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This is NOTHING like when Okada fell to Ambrose. Okada is a fucking punk and Casas was the best wrestler in the world last year. I love the Shield. But this is fucked up.

Fucking Virus. I put him as my #5 in the world in 2013, and he's having a hell of a 2014 so far as well. Everyone should watch this match from 17 years ago for about a million reasons why Virus is the baddest mother fucker in the world to stand under five foot six inches tall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv8PKmlJGKQ Suwama was ok for a few years there. His 2010-2011 title run was solid enough. I remember ranking the title change where he beat MiSu really high, and the first Funaki defense as well.

When has Tanahashi ever shown the ability or inclination to step out of his own formula? Voted Uso.

That Ishingun beatdown comic is beautiful.

I thought that was the board's own Gordi at first.

I took umbrage at you saying it was "just two chubby dudes doing moves" and explained why it was more than that. Did you watch the match? And you should know, this isn't like some match of the year candidate thread. This is just a place where DEAN posts videos of the fat dudes he enjoys. How are there people that don't get this

Chilanga Mask is so great. How often do they run those Coacalco shows, and how often do they get taped/aired?

I don't get why Big Japan isn't in this thread. Didn't we always used to have DDT and Big Japan on the same list? It fit so well I thought, and I almost just posted a vote for Hashimoto/Kanemoto in here until I realized. I'll give that Okabayashi vs. Ishii a YES. It's not an all-time classic but they build their bigger spots well and lay everything in real hard. Ishii looks the better of the two with awesome cutoff spots, as well as some headbutts that would rate pretty high on the Futen scale and a pretty fucking great brainbuster. Not a MOTYC but still a ton of fun.

Yikes. Yikes what? Yikes you. EDIT: I've just watched the match. It's not an all-time classic but it's still a really fun hoss v. hoss battle. The progression to bigger spots, the struggle to hit them, VERY hard strike exchanges, Okabayashi's selling; I could go on. But instead, I'll just say Yikes again

Here is the best Tama Tonga match I've seen. He shows a lot of fire every time I see him but yeah, I think he might fit the lucha style better than he fits into the modern puro style.

Yikes.

Oh wow, I had no idea. Camacho is a badass from what I've seen. WWE is doing nothing with him. If he gets released I'd love to see the two of them paired together as the Next Generation Islanders or something. They could spice that New Japan tag division up a bit.

You're nuts dude. 2013 Fujiwara is fucking amazing

Haku's kid works for the WWE under the name Camacho. Fale is mostly garbage, but Tama Tonga is solid, especially in CMLL.

HEY Where the fuck are my hard boiled eggs

It's not really anything special I guess, but Hijo del Signo and Disturbio are a really solid pair of lower midcard rudos and if they feel motivated then they're a ton of fun to watch dismantle some skinny assholes in bad masks. It seems like almost no one on this board watches modern lucha. I've taken to WKO lately to talk about lucha but I'm always wishing there was more discussion over here.

Except without Austin there to redeem it with a pair of stunners and a twelve-pack.

Disturbio is a badass young rudo. Check this out. Hechicero is the best.

Wallet chain. Cassandro should teach him how to dress like a grown man EDIT: I would pay so much to watch them fuck

Oh Jae... For Casas, the 6/14, 7/28, 9/03 and 9/13 trios are all awesome. Singles vs. Mascara Dorada was way better than I expected, and the singles against Rush was a perfect 9 minutes until it ended way too soon. Parka was great in a bunch of random mediocre indie matches last year. Besides the singles vs Wagner, which is my lucha MOTY, he had that tag with Villano 4 against Wagner and Angel Blanco Jr. in Monterrey that was a crazy brawl. Volador I can't really speak for. Terrible and Titan were good but not amazing. The best people in CMLL were Rush, Casas, Virus and Blue Panther. Check out Virus vs. Guerrero Maya Jr. from October 5. Panther was amazing in a bunch of different types of matches and I would vote for him over all but maybe 3-4 WWE guys.

You just spoiled the Bray Wyatt blow off. At least Bray has that chair to sit in when he blows up. Batista needs a rocker.

Jae. Ishii. Ishii had the best year of anyone in Japan. By like a mile. Also, Tajiri. Tajiri and Ishii. Tanahashi sucks.

Why in Gods name would you watch 12 matches of something you don't like? Seems like a waste of your time mate. Oh, you've misunderstood me. I'm afraid you took what I said to mean something that it didn't. Seriously though, did you see Mochizuki vs. Fujiwara from Gurentai? Check that out, it's the best 4 minute match of 2013.