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| The finish |
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
UWFi 1/16/1995 - Big Van Vader vs Gary Albright
UWFi 1/16/1995 - Big Van Vader vs Gary Albright
Big Van Vader got the win over Gary Albright with a choke. Disappointing match that never really matured into what it should have been - Albright throwing Vader around, Vader throwing Albright around and both men pounding on each other. Instead we got a slower paced match which is fine, but the payoff never came. The few strike exchanges we did get were pretty cool and the crowd wanted to see Vader get thrown, but it just didn't happen. The mat wrestling part wasn't even that bad, but it needed another 10 minutes.
CMLL 9/24/2018 Review
CMLL 9/24/2018 Review
I've been watching a lot of CMLL lately. LA Park will always be awesome and between NJPW being stuff I'd have to download to watch and WWE being dreadful usually, this is the best option.
DIAMANTE AZUL, KRÁNEO Y VOLCANO vs SANSÓN, CUATRERO Y FORASTERO
Kraneo and Volcano are pretty worthless dudes. Volcano has a super ugly costume as well. Diamante isn't bad at all but he's in the wrong place for being a big bulky dude who throws germans. Sanson's crew are sons/relatives of Cien Caras and are clearly gonna be stars. They are all young, lighter skinned, toned and actually work as a team which really sticks out compared to all the random pairings on a normal lucha show. They also just have so much more life to them compared to many people who seemingly phone it in all the time. I really liked their triple teams and the crowd was into them, so of course they lost here. I think these dudes can be the future of CMLL and I can't wait to see them lock horns with Rush and company down the line or La Parka. These are guys to watch. None of the faces really looked good and even Diamante got brought down by the rest.
CARÍSTICO Y SOBERANO vs NEGRO CASAS Y LA BESTIA DEL RING
This was only one fall and was short but was pretty good. Bestia and Casas didn't waste much time and were doing some really fun aggressive brawling. Soberano got some time to shine and really came through looking like a young star in the making. What can you say about the former Caristico except that he went from being the man to being nothing special. We even had a little bit of mat work here and this was real fun.
L.A. PARK Y EL HIJO DE L.A. PARK vs RUSH Y CAVERNARIO
They went all out for this one. The Park's brought the scissors out and had their masked ripped right off. I didn't like that though as it really ruins the fantasy of Park being a skeleton when you see that he is just a middle aged Mexican guy. Cavernario and Hijo blew through every spot they knew in a few minutes, but the brawling segments were a lot of fun and the crowd was really into it. Even though it did get a little spotty, this was easily one of the best CMLL matches I've seen in a long time and it felt like something special. Rush and Park are such a good match and I left this wanting more. The finish was pretty neat. Rush went for a missile dropkick and nailed the ref hard when Park moved out. The ref refused to count due to it and Park low-blowed him in the tamales while the ref fast counted him. It was a cheap ending but it was done so well that I enjoyed it.
Overall thoughts: This was one of the better CMLL shows I've seen in a while and I left wanting more, so this gets a big thumbs up for me.
I've been watching a lot of CMLL lately. LA Park will always be awesome and between NJPW being stuff I'd have to download to watch and WWE being dreadful usually, this is the best option.
DIAMANTE AZUL, KRÁNEO Y VOLCANO vs SANSÓN, CUATRERO Y FORASTERO
Kraneo and Volcano are pretty worthless dudes. Volcano has a super ugly costume as well. Diamante isn't bad at all but he's in the wrong place for being a big bulky dude who throws germans. Sanson's crew are sons/relatives of Cien Caras and are clearly gonna be stars. They are all young, lighter skinned, toned and actually work as a team which really sticks out compared to all the random pairings on a normal lucha show. They also just have so much more life to them compared to many people who seemingly phone it in all the time. I really liked their triple teams and the crowd was into them, so of course they lost here. I think these dudes can be the future of CMLL and I can't wait to see them lock horns with Rush and company down the line or La Parka. These are guys to watch. None of the faces really looked good and even Diamante got brought down by the rest.
CARÍSTICO Y SOBERANO vs NEGRO CASAS Y LA BESTIA DEL RING
This was only one fall and was short but was pretty good. Bestia and Casas didn't waste much time and were doing some really fun aggressive brawling. Soberano got some time to shine and really came through looking like a young star in the making. What can you say about the former Caristico except that he went from being the man to being nothing special. We even had a little bit of mat work here and this was real fun.
L.A. PARK Y EL HIJO DE L.A. PARK vs RUSH Y CAVERNARIO
They went all out for this one. The Park's brought the scissors out and had their masked ripped right off. I didn't like that though as it really ruins the fantasy of Park being a skeleton when you see that he is just a middle aged Mexican guy. Cavernario and Hijo blew through every spot they knew in a few minutes, but the brawling segments were a lot of fun and the crowd was really into it. Even though it did get a little spotty, this was easily one of the best CMLL matches I've seen in a long time and it felt like something special. Rush and Park are such a good match and I left this wanting more. The finish was pretty neat. Rush went for a missile dropkick and nailed the ref hard when Park moved out. The ref refused to count due to it and Park low-blowed him in the tamales while the ref fast counted him. It was a cheap ending but it was done so well that I enjoyed it.
Overall thoughts: This was one of the better CMLL shows I've seen in a while and I left wanting more, so this gets a big thumbs up for me.
Sunday, September 23, 2018
UWFI 4/3/1994 - Vader vs Salman Hashimikov
UWFI 4/3/1994 - Vader vs Salman Hashimikov
I didn't feel like doing gifs for this one and to be honest, there wasn't much to take for this.
These two had fought earlier when Vader still hadn't figured everything quite out and I had been looking for this match for a while because I thought it would be really good. Unfortunately, this stunk.
I really liked the idea of this one going into it. You have Vader who is a beast amongst beasts and then you have Salman, who appeared to be big but in real life was 5'10 and 240lbs. Still, he was kind of buyable as a monster.
This match did not go with that idea however and in fact they treated poor Salman as a jobber here. He got one waterwheel drop in before Vader pushed him in the corner, started pounding on him, then slammed him and put him in a weird leg bow and arrow for the win. Nakano and Yamazaki got more in and looked better against Vader than poor Salman, who had legit credit and was one of the bigger guys for the UWFi did.
This was a really disappointing match that could have been so much more. I would have loved to have seen Vader taking suplexes here and seen Salman doing various deadlifts, while seeing Vader trying to pound his way out of it. It only went about 5 minutes and for the crap that this was, it felt too long.
I didn't feel like doing gifs for this one and to be honest, there wasn't much to take for this.
These two had fought earlier when Vader still hadn't figured everything quite out and I had been looking for this match for a while because I thought it would be really good. Unfortunately, this stunk.
I really liked the idea of this one going into it. You have Vader who is a beast amongst beasts and then you have Salman, who appeared to be big but in real life was 5'10 and 240lbs. Still, he was kind of buyable as a monster.
This match did not go with that idea however and in fact they treated poor Salman as a jobber here. He got one waterwheel drop in before Vader pushed him in the corner, started pounding on him, then slammed him and put him in a weird leg bow and arrow for the win. Nakano and Yamazaki got more in and looked better against Vader than poor Salman, who had legit credit and was one of the bigger guys for the UWFi did.
This was a really disappointing match that could have been so much more. I would have loved to have seen Vader taking suplexes here and seen Salman doing various deadlifts, while seeing Vader trying to pound his way out of it. It only went about 5 minutes and for the crap that this was, it felt too long.
Friday, September 14, 2018
WCW Monday Nitro 10/6/1997 - Ultimo Dragon vs Eddie Guerrero
WCW Monday Nitro 10/6/1997 - Ultimo Dragon vs Eddie Guerrero
Eddie Guerrero beat Ultimo Dragon after a frogsplash that was too far away. They had 3 tilt-a-whirl botches in 6 minutes which really hurt the flow of this. Ultimo looked like he legit hurt his knee at points.While the action was fast and they did do some cool stuff, there was just too many botches and issues to really recommended this. I would be up for watching them again though.
Eddie Guerrero beat Ultimo Dragon after a frogsplash that was too far away. They had 3 tilt-a-whirl botches in 6 minutes which really hurt the flow of this. Ultimo looked like he legit hurt his knee at points.While the action was fast and they did do some cool stuff, there was just too many botches and issues to really recommended this. I would be up for watching them again though.
WCW Monday Nitro 3/3/1997 - Ultimo Dragon vs Eddie Guerrero
WCW Monday Nitro 3/3/1997 - Ultimo Dragon vs Eddie Guerrero
Eddie Guerrero won with a roll through on the ropes. This was only a few minutes long sadly but these two gelled really well. Both guys were on here and landed all their spots before the garbage finish.
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| The finish |
WCW Saturday Night 12/9/1997 - Fit Finlay vs Chris Benoit
WCW Saturday Night 12/9/1997 - Fit Finlay vs Chris Benoit
Chris Benoit beat Fit Finlay with a Crippler Crossface. This was fantastic nitty gritty man's man wrestling. Nothing but ugly clubberin' and stiff shots, just as the forefathers intended. Benoit threw some of the best chops I've ever seen and Fit Finlay and can spin any hold into being a deadly one. Benoit even took a nice headbump into the ringsteps that I included above. It Does Not Get Any Better Than This. This is Pro Wrestling.
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| "You talk about a hard-hittin' slobberknocker, that's what we got goin' on on Saturday Night right here." - Dusty Rhodes |
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| "Woah, man! Those are lethal blows. Those are lethal blows!" - Dusty |
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| "He was seeking refuge from the storm. Seekin' shelter from the storm of the arms of Fit Finlay." - Dusty |
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| "Fit Finlay and Chris Benoit in mortal combat here on Saturday Night." - Dusty Rhodes |"Chris Benoit getting to the pay windah on Saturday Night." - Dusty |
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