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[2000-04-11-AJPW-Championship Carnival] Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi
tbrett replied to Loss's topic in April 2000
I cant remember a Misawa Kobashi match I dont like, but considering all of their other 5 star classics this feels like a good match, nothing great. ***3/4- 10 replies
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This was one of my favorite matches in 2000, after reading the comments I was expecting to be disappointed but I wasn't. I still love this match, it is a spotfest but they didn't stop from bell to bell. One thing that bothers me about the current MITB matches is that it is usually 2 guys in the ring and the other 4 playing around, in this match everyone was going most of the time. If people were not in the ring they were brawling outside. Toward the end they were laying around but they had taken a beatdown by then. This set the standard for ladder matches for the next decade. ****1/2
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[2000-03-24-ECW-TNN] Yoshihiro Taijiri vs Super Crazy (Japanese Death)
tbrett replied to Loss's topic in March 2000
After the arena match in February I don't think they can top that. This left me wanting more but was entertaining. *** -
After watching a bunch of these matches they are all blending together without much changing between them. Of course you could say that about any style but for some reason I find myself loosing g interest in the matches about 7 minutes in. I think I am taking a break from these matches unless they are considered an all time classic. ***
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[2000-02-18-ARSION] Aja Kong & Mariko Yoshida vs Ayaka Hamada & Mika Akino
tbrett replied to soup23's topic in February 2000
Didn't get into this one as much as I was expecting too based on the comments. I thought it was a fun match and had its moments but I never felt I was watching anything special. Might give this one another try when I catch up more.- 6 replies
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- KONG WOTD
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[2000-02-27-AJPW-Excite Series] Vader vs Kenta Kobashi
tbrett replied to Loss's topic in February 2000
This was very good. I find myself enjoying these Vader matches more than I expected to in 2000. I watched some AJPW 2000 Vader matches about 10 years ago and just felt like he had lost so much, but between this and the Triple Crown matches he definately had some left in the tank. He might just need the right opponent who can hide his weaknesses or a tag match where he can take some breaks. Kobashi was awesome in this, his selling and timing were fantastic. Good match. ***3/4- 15 replies
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[2000-04-02-WWF-Wrestlemania 2000] Chris Jericho vs Chris Benoit vs Kurt Angle
tbrett replied to soup23's topic in April 2000
I like this match but not as much as I used to. The three-way spots were interesting and I felt like it flowed together naturally for the most part but the crowd was not into this at all. The story behind Angle losing both belts without getting pinned was great but overall it never felt like they were in the home stretch. I feel like many undercard Wrestlemania matches in this era suffered from a lack of crowd interest and short on time. There are a lot of matches from Wrestlemania 15 to 19 which look good on paper but the execution just didn't seem to be there. ***- 6 replies
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This came out of nowhere for me. When I first started watching I was disappointed that it was JIP but I can see why it was included on the set. This was an awesome match and looks like it could be even better if it was shown in full. The build was great and you could feel the heat between the two. The legwork was great and they were working pretty stiff making everything look really good. The selling was fantastic, I can clearly see Kojima becoming a star in this match. Usually I don't rate JIP matches but I can safely say that this is at least **** if not higher.
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Really good 6-man. Some of my favorites participating Ohtani, Takaiwa, and Wagner. Every time I watch Wagner in NJPW he grows on me. It was a good pace with some nice exchanges from everyone in the match, agree on the two count on the la magistral that spot was awesome.
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[2000-03-31-AJPW-Championship Carnival] Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada
tbrett replied to Loss's topic in March 2000
I liked the match, good not great. If these two hadn't had so many other classics under their belt this I might rank higher. It just felt like a really good TV match between the two compared to their all-time classics they have put together before. ***1/2- 13 replies
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[2000-02-20-AJPW] Vader & Steve Williams vs Jun Akiyama & Kenta Kobashi
tbrett replied to soup23's topic in February 2000
Great match, a lot of good work by everyone. Akiyama bumping like a mad man and putting Vader over Kobashi at the end was a surprise, but I guess that sets up their match on 2/27/2000. Vader looked better here than any of the other 2000 matches I have watched so far, probably because he got many breaks and Doc looked great here as well. I went in thinking this was going to be a good match but they definitely brought it to another level for this one. **** -
[2000-02-17-AJPW-Excite Series] Vader vs Toshiaki Kawada
tbrett replied to Loss's topic in February 2000
I thought this was a good performance by both competitors but they didn't draw me in here. I liked it but didn't think it was anything special. ***- 16 replies
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[2000-02-27-WWF-No Way Out] HHH vs Cactus Jack (Hell in a Cell)
tbrett replied to Superstar Sleeze's topic in February 2000
I love this match, I don't think it was better than the Rumble match but definitely an all-time classic in my book. The story with Cactus desperately trying to get out of the Cell but the door has been padlocked by Stephanie and HHH is awesome, considering Foley's threats to jump off the cage onto HHH. Only to get out of the cage later when the steps go through the side. Cactus Jack pulling out all of the stops to destroy HHH and win the title but HHH just has too much in him and finishes Cactus off by putting him threw the Cell. I remember watching this live at my buddies house years ago and I couldn't believe that Cactus was done and HHH was clearly the best Heel in the world after this. Just great stuff. ****1/2