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  1. I think the extreme of it being 30 minutes straight of it also led to some of the worst and most braindead takes on it to make it more than what it was. And even on that note at it's core to do it so long was more or less a publicity stunt (which totally worked to be fair!) at a very very particular moment in time of the empty arena era to do it that long. In front of a crowd we would have seen it much more similar to his other matches, similar to the Taniguchi match you mentioned. They never would have done it for a full 30 in front of a crowd. The sad thing is the actual match was pretty good once they got past the first 30 minutes, and his staring stuff did lead to an epic payoff in the Fujita vs. Sugiura match in which Sugiura didn't "play ball" with the staring stuff. I feel that match should have been Fujita's swan song in NOAH and I think I would have been happy from a story standpoint of him getting put out to pasture. Also hard agree on Fujita vs. Hideki, was an awesome match.
  2. I agree with that and do think he is much better now and they've handled him incredibly well which has helped a lot too. I like to think we can combine to take credit for that after he read our posts.
  3. Totally agree. Conrad was a total goof and definitely should never imagine getting into an on-screen role in wrestling with his acting chops. This week they continued, this time with equally unbelievable Paul, although it was probably better thanks to Jerry Jarrett coming on and talking about how Flair wasn't a draw. I honestly think Jeff was passionate enough that this format could have been somewhat entertaining if he had someone who was a stronger actor and someone who actually knew anything about wrestling history opposing him and probably cut in half time-wise. As it was it just seems like Jeff going crazy against two guys trying not to laugh and just being giddy to be in on an angle. Thank God this nonsense is ending Sunday and we can get back to normal next week.
  4. I feel like there's arguments for both sides but I would probably side with Dave at the end of a pure ballot being for the best, although obviously I disagree with him on the 100% thing. Also I think most people would probably agree with Dave. Even in our own GWE vote how many people had fun, but unrealistic votes at number 100 just to get guys on. I can see that. Like I said, I don't think it's egregious in the HOF lore at all or anything like that, I just wish we were allowed to wait and have perspective than judge in real time which doesn't seem right or used by any other HOF to my knowledge. Inoki is at the top of the mountain all time, no question about that. I don't think he's a bum, but just don't think he's as great as most people. If anything Kidani falling off was the real injustice a million times more than Okada getting in. Without him nobody knows about Okada or any of the other NJPW candidates in the first place and as has been mentioned in this thread, his merchandising abilities are what have taken NJPW to the next level as a business more than a singular performer. Also worth mentioning by most metrics of popularity Naito is actually higher than Okada and has been for most of the 5 years? And I think Okada's a better worker than Naito saying this. I totally get Okada getting into the Hall. I just wish we had some perspective on his career as I feel narratives are much stronger in real time and we've seen that play out before. Sad to know Owen felt that way. The morals clause in wrestling seems like you're asking to be stuck in a neverending wheel of hypocrisy with all the people already in the HOF as is, but I do agree with your statement that it would have flipped things the other way. To me Wrestling II is a HOFer by wrestling status, but the voters not backing him signals that people are trying to clean things up as much as they realistically can.
  5. RE: Okada - I have many friends in Japan in wrestling and those who are outside of wrestling, and I can say in my experience if they aren't in wrestling they have literally 0 clue as to what NJPW is, letalone Okada or any single wrestler. One person knew Saya Kamitani since she was familiar with her idol group. Most people know who Inoki is if I bring him up but nothing in depth about his wrestling. Even in America if I talk to a random 20 something girl they know what WWE is, in Japan NJPW seems to be WAY down the totem pole of real world popularity, and I am not claiming to be an expert on Japanese culture but I think OJ is getting a bit misunderstood here. Okada can't compare to people in the past in terms of popularity for all sorts of reasons. I really don't mind him getting in mind you, but getting more votes than the people he has I can see why that might rub some people the wrong way. I don't understand how anyone could think he is better than Hashimoto who got 15% less than him, and from a star perspective Austin runs about 100 laps around him. I think my problem is even talking about this guy in the HOF in the first place. 35 being the age of getting in is completely absurd. Didn't we learn anything from Nakamura? Someone who got overrated spectacularly at a specific moment in time based on having a few big matches at the right place and time. Nakamura would never get in if he were put on the ballot now. Okada's legacy may very well be this huge thing that lives for 30 years like Hashimoto or Jumbo or whoever, but he could just as easily not deliver and drag his legacy down. Same with all these other guys whose story is half or less empty. That said, this being the WON HOF I think he belongs in the canon of it so much that it's hard to imagine him not getting in. I just feel like it wouldn't hurt to let people have more perspective either.
  6. Okada wrestles the exact same as he always has. That Shingo match and his Ospreay matches could have easily taken place in 2015 down to the beat. And he wrestled them virtually the same. Like all of his other big matches.
  7. Akiyama. He was the sparkplug needed when added to Misawa's act continued his great 1995 and made his year elevate and prevent him from going stale as he would later in the decade. Of course I can buy Misawa as well but to me Akiyama was the most interesting worker in AJPW this year. Ohtani would be my next pick as he solidified himself as one of the true best in the world at this point.
  8. There's a case to be made for quite a few people. This might be my favorite year in terms of matches. I would go with Toyota, was the one who stood out the most in her matches, one of which was an all time classic and the other was a great match so memorable Stardom directly called back to it 29 years later largely due to her emotional performance. I get the feeling it would have been a runaway Jumbo win if things were different the second half of the year though. Of the AJPW guys I think I actually liked Kawada best this year but it's close.
  9. Much like 1990, there were a lot of great wrestlers in AJPW, but none of them stood above Jumbo. Every match he was the glue and made everyone else better.
  10. Jumbo was the one who elevated literally everyone around him. Far and away the best wrestler in the world this year. I think you could argue it's one of the best singular years ever by a talent. Every match he was featured in he was excellent.
  11. I might be alone with this but when I went through the yearbook matches by the end I would give '93 to Kansai over Kobashi & Hokuto as my 2 and 3. My reasons for this and standout matches performances were as follows. Kansai had 6 of my top 50 matches of the year, 4 of which were in the top 10, although Hokuto only had 2 in the top 10 and my number 1 match I think you could argue Kansai's performance in the matches elevating her just over. Thunderqueen: My #2 match of the year and she was the glue of the match from my perspective and felt larger than life even paired against Kong as she always did. Although obviously the spotlight transitioned towards the end to Takako & Ozaki Kansai's role was pivotal. w/Ozaki vs. Toyota/Yamada from 4/11 - continuation of one of the best 3 match series in history and again her role was pivotal checking the AJW team and being an awesome force. w/Ozaki vs. Takako/Hotta: Who didn't love seeing her beat up Hotta? For real though, another big performance and got the most out of her opponents. vs. Kong: Brilliant match where she actually looked even better than Aja in my book, a triumph for any wrestler. - Non top 10 matches: w/Ozaki vs. Yamada/Toyota 12/6: Not as good as the first 2 but still awesome. vs. Yamada 10/9: I loved this match and her in particular in it. Yamada I respect but has less memorable singles matches than a few of her contemporaries and I thought this was one of her better singles showings especially against someone other than Toyota. Kansai rocked the house and made this match great. In general there was just something about peak Kansai that really spoke to me. She was awesome in 1993. It's close and I have no problem with Hokuto or Kobashi getting the nod but I felt it necessary to represent Dynamite Kansai here.
  12. I think you could argue this was Misawa's best overall year, or at least the year he's most comfortably the best wrestler of the year. I loved 1995 Misawa.
  13. So this week's show got heated, with Jeff pissed about a lack of research. On one hand it was a little small to go off during the show about something like that. On the other hand Conrad's defense was super lame, claiming that the show was just about the Austin 3:16 promo when he was the one who literally started off back in 1987 talking about JJ taunting Steve for being upset about Jerry's low payouts. In general, I find Conrad awful as a co-host, particularly with Jeff who actually has credibility to talk on his own rather than Bischoff's Meltzer focused podcast and if I were in JJ's shoes I'd probably feel the same and it was eventual something would blow up, I just didn't think it would actually be on the show itself. Somewhere, Austin was probably laughing his off to see Jeff get rattled a bit like that though.
  14. I don't mean face is in biggest star or anything in reality, I mean among outsiders who have little knowledge or only developing interest in RINGS and it's style, Han is the go-to guy of interest that gets brought up almost every time over Tamura or the others.
  15. Agree with this, and that whole angle I remember fondly as something WWE or really any company hasn't had at the time or since in terms of an energy, obviously because of the real life implications of everything. On top of it Edge was basically a negative IMO from his neck surgery on in the ring, Matt made that series in terms of wrestling to me. He's not been great the last decade though as a worker, Christian is still going strong to this day and I would rank him as one of AEW's best. Matt just runs out of matches compared to Christian.
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