This is a review a while ago for probably my favourite match of all time. It's not the same style of review I write now, but I thought I would be fun to dig it out. Enjoy.
Misawa/Kobashi vs Kawada/Taue
6/9/1995 - All Japan Pro Wrestling
Kobashi and Taue start off. Taue gets the early advantage and twists on Kobashi’s arm. Bashi slowly reverses, only for Taue to kick him in his bandaged up leg. RUDO! Kawada is in to receive some delicious Kobashi chops. He resists being whipped across the ring for ages, before running across to kick Misawa right in the face. Haha Kawada is so awesome. This is made even better by Kobashi thinking ‘Oh shit’ and going over to check if Misawa is okay. Misawa wants in now. He and Kawada exchange all sorts of chops, elbows and kicks until Kawada turns around and boots Kobashi right in the face and off the apron. I LOVE KAWADA. Taue tags in and gets worked over by the face team. He escapes to the outside and Misawa fakes a tope, only for Kobashi to hit a lariat from off the apron. Kawada runs in and is introduced to Misawa’s big fucking elbow. Misawa decides he actually will do a tope and flies into Taue. He is brought back into the ring and gets worked over again. Kobashi comes off the second turnbuckle, but Taue rolls away and tags out. Kawada now mercilessly attacks Kobashi’s bad leg and Bashi sells like a champ. Heels viciously work over the leg and it is great. Kobashi’s selling here is fantastic. He escapes the beating and tags Misawa who unleashes on Taue. Misawa ends up putting Taue into a crab, which leads to Kawada casually walking up and kicking him in the face. This is why I love Kawada. He tags in and goes to town on Misawa. Breaks down into a four-way but Bashi can barely walk. Misawa takes on both guys and does well for himself. Then in the greatest move ever, Taue chokeslams Misawa onto Kobashi’s injured leg, which Bashi’s sells by acting like he’s been shot. Kawada then double knee drops it from the second rope. So, so awesome. Heels work over Misawa, then after what seems like fucking ages Kobashi gets back in the ring, but Taue fucks him up by taking him back outside and dropping his leg on the guardrail. He comes back again and looks pissed. Lariat on Taue! Kawada tries to beat him down, but they end up hitting lariats on each other at the same time. This is so great. Kobashi ends up going kick for kick with Kawada and just won’t stay down. KOBASHI RUSH! He goes for a moonsault but gets cut off. Misawa gets the hot tag and hits a tiger driver on Taue for two and our first near fall. Kobashi is tagged back in and hits Taue with a german suplex. Another moonsault attempt is blocked. Kawada tries in vain to backdrop Kobashi and then eats one himself. Really breaks down here. After many failed attempts Kobashi hits a moonsault on Kawada but only gets a two count. Misawa the tags in and kills Kawada with a german. Tiger Suplex is bridged and only gets two, and a Tiger Driver pin is broken up by Taue. Taue then proceeds to place Misawa on the top rope and give him a big fucking chokeslam from it. At this the point the Japanese announcer is losing his voice, which makes this even more awesome. Chokeslam from the apron to the floor, by Taue on Misawa! Ouch. Kobashi now tries to lie on top of Misawa to protect him. Kobashi is so awesome. Bare in mind he is still selling the fuck out of his injured leg. Kawada is determined to get the pin on Misawa, but he keeps slipping away, and Kobashi keeps trying to protect his partner by sacrificing himself for him. The heels pull Kobashi off Misawa and hit a chokeslam/backdrop double team. Kawada hits a sick backdrop driver on Misawa, but he still kicks out. Kawada then hits a powerbomb for the pin at around 42 minutes. That was so, so great. Everyone did there job perfectly and it all came together. Possibly the best tag match I’ve ever seen. Kobashi sold his leg like a motherfucker and Kawada was brilliant in his desperation to get a pinfall over Misawa. Unreal.
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Tuesday, 23 October 2007
Monday, 27 August 2007
Wrestling Potpourri # 1
Terry Funk/Dory Funk Jr. vs. Hansen/Gordy
8/31/1983 - All Japan Pro Wrestling
It’s Terry’s retirement match so being the huge dick that he is Hansen attacks Terry straight after the intros, fighting through all of the thousands of streamers that are still in the ring. They spill outside and it’s a glorious mess with streams of coloured paper and numerous Japanese folk running for cover. Hansen is just a fired-up bastard heel and beats and beats on Dory forever. Gordy plays his role really well, nicely supplementing Hansen. Terry Funk is indescribably brilliant and plays the babyface as only Terry can, and runs wild on the hot-tag. He’s running around all bloodied up, selling a fucked up knee courtesy of Mr. Hansen and it’s just great. Finish comes when Gordy fucks up a top-rope splash and lands on his face, which leads to Terry hitting a Super Sunset Flip. Post-match Hansen beats the shit outta Terry some more and the lays out one of the ring guys with a lariat, which is sold like death, complete with his buddies carrying him out because he’s so fucked up. Then Terry gets on mic and gives a farewell speech which consists of him screaming ‘Japan! Number One! Forever! Forever!’ over and over again. Words cannot describe the brilliance of this video. Pure greatness.
And also a review of the Joe/McGuinness match from ROH in Liverpool earlier this year:
McGuinness vs. Samoa Joe
3/3/2007 - Ring of Honor
So this is Joe's second last match in ROH, against the future ace of the company in the future ace's home country. So right before anything has happen this is already completely awesome. The crowd are pretty split, but maybe a tad more in favour of Joe since he's leaving. Nice show of respect at the start, but then that goes all out of the window when Nigel slaps the fuck out of Joe. Like the most disrespectful, loudest, most awe inspiring slap ever. Then then proceed to punch and kick the fuck out of each other in an awesome manner. Nigel has some awesome lariats now. All of them just look brutal, and the rebound one on the outside was sweet. They tease a Tower of London onto the apron, but then deliver a fucking Muscle Buster on to it instead. That was such a brilliant spot. Nigel is now dead and has to be helped out, but Joe wants him to shake his hand. He shouts at him for a while and then calls him a 'British pussy'. Oh snap. Nigel then comes back to the ring to defend Brits and pussies everywhere, but is still dead from the super Muscle Buster. Joe beats the fuck out of him and hits a normal MB. But is Nigel just going to lay down? Fuck no! He kicks out and proceeds to do the most amazing 'fish out of water, fuck you Joe, I won't be pinned' flopping I've ever witnessed. Then Joe kills him with a lariat and he kicks out, followed by another and he kicks out at one! At this point I have the biggest shit-eating grin on my face, for this is great. Nigel then tries a slick roll-up, but to no avail and then Joe kills him and gets the win. Really Nigel should have pinned him here, because the crowd was totally ready for it, but you can't predict these things ahead of time. Still if Nigel was going to pin Joe once during the FYF I have no idea why they would choose Philly over England. Still this was a great match, not MOTY but still immensely entertaining.
8/31/1983 - All Japan Pro Wrestling
It’s Terry’s retirement match so being the huge dick that he is Hansen attacks Terry straight after the intros, fighting through all of the thousands of streamers that are still in the ring. They spill outside and it’s a glorious mess with streams of coloured paper and numerous Japanese folk running for cover. Hansen is just a fired-up bastard heel and beats and beats on Dory forever. Gordy plays his role really well, nicely supplementing Hansen. Terry Funk is indescribably brilliant and plays the babyface as only Terry can, and runs wild on the hot-tag. He’s running around all bloodied up, selling a fucked up knee courtesy of Mr. Hansen and it’s just great. Finish comes when Gordy fucks up a top-rope splash and lands on his face, which leads to Terry hitting a Super Sunset Flip. Post-match Hansen beats the shit outta Terry some more and the lays out one of the ring guys with a lariat, which is sold like death, complete with his buddies carrying him out because he’s so fucked up. Then Terry gets on mic and gives a farewell speech which consists of him screaming ‘Japan! Number One! Forever! Forever!’ over and over again. Words cannot describe the brilliance of this video. Pure greatness.
And also a review of the Joe/McGuinness match from ROH in Liverpool earlier this year:
McGuinness vs. Samoa Joe
3/3/2007 - Ring of Honor
So this is Joe's second last match in ROH, against the future ace of the company in the future ace's home country. So right before anything has happen this is already completely awesome. The crowd are pretty split, but maybe a tad more in favour of Joe since he's leaving. Nice show of respect at the start, but then that goes all out of the window when Nigel slaps the fuck out of Joe. Like the most disrespectful, loudest, most awe inspiring slap ever. Then then proceed to punch and kick the fuck out of each other in an awesome manner. Nigel has some awesome lariats now. All of them just look brutal, and the rebound one on the outside was sweet. They tease a Tower of London onto the apron, but then deliver a fucking Muscle Buster on to it instead. That was such a brilliant spot. Nigel is now dead and has to be helped out, but Joe wants him to shake his hand. He shouts at him for a while and then calls him a 'British pussy'. Oh snap. Nigel then comes back to the ring to defend Brits and pussies everywhere, but is still dead from the super Muscle Buster. Joe beats the fuck out of him and hits a normal MB. But is Nigel just going to lay down? Fuck no! He kicks out and proceeds to do the most amazing 'fish out of water, fuck you Joe, I won't be pinned' flopping I've ever witnessed. Then Joe kills him with a lariat and he kicks out, followed by another and he kicks out at one! At this point I have the biggest shit-eating grin on my face, for this is great. Nigel then tries a slick roll-up, but to no avail and then Joe kills him and gets the win. Really Nigel should have pinned him here, because the crowd was totally ready for it, but you can't predict these things ahead of time. Still if Nigel was going to pin Joe once during the FYF I have no idea why they would choose Philly over England. Still this was a great match, not MOTY but still immensely entertaining.
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