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Haven't checked in here in a while but man I really should have! Loads of things I've picked out to add to my watch list.

Incredible, memorable show. This is the only time in wrestling history that we’ve had two five star matches back to back. It may never happen again. These two matches were beyond special and the fact that they happened one after another was amazing. As Tanahashi got the pin, I felt it was the wrong call but I didn’t want to piss & moan about it because the match was so incredible. Then I saw OKada in the aisle with Gedo – it was the most powerful imagery I’ve seen in a long long time, and then the story clicked with me and I realised that Tana winning was 100% the way to go. Okada conquered the Tanahashi mountain in 2013. He had surpassed the ace. It was a pretty standard story – a classic story when done right, and they did it right. But the story has taken a twist. Tanahashi came back on him. He didn’t knock Okada back down the mountain – he just made it higher. Now Okada is staring up again, and it’s even more daunting a climb. Okada has become an incredibly sympathetic character which I thought was impossible given his talent, swagger and natural ability. Tanahashi with this win, has become a truly legendary figure. This result did a huge amount for both guys, their feud, their story and New Japan in general

Prediction time! Nagata Red Dragon TenKojiHonma Team Yano Toru Sakuraba Ishii Kenny Meiyu Team AJ Shinsuke Okada

My ballot! 1 Misawa vs Kobashi, NOAH March 1st 3/1/2003 ***** 2 Kawada & Fuchi vs Nagata & Iizuka, New Japan December 14th 12/14/2000 ***** 3 Kobashi vs Sasaki, NOAH July 18th 7/18/2005 ***** 4 Burning vs Kensuke Office Survival Match, KO/SEM August 17th 8/17/2008 ***** 5 Kanemoto vs Hayato, New Japan December 22nd 12/22/2009 ***** 6 4-way tag, Toryumon August 30th 8/30/2003 ***** 7 KENTA & Ishimori vs Marufuji & Ibushi, NOAH July 15th 7/15/2007 ***** 8 Kobashi vs Akiyama, NOAH July 10th 7/10/2004 ***** 9 Ohtani & Takaiwa vs Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka, New Japan June 25th 6/25/2000 ***** 10 Tanahashi vs Hirooki Goto, New Japan November 11th 11/11/2007 ****3/4 11 Nakajima vs KENTA, NOAH March 1st 3/1/2009 ****3/4 12 Sasaki & Nakajima vs Kobashi & Shiozaki, NOAH November 5th 11/5/2005 ****3/4 13 Takayama vs Sasaki, New Japan August 8th 8/8/2004 ****3/4 14 Tanaka vs Murahama, New Japan April 20th 4/20/2001 ****3/4 15 Sasaki vs Kawada, New Japan October 9th 10/9/2000 ****3/4 16 Do Fixer vs Blood Generation, Dragon Gate July 3rd 7/3/2005 ****3/4 17 Kondo vs Nakajima, All Japan February 17th 2/17/2007 ****3/4 18 Mashimo & Madoka vs Teioh & Shinobu, Big Japan May 23rd 5/23/2008 ****3/4 19 Typhoon vs New Hazard 6-man, Dragon Gate May 10th 5/10/2007 ****3/4 20 Tanahashi vs Nagata, New Japan April 13th 4/13/2007 ****3/4 21 Kobashi vs Takayama, NOAH April 25th 4/25/2004 ****3/4 22 Tenzan vs Tanahashi, New Japan August 15th 8/15/2004 ****3/4 23 Blood Generation vs Mochizuki, Taka & Yokosuka, Dragon Gate September 7th 9/7/2005 ****3/4 24 Morishima & Yone vs Akiyama & Rikio, NOAH April 1st 4/1/2007 ****3/4 25 Sekimoto & Y. Sasaki vs T. Sasaki & Miyamoto, Big Japan January 2nd 1/2/2008 ****3/4 26 Tanaka vs Sekimoto, Big Japan April 28th 4/28/2008 ****3/4 27 KENTA vs SUWA, NOAH September 18th 9/18/2005 ****3/4 28 Kawada vs Kojima, All Japan February 16th 2/16/2005 ****3/4 29 Tanaka, Kanemura & Kuroda vs. Sekimoto, Yoshihito Sasaki & Hi69, Big Japan April 28th 4/28/2006 ****3/4 30 Hayashi vs. Kondo, All Japan August 27th 8/27/2006 ****3/4 31 KENTAFuji vs Kanemaru & Hashi, NOAH September 12th 9/12/2003 ****3/4 32 Do Fixer vs M2K, Toryumon June 29th 6/29/2003 ****3/4 33 Mutoh vs Kawada, All Japan April 14th 4/14/2001 ****3/4 34 Hashimoto & Iizuka vs Ogawa & Murakami, New Japan January 4th 1/4/2000 ****3/4 35 KENTAFuji vs SUWA & Marvin, NOAH October 24th 10/24/2004 ****3/4 36 Kobashi & Takayama vs Misawa & Akiyama, NOAH December 2nd 12/2/2007 ****3/4 37 Briscoe Brothers vs Marufuji & Ibushi, NOAH September 6th 9/6/2008 ****1/2 38 Tenryu vs Kojima, All Japan February 24th 2/24/2002 ****1/2 39 Kobashi vs Honda, NOAH April 13th 4/13/2003 ****1/2 40 Takayama vs Misawa, NOAH September 23rd 9/23/2002 ****1/2 41 Akiyama vs Tenzan, New Japan August 17th 8/17/2003 ****1/2 42 Kawada vs Ogawa, Zero-One December 14th 12/14/2003 ****1/2 43 Nagata vs Makabe, New Japan July 6th 7/6/2007 ****1/2 44 Kawada vs Kojima, New Japan June 6th 6/6/2001 ****1/2 45 SHINGO & Hulk vs KENTA & Ishimori, Dragon Gate March 20th 3/20/2008 ****1/2 46 Akiyama vs KENTA, NOAH May 17th 5/17/2009 ****1/2 47 Muscle Outlaw'z vs Typhoon vs New Hazard, Dragon Gate June 5th 6/5/2007 ****1/2 48 Tenryu vs Kojima, All Japan July 17th 7/17/2002 ****1/2 49 Tenryu vs Mutoh, All Japan June 8th 6/8/2001 ****1/2 50 Liger & Tanaka vs Kikuchi & Kanemaru, NOAH April 7th 4/7/2002 ****1/2 51 KENTA vs Nakajima, Kensuke Office February 11th 2/11/2009 ****1/2 52 Suzuki vs Nagata, New Japan January 4th 1/4/2007 ****1/2 53 KENTA & Marufuji vs. Rikio & Morishima, NOAH July 16th 7/16/2006 ****1/2 54 Akiyama & Tenryu vs Kobashi & Shiozaki, NOAH April 24th 4/24/2005 ****1/2 55 Mochizuki vs Ryo Saito, Dragon Gate February 6th 2/6/2005 ****1/2 56 Tenzan vs Nakamura, New Japan August 15th 8/15/2004 ****1/2 57 Kanemaru vs Low Ki, NOAH September 10th 9/10/2004 ****1/2 58 Nagata vs Yoshie, New Japan August 10th 8/10/2003 ****1/2 59 Misawa vs Akiyama, All Japan February 27th 2/27/2000 ****1/2 60 Misawa vs Takayama, NOAH April 15th 4/15/2001 ****1/2 61 KENTAFuji vs Liger & Murahama, NOAH July 16th 7/16/2003 ****1/2 62 Minoru Suzuki & Marufuji vs Akiyama & Hashi, NOAH July 18th 7/18/2005 ****1/2 63 Tanahashi vs Suwama, All Japan April 9th 4/9/2008 ****1/2 64 Yoshitune vs Hayato, Michinoku Pro December 12th 12/12/2008 ****1/2 65 KENTA vs Suzuki, NOAH January 25th 1/25/2009 ****1/2 66 Shelley & Sabin vs Devitt & Taguchi, New Japan July 5th 7/5/2009 ****1/2 67 SHINGO & Dragon Kid vs Doi & Yoshino, Dragon Gate August 28th 8/28/2008 ****1/2 68 Ibushi vs Ishimori, DDT April 5th 4/5/2009 ****1/2 69 Nakanishi vs Tanahashi, New Japan June 20th 6/20/2009 ****1/2 70 Minoru vs Taguchi, New Japan July 6th 7/6/2007 ****1/2 71 Akiyama & Rikio vs Takayama & Sugiura, NOAH April 28th 4/28/2007 ****1/2 72 Misawa & Ogawa vs Marfuji & KENTA, NOAH April 25th 4/25/2004 ****1/2 73 Kobashi vs Takayama, All Japan May 26th 5/26/2000 ****1/2 74 Nagata vs Tanahashi, New Japan October 8th 10/8/2007 ****1/2 75 Kobashi & KENTA vs Saski & Nakajima, NOAH June 14th 6/14/2008 ****1/2 76 Kong vs KAORU, GAEA February 13th 2/13/2000 ****1/2 77 Tanaka & Hidaka vs Kanemoto & Taguchi, Zero-One March 2nd 3/2/2008 ****1/2 78 Tenzan & Kojima vs Barton & Steele, New Japan December 11th 12/11/2001 ****1/2 79 KENTA & Shibata vs. Taue & Shiosaki, NOAH September 9th 9/9/2006 ****1/2 80 Blood Generation vs Do Fixer, Dragon Gate March 6th 3/6/2005 ****1/2 81 Nishimura vs Kanemoto, New Japan August 8th 8/8/2004 ****1/2 82 Chono vs Takayama, New Japan August 11th 8/11/2002 ****1/2 83 Kobashi vs Nagata, NOAH September 12th 9/12/2003 ****1/2 84 Liger & Tanaka vs Kikuchi & Kanemaru, New Japan August 29th 8/29/2002 ****1/2 85 Kikuchi & Kanemaru vs Liger & Inoue, NOAH February 17th 2/17/2002 ****1/2 86 3-way tag, Toryumon August 14th 8/14/2001 ****1/2 87 Vader vs Kawada, All Japan February 17th 2/17/2000 ****1/2 88 SUWA vs Dragon Kid, Toryumon August 24th 8/24/2000 ****1/2 89 Mutoh vs Nagata, New Japan August 12th 8/12/2001 ****1/2 90 Taue vs Nagata, NOAH June 6th 6/6/2003 ****1/2 91 Jado & Gedo vs Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue, New Japan March 4th 3/4/2005 ****1/2 92 Marufuji & KENTA vs Hidaka & Fujita, Differ Cup May 8th 5/8/2005 ****1/2 93 Nagata vs Kanemoto, New Japan August 12th 8/12/2006 ****1/2 94 Taue, Mushiking Terry, Ishimori & Aoki vs TARU, Kondo, Yasshi & SUWA, NOAH December 10th 12/10/2006 ****1/2 95 Tanaka vs Kanemoto, New Japan April 13th 4/13/2008 ****1/2 96 Marufuji vs Kondo, All Japan November 3rd 11/3/2008 ****1/2 97 Danielson vs. KENTA, NOAH December 2nd 12/2/2006 ****1/4 98 Marufuji vs KENTA, NOAH October 29th 10/29/2006 ****1/4 99 Takayama vs KENTA, NOAH June 27th 6/27/2004 ****1/4 100 Kondo vs Dragon Kid, Toryumon April 28th 4/28/2004 ****1/4

Bryan was a hugely impactful performer while he was around and created some really special moments which are easy to forget with how bad the company has become (I myself am a cluprit of this). He was admittedly a very hard candidate to evaluate, as were Devitt and Steen for similar reasons, but we felt top 30 was a fair representation of what he achieved in a short window.

as far as I know. My ballot is nearly ready!

So the latest Fighting Spirit Magazine is out and with it comes the release of the first annual FSM 50. Yes, we're continuing the tradition of the PS 50, and I'm honestly curious to see if the list evokes as much scorn as the PS 50 always did. I was always a huge mark for the list (especially during the 1998-2005 period) and I was excited to be included in the process for this. One thing that I think the PS 50 failed on was actually providing a basis and criteria for the rankings. So here's an idea of the thought process behind these rankings: The main criteria can be described as bell to bell in-ring performance. So things like promos and storylines aren't a factor, however it's not purely a "workrate" ranking because things like charisma, presence and ability to engage a crowd are just as important as the athletic capability. All these things occur bell to bell. Finally a big part of the deciding factor is the portfolio of work put together. How many great matches a guy had, the versatility displayed in terms of having great tag matches as well as singles matches, etc. So with all that in mind, here's the list! 1. AJ Styles 2. Kazuchika Okada 3. Shinsuke Nakamura 4. Seth Rollins 5. Tomohiro Ishii 6. Ricochet 7. The Young Bucks 8. Sami Zayn 9. Masaaki Mochizuki 10. Akira Tozawa 11. Tetsuya Naito 12. Hiroshi Tanahashi 13. Cesaro 14. Zack Sabre Jr. 15. Kyle O’Reilly 16. Katsuyori Shibata 17. Adam Cole 18. Luke Harper 19. Dean Ambrose 20. T-Hawk 21. The Usos 22. Daisuke Sekimoto 23. Sheamus 24. Tomoaki Honma 25. John Cena 26. El Barbaro Cavernario 27. CIMA 28. Daniel Bryan 29. Adrian Neville 30. Minoru Suzuki 31. Dolph Ziggler 32. Austin Aries 33. Jay Briscoe 34. Kota Ibushi 35. Hirooki Goto 36. Randy Orton 37. KUSHIDA 38. YAMATO 39. Masato Yoshino 40. Johnny Gargano 41. Tommy End 42. Rush 43. Big Daddy Walter 44. Eita 45. Roman Reigns 46. Mark Andrews 47. Rey Hechicero 48. Jun Akiyama 49. Rusev 50. Will Ospreay So there it is. If you want to check out the write-ups for the list and all the other great content in the latest issue, please visit http://www.fightingspiritmagazine.co.uk/ for all the info on how to order a soft copy version for your mobile device, or if you're in the UK & Ireland where to go to get your hands on the magazine itself (WH Smith & Easons!)

So how we doing lads? How many of us are getting ballots in by end of year?

Updated for 10/12 (New additions in bold) NOW JAN 1 – DEC 31 WWE: The Shield vs. The Wyatt Family (2/23) ***** The Usos vs. The Wyatt Family (7/20) ****1/2 Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose (Falls Count Anywhere) (8/18) ****1/2 Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Batista (4/6) ****1/2 Daniel Bryan vs. HHH (4/6) ****1/2 Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt (1/26) ****1/2 Antonio Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn (2/27) ****1/2 Antonio Cesaro vs. John Cena (2/17) ****1/2 John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt (Last Man Standing) (6/1) ****1/2 Cesaro vs. Sheamus (9/21) ****1/2 The Shield vs. Evolution (5/4) ****1/4 The Elimination Chamber (2/23) ****1/4 The Shield vs. The Wyatt Family (4/8) ****1/4 John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt (4/6) ****1/4 The Shield vs. The Wyatt Family (3/3) ****1/4 Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena (8/17) ****1/4 Adrian Neville vs. Sami Zayn vs. Tyler Breeze vs. Tyson Kidd (9/11) **** Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins (Lumberjack Match) (8/17) **** The Wyatt Family vs. The Usos (7/7) **** John Cena vs. Luke Harper (3/24) **** Real Americans vs. The Shield (3/24) **** Antonio Cesaro vs. Randy Orton (2/17) **** The Shield vs. Bryan/Cena/Sheamus (1/27) **** Paige vs. Emma (2/27) **** CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns (1/6) **** The Shield vs. CM Punk & The Usos (1/3) **** Rusev vs. Big E (6/29) **** The Wyatt Family vs. The Usos (6/29) **** The Shield vs. Evolution (Elimination) (6/1) **** Puro: Masato Yoshino vs. Masaaki Mochizuki (1/16) (DG) ***** The Jimmys vs. The Millennials (9/23) (DG) ***** Akira Tozawa vs. Masaaki Mochizuki (10/9) (DG) ****3/4 Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii (2/11) (NJPW) ****3/4 Ricochet vs. Uhaa Nation (3/6) (DG) ****3/4 Akira Tozawa vs. T-Hawk (5/9) (DG) ****3/4 Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Shinobu (6/30) (BJW) ****3/4 Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki (8/8) (NJPW) ****3/4 Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito (7/28) (NJPW) ****3/4 Kazuchika Okada vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (8/10) (NJPW) ****3/4 Minoru Suzuki vs. AJ Styles (8/1) (NJPW) ****3/4 Tomoaki Honma vs. Katsuyori Shibata (8/3) (NJPW) ****3/4 Yuji Nagata vs. Tomohiro Ishii (8/8) (NJPW) ****3/4 CIMA/Gamma vs. The Millennials (9/9) (DG) ****3/4 Golden Lovers vs. Happy Motel (9/28) (DDT) ****1/2 KUSHIDA vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (9/21) (NJPW) ****1/2 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata (9/21) (NJPW) ****1/2 Irie/Ishii vs. Suzuki/Miyahara (8/16) (AJPW) ****1/2 Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada (8/4) (NJPW) ****1/2 Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tomohiro Ishii (8/6) (NJPW) ****1/2 Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shelton Benjamin (7/28) (NJPW) ****1/2 Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (7/26) (NJPW) ****1/2 Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma (7/26) (NJPW) ****1/2 Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoaki Honma (7/23) (NJPW) ****1/2 AJ Styles vs. Kazuchika Okada (7/21) (NJPW) ****1/2 The Millennials vs. Mochizuki/Dragon Kid (8/17) (DG) ****1/2 Takagi/Tozawa vs. The Millennials (7/20) (DG) ****1/2 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (8/3) (NJPW) ****1/2 Tomohiro Ishii vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (8/1) (NJPW) ****1/2 HARASHIMA vs. Kenny Omega vs. Isami Kodaka (8/17) (DDT) ****1/2 Takagi/Yoshino/Tozawa vs. Hulk/Doi/Kong vs. Kanda/Kagetora/QuuQuu vs/ Eita/T-Hawk/Flamita (4/8) (DG) ****1/2 Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii (4/6) (NJPW) ****1/2 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (4/6) (NJPW) ****1/2 Takagi/Yoshino/Tozawa vs. Susumu/Kagetora/Horiguchi vs, Eita/Maria/Flamita (3/6) (DG) ****1/2 Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi (3/6) (NJPW) ****1/2 Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito (1/4) (NJPW) ****1/2 Kazuchika Okada vs. Hirooki Goto (2/11) (NJPW) ****1/2 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (2/9) (NJPW) ****1/2 Okada/Nakamura/Ishii vs. Goto/Tanahashi/Naito (2/2) (NJPW) ****1/2 Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kota Ibushi (5/25) (NJPW) ****1/2 Tozawa/Takagi vs. Mochizuki/Fujii (5/5) (DG) ****1/2 YAMATO vs. Ricochet (5/5) (DG) ****1/2 The Young Buck$ vs. The Timesplitters (6/21) (NJPW) ****1/2 Kota Ibushi vs. Ricochet (6/21) (NJPW) ****1/2 Flamita vs. Jimmy Susumu (5/5) (DG) ****1/4 Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma (5/3) (NJPW) ****1/4 Daisuke Harada vs. Atsushi Kotoge (4/19) (NOAH) ****1/4 AJ Styles vs. Kazuchika Okada (5/25) (NJPW) ****1/4 YAMATO vs. Uhaa Nation (4/8) (DG) ****1/4 Taiji Ishimori vs. Daisuke Harada (3/8) (NOAH) ****1/4 Akebono vs. Go Shiozaki (2/23) (AJPW) ****1/4 Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii (3/15) (NJPW) ****1/4 Taiji Ishimori vs. Hajime Ohara (1/19) (NOAH) ****1/4 Shibata/Goto vs. Okada/YOSHI-HASHI (2/9) (NJPW) ****1/4 Atsushi Aoki vs. Kotaro Suzuki (2/5) (AJPW) ****1/4 Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hirooki Goto (1/4) (NJPW) ****1/4 Jun Akiyama vs. Takao Omori (6/15) (AJPW) ****1/4 Goto/Shibata vs. Tanahashi/Naito (7/4) (NJPW) ****1/4 Monster Express vs.. 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Naito vs. Tanahashi 10/10/2011 Naito had become a serious player due to his impressive showings against Tanahashi (2 wins and a draw out of 5 bouts), and this was his biggest match to date - Sumo Hall main event with the gold on the line. He knows he can beat Tanahashi so he's not shy about going right at the champ. Meanwhile Tanahashi himself knows he can be beaten by this guy so he needs to unload the heavy artillery. For fans of limbwork that pays off, you get a nice little moment towards the end. For fans of big finishes with two wrestlers throwing all they have at one another, you most definitely get that!

just watched this. It was actually a WAR show, and man was that crowd MOLTEN!

Will do!

My piece on Jun Akiyama's HOF case. I hope people enjoy it! http://http://fightgameblog.com/2014/09/wrestling-observer-hall-of-fame-2014-the-case-for-jun-akiyama/ Also my show with Todd and Justin talking LOTS about the Hall. Both parts free at F4W! DR. KEITH PRESENTS: The 2014 Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame! Votes have been coming in, the debates are strong and soon we will know where the people stand! But enough about Scotland - the Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame ballots are out and there is A LOT to discuss. To discuss it, we've rounded up our good pals - the RG3 & Kirk Cousins of Raw Reviews - Todd Martin & Justin Shapiro! The conversation about the likes of CM Punk, Jun Akiyama and co. was so mighty that we needed to split it in two = and BOTH parts are FREE right here at www.f4wonline.com - so CHECK IT!!! PART 1 - http://media001.f4wonline.com/free/091714dks.mp3 PART 2 - http://media001.f4wonline.com/free/091814dks.mp3

Now you have me wanting to rewatch it dude, haha!

That is brilliant