Posted December 4, 201410 yr comment_5643559 I just watched Bret vs Yoko from Survivor Series Showdown and I think it may be Yokozuna's best match, even better than the cage matches on the set. Everything is timed perfectly, the crowd is hot and even though the finish is screwy, it fits in with the future program with Owen perfectly. As far as a size vs skill match, I might like this even more than the KOTR final against Bam Bam, and I LOVE that match. Check it out here if you haven't seen it:
December 4, 201410 yr Author comment_5643560 Yeah, I listed this match in the 1993 nominations thread and agree with everything here. I don't know if it's better than their Cage matches, but it's certainly their best pro-shot match. Yoko has some really fun bumps throughout.
October 28, 2024Oct 28 comment_6025404 WWF World Heavyweight Champion Yokozuna vs Bret Hart - WWF Survivor Series Showdown 1993 These specials before the PPVs have some pretty good shit on them. Yoko/Bret continue to have some freaky deaky chemistry with each other. I think the MSG match I watched many years ago is still the best match, but this is my second favorite. Right off the bat, you know this is going to be a good one because as Yoko is getting into the ring, Bret kicks the ropes into his Samoan Family Jewels. Bret tees off and doesnt budge the mammoth Yokozuna, who eventually TRUCKS him with a lariat. Excellent David vs Goliath match here. Bret peppers in valiant hope spots and Yoko cuts him off. The first cutoff is a ballshot. I LOVE when a super heavyweight badass stoops to a low down ballshot. It makes all the more despicable. Then on the outside Yoko cracks Bret twice with two pretty good chair shots. Love a good Yoko Legdrop too. There is a nerve pinch thrown in there, but it is not horribly long. Bret uses openings created by a Yoko missed charge in the corner to finally start connecting his offense. The crowd and I go crazy when Bret finally takes Yoko off his feet a series of stiff clotheslines. I love his use of the bulldog from the second rope to take Yoko off his feet. Yoko crushes him with a great belly to belly suplex. That was wicked and surprising late match cutoff. YOKO MISSES THE BIG SPLASH! GO BRET GO! SHARPSHOOTER! Vince is calling the match saying we have a new champion; Owen Hart has sauntered down to ringside, to celebrate, he is shaking fans hands. The ref is distracted. Fuji cracks Bret with the salt bucket. I think Owen fucks up because he attacks Yoko first and nothing really happens. Then he gets the Salt Bucket and cracks Yoko to trigger the DQ and now here's the boobirds. Yokozuna wins by a surprising DQ! I was NOT expecting that finish. It plays really well into the impending Bret Hart vs Owen Hart feud, which I love. Great booking combined with great action, makes this an easy thumbs up *** 3/4
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