Wrestling Match Of The Day!

[Liverlips McGee]

I'm bringing this idea back. As I stated in my last post on the old board, this was always my favorite wrestling based thread. Oh, by the way, did anyone correctly answer my question about who the masked Ciclope unmasked to be at the Slamboree '98 cruiserweight battle royal? The answer was Dean Malenko.

My WMOTD: Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer vs. Ace Steel & CM Punk, ROH, Chicago Street Fight. This match was awesome. It had good psychology, awesome spots, violence, and the chair thing at the end was awesome, albeit a ripoff of the ECW Cactus/Terry/Public Enemy incident. **** (I'm a CM Punk mark, so I probably rated it a little too high for other people's tastes.)

[CoTT]

My match of the day:

(vacant) WCW Cruiserweight Title - Great American Bash 1998
Dean Malenko vs. Chris Jericho

The match itself was short but pretty decent with Jericho being in his prime back in those days. There were a few unique and skillful wrestling counters throughout. Jericho gets the upper hand and rips the piss out of Malenko's dead dad forcing Dean to snap and get DQ'd for hitting Jericho with a chair. The fight goes backstage and eventually out to the street where Jericho runs away. Nothing was done with the title.

Rating: **1/4
It could have been a lot better had it been given more time and had a proper finish.

[Liverlips McGee]

That Malenko/Jericho feud was great. Lots of great matches, some good heat, unexpected twists... just awesome.

[Jatycre]

WWF In Your House 12
Undertaker vs The Executioner
**

That's probably giving the match more than it deserves. Terry Gordy never looked better though....

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Gordy never looked better? Tags with Hansen and Williams, singles against Misawa? Multiple 4 star matches and he never looked better than a shitty Undertaker match?

:(


I got the question, Ripper.


My match is The Great Muta vs The Great Nita in a barb wire match.

*. Not good. Liked the cotumes, though.

[Liverlips McGee]

I was never a fan of Atsushi Onita. Muta/Mutoh hasn't impressed me since the early 90s, although I was a big fan of his then.

Clive Myers vs. Steve Gray from 1975. This is classic British style wrestling, fought in rounds. It's interesting to see the differences between it and American wrestling, especially at that time. This is actually a very good match, and Clive Myers is very impressive. The highlight of the match is the referee. The way he counts is hilarious. It sounds like something from a Mr. Bean episode.

[CoTT]

Classic British wrestling is great to watch only I hate the spoken three count.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Onita is the best death match worker of all time.

Muta is lazy.



Anyway, I found this list of good Terry Gordy matches. Gus' Terry Gordy Fan Site. (**********.org)

[Liverlips McGee]

Onita's not bad, but I just don't like him that much. I'm not sure why.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Remember, I didn't call Onita good.

He was certainly excellent at working crowds though.

[Liverlips McGee]

Yes, this is very true. I remember his series of matches against Mr. Pogo, and I thought his work was mediocre, but he could pop a usually reserved crowd pretty well, and he could sell pretty well.

I also just downloaded a bunch of early 90s All Japan stuff today. God, how great is that stuff?

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

The greatest stuff ever by a landslide. :D

[Big T]

Tito Santana vs Earthquake

From Coliseum Video's Mega Matches *

Nothing match that included run-ins from Dino Bravo, The Honky Tonk Man, Greg Valentine, Tugboat and Hacksaw Jim Duggan.

[Liverlips McGee]

I like watching old wrestling tapes and playing "Count The Dead People."

[Big T]

I do that too...seriously.It breaks my heart to think that guys like Curt Hennig, Rick Rude, Owen Hart and Davey Boy Smith, among many others, are no longer around.

[Liverlips McGee]

I have a match somewhere where it's a grand slam: Henning vs. Bossman, with Monsoon and Lord Alfred announcing.

My WMOTD: Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat (later known in the WWF as Phil LaFon) vs. KENTA and Kikuchi, May '92, AJPW. In the two or three matches involving Kikuchi that I have downloaded, he does nothing but take punishment until tagging someone else in. This applies here, and when Kobashi is tagged in, he whips some ass. Furnas and Kroffat were an excellent tag team, and if given the chance, could have become big here in the States. Kroffat/LaFon in particular was a Dynamite Kid/Chris Benoit type talent with one of the most vicious snap suplexes around. A major lost opportunity. Furnas was a pretty good wrestler, as well. He was a strongman who could wrestle, similar to Davey Boy in his prime. The crowd was unbelievably hot, especially for the reserved Japanese crowds, and it was a bunch of great action. I give this match ***3/4. Very good, well worth the time to find and download.

[Big T]

I have a match somewhere where it's a grand slam: Henning vs. Bossman, with Monsoon and Lord Alfred announcing.

That must be their WrestleMania 7 match because Monsoon and Hayes were the announcers during that one.

WM 7...what a clusterfuck show.Monsoon had a bunch of guys who took turns announcing with him and most of the matches kind of sucked.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

I have a match somewhere where it's a grand slam: Henning vs. Bossman, with Monsoon and Lord Alfred announcing.

My WMOTD: Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat (later known in the WWF as Phil LaFon) vs. KENTA and Kikuchi, May '92, AJPW. In the two or three matches involving Kikuchi that I have downloaded, he does nothing but take punishment until tagging someone else in. This applies here, and when Kobashi is tagged in, he whips some ass. Furnas and Kroffat were an excellent tag team, and if given the chance, could have become big here in the States. Kroffat/LaFon in particular was a Dynamite Kid/Chris Benoit type talent with one of the most vicious snap suplexes around. A major lost opportunity. Furnas was a pretty good wrestler, as well. He was a strongman who could wrestle, similar to Davey Boy in his prime. The crowd was unbelievably hot, especially for the reserved Japanese crowds, and it was a bunch of great action. I give this match ***3/4. Very good, well worth the time to find and download.

Good match.


KENTA and Kenta Kobashi are two different people though. That match is Kenta Kobashi.

[Liverlips McGee]

I was highlighting Kenta because Kenta Kobashi fucking rules. I don't care about another Kenta.

EDIT: Unless he's in several great matches like Kobashi, Misawa, Jumbo, and, to a lesser extent IMO, Kawada.

[CoTT]

I gotta say KENTA is great. He's not much to look at but his selling is top notch and almost everything in his matches look good. Possibly the best worker of his type in the world from what I've seen.

[CoTT]

NJPW 1997/01/04 - Great Muta vs. Power Warrior

Decent match. Mutoh's technique and Kensuke Sasaki's power made for a few good exchanges. They spent a lot of time on the floor and there were a few messy piledrivers dished out and use of weapons but nothing too vicious. Ending spot looked pretty sick with Sasaki pinning Mutoh with a Northern Lights driver onto a table.

Rating: ***1/4

[Cosmic Pope]

[Triple Threat X-Division Championship]
Low Ki vs. AJ Stylez vs. Jerry Lynn

****1/2

[Liverlips McGee]

Are you talking about the ladder match? I don't recall any other triple threats involving those three. If you are, I think four and a half stars is pretty freaking generous. It was good, but it was like 3 and a half stars good, maybe 3 and 3/4.

My WMOTD: Chris Candido, Nigel McGuinness, Claudio Castagnoli, and Steve Stone vs. CM Punk, Ace Steel, Matt Sydal, and Danny Daniels. As far as actual wrestling goes, it's average. As far as comedy goes, however, it's freaking gold. Much of the humor comes courtesy of Chris Candido, but just about everyone has some sort of wacky chicanery going on at some point. I recommend getting this match just due to the humor of it, but don't expect a four-plus star classic. Wrestling: ** Comedy: ***3/4

[Cosmic Pope]

No it wasn't a ladder match, it was a regular match-up involving those three for the X-Division Championship. It's on the, "Best of AJ Stylez DVD". In addition, it was the first TNA match i've ever seen.

[Izzy Insane]

Vengeance 2003 Detroit, Michigan
Triple Threat for the Undisputed Title
Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle vs Rock
Great spots....start Taker and Rock staring each other down Angle feels left out and gets his ass handed to him. Taker get Choke slamed by Rock, Rock gets Rock Bottomed by Angle and Angle gets Angle Slamed by Taker. Some of the best shit out of Rock before he left and one of my favorites with Kurt.
***

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Vader vs Hansen '90.


Stiffness personified.

***

[Liverlips McGee]

Is that the one where Hansen knocked Vader's eye out and Vader kept on yelling "Ease up! Ease up!"?

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Yes sir. Fucking post limit.

[Jatycre]

Gordy never looked better? Tags with Hansen and Williams, singles against Misawa? Multiple 4 star matches and he never looked better than a shitty Undertaker match?

:(


I got the question, Ripper.


My match is The Great Muta vs The Great Nita in a barb wire match.

*. Not good. Liked the cotumes, though.




No no you're missing it Sluggo, it was a joke. He was wearing a mask.... and I said never looked.... nevermind, I'll just move on to my next match of the day.


IYH 12
Psycho Sid vs Bret Hart
***1/2

Could probably give it more, but that might be going overboard. The match was pretty good, all in all I haven't seen much better from Sid, of course I was never that big of a Sid fan anyway. I liked Shawn's commentary on the outside, at first he was cementing the storyline between he and Bret, but after that he loosened up on the mic and actually did a pretty good job.

[Liverlips McGee]

I liked the Benoit/Sid match better, but this was indeed a close second for Sid's matches.

Stan Hansen vs. "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, AJPW, 1990. Man, this is how a brawling match is done correctly. Two big mean dudes whipping the ever loving shit out of one another in a nonsexual way. ***1/2

[Liverlips McGee]

American Dragon vs. Paul London, 2 out of 3 falls, ROH, April 2003. Good match. I personally think it's overrated, with people saying it's a five star classic and all, but it does showcase how good both wrestlers are, especially London. I give it ***1/2.

[Desh-Kettle-Coffee-Breath]

I've never had time to watch that whole match in full. I've had it on my pc for over a year.

[Big T]

Kevin Steen and El Generico vs Super Dragon and Excalibur

CZW Cage Of Death 6

****

Great fucking bout that starts off rather slowly but business picks up big time 5 minutes or so into the match.

[I Wuv Jessica Alba]

Mabel Vs Sabio Vega. 96 King of The Ring.

[Mideon]

American Dragon vs. Paul London, 2 out of 3 falls, ROH, April 2003. Good match. I personally think it's overrated, with people saying it's a five star classic and all, but it does showcase how good both wrestlers are, especially London. I give it ***1/2.

I'm agreeing with you there. It's a good match, but I think it got hurt a lot by its praise. I saw it probably a year after it happened, and I didn't really see what all the fuss was about.

Roderick Strong vs Alex Shelly
RoH The Final Showdown
May 13th, 2005
***1/4

(Pardon the not funny pun) A really strong showing for both guys. Great counters to each others moves, good selling from both, just a hot match all around.

[Big T]

The 1987 Great American Bash
War Games Match

Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, The Road Warriors and Paul Ellering vs The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard and Lex Luger) and J.J Dillon

****

A fine, fine old school War Games match...one of my favorite kind of specialty match.Almost everyone in there does blade jobs...3 cheers for 80s NWA matches !

[Liverlips McGee]

I'm a major War Games mark. It also doesn't hurt that I'm also a Double-A mark, and he was in almost every War Games match.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Tully ftw.

[Liverlips McGee]

I was actually watching the Tully vs. Magnum I Quit cage match a little while ago, so I guess that'll be my match of the day.

[Big T]

Starrcade '87
6 Men Tag Team Match
***

Sting and The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin) vs Larry Zbyszko, Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner

Entertaining match somewhat with the always captivating Larry Zbsyzko...well it's a good match.Not a whole lot to say about it other you gotta love the sequined suspenders and jacket that Garvin wears.

[Liverlips McGee]

Does he wear the Michael Jackson style white gloves in that one, too?

[Big T]

No he doesn't but Eddie Gilbert wears some cool shades shaped like the crown on the Statue of Liberty so it makes up for the lack of white gloves.

P.S...to this day, i still think Baby Doll is fugly.

[Mideon]

RoH Tag Team Championship Match
BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs (c) vs Jack Evans & Roderick Strong
RoH Manhattan Mayhem
May 5th, 2005
***3/4

Jack Evans is really just pretty amazing. Whether or not you hate spot wrestlers, he does some things that you can't help but just be really impressed by. Good work from all 4 men. Some spots come off a little sloppy, but they're few and far between. My favorite RoH Tag Team Title match.

[Liverlips McGee]

Survivor Series 1995: The Dark Side (Taker, Savio Vega, Fatu, and Henry Godwinn) vs. The Royals (King Mabel, Triple H, Jerry Lawler, and Isaac Yankem). This is a great match to watch for people who started watching wrestling during the Monday Night Wars or after. This way they can see that as bad as things seem to be right now, where the writers can't seem to come up with anything good, it used to be worse. A LOT worse. Umaga getting a strong push pales in comparison to King Mabel getting a sustained main event push. At least more wrestlers can work now. For those who were there, this was the first match where Taker wore that protective mask after getting his face crushed.

I give this match *1/2.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Jamal's awesome, though.

[Liverlips McGee]

See, that's what I'm saying. At least people with some sort of talent are getting a push. The King Mabel push is what I keep in mind when people sit and say John Cena is the worst wrestler ever. And matches like that one in particular make me think that things could be a lot worse than they are now.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Ahhh, I thought you meant Jamal fucking sucks but at least he's not Mabel. Sorry.

[CoTT]

WWE Royal Rumble 2003
WWE Title
WWE Champion Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit
****1/4

Not as good as some Angle marks say it is but still a very decent match and possibly WWE's MOTY for 2003.

EDIT: I just watched their non-title rematch on SD! which was on a few weeks later which was actually a lot more fluid than their Rumble bout. It doesn't get any extra stars because the title wasn't on the line though.

&

WWF WrestleMania V
WWF Title
WWF Champion "Macho Man" Randy Savage w/Elizabeth vs. Hulk Hogan
***1/2

A very nicely worked Mania main event which followed Hogan's superman formula down to a tee. Would have rated higher if Hogan didn't shuffle a bit towards Savage before he hit the diving elbow. The Hulk-up was a bit over-cooked as well.

[Liverlips McGee]

Starrcade 1996 - Ultimo Dragon vs. Dean Malenko. It's Ultimo/Malenko, which means it's an automatic great match, and this is probably my favorite meeting between the two. **** 1/2

[Mideon]

RoH World Title Match
"American Dragon" Bryan Danielson (c) vs Naomichi Marufuji
RoH Final Battle 2005
December 17, 2005

****
I love Danielson as a heel. And as champion. Basically, Danielson is just fantastic. This match is such an improvment from Danielson's last match with a Japanese superstar (in RoH), against Liger. Just a great match that helped introduce Marufuji to some fans who aren't otherwise familiar with him, and a great way to keep the ball rolling for Danielson as champ.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Marufuji is a tiny bird chested Japanese God.

MOTD = KENTA vs Marufuji from Destiny. ***½

[Jatycre]

Now to make this thread come back to life.



Lord Steven Regal vs The Ice Man Dean Malenko
WCW Monday Nitro, 1996, Sometime between Hog Wild and Fall Brawl
***1/2


Just saw this match on WWE 24/7's primetime "Monday Night Wars" tv show collection. It was even better than I expected in a lot of ways. Without a doubt a gem lost forever in WCW's piles of crap. Easily the best match of the night. Just goes to show WCW's lousy booking, even at that time, when they were on top, they were making dumb desicions. They could've been pushing a guy like Malenko, or maybe even Regal. Instead in the main event of the night, we see Macho vs Flair number 65.

[Liverlips McGee]

Macho vs. Flair was actually the feud that was gaining money for WCW at the time. The NWO had not yet become really hot, and the Savage/Flair matches were consistently pretty good. There was no reason to NOT make them the main event.

[Jatycre]

Macho vs. Flair was actually the feud that was gaining money for WCW at the time. The NWO had not yet become really hot, and the Savage/Flair matches were consistently pretty good. There was no reason to NOT make them the main event.


But that was WCW's problem, with each and every storyline. They'd run the horse until it broke a leg, and then run it some more. At this point, the fans were still into Flair/Macho, but, in my opinion, they ran it too long. They should've been building up the younger guys, rather than still pushing the older guys to the moon. I mean, Regal wasn't all that young, but he was fresh compaired to Flair, Macho, Hogan, etc. And what did WCW ever do with Regal, that was memorable? The only thing I remember them doing with him, that I really liked, was The Blue Bloods. Which was one of WCW's few good ideas, Chris Adams was a hell of a wrestler in his day. The true king of the superkick.

[Liverlips McGee]

Revival time! Mike Awesome vs. Kid Kash, Living Dangerously 2000. This match was pretty much just a forum for Kash to bump to Awesome, and for Awesome to look like a freaking monster. I rather liked this match. Nothing classic, but a lot of moments where I winced. Short but cool. I'd say a solid ***.

[Mideon]

RoH World Title Match
Bryan Danielson (c) vs Alex Shelly
RoH Arena Warfare
March 11, 2006

****

Probably some of the best recent heel vs heel stuff you'll see. Seeing these two compete for the hatred of the crowd is excellent.

[I'm A Fucking Idiot]

Rhino v Joe v Monty Brown

TNA Hard JUstice 2006.

This is the type of weapons match that the "new breed" should be aiming towards.

****

[CoTT]

4 stars for the pile of crap?! Insanity.

[Big T]

Not really when we're talking about TCE who dubbed Jeff Hardy a ''legend''.

[CoTT]

People shouldn't rate matches with stars, pretending to be smart, if they don't know how the system works. He should be rating matches with big happy smiley faces or something.

[I'm A Fucking Idiot]

..... if they don't know how the system works. He should be rating matches with big happy smiley faces or something.

I didnt even know there was a system.

[CoTT]

Exactly. You just sheeped along like the idiot that you are.

[I'm A Fucking Idiot]

Whatever, boy. (Ya Langer)

[CoTT]

Ooooooh, the muckshite thinks he's clever using Cork slang. I'm soooooooooooo offended.

Faggot.

[Liverlips McGee]

Jay Briscoe vs. Samoa Joe, cage match, 3/13/04. (From the Ditch site.) I liked this match. I'm not a fan of the Briscoes, but this was a good "underdog" performance by Jay. Jay bleeds like a stuck pig, Joe drops Jay on his head a few hundred times, all kinds of good stuff. This match actually has a lot of old-school type psychology. I'll give it ***3/4.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Taue vs Marufuji from a date that I'm not looking up. It's on Youtube.

Fucking awesome. ****.

[CoTT]

Taue is a bit of a hefty lump from what I've seen of him. A modern day Giant Baba. I might watch the match you mention all the same tomorrow. Too scuttered to watch anything now.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Akira Taue is the best carry job worker of all time. He's been in more great singles matches than probably 99% of everybody else, and he's been involved in what is generally called the greatest match of all time.


Taue is capable of bringing his A game for big matches. The same can not be said for Angle, Austin, HHH, or Bret fucking Hart. HBK is not in the same league for those who are niggers.

[CoTT]

I'll reserve spraying Taue with a golden shower of praise until I see him do something that impresses me. Any one-on-one match I've seen him in was never all that. Prove me wrong Canucko.

EDIT: I went and watched that match on YouTube. Good, four stars maybe being a bit much considering it could have gone longer, but as always, Taue was just there, most of his offensive looking crap. Marufuji was amazing though. I need to see more of him. He's better than KENTA from what I've seen so far.

[Liverlips McGee]

Two of 'em:

Jumbo Tsuruta/Haku vs. Rick Martel/Mr. Perfect, WWF & AJPW Summit, 04/13/90. I thought this entire event was cool. This match was a pretty formula WWF tag match, but it was done very well, and with some great workers involved. Fun match, nothing out of this world great. ***

The Hogan-Hansen match from this event was very good, one of the better Hogan matches I've seen. A must-watch for anyone who says Hogan is a terrible worker. ***1/2

If anyone wants to download this event, here are the links:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CHOX04VR
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JP3T71QS

Here is the list of matches:
Jimmy Snuka & Tito Santana vs Masa Fuchi & Kenta Kobashi
Bret Hart vs Tiger Mask
Jake Roberts vs The Big Bossman
Jumbo Tsuruta & Haku vs Mr. Perfect & Rick Martel
Genichiro Tenryu vs Randy Savage
The Ultimate Warrior vs Ted DiBiase
Giant Baba & Andre the Giant vs Demolition
Hulk Hogan vs Stan Hansen

[CoTT]

Cheers for the links Dave. Looks like a great card.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Taue has been in some of the greatest matches of all time, although he was the lesser of the big 4, he can work. His match with Williams is unbelievably good.

Marufuji is better than KENTA, he just needs to work on his strikes.

[Liverlips McGee]

My WMOTD: Steiners vs. Benoit/Liger, sometime in 1994, most likely. I LOVED this match. I am a mark for the Steiners in their prime (being one of my top three favorite tag teams) and Benoit. Liger is also a great worker. A bit overrated, but he's been in some great matches, and no one can deny his talent. It was interesting to see how the Steiners changed their styles to adapt more to the Japanese crowd. They are an underrated team, especially since Scott's shitty work over the last eight or nine years. This match features a very hot crowd. It features Chris Benoit getting dropped on his head three or four times that I thought he may have been legit hurt, including one after a botched top rope hurricanrana attempt. It features great amateur style wrestling by Scotty. It features an attempted Steiner DDT (remember that move?). It features a Steiner screwdriver. It features Liger's avalanche brainbuster. This match had me drawn in the whole time. The video screws up once or twice, but it's not really a big deal.

Download here: http://rapidshare.de/files/31266008/Chris_Benoit___Jushin_Liger_vs_The_Steiner_Brother s.mpg.html

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

The only way I can agree with Liger being overrated is if somebody says he's the greatest of all time. I'd probably put him # 8 on my list.

My MOTD:

Akiyama vs Shibata 08/05. Fucking excellent match. Akiyama juices, and it's just a disgustingly good match. For those who won't spend 25 minutes on a McSluggz pic, here's a music video taste.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NmMGpXAyYjA

****¼

[CoTT]

Looks pretty vicious from that video clip. It's rare to see someone getting busted open in puro.

[Liverlips McGee]

Yeah, but when they do, they make it freaking COUNT. Remember Muta vs. Flair? Probably the bloodiest I've ever seen Muta.

I consider Liger slightly (I stress slightly) overrated because some people say all of his matches are incredible. Most are, but some are merely mediocre. Case in point: Last year, he had a match in TNA vs. Samoa Joe. People were going nuts over that match and how awesome it was, and how it should have been a contender for MOTY, and crap like that. It was six minutes long, not even long enough to warm up the crowd, and it was a pretty standard match, for both of them. Therefore, he's slightly overrated because people will view everything he does as gold, whether it is or not. However, when he brings his A game, almost no one can touch him. His match vs. Pillman at SuperBrawl was probably the best match to take place on American soil that year. His matches vs. Benoit and Sasuke are staples of "Best of Junior Heavyweight Matches" compilations. He is great, just not as great as some nutjob fanboys make him out to be. Incidentally, these are generally the same people who say Joe vs. Kobashi was the best American match of all time.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

COTT, you nigger.. The whole match is on Youtube, just watch it.


RIP, Liger is a better carrier worker than anybody else of all time. He's a top 10 worker ever, and for somebody who has to carry others he's 1 or 2.

[CoTT]

Watched the whole match just there. Awesome fucking stuff. They seriously leathered the shit out of each other.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Yeah, for open hand slaps, they really look like they fucking hurt.

[CoTT]

Shibata's kicks to the head and spine were vicious.

[Mideon]

RoH Pure Title Match
Nigel McGuinness (c) vs Claudio Castagnoli
RoH Final Battle 2005
December 17th, 2005

***1/4
I'm not totally crazy about the Pure Title, i'm also not crazy about Claudio. But I really like what Nigel has been doing the Pure division, and I generally like Nigel's work in the ring. Even being iffy about the Pure division, these two put on a really entertaining match.

[Liverlips McGee]

Tajiri vs. Super Crazy, Mexican Death Match, January 21st, 2000 edition of ECW on TNN. This match was pretty good. Tajiri, when given the chance, can be entertaining as hell. He's got great comic timing, which came off a couple times in this match. This match also features a spot where Tajiri skims some chairs into the crowd really goddamn fast. I think some people got hit pretty bad with 'em, too. Awesome. Not the best match they've ever had, but still a solid *** match.

[Twisted Sean]

TLC 3 - SmackDown! May 2001

[Mideon]

GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Match
Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c) vs KENTA
Pro Wrestling NOAH Destiny
July 18th, 2005

****
This was my first time watching Kanemaru, and I pretty much think KENTA is overrated, but these two went out and worked really hard. Good match. Good energy. Good finish.

[chrisizazn]

john dcena vs undertaker at smackdown ppx was fgoogd

[Liverlips McGee]

I've seen precisely one KENTA match, and it was a comedy match, so it really shouldn't count.

I think I'll do up some gook rasslin' too. Vader vs. Misawa. 10/30/99. I think this was the first rematch after Misawa upended Vader for the Triple Crown in May, and Vader came into this one looking for revenge. These two guys beat the snot out of each other. This is how a brawling match should be. I give it ***3/4.

Personally, I like how Vader comes off in his Japanese interviews, because he comes off as well-spoken and intelligent, instead of just some screaming, growling brute like he was in the States.

[CoTT]

Sticking to the Vader theme...

WCW Saturday Night
6 April 1993
Cactus Jack vs. Vader

Rating: **1/2
Famously physical early bout between Foley and Vader, the one where Vader cracked Foley with a few vicious punches in the face causing a lot of bleeding which had to be edited off WCW TV at the time. You really have to see the Mick Foley: Greatest Hits and Misses DVD exclusive footage to truly appreciate the brutality of this match.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Still sticking to the Vader theme.

Vader vs Akiyama '99.

Akiyama went into this trying to prove himself against the Triple Crown Champion Vader, and gets killed to death.

Afterwords we see Vader palm the face of a middle aged Japanese woman and throw her back into the crowd. Good stuff.

[Big T]

and gets killed to death.

It doesn't get any deader than that.

[Liverlips McGee]

Still sticking to the Vader theme.

Vader vs Akiyama '99.

Akiyama went into this trying to prove himself against the Triple Crown Champion Vader, and gets killed to death.

Afterwords we see Vader palm the face of a middle aged Japanese woman and throw her back into the crowd. Good stuff.

Was this the one that had Kobashi on commentary?

[Mideon]

Blood Generation (CIMA, Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino) vs Generation Next (Austin Aries, Roderick Strong & Jack Evans)
RoH Dragon Gate Challenge
March 30, 2006

****1/2
I can't get enough of this match. This is probably the best 6-man match ever put on by RoH (and i'll include the 6-man involving Blood Generation & Do-Fixer from the next night in that statement). The entire match is great, but the last few minutes leading to the finish are incredible.

[CoTT]

Jack Evans in a ****1/2? Isn't he the unbelievably ridiculous spotfester with a triple somersault finisher?

[Mideon]

Jack Evans in a ****1/2? Isn't he the unbelievably ridiculous spotfester with a triple somersault finisher?

This is all true. However, a lot of Evan's ridiculously spotty offense was not used in the match, and was instead the target of the face in peril beatdown.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

630 is cool, even to me.

Haven't seen the match in question, but Evans can play old school formula when he wants to.

CIMA looks like a gay porn actor.



Yeah, Strip, that's the match with Kobashi on commentary.


May as well add another:

Shinjiro Otani & TAJIRI vs Newling-Sama & Toshiaki Kawada

**

It's from HUSTLE 2006, so it's safe to say it's fucked up. I liked it, though.

[Legend Killer]

My favourite match was a Ladder match between the Undertaker and Jeff Hardy for the Undisputed Championship, althought Jeff Hardy has lost that match he showed his full pontential against the deadman and almost won for 2 times but the deadman caught him on the Ladder, after the match and after almost Jeff Hardy's death jeff hardy called undertaker back saying that he wasn't broken yet, the undertaker went back to the ring determinated to end jeff hardy but when he was going to punch jeff, undertaker looked jeff in the eyes and showed his sensible side and had mercy of jeff.

Another match that i would like people to see is The Rock vs Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania X8, it was a great match and the end was the best of the match, when the rock and hogan shaked hands, and when the rock was going to backstages the rest nWo attacked hulk hogan making the rock go back to ring and help hulk hogan fight the rest of nWo, making nWo go backstages hurt

[CoTT]

My favourite match was a Ladder match between the Undertaker and Jeff Hardy for the Undisputed Championship, althought Jeff Hardy has lost that match he showed his full pontential against the deadman and almost won for 2 times but the deadman caught him on the Ladder, after the match and after almost Jeff Hardy's death jeff hardy called undertaker back saying that he wasn't broken yet, the undertaker went back to the ring determinated to end jeff hardy but when he was going to punch jeff, undertaker looked jeff in the eyes and showed his sensible side and had mercy of jeff.


Fruitcake.

[Legend Killer]

"fruitcake"? wtf does that means?

[CoTT]

Have fun figuring that one out.

[Mideon]

CIMA looks like a gay porn actor.



Ha ha. Nicely done Sluggo. Giving new meaning to the move Lungblower.

[adrock2099]

May as well add another:

Shinjiro Otani & TAJIRI vs Newling-Sama & Toshiaki Kawada

**

It's from HUSTLE 2006, so it's safe to say it's fucked up. I liked it, though.

I must have this match. Otani and Tajiri = me marking out allover the inside of my pants.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Hahaha. He takes a Mad Splash in the face, let me tell you.

[CoTT]

WWE Judgment Day
21 May 2006
Chris Benoit vs. Finlay

Rating: ****
A WWE match of the year contender here for sure. Finlay's offense and Benoit's selling looked exceptional throughout. I'd like to see them square off again when Benoit comes back. This match was better than their encounters in WCW.

[Mr Eighties Wrestling]

That match was almost as good as the finlay vs regal match, the one that was supposed to be a triple threat, i dont remember what event though, it was the one with the gay crowd that booed that match for some reason..

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Yugi Nagata vs Akira Taue 6/6/03.

****, Taue being the worker in a great match, it's a rarity. But this fucking rocks. It's on 'Tube. I hate Nagata usually, but he's got some swank offense.

May keep adding to this thread tonight, just because I'm not going to open a new thread with all of the matches I'm watching. Watching TAJIRI vs Muta from a month or two ago.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

TAJIRI vs Muta *1/2- ** about.

A good 4 or 5 minutes is spent with them crawling under the ring trying to find eachother.

A couple of good mist spots, TAJIRI's expressions are funnier than ever, Muta is getting old.


Muta vs El Gigante.

Half a star just because Giant Gonzalez is basically squashed. Muta climbs onto a chair so he's tall enough to mist him. Funny match.

Watching Chono/Mutoh vs Choshu (BLEGH)/Tenryu right now.


Mutoh becomes Muta midway through the match and goes insane in the membrane.

[Mideon]

That match was almost as good as the finlay vs regal match, the one that was supposed to be a triple threat, i dont remember what event though, it was the one with the gay crowd that booed that match for some reason..

Great American Bash. It was a good match, but I don't think it really even approached Benoit vs Finley. Their match at JDay was killer.

James Gibson vs Homicide
RoH The Future Is Now
June 12th, 2005
***1/4

This match fit perfectly with this show, as just about every match didn't live up to it's full potential. These two had a good match, but just something missing from the middle of the match. But it really picks up towards the end. This show also had a hilarious, one night appearance by Shane Douglas, where the crowd shit all over him. He came out and said how much he loves RoH, and how he chose to be there instead of the WWECW show, and said Vince begged him to be there, to which the crowd chanted "You're a liar!" Crowd turned on Douglas, he got mad, and left.

[Liverlips McGee]

WWE Judgment Day
21 May 2006
Chris Benoit vs. Finlay

Rating: ****
A WWE match of the year contender here for sure. Finlay's offense and Benoit's selling looked exceptional throughout. I'd like to see them square off again when Benoit comes back. This match was better than their encounters in WCW.

He's supposed to be coming back soon. I hear he's being advertised for house shows in various parts of the US.

[Jatycre]

Ric Flair vs Dusty Rhodes
NWA Starcade '85
****


This one's on WWE 24/7 right now. It's been some time since I last saw it, but it still makes you realize what wrestling was all about.

[CoTT]

That match was almost as good as the finlay vs regal match, the one that was supposed to be a triple threat, i dont remember what event though, it was the one with the gay crowd that booed that match for some reason..

I agree with Mideon on this one.

Benoit/Finlay > Regal/Finlay

[adrock2099]

Benoit/Regal > Benoit/Finlay > Regal/Finlay

[CoTT]

Which Benoit/Regal? Definitely Pillman Memorial III but I think Benoit/Finlay equalled and surpassed any of those Velocity or SD! matches they had.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Regal vs Hashimoto in on Youtube.

[Liverlips McGee]

London/Kendrick vs. Kash/Noble, GAB 2006. After not watching this match for quite a while, it was almost surprising to me how much I forgot that I liked this match. It had a lot of old-school tag team psychology, and some pretty cool spots. The thing that stands out to me in this match is that the spots actually mean something. Example: when Noble dropkicked London to the outside when London was skinning the cat, you thought that may have cost him the match, and he continued to sell that one bump throughout most of the remainder of the match. Had the potential to be a lot better, but certainly the best tag team action you're going to see in the WWE today. ***1/4

[CoTT]

Regal vs Hashimoto in on Youtube.

Excellent match that. Between Regal's stiff forearms and Hashimoto's hard kicks it made for a good mix. About ****1/4.

[CoTT]

Pro Wrestling NOAH Destiny 2005
18 July 2005
Kenta Kobashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki

Rating: ****1/2
Absolutely kickass stuff. The sheer amount of chops in this match is mind-blowing. You could actually see both dudes' chests turning purple during the bout. Great ending too.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

I marked the fuck out when I saw that match for the first time. I think I upped it in the old McSluggz download thread.

[CoTT]

I think you did too only I saw it on big screen TV today with those excellent super slow motion replays and it looked more awesome than ever.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Kensuke Sasaki vs Tenzan G-1 Climax 97

Fun little sprint, nothing to write home about. Tenzan is his usual shitty self, and Kenskee hadn't gotten good yet. The last Northern Lights Bomb looks pretty nasty.

nWo is in Tenzan's corner, and Buff Bagwell trying to look interested is kind of funny. *½

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5Pu9RiAKIeI

Tenryu vs Shibata

COTT, watch this match. Tenryu is the most bad ass old man on the planet.

[CoTT]

Badass DDT in that one. Ok little match but a bit short and a weak-ass ending. I'd give it about **1/2.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

A match that begins with Brainbusters usually shouldn't go too long. The GUH JABS rock, though.

[Mideon]

Samoa Joe vs Kenta Kobashi
RoH Joe vs Kobashi
October 1st, 2005

****1/2
Every bit worth the praise it gets. These two guys just beat the tar out of each other for 20 minutes. Great stuff.

[Mideon]

RoH World Championship Match
Bryan Danielson (c) vs Roderick Strong
RoH Vendetta
November 5th, 2005

****3/4
Wow. I was sure that I wouldn't see a match from 2005 that would top Joe/Kobashi, but this was it. I have no idea how those 2 kept that kind of pace for nearly 50 minutes.

[CoTT]

Joe/Kobashi was decent but watching it, I never figured it for a MOTY. I guess I'm too used to seeing those two go completely nuts.

[Mideon]

I honestly haven't seen a lot of Kobashi matches, so I think that had something to do with my high rating. Also, it was nice to see Joe working a different style of match.

[CoTT]

Granted Kobashi's picked up a lot of injuries down the years but his early 90's AJPW stuff makes the Joe match look ordinary as I'm sure Sluggo and Dave the Jacker would also tell you.

[Liverlips McGee]

Yeah, if you compare it to Kobashi/Vader or Kobashi/Hansen, Joe/Kobashi looks very good, but nothing out of the ordinary. Certainly better than most stuff happening on these shores in the present timeframe, though.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Kobashi/Kawada 60 minute draw 1995 and Kobashi/Misawa 1997 are must sees as well. I don't know if the full version of Kobashi/Kawada is on the net in a full version.

[Liverlips McGee]

Yeah, I was trying to put in some gaijins, because I don't know how much Japanese wrestling Mideon watches. Shame though, seeing as how he's half-slant eyed and all.

[Mideon]

Ching chong ding, hong ming tong.

Translated to: I watch enough to where i'm familiar with most wrestlers, but I probably haven't seen more than 2 or 3 matches with them.

[Liverlips McGee]

I laughed my asshairs off at that.

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

With Youtube getting more and more wrestling each day, you should check that shit out, Mideon.

Watch Akiyama vs Shibata!

[Morphine]

The Undertaker vs. Mankind in a Hell in a Cell match.

That thing was awesome, and after I read Wikipedia's review of it, it got even more awesome.

Meaning, go and check out Wikipedia and see what I mean. :D

[Mideon]

BJ Whitmer vs Jimmy Jacobs
RoH Dragon Gate Challenge
March 30, 2006

**3/4
Not really much of a match, but the botched top rope powerbomb in this match is brutal. Both guys go on to finish the match, which at the time, seems insane.

[CoTT]

WWE No Mercy 2000
22 October 2000
Triple H vs. Chris Benoit

Rating: ****
Very solid match with some nice moves shown off by both men. Trips was at his best back then. Benoit busted out two pretty savage looking dragon suplexes at a stage. Good, although overplayed, ending worked around Benoit trying to lock in the crossface until he gets low blowed for the Pedigree.

&

WWE SummerSlam 1991
26 August 1991
Intercontinental Championship
Intercontinental Champion Mr. Perfect vs. Bret "The Hitman" Hart

Rating: ***1/2
A decent match although watching it, you'd feel both could do a lot better. Nothing too incredible skills-wise but the match was nicely balanced with plenty of momentum changes and near falls. The ending was innovative although it made Hennig look rather weak.

[Charly]

Rey Rey vs Eddie G, Halloween Havoc 97. Fucking banging. Rey pulled some fucking crazy moves! And Eddie played the heel perfectly. Superb from start to finish.

Rating****

[Big T]

Mr.America vs Rowdy Roddy Piper
Judgment Day 2003

DUD

The storyline sucked ginormously and the match was even worse.

[CoTT]

Rey/Eddie at Havoc was above **** IMO.

Indeed, Mr. America vs. Piper sucked immensely. One of the worst matches ever.

[john7743]

my match of the day was kennedyvs taker last night at a house show i went to
mother fu ck iwas marking out like crazy damn good seats

[Jatycre]

Unforgiven '99
6 Way elimination match
British Bulldog vs Triple H vs The Rock vs Kane vs Big Show vs Mankind
**1/2


Not a horrible match overall, and I was happy as fuck to see Davey Boy in the big spotlight again, but I wasn't impressed that much. The whole tagging in and out system kind of got stale after awhile. I would've liked it a whole lot more if they'd put all 6 guys in there at once. And I wasn't all that thrilled with the ending. It was cool to see Austin give Trips a stunner afterwords just for the hell of it though.

[APC123]

WWE No Mercy 2000
22 October 2000
Triple H vs. Chris Benoit

Rating: ****
Very solid match with some nice moves shown off by both men. Trips was at his best back then. Benoit busted out two pretty savage looking dragon suplexes at a stage. Good, although overplayed, ending worked around Benoit trying to lock in the crossface until he gets low blowed for the Pedigree.


Was that the one where he hit a one-armed Pedigree? For some reason that has always stuck out in my mind.

[CoTT]

No although Benoit did work his arm for a lot of the match. It was the one where HHH used a deathlock with a bridge. I don't think he's ever done that in any other televised match. Stephanie interfered in the end.

[Liverlips McGee]

Rock 'N' Roll Express vs. Arn & Ole Anderson. Damn good tag team match. This one was on NWA TV, so it had only a ten minute time limit, but it also had some really great psychology and action. It also featured the use of a strap from a camera as a weapon. It really makes one pine for the good ol' days of tag team rasslin.

***3/4 - short but sweet

[Charly]

Razor Ramon vs Shawn Michaels.
Summerslam 95.
Intercontinental Title match.

It was hard to work out who was the more over star in this match. I think it started with Razor and finished with HBK. This really was an awesome match though. I forgot how good Scott Hall was. And HBK. Shawns bumping to Razors offense was top notch. And with Shawn genuinely struggling to reach the belt was funny. Top contest and better than their 'Mania effort.

Rating. ****

[Mideon]

Championship Unification Match
RoH Pure Champion Nigel McGuinness vs RoH World Champion Bryan Danielson
RoH Unified
August 12th, 2006

****1/2

Nigel McGuinness takes one of the most epic ass beatings i've ever seen in my life, not in the squashed way either. McGuinness comes out looking like a credible threat to Danielson, and looking like a star.

[Mideon]

Cage of Death Match
Team RoH (Samoa Joe, BJ Whitmer, Bryan Danielson, Adam Pearce & Ace Steel) vs Team CZW (Claudio Castignoli, Chris Hero, Nate Webb, Necro Butcher & Eddie Kingston)
RoH Death Before Dishonor IV
August 15th, 2006

***1/2

Almost every member of the CZW squad looks like a group of homeless guys they picked up outside the arena. Nate Webb especially. The match is violent, bloody and just pretty fun to watch. It also furthers the Joe/Dragon angle and the Homicide babyface turn. My only real issue with it, is having Ace Steel in the match. Ace Steel is pretty terrible. Any number of guys could have filled that spot, and done it better. It would be one thing if they'd continiued with any sort of aftermath story with him, but he's wrestled on I think 1 show since CoD.

[Mideon]

GHC Heavyweight Championship match
Naomichi Marufuji (c) vs KENTA
October 29th, 2006

****1/4
Great, great match. These two tear the house down. I haven't yet seen their match from January 22nd, i've heard different people say that one is better than the other, but this match was killer.

[Liverlips McGee]

I think I'll go with the KENTA/Sydal match I just saw this weekend. Really a very good match, and it seemed to solidify Sydal as a top tier player. I may be wrong (I only see ROH sporadically) but it doesn't seem like he had much main event/top tier legitimacy before that match. It was a very solid ***1/2.

[CoTT]

WWE RAW
26 May 1997
World Tag Team Championships
Steve Austin & Shawn Michaels vs. World Tag Team Champions Owen Hart & British Bulldog

Rating: ****1/4
Excellently paced match, testament to how great the tag team division once was. This was the match where HBK had not wrestled for about four months beforehand. Himself and Austin win the titles and argue afterwards.

[CoTT]

WWE Madison Square Garden Classic
30 November 1991
Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair

Rating: ***1/4
A grudge match set up shortly after Flair helped the Undertaker to beat Hogan for the WWF Title. Great atmosphere, simplistic enough brawl but it was put together nicely. Mr Perfect's in there as Flair's manager and is involved in the assisted Figure-4 spot, one I always mark out for. Here's a link to it on http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmo9r_hulk-hogan-vs-ric-flair-msg-1991 DailyMotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmo9r_hulk-hogan-vs-ric-flair-msg-1991

[CoTT]

This (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xomsk_hansen-vs-kobashi) match between Stan Hansen and Kenta Kobashi in Japan sometime in the early 90's I'm guessing. It's short and I reckon some of you may have already seen it but it's an enjoyable brawl. Hansen was probably one of the best heels ever. Rating: ***

[Liverlips McGee]

Odd. I was actually thinking of bringing this thread back today when I rediscovered one of my favorite Guerrero matches:

Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Jericho, Fall Brawl '97. Awesome match that not many people remember because of the great match EG had with Rey about a month later at Havoc. I personally like this Jericho one a bit more, myself. Not quite so spotty, more focused bodywork, innovative submissions, good matwork. I'd say ****.

[Mideon]

Hart Foundation vs Steve Austin, Ken Shamrock, LOD & Goldust
WWF Calgary Stampede
July 6th, 1997

****
Maybe the most electric crowd at any WWF show in the last 20 something years. A great match to boot. Even with half the participants either entering, or way past the tailend of their glory days.

[Charly]

And 4 of them are dead now!

Angle vs Samoa Joe (genesis) 06

***

Great match between the 2 as expected, but could of gone on for another 10 minutes at least. Can do better.

[CoTT]

Bradshaw's WWF TV debut (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xtgdh_bradshaw-vs-sparkplug-bob-holly) against who else but good old Bob "Sparkplug" Holly. A real battle of the titans. Rating: **1/4

[adrock2099]

Wow, best matchup ever?

[ECDUB97]

Kurt Angle vs Chris Benoit

[El Hitman]

There are too many matches to say but here are my top 5 matches



1.) Shawn Michaels Vs. Undertaker, Hell in a Cell
2.) The Rock Vs. Chris Jericho, No Mercy
3.) Randy Savage Vs. Ricky Steamboat at wrestlemania
4.) Bret Hart Vs. Shawn Michaels, Iron Man Match
5.) Undertaker Vs. Mankind ,Hell in a Cell

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

Points for mentioning Rocky vs Jericho NM, it doesn't get pimped enough.

Deducted points for mentioning Undertaker vs Mankind.

I guess I'll put a MOTD.

Magnum Tokyo vs Tenryu from Dragongate

***½

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pe2epiq14RU&mode=related&search=

[Liverlips McGee]

My MOTD: Me vs. The Bishop. Ends with me applying a chokehold for about 13 minutes, and The Bishop vomiting and passing out, going limp. ********3/4 out of 5

[CoTT]

Jimmy Snuka & Andre the Giant vs. Wild Samoans
(http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=wqj0z571u3)

[Liverlips McGee]

Wow, I don't recall ever seeing a Supe/Andre team before. Good find.

[CoTT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us1GTlbWgIU

[''Powdernose'' Tully Blanchard]

^^^ Overrated.

[Mideon]

The Kings of Wrestling vs The Briscoes
RoH Final Battle 2006
December 23rd, 2006

***1/2
Awesome tag team match, it's really a shame that the whole, ultra confusing deal with Claudio & WWE had to happen. The Kings were really starting to grow on me as a team.

[Zoso]

Matt Anarachy vs. Anyone in a dugout match.

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[CoTT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjUYwcSAhIY
2/3 Falls - NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Magnum TA. In three parts.

[adrock2099]

Magnum TA is my new hero.

[Mideon]

Brock Lesnar & Chris Benoit vs Kurt Angle, Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin
WWE No Way Out
February 23, 2003

***1/2
A great little gem of a match in the midst of a pretty mediocre PPV.

[Liverlips McGee]

Bret Hart vs. Doink, SummerSlam '93. This was a great angle with Lawler, and the commentary by Heenan is classic.

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[Mideon]

Go Shiozaki vs BJ Whitmer
RoH Anarchy The UK
August 13th, 2006

***1/4
Other than the tag match the previous night, this was my first time seeing Shiozaki. I think I heard that he's a Kobashi protege? Anyways, I wouldn't mind seeing him wrestle again. On a related note, I also really enjoy SUWA.

[Legend_Killa]

Whats with Benoits arms? Its like he was pulled out of the whom while they were still cookin

[Charly]

What? Whom? Arms cooking?

[Mideon]

Six Man Mayhem
Roderick Strong vs Shingo vs Claudio Castagnoli vs Matt Cross vs Mark Briscoe vs Pelle Primeau
RoH Fifth Year Festival Dayton
February 23rd, 2007

***1/2
I'm a sucker for multi-man matches. A few semi-botched spots in this one, and I could do without the brief-Aries run in at the end, but awesome action from everyone. Pelle was super over in this one too.

[Mideon]

Colt Cabana vs Chris Hero (w/ Team Hero) vs Adam Pearce (w/ Shane Hagadorn) vs Matt Sydal
RoH All Star Extravaganza 3
March 30th, 2007

***
A short, fun, energetic and solid opener. Hero & Sweeney are just about perfect as a wrestler/manager duo.

[Liverlips McGee]

If you get the chance, download the Nigel-AmDrag match they wrestled tonight in Philly at the ROH event. I think it was their best showing yet, and was easily the match of the night. It was also being taped for ROH's second PPV, so you can also see it there. I'd give it ****1/4.

[Mideon]

If you get the chance, download the Nigel-AmDrag match they wrestled tonight in Philly at the ROH event. I think it was their best showing yet, and was easily the match of the night. It was also being taped for ROH's second PPV, so you can also see it there. I'd give it ****1/4.

Awesome. Yeah, i've been hearing a lot of great things about it, including that it's the best of their series. I loved their Unified match, and their matches at Generation Now and Weekend of Champions Night Two were all good too.

I was kind of confused about something though. Sydal was scheduled to wrestle Dragon, right? So they said Dragon was injured and couldn't wrestle Sydal, but then he wrestled Nigel? Did they explain that?

[Liverlips McGee]

Nope.

[Slash]

Can someone give me some links to some good ROH matches, I'm not really an ROH guy (I mostly watch WWE & TNA). But I've been thinking about watching ROH recently.

[Liverlips McGee]

No. Dicktoes.

[Slash]

I consider that a sexual slur against gays. I demand he be banned. lol.

[ThoraxCrusader]

your an idiot

[Quarez]

your an idiot

your = Implying possession
You're = You are

Now get it right or I'll make you humbell!!!

[Slash]

^ It's spelled humble.

If you don't get it right, I will fuck your ass and humble you the old country way.

[CoTT]

What's with the shit posting as of late? This place is going down the pan.

[Eazy B]

Sounds like Notorious_Liar is makin a comeback. Oh how I missed the grammar wars. :rolleyes:

[Quarez]

^ It's spelled humble.


It's a good thing that sarcasm isn't a lost art yet huh?