a hell of a climax until the post-match and Chicky Starr Sports Shop segment above, so we'll see what the last 2 matches have to offer. Loved the way it all built and the bullrope match itself was definitely awesome, though I still prefer Superbrawl 3 as the best of its kind. -
I'll second vs. Owen on Raw in 97.
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I haven't reread the thread to see if it was already laid out, but what are the specific criteria?
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I'll second vs. Sullivan, Bash '96. Far and away my favorite and most rewatchable even if vs. Angle at Rumble '03 is his best.
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Pretty awesome to wake up and find this kind of walk through. Will have to check it all out now.
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Awesome, any excuse to have more rasslin' talk is a good thing. I had zero interest in the AWA set and have nonetheless enjoyed some of these, even if they don't make me want to watch the set.
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Don't recall the date but I'll go with Meng vs. The Giant from Nitro. Pretty epic for a match of that length. A real clash of the titans.
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Not even worth dignifying that kind of nonsense with a response. Hyperbole is silly.
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Closing things out with a third vote for Vader vs. Sting at Superbrawl 3. Let's move on to Randy Savage, and I'll go Mania 7 vs. Warrior.
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Someone needs to 3rd the 10 man or Vader match so we can move on before Inoki brings in Cro Cop to kick this thread off of tv.
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What an absolute blast. February was an incredible month -- 8 four star plus matches by my count plus a few others just shy, and from all over the world. Throw in fun promos and angles from the territories and its just such a breeze.
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This was GREAT. Awesome matwork early which saw them battle over an armbar, stiff kicks from both and a German from Kanehara that came across as an incredibly big move given the style and layout of the match. Kanehara gets the win with an awesome looking crab that he just wrenches back incredibly and drags Kanehara to the center to prevent a rope break. More UWFI! ****1/4
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I had a tough time figuring out when the first fall here ended. Wasn't too concerned as everything was great. I'm not sure this is the best way to describe it, but Casas simply moves and carries himself like someone who was born to play the role of professional wrestler. Everything he does looks completely instinctual and natural. Great stretch run after we had the fun comedy bit in the rudo corner. ****1/4
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As a Sting mark at the time I couldn't wait for this. Nice pop at the finish, though I wonder how they decided on a flying cross body for the title change. You'd expect the Scorpion or a barrage of his splashes to give him a trademark victory rather than something that wasn't built as a killer move.
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Great match on a great card, but not a MOTYC for me at all. The faces work with Austin, especially Windham's, was really crisp throughout. Loved Larry's antics and losing his cool when things weren't going their way as well as Windham's segment as FIP. Nice win and I am very glad the whole Dangerous Alliance run on top still has a few more months. ***3/4
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I think there's a case to be made that this match is both overrated and underrated for its import in featuring LHW's in a major promotion. While not the classic it was looked as that night, this still holds up really well and is a great match. One thing that doesn't hold up are the production values, as this looks much darker and more minor league compared with what WWF was putting out at the time. Liger works over Pillman's knee early with a figure four and kneebreaker before breaking into the high spots, including a dive on the floor that Ventura calls a moonsault. They build to a spectacular finishing stretch with Liger nailing a German suplex, power bomb and superplex while Pillman hits a sweet flying cross body and dive to the floor before bringing the LHW title back to WCW. ****1/4
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I remembered Taker coming out of this as an uber face but it didn't take that way on rewatch. We've seen worse from Roberts in the Savage feud and while this clearly sets the stage for Mania, it seemed like even the live crowd wasn't entirely sure how to react as it was happening. Its a shame this was the end of the road for Jake as a heel here.
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Would've loved to see this complete but what we've got is great. Jumbo gives Kobashi a ton,eating a DDT on the floor, backdrop suplex and more before blocking a moonsault and finishing things with a backdrop of his own. The Kawada match is probably superior due to a better layout but I liked how much Jumbo did to paint Kobashi as a real threat here. ****
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Every week of WCW tv seemed to give something awesome from the Dangerous Alliance. This really did squeeze in a ton and had that feeling where a bunch of guys are running through their checklist rather than building something, but who cares when its these 8? Eaton was a bump machine early, and Zbyszko was also flying all over the place. Dustin is probably still my favorite worker on the face side to this point in the year. Loved the creative hot tag to Steamboat out of an atomic drop. Fun match building to Superbrawl a week later. ***1/2