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Post by club on Jan 25, 2023 15:34:59 GMT -5
I think Nova had Anarchy at 2 and I decided to pull the trigger and at least put it there as a placeholder. I’m still comfortable with it there. A lot has changed on my list this year. 80s wrestling as a whole will dominate. I will have a lot of mid80s AJW very high. Punk/Joe 3 I had in my top 5, I’m not remembering it as fondly, I had 6/9/95 up there and I decided I’m placing it at #100 to get it out of the way and 1/20/97 I had in the 20s is now on top 10. Last time around I dropped a 6/9/95 and 1/20/97 into the teens. It was definitely the year when I came to terms with balancing my own tastes and beliefs against conventional wisdom. I pulled the trigger on things like Santo/Espanto, Dragon/Ki (RRC), and Suzuki/Sano as tippy top. I've since put those two big AJPW matches back in the top 10 and I feel a lot better about their placement. I imagine there will be further movement in my top 15-17 as I go back through this year. There will be some substantial shuffling throughout since I added three matches from this 2022 to the list and a few other matches from the more distant past. Couldn't agree more. I'm finally at peace with with the fact that I just don't like 90s All Japan as much as a lot of people on these kinds of boards.
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Post by club on Jan 25, 2023 15:38:20 GMT -5
My top 10 right now:
1. Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori - 02/04/93 2. The Funks vs Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik - 15/07/79 3. Atlantis vs Villano III - 17/03/00 4. Devil Masami vs Chigusa Nagayo - 22/08/85 5. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada - 16/12/88 6. Shinya Hashimoto vs Riki Choshu - 02/08/96 7. Genichiro Tenryu & Koji Kitahara vs Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura - 23/10/92 8. Jim Breaks vs Young David - 23/02/80 9. Shinya Hashimoto vs Naoya Ogawa - 07/04/00 10. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue - 09/06/95
Based on the last 20 hours of posting, Hokuto and Kandori are running away with this thing!
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Post by [Darren] on Jan 25, 2023 16:00:24 GMT -5
My top 10 right now: 1. Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori - 02/04/93 2. The Funks vs Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik - 15/07/79 3. Atlantis vs Villano III - 17/03/00 4. Devil Masami vs Chigusa Nagayo - 22/08/85 5. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada - 16/12/88 6. Shinya Hashimoto vs Riki Choshu - 02/08/96 7. Genichiro Tenryu & Koji Kitahara vs Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura - 23/10/92 8. Jim Breaks vs Young David - 23/02/80 9. Shinya Hashimoto vs Naoya Ogawa - 07/04/00 10. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue - 09/06/95 Based on the last 20 hours of posting, Hokuto and Kandori are running away with this thing! Monster rating on the WAR match. Love that you have that Funks v. Abby/Shiek match. So high too. I love them all but they kinda all run together for me. I thought Kandori/Hokuto was gonna get 1st place last time. And didn’t it end up 3rd?
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Post by kas on Jan 25, 2023 16:28:11 GMT -5
1. Kazuchika Okada Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi (04/07/2013) 2. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada Vs Mayumi Ozaki & Dynamite Kansai (Dream Rush) 3. Kazuchika Okada Vs Kenny Omega (09/06/2018) 4. Akira Hokuto Vs Shinobu Kandori (04/02/1993) 5. Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa (06/09/1995) 6. Chigusa Nagayo Vs Devil Masami (08/22/1985) 7. Shingo Takagi Vs Masaaki Mochizuki (11/01/2015) 8. Bret Hart Vs Steve Austin (03/23/1997) 9. Kenta Kobashi Vs Mitsuharu Misawa (01/20/1997) 10. Either Okada Vs Shibata or Anarchy in the Arena
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Post by club on Jan 25, 2023 16:37:30 GMT -5
My top 10 right now: 1. Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori - 02/04/93 2. The Funks vs Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik - 15/07/79 3. Atlantis vs Villano III - 17/03/00 4. Devil Masami vs Chigusa Nagayo - 22/08/85 5. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada - 16/12/88 6. Shinya Hashimoto vs Riki Choshu - 02/08/96 7. Genichiro Tenryu & Koji Kitahara vs Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura - 23/10/92 8. Jim Breaks vs Young David - 23/02/80 9. Shinya Hashimoto vs Naoya Ogawa - 07/04/00 10. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue - 09/06/95 Based on the last 20 hours of posting, Hokuto and Kandori are running away with this thing! Monster rating on the WAR match. Love that you have that Funks v. Abby/Shiek match. So high too. I love them all but they kinda all run together for me. I thought Kandori/Hokuto was gonna get 1st place last time. And didn’t it end up 3rd? Could definitely see it placing higher this time. I'm a little torn over the Funks vs Abby & Sheik, could easily have all 4 in my top 100 but probably won't. This one where Terry gets murdered before rising from the dead and wreaking bloody revenge is definitely my favourite.
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Post by club on Jan 25, 2023 16:42:51 GMT -5
1. Kazuchika Okada Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi (04/07/2013) 2. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada Vs Mayumi Ozaki & Dynamite Kansai (Dream Rush) 3. Kazuchika Okada Vs Kenny Omega (09/06/2018) 4. Akira Hokuto Vs Shinobu Kandori (04/02/1993) 5. Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa (06/09/1995) 6. Chigusa Nagayo Vs Devil Masami (08/22/1985)7. Shingo Takagi Vs Masaaki Mochizuki (11/01/2015) 8. Bret Hart Vs Steve Austin (03/23/1997) 9. Kenta Kobashi Vs Mitsuharu Misawa (01/20/1997) 10. Either Okada Vs Shibata or Anarchy in the Arena This match feels like a cannon GME contender. Checked and it placed 37 last time. Honestly could imagine it in the top 10 now.
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Post by Cap on Jan 25, 2023 16:57:14 GMT -5
I think Kandori and Hokuto had their best shot of taking over the #1 spot the second year we did a ballot. I'd love to see it top the list, but I'll believe it when I see it. haha
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Post by tetsujin on Jan 25, 2023 18:36:21 GMT -5
I believe my top 10 is more or less the same for now:
1. Misawa/Kobashi 2003 2. Bockwinkel/Hennig 3. Okada/Shibata 4. Taue/Misawa 5. Misawa/Kobashi 20/1/97 6. Tana/Okada Invasion Attack 7. Taker/HBK Streak vs Career 8. Hokuto/Satomura GAEA 2001 9. 9/6/95 10. Naito/Omega G1 26
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Post by elliott on Jan 25, 2023 18:46:02 GMT -5
Yeah, no changes 10. The Four Horsemen & JJ Dillon vs The Super Powers & Paul Ellering (WarGames - JCP - 7/4/87) 9. Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura vs Genichiro Tenryu & Stan Hansen (AJPW - 11/29/89) 8. Jerry Lawler vs Austin Idol (Loser Leaves Town Hair vs Hair Steel Cage Match - CWA - 4/27/87) 7. Crush Gals vs Dump Matsumoto & Bull Nakano (AJW - 10/10/85) 6. Dump Matsumoto vs Itsuki Yamazaki (AJW - 8/21/86) 5. Dump Matsumoto vs Chigusa Nagayo (Hair vs Hair - AJW - 8/28/85) 4. Dump Matsumoto vs Chigusa Nagayo (Hair vs Hair - AJW - 11/7/86) 3. Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori (AJW DreamSlam - 4/2/93) 2. Akira Hokuto & Shinobu Kandori vs Aja Kong & Bull Nakano (AJW Queendom - 3/27/94) 1. Dump Matsumoto vs Yukari Ohmoi (AJW - 3/20/86)
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Post by lemming on Jan 26, 2023 3:38:59 GMT -5
My top 10 right now: 9. Shinya Hashimoto vs Naoya Ogawa - 07/04/00 Nice! I thought I was going to be the high vote on this one. (It's currently penciled in at 13 for me.)
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Post by el_wreino on Jan 26, 2023 10:09:10 GMT -5
1. Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori (AJW - 4/2/1993) 2. Megumi Kudo vs. Combat Toyoda (FMW – 5/5/1996) 3. Dump Matsumoto vs. Yukari Omori (AJW 3/20/1986) 4. Chigusa Naguyo vs. Dump Matsumoto (AJW - 8/28/1985) 5. Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi (AJPW – 7/29/1993) 6. Bret Hart Vs Steve Austin (03/23/1997) 7. Shinobu Kandori/Akira Hokuto vs. Bull Nakano/Aja Kong (AJPW – 3/27/1994) 8. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley (WWE - 8/22/2015) 9. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kazuchika Okada (NJPW – 4/9/2017) 10. Stan Hansen vs. Andre The Giant (NJPW – 9/23/1981)
That feels like the quick and dirty of it.
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