October 23, 20159 yr comment_5706507 No clue if it's on YouTube, but there is a Brad Armstrong v. Vader match from either Worldwide or Pro in 94 that I absolutely love, and I doubt it goes longer than six minutes So yeah, sometime we do see the same match. This is terrific indeed.
October 26, 20159 yr Author comment_5707104 Updated the YT playlist with a further 9 matches. Keep the suggestions coming.
October 26, 20159 yr comment_5707176 Some that I don't think have been mentioned yet (though I'm probably and they have): Rockers v Powers of Pain (MSG, 1/15/90) (I think this is dead on ten minutes long. I've been saying it's maybe my favourite 10-minutes-or-less match ever for the last six years, anyway) Arn Anderson & Barry Windham v Doom (WCW Starrcade, 12/16/90) Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase v Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta (All Japan, 12/12/86) Rock 'n' Roll Express v The Guerreros (Mid-South, 2/13/85) Daisuke Ikeda v Yuki Ishikawa (Battlarts, 8/4/96) Eddy Guerrero & Chris Jericho v The Faces of Fear (WCW Nitro, 2/24/97)
October 27, 20159 yr comment_5707294 LOL I glanced at your list jingus for a second without realizing what is was a list of but knowing the topic thread and thought you had lost your mind.
October 27, 20159 yr comment_5707296 Sadly I wish Kevin Dunn was around in that Vader-BA match to cover the 2 mistakes.
November 8, 20159 yr comment_5709121 Brian Cage/Jack Evans from PWG: BoLA '15 - Day 3 is a definite contender for this category. The absolute best Cage has ever looked, and the one time I truly believed in him as a world destroying monster. He left all his flying bullshit in the back and just beat the fuck out of Evans with Suplexes, Throws, and Bombs. Evans did his part by bumping like a madman and really selling that he was dead versus Cage from the moment the bell rang. The ending works like aces because of their positioning. Great stuff really, and it's under five minutes long to boot.
November 14, 20159 yr comment_5709973 Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet. Probably the best singles match that Haku/Meng was involved in.
November 22, 20168 yr comment_5776349 I'm really struggling with people dropping snowflakes on the Goldberg / Brock match for some reason. Doesn't sit right with me.
November 22, 20168 yr comment_5776350 I'm really struggling with people dropping snowflakes on the Goldberg / Brock match for some reason. Doesn't sit right with me. There's no more to rate there than any physical angle that wraps up a promo, or a sneak attack.
November 22, 20168 yr comment_5776354 I can see a lot of reasons why someone would rate Goldberg/Lesnar and rate it well. If someone rates matches based on the overall effectiveness, Goldberg/Lesnar should do well because it was really effective and accomplished what it set out to accomplish. If you break it down to a more granular level, there is plenty to praise. Goldberg’s offense – both spears and the Jackhammer – looked really, really good. The timing was spot on in the sense that they captured the feeling of a wrestler/fighter getting caught unexpectedly before he could get untracked. The story that the announcers put over (Goldberg taking Brock lightly) was captured in the ring work. The part of the story they didn’t harp on (that Goldberg made a career out of making short work of opponents) was also a strong one and reflected in the ring work. Brock’s selling was fantastic (some of the best I’ve seen all year from anywhere). The way he sold not only made the brief run time feel “right” but also put over Goldberg huge.The match had heat and the finish got a bigtime reaction. None of those things were givens and should be viewed as positives in the match’s favor. There was a full match in there – major offense, great selling, crowd heat, a story, ect. – it was just contained to 90 seconds. Why can’t you rate a match like that?
November 26, 20168 yr comment_5776730 Shuji Ishikawa vs. Ryoto Hama from 3/31/2016 should be on the list as well. And add Ishikawa vs. Konosuke Takeshita from 5/8/2016. That might even be under 5 minutes.
January 28, 20196 yr comment_5877857 2 hours ago, WingedEagle said: Bumping this in light of Brock/Finn at tonight's Rumble. Brock has been great for this category in his career. Some of the early TV matches in 02-03 against Rey and other SD Six people. Then in the late half of his career, the two Goldberg matches plus this Balor match.
January 28, 20196 yr comment_5877878 Utami Hayashishita vs. Starlight Kid (Stardom New Years Stars 2019 Day 2) is a recent great one. Great selling performance by Utami & Kid was awesome w/ her legwork.
January 28, 20196 yr comment_5877926 Gargano-Ciampa from the first round of the CWC. I bet a lot of those first round matches would fit the bill.
January 29, 20196 yr comment_5877985 And more recently the Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch vs. Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner from last weeks episode of NXT was great.
January 29, 20196 yr comment_5878015 12 hours ago, Edwin said: Man, that was great. I'm guessing Lance Storm didn't think much of it, though. I'd add the second Kawada vs Sasaki match, for the vacant IWGP.
February 1, 20196 yr comment_5878244 KUSHIDA vs. Hiromu Takahashi at Sakura Genesis 2017 is one of my favorites. Almost more of an angle than a match to put over how dominant Hiromu is, but it's so beautifully put together.
February 2, 20196 yr comment_5878325 On 1/27/2019 at 11:28 PM, SmartMark15 said: Brock has been great for this category in his career. Some of the early TV matches in 02-03 against Rey and other SD Six people. Then in the late half of his career, the two Goldberg matches plus this Balor match. I really liked the Samoa Joe match as well. I think that went only six minutes.
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