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Post by elliott on Jan 7, 2018 18:37:53 GMT -5
I thought it would be fun to post our Top 10s right now at the beginning of the project so we could compare/contrast them to our final lists next year. If I had to turn in a ballot right now my top 10 would be:
1. Sangre Chicana vs MS-1 (Hair vs Hair - EMLL - 9/23/1983)
2. Akira Hokuto & Shinobu Kandori vs Aja Kong & Bull Nakano (AJW - 3/27/1994)
3. Atlantis vs Villano III (Mask vs Mask - CMLL - 3/17/2000)
4. Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori (AJW - 4/2/1993)
5. Stan Hansen vs Andre the Giant (NJPW - 9/23/1981)
6. Megumi Kudo vs Combat Toyoda (No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Death Match - FMW - 5/5/1996)
7. El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas (Mask vs Hair - CMLL - 9/19/1997)
8. Kiyoshi Tamura vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (RINGS - 6/27/1998)
9. Kiyoshi Tamura vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto (RINGS - 6/24/1999)
10. Team New Japan (Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, Umanosuke Ueda & Kantaro Hoshino) vs Team UWF (Akira Maeda, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Nobuhiko Takada, Osamu Kido & Kazuo Yamazaki) (Elimination Match - NJPW - 3/26/1986)
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Post by Grimmas on Jan 7, 2018 18:54:34 GMT -5
In 2005 the Super Show did a top ten, here is my list from then:
10) Atlantis vs Villano III (Mask vs Mask, CMLL, 3/17/2000)
9) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW, 12/6/1996)
8) Bret Hart vs Steve Austin (WWF Survivor Series, 11/17/1996)
7) Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (NWA WrestleWar, 5/7/1989)
6) Magnum TA vs Tully Blanchard (I Quit Cage, NWA Starrcade, 11/28/1985)
5) MS-1 vs Sangra Chicano (Hair vs Hair, EMLL, 9/23/1983)
4) Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee (Lawler Leaves Town vs Dundee’s Wife’s Hair, Memphis, 12/30/1985)
3) Andre the Giant vs Stan Hansen (NJPW, 9/23/1981)
2) Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori (AJW All-Star Dream Slam, 4/2/1993)
1) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi (AJPW, 6/9/1995)
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Post by maddog1981 on Jan 7, 2018 19:19:43 GMT -5
This is just my spreadsheet so far. I've only added matches that have been nominated and I have a good memory of. A lot of stuff like the big All Japan matches I haven't seen in 10 plus years and will need to revisit. But this is my top 10 list:
Magnum TA vs Tully Blanchard (Steel Cage, I Quit 11/28/1985)
Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (2/3 Falls - NWA World Championship - WCW - 4/2/1989)
Ric Flair vs Barry Windham (NWA World Heavyweight Title - NWA TV - 1/20/1987)
Eddy Guerrero vs Rey Misterio Jr (Title vs Mask - WCW Halloween Havoc - 10/26/1997)
Bret Hart vs Steve Austin (Submission Match - WrestleMania XIII - 03/23/1997)
Ric Flair vs Terry Funk (NWA Championship WCW - 7/23/1989)
Ric Flair vs Terry Funk (I Quit - NWA World Championship - WCW - 11/15/1989)
Randy Savage vs Ultimate Warrior (Retirement Match - WWF WrestleMania VII - 03/24/1991)
Bret Hart vs Owen Hart (WWF WrestleMania X - 3/20/1994)
Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho vs. Steve Austin and HHH (WWE - 5/21/2001)
What I have noticed is the Lawler/Funk empty arena match seems to be my benchmark. A match above that seems to fall into my absolute elite matches and matches below that seem to be that next tier of match. Kind of interesting to see that.
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Post by bossrock on Jan 7, 2018 19:34:26 GMT -5
While I don't have an exact order, it probably looks like this (in chronological order):
Terry Funk vs. Ric Flair (Great American Bash 1989)
Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada, Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Masanobu Fuchi, Akira Taue (AJPW-10/19/1990)
El Satanico vs. El Dandy (Hair vs. Hair, EMLL-12/14/1990)
Akira Hokuto and Shinobu Kandori vs. Aja Kong and Bull Nakano (AJW-3/27/1994)
Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue (AJPW-6/9/1995)
Mitsuharu Misawa and Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue (AJPW-5/23/1996)
Mitsuharu Misawa and Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue (AJPW-12/6/1996)
Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (AJPW-1/20/1997)
Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (AJPW-10/31/1998)
Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness (ROH Unified 2006)
Other contenders:
Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker (Badd Blood 1997)
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi (Wrestle Kingdom 9)
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Post by superstarsleeze on Jan 7, 2018 20:12:03 GMT -5
This will also be helpful for me to earmark stuff to watch that I am not familiar with (Lucha, Joshi, WOS, ROH)
Off the top of my head and I need to rewatch a ton of All Japan among other things. Lets give this a whirl.
Chorological Order:
Terry & Dory Funk vs Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy - AJPW 8/31/83
Sgt. Slaughter vs Iron Sheik - WWF, MSG 6/16/84 Bootcamp Match
Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Super Tiger - UWF 12/5/84
NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair vs Ricky Morton - GAB 7/11/86
Steel Cage Match
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Nick Bockwinkel vs Curt Hennig - AWA 11/21/86
NWA World Heayvweight Champion Ric Flair vs Lex Luger - Starrcade 1988
Bret Hart vs Owen Hart - WrestleMania X
AJPW Triple Crown Champion Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa - AJPW 1/20/97
Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyama - AJPW 2/27/00
GHC Heavyweight Champion Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi - NOAH 3/1/03 |
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Post by fxnj on Jan 8, 2018 8:14:58 GMT -5
10. Misawa vs. Jumbo 6/8/90
9. Tamura vs. Yamamoto 6/24/99
8. Misawa/Kobashi vs. Kawada/Taue 12/3/93
7. Tamura vs. Kohsaka 6/27/98
6. Kawada vs. Kobashi 6/12/98
5. Misawa vs. Kawada 6/3/94
4. Misawa vs. Kobashi 1/20/97
3. Misawa/Akiyama vs. Kawada/Taue 12/6/96
2. Misawa/Kawada/Kobashi vs. Jumbo/Fuchi/Taue 4/20/91
1. Misawa/Kobashi vs. Kawada/Taue 6/9/95
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Post by El Mckell on Jan 8, 2018 10:29:00 GMT -5
This list is extremely rough, it's off the top of my head and many of these are matches I last saw in 2014 or 2015 and I do not trust my memory on the precise quality of matches after that long especially because i wasn't trying to rank matches when i watched them
10. Akira Hokuto vs Manami Toyota (9/2/95)
9. Kenta Kobashi vs Misuharu Misawa (3/1/03)
8. Nick Bockwinkel vs Curt Hennig (11/21/86)
7. Bret Hart vs Steve Austin (3/23/97)
6. Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi (4/7/13)
5. Kenta Kobashi vs Misuharu Misawa (6/11/99)
4. Shawn Michaels vs Undertaker (10/5/97)
3. Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori (4/2/93)
2. Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (4/2/89)
1. Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi & Mistuharu Misawa (6/9/95)
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Post by sams on Jan 8, 2018 10:37:56 GMT -5
1. Funks vs Abby & The Sheik (AJPW - 07/15/1979)
2. Eddie Guerrero vs JBL (Judgement Day 2004 - 05/16/04)
3. Ricky Steamboat vs Ric Flair (Clash VI - 04/02/1989)
4. Bret Hart vs Steve Austin (WrestleMania 13 - 03/23/1997)
5. The Shield vs Team Hell No & Ryback (TLC 2012 - 12/16/2012)
6. Ric Flair vs Barry Windham (Battle of the Belts II - 02/14/1986)
7. Ricky Steamboat vs Ric Flair (Chi-Town Rumble - 02/20/1989)
8. Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns (WrestleMania 31 - 03/29/2015)
9. Triple H vs Cactus Jack (Royal Rumble 2000 - 01/23/2000)
10. Billy Robinson vs Jumbo Tsuruta (AJPW - 03/11/1977)
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Post by exposer on Jan 8, 2018 11:43:59 GMT -5
In no order:
5-on-5 Gauntlet NJPW 1984
Rose & Somers vs The Midnight Rockers AWA 8/86
Stan Hansen vs Carlos Colon (Bullrope) PR 1987
Sgt. Slaughter vs The Iron Sheik WWF 6/84
Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat Clash 4/2/89
Randy Savage vs The Ultimate Warrior WM 7 1991
NJPW Elim Tag 9/88
John Cena vs Umaga Royal Rumble 2007
AJPW 6-Man 4/91
John Cena vs CM Punk Money in the Bank 2011
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Post by gordi on Jan 8, 2018 12:34:59 GMT -5
Preliminary, but could end up as my actual lop 10:
1 - 6/9/95
2 - Hokuto & Kandori vs Bull & Kong
3 - Bret vs Austin WM 13
4 - Jumbo vs Tenryu 6/5/89
5 - Misawa Kobashi & Kawada vs Jumbo Taue & Fuchi 4/20/91
6 - NJPW 5x5 Gauntlet 4/19/84
7 - Hansen vs Andre
8 - Jumbo & Tenryu vs Choshu & Yatsu 1/28/86
9 - IYH Canadian Stampede Main Event
10 - Tamura vs Han 1/22/97
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Post by tetsujin on Jan 8, 2018 15:21:24 GMT -5
Right now, I'm only sure about my top 4.
1. Misawa/Kobashi 03
2. Taker/HBK WM XXVI
3. 9/6/95
4. Okada/Shibata 2017
5. Bock/Hennig 21/11/86
6. Dundee/Lawler 83 LLT
7. Joe vs Punk 1
8. Kobashi/Misawa 20/1/97
9. Danielson/Nigel ROH 6th Anniversary
10. Kobashi/Misawa 31/10/98
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Post by thepumalives on Jan 8, 2018 19:29:14 GMT -5
In no particular order:
1. Kurt Angle vs. HBK (WM 21)
2. JBL vs. Eddie Guerrero (JD 04)
3. Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat (11/1978)
4. HBK vs. Undertaker (WM 26)
5. Steve Austin vs. Kurt Angle (Summerslam 2001)
6. Steve Austin vs. Chris Benoit (5/31/2001)
7. Triple H vs. Cactus Jack (Royal Rumble 2000)
8. Triple H vs. The Rock (JD 2000)
9. Ric Flair vs. Ted Dibiase (11/6/1985)
10. Okada vs. Kenny Omega (1/4/2017)
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Post by Cap on Jan 8, 2018 20:01:09 GMT -5
1. Sangre Chicana vs MS-1 (Hair vs Hair – 9/23/1983)
2. Shinobu Kandori vs Akira Hokuto (4/2/1993)
3. Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa (Triple Crown Title – 10/31/1998)
4. Nick Bockwinkel vs Curt Hennig (AWA Title – 11/21/1986)
5. Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi (Champion’s Carnival 4/16/1993)
6. Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu (Triple Crown Title – 6/5/1989)
7. Holy Demon Army vs Kenta Kobashi/Mitsuharu Misawa (Tag League Final – 6/9/1995)
8. Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (2/3 Falls – NWA Title – 4/2/1989)
9. Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness (ROH Title vs ROH Pure Title – 8/12/2006)
10. El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas (UWA World Heavyweight Title – 5/17/1991)
Man... putting that together really quickly was harder than I thought. This is going to be rough. This is - as with all your lists - a VERY rough draft.
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Post by twfi on Jan 9, 2018 3:31:10 GMT -5
In no order:
Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart, WWF WrestleMania X.
Michaels vs. Undertaker. WWF In Your House 18.
Hart vs. Austin. WWF WrestleMania 13.
Misawa/Kobashi vs. Kawada/Taue, AJPW 9th June 1995.
Kobashi vs. Misawa, AJPW 20th January 1997.
Misawa vs. Kobashi, AJPW 31st October 1998.
Cena vs. Bryan, WWE SummerSlam 2013.
Steamboat vs. Flair, NWA COTC VI.
Undertaker vs. Michaels, WWE WrestleMania XXV.
Okada vs. Tanahashi, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10.
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Post by mattsdmf on Jan 9, 2018 19:22:15 GMT -5
I did mine last night and here's what I came up with:
1. Andre the Giant vs. Stan Hansen [NJPW 9/23/81]
2. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue [AJPW 6/9/95]
3. Ricky Steamboat vs. Ric Flair [NWA 4/2/89]
4. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada [AJPW 6/3/94]
5. Tully Blanchard vs. Magnum TA [JCP 11/28/85]
6. Sting's Squadron vs. The Dangerous Alliance [WCW 5/17/92]
7. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Yoshihisa Yammamoto [RINGS 6/24/99]
8. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Volk Han [RINGS 1/22/97]
9. Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Nobuhiko Takada, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu, Yoshiaki Yatsu, Animal Hamaguchi, Isamu Teranishi & Kuniaki Kobayashi [NJPW 4/19/84]
10. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi [AJPW 1/20/97]
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