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Except they were doing what they were told, as opposed to going into business for themselves.

How awesome would it be at SummerSlam if they do a turn that they put the 4 women together as the new Horsewomen and they turn on everybody else?

I don't think it is. Let's say hypothetically it's 1993 and AJW is airing in the US and the NXT crowds are coming to these women's matches having just seen Hokuto/Kandori... the NXT girls aren't getting raved about. It's a freaking great match no matter what company or who was involved. If anybody was that good as a face or that great of a heel with that story, it would get praised.

I think the fact you think 2 of those 3 matches are 5 stars means you take context into it. Context being taken into account completely depends on what you mean by context. If by storylines then yes, it should be. If a storyline is blown off during the match, then it hurts the match. If by context you mean divas have sucked for years and then there is a great divas match that should not be included. In my books.

Saying it is being labelled great because it's a women's match is just plain wrong.

Never once did I notice this holding up on punches thing.

Based on current nominees, my top 25 from what I have seen. Top 3: The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane) The Rock 'n' Roll Express Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue Remaining 22: Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard Arn & Ole Anderson The Briscoe Brothers Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas Demolition The Hardy Boyz The Hart Foundation The Heavenly Bodies (Jimmy Del Ray & Tom Pritchard) The High Flyers The Islanders The Fabulous Freebirds The Fabulous Ones The Fantastics The Full Blooded Italians (Tracy Smothers & Little Guido) The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi The Rockers The Rougeau Brothers The Samaon Swat Team/Headshinkers The Sheepherders The Shield The Steiner Brothers

That's a perfectly valid view.

Maple Leaf Wrestling August 22, 1983 at Memorial Auditorium Complex in Kitchener, Ontario 1. Tiger Jackson pinned Lord Littlebrook @ 9:51 2. "Outlaw" Joel Deaton pinned Angelo Mosca Jr. after knocking him out with the big boot @ 2:12 3. Leo Burke pinned Gary Royal @ 4:14 4. Wahoo McDaniel fought Dick Murdoch to a double DQ after Jesse Ventura and Greg Valentine attacked each seperately attacked Murdoch and Wahoo @ 16:35 Intermission: Maple Leaf Wrestling returns to Kitchener on September 19th! 5. Al Tomko pinned Nick DeCarlo by pulling the tights @ 4:25 6. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine pinned Buzz Tyler @ 6:57 7. NWA Canadian Tag Team Champions Ivan Koloff and Super Russian w/ Don Carson def. Jerry Brisco & Ben Bassarab with help from Carson @ 12:24 8. Rick Martel, Tony Garea & Andre the Giant def. Mr. Saito, Masked Samurai & Jesse Ventura when Andre pinned Samurai @ 18:24

Fair enough, Mania could had been a better show. Although I HATED that Sting mess.

You keeping on is ideal. It did seem like you abandoned the project, but if you are back all is cool.

I meant from a viewing perspective, not business. Smackdown is insanely worthless right now.

I would agree with your ratings for everything on the show, except the women's match which I have at **** 3/4 You watched WrestleWar and there was a LOT of filler. This match had little to no filler. Everything was either good or great. That's high praise. Also for being show of the year, you forget that there isn't a lot of great shows this year. Plus the build up was pretty great and the moment of Bayley winning has been built to for years almost and was a huge moment.

I completely disagree and it's my match of the year! How is telegraphing hope spots bad work? Yes we know Bayley will counter when Sasha is cocky. How is that bad? When I saw Sasha doing her trash talking I said to myself I hope Bayley kicks her ass right now and she did. That is perfect wrestling. As for the two big bumps. The first one and Bayley jumping up is that she missed a move. She wasn't hit with anything. It didn't feel out of place at all. As for the finish I felt the impact bumped her up. Great storytelling though, Bayley misses the big corner move once and when she tries again she does a different variation. The hand stuff was some of the best in wrestling in years. From Bayley using her other hand to strike to the selling, to the variations on the beat down by Sasha. The other thing about the match to make it great as the emotion. Sure it was smartly worked and had great spots and an awesome story. However, the fact it was a classic under dog babyface story with the crowd so into it and such a huge moment with the babyface finally winning only helps it.

At this point if they just cancelled Smackdown and put NXT on in it's place as the brand split, that would be great with me. Maybe steal some talent from Raw. Then take the NXT on the network and replace it with NXT Kids and use more development talent.

Thanks! Maple Leaf Gardens is the place to be! Yeah.. neither could afford a loss for me, so had to go draw. Just a dark match, will never air probably.

Maple Leaf Wrestling presents Wrestling Night in Canada August 21, 1983 at Civic Center in Brantford, Ontario The opening video package of Wrestling Night in Canada opens the show featuring clips of: Greg Valentine, Wahoo McDaniel, Stephen Petipas, Jesse Ventura, Ivan Koloff, Leo Burke, Rocky Johnson and ends with a clip of Rick Martel being awarded the NWA Canadian Title. Billy Red Lyons and Jesse "The Body" Ventura welcome us to the show, hype Andre the Giant being here and Jesse having Martel on The Body Shop later tonight. Jesse has some big news for Martel on The Body Shop. They then talk about the Halifax Forum show and throw it to a recap of the huge Elimination Match! Highlights of the Team Japan vs Team Canada Elimination Match. Lots of clips are shown, about 7 minutes of the nearly two hour match. These include Saito getting DQ'd against Martel and destroying him. Martel getting pinned by Choshu, Choshu destroying a bunch of guys and then Burke winning it in the end for Team Canada. Commercial #1 1. Jerry Brisco & Ben Bassarab vs Killer Karl Krupp & Rick Patterson Technical wrestlers vs brawlers. Technique wins. Winner - Jerry Brisco & Ben Bassarab @ 5:54 Commercial #2 2. Al Tomko vs Bob Marcus Al Tomko goes over to Ventura & Lyons before the match. He does a long rant about being the NWA Canadian Champion and the NWA Canadian Tag Team Champion. He is the greatest wrestler to ever lived and he is Vancouver wrestling! He runs down Toronto and says all Torontonians really want to move to the west coast! He then proceeds to squash Marcus. Winner - Al Tomko @ 4:25 Commercial #3 3. Gary Royal vs Leo Burke A fun squash by Burke, who continues to look strong. Winner - Leo Burke @ 5:51 Commercial #4 It's time for The Body Shop with Jesse Ventura. Ventura has his bodyguard the Masked Samurai watching his back. Ventura is very excited and immediately brings out Rick Martel, the NWA Canadian Champion. Ventura mocks Martel being defeated in Halifax and asks him if his title reign is coming to an end. Martel tries to respond, but Ventura mocks his French accent. Ventura goes back to talking up Mr. Saito taking the title on August 30th. Ventura will not let Martel talk. Ventura finally lets out his bomb shell. Riki Choshu will be getting the NWA Canadian Title shot on September 27th in Maple Leaf Gardens. Ventura hypes up a Mr. Saito vs Riki Choshu title match as the biggest match in Maple Leaf Wrestling history! Finally Martel has had enough and grabs the mic. He talks about Saito being a great challenge, but he will get through him. Choshu has beat him once, but he welcomes the challenge. As Martel is talking Masked Samurai sneaks attack him from behind and blinds him with salt. Security rushes in and the segment ends. Commercial #5 After The Body Shop being so explosive, Ventura will not be back on commentary for the rest of the evening and Don Carson has joined Billy Red Lyons. 4. Little Tokyo vs Little Coco Just a fine quick match to show how dangerous Little Tokyo, the NWA World Midget Champion, is. Winner - Little Tokyo @ 6:47 Commercial #6 Nick McMann is in the Maple Leaf Wrestling Event Center! He runs down the card for August 30th in Maple Leaf Gardens. Main Event for the NWA Canadian Title Champion Rick Martel vs Mr. Saito with Jesse Ventura NWA Canadian Tag Team Titles Match in a Steel Cage Champions Ivan Koloff and Super Russian with Don Carson vs Wahoo McDaniel and Buzz Tyler with Alexis Smirnoff Toronto Street Fight Rocky Johnson and "Big" Stephen Petipas vs Cuban Assassin and Chicky Starr with "No Class" Bobby Bass NWA Midget Title Champion Little Tokyo vs Tiger Jackson WWF Intercontinental Title Match Champion Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat vs Greg "The Hammer" Valentine Plus Andre the Giant and much much more! Commercial #7 5. Cuban Assassin, Chicky Starr & Bobby Bass vs "Big" Stephen Petipas, Rocky Johnson & Andre the Giant The Cubans come out with salsa and ponchos and are in a great mood. However the match does not go there way. They do a great job triple teaming Petipas and Johnson. Finally Andre gets the hot tag, Starr, Assassin and Petipas, Johnson brawl around ringside as Bass and Andre were left alone. A quick squash from there. Winner - Stephen Petipas, Rocky Johnson & Andre the Giant @ 11:40 Dark Match Dick Murdoch fought Greg Valentine to a 30 minute time limit draw.

I know eh?

Match of the year!!!

Jobber who got super over in NXT.

I can't wait to hear Parv's thoughts on the Vaudevillians.

The crowd is awesome and if this hold's up will be the best crowd since Canadian Stampede. The look is amazing with the darkened arena and all dark ring. Commentators are on point. The opener was really fun and I hope Liger goes in the HOF this year. Breeze held his own, great start to the show.

On the other hand, Phil Schneider wrote in the nomination thread:

http://placetobenation.com/this-week-in-wrestling-for-august-22-2015/ As promised.

Dylan mentioned them and I think they deserve a nomination as they were a really great team for two-three years. What a breath of fresh air they were coming into the division. They have great matches with Hardy Boyz, Eddie/Rey, Batista/Rey, other Smackdown teams. Seemed like the complete package.