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Post by elliott on Sept 29, 2019 3:12:41 GMT -5
Another great match between these two. Jaguar is the valiant underdog babyface who has to overcome Lioness using weapons & liberal outside interference. Jaguar hits gorgeous flashy rollups for hope spots. Great match and spectacular finish.
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Post by microstatistics on Nov 27, 2022 12:24:05 GMT -5
Second
I think this might be better than any 80s AJW match (except maybe 10/10/1985) because of the structure and pacing. Simple but effective layout with Lioness being the cheating bully and Jaguar fighting from underneath and attempting comebacks. Great action, coupling high-impact athleticism with Aja Kong-style garbage brawling. Would only make the Top 15-25 for 1997, meaning it would walk into the Top 3 if it happened today.
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Post by KB8 on Jul 6, 2023 15:17:23 GMT -5
And here I am once again, wondering if I shouldn't just drop everything else I'm doing to watch every Jaguar Yokota match committed to tape. This wasn't particularly difficult to follow and the roles were about as clearly defined as you could get. Asuka tells her cronies to back away before the first lock up, then when that lock up happens they immediately circle again like hyenas. I thought Jaguar's performance here was pretty great, but strangely subdued at the same time. I'm not a joshi historian by any stretch but if there's a through line from Jaguar to someone like Toyota then the similarities were limited to aesthetics here. Well, that and the willingness to get hammered up and down the place and throw oneself around with abandon. Asuka beat the brakes of her with some of the meanest shit imaginable, wild kicks, reckless throws into chairs, fully launching her from inside the ring to the floor, powerbombs on the floor and through tables off of makeshift platforms. On the table spot Asuka took a piece of the broken table and first chucked the thing at Jaguar's head, then picked it up and used the splintered end to stab her in the face. This looked especially crazy because she was almost doing a falling fist drop, only with a jagged edge of table connecting with Jaguar rather than a fist. Jaguar's selling of it all was great and before long it looked like she was at death's door, crawling around bloodied, struggling to muster much of anything in response. A lot of what she did muster came from counters and nearly all of them were gorgeous, just some of the smoothest roll-ups you'll ever see, like prime Santo on that powerbomb sunset flip in particular. I just wish Jaguar made a point of expressing herself a little more. I wouldn't say she was working in a vacuum, but there was no real EMOTING, none of the fire in her comebacks I remember from the early 80s stuff. If we're rolling with the Toyota comparison then Toyota would've been screaming like a mad woman, and even if I'm not the biggest Toyota fan I can at least appreciate the intensity. Jaguar was more world's best Dean Malenko here than world's best Tito Santana. Still she made Asuka pay when she managed to properly retaliate, first with the chain-wrapped foot that she fucking drilled Asuka right in the face with, then an amazing moonsault where her knees landed clean across Asuka's midriff. I thought Asuka was about to puke. Asuka having to take greater risks to try and put Jaguar away only for it to backfire, again with a spectacular counter, was a great finish. I should watch their '96 match next.
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