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Post by elliott on Jun 26, 2019 19:06:33 GMT -5
Crush Gals vs Dump Matsumoto & Bull Nakano (2/3 Falls AJW 10/10/85). Kind of at a loss for words here. Chigusa sells the leg like Kawada 12/93. Lioness covers Chigusa to protect her from a savage beating like Kobashi in 6/95. Lioness gets knocked out forcing Chigusa to go it alone like Tenryu in 12/88 or Misawa in 12/96. The early body double mind games was like the best possible Demolition/Hart Foundation 1990 shit. The rampant chaos felt like Shield vs Ryback/Team Hell No. Pick the best aspect of your favorite tag match from the past 35 years and they probably do it in this match.
The mid 80s Crush Gals era of All Japan Women is going to end up with a lot of matches on my ballot next time and this...might be the best of them all? And my last ballot had 2 in the top 10. What the actual fuck. I dunno if this is online anywhere. Its on the original run of AJW Classics that aired in the early 2000s.
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Post by Kadaveri on Nov 13, 2019 21:55:49 GMT -5
The best thing about this project is discovering amazing matches like this. How is this match so virtually unknown? I can't find another review of it anywhere on the internet. This match is so emotional. Crazy stuff.
This is the finals of the annual "Tag League The Best" tournament. Chigusa is coming into the final with a leg injury, which Bull and Dump absolutely ruthlessly attack keeping the crowd constantly infuriated. Chigusa's leg selling is fantastic. Totally outrageous cheating throughout from Dump and Bull. There's a few moments where they're like "Ok we're gonna play fair for a moment now" before unveiling some new shenanigans. I really loved the moment where Bull pulls out some nunchucks and shows off some moves, before putting them to the outside and going for straight wrestling.
Awesome moment in the match where the heels go to pull a table from the announcers booth, only for some girls in the crowd to grab onto the other end stopping them from pulling it away until the heels give up. Not sure if they were plants or genuinely horrified fans trying to save their favourites from further brutality, but it was great either way.
There's a couple of nitpicks I have that stop this being Top 10 material. Firstly, the move Asuka took for the 2nd fall didn't look that devastating, I think she didn't sell it well enough as she puts her hands over her face afterwards when really she should have sold being knocked out. It's a small detail but that 3rd fall with Chigusa going alone would have been even more dramatic had Asuka been a bit better there. Also a few of Dump's weapon shots looked a bit soft for a chaotic brawl scene.
But don't focus too much on that. I watched this a few days ago and rewatched it just now and thought it was even better. I have now decided that this is the highest ranked match I'm only giving a ****3/4 rating, which puts it at #29 on my list.
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Post by microstatistics on Nov 15, 2019 11:46:41 GMT -5
I think lack of availability hurts it. This won't make my Top 100 but is still one of the best matches of 1985 and should be ranked alongside the two hair matches.
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Post by Cap on Nov 1, 2020 14:38:20 GMT -5
Got to this match the other day and absolutely love it. I actually prefer it to the two singles hair matches. Bull being able to pull some weight here I think only adds to the dynamic. The melicious leg work is out of this world here. The drama and emotion is as high as just about anything in wrestling. I give this top marks, but I think it will sit just outside my list. Basically, it sort of a matter of flow. I watched this alongside the Yokota/Galactica (2/1985) and the 87 Crush Gals vs Condor and Bull match and I preferred both of those because I just felt like they held my attention with the flow of the match. It's picking knits at this point. This is a match that could wind up on my list next year, it is in the very least a serious contender.
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Post by mvz on Feb 28, 2021 22:36:08 GMT -5
I’m right around where cap is on this match, I like the 2/85 Galactica match best of the 3 and this is neck and neck w the 87 crush gals/candor and Bull match. I probably prefer the match with bull spitting the mist to this as well. Nevertheless, this was awesome, really thoughtful layout and Dump was her terrifying self, really great all around.
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Post by elliott on Jun 4, 2023 16:09:59 GMT -5
It is criminal that this only got 3 votes the last time we did top 100s. I voted it 7th and it still managed to move up this time around. Fucking bonkers this gets overlooked.
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