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Let's try this again.

 

No, I'm not talking about that one match between Antonio Inoki and Masa Saito. If you were going to be stuck on a desert island, which matches would you bring along with you for your indefinite entertainment? Hopefully, this thread won't get no-sold like the last one did.

 

To get the ball rolling, here's my (slightly tweaked from last time) list, broken down by promotion.

 

AJPW

Giant Baba vs. Billy Robinson (7/24/76)
Jumbo Tsuruta/Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu/Yoshiaki Yatsu (1/28/86)
Stan Hansen/Terry Gordy vs. Genichiro Tenryu/Toshiaki Kawada (12/16/88)
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (6/5/89)
Stan Hansen/Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta/Yoshiaki Yatsu (12/6/89)
Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (6/8/90)
Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (9/1/90)
Jumbo Tsuruta/Masanobu Fuchi/Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa/Toshiaki Kawada/Kenta Kobashi (10/19/90)
Kenta Kobashi/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Doug Furnas/Dan Kroffat (5/25/92)
Stan Hansen vs. Toshiaki Kawada (2/28/93)
Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi (7/29/93)
Mitsuharu Misawa/Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue (12/3/93)
Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (6/3/94)
MItsuharu Misawa vs. Akira Taue (4/15/95)
Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa/Kenta Kobashi (6/9/95)
Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (7/24/95)
Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa/Jun Akiyama (12/6/96)
Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi (1/20/97)
 

AJW

Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori (4/2/93)
Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota (11/20/94)
 

CMLL

Sangre Chicana vs. MS-1 (9/23/83)
Satanico vs. Gran Cochisse (9/14/84)
El Dandy vs. Negro Casas (7/3/92)
 

Memphis

Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk (3/23/81)
Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee (6/6/83)
Bill Dundee vs. Jerry Lawler (12/30/85)
 

NJPW

Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (6/9/87)
Naoki Sano vs. Jushin Liger (8/10/89)
 

WCW

Lex Luger/Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson/Tully Blanchard (Clash of the Champions I, 3/27/88)
Ricky Steamboat vs. Ric Flair (Chi-Town Rumble, 2/20/89)
Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk (Great American Bash, 7/23/89)
Ricky Steamboat/Dustin Rhodes vs. Arn Anderson/Larry Zbyszko (Clash of the Champions XVII, 11/19/91)
Barry Windham/Dustin Rhodes vs. Larry Zbyszko/Steve Austin (Superbrawl II, 2/29/92)
Big Van Vader vs. Sting (Great American Bash, 7/12/92)
Sting vs. Big Van Vader (Starrcade, 12/28/92)
Bunkhouse Buck vs. Dustin Rhodes (Spring Stampede, 4/17/94)
Vader vs. Dustin Rhodes (Clash of the Champions XXIX, 11/16/94)
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Eddy Guerrero (Halloween Havoc, 10/26/97)
 

WWE

Sgt. Slaughter vs. Iron Sheik (6/16/84)
Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat (2/15/87)
Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect (King of the Ring, 6/13/93)
Owen Hart vs. Bret Hart (Wrestlemania X, 3/20/94)
Bret Hart vs. Davey Boy Smith (In Your House 5, 12/17/95)
Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind (In Your House: Mind Games, 9/22/96)
Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (Survivor Series, 11/17/96)
Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (Wrestlemania 13, 3/23/97)
Steve Austin vs. The Rock (Wrestlemania X-7, 4/1/01)
Kurt Angle vs. Steve Austin (Summerslam, 8/19/01)
Eddie Guerrero vs. Brock Lesnar (No Way Out, 2/15/04)
Rey Mysterio vs. Eddie Guerrero (Smackdown, 6/23/05)

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This is just off the top of my head.

 

Andre the Giant vs. Stan Hansen NJPW '83 (#1 with a bullet)

Shinya Hashimoto vs. Genichiro Tenryu G1 Climax 

Shinya Hashimoto vs. Toshiaki Kawada NJPW

Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kensuke Sasaki NJPW

Terry Funk vs. Sabu ECW

Kenta Kobashi vs. Stan Hansen AJPW

Tully Blanchard vs. Magnum T.A. I Quit NWA

Steve Austin vs. Dude Love WWF

Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Misterio Jr. WCW

Sgt. Slaughter vs. the Iron Shiek (not the Boot Camp but the one right before it) WWF

Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara NJPW

Volk Han vs. Kiyoshi Tamura RINGS

Villano III vs. Atlantis Mascara contra mascara CMLL

Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat NWA

any Michinoku Pro 10-man 

Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk I Quit NWA

Harley Race vs. Jumbo Tsuruta AJPW

Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Robinson NJPW

Funk Bros. vs. Abdullah the Butcher/The Shiek AJPW

Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (the big upset) AJPW

El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas Caballera contra mascara CMLL

Holy Demon Army vs. Misawa/Kobashi AJPW

Akira Maeda vs. Tatsumi Fujinami NJPW

Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin double turn WWF

 

MS-1 vs. Sangre Chicana is probably on here too. 

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Also:

 

any iteration of Yuki Ishikawa vs. Daisuke Ikeda after Ishikawa went grey

Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama 12/00 NOAH

Mr. Gannosuke vs. Jinsei Shinzaki FMW

Masato Tanaka vs. Mike Awesome ECW One Night Stand (I saw it in a theater. Fuck off if you disagree)

5-on-5 Gauntlet NJPW

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The real challenge is to do it like Desert Island Discs and whittle it down to eight matches only. Maybe one PPV and one DVD/Blu-ray set if that helps (official only). The actual show has a luxury item plus Shakespeare's complete works and the Bible. Fuck that, make it one wrestling autobiography and once piece of merchandise.

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Powers of Pain's Team vs. Demolition's Team - 1988

Ultimate Warrior vs. Hulk Hogan - 1990

Ultimate Warrior vs. Randy Savage - 1991

Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect - 1991

Royal Rumble - 1992

War Games - 1992

Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind - 1996

Hart Foundation vs. USA - 1997

 

Book - Have a Nice Day

DVD - Man, either the first Ladder matches DVD or the Rise and Fall of ECW.

Game - late 80s/early 90s modded version of No Mercy?

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Matches
Roddy Piper vs. Greg Valentine, Dog Collar
The Rockers vs. The Orient Express, Royal Rumble 1991
Bret Hart vs.. Owen Hart, Wrestlemania X
Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon, Ladder Match II
Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind, IYH Mind Games
Hulk Hogan vs. Vince McMahon, Street Fight
Eddie Guerrero vs. Brock Lesnar, No Way Out 2004
Eddie Guerrero vs. Kurt Angle, Wrestlemania XX

 

Book- Probably the first Foley one, though Chris Jericho's first wouldn't be a bad shout. 
Event- Money in the Bank 2011

DVD- The first Rey Mysterio three disc set. I could watch sprightly WCW Rey bounce all around the ring for my entire life without touching all the other stuff.

 

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I probably have only 2 or 3 "locks" right now in:

 

 

MS-1 vs. Sangre Chicana

Magnum TA vs. Tully Bluchard I Quit

Negro Casas vs. El Hijo Del Santos 97

 

I think this means I'm making this into a project come winter break for college. Damn this is gonna be time consuming as possible haha. 

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Flair-Luger, Starrcade 88

Hansen-Andre, 9/23/81

Flair-Windham, Battle of the Belts 2

Bockwinkel-Henning, 60 m. draw

Steiners-Fujinami/Iizuka, Wrestlewar 92

Flair-Steamboat 89 series

Slaughter-Patterson Alley Fight

Horsemen-Doom street fight

Toyota/Yamada-Kansai/Ozaki, 4/11/93

Hansen-Kobashi

Backlund-Patera

 

But I'd rather assume that this is like Gilligan's Island, I've packed comp tapes like my last name is Howell, and I can power a vcr with a stationary bike made of bamboo.

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I'm just going to keep adding matches onto my list as I go. FUCK RULES. I prefer to look at this as a T-120 VHS in EP mode. Maybe two.

 

Combat Toyota vs. Megumi Kudo death match FMW

Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori AJW Dreamslam

Aja Kong vs. KAORU GAIA

CMLL Torneo Cibernetico '97

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Off the top my head

Shawn Michaels vs Undertaker Badd Blodd 97

Jumbo vs Tenryu 6/5/89

Tag team elimination match Survivor Series 88

Misawa vs Kawada 6/3/94

Rumble 92

Warrior vs Savage WM VII

Punk vs Cena MIB 2011

Michaels vs Angle WM 21

Owen vs Bret Summerslam 94

Flair vs Steamboat Chi town rumble

Misawa vs Kobashi 3/1/03

Michaels vs Taker WM 25

Rockers vs Orient express Rumble 91

Punk Lesnar Summerslam 2013

Kobashi vs Hansen 6/29/93

Hart vs Austin WM 13

Michaels vs Mankind Mind Games 96

Piper vs Hart WM 8

Michaels vs Jericho No Mercy 08

Flair vs Savage WM 8

If I could pick one show. Most likely Royal Rumble 92. I could listen to Heenan call that show everyday of the week.

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