LoneWolf&Subs Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 I’ve seen some of his Japanese stuff too. You can see why people were slobbering for this guy before he got to the WWF. 1
Elsalvajeloco Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 37 minutes ago, Zimbra said: Nice to see Ahmed did highspots with the same care and grace he brought to the rest of his craft. My heart almost stopped on that first one. 1
Rev Ray Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 Hey later on in the clips are those the infamous Ahmed cut off shorts from that one photo shoot. Also rickrudesells on twitter is great. 1
Guest Edwin Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 40 minutes ago, AxB said: Petey Williams right next to her!
Matt D Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 JIP Moise Besch vs Jo Benardo. I have no idea who these guys are but they kill each other. They were still working out how to sell pile drivers by this point. On the other hand, they do this: So this is a revenge spot. There's a guy on twitter who takes gifs from the board sometimes, and frankly, I'm cool with that because it gives these old French Catch gifs a lot more eyeballs, but whenever he posts anything like this, some clever dingbat (and it's always a different one) always responds with "damn spot monkeys!" or "don't show Jim Cornette this!" or some other completely terrible bullshit like they're actually adding something meaningful to the world and it's pretty much the worst thing. Every time. 2
Curt McGirt Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: I recall a Takaiwa match on a Schneider comp where he just hilariously decimates Hayato Nanjo. Dude was such an unprofessional, no-selling sack of shit. Watched it again. Unprofessional things Takaiwa does in that match: 1. Judo throws Nanjo off the top rope, somehow, with no way of knowing how he'll land 2. Picks him up for a bodyslam and literally throws him out of the ring where he lands back first on the corner of the ring 3. No-sells all offense not related to his knee. As in at the start of the match Nanjo starts hitting him and he just stands there staring at him. 4. The finish is I believe a top rope Death Valley Driver into an endless powerbomb (where Nanjo sandbags/Takaiwa fails to lift properly and he could have crippled him) into another DVD. Just to make sure. 5. Nanjo tries to rana him off the top rope but he holds onto the ropes, so Nanjo just crashes headfirst into the mat. Really? Really. What a treasure. Edited May 5, 2020 by Curt McGirt
Curt McGirt Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 Well, at least they look better than those "punches" he threw at Rick Steiner in full view of the camera in that one War Games haha
LoneWolf&Subs Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 I had never watched that WarGames prior to getting the Blu-ray. I knew about the finish, but I did not know what led up to it. While watching the first bit of the match I thought it was going very well. On par, with the matches prior to them shelving the concept. But it all goes down with Sid. It’s not just the punches, but also clear spot calling, and at one point Sid throws Rick so hard into the cage, that he gets a concerned look on his face, and says “Sorry, are you okay”. The finish was the cherry on top. It was better than the majority of the 90’s at least, but it was thanks to that eras Horsemen for carrying Sid’s load.
Curt McGirt Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 God, the spot calling. RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA. I honestly didn't mind the end much (though I'm sure Brian did) and it was a great WarGames otherwise, but jeez.
PetrolCB Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 Crazy Roman, that's not how you do the goofy Ambrose clothesline.
Matt D Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 Other match is Ami Sola vs Jacques Couderc We've seen this spot in headscissors exchange a lot but it never had a spike quite like this: And the logical, brutal counter: And what followed, some great European Uppercuts, and a great sell: 3
Technico Support Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 (edited) All this Takaiwa has me psyched to fire up Toukon Retsuden 3 and just murder some dudes. Kendo Ka Shin, I'm coming for you. Edited May 5, 2020 by Technico Support 2 1
Curt McGirt Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 (edited) Somebody send that to Maffew RIGHT NOW As they say, "where the head goes, the body goes"... Edited May 5, 2020 by Curt McGirt 1
NikoBaltimore Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 (edited) With the shitty day I had thank you very much @Elsalvajeloco for that gif. I sure as hell needed that. I don't have an issue with the guy but it really takes something special to somehow botch a powerbomb the way he did. EDIT: And I just sent that over to Maffew. Not sure if he can use it since it's NJPW but what the hell. Edited May 5, 2020 by NikoBaltimore 1
Jiji Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 (edited) Man, what could've been had Ohtani not left for Zero1? He was one of the best in the world as a junior. Haven't seen a lot of his latter day NJPW footage when he started to bulk up though, so I'm not sure if it's more a weight thing or more a Z1 thing or both. I know I got tapes of the early year Fire Festivals and while he and Tanaka were always good they were rarely great. Edited May 5, 2020 by Oyaji
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