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[odessasteps]

Rewatched this for new Bash 86 podcast I did with Kris

match 7 magnum vs nikita

[Death From Above]

Sean Waltman tweeted about this today and called it his best match, and I can't argue. This is real fucking good. 

[Elsalvajeloco]

Speaking of matches from 94, Manami Toyota dies for your sins taking the Chris Hamrick bump.

[Curt McGirt]

The Fernwood Resort and Country Club? Jesus, they were hurting back then. 

[Jiji]

58 minutes ago, Death From Above said:

Sean Waltman tweeted about this today and called it his best match, and I can't argue. This is real fucking good. 

Pretty much the perfect babyface vet vs. babyface underdog match. Bret bullied Kid but in a way that made perfect sense and was firm but fair. Love the restart with the champ calling out the BS finish. Bret's work was so fucking snug but in a safe way. They had the perfect amount of hope spots where Kid always felt in it and that he could win it in an instant if Bret dropped his focus for just an instant. The match stays perfectly within itself while still being super dramatic, in that it is 100% sustainable. They didn't have to push the envelope with kickouts or surviving the Sharpshooter. That dive to the outside from Waltman near the end where he eats shit was the worst bump of the match and that was because he overshot Bret. And even THAT plays into the story of the Kid being beat the shit up but having so much heart that he's going to throw everything he has at the champ. Waltman's selling is stellar too. A perfect match.

[Curt McGirt]

I thought it started almost too slow, but it had me after those lifters Bret started throwing. 

Extra thanks goes to Macho as always. "If this match is 1/1000th as good as it's supposed to be, then we're takin' a magic carpet ride YEEEAH!"

[odessasteps]

9 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said:

The Fernwood Resort and Country Club? Jesus, they were hurting back then. 

 

[Matt D]

Don't think this one's been online for a bit:

 

[DEAN]

Hey!  It's a match from 1940.  It looks more like a Memphis match from 1982.  Which is surprising!

 

[DEAN]

It's a Bob Orton Sr match~!

 

[paul sosnowski]

JULY 4, 1987, The Omni, Atlanta GA

 

[paul sosnowski]

JULY 4, 1984   Fort Worth Convention Center.

Voted the #1 Match of the Year in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards

 

[Matt D]

Amazing heel performance here by Corby. It's <10 minutes so people should check it out.

[Pete]

On 7/2/2020 at 9:54 AM, BurningBeard said:

"I don't have to prove anything to me!"

Masked Superstar was a pretty underrated promo

"I'm not going to try and run you down, because I can't." That is fucking ACES. Superstar puts on a clinic in building up his opponent.

[clintthecrippler]

On 7/2/2020 at 5:58 PM, odessasteps said:

Rewatched this for new Bash 86 podcast I did with Kris

match 7 magnum vs nikita

David Crockett just calmly stating that "the nightmare came true" is easily his finest moment as a wrestling commentator.

[BurningBeard]

3 hours ago, Pete said:

"I'm not going to try and run you down, because I can't." That is fucking ACES. Superstar puts on a clinic in building up his opponent.

On the one hand I’m kinda sad that I’ve only ever really got to see his WWF run, but on the other hand I’m happy because it’s still shown how great Eadie was in that role 

[Elsalvajeloco]

It's crazy that DDP could have been a top rudo in AAA four years before he was one of WCW's top babyfaces.

[Pete]

17 hours ago, BurningBeard said:

On the one hand I’m kinda sad that I’ve only ever really got to see his WWF run, but on the other hand I’m happy because it’s still shown how great Eadie was in that role 

It makes you wish he was the transitional champ between Backpack and Hogan instead of Sheik. They could've easily swapped in the cobra as the death move that ended his reign, especially after the angle where he "retired" Eddie Gilbert with it.

[Doragon]

Brian Christopher & Dark Patriot vs. Dick Slater & Nobutaka Araya 10/16/94

 

[Curt McGirt]

Somebody finally put this up! Maybe the best FMW match ever that doesn't involve an exploding ring -- take it to the bank. 

[Control]

I remember the first time I saw that I thought Kanemura was a joshi wrestler.

[Death From Above]

I can only ever remember seeing Shinzaki bust out the fake-Vader-bomb-into-stomp against Gannosuke. It's such a cool variant to show he was SERIOUS. They had another really cool match earlier on that built up to this eventual climax that Gannosuke won, but it doesn't appear to be on youtube anymore because it's super important someone enforces copyright on 25 year old wrestling matches or something.

[AxB]

One year ago today, the Effy's First Annual Twink Gauntlet:

No ring, no rules.

[paul sosnowski]

No date on this one.   Buffalo NY, probably 1961 or 1962

Ilio DiPaolo & Sandy Scott vs. The Kalmikoffs (Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff)

 

 

[Guest Edwin]

This one's for @DEAN and @Curt McGirt mostly. Another Ricky Santana and Rex King match with the Heartbreakers. Not as good, wild or bloody as the street fight from the other thread, but it's still really good.