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as for 2005, you didnt like the Strong/Danielson work?

 

 

I've only watched up to and including the 10/1/05 show. I just have so much stuff to watch.

Geez, well you are going to be floored by Danielson's title reign because aside from the Corino/Sabin/Daniels defenses, every match has been very good, as have the tag work with Lethal against Gen Next and with Joe against KENTA/Marufuji.

 

You'll be all over the DG Vs Gen Next matches.

 

Is 2005 a larger list because more accessibility or did you think it just was that strong?

 

Why the lack of ROH in 02 and 03, they had some strong matches in those years as well.

 

Why no Austin/Hart? either of them.

 

Geez, well you are going to be floored by Danielson's title reign because aside from the Corino/Sabin/Daniels defenses, every match has been very good, as have the tag work with Lethal against Gen Next and with Joe against KENTA/Marufuji.

 

You'll be all over the DG Vs Gen Next matches.

 

Is 2005 a larger list because more accessibility or did you think it just was that strong?

 

Why the lack of ROH in 02 and 03, they had some strong matches in those years as well.

 

Why no Austin/Hart? either of them.

 

Looking forward to Danielson's reign. I love the guy, and he supposedly has improved even more during that time.

 

2005 is large because I pretty much followed a bunch of promotions really close. I have a lot of full NOAH/NJPW/ROH shows, and the odd AJPW shows. NOAH just produced a ton of high end (by today's standards) stuff. NJPW didn't produce any high end stuff, but they produced quite a few good-very good matches. ROH was pretty much putting out 2-3 ***+ matches per show, along with a few high end matches as well. And then there were a couple ****+ matches from unexpected sources, like WWE and TNA. It was really a good year for depth of quality wrestling.

 

I also credit the larger lists for 2004/2005 because there's more complete wrestling accessible. In the 90's, AJPW was producing incredibly large amounts of mid-high end wrestling. But many of the matches were edited on their TV show, and weren't available anywhere else, so they didn't make my list. Whereas today, the 2 best promotions in the world air/release their shows pretty much unclipped. There's a larger pool to choose from these days.

 

I haven't seen the most highly pimped 2002/2003 ROH stuff. Some stuff I have seen just failed to make the cut, although I probably could have added them to fill out those years. Ki-AmDrag (3/30/02), Ki-Joe (10/5/02), AmDrag-Styles (11/9/02) I all had at ***1/2. I originally had Daniels vs. Williams (3/22/03) rated quite high, but I didn't want to post it without seeing it again. Actually, fuck it. I added the first 3 matches I mentioned to the list.

 

I haven't seen the Austin vs. Hart matches in ages (same reason the Steamboat-Flair matches aren't listed yet). I'll probably see their WM match fairly soon, because I have it via the Bret Hart DVD. I don't have access to their Survivor Series match though.

After having seen the first two Strong/Danielson matches, I'd be inclined to say the 2nd was better. It had more weaknesses (mainly some selling problems and lack of direction at times), but it undoubtedly had a better stretch run then the first. Oddly enough, I thought that Daniels vs. Joe from Vendetta was better than the first Strong/Danielson match. It seemed to be more focused from start to finish and it was a masterful performance by Joe, as his selling was off the charts.

After having seen the first two Strong/Danielson matches, I'd be inclined to say the 2nd was better. It had more weaknesses (mainly some selling problems and lack of direction at times), but it undoubtedly had a better stretch run then the first. Oddly enough, I thought that Daniels vs. Joe from Vendetta was better than the first Strong/Danielson match. It seemed to be more focused from start to finish and it was a masterful performance by Joe, as his selling was off the charts.

 

 

If I remember right the Austin/Hart SS match is in the JoeDirt thread. It might still be active so check it there if you like.

Thanks, I'm downloading it now. It'll probably be added later today

No love for Akiyama/Kobashi 04? I thought it was better than the 2000 match.

 

And did you not watch WCW in the 90's or did you just not like any of it?

Whoops. I seemed to have missed it when I put together the list. I'll add it now, but it won't be very high because of the offense overkill, no-selling and wacky pacing in the later stages of the match.

 

I used to watch WCW from early-late 90's, but I haven't seen much lately, outside of some PPVs. Everything on this list is stuff I've watched since getting back into wrestling in 2004. I didn't keep track of stuff I watched from 99-2000 (when I first became a fan of in-ring work) and stuff I watched before then, and even if I did, it wouldn't be an accurate representation of what I think now, because my methods and criteria have changed drastically.