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Post by elliott on Jun 21, 2019 13:58:14 GMT -5
I wanted to start a thread for recommending matches to folks just to have everything in one place. I felt motivated after Cap & Kas both specifically mentioned 80s NJPW as stuff they want to look at for the next Ballot. I plan on using this thread to highlight and talk more about specific matches eventually, but for now I wanted to do a bulk 80s NJPW recommendation for folks wanting to do more of a deep dive.
80s NJPW was awesome and if we had a "favorite decade by a promotion" discussion, 80s NJPW might be my favorite. There's just so much depth and variety in the promotion. I'm not sure what people think of when they think about "80s NJPW." For AJPW it is probably just a knee jerk "Jumbo Tenryu." Back in the late 90s/early 00s when people talked about 80s NJPW, it was usually about Tiger Mask. Now people hate Tiger Mask. Maybe now when people think about 80s NJPW they instantly think Choshu/Fujinami or NJPW vs UWF, either of which would be great. But I think there are some great Tiger Mask matches. So you can't just look at the top matches from the DVDVR 80s NJPW vote. There are matches that didn't make the set or finished out of the top 100 for that set that are great and should be watched.
There is a lot of variety in 80s NJPW. The juniors are featured in a way you never get in AJPW. The main event style is more its own than early 80s AJPW, if that makes sense? A great Jumbo early 80s match is typically worked & paced like a traditional NWA title match. That's not a criticism, but an observation. Something like Choshu vs Fujinami or an Inoki match looks and feels different. The 10 man tags & gauntlet matches are awesome and everyone knows about them. 80s NJPW also has a surprising amount of blood. You're looking at a match list and see Wrestler X vs Wrestler Y and think "Oh cool, those are two really good wrestlers who have all these tools are great athletes, charismatic etc etc this will probably be a really good match if it gets time" and you watch it and there's this monster blade job you're not expecting. If I'm watching a random Carlos Colon match, on some level I'm expecting a bloodbath. If I'm watching a random Kengo Kimura match I'm not necessarily expecting a blade job but NJPW was not shy about blood.
Anyway, 80s NJPW is really great and I look forward to you guys taking a closer look at it. I'd honestly recommend just getting the 80s set and watching it start to finish twice because it is amazing and then watch the matches that didn't make it but should have. So here's 60+ matches I'd recommend to everyone wanting to take a closer look at 80s NJPW:
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Steve Keirn (2/3 Falls) (2/1/80) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dynamite Kid (2/5/80) Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen (2/8/80) Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen (4/3/80) Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen (9/11/80) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kengo Kimura (9/25/80) Bob Backlund vs. Stan Hansen (9/30/80) Andre the Giant vs. Stan Hansen (9/23/81) Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid (1/28/82) Tiger Mask vs. Steven Wright (4/1/82) Andre the Giant vs. Killer Khan (4/1/82) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdoch (7/6/82) Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (1/6/83) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu (4/3/83) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu (4/21/83) Hulk Hogan vs. Antonio Inoki (IWGP League Final) (6/2/83) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu (7/7/83) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu (8/4/83) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu (9/21/83) Tatsumi Fujinami, Akira Maeda & Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu, Yoshiaki Yatsu & Animal Hamaguchi (12/8/83) 5-on-5 Gauntlet (4/19/84) Bob Backlund vs. Riki Choshu (8/24/84) Tatsumi Fujinami & Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis (12/7/84) The Cobra vs. Don Arakawa (8/1/85) Akira Maeda vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (1/10/86) Akira Maeda vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (2/5/86) Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (2/6/86) Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, Umanosuke Ueda & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Akira Maeda, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Osamu Kido, Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki (3/26/86) 5-on-5 Gauntlet (5/1/86) Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (6/12/86) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Akira Maeda (6/12/86) Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka (8/5/86) Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, Kantaro Hoshino, George Takano & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Akira Maeda, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Osamu Kido, Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki (9/16/86) Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka (9/19/86) Akira Maeda vs. Don Nakaya Nielsen (10/9/86) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kengo Kimura (1/2/87) Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka (2/5/87) Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda vs. Keiji Mutoh & Shiro Koshinaka (3/20/87) Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito (4/27/87) Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kazuo Yamazaki (5/25/87) Akira Maeda vs. Masa Saito (5/18/87) Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (6/9/87) Kengo Kimura vs. Masa Saito (6/10/87) Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (6/29/87) Antonio Inoki, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Seiji Sakaguchi, Kantaro Hoshino & Keiji Mutoh vs. Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, Riki Choshu, Akira Maeda & Super Strong Machine (8/19/87) Akira Maeda vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (8/29/87) Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kazuo Yamazaki (9/1/87) Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Antonio Inoki vs. Akira Maeda & Tatsumi Fujinami (9/7/87) Tatsumi Fujinami, Nobuhiko Takada, Riki Choshu, Akira Maeda & Super Strong Machine vs. Antonio Inoki, Dick Murdoch, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Masa Saito & Seiji Sakaguchi (9/17/87) Dick Murdoch & Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Masa Saito (12/4/87) Keiichi Yamada vs. Hiroshi Hase (2/4/88) Nobuhiko Takada vs. Hiroshi Hase (3/11/88) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu (5/27/88) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu (6/24/88) Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Don Nakaya Nielsen (7/29/88) Tatsumi Fujinami vs Antonio Inoki (8/8/88) Tatsumi Fujinami, Keiichi Yamada, Shiro Koshinaka, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura vs. Hiroshi Saito, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Super Strong Machine, Masa Saito & Riki Choshu (9/12/88) Antonio Inoki, Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Scott Hall, Bob Orton & Dick Murdoch (11/17/88) Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu (2/22/89) Riki Choshu & Masa Saito vs. George Takano & Super Strong Machine (3/16/89) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Vader (4/24/89) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Victor Zangiev (4/24/89) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Vader (4/24/89) Riki Choshu vs. Big Van Vader (6/27/89) Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano (7/13/89) Big Van Vader vs. Salman Hashimikov (7/13/89) Riki Choshu, Jushin Liger & Kengo Kimura vs. Big Van Vader, Manny Fernandez & Buzz Sawyer (8/3/89) Jushin Liger & Akira Nogami vs. Kantaro Hoshino & Naoki Sano (8/8/89) Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano (8/10/89) Riki Choshu vs. Shinya Hashimoto (12/7/89)
edited to add the two 1987 10 Man Elimination matches
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Post by nintendologic on Jun 21, 2019 15:00:23 GMT -5
I'm rather shocked by the lack of appreciation for the 8/19/87 elimination tag on this board. It's 25 minutes of non-stop action with boatloads of star power. What's not to like?
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Post by elliott on Jun 21, 2019 15:10:17 GMT -5
I'm rather shocked by the lack of appreciation for the 8/19/87 elimination tag on this board. It's 25 minutes of non-stop action with boatloads of star power. What's not to like? Good catch, this was a mistake on my part. It loos like I also missed the 9/17/87 elimination match. Both would be top 10 NJPW MOTDC for me. I prefer the 9/17 match because I think the Fujinami finishing stretch is better than the Muto finishing stretch, but 8/19 is a balls to the wall awesome match with terrific heat.
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Post by elliott on Jun 21, 2019 16:18:28 GMT -5
Per request, I've updated the lucha recs to include more famous matches. I've also added matches from 2000 & beyond. I still have LOTS of gaps to fill in this time period and will update it whenever I watch something. In the meantime.
80s Satoru Sayama y Gran Hamada vs. Perro Aguayo y Baby Face (4/13/80) MS-1 vs. Sangre Chicana (9/23/83) El Satanico vs Sangre Chicana (9/24/83) Espectro Jr., Satanico y MS-1 vs. Mocho Cota, Sangre Chicana y La Fiera (9/30/83) Sangre Chicana vs. Ringo Mendoza (10/28/83) Atlantis vs. El Satanico (1984) Mocho Cota vs. Americo Rocca (1/27/84) Mocho Cota vs. Americo Rocca (2/3/84) El Faraon, Herodes & Mocho Cota vs Lizmark, Ringo Mendoza & Tony Salazar (2/24/84) Los Cadetes del Espacio (Solar, Ultraman & Super Astro) vs La Ola Lila (Sergio El Hermoso, Bello Greco & Rudy Reyna) 2/26/84 UWA Dos Caras vs Enrique Vera 2/26/84 Tony Salazar vs. Herodes (3/2/84) El Hijo del Santo, Ringo Mendoza & Chamaco Velaguez vs Fuerza Guerrera, Jerry Estrada & Talisman (3/9/84) Satanico vs. Shiro Koshinaka (Hair vs. Hair) (7/30/84) El Satanico & Espectro Jr vs El Faraon & La Fiera (8/12/84) Gran Cochise vs. Satanico (9/14/84) Sangre Chicana vs. MS-1 (Hair vs. Hair) (9/21/84) El Satanico, MS-1 & Espectro Jr vs Atlantis, Ringo Mendoza & Tony Salazar (9/28/84) El Dandy, Franco Colombo & Panico vs Javier Cruz, Impacto & Solar II (10/84) Villano III vs. Perro Aguayo (10/7/84) Perro Aguayo vs. Sangre Chicana vs. El Faraón vs. Villano III (Elimination Match) (10/84) Javier Cruz vs. El Dandy (Hair vs. Hair) (10/26/84) Satanico vs. Super Astro (10/26/84) Gran Cochise, Villano III & Rayo de Jalisco Jr vs Mocho Cota, Fishman & Tony Bennetto (11/30/84) Sangre Chicana vs. Villano III (12/7/84) Mocho Cota & Loco Zavala vs Raul Reyes Jr & Climax (Sonora 1985) Atlantis vs El Faraon (3/22/85) El Satanico, MS-1 & Pirata Morgan vs La Fiera, El Faraon & El Egipico El Hijo del Santo & Black Shadow Jr. vs. Espanto Jr. & Eskeletor (12/1/85) Lizmark, Mil Mascaras & Valente Fernandez vs. Sangre Chicana, Angel Blanco & Angel Blanco Jr. (12/1/85) El Solitario vs. Dr. Wagner (Mask vs. Mask) (12/1/85) Sangre Chicana vs. Perro Aguayo (Hair vs. Hair) (2/28/86) Rayo De Jalisco Jr. vs. Mascara Ano 2000 (8/15/86) La Fiera vs. Babyface (8/15/86) Espanto Jr. vs El Hijo Del Santo (Mask vs. Mask) (8/31/86) El Hijo del Santo & Eddie Guerrero vs Blue Panther & Negro Casas (1987) El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas (Mask vs. Hair) (7/18/87) Mogur vs. As Charro (Mask vs. Mask) (9/18/87) Arandu vs. Guerrero Negro (Hair vs. Hair) (1988) Los Bucaneros (Pirata Morgan, Hombre Bala & Verdugo) vs Atlantis, Angel Azteca & Ringo Mendoza 3/88 EMLL El Hijo Del Santo vs. Espanto Jr. (4/10/88) Pirata Morgan vs. El Dandy (Hair vs. Hair) (9/23/88) Mogur vs. Mascara Ano 2000 (Mask vs. Mask) (9/23/88) Sangre Chicana vs. Satanico (5/26/89) Javier Cruz vs. Hombre Bala (Hair vs. Hair) (6/30/89) Emilio Charles vs. El Dandy (Hair v. Hair) (7/28/89) MS-1 y Maskare vs. El Dandy y El Satanico, (8/11/89) Atlantis, Super Astro & El Faraon vs Blue Panther, Fuerza Guerrera & Emilio Charles Jr 8/18/89 EMLL Atlantis y Satanico vs. MS-1 y Tierra Viento y Fuego (Hair/Mask vs. Hair/Mask) (9/22/89) El Brazo, Brazo Del Oro y Brazo Del Plata vs. Hombre Bala, Pirata Morgan y El Verdugo (Super Libre) (11/10/89) El Dandy vs. Emilio Charles Jr. (12/1/89)
90s El Hijo del Santo, Yoshinari Asai & Gran Hamada vs. Negro Casas, Blue Panther & Fuerza Guerrera (WWA 1990) El Satanico vs Jerry Estrada (EMLL 3/23/90) El Satanico, El Dandy & Emilio Charles Jr vs. Atlantis, Javier Cruz & Angel Azteca (EMLL 5/11/90) El Dandy vs. Angel Azteca (EMLL 6/1/90) Rayo de Jalisco vs. Cien Caras (Mask vs. Mask) (EMLL 9/21/90) El Dandy vs. El Satanico (EMLL 10/26/90) El Dandy, Ringo Mendoza & Sangre Chicana vs. El Satanico, MS-1 & Ken Timb (EMLL 11/16/90) Pirata Morgan vs. El Faraon (EMLL 11/16/90) El Dandy vs. El Satanico (Hair vs. Hair) (EMLL 12/14/90) La Fiera vs. Jerry Estrada (Chain Match) (Monterrey 1991) El Hijo del Santo vs. Brazo de Oro (UWA 1/13/91) El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas (WWA 5/17/91) Atlantis vs. Blue Panther (CMLL 8/9/91) Octagon vs. Fuerza Guerrera (CMLL 11/1/91) Los Brazos vs. MS-1, Pirata Morgan & Satanico (CMLL 11/22/91) El Satanico vs. El Dandy (Hair vs. Hair) (CMLL 12/6/91) Trio Fantasia vs. Los Thundercats (12/8/91) El Hijo del Santo & Black Shadow Jr vs. Fuerza Guerrera & Octagon (12/15/91) El Satanico vs Pierroth Jr (?/?/92) El Canek vs. Dos Caras (UWA 2/2/92) El Texano, Silver King & Gran Hamada vs. Negro Casas, Dr. Wagner Jr. & Mike Lozansky (UWA 2/16/92) El Texano, Silver King & Gran Hamada vs. Negro Casas, Dr. Wagner Jr. & Rambo (UWA 2/29/92) Cien Caras, Mascara Ano 2000, & Sangre Chicana vs. Konnan el Barbaro, Perro Aguayo, & El Rayo de Jalisco Jr. (CMLL 3/1/92) Atlantis vs. La Fiera (CMLL 4/3/92) Blue Panther vs. Love Machine (Mask vs. Mask) (CMLL 4/3/92) Octagoncito, Misteriocito & Mascarita Sagrada vs. Espectrito, Piratita Morgan & Pequene Pierroth (CMLL 4/17/92) El Hijo Del Santo vs. Espanto Jr. (5/14/92) El Hijo del Santo, Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs. Negro Casas, Horace Boulder & Tim Patterson (Los Angeles 5/16/92) El Dandy vs. Negro Casas (CMLL 7/3/92) Atlantis vs. Emilio Charles Jr. (CMLL 8/11/92) Angel Azteca, Solar I & Super Astro vs. Blue Panther, La Parka & Rambo (AAA 8/21/92) Blue Panther vs. Super Astro (AAA 10/9/92) Negro Casas vs La Fiera (Hair vs Hair 1/10/93) Rey Mysterio Jr., Winners & Super Calo vs. Heavy Metal, Picudo & Psicosis (AAA 2/7/93) Ultimo Dragon vs. Negro Casas (CMLL 3/19/93) El Hijo Del Santo vs. Heavy Metal (AAA 5/14/93) Ciclon Ramirez vs. Felino (CMLL 7/9/93) Blue Panther vs. Love Machine (Mask vs. Hair AAA 7/25/93) MS-1 vs. Cien Caras (Hair vs. Hair) (AAA 8/22/93) Mascarita Sagrada & Octagoncito vs. Jerrito Estrada & Espectrito (AAA 8/28/93) Volador, Rey Misterio Jr & Misterioso vs. Psicosis, Heavy Metal & Jerry Estrada (AAA 8/28/93) Eddy Guerrero, Love Machine & Fuerza Guerrera vs. El Hijo del Santo, Octagon & Blue Panther (AAA 8/28/93) Konnan vs. Cien Caras vs. Jake Roberts (AAA 8/28/93) Villano III vs. Rambo (Mask vs. Hair) (AAA 9/24/93) El Hijo del Santo vs. Heavy Metal (AAA 10/29/93) Satanico vs. Pirata Morgan (Hair vs. Hair) (AAA 11/26/93) El Hijo del Santo vs. Psicosis (AAA 2/16/94) El Dandy vs. Javier Llanes (CMLL 2/22/94) Espectrito vs. Mascarita Sagrada (AAA 3/12/94) Angel Azteca, Volador & Winners vs. Misterioso, Solar I & Super Calo (AAA 3/19/94) Mascara Sagrada vs. Black Cat (AAA 5/15/94) El Hijo Del Santo, Jushin Liger, Octagon & Tiger Mask III vs. Blue Panther, Eddy Guerrero, La Parka & Psicosis (AAA 5/15/94) Ciclon Ramirez vs. Javier Cruz (Hair vs. Hair) (CMLL 6/7/94) El Hijo Del Santo, Octagon y Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis, Blue Panther y Fuerza Guerrera (AAA 7/15/94) Blue Panther vs. El Mariachi (AAA 10/30/94) El Hijo Del Santo & Octagon vs. Eddy Guerrero & Love Machine (AAA 11/6/94) Perro Aguayo vs Konnan (Cage Match AAA 11/6/94) Rey Misterio Jr vs. Juventud Guerrera (AAA 11/30/94) Pantera vs. Felino (AAA 12/27/94) Juventud & Fuerza Guerrera vs. Rey Misterio Sr. & Rey Misterio Jr. (AAA 2/6/95) Rey Misterio Jr, El Hijo del Santo & Octagon vs. Blue Panther, Psicosis & Fuerza Guerrera (AAA 3/16/95) Rey Misterio Jr vs. Juventud Guerrera (AAA 4/21/95) El Hijo del Santo vs. Psicosis (AAA 5/3/95) Octagoncito, Mascarita Sagrada, Torerito & Super Munequito vs. Espectrito, Espectrito II, La Parkita & Fuercita Guerrera (AAA 6/18/95) La Parka, Octagon, Rey Misterio Jr. & El Hijo del Santo vs. Pentagon, Blue Panther, Psicosis & Fuerza Guerrera (AAA 6/18/95) Super Munequito vs. Espectrito (AAA 7/8/95) El Hijo Del Santo, Rey Misterio Jr., La Parka y Octagon vs. Fuerza Guerrera, Jerry Estrada, Pentagon y Psicosis (AAA 7/8/95) Silver King vs. Miguel Perez (CMLL 9/22/95) Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis (AAA 9/22/95) Psicosis & Halloween vs. Leon Negro & Ultraman (AAA 12/25/95) Psicosis vs. Ultraman (AAA 1/18/96) El Hijo del Santo, El Dandy & Dos Caras vs. Blue Panther, Apolo Dantes & Emilio Charles Jr. (CMLL 2/16/96) El Hijo Del Santo, Atlantis, El Dandy y Lizmark vs. Blue Panther, Felino, Dr. Wagner y Negro Casas (CMLL 3/15/96) Rey Misterio Jr vs. Juventud Guerrera (AAA 3/16/96) Psicosis vs. Ultraman (AAA 3/16/96) Re_y Misterio Jr & Ultimo Dragon vs Heavy Metal & Psicosis (World Wrestling Peace Festival 06/01/96) El Dandy vs. Black Warrior (CMLL 11/2/96) El Hijo del Santo, Scorpio Jr. & Bestia Salvaje vs. Negro Casas, El Dandy & Hector Garza (CMLL 11/22/96) El Hijo del Santo, Scorpio Jr. & Bestia Salvaje vs. Negro Casas, El Dandy & Hector Garza (CMLL 11/29/96) El Dandy vs. El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas (CMLL 12/6/96) Cicloncito Ramirez vs. Damiancito El Guerrero (CMLL 1/7/97) El Hijo del Santo vs Rey Mysterio Jr (Promo Azteca 2/21/97) Ultimo Dragoncito & Cicloncito Ramirez vs. Pierrotito & Damiancito El Guerrero (CMLL 3/14/97) Torneo Cibernetico (CMLL 4/18/97) El Hijo del Santo vs. Felino (CMLL 7/4/97) El Hijo del Santo vs. Felino (CMLL 7/25/97) El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas (Hair Match) (CMLL 9/19/97) Bracito de Oro, Cicloncito Ramirez & Mascarita Magica vs. Damiancito El Guerrero, El Fierito & Pierrothito (CMLL 10/3/97) El Hijo Del Santo vs. Psicosis (Promo Azteca 10/3/97) Atlantis vs. Blue Panther (CMLL 12/5/97) Atlantis, Mr. Niebla & Negro Casas vs. El Hijo del Santo, Black Warrior & Blue Panther (CMLL 4/24/98) El Hijo del Santo vs. Felino (CMLL 10/18/98) Olimpico vs. Halcon Negro (CMLL 10/23/98) Olimpico vs. Halcon Negro (CMLL 10/30/98) El Hijo Del Santo & Negro Casas vs. Bestia Salvaje & Scorpio Jr. (CMLL 2/26/99) El Hijo del Santo & Negro Casas vs. Bestia Salvaje & Scorpio Jr. (Hair vs. Mask) (CMLL 3/19/99) Satanico, Zumbido, Valentin Mayo, Virus & Rencor Latino vs. Starman, Astro Rey Jr., El Oriental, Tigre Blanco & Mr. Aguila (CMLL 7/18/99) Blue Panther & Olimpico vs. Rey Buccanaro & Shocker (Ruleta de la Muerte Semi-Finals) (CMLL 7/18/99) Rey Buccanaro vs. Shocker (Ruleta de la Muerte Finals) (CMLL 7/18/99) La Parkita & Octagoncito vs. Mini Abismo Negro & Mini Psicosis (AAA 8/30/99) El Hijo del Santo, Emilio Charles Jr., Negro Casas & Olimpico vs. Black Warrior, Blue Panther, Dr. Wagner Jr. & Ultimo Guerrero (CMLL 9/10/99) El Hijo del Santo & Negro Casas vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. & Blue Panther (CMLL 9/17/99) El Hijo del Santo, Antifaz del Norte, Olimpico, Tarzan Boy, Tony Rivera, Felino, Negro Casas & Emilio Charles Jr vs. Rey Bucanero, Ultimo Guerrero, Black Warrior, El Satanico, Bestia Salvaje, Blue Panther, Fuerza Guerrera & Zumbido (Torneo Cibernetico) (CMLL 11/26/99)
2000s & Beyond El Satanico vs Tarzan Boy (CMLL 2/25/00) Atlantis vs Villano III (Mask vs Mask) 3/17/00 CMLL El Hijo del Santo vs Blue Panther 04/09/00 Monterrey El Apache vs Oscar Sevilla (AAA 4/11/00) Dr Cerebro vs Ultimo Vampiro (IWRG 5/11/00) Dr Cerebro vs El Felino (IWRG 1/18/01) El Hijo del Santo vs Dr Cerebro (IWRG 2/22/01) Blue Panther, Fuerza Guerrera & El Signo vs Safari, Olimpico & Mr Niebla 03/30/01 CMLL El Satanico, Shocker & Black Warrior vs Ultimo Guerrero, Rey Bucanero & Tarzan Boy 03/30/01 CMLL Perrro Aguayo vs Universo 2000 (Hair vs Mask) 03/30/01 CMLL El Hijo del Santo vs Nicho el Millionario (Tijuana 4/6/01) La Parka & Nicho el Millionario vs Rayo de Jalisco Jr & Black Tiger vs Blue Demon Jr & Brazo de Plata (Tijuana 7/27/01) Infierno en el Ring (El Satanico, Averno, Mephisto, Ultimo Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, Tarzan Boy & Mascara Magica) 09/28/01 CMLL La Parka, Rey Mysterio Sr & Halloween vs Rey Mysterio Jr, Damian 666 & Vampiro 10/26/01 Tijuana El Dandy vs. Negro Navarro (IWRG 11/8/01) El Hijo del Santo, Negro Casas, Rey Misterio Jr & El Hombre Sin Nombre vs La Familia de Tijuana (Nicho el Milionario, Juventud Guerrera, Halloween & Damian 666) 12/14/01 CMLL Los Infernales (El Satanico, Mephisto & Averno) vs Olimpico, Safari & Mr Niebla 12/14/01 CMLL Shocker vs Emilio Charles Jr (Hair vs Hair) 12/14/01 CMLL El Hijo del Santo vs La Parka (Super Llibre) 12/23/01 Monterrey El Hijo del Santo vs El Hijo del Perro Aguayo 08/13/04 CMLL El Hijo del Santo vs Blue Panther (UK 10/6/04) El Hijo del Santo vs Blue Panther (UK 10/8/04) LA Park vs El Dandy (ENESMA 10/29/04) Misioneros de la Muerte vs Cadetes del Espacio 02/10/05 IWRG El Hijo del Santo vs Atlantis 11/5/05 CMLL Negro Navarro, Villano IV & Villano V vs Solar, Dos Caras Jr & Heavy Metal 02/11/06 AULL Blue Panther vs. Villano V (CMLL 9/19/08) Demus 3:16 vs. Pierrothito (CMLL 8/24/10) L.A. Park vs. Mesias (12/5/10) Virus vs. Guerrero Maya Jr. (CMLL 6/7/11) LA Park vs. El Mesi¬as (Mask vs. Hair) (AAA 6/18/11) Black Terry/Negro Navarro vs. Trauma I & Trauma II (LUCHA POP 8/27/11) El Hijo del Santo & Villano IV vs Angel Blanco & El Hijo del Solitario (TXT 2/25/12) Negro Casas vs Blue Panther (CMLL 3/2/12) Blue Panther vs. Virus (Lightning Match) (CMLL 5/12/13) Dr. Wagner Jr vs. LA Par-k (TXT 5/11/13) Virus vs Guerrero Maya Jr (CMLL 10/6/13) Charles Lucero vs. Rey Hechicero (Monterrey 8/4/13) Rush vs Negro Casas (CMLL 8/1/14) Ultimo Guerrero vs Atlantis (Mask vs Mask CMLL 9/19/14) Black Terry vs Wotan (Chilanga Mask 8/21/16) LA Parka vs Rush (Baracal Entertainment 3/11/17)
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Post by microstatistics on Jun 21, 2019 16:49:45 GMT -5
Great thread.
Agree with NL, 8/19/1987 is the best 80s NJ elimination match.
Elliott, I'd personally recommend making a lucha list a master list because it is difficult to determine what is well known and what is not. You listed the 10/3/1997 trios and 3/19/1999 Mask vs. Hair (among other matches) which I think are more famous than the excluded Cota vs. Rocca 1/27/1984 match for example. Also I'd add Satanico vs Lizmark from 7/14/98.
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Post by kas on Jun 21, 2019 16:55:21 GMT -5
Wow, Elliot, this is amazing and makes starting 80s New Japan so much less daunting. Thank you so much for this.
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Post by Cap on Jun 26, 2019 13:15:14 GMT -5
Yeah... good stuff. I'll definitely return to this down the road.
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Post by elliott on Jul 12, 2019 5:03:11 GMT -5
Ok, updated the Lucha recommendations to make it more comprehensive. Also made up a big list of 80s & 90s Joshi. It definitely isn't as comprehensive as it could be. There is still a ton of stuff for me to check out from both the 80s & 90s. Stuff like Neo, Jd' and LLPW I never gave a real deep look at and I haven't watched peak Gaea or Arison in years & years. But for now, here's a big list of Joshi to watch.
70s/80s Jackie Sato & Maki Ueda (Beauty Pair) vs Yumi Ikeshita & Mami Kumano (Black Pair) 12/8/76 WWWA Tag Titles Rimi Yokota vs Victoria Fujimi (AJW 1978) Rimi Yokota & Seiko Hanawa vs Victoria Fujimi & Nancy Kumi (AJW - 1978) Maki Ueda vs Lucy Kayama (AJW - Early 1979) Rimi Yokota vs Marina Figueroa (AJW - Early 1979) Lucy Kayama vs Monster Ripper (AJW 1979) Jackie Sato vs Monster Ripper (AJW - 9/13/79) Rimi Yokota vs Chino Sato (AJW - 1/4/80) Mimi Hagiwara vs Chino Sato (AJW - 2/80) Jackie Sato vs Monster Ripper 3/15/80 WWWA Title Devil Masami vs Jackie Sato (AJW 11/27/80) Jaguar Yokota vs Jackie Sato (AJW - 2/25/81) Mimi Hagiwara vs Yumi Ikeshita (AJW - 2/25/81) Jaguar Yokota vs Wendi Richter (AJW - 10/5/82) Jaguar Yokota vs Devil Masami (AJW - 7/19/82) Jumbo Hori & Mimi Hagiwara & Devil Masami (AJW - 10/5/82) Devil Masami & Tarantula vs Jaguar Yokota & Mimi Hagiwara (AJW - 1/4/83) Devil Masami & Tarantula vs Jumbo Hori & Yukari Ohmori (AJW 4/83) Jaguar Yokota vs La Galactica 5/7/83 WWWA Title Hair vs Mask Match Chigusa Nagayo vs Mimi Hagiwara (AJW 9/23/83) Jaguar Yokota & Lioness Asuka vs Dump Matsumoto & Crane Yu (AJW - 6/84) Crush Gals vs Devil Masami & Jaguar Yokota 6/28/84 Dump Matsumoto & Crane Yu vs Jumbo Hori & Yukari Ohmori 6/28/84 Jaguar Yokota vs Leilani Kai (7/84 - AJW) Crush Gals vs Jumbo Hori & Yukari Ohmori 8/25/84 Crush Gals vs Dump Matsumoto & Crane Yu (9/17/84 - AJW) Jaguar Yokota vs La Galactica (9/17/84 - AJW) Jaguar Yokota vs Dump Matsumoto 10/6/84 Crush Gals vs Lola Gonzalez & La Tarantula (10/6/84 - AJW) Crush Gals vs Dump Matsumoto & Crane Yu (AJW - 12/84) Jaguar Yokota vs La Galactica 1/5/85 Chigusa Nagayo & Lioness Auka vs Dump Matsumoto & Rossy Moreno 1/5/85 WWA Tag Title Crush Gals vs Jumping Bomb Angels (1/6/85 - AJW) Bull Nakano vs Itsuki Yamazaki 2/25/85 Jaguar Yokota vs La Galactica 2/27/85 Crush Gals vs Dump Matsumoto & Crane Yu 4/2/85 Jumbo Hori vs Yukari Ohmori (4/2/85 - AJW) Dump Matsumoto vs Chigusa Nagayo 4/3/85 Chigusa Nagayo & Noriyo Tateno vs Dump Matsumoto & Bull Nakano (AJW - 4/6/85) Chigusa Nagayo vs Lioness Asuka 4/7/85 Dump Matsumoto vs Crane Yu (4/25/85) Crush Gals vs Jumbo Hori & Yukari Ohmori (4/25/85) Jaguar Yokota vs Pantera Surena 5/12/85 Mexico City Crush Gals vs Dump Matsumoto & Bull Nakano 5/15/85 Crush Gals vs Lola Gonzales & Rosa Maria (5/25/85 Mexico City) Lioness Asuka vs Dump Matsumoto (AJW - 6/25/85) Chigusa Nagayo vs Dump Matsumoto (AJW - 6/25/85) Dump Matsumoto & Bull Nakano vs Noriyo Tateno & Itsuki Yamazaki 8/22/85 Devil Masami vs Chigusa Nagayo 8/22/85 Jaguar Yokota vs Lioness Asuka 8/22/85 Dump Matsumoto vs Chigusa Nagayo (Hair vs Hair) 8/28/85 Crush Gals vs Dump Matsumoto & Bull Nakano 10/10/85 Devil Masami vs Dump Matsumoto (12/12/85) Devil Masami vs Yumi Ogura (1/5/86) Jumping Bomb Angels vs Bull Nakano & Condo Saito (AJW - 1/5/86) Bull Nakano & Condor Saito vs Yumi Ogura & Kazue Nagahori (2/15/86 - AJW) Devil Masami vs Jaguar Yokota (Yokota Retirement Match 2/15/86 - AJW) Devil Masami & Lioness Asuka vs Jumping Bomb Angels (2/15/86 - AJW) Crush Gals vs Noriyo Tateno & Itsuki Yamazaki 3/20/86 Dump Matsumoto vs Yukari Ohmori 3/20/86 Devil Masami vs Lioness Asuka (4/5/86 - AJW) Chigusa Nagayo vs Dump Matsumoto (4/5/86 -AJW) Chigusa Nagayo vs Lioness Asuka (AJW - 5/86) Dump Matsumoto vs Bull Nakano (AJW - 5/26/86) Jumping Bomb Angels vs Dump Matsumoto & Condor Saito (AJW - 5/29/86) Chigusa Nagayo vs Bull Nakano (6/86 - AJW) Yumi Ogura & Kazue Nagahori vs Mika Komatsu & Kanako Nagatomo (6/21/86 - AJW) Chigusa Nagayo vs Yukari Ohmori (6/22/86 - AJW) Dump Matsumoto vs Itsuki Yamazaki 8/21/86 Dump Matsumoto & Bull Nakano vs. Chigusa Nagayo & Kazue Nagahori (AJW - 8/23/86) Chigusa Nagayo & Yumiko Hotta vs Yukari Ohmori & Hisako Uno (10/10/86 - AJW) Chigusa Nagayo vs Dump Matsumoto (Hair vs Hair) 11/7/86 Jumping Bomb Angels vs Dump Matsumoto & Bull Nakano (AJW - 1/9/87) Bull Nakano vs Yasuko Ishiguro (2/26/87) Chigusa Nagayo vs Lioness Asuka (2/26/87) Glamour Girls vs Hisako Uno & Yumiko Hotta (4/15/87 - AJW) Chigusa Nagayo vs Devil Masami (4/15/87 - AJW) Lioness Asuka vs Yukari Ohmori (4/15/87 -AJW) Yumiko Hotta & Hisako Uno vs Yumi Ogura & Kazue Nagahori (4/27/87 - AJW) Itsuki Yamazaki vs Noriyo Tateno (4/27/87 - AJW) Chigusa Nagayo vs Leilani Kai (4/27/87 - AJW) Dump Matsumoto, Condor Saito & Judy Martin vs Lioness Asuka, Yukari Ohmori & Mika Suzuki (4/27/87 - AJW) Chigusa Nagayo vs Lioness Asuka (6/13/87 - AJW) Chigusa Nagayo vs Dump Matsumoto (6/28/87) Crush Gals vs Jumping Bomb Angels 9/14/87 Crush Gals vs Bull Nakano & Condor Saito (AJW - 10/87) Chigusa Nagayo vs Yukari Ohmori (AJW - 10/20/87) Devil Masami vs Shinobu Kandori 7/14/88 JWP Chigusa Nagayo vs Lioness Asuka (AJW - 8/25/88) Lola Gonzalez vs Pantera Surena (Hair vs Hair EMLL - 9/12/88) Chigusa Nagayo vs Lioness Asuka (AJW - 1/29/89) Shinobu Kandori vs Miss A (JWP - 2/12/89) Chigusa Nagayo vs Akira Hokuto (AJW 3/19/89) Bull Nakano vs Akira Hokuto (AJW - 4/23/89) Crush Gals vs Marine Wolves (2/3 Falls 4/27/89) Manami Toyota & Mima Shimoda vs Toshiyo Yamada & Etsuko Mita 6/18/89 Marine Wolves vs Bison Kimura & Grizzly Iwamoto (6/18/89 - AJW) Bull Nakano & Aja Shishido vs Marine Wolves (10/89 - AJW)
90s Devil Masami vs Cutie Suzuki (JWP - 4/20/90) Aja Kong, Grizzly Iwamoto & Bison Kimura vs Manami Toyota, Mika Takahashi & Kaoru Maeda (Hamada's UWF 06/04/90 Manami Toyota vs. Yumiko Hotta (AJW Grand Prix 6/17/90) Shinobu Kandori vs Harley Saito (JWP 7/19/90) Megumi Kudo vs Combat Toyoda (Street Fight FMW - 8/4/90) Devil Masami & Itsuki Yamazaki vs Miss A & Harley Saito (JWP - 8/12/90) Bull Nakano & Grizzly Iwamoto vs. Aja Kong & Bison Kimura (AJW 8/19/90) Devil Masami & Itsuki Yamazaki vs Shinobu Kandori & Rumi Kazama (JWP - 9/30/90) Bull Nakano vs Aja Kong (Cage Match AJW 11/14/90) Aja Kong, Bison Kimura, Madusa Miceli, Tarantula & Xochilt Hamada vs Manami Toyota, Mariko Yoshida, Kaoru Maeda, Mika Takahashi & Esther Moreno (Hamada's UWF 11/17/90) Akira Hokuto vs. Bull Nakano (AJW 1/4/91) Akira Hokuto vs. Suzuka Minami (AJW 4/29/91) Aja Kong & Bison Kimura vs. Manami Toyota & Esther Moreno (AJW 4/29/91) Devil Masami & Miss A vs Eagle Sawai & Mayumi Ozaki (JWP - 5/12/91) Aja Kong & Bison Kimura vs. Bull Nakano & Kyoko Inoue (AJW 6/18/91) The Scorpion vs. Cutie Suzuki (JWP 8/30/91) Devil Masami vs. Itsuki Yamazaki (JWP 8/30/91) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Aja Kong & Bison Kimura (2/3/ Falls) (AJW 3/20/92) Aja Kong vs. Bull Nakano (AJW 4/25/92) Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 6/21/92) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Akira Hokuto & Kyoko Inoue (AJW 6/27/92) Bull Nakano vs Akira Hokuto (AJW 7/15/92) Akira Hokuto & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Bull Nakano & Aja Kong (AJW 8/15/92) Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada (Hair vs. Hair) (AJW 8/15/92) Plum Mariko vs Bolshoi Kid (JWP - 8/16/92) Devil Masami & Mayumi Ozaki vs Dynamite Kansai & Cuty Suzuki (JWP - 8/16/92) Akira Hokuto & Bull Nakano vs Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda (FMW - 9/19/92) Bull Nakano, Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue vs. Toshiyo Yamada, Yumiko Hotta & Mariko Yoshida (2/3 Falls) (AJW 9/15/92) Mayumi Ozaki & Cutie Suzuki vs. Dynamite Kansai & Hikari Fukuoka (JWP 10/7/92) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Sakie Hasegawa & Debbie Malenko (AJW 11/2/92) Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue vs. Bull Nakano & Akira Hokuto (AJW 11/2/92) Akira Hokuto vs. Kyoko Inoue (AJW 11/26/92) Bull Nakano vs. Aja Kong (AJW 11/26/92) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Mayumi Ozaki & Dynamite Kansai (2/3 Falls) 11/26/92 AJW Mayumi Ozaki & Hikari Fukuoka vs. Yumiko Hotta & Takako Inoue (JWP 12/1/92) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue 12/13/92 AJW Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki vs Yumiko Hotta & Takako Inoue 01/15/93 JWP Manami Toyota vs Takako Inoue (AJW - 3/20/93) Takako Inoue & Kyoko Inoue vs. Cuty Suzuki & Mayumi Ozaki (AJW 4/2/93) Chigusa Nagayo vs Devil Masami (AJW - 4/2/93) Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori 04/02/93 AJW Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki 04/11/93 AJW DreamSlam II Akira Hokuto & Yumiko Hotta vs Bull Nakano & Aja Kong (AJW - 4/16/93) Bull Nakano vs. Devil Masami (JWP 4/18/93) Manami Toyota & Yumiko Hotta vs. Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue (AJW 4/24/93) Akira Hokuto vs. Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 5/3/93) Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyota vs. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada (FMW 5/5/93) Takako Inoue vs Haley Saito (AJW - 5/8/93) Mayumi Ozaki vs Takako Inoue (JWP - 6/20/93) Devil Masami & Candy Okutsu vs Suzuka Minami & Kaoru Ito (JWP 7/31/93) Sakie Hasegawa, Takako Inoue, Kyoko Inoue & Aja Kong vs. Hikari Fukuoka, Cuty Suzuki, Mayumi Ozaki & Dynamite Kansai (JWP Thunderqueen 7/31/93) Akira Hokuto vs. Harley Saito (AJW 8/13/93) Devil Masami vs Hikari Fukuoka (JWP 8/15/93) Akira Hokuto vs. Manami Toyota (AJW 8/21/93) Akira Hokuto vs Rumi Kazama (AW 8/25/93) Shinobu Kandori vs Kyoko Inoue (AJW 8/25/93) Dynamite Kansai vs Aja Kong 08/25/93 AJW Manami Toyota vs Mayumi Ozaki (AJW - 10/9/93) Dynamite Kansai vs. Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 10/9/93) Devil Masami vs Kyoko Inoue (AJW - 10/9/93) Shinobu Kandori & Utako Hozumi vs Bull Nakano & Takako Inoue 11/09/93 LLPW Sakie Hasegawa & Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota & Akira Hokuto (AJW 11/12/93) Akira Hokuto vs Mayumi Ozaki (AJW 11/18/93) Chigusa Nagayo & Cutie Suzuki vs Devil Masami & Plum Mariko11/20/93 JWP Yumiko Hotta & Takako Inoue vs Shinobu Kandori & Miki Handa (AJW - 11/28/93) Akira Hokuto & Suzuka Minami & Mima Shimoda & Etsuka Mita vs Dynamite Kansai &Devil Masami & Mayumi Ozaki & Plum Mariko (11/28/93 - AJW) Aja Kong vs Megumi Kudo 12/6/93 AJW Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki 12/06/93 AJW Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori 12/06/93 AJW Akira Hokuto & Manami Toyota vs Toshiyo Yamada & Kyoko Inoue 12/10/93 AJW Devil Masami vs Mayumi Ozaki (JWP - 12/12/93) Devil Masami, Dynamite Kansai & Chigusa Nagayo vs. Mayumi Ozaki, Cutie Suzuki & Plum Mariko (JWP 1/9/94) Bull Nakano vs. Kyoko Inoue (AJW 1/24/94) Aja Kong vs. Yumiko Hotta (AJW 1/24/94) Takako Inoue vs Mima Shimoda (AJW - 2/18/94) Akira Hokuto & Shinobu Kandori vs Aja Kong & Bull Nakano (3/27/94 AJW) Cutie Suzuki vs Takako Inoue (JWP - 5/22/94) Devil Masami & Bull Nakano vs Sakie Hasegawa & Hikari Fukuoka (JWP - 5/22/94) Mayumi Ozaki vs Chigusa Nagayo (JWP 5/22/94) Takako Inoue vs Suzuka Minami (AJW - 6/3/94) Yumiko Hotta vs. Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 6/3/94) Manami Toyota vs. Sakie Hasegawa (AJW 6/3/94) Aja Kong vs. Dynamite Kansai (JWP 6/4/94) Aja Kong & Bull Nakano vs Mima Shimoda & Etsuka Mita (AJW - 6/10/94) Bull Nakano vs. Shinobu Kandori (Chain Match) (LLPW 7/14/94) Akira Hokuto & Aja Kong vs. Dynamite Kansai & Yumiko Hotta (AJW 8/24/94) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue (AJW 10/9/94) Combat Toyoda vs Yumiko Hotta (11/20/94 - AJW) Aja Kong vs Manami Toyota 11/20/94 AJW Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue vs. Manami Toyota & Sakie Hasegawa (2/3 Falls) (AJW 1/4/1995) Lioness Asuka, Jaguar Yokota & Bison Kimura vs Suzuka Minami, Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda (AJW - 2/26/95) Aja Kong, Toshiyo Yamada, Kyoko Inoue & Mariko Yoshida vs. Yumiko Hotta, Manami Toyota, Takako Inoue & Sakie Hasegawa (Dead Heat Rumble Survival Elimination Match AJW - 2/26/95) Mayumi Ozaki vs Dynamite Kansai (Street Fight) 03/17/95 JWP Mayumi Ozaki, Cutie Suzuki, Candy Okutsu & Sumiyo Toyama vs Dynamite Kansai, Devil Masami, Hikari Fukuoka & Hiromi Yagi (4x4 1-Count Match) 03/21/95 JWP Lioness Asuka vs. Yumiko Hotta (AJW 3/27/95) Aja Kong vs Manami Toyota 03/27/95 AJW Manami Toyota vs Mima Shimoda (AJW - 3/30/95) Mayumi Ozaki & Devil Masami vs. Dynamite Kansai & Chigusa Nagayo (GAEA 4/15/95) Manami Toyota vs. Aja Kong (AJW 6/27/95) Manami Toyota vs Mima Shimoda (AJW - 7/23/95) Mayumi Ozaki vs. Dynamite Kansai (Dress Up Wild Fight) (JWP 7/23/95) Devil Masami & Hiromi Yagi vs Mayumi Ozaki & Cutie Suzuki (JWP - 8/10/95) Akira Hokuto vs Mima Shimoda (AJW 8/30/95) Aja Kong vs Dynamite Kansai 08/30/95 AJW Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue vs. Manami Toyota & Sakie Hasegawa (AJW 8/30/95) Akira Hokuto vs Manami Toyota 09/02/95 AJW Manami Toyota vs. Yumiko Hotta (AJW 9/3/95) Dynamite Kansai vs Takako Inoue (JWP - 10/31/95) Akira Hokuto & Mima Shimoda vs Bull Nakano & Tomoko Watanabe (AJW - 11/3/95) Dynamite Kansai vs Takako Inoue (JWP - 11/11/95) Manami Toyota vs. Dynamite Kansai (AJW 12/4/95) Aja Kong & Megumi Kudo vs Combat Toyoda & Bison Kimura (FMW - 12/21/95) Mayumi Ozaki vs Hiromi Yagi (JWP - 3/3/96) Jaguar Yokota & Flor Metallica vs Megumi Kudo & Kaori Nakayama (Jd' - 3/9/96) Mima Shimoda vs Takako Inoue (AJW - 3/31/96) Megumi Kudo vs Combat Toyoda (No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Death Match) 05/05/96 FMW Mayumi Ozaki vs. Takako Inoue (JWP 5/18/96) Dynamite Kansai & Kanako Motoya vs. Mayumi Ozaki & Reiko Amano (JWP 6/16/96) Manami Toyota & Mima Shimoda vs Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue (AJW - 6/22/96) Aja Kong vs. Kyoko Inoue (AJW 8/30/96) Manami Toyota & Mima Shimoda vs. Kaoru Ito & Mariko Yoshida (2/3 Falls) (AJW 9/28/96) Jaguar Yokota & Mima Shimoda vs Cooga & Chikako Shiratori (Jd' - 11/24/96) Jaguar Yokota & Lee Yuki vs Esther Moreno & La Infernal (Jd' - 1997) Megumi Kudo vs. Shinobu Kandori (Street Fight) (LLPW 1/5/97) Jaguar Yokota & Esther Moreno vs Cooga & La Infernal (Jd' - 1/16/97) Megumi Kudo vs Bison Kimura (Jd' - 1/16/97) Akira Hokuto & Toshie Uematsu vs KAORU & Kyoko Ichiki (GAEA - 1/19/97) Shinobu Kandori vs Megumi Kudo (FMW 3/14/97) Megumi Kudo, Shinobu Kandori, Michiko Omukai & Kaori Nakayama vs. Shark Tsuchiya, Eagle Sawai, Sayori Okino & Miss Mongol (LLPW 4/7/97) Dynamite Kansai vs. Hikari Fukuoka (JWP 4/8/97) Akira Hokuto vs. Kaoru (GAEA 4/12/97) Jaguar Yokota vs Esther Moreno (Jd' 4/20/97) Devil Masami & Jaguar Yokota vs Dynamite Kansai & Candy Okutsu (JWP - 6/16/97) Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita vs Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada (AJW - 6/17/97) Tomoko Watanabe & Kumiko Maekawa vs. Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda (AJW 6/18/97) Yoshiko Tamura vs Toshie Uematsu 07/19/97 GAEA Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue vs. Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda (AJW 8/9/97) Manami Toyota vs Mima Shimoda (AJW - 8/10/97) Kandori & Endo vs Hotto & Maekawa (LLPW 8/15/97) Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda vs. Tomoko Watanabe & Kumiko Maekawa (AJW 8/20/97) Mima Shimoda & Etsuka Mita vs Kaoru Ito & Tomoko Watanabe (Rage in a Cage) 09/21/97 AJW Lioness Asuka vs Jaguar Yokota (Jd’ 10/22/97) Mima Shiomda & Etsuka Mita vs Kyoko Inoue & Tanny Mouse (NEO - 1/9/98) Jaguar Yokota vs Chaparitta ASARI (NEO - 2/15/98) Shinobu Kandori & Yasha Kurenai & Rumi Kazama vs. Eagle Sawai & Michiko Nagashima & Sayuri Okino, LLPW 2/15/1998 Yumi Fukawa vs. Candy Okutsu (ARSION 2/18/98) Mayumi Ozaki vs Carlos Amano (JWP - 3/6/98) Sumie Sakai vs Emi Motokawa (IWA Japan - 3/13/98) Shinobu Kandori vs Yumiko Hotta (LLPW 3/21/98) Reiko Amano & Chikayo Nagashima vs. Toshie Uematsu & Sonoko Kato (Oz Academy 6/21/98) Manami Toyota vs. Shinobu Kandori (AJW 8/23/98) Jaguar Yokota vs Kanako Motoya (JWP - 10/21/98) Mariko Yoshida vs. Candy Okutsu (ARSION 12/18/98) Mima Shimoda vs Etsuka Mita (NEO - 12/28/98) Chikayo Nagashima vs Meiko Satomura 01/08/99 GAEA Mariko Yoshida vs. Mika Akino (ARSION 1/17/99) Meiko Satomura vs Toshie Uematsu (GAEA 2/3/99) Mariko Yoshida vs Hiroumi Yagi 02/19/99 Arison Shinobu Kandori vs Yumiko Hotta (AJW 3/10/99 Meiko Satomura & Sonoko Kato vs. Aja Kong & Mayumi Ozaki (GAEA 4/4/99) Mariko Yoshida vs. Yumi Fukawa (ARSION 5/4/99) Mima Shimoda vs Michiko Omukai (ARISON - 8/6/99) Aja Kong vs Mima Shimoda (ARISON - 8/6/99) The Bloody & Fang Suzuki vs Sumie Sakai & Cooga (Jd' - 9/5/99) Akira Hokuto & Mayumi Ozaki vs Mima Shimoda & Etsuka Mita (GAEA - 9/15/99) Aja Kong vs Meiko Satomura 09/15/99 GAEA Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue (AJW 12/8/99) Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita & Ayako Hamada & AKINO 12/11/99 ARISON
2000s Lioness Asuka vs The Bloody (Jd' - 4/29/00) Mima Shiomda & Etsuka Mita & Chapparita Asari vs Kyoko Inoue & Yoshiko Tamura & Misae Genki (NEO - 4/29/00) Misae Genki & Yoshiko Tamura vs Azumi Hyuga & Yuki Miyazaki (NEO - 5/4/00) Ran Yu Yu vs Yoshiko Tamura (NEO - 5/11/00) Mima Shimoda & Etsuka Mita vs Tomoko Watanabe & Kumiko Maekawa (AJW - 5/12/00) Chigusa Nagayo & Lioness Asuka vs Devil Masami & Akira Hokuto (GAEA - 5/14/00) Mima Shimoda & Etsuka Mita vs Tomoko Watanabe & Kumiko Maekawa (AJW - 7/15/00) Mima Shimoda & Etsuka Mita vs Nanae Takahashi & Momoe Nakanishii (AJW - 7/16/00) Mayumi Ozaki vs Chikayo Nagashima (GAEA 9/15/00) Eagle Sawai & Rumi Kazama & Takako Inoue vs Momoe Nakanishi & Kumiko Maekawa & Kayo Noumi (AJW - 9/17/00) Devil Masami & Mayumi Ozaki vs Chikayo Nagashima & Sugar Sato (GAEA - 10/22/00) Chigusa Nagayo & Meiko Satomura vs The Bloody & Toshie Uematsu (GAEA - 11/3/00) Kaoru Ito & Momoe Nakanishi & Nanae Takahashi vs Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita & Kumiko Maekawa (Cage Match - AJW - 11/23/00) Mima Shimoda & Etsuka Mita vs Momoe Nakanishi & Nanae Takahashi (AJW - 1/4/01) Yoshiko Tamura vs Mima Shimoda (NEO - 2/11/01) Meiko Satomura & Sumie Sakai vs Chikayo Nagashima & Carlos Amano (Oz Academy - 2/18/01) Mayumi Ozaki & Dynamite Kansai & Chikayo Nagashima vs Chigusa Nagayo & Aja Kong & The Bloody (Oz Academy - 2/18/01) Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita vs Kyoko Inoue & Emi Motokawa (FMW - 2/23/01) Kyoko Inoue & Kayuko Haruyama vs Yoshiko Tamura & Azumi Hyuga (JWP - 3/16/01) Aja Kong vs The Bloody (Jd' - 3/18/01) Mariko Yoshida vs Ayako Hamada (ARISON - 4/21/01) Devil Masami vs KAORU (GAEA - 4/22/01) Akira Hokuto & Mayumi Ozaki vs Chikayo Nagashima & Sugar Sato (GAEA - 4/22/01) The Bloody vs Sumie Sakai (Jd' - 4/29/01) Akira Hokuto vs Meiko Satomura (GAEA - 4/29/01) Misae Genki & Ran Yu Yu vs Yoshiko Tamura & Carlos Amano (NEO - 5/3/01) Yoshiko Tamura vs Kyoko Inoue (NEO - 5/4/01) Momoe Nakanishi vs Kumiko Maekawa (AJW - 5/4/01) Yoshiko Tamura vs Mima Shimoda (NEO - 5/5/01 Yoshiko Tamura vs Etsuko Mita (NEO - 5/6/01) Aja Kong & Dynamite Kansai vs Meiko Satomura & Chikayo Nagashima (GAEA - 5/13/01) Yoshiko Tamura vs Misae Genki (NEO - 5/13/01) Takako Inoue vs Ran Yu Yu (JWP - 5/20/01) KAORU vs Chikayo Nagashima (GAEA - 5/27/01) Mima Shimoda vs Etsuko Mita (AJW - 6/1/01) Mima Shimoda & Etsuka Mita vs Ayako Hamada & AKINO (ARISON - 6/9/01) Lioness Asuka vs Mariko Yoshida (ARISON - 7/3/01) The Bloody & Fang Suzuki vs Sumie Sakai & Hiroyo Muto (Jd' - 7/6/01) Manami Toyota vs Mima Shimoda (AJW - 7/8/01) The Bloody & Fang Suzuki vs Sumie Sakai & Hiroyo Muto (35 Minute Iron Woman TLC Match - Jd' - 7/22/01) Momoe Nakanishi vs Mima Shimoda (AJW - 8/17/01) Yoshiko Tamura vs Mima Shimoda (NEO - 9/1/01) Kaoru Ito vs Momoe Nakanishi (AJW - 9/16/01) The Bloody vs Sumie Sakai (60 Minute Iron Woman Match - Jd' - 11/23/01) Manami Toyota & Yumiko Hotta vs Kaoru Ito & Momoe Nakanishi (AJW - 12/2/01) The Bloody vs Fang Suzuki vs Sumi Sakai (10 Minute Time Limit - Jd' - 12/15/01) Yoshiko Tamura vs Yuka Nakamura (NEO - 12/25/01) Akira Hokuto & Meiko Satomura vs Chigusa Nagayo & Ayako Hamada (GAEA - 4/7/02) Yoshiko Tamura vs Mima Shimoda (NEO - 5/12/02) Meiko Satomura vs Chikayo Nagashima (GAEA - 6/2/02) Chikayo Nagashima & Sugar Sato vs Hiroyo Muto & Ranmaru (Jd' - 6/23/02) Mima Shimoda vs Chikayo Nagashima (GAEA - 8/30/02) Manami Toyota vs Chikayo Nagashima (GAEA - 10/20/02) Yoshiko Tamura vs Yuka Shiina (NEO - 10/22/02) Chikayo Nagashima vs Sugar Sato (Street Fight - Oz Academy - 11/4/02) Mima Shimoda & Etsuka Mita vs Momoe Nakanishi & Nanae Takahashi (AJW - 11/29/02) Mariko Yoshida vs Takako Inoue (ARISON - 12/17/02) Takako Inoue & Mima Shimoda vs Momoe Nakanishi & Nanae Takahashi (AJW - 2/16/03) Takako Inoue vs Momoe Nakanishi (AJW - 2/18/03) (2/19/03) Lioness Asuka & Mima Shimoda & Takako Inoue vs Mariko Yoshida & Ai Fujita & AKINO (ARISON - 3/3/03) Meiko Satomura vs Manami Toyota (GAEA - 4/6/03) Momoe Nakanishi vs Ayako Hamada (AJW - 5/11/03) Mariko Yoshida vs Mima Shiomda (ARISON - 6/22/03) Mima Shimoda vs Misae Genki (NEO - 6/28/03) Meiko Satomura & Kayo Noumi vs Chikayo Nagashima & Nanae Takahashi (Brat Pack - 7/5/03) Takako Inoue vs Mima Shimoda (NEO - 8/9/03) Momoe Nakanishi vs Ai Fujita (A to Z - 11/9/03) Mariko Yoshida vs Momoe Nakanishi (A to Z - 11/9/03) Meiko Satomura vs Mayumi Ozaki (GAEA - 2/29/04) The Bloody vs Yoshiko Tamura (NEO - 9/20/04) Takako Inoue vs Harley Saito (LLPW - 8/25/05) Mayumi Ozaki & Carlos Amano vs Eiger & Sayuri Okino (LLPW - 8/25/05) Arisa Nakajima & Azumi Hyuga vs Meiko Satomura & Tyrannosaurus Okuda (Sendai Girls - 10/5/07) Mayumi Ozaki & Bambi vs Chikayo Nagashima & Arisa Nakajima (Barbed Wire Board Death Match - 5/4/08)
2010s Meiko Satomura vs Kana (Triple Tails - 2/13/11) Arisa Nakajima vs Emi Sakura (JWP - 8/12/12) Kana & Kagetsu vs Syuri & Arisa Nakajima (MAKOKANAPRO 11/9/2012) Arisa Nakajima vs Emi Sakura (JWP - 12/24/12) Arisa Nakajima vs Yumiko Hotta (JWP - 4/14/13) Arisa Nakajima & Ayako Hamada vs Kana & Mio Shirai (Triple Tails - 2/24/13) Kana vs Arisa Nakajima (JWP - 8/18/13) Arisa Nakajima vs Command Bolshoi (JWP - 10/14/13) Meiko Satomura & Kana vs Arisa Nakajima & Hanako Nakamori (JWP - 11/24/13) Kana vs Arisa Nakajima (JWP - 12/15/13) Io Shirai vs Arisa Nakajima (JWP - 12/29/13) Act Yasukawa vs. Kairi Hojo (Stardom - 1/26/14) Kana & Arisa Nakajima vs Command Bolshoi & Kyoko Kimura (JWP - 3/2/14) Arisa Nakajima vs Kyoko Kimura (JWP - 4/20/14) Arisa Nakajima vs Tsukasa Fujimoto (JWP Climax 12/28/14) Kana & Arisa Nakajima vs Syuri & Hikaru Shida (Kana Pro - 2/25/15) Kairi Hojo vs Io Shirai (Stardom 3/29/15) Arisa Nakajima vs Kayoko Haruyama (JWP 4/5/15) Kairi Hojo vs Mayu Iwatani (Stardom - 5/17/15) Arisa Nakajima & Rabbit Miyu vs Command Bolshoi & KAZUKI (JWP - 6/14/15) Meiko Satomura vs Kairi Hojo (Stardom - 6/14/15) Arisa Nakajima vs Mio Shirai (Stardom 6/19/15) Meiko Satomura vs Arisa Nakajima (Sendai Girls - 7/30/15) Arisa Nakajima & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs Mio Shirai & Hanako Nakamori (JWP - 8/15/15) Arisa Nakajima vs Mika Iwata (Sendai Girls - 1/9/16) Arisa Nakajima vs Rabbit Miyu (JWP - 1/13/16) Mayumi Ozaki & Arisa Nakajima vs AKINO & Sonoko Kato (Oz Academy - 2/11/16) Mayumi Ozaki & Arisa Nakajima vs LEON & Rabbit Miyu (JWP - 2/21/16) Mayumi Ozaki vs Arisa Nakajima (JWP - 4/3/16) Arisa Nakajima vs Command Bolshoi (JWP - 12/18/16) Arisa Nakajima vs Hanako Nakamori (JWP - 12/28/16) Arisa Nakajima vs Nanae Takahashi (SEAdLINNNG 1/26/17) Arisa Nakajima vs Tsukasa Fujimoto (Ice Ribbon - 3/26/17) Arisa Nakajima & Mima Shimoda vs Nanae Takahashi & Tsukasa Fujimoto (SEAdLINNNG - 8/11/17) Nanae Takahashi & Manami Toyota vs Tsukasa Fujimoto & Yoshiko (SEAdLINNNG - 10/18/17) Arisa Nakajima vs La Rosa Negra (SEAdLINNNG - 10/18/17) Arisa Nakajima vs Tsukasa Fujimoto (SEAdLINNNG - 12/13/17) Arisa Nakajima vs Misaki Ohata (WAVE - 2/11/18) Mayu Iwatani vs Utami Hayashishita (Stardom - 9/24/18) Arisa Nakajima & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs Amazon & Hiroyo Matsumoto (SEAdLINNNG - 2/5/19) Hanako Nakamori vs Chikayo Nagashima (Pure J - 8/11/19) Mayu Iwatani vs Takumi Iroha (Stardom - 2/8/20) Arisa Nakajima vs Rina Yamashita (SEAdLINNNG - 10/3/20) Utami Hayashishita vs Syuri (Stardom - 6/12/21)
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Post by bossrock on Jul 13, 2019 13:55:24 GMT -5
I've heard good things about the Ozaki-Kansai 7/23/95 match and that it's even better than the 3/17 one. Can't find it anywhere though.
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Post by elliott on Aug 27, 2019 18:57:00 GMT -5
I've made a bunch of updates to 80s Joshi & Lucha and will continue to add to them as I watch stuff.
I also wanted to go ahead and make a Puerto Rico Recommendations list. I'm yet to take a look at whatever 90s PR is available, but 80s Puerto Rico might be my favorite territory ever. At its best it is combination of huge spectacles, wild brawls, and really fun tag matches. Many of the matches are in the 7-15 minute range and are super high energy. They frequently draw enormous (10,000-20,000) crowds and the fans are consistently the hottest crowds in taped wrestling history.
When I first watched the 80s set, I went in as blind as possible. There was some PR talk at PWO in the few years leading up to the set but I avoided specific match recommendations as much as possible. I had known about & seen the Hansen matches years ago, the JIP Funk vs Windham match, the famous scaffold match & the infamous Manny Fernandez thing but thats it. When I watched the set I was amazed not only by the quality but depth of quality.
Carlos Colon had always been spoken of in a negative light as far as in ring work, but what I saw was a wrestler who had one of the all time great feuds (vs Hansen) and had great matches with everyone from Ric Flair to Steve Strong. Colon had legitimately good-great feuds with multiple great matches against Hansen, Abdullah, Hercules Ayala, Ron Starr & Steve Strong. During the 80s, Carlos Colon was one of the most reliable Aces in wrestling in terms of producing quality matches.
Invader I was only ever talked about as the guy who killed Brody, when in fact Invader 1 might be the best brawler of the 80s and is another wrestler who produced a shocking amount of great matches. His 1986 run is particularly incredible with all time great matches against Al Perez, Ron Starr and Chicky Starr. He was the biggest surprise of all of the 80s sets for me and someone I would consider a top 30 wrestler of all time.
Chicky Starr was kind of like the 80s PR version of 70s Bobby Heenan. Chicky was a manager/wrestler but was probably 30-40% more credible as a wrestler than Heenan was. He was a perfect smug cowardly heel who was a great bleeder and incredible in big spectacle storytelling matches.
Ron Starr, similar to Invader 1 is among the most underrated wrestlers ever and actually more versatile than Invader 1. Starr looks excellent in singles & tag matches as a face or heel. He has a really fun move set and is just a grimy scuzzy fuck.
Abdullah the Butcher is the most unfairly maligned wrestler ever. He is amazing in Puerto Rico & his feud with Colon produced legit great matches.
Hugo Savinovich is probably a top 5 English speaking commentator of all time. And he has an incredible "Loser Painted Yellow" match with El Profe, a guy I'd never heard of but it fucking awesome.
Everyone really really needs to get down on the 80s Puerto Rico. A lot of this stuff is on youtube.
Ric Flair vs. Carlos Colon (10/16/82) Gino Dellaserra & Pierre Martel vs. Los Mercenarios (11/27/82) Carlos Colon vs. Tully Blanchard (1983) Los Pastores vs. Jay & Mark Youngblood (Spring 1985) Carlos Colon & The Invader vs. Los Pastores (Ambulance Match) (12/21/85) Invader I vs. Chicky Starr (1/6/86) Invader III vs. Eric Embry (1/6/86) Kamala vs. The Invader (2/22/86) Carlos Colon vs. Jos LeDuc (Barbed Wire Match) (2/22/86) Carlos Colon vs. Abdullah the Butcher (March 1986) The Invaders vs. Chicky Starr & Ron Starr (3/29/86) Rock n Roll RPM's vs. The Crusher & Eric Embry (3/29/86) Carlos Colon and The Invaders vs. Abdullah the Butcher, Chicky and Ron Starr (4/26/86) Chicky Starr vs. Invader III (Scaffold Match) (May 1986) Invader I vs. Bruiser Brody (6/15/86) Carlos Colon vs. Abdullah The Butcher (6/15/86) Invader I vs. Eric Embry (June 1986) Los Pastores vs. The Invaders (8/2/86) Invader I vs. Ron Starr (Street Fight) (8/17/86) Super Medico vs. White Knight (9/19/86) Invader I vs. Ron Starr (9/19/86) Terry Funk vs. Barry Windham (9/19/86) Terry Funk vs. Rick Martel (9/20/86) Carlos Colon vs. Abdullah the Butcher (9/20/86) Carlos Colon vs. Terry Funk (9/21/86) Stan Hansen vs. Carlos Colon (10/12/86) Invader I vs. Al Perez (Street Fight) (10/26/86) Carlos Colon vs. Stan Hansen (11/9/86) Carlos Colon & Huracan Castillo Jr. vs. Stan Hansen & Chicky Starr (12/21/86) Carlos Colon vs. Stan Hansen (Texas Bullrope) (1/6/87) Carlos Colon vs. Stan Hansen (2/28/87) Carlos Colon vs. Stan Hansen (Cage Match) (3/14/87) Hercules Ayala v. Carlos Colon (Texas Death Match) (7/18/87) Invader I vs. Chicky Starr (Retirement vs. Hair) (9/20/87) La Gran Guerra I (12/12/87) Hugo Savinovich vs. El Profe (Loser Painted Yellow) (1/5/88) Super Medico vs. Hercules Ayala (1/30/88) Abdullah the Butcher vs. Dutch Mantell (2/27/88) Super Black Ninja vs. Invader I (Street Fight) (4/2/88) Los Invaders (I y II) vs. Chicky Starr & Ron Starr (5/25/88) Miguel Perez Jr. & Huracane Castillo Jr. vs. Super Black Ninja & El Profe (6/4/88) Tommy Rich vs. Abdullah the Butcher (June 1988) Abdullah the Butcher vs. Carlos Colon (7/9/88) Carlos Colon vs. Hercules Ayala (7/23/88) Carlos Colon and TNT vs. Chicky Starr and Hercules Ayala (August 1988) The Batten Twins vs. Ron and Chicky Starr (August 88) Carlos Colon vs. Ron Starr (Cage Match) (8/13/88) Ron Starr vs. Carlos Colon (8/20/88) Chicky Starr vs. Invader III (9/10/88) Huracan Castillo Jr. & Miguel Perez Jr. vs. Bobby Jaggers & Dan Kroffat (Hair vs. Hair) (9/10/88) Hercules Ayala vs. Carlos Colon (Fire Match) (9/10/88) Ricky Santana vs. Bobby Jaggers (10/22/88) Chicky Starr & Hercules Ayala vs. Invader III & Carlos Colon (October 1988) Carlos Colon vs. Ron Starr (November 1988) Carlos Colon vs. Ronnie Garvin (11/24/88) Ron Starr vs. Chicky Starr (12/17/88) Abdullah the Butcher vs. TNT (1/6/89) Carlos Colon vs. Hercules Ayala (Loser Leaves Puerto Rico) (1/6/89) Ricky Santana vs. Eric Embry (3/25/89) Carlos Colon vs. Steve Strong (Barbed Wire Match) (10/7/89) Carlos Colon vs. Steve Strong (11/23/89) Carlos Colon vs Invader 1 (8/8/92)
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Post by bossrock on Aug 27, 2019 21:56:24 GMT -5
Ever since seeing the Colon-Hansen and Colon-Ayala feuds I've been meaning to watch more WWC. Colon might be my pick for greatest babyface ever. His comebacks were like no other.
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Post by elliott on Aug 28, 2019 2:42:23 GMT -5
I would highly recommend the pair of Colon vs Steve Strong matches. The Colon vs Abby series is also shocking good with every match worked differently, but it would be as much my evidence that Abby was awesome as it would be Colon. The Steve Strong matches I think are the best examples of Colon in their dragging a dogshit worker to a great match.
Have you watched any Invader 1? He would be my pick for PR wrestler of the 80s.
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Post by KB8 on Sept 2, 2019 14:23:01 GMT -5
Part of what makes Puerto Rico so fun is that everybody who came into town was like "okay, I can do everything I usually do but only way more mental. And I'll get away with it!" The best example of that is obviously Terry Funk, who was batshit crazy every single time. The 80s set is fucking wonderful.
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Post by elliott on Sept 8, 2019 21:28:48 GMT -5
I just found everything so satisfying. If they teased throwing someone down a flight of stairs, they would throw someone down a flight of stairs. If the heel kicked the babyface in the nuts early in the match, the babyface would kick the heel in the nuts later in the match. Everything was paid off always.
Hugo Savinovich was a fantastic commentator too.
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Post by elliott on Sept 13, 2019 5:23:34 GMT -5
I had sort of an unplanned gaijin main events in 90s Japan night. I watched Hogan vs Hansen, Tenryu, Muta, and the tag with Tenryu against the Road Warriors. I also watched Savage vs Tenryu, Inoki vs Vader and Burning vs Hansen & Vader. I thought literally all of the matches were awesome except for the Hogan vs Muta match which was just fun. It was kinda aimless at times during the body of the match but all the wacky stuff was good fun. The Vader/Hansen tag match was the best match I watched for sure. Hansen was really great for how late it was in his career. The biggest surprise was Savage vs Tenryu. I haven't watched that in years and remember it as merely a "good/fun" match but it was legit great. Its really a Savage match worked at a really quick pace. Sherri interfering is a blast in this setting and I really dug the Savage injuring his knee finish. Vader vs Inoki holds up so well as more than just a collection of spots. I mean the spots are incredible but its a really good match inbetween all the spots. The Hogan/Tenryu tag was a blast. Among the best Road Warriors matches. Hogan vs Hansen and Hogan vs Tenryu are on the short list of best hogan matches.
The only matches I watched that were top 100 candidates were the Burning tag, Vader/Inoki and honestly Savage/Tenryu is sort of a perfect "#100" selection. But I would highly recommend all of them as really fun matches.
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