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Post by elliott on Jul 24, 2022 19:01:21 GMT -5
What is your top tier?
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Post by silverwidow on Jul 24, 2022 19:49:47 GMT -5
Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin Negro Casas vs. El Hijo del Santo |
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Post by elliott on Jul 24, 2022 20:08:57 GMT -5
Lawler vs Terry Funk
Lawler vs Dundee
Dump vs Chigusa
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Post by [Darren] on Jul 24, 2022 22:28:29 GMT -5
Lawler v. Kaufman
Funk v. Flair
Bret v. Austin
Danielson v. Morishima
Punk v. MJF
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Post by elliott on Jul 24, 2022 23:06:14 GMT -5
Lawler vs Kaufman is a good pick. Honestly Lawler vs Idol too.
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Post by club on Jul 25, 2022 10:09:34 GMT -5
Misawa v Kawada speaks for itself.
In ring it's not my thing but Hogan v Savage was probably the best booked long term WWF angle.
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Post by club on Jul 25, 2022 10:12:33 GMT -5
From an emotion and storytelling perspective, I might pick this as my favourite. |
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Post by Cap on Jul 25, 2022 11:03:39 GMT -5
Current top 10 (in no order after the top 3)
Kobashi/Hansen
Danielson/Ki
Ishikawa/Ikaeda
Kandori/Hokuto
Sting/Vader
Misawa/Kobashi
Hart/Austin
Danielson/Morishima
ELDS/Casas
Lawler/Dundee
There is a very good chance that those top 3 are my actual top 3. I can't imagine anything topping Hansen/Kobashi for me. Ki/Dragon has always been sort of my personal favorite, so anything knocking it out of the #2 spot also seems unlikely.
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Post by club on Jul 25, 2022 14:02:31 GMT -5
Two I love: Jim Breaks vs Young David is such an under appreciated feud and one of my absolute favourites. It's very compact as well compared to some of the sprawling epic rivalries mentioned so far. You have the arsehole veteran champion vs plucky young babyface, three great matches and you're done. It's also one of the best example of a veteran knowing how to play to the limited strengths of his opponent; Breaks makes a very green Davey Boy Smith look like a teenage wrestling prodigy. The Funks vs Abby & Sheik seems similarly under appreciated. Terry - and Dory to an extent - finding the fortitude to overcome the heels. Again very compact in 4 matches. When watched in order there's this great narrative arc of
all the DQ finishes actually tell a great story of each pair scoring moral victories over the other, the tide slowly turning for the Funks before they finally achieve the decisive win.
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Post by KB8 on Jul 25, 2022 16:48:54 GMT -5
If I'm looking at a tentative working top 5 right now, I'd probably go:
Ikeda/Ishikawa
Lawler/Dundee
Rey/Eddie
Tenryu/Hashimoto
Santo/Casas
I'm not ready to commit to any particular order, however.
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Post by elliott on Jul 25, 2022 22:46:30 GMT -5
Two I love: Jim Breaks vs Young David is such an under appreciated feud and one of my absolute favourites. It's very compact as well compared to some of the sprawling epic rivalries mentioned so far. You have the arsehole veteran champion vs plucky young babyface, three great matches and you're done. It's also one of the best example of a veteran knowing how to play to the limited strengths of his opponent; Breaks makes a very green Davey Boy Smith look like a teenage wrestling prodigy. The Funks vs Abby & Sheik seems similarly under appreciated. Terry - and Dory to an extent - finding the fortitude to overcome the heels. Again very compact in 4 matches. When watched in order there's this great narrative arc of
all the DQ finishes actually tell a great story of each pair scoring moral victories over the other, the tide slowly turning for the Funks before they finally achieve the decisive win.
I'm pretty sure I've voted for all 4 of these matches in either all or at least two of our GME polls. Last time I had 3 in the top 40 and two in the top 15. Terry vs Abdullah is the greatest AJPW feud ever. |
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Post by club on Aug 11, 2022 7:29:17 GMT -5
Two I love: Jim Breaks vs Young David is such an under appreciated feud and one of my absolute favourites. It's very compact as well compared to some of the sprawling epic rivalries mentioned so far. You have the arsehole veteran champion vs plucky young babyface, three great matches and you're done. It's also one of the best example of a veteran knowing how to play to the limited strengths of his opponent; Breaks makes a very green Davey Boy Smith look like a teenage wrestling prodigy. The Funks vs Abby & Sheik seems similarly under appreciated. Terry - and Dory to an extent - finding the fortitude to overcome the heels. Again very compact in 4 matches. When watched in order there's this great narrative arc of
all the DQ finishes actually tell a great story of each pair scoring moral victories over the other, the tide slowly turning for the Funks before they finally achieve the decisive win.
I'm pretty sure I've voted for all 4 of these matches in either all or at least two of our GME polls. Last time I had 3 in the top 40 and two in the top 15. Terry vs Abdullah is the greatest AJPW feud ever. You won't get any argument from me. Did you watch the Breaks v Davey Boy series? I imagine the pub bully tortures teen sensation dynamic to be 100% up your street. |
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Post by elliott on Oct 29, 2022 14:08:47 GMT -5
Lets fucking go DUmp vs Chigusa!!!!
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Post by TheDutifulWebmaster on Jun 24, 2023 15:14:01 GMT -5
I plan on checking out Dump vs Chigusa.
I know I'm late, but I was very into Christian Cage & Luchasaurus vs Jungle Boy. I'm glad Jungle Boy beat Christian in a very very long-overdue victory at Revolution 2023.
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