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Post by jetlag on May 4, 2018 3:40:13 GMT -5
Just an awesome tubby guy fight & insane car crash sprint. They LAY INTO eachother and less than 30 seconds into the match Tenryu has kicked Araya in the nose! They do a bunch of ECW spots and bring weapons into it except this feels like a fight because these guys are mauling eachother something fierce and not making this overly cooperative. The big guy dives fucking rule because they feel so reckless – Araya almost compressing Tenryu's spine „I don't give a damn if you are in position or not“, and Tenryu later trying to climb the turnbuckle, but then going „Ah, I haven't thought this through – fuck it, I'll just do a forward roll“ and he nukes Araya. Araya grabs a kendo stick and goes MAD waffling the shit out of Tenryu and breaking the stick to stab him further. Araya argueing with the ref works because with all that has gone down you buy into the possibility that he might just beat the shit out of him too. Araya goes for one dive too many and gets wasted by flying chairs. It's such a perfect barfight move – you see a fat mulleted japanese guy getting ready to jump you, you start throwing chairs. By the end punches & kicks with serious contempt have been thrown, both guys bleeding from multiple places and just stubbornly ramming into eachother with stiff old lariats like bulls. Ehh ain't exactly Baba/Destroyer, but you know what you're getting from this. Wrestle and Romance.
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Post by microstatistics on Aug 11, 2018 14:22:27 GMT -5
Second. Downright ugly, nasty brawl with the usual great Tenryu selling. Those kendo stick shots made me wince.
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Post by bossrock on Aug 11, 2018 15:15:35 GMT -5
Dang, anyone know where I can find this?
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Post by microstatistics on Aug 11, 2018 15:33:04 GMT -5
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Post by bossrock on Aug 11, 2018 17:00:04 GMT -5
Thank you!
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Post by bossrock on Aug 11, 2018 20:41:45 GMT -5
Yeah, I'll third this.
Probably won't make my list but just an unbelievably fun brawl. If anything, it's a testament to Tenryu's ability to wear so many different hats. I've never seen him in a hardcore brawl like this but he thrives in it. That spot where he's sitting on the turnbuckle, pauses, and then sentons onto Araya is easily the best part of the match.
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Post by superstarsleeze on Jan 19, 2019 3:31:19 GMT -5
Thank you, thank you, Jetlag! This match fucking ruled so hard. It was a balls to the wall brawl. Everything I love about a street fight with an epic Choshu/Hashimoto like ending. This actually has a serious shot at making my list. I liked this so much. Definitely check this out if you have not.
Genichiro Tenryu vs Nobutaka Araya - WAR 1/14/98 J-1 Heavyweight Championship
With WAR on death's doorstep, Tenryu says lets make a Heavyweight Championship. I have seen one other Araya match from All Japan in like 2002. He is a chubba wubba.
CHAOS! MAYHEM! PANDEMONIUM! I LOVED THIS! Tenryu is picking out shards of the broken Singapore Cane from his arm! THIS IS WAR! This is a fucking street fight. Tenryu just comes out balls to the wall, I am going to decapitate you muthafucka and I am going to hurl my body as a weapon. He just beat the shit out of him. Then when Araya tries to powder, he becomes an Araya-seeking missile of destruction. I love the wipe out of the chairs spots so, so much. No matter who does that is always over with me. Tenryu climbs up on a raised part of the arena and just wipes Araya out. Tenryu has a chair and he is not afraid to use it. He tries to come off the top with it and Araya dropkicks it in his fucking face! Tenryu is bleeding. Araya just moonsaults him. None of this bullshit let me take a fucking minute to make sure Im in position to catch you bullshit, Araya just fucking moonsaults him. Then Araya gets a hold of the Singapore Cane that Tenryu brought. HE FUCKING WAILS ON TENRYU! I am mean WAILS ON HIM! Then he breaks the Cane over the post and WHACKS Tenryu with is and Tenryu is left picking out splinters as his arm is just bleeding. So how the hell can they top this? Well what else do I love...CHAIR THROWS! Tenryu mounts his comeback by throwing a chair at Araya when he is on the top rope about to do a moonsault to the floor! Tenryu just brains him with the chair. TENRYU DOES A SOMERSAULT SENTON FROM THE TOP ROPE TO THE FLOOR! MARK OUT CITY! Back in the ring, there is kick that Tenryu does to Araya's face this is just digusting. As soon as he did I audibly said "Fuck!" Araya was bleeding from pretty much every part of his face. Then they kind of did a Choshu/Hashimoto finish mixed with a little All Japan. They were powerbombing each other and then no selling back drop drivers. Then it was just LARIAOTO CITY! They went full Chishu/Hashimoto and Tenryu hit big, meaty lariats. The final Lariat was a MONSTER TRUCK LARIAT! HE FUCKING SMOKED HIS ASS!
Hate, violence and chaos! They beat the ever living shit out of each other. It never let up they just kept coming at each other. I cant believe people were giving this **...this is one of the best brawls ever! THIS WAS WAR! ****1/2
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Post by lemming on Dec 1, 2021 7:28:50 GMT -5
This was amazing. Two big guys repeatedly launch themselves at each other in reckless fashion with no apparent regard for either their opponent or their own safety. They also hit each other in the face a lot. Often with chairs. Violent, fast paced, bell to bell craziness.
Basically the perfect pro wrestling match.
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Post by mvz on Apr 15, 2023 5:50:11 GMT -5
So this blew me away. Violent, uncooperative, both of them unload with the big guns from start to finish.
When this was over I thought to myself I wouldn’t change a second. That doesn’t happen too often.
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Post by mrjmml on May 1, 2023 20:41:20 GMT -5
2nd. Tenryu hitting hard in a bloody brawl that accomplishes more in 13 minutes than many modern epics in 60. Genichiro Tenryu sometimes feels like the greatest wrestler in the world. This time he was for less than 15 minutes but it's more than enough.
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Post by elliott on Sept 17, 2023 13:16:47 GMT -5
Ridiculously awesome. Tenryu man. What a champ.
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Post by kas on Oct 5, 2023 17:22:50 GMT -5
This felt like every single move they were coming up with on the spot. Nothing felt pre-planned and everything had this sense of spontaneity and immediacy to it that I've rarely ever seen in a wrestling match, turning what is already an amazing brawl into one of the greatest matches I've ever seen.
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Post by elliott on Oct 5, 2023 17:46:00 GMT -5
This felt like every single move they were coming up with on the spot. Nothing felt pre-planned and everything had this sense of spontaneity and immediacy to it that I've rarely ever seen in a wrestling match, turning what is already an amazing brawl into one of the greatest matches I've ever seen. ^ Yes This is already on my "Has to Make Next Year's List" list lolololol |
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