June 1, 20187 yr comment_5851784 For Victator another of my favorite British wrestling matches. Hyper intense match that will surprise you in a lot of ways. Bobo Brazil vs Giant Baba Really liked this. First, I love circa 1970 Japanese crowds. I loved how gritty this was. Both guys were struggling to get to their feet after everything and a lot of transitions come from the fighting on the way up. I bit on Baba's dropkick, great false finish. Baba moving his head while he's up against the ropes to avoid headbutts and Brazil finding the right angle to hit it again were such awesome little details. Bobo is really limited but Baba makes incredible use of what he can do. Baba putting Bobo's throat across his knee and chopping the back of his head was something else. I loved that neither guy was really athletic enough to throw in something smooth and pretty. It would have taken away from the match.
June 1, 20187 yr comment_5851808 Are embedded Youtube videos no longer displaying for anyone else? Seems to have become an issue in the last couple days.
June 2, 20187 yr comment_5851811 Are embedded Youtube videos no longer displaying for anyone else? Seems to have become an issue in the last couple days. Same issue here.
June 2, 20187 yr comment_5851831 There is a little shield with a red X on it on my browser that lets me access them if I am brave enough to do so.
June 2, 20187 yr comment_5851832 There is a little shield with a red X on it on my browser that lets me access them if I am brave enough to do so. Thanks, look like that took care of it. Not sure what changed but we're good now.
June 2, 20187 yr comment_5851850 I use Firefox....any way to change that with Firefox? I don't even see the videos here.
June 2, 20187 yr comment_5851851 Dawho I will get to you. Matt gave me One Man Gang vs Jumbo Tsuruta Gang starts off on the offensive immediately. Which is a bit different than an American match, but I have to keep remembering Japan does not have a traditional face/heel dynamic. Gang is probably the best next to Andre himself at maximising his size and making his every move count. So everything he does to Jumbo has huge effect. At some point Jumbo gets on offense and has a sorta heel in peril. But it is logical he would go for Gang's legs. But watching Gang fight from underneath is not the most exciting stuff, but Gang works hard to make it exciting. Eventually Gang gets back up and they are clashing for control. They do a really good vertical suplex spot. At this point Jumbo starts eating Gang up. These things might fall apart if the heel struggled. But Gang gives Jumbo what he wants and bumps and sells big on everything. It ends with Gang counted out and bleeding since it is 80s All Japan. Very good match and the fans love it.
June 5, 20187 yr comment_5852071 I am having problems seeing the video links on my iPad Fxnj, if you are unable to see mine, it is the SHIMMER Wrestling: Come As You Are Rumble Match. https://youtu.be/bNEfv21ICec
June 5, 20187 yr Author comment_5852097 Victor had me watch Shinya Hashimoto vs Masato Tanaka (Zero One Truth Century Creation 03/02/02) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=645HQNphDtc My review is here: https://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/25808-shinya-hashimoto-vs-masato-tanaka-zero-one-truth-century-creation-030202/?p=5852096 I liked it. Of heavily regarded wrestlers pre-2010, Hashimoto is a guy that I've seen far less of than I should have (Tamura/Takada are up there for others). That said, this was primal, in as you know what each guy is coming in, and Tanaka sets the pace immediately by taking/kicking Hashimoto's belt. Boy, is the dead crowd on the Roaring Elbow ever a match-killer though. Still, I enjoyed it. We had some flooding in my parts over the weekend and ensuing damage to the house and that's set me back. I'll likely re-roll tomorrow. Anyone on/off/etc.?
June 6, 20187 yr comment_5852154 I am having problems seeing the video links on my iPad Fxnj, if you are unable to see mine, it is the SHIMMER Wrestling: Come As You Are Rumble Match. https://youtu.be/bNEfv21ICec My match was Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart 5/20/1994 https://youtu.be/u0ukrtoIOV4
June 6, 20187 yr Author comment_5852178 Week 22: Edger back. DR off. Ippon and oldbirds remain in limbo. Grimmas JoeG jetlag dawho5 Victator SirEdger fxnj Matt D SmartMark15 Nintendo Logic HeadCheese, you're the odd man out this week on the random draw. Someone may want to double up though? fxnj, did you see this when it popped up in March? The match itself, after the pageantry, is ~10 minutes but you talked a lot about "struggle" in the last week or two and this was a match which I thought had a ton of it even if it's not quite what you meant.
June 6, 20187 yr comment_5852183 Here's my match for Matt D. It's El Santo's retirement match. Always thought it deserved to be talked up more by the lucha fans here. https://youtu.be/uQn8WXymIVo Don't let the length scare you. Match doesn't begin until 34 minutes in and the stuff before that is just interviews and him posing for photos.
June 6, 20187 yr comment_5852184 Jetlag, I pulled one of my favorite recent matches for you. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2huhdv Sting, Dustin, Barry Windham and Steamer taking on the DA on free TV. Not much consequence to the match itself, but an incredible display of wrestling talent in one match.
June 6, 20187 yr comment_5852195 Too bad DR Ackermann's out. I had plenty of Bret Hart matches lined up for him. For SmartMark15, here's some BatBat. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4mkxoi
June 6, 20187 yr comment_5852216 Too bad. It's it's always fun to talk shit on the second or third best Hart there is, the second or third best Hart there was and the second or third best Hart there ever will be.
June 6, 20187 yr comment_5852236 For Victator, I got Heavy Metal/Jerry Estrada/Psicosis vs Misterioso/Rey Misterio Jr/Volador from AAA 4/9/93 https://youtu.be/r-ZM9IeiFCE
June 13, 20187 yr Author comment_5853012 Ok, tenor in the room is that we're going to take this week off. That gives everyone another week to pick matches (if not already done) and watch/review them (I'm still working on mine though it's way more heated than I was expecting, a nice surprise). I'm wondering if we might not have a bit of fatigue here in general after having done this for half a year steadily. In general we've probably reviewed well over 200 matches which is pretty impressive, and everyone got to stretch a bit. So I'm giving it a week and we'll see where we are next Tuesday or so.
June 15, 20187 yr comment_5853305 http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/21780-jun-akiyama-vs-masao-inoue-noah-spring-navigation-042306/ - Akiyama vs Inoue feels like the sort of match everyone on the board should watch and have an opinion on, one way or the other. Glad you liked it. And I agree that's a match everyone should check out, for the sheer uniqueness value atleast.
June 15, 20187 yr comment_5853368 If I don't have one given to me by tomorrow I'll jump on one of the other matches given out.
June 17, 20187 yr comment_5853684 If I don't have one given to me by tomorrow I'll jump on one of the other matches given out.I recommend The Carnies vs. Hysteria from last years Dynamite Cup.
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