dawho5
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I think you need to get your refs some glasses.
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I don't care for shootstyle tag either. That said, they did work this in an interesting way. Tamura didn't seem to know what to do with Boss, so he tended to give him to Miyato, who had much better luck. Anjo vs. Tamura was for sure the highlight. I liked Tamura getting pissed after the two knockdowns and coming after Anjo with a vengeance. Only for Anjo to roll out of the ring, charge back in and immediately cower into the corner when it was clear Tamura was coming right back at him. At the end they used the tags well to keep a guy in who was not as close to being submitted. That being said I will echo some of the above posters. I want the Anjo vs. Tamura match, not this tag stuff.
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So you had an AWA and a NWA title match on one card? I'd say the fans got their money worth with those 2 alone.
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Benoit and Matt Borne from the Portland days would be a great, great tag team. Benoit and Matt Borne the clown would just be bizarre. Not sure how the half-clown borne fits into this. Armand getting a NWA title shot is a big deal.
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I actually thought Scott Norton brought something very necessary to this match. He gave the natives offense when it made sense to do so. I agree that Rick comes across as an asshole bully, but at the same time he was bleeding into Doc/Gordy territory when it came to guzzling his opponents. Neither Steiner ever got the idea that you have to give your opponent meaningful offense to create the idea they are a threat. The story of the match makes sense, what doesn't is that Steiner goes down after essentially taking zero offense before that sequence so quickly. And I will agree that Norton is not ever going to set the world on fire, but I'll take him over either Steiner brother. He's smarter than both combined as a worker.
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One thing about both of these guys is everything does feel big. The fact they had the crowd at all after that opening is due to that. Once Hash went through his big moves and Riki took over i expected another hash comeback, but literally all I got was lariats. Hash looks like a super tough dude despite losing, so I guess mission accomplished. But I can think of better ways of accomplishing it.
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I liked this match. Even with the odd babyface team of Zenk, Borne the Logger and Dustin. Dustin does a pretty good FIP. Ricky Morton continues to be a much better heel than one would ever expect. Makes you wonder if he couldn't have gone better places if this had happened let's say 5 years earlier. I really enjoyed the finish as well, seeing the heels get their come-uppance like that always puts a smile on my face.
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I liked this match quite a bit. It had some issues that almost took me out of it, but they kept going back to the overarching themes enough to hook me back in. Shinobu was really, really good at selling the arm injury and changing his offense as the match went on. http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/21900-kengo-mashimo-madoka-vs-mens-teoh-shinobu-bjpw-052308/
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I'm not familiar with anyone but Teioh. Madoka is the only guy in the match with natural colored hair, but I still get the feeling he is one of the heels. Teioh and Mashimo seem to be an issue, as do Madoka and Shinobu. I liked the early exchange between Teioh and Mashimo a lot. Teioh was using veteran/technical tricks to get out of Mashimo's offense designed to overpower him and it really worked for me. madoka and Shinobu seem like pretty standard juniors of the time period on offense. Shinobu has a nice dropkick. I really liked how they went to the injured shoulder of Shinobu and he sold it pretty well up until the very, very end where he reeled off a few things that he could have sold after but didn't. For the most part he does a great job changing his offense and selling though. The not-really hot tag to Teioh was fun with Teioh again tricking his younger opponents and throwing great punches to boot. Going back to Shinobu's shoulder for a second, shorter heat was a nice touch too. I loved the Teioh stuff with the octopus hold too. The run of nearfalls was hot, but I thought they got away from the bulk of the match somewhat to do it. Finish goes back to the rest of the match, which does make me happy. I thought this was a good tag with some flaws but a lot of good work. Mashimo is good as the "big" junior and wrestles with the appropriate attitude. He also has pretty good heel mannerisms. Madoka I can take or leave because I'm pretty sure there were about 200 of him in Japan at the time. Shinobu showed me a lot with his selling. Teioh really knows how to play his role well and I dig him as a wrestler even past his prime.
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I liked this for the same reasons as soup. Flynn had the clear advantage at range with his kicks and longer reach. So he uses that to keep Wilkins at bay for a bit. Wilkins is able to weather the storm and get inside where he has the advantage and get some offense in on Flynn. Flynn gets tired and Wilkins has an easier time getting in. Once Flynn gets his second wind it's desperation time for Wilkins as he's been knocked down 4 times and he's just barely avoiding it. Just as you think he might find a way to get inside and make it count he eats the right combo from Flynn to put him away. It really does work from both a story standpoint and a fighting standpoint.
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This is all we get from a week of Memphis? Lawler is hyping a match with...oh yeah Jeff Gaylord. If Gaylord really wanted to beat Lawler he'd challenge him to a pushup contest or something. Otherwise he'd know better despite being a complete musclehead. This must have been one Hell of a waste of a Saturday morning.
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I liked this match a lot. Harley tried getting off to a fast start, and we see why when she just takes a beating once Kansai is on offense. I thought Harley was an opportunist the whole way through, having to rely on clever takedowns to set up attacking Kansai on the ground and do some real damage. Kansai gets past that and it looks like Harley is finished, but one mistake turns the die in a big way. Really good match with natural transitions and a finishing sequence that doesn't go way too far. I could do with more selling of the leg for a few minutes after the focus by both, but that's a small quibble and one that can be pointed at a lot of matches.
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Jeff Jarrett is going to be putting on some wrestling boots soon. It's piss off the heel manager night for Jerry Jarrett. The Russians and the Nation working together is definitely bad news for everybody else.
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I'm trying to comment on the things I really liked, but that is everything. Great, great show where evrything matters.
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That 6-man AWA challenge match looks like a lot of fun. A Japanese Rumble is an interesting idea. I wonder how the fans there would receive something like that.