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For you, SPS, I picked Kazuo Yamazaki vs Norman Smiley from the UWF (11/06/1988)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojVKp88T_Yc

 

Finallt got my review up a day late,

 

http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/41119-kazuo-yamazaki-vs-norman-smiley-uwf-061188/

 

here were my thoughts overall,

 

"Overall a good but not great match from the early part of Newborn UWF. Norman was obviously not experienced in this style but made an effort to use his english pro wrestling style as realistically as possible and the crowd really seemed into him as they popped quite a bit for his offence.

 

I'd give this match *** and it's a good match that's not too long by Newborn UWF standards so it's a solid way for a wrestling fan familiar with the likes of a Norman Smiley but not with UWF to get their feet wet and check out the style and work from that group."

 

Thanks again to SirEdger and I look forward to the next one.

Overall a good but not great match from the early part of Newborn UWF. Norman was obviously not experienced in this style but made an effort to use his english pro wrestling style as realistically as possible and the crowd really seemed into him as they popped quite a bit for his offence.

 

I'd give this match *** and it's a good match that's not too long by Newborn UWF standards so it's a solid way for a wrestling fan familiar with the likes of a Norman Smiley but not with UWF to get their feet wet and check out the style and work form that group.

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Week 7. Slow week for us as a bunch of people are taking a week or two off. I've made sure that there are no doubles for the last three weeks.

 

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For Matt d I have decided to go with a match from noah last year between marufuji and kaito kiyomiya a big hope for Noah's future and at the time of this match just 1 year into his career. It is a match between the older ace at the end of his tenure as top guy and a young boy.

 

http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/36925-naomichi-marufuji-vs-kaito-kiyomiya-noah-012117/

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=At9B4o4E0jQ

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Far out of my wheelhouse. Looking forward to checking it out. Thanks.

 

You haven't been with us all that long, so I only have some sense of what you've seen and what you haven't, so here's something from my wheelhouse, but set in Japan. It's slightly JIP after the entrances, but you only lose two minutes.

 

Terry Funk vs Nick Bockwinkel (07/12/1983)
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JetLag, your match is Misawa vs Vader from the Giant Baba Memorial show.

 

 

Thanks. Your match is -- Terry Funk vs. Virgil, NWC 10/7/95

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8shykrinpoY&t=1006s

 

 

Very few things excite me more in wrestling than watching Terry Funk in something I've never seen before, so thank you for this. That was a wild brawl and fun ass fuck to watch. Commentary was top notch too.

 

http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/41126-terry-funk-vs-virgil-nwc-21195/

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Far out of my wheelhouse. Looking forward to checking it out. Thanks.

 

You haven't been with us all that long, so I only have some sense of what you've seen and what you haven't, so here's something from my wheelhouse, but set in Japan. It's slightly JIP after the entrances, but you only lose two minutes.

 

Terry Funk vs Nick Bockwinkel (07/12/1983)

 

 

My thoughts on this match, this was a good pick as i have seen everything on tape for AJPW from 1989-2000 and a large amount of the 70s, the only baba lead AJPW time period I have not done a deep dive on is the late 70s through mid 80s.

http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/34313-terry-funk-vs-nick-bockwinkel-ajpw-071283/

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My match assignment from southofheavy was Masahiro Chono and Sabu vs. Tatsumi Fujinami and Junji Hirata in a SUPERHARD SYNDROME match from the 1/4/95 Dome show.

 

We get off to a hot start with a Pearl Harbor job from SabCho, and Sabu hits a nice crossbody off a chair on the entrance ramp. Things settle down after Sabu accidentally dropkicks Chono. I enjoyed Chono and Hirata being dicks to each other (I especially liked Hirata putting Chono in the STF). But Sabu was mostly useless and looked lost whenever he didn't have a chair at his disposal, although I did get a kick out of Fujinami showing absolutely no respect for his offense. There was a spot near the end when Sabu legdropped Hirata through a table (or tried to at least-damn those unbreakable Japanese tables) only for Hirata to get up like nothing had happened. I don't know if he was supposed to roll out of the way and mistimed it or just felt like no-selling, but it was pretty funny. SabCho picks up with win with a chairshot followed by a Yakuza Kick. Pretty middling overall. Still, good on Sabu for getting a Tokyo Dome payday.

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For Matt d I have decided to go with a match from noah last year between marufuji and kaito kiyomiya a big hope for Noah's future and at the time of this match just 1 year into his career. It is a match between the older ace at the end of his tenure as top guy and a young boy.

 

http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/36925-naomichi-marufuji-vs-kaito-kiyomiya-noah-012117/

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=At9B4o4E0jQ

 

http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/36925-naomichi-marufuji-vs-kaito-kiyomiya-noah-012117/

 

I enjoyed this. (With all of two data points), I much prefer old Marufuji to young Marufuji and Kiyomiya feels like someone to watch (not that I actually watch anyone from NOAH, but hey, maybe I should). Thanks for this.

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