Ditch
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What *is* the appeal of Bryan, anyway? I was speaking with a website owner a few years ago who was pulling his hair out about how tough it is to make money with a wrestling website that's a mix of news and opinion, in a sea of similar content, while Bryan (pre-merger) was making money with pure opinion. And not even, like, spectacularly insightful opinion. I can understand paying post-merger, but Bryan already had a significant fanbase at that point.
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There's really no way they weren't doing Cena/Punk at Summerslam after MITB and all the buzz.
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I think Omori and Kea pretty much reached their potential when all is said and done. Akiyama is the one who fell short because of booking, since he had a much higher upside.
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Fine: more marginal '91 matches! Fujiwara vs Wilkins, PWFG 5/19: My pick for the top Fujiwara match of '91, as he gets a capable opponent and thus can really do his thing. Jumbo/Taue/Fuchi vs Misawa/Kawada/Kikuchi 1/27: In the second tier of JvM 6-mans, and it continues the Kawada/Taue rivalry quite nicely. Fuchi vs Dean Malenko 3/2: Uber babyface Dean must be seen to be believed. Only a couple minutes aired. Jumbo vs Taue, CC: Their only match, so there's novelty. And the finish is hot. Kawada vs Taue 4/18: Another good outing for them. Jumbo vs Kobashi 5/24: Similar to their other matches, which means it's good but not epic. Hansen/Spivey vs Jumbo/Taue 6/1: A hot, compact tag title match at Nippon Budokan, AND Taue's first title match. Yeah! Kawada vs Fuchi 7/18: Some good technical wrestling and some hatred, as you'd expect. Gordy/Williams vs Misawa/Kawada 7/24: Good match and a milestone for the Generation Army. Misawa & Kawada vs Hansen & Ace, 8/17: Stan Hansen just plain rules in this match. Jumbo & Taue vs Misawa & Kobashi, 8/18 Jumbo & Taue vs Misawa & Kikuchi, 9/1: These two are quintissential All Japan lead-in matches. I go in depth on them about halfway down this page: http://theditch.biz/testim.html Jumbo, Taue & Fuchi vs Kawada, Kobashi & Kikuchi, 10/20: Solid lead-in for Jumbo vs Kawada AND a continuation on the story from 10/15.
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Is this handheld or comm?
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I'll second Misawa/Akiyama vs Williams/Eagle. I recently saw it and Doc is absolutely on fire. Sets the tone for his 1994.
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Kawada vs Kobashi re-aired on AJ Classics and is beautiful (and full!). Kobashi vs Akiyama is just the last 5 minutes, but they're 5 very good minutes.
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Kobashi vs Ace happened in March (Carny), May, and July (TC contender tournament). I think only the May iteration is available, and it's good.
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MPro: 11/2/97 and 11/9/97. The latter re-aired in better VQ on a Gaora MPro classics ep (that I have and can trade Will for) AJ: 11/16/97. I got the full Samurai version, so (see above)
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There must have been some botching for them to STILL clip it on the big Kobashi comp that this was taken from. The added footage is good, though the thing it adds the most is the intros. Things only really get in gear after the TV JIP, and man do they ever GO. Kikuchi at his best as FIP, Can-Ams at their best in control, Kobashi is a very effective hot tag, and the finish is molten. Not as 'deep' as the very best AJ of the decade, but as a de facto juniors match it's as good as anything else you'll see.
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It can't be worked but with a handshake agreement and no contract?
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Liger was The Man back in '90, and by '91 he was used to 'make' guys (ie. Honaga, Nogami). This match certainly put Samurai in the spotlight but it didn't mean much long-term for Liger. It's good and all but not *that* good. I recall them having a fair amount of downtime. A match of significance, but New Japan bested it many many times.
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In statistical analysis, assuming the 25000 are truly random, odds are hugely in favor of it being accurate. Especially on shows with over a million viewers.
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If he can get people to pay those rates, how is that anything but brilliant? I mean, at that price people should be getting at least an hour.
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WWF NY was a tax write-off because all the money they invested was now worth zero. Or something like that.
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They cut unknowns from developmental. There was never a lack of pessimism here. At worst, the pessimists weren't posting as much as the optimists.