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Random Great Match

14th January 2013 by Scott Keith

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From: "Chris Colom" > http://youtu.be/Bbdk_PP4rRk
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> Samoa Joe vs Christopher Daniels vs AJ Styles at Unbreakable 2005.  Watching super-motivated Joe  is always awesome, and it's easy to forget how over he was.
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> Only TNA match to earn ***** from yours truly.

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Greatest blow-off match that never happened

14th January 2013 by Scott Keith
The post about the end game for the Hart Foundation/Austin angle got me thinking. Was Bret/Austin II the greatest blow-off match that never happened? It was a great angle but it never fully concluded satisfactorily. Austin got transitioned into the Owen feud, Bret was caught up HBK and then we all know what happened in Montreal so we never really got a definitive end. This is a question/discussion point for you and the other BODers; great angles that never got a proper end for one reason or another. Another one that comes to mind is Flair jumping to WWF before dropping the belt to Luger. Any others?

I'd say Austin-Hart was right up there as far as best laid plans falling apart, yeah. There's an endless list of DISAPPOINTING blowoffs (Goldberg v. Nash, Horsemen v. nWo, Vince McMahon v. The Government of the United States) but for a case where a storyline had built for a year and then was never mentioned again, I can't think of a better example than  that one.  
The Flair-Luger thing wasn't really a blowoff because Luger wasn't chasing the title in the first place and barely cared about it for most of 1991.  I think a better one would be Midnight Express v. Midnight Express, where it built to a loser-leaves-town match at ChiTown Rumble and then Dennis Condrey quit the promotion, kind of negating the entire point.  Another good one that people might not remember from the same era is Fantastics v. Sheepherders, which was obviously supposed to be the US tag title match at Starrcade 88 before Vince signed the Sheepherders away something like the day before they were scheduled to be in the finals of the tournament for the belts.  That had been an entertaining undercard feud, back when the Herders were scary heels.

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Random Match of the Day: Ron Garvin v. Tully Blanchard

13th January 2013 by Scott Keith

Probably the best match of Ron Garvin’s title reign. Given what has happened in the last 25 years, I don’t think that he was nearly as bad a champion as you always say he was…

Well we know how you love Ron Garvin, Joe.  Still, obviously he’s no Vince Russo or David Arquette, so there’s that. 

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Random Great Match of the Day: HHH v. Taka

13th January 2013 by Scott Keith


TAkA Vs HHH by PWF

Given the “anything can happen” environment at the time, interference from Funaki, The APA, Bossman, Buchanan, Shane, and Vince, my friends and i knew this was a squash, but there was that excitement as the match was on live of “Holy shit, Taka might actually win it”. It doesn’t hold up all that well now 12 years later, but very few matches had that crazy “what if” factor. This was one of them.

Oh yeah, watching it live was definitely an exercise in cardiac arrest.  That missile dropkick spot nearly killed me. 

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Random Match of the Day: Dr. Isaac Yankem v. Lord Tensai

12th January 2013 by Scott Keith

I think this was the one that you described as both Kane and Albert’s best match (at least in WWF/WWE), and that they had “freaky good chemistry together”. I hope we get a Kane vs Tensai match one day to see if they can duplicate the feat.

Yeah, it was really one of the most unexpectedly great matches I’ve seen.  Kane v. Angle was even better, so maybe Kane was just on a roll in the early part of the decade. 

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Random Match of the Day: Michinoku Pro 10-Man

11th January 2013 by Scott Keith

Like that 6-man match at Barely Legal?  Here’s a 10-man from Michinoku Pro with the entire Kaientai team taking on the babyfaces and ripping it up for the fastest 35 minutes you’ll ever see.  Another one of my all-time favorite matches and an easy *****.  MPro tapes used to be the best part of my week in the 90s. 

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Random Match of the Day: Diesel/Shawn v. Kid/Razor

9th January 2013 by Scott Keith

Has this already been posted before?
The much talked about Action Zone match. Diesel & Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon & 1-2-3 Kid Oh man, this is one of my all-time favorite randomly great tag matches, up there with Shawn/Austin v. Bulldog/Owen in 97.  Fine choice. Shawn was carrying anything with two legs to *** while basically being Diesel’s MANAGER.  I was all about Shawn & Diesel at this point. Anyway, I’m pretty sure I’ve posted this before in the old days, but I’ve got no beef with posting it again.

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Random Match of the Day: Action Zone Tag Match

8th January 2013 by Scott Keith

This might be one of the great “forgotten” matches in WWE/F history as you never hear about it in any “greatest” polls, but it truly is a great match with a hot crowd:
 http://www.wwe.com/videos/bret-hart-and-british-bulldog-vs-bob-backlund-and-owen-hart-actionzone-february-26072000

Sadly, WWE.com videos are not available to view for people of a Canadian persuasion, but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this one and it was great. 

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Random Match of the Day: Dibiase/Andre v. Hogan/Bigelow

6th January 2013 by Scott Keith

I think the blog would really appreciate this rare match featuring World Champion Ted DiBiase / Andre the Giant vs. Hulk Hogan / Bam Bam Bigelow.  http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3iy7g_hulk-hogan-bam-bam-bigelow-vs-andre_sport?search_algo=2#.UOiRk-TLTbg

Sweetness.  For those who don’t know, this is the only existing footage known of Ted Dibiase with the WWF World title following the Main Event in 88. 

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Best Of Nitro Vol. 2 match listing

4th January 2013 by Scott Keith
http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/wwe/Full_Content_Listing_for_WWE_s_Best_of_WCW_Nitro_Volume_2_DVD_Set.html


Looks really good with a nice mix of classic matches and somewhat obscure stuff. 

I didn't see the first set, but then 99% of this stuff would be new to me anyway because I hardly ever had a chance to watch Nitro, especially in the pre-Wolfpac era.  I kind of like the format of a sampler rather than a strict "best matches" idea.  

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Random match submission

2nd January 2013 by Scott Keith

> Hello Scoot, I think your Blog o' Doomers might like this match:
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> http://youtu.be/7Xr_TYCGd-Q
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>  It's Jerry Lynn vs The Lightning Kid for the GWF Light-Heavyweight
> Title. It's interesting watching Sean Waltman in the years before the
> drugs and injuries took their toll. I was actually going to track down some of their Indy stuff on Youtube one of these days, so this saves me the trouble.

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Random Match of the day submission

31st December 2012 by Scott Keith
Jack Gallagher Vs Davey Richards



I MUST declare an interest. Jack's a pal of mine and this was a solid match. Hopefully one day he will be a name that the fan base on the blog is familiar with. Please forgive the constant Future Shock links on the video but I guess if you're going to plaster logo's over everything it might as well be for a good match.

Thanks
Well I'm of course always happy to provide cheap plugs, and if it's wrapped up in a great indy match, all the better.  
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