 Volk Han vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, RINGS 07/16/96 |
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 Dec 5 2010, 10:05 AM
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Talk about it here.
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Jan 14 2011, 10:25 PM
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Tremendous mat work, but I have trouble calling this a great match because it all seems like cool exhibition stuff with no consequences.
Wrestling is all about selling to me. It's the most important part of wrestling, I think. Without selling, nothing else really works. Fun to watch in some ways, but I couldn't get into it much. |
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Jan 15 2011, 07:14 AM
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This reminds me how much I used to adore RINGS. The most beautiful wrestling matches I've ever seen come from this promotion. Selling is not an important part of the style, I guess it takes some time to get used to it. It's really a different kind of wrestling, but it's wonderful when done by guys like Volk Han, Khosaka or Tamura.
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Jan 15 2011, 08:34 AM
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I'll come back to these matches in the next week or two... but selling isn't really needed in the style to get over character/drama. It's been a good few years but I remember the September Han/Tamura match having a great veteran/underdog theme to it (and a great, great spot where Tamura thinks he has him and suddenly Han snaps his arm out and Tamura finds himself tied up in a cross armbreaker and the crowd pops huge...). I always remember the matwork being tight enough to avoid the 'exhibition' tag that I could maybe see labelled at other noted matworkers/pairings.
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Mar 3 2011, 09:15 PM
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Good match and the finish was just nice. Han's reversal's were great but I just don't see how he was a GOAT?
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Mar 3 2011, 09:42 PM
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QUOTE(Tim Evans @ Mar 3 2011, 10:15 PM)  Good match and the finish was just nice. Han's reversal's were great but I just don't see how he was a GOAT? I don't think he's touted as a serious GOAT candidate; more as someone to compare to within shoot-style, someone who is in a lot of people's top 20, maybe the best worker ever match-for-match. |
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