dawho5
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Fun shootstyle match with the big suplex guy vs. smaller striker/grappler dynamic. I was a little worried after the very first ground exchange that went nowhere, but they put on a pretty good show after that was over. Even if the matwork was a little lacking in excitement. Not a huge Takada fan and his matwork being a little on the side of listless is one of the reasons. I will agree that this is one of his better bouts I have seen. I wonder if the suplexes aren't supposed to look a little less flashy than their "pro-style" counterparts?
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Bas was really giving for a non-pro-wrestler. And way better than you would expect. He had Koji at every turn on the mat, but makes him look just credible enough to buy the finish. Is BAs Rutten truly a world class grappler like he looks to be or is there just that much of a difference between the wrestling and MMA guys? I am going with the latter, I would guess the wrestling guys learn enough to be effective against your average joe. Where the MMA guys would get murdered in a real fight if they weren't up to snuff. As an example, most pro guys when they throw kicks leave themselves way off balance. If you watch you'll see where a good fighter could step out-step in real quick and clobber them with something in between. Bas is able to throw a side kick to knock Koji off the apron before putting his leg down from a high roundhouse and 100% balanced through both kicks.
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On rewatch I loved this just as much as I did the first time. They respect the submissions enough to sell them big. I did like Murahama forcefully demonstrating why real fighters don't go for greco-roman finger locks at the 9 minute mark. A quasi-shootstyle/juniors promotion would have kept me watching wrestling if these guys were in it.
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Well, you could put a positive spin on it, wrestling-wise. We all have backlogs of stuff we have wanted to watch. Now with less new wrestling coming out you can go back and watch whatever it was you were saving for a rainy day (or stuck-at-home-three-months). I plan to acquaint myself with modern wrestling while working through the 1990s. And maybe hit up some of the old World of Sport I have laying around, love that stuff!
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I was hoping for more Liger killing Murahama late given how they built that rivalry up early. Same for Delfin and Tanaka, wished they would have had a late run of near-falls on each other with some hate there. It really is a fun match but it could have been a lot more too. Probably due to not wanting to burn the crowd out. Either way, there *is* a Murahama/Tanaka singles match that I will be rewatching soon. I am not well-versed on Osaka Pro, but I wish they'd have had somebody besides Tsubasa in this one.
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So this show had a good idea that was executed terribly (Heyman in the stands), a terrible idea that couldn't have been god no matter how it was executed (Steamboat the perv) and this. Certainly a bold idea, and I wonder why Big Josh was chosen here. They didn't have anyone on the babyface side that made more sense? Good enough match for the time it was given. And after watching this I hate Jason Hervey for existing. Fuck that little shit, get him off my TV forever.
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I was unhappy with both Bigelow and Vader for letting themselves get suplexed around early. I agree that stuff should be special. I am always struck by how uniquely Mutoh even moves from one place to another. Such a ubiquitous wrestler. I found myself wondering early if we'd see a giant swing. Hase's slaps and lariat were really awesome. Once Hase's cut is exposed the match goes all southern tag, which is awesome because Vader and Bam Bam are both great. Vader not succumbing to Mutoh's half-hearted stomps when he is pinning Hase is great and I think that kind of stuff should happen more often. I thought we'd get a hot tag, but instead we get Hase staying in and a bunch of double teaming to take out the big guys. As surprising developments go, not the best but they make it work mostly. Hase is put over huge in this match for his toughness and spirit, and I would agree that there are 3 world-class performances here. I wouldn't quite say it was a MOTYC either, if they get the finish a little better and the big guys act like big guys early instead of shining up the babyfaces it might be.
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Man, I think Sleeze (2 es) hit it on the head for what I thought of this. I thought the first half was great. But the problem comes when it becomes a standard juniors finishing stretch and it is clear Liger has way more in the way of big offense than Samurai. I did love Liger losing his shit and going off, I missed that in earlier matches (since I had seen later Liger before that). My guess is the Samurai being carried comments stem from him not having the juice to keep up with Liger late. Maybe building Samurai up a little longer so he has a couple of significant bombs to throw in towards the end would have made the match better. My guess is they needed somebody new as Liger had run the table on everyone else so far. Very good to in the neighborhood of great match.
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