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Post by fxnj on Mar 15, 2019 4:13:46 GMT -5
Don't think anything comes close to this as far as best Murdoch/Adonis match goes. Follows their usual southern tag formula with them spending most of the match working over Fujinami. Fujinami is great as an FIP, and there's a lot of creative in Murdoch/Adonis's offense on. Hot finish and Inoki picking up the win feels like a big moment.
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Post by shodate on Mar 15, 2019 11:32:14 GMT -5
Second. That is called the fip formula not the southern formula in my eyes. As it wasnt created in the usa. This match has a perfect structure. Nothing fancy just great execution of strikes with murdoch and adnois being the cheaty heels isolating fuji. Great stomping that looked so crisp and clean and beautiful. Great character work awesome execution and strikes a molten crowd perfect structure nice overcoming the odds narrative never feels boring. Also great selling of pain ewhusation with epic experssion struggle. Also unique spots and creative yet violent offence.
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Post by microstatistics on Jul 7, 2019 21:16:10 GMT -5
Third. Low end MOTYC for 1984. Lots of creative and selfless heel work by North-South. Dug Fujinami's apron selling. I think the Inoki parts aren't as compelling as when Fujinami is in there, though his presence is necessary for the narrative to work.
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Post by mrjmml on Jul 24, 2023 13:42:54 GMT -5
Time for another southern tag formula, this time in Japan, the heel team is the North-South Connection formed by Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch, these two worked a lot in the WWF and they had one of the greatest matches in the company’s history not just the 80’s against the Brisco brothers Jack and Gerry Brisco just twenty two days after this match took place, if you’ve been reading my reviews in the last month or so you’ll recognise Adrian Adonis from a match he had against Buddy Rose in September 1st 1979 in Portland ( Pacific Northwest), his performance in that match was truly remarkable. Dick Murdoch on the other hand, it’s the first time I’ll review one of his matches, he is famous for his many runs in great companies like All Japan, Mid South, WWF and most importantly for today’s match New Japan, Murdoch in the ring is amazing, his facial expressions, selling and style are instantly recognisable, when you watch you know he is having fun, bumping around and being genuinely funny at times with his antics, it wasn’t something outrageous either, he wasn’t a comedy wrestler by any means, the word that comes to mind when discussing Dick Murdoch for me is standout, he’s an standout, when he’s in the ring you can’t look away from him and that’s something special, it’s a wrestler you can’t forget about if that doesn’t scream greatness I don’t know what does, anyways let’s go to the match itself.
The babyface team (Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami) struggled at the beginning, Murdoch and Adonis isolated Fujinami for a long time until they let him go and tag Inoki, he didn’t waste the hot tag and made good work of both of North-South Connection’s members, they had a great back and forth, even chairs were involved in the mayhem but after around 30 minutes Antonio Inoki submitted Adrian Adonis with an abdominal stretch.
Fujinami’s performance as a babyface is terrific, he did everything he had to do to perfection, the only problem was the crowd’s lack of involvement in Fujinami’s struggles, they went nuts everytime Inoki did something remotely exciting but Fujinami could have done an Orihara Moonsault and the crowd would have stayed silent.
I recommend this match to everyone who likes the southern tag formula and wants to see a new twist, New Japan’s version of it ticks all the boxes and it’s worth your time.
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Post by elliott on Sept 3, 2023 23:34:54 GMT -5
Terrific long old school tag. Everyone looks great. Might not even be my favorite Adonis & Murdoch match of December 84 but an awesome match.
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