http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjVW0m0eH9A&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0rIrfNvbNA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amrUc-bUUik This match has a little bit of it all. Plenty of mat wrestling, some high flying and even some power moves thrown in. Although Dynamite Kid and Dean Malenko are the two smark favorites in this match,… Read More ›
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Tiger Mask II Scores a V
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My0hfW3CloY Before the match even begins Tiger Mask II has a look on his face that shows through his mask. The look says that this bout is going to be serious business and sure enough it is. Kuniaki Kobayashi sets… Read More ›
Goldberg Rules the Ring in Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qWqRkxga1Y&feature=related Fans are still clamoring for Brock Lesnar to return so in the spirit of that I thought I would post a match…not featuring Brock Lesnar. Instead here is one of his “classic” Wrestlemania opponents “Career Endin’” Bill Goldberg. Years… Read More ›
The Funk Brothers Rip Through Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI0jj85QX9I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQQ3ZPHF0xg This match has a little bit of it all and features four guys who though brought up wrestling stateside seemed quite at home working in Japan. I enjoy Terry Funk’s performance in this match the most as he… Read More ›
Vader Almost Becomes a One-Eyed Monster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmK8mt4QWBg&list=UUUnysQ9fe8DIXI2LJXb6pGg&index=9&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jfNP586vxs&list=UUUnysQ9fe8DIXI2LJXb6pGg&index=8&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pf0LSzSook&list=UUUnysQ9fe8DIXI2LJXb6pGg&index=7&feature=plcp This has to be one of the stiffest matches in existence! Yeah I know it was bad enough I put “one-eyed monster” in the title and now I have to go on about how stiff this match… Read More ›
The Timeless Dragon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdlOhYDd1u8 This is a well-developed match that starts simple with each of the three man teams being paired together. Ultimo Dragon is paired with Black Dragon, Funaki is paired with Joe Doering and Keiji Mutoh is paired with Yoshihiro Tajiri. The entire… Read More ›
A Tiger For Steamboat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bq8oat-IVY This match happened while Ricky Steamboat was on a roll and having some of the best matches of all time with Ric Flair. That said this match is not exactly Flair/Steamboat quality. For starters the beginning has way, way… Read More ›
RVD Passes Kroffat on the Crossroads
An intriguing aspect of this match is looking at where each of these guys was just five years from when it took place. RVD was in the hottest independent promotion in the United States while fans wondered when he would… Read More ›
A Loud Japanese Crowd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNGscfLR-6Q One stereotype that some American wrestling fans have of wrestling in Japan is that Japanese crowds are always quiet and respectful. As hopefully some of the matches I have already written about show this is not always the case…. Read More ›
Nakajima Refuses to Hail Sabin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPt_2G1h7Ww http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJZat-JVerM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5FgrM4-VxM One of the top searches for this blog recently was Chris Sabin. At the time I didn’t have any matches featuring Chris Sabin posted here so I figured I would rectify this. For those who don’t follow… Read More ›
The Johnson Transcript 