Jetlag Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Who has a claim to have had great matches in 2 years the furthest apart? Examples Terry Funk -- 35 years vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (1976) vs. Jerry Lawler (2011) Johnny Saint -- 35 years vs. Jim Breaks (1973) vs. Mike Quackenbush (2008) Yoshiaki Fujiwara -- 33 years vs. Super Tiger (1984) vs. Shinya Aoki (2017) Jerry Lawler -- 30 years vs. Terry Funk (1981) vs. The Miz (2011) Negro Casas -- 29 years vs. Fuerza Guerrera (1986) vs. Dragon Lee (2015) Antonio Inoki -- 27 years vs. Chris Markoff (1969) vs. Vader (1996) Hijo del Santo -- 26 years vs. Espanto Jr. (1986) w Villano IV vs. Hijo del Solitario & Angel Blanco Jr (2012) Verne Gagne -- 24 years vs. Billy Goelz (1950) vs. Billy Robinson (1974) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Rock Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Jushin Liger-26 years vs. Naoki Sano (1990) vs. KUSHIDA (2016) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Rock Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Terry Funk is probably the winner though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richeyedwards Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Giant Baba - 29 years vs Bruno in 1967 w/ Akiyama vs Misawa and Kobashi 24/01/96 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 When was Minoru Suzuki's first great match? When was Muto's last one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superkix Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 When was Minoru Suzuki's first great match? When was Muto's last one? Probably 1991, although I really liked his match against Nakano from 1990. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmartMark15 Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Atlantis - 31 years vs. El Satanico (1984) vs. La Sombra (2015) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Of course all depends of your acceptation of "great". For instance, I'd say that Lawler vs Miz match was "fun" or "good for what it was"… I guess Tenryu must be somewhere in the conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Rock Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 I was thinking Tenryu as well, but I think his match with Okada was similar to Lawler vs. Miz where it was good for what it was rather than truly great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 I think there's a general tendancy to overrate older guys matches, honestly, because it usually fit a preconcieved, cool (and a bit snobish, let's admit it for once) narrative of "This guy at 55 is still better than any 30 years old worker". Whereas "This guy at 55 is still damn good" would be enough of a praise in a lot of cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 I'd actually put Lawler at 1975 for his first great match that made tape. The Jack Brisco matches. There's also the Race and Dundee matches in 1977. No clue when his last great match was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrzfn Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 With PCO clocking in a great match with WALTER 'Mania weekend, he's gotta be at 20+ years, depending on when you think he had his first one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 I think there's a general tendancy to overrate older guys matches, honestly, because it usually fit a preconcieved, cool (and a bit snobish, let's admit it for once) narrative of "This guy at 55 is still better than any 30 years old worker". Whereas "This guy at 55 is still damn good" would be enough of a praise in a lot of cases. On that note, Negro Casas has certainly had some great matches the last 3 years, so pegging him at 2015 seems to be selling him short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Rock Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 I think there's a general tendancy to overrate older guys matches, honestly, because it usually fit a preconcieved, cool (and a bit snobish, let's admit it for once) narrative of "This guy at 55 is still better than any 30 years old worker". Whereas "This guy at 55 is still damn good" would be enough of a praise in a lot of cases. On that note, Negro Casas has certainly had some great matches the last 3 years, so pegging him at 2015 seems to be selling him short. Guy had a really good match with Sam Adonis of all people on New Year's Day. You're pretty much guaranteed at least one banger singles match from Casas per year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrzfn Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 I liked his Lucha Memes matches with Aramis in March even better than the Adonis one, so yeah Casas is still going strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Rock Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Forgot all about that match. That was indeed a hoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachchaos Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Hulk Hogan - 23 years vs. Bob Backlund (1980) vs. Vince McMahon (2003) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrestlingFan Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Ric Flair 26 years vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (1982) vs Shawn Michaels (2008) And he really may had a great match before 1982 that I didn't see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Flairs 1981 match with Jumbo was better than the 1982 one. How about Tatsumi Fujinami? 28 years between the Go matches in 1978 and the Nishimura match in 2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Jushin Liger-26 years vs. Naoki Sano (1990) vs. KUSHIDA (2016) If we're going multiman you can push this back a few years for Liger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Schneider Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 On my C+A Lawler I have the 1974 Fargo match listed as GREAT and the 2012 tag with Brian Christopher against Precious and Derrick King ranked EPIC so that is 36 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superkix Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Masakatsu Funaki - 28 years vs. Nakano (1989) vs. Tanaka (2017) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetlag Posted May 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 The Fargo match is just a clip though, right? And yeah I forgot about that tag with the exoticos. That was a riot indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El McKell Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 With PCO clocking in a great match with WALTER 'Mania weekend, he's gotta be at 20+ years, depending on when you think he had his first one. That was his first one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 What's Jeff Jarrett's first great match? At worst you're talking 1992 with one of the Moondogs matches and then 2011 with Kurt Angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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