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Post by superstarsleeze on Jul 22, 2018 21:50:09 GMT -5
I am going to break this project into a bunch of small bits. I'll probably post a bunch of lists quickly as I have been re-watching a lot of stuff. Then go on extended breaks.
First up is All Japan Pro Wrestling from 1980-1984. Tomorrow I will do Memphis Wrestling from 1983-1987.
#16. PWF World Heavyweight Champion Stan Hansen vs Giant Baba - AJPW 7/31/84 ****1/4
#15. NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair vs Jumbo Tsuruta - AJPW 10/9/81
Two Out Of Three Falls ****1/4
#14. NWA World Heavyweight Champion Kerry Von Erich vs Ric Flair - AJPW 5/24/84
2 Out of 3 Falls ****1/4
#13. Stan Hansen vs Terry Funk - AJPW 9/11/82
****1/4
#12. PWF World Heavyweight Champion Giant Baba vs Stan Hansen - AJPW 2/4/82 ****1/4
#11. NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair vs Jumbo Tsuruta - AJPW 6/8/82
All Japan Match of the Year, 1982 ****1/2
#10. NWA United National Champion Ted DiBiase vs Genichiro Tenryu - AJPW 10/23/83 ****1/2
#9. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody vs Dory & Terry Funk - AJPW 4/20/83 ****1/2
#8. AWA World Heavyweight Champion Nick Bockwinkel vs Jumbo Tsuruta -
AJPW Budokan 2/23/84 Special Guest Referee Terry Funk ****1/2
#7. AWA World Heavyweight Champion Rick Martel vs Jumbo Tsuruta - AJPW 7/31/84 ****1/2
#6. Nick Bockwinkel vs Billy Robinson - AJPW 12/11/80
All Japan Match of the Year, 1980
****1/2
#5. NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair vs Jumbo Tsuruta
AJPW 6/8/83 2 Out of 3 Falls ****1/2
#4. NWA World Heavyweight Champion Kerry Von Erich vs Jumbo Tsuruta
AJPW 5/22/84 Two Out Of Three Falls
All Japan Match of the Year, 1984 ****3/4
#3. Stan Hansen vs Terry Funk - AJPW 4/14/83 ****3/4
#2. Terry & Dory Funk vs Brusier Brody & Jimmy Snuka - AJPW 12/13/81 *****
#1. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs Dory & Terry Funk
AJPW 8/31/83 Terry Funk Retirement Match
All Japan Match of the Year, 1983 *****
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Post by jkwebb on Aug 10, 2018 7:14:32 GMT -5
Bring on the Memphis! From Memphis I know the Lawler/Dundee stuff will have some entries in my list. I’m pretty sure I’ll have a Fabs/Moondogs bout... what else you got? Obviously some of the All Japan 80s matches you’ve listed will make my list too... I really love that Martel/Jumbo match.
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Post by superstarsleeze on Sept 10, 2018 19:36:17 GMT -5
Lawler vs Bigelow is a total lock as is Lawler vs Idol in addition to those you mentioned. I finally have myself on schedule. So here we go first up...WWF 93-97... I have at least 64 volumes planned before the April Deadline to help myself choose the 100 best matches of all time and help inspire others to discover new matches or take a fresh look at old matches. In the first volume, we cover a expansive breadth of topics, the importance of the beginning of a match, how pro wrestling matches build drama and with all this critical analysis to always be remember that pro wrestling is at its best when it is visceral passion play that lives in your gut & heart and not in your mind. It is the WWF 93-97. All this and much, much more in Pro Wrestling Love Vol. 1! ridingspacemountain.blogspot.com/2018/09/pro-wrestling-love-vol-1-best-of-wwf-in.html?m=1 |
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Post by superstarsleeze on Sept 15, 2018 20:55:33 GMT -5
I am already behind guys! Goddamnit!  I originally intended to be Volume 2 to be completion of the WWF from 1993-1997 countdown, but I have not watched Mind Games recently and I need to give it another watch so I can do it justice. So to keep up with my insane schedule, I just posted a volume that I could complete without any rewatching. My favorite time period WCW from 1995-2001! Ok so 1999-2001 sucks, but it does not deserve its own blog so I tacked it on to this blog. I started watching wrestling in the summer of 1997 and I was a diehard WCW fan. So this time period just has so much nostalgia for me. Here's Volume 2: Best of WCW from 1995-2001: ridingspacemountain.blogspot.com/2018/09/pro-wrestling-love-vol-2-best-of-wcw-in.html |
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Post by superstarsleeze on Sept 16, 2018 22:39:08 GMT -5
Alright staying on track with Volume 3 out today finishing up Best of WCW in 1995-2001 countdown. #1 is obvious and I am not spoiling anything when I say it is Eddie vs Rey from Havoc '97, but my #2 will definitely raise some eyebrows, turn some heads and maybe even leave some mouths agape. All this and much, much more in Pro Wrestling Love Vol. 3! ridingspacemountain.blogspot.com/2018/09/pro-wrestling-love-vol-3-best-of-wcw-in.html |
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Post by superstarsleeze on Sept 17, 2018 22:06:07 GMT -5
Anyone who knows me knows I love BIG! Big production values! Big solos! Big Hair! Big Smiles! Even Bigger EYES! Woooooooo-hooooooo! There is nobody that does Big better in Pro Wrestling history than Pro Wrestling NOAH! Founded in the Year 2000 by the great Mitsuharu Misawa when he left All Japan Pro Wrestling with the majority of native talent in the wake of Giant Baba's death. He founded a promotion that built on the emotional, dramatic inter-match storytelling style of All Japan Pro Wrestling with even more excess in every regard. In this time period, we cover the very beginnings of NOAH starting with the red hot Kobashi vs Akiyama feud and ending in the middle of the epic Kenta Kobashi title reign. All this and much, much more in Pro Wrestling Love vol. 4! ridingspacemountain.blogspot.com/2018/09/pro-wrestling-love-vol-4-best-of-pro.html |
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Post by superstarsleeze on Sept 18, 2018 22:37:13 GMT -5
There is so much goodness in this Pro Wrestling Love volume. I love pro wrestling! Best heel vs heel match ever is covered. Quintessential Misawa and Kobashi matches are covered. There is tag team insanity! There is blood & closed fists in the Budokan when Kobashi The Destroyer Murders Rat Boy! Then we close with a match that may be the Greatest Match of All Time. It was a decade in the making when Kenta Kobashi SEIZED the torch from Mitsuharu Misawa in 2003. This is a Pro Wrestling Love Volume you just cant miss! ridingspacemountain.blogspot.com/2018/09/pro-wrestling-love-vol-5-best-of-pro.html |
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Post by superstarsleeze on Sept 19, 2018 21:17:24 GMT -5
Another day and another volume of Pro Wrestling Love! NOAH did NOT have the market cornered on great matches from 2000-2004! Here are the best non-NOAH matches of the first half of the new millennium. Shinya Hashimoto and Naoya start the 21st Century with a chaotic brawl in the Tokyo Dome! Keiji Mutoh reinvents himself! Toshiaki Kawada proves he can go it alone without his fellow Four Corners of Heaven! All this and much, much in Pro Wrestling Love vol. 6! ridingspacemountain.blogspot.com/2018/09/pro-wrestling-love-vol-6-best-of.html |
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Post by superstarsleeze on Sept 22, 2018 18:15:50 GMT -5
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Post by superstarsleeze on Sept 23, 2018 19:35:26 GMT -5
In this volume of Pro Wrestling Love, we look at the best matches from Pro Wrestling NOAH from 2005-2009 as it begins its decline with Kenta Kobashi being sidelined with cancer and then the total freefall from the tragic, in-ring death of Mitsuharu Misawa. Rest in peace, Misawa. The matches include Kenta Kobashi triumphant in-ring return from cancer, the rise of KENTA The Junior Heavyweight Destroyer and the Last of the Great King's Road matches! ridingspacemountain.blogspot.com/2018/09/pro-wrestling-love-vol-8-best-of-pro.html |
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Post by superstarsleeze on Sept 24, 2018 21:37:37 GMT -5
We finish out the first decade of the 21st century by looking at the best Puroresu matches to take between 2005-2009 NOT in Pro Wrestling NOAH. My man, Fujita Jr Hayato revitalizes junior heavyweight wrestling, Shoot-Style is back with a vengeance as Ishikawa and Ikeda resume their age-old rivalry in FUTEN & BattlArts, and Hiroshi Tanahashi has the first of his many masterpieces! All this and much, much more in Pro Wrestling Love vol. 9! ridingspacemountain.blogspot.com/2018/09/pro-wrestling-vol-9-best-of-puroresu.html |
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Post by superstarsleeze on Sept 29, 2018 18:58:17 GMT -5
September has been a wet, wild & wooly month! We are going to keep the Earth, Wind & Fire going straight into Rocktober! It is high time we get back to American wrestling and finish out the greatest matches of WWF in 1993-1997. It is Brother vs Brother! The Heartbreak Kid is trapped in Hell with the Grim Reaper! It is Bret Hart's Five Act Masterpiece! All this and much, much more in Pro Wrestling Love volume 10! ridingspacemountain.blogspot.com/2018/09/pro-wrestling-love-vol-10-greatest-wwf.html |
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Post by superstarsleeze on Sept 30, 2018 19:07:16 GMT -5
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Post by superstarsleeze on Oct 1, 2018 18:57:16 GMT -5
Rocktober begins today! I gotta make a music recommendation. Like so much of the heavy metal produced in the 90s, Mercyful Fate's Time album has been criminally overlooked. It is the perfect soundtrack to Halloween. HAIL SATAN! Terry Funk must have felt like he went to Hell to face Lucifer's most vicious guard dog in the form of the Bad Man from Borger, Stan Hansen! We also have Jumbo in big time NWA World Championship matches! All this and much, much more in this edition of Pro Wrestling Love! Best of All Japan Pro Wrestling from 1980-1984 ridingspacemountain.blogspot.com/2018/10/pro-wrestling-love-vol-12-best-of-all.html |
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Post by superstarsleeze on Oct 3, 2018 20:33:39 GMT -5
I answer so many questions in this volume of Pro Wrestling Love showcasing the zenith of the WWF during its Attitude Era (1998-2001)! Peak childhood nostalgia for the MartMan! Does wearing Zubaz in your match guarantee a five star rating? What was the first WWF PPV I made my parents buy? How strange of a child was I? (HINT: My favorite character as a kid was Mr. McMahon, yep I was a weird one!). And the crucial question is the Three Stages of Hell match between Stone Cold vs HHH still going? All this and much, much more inside Pro Wrestling Love Volume 13! But seriously, Hunter and Steve it is time to go home, I need to finish the review. ridingspacemountain.blogspot.com/2018/10/pro-wrestling-love-vol-13-best-of-wwf.html |
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