Guest RickyChosyu Posted August 27, 2002 Report Posted August 27, 2002 While I enjoy and encourage discussion regarding best singles matches, best women's matches, best tags, ect... I would personally like to know what all of your favorite matches are, and why, if you like. Remember, everyone's different, and this type of thing reflects both a person's tastes in wrestling as well as how much he/she has seen, so keep an open mind, if it's not too much to ask. Here's a few of mine to start: Liger v. Samurai 4/30/92 Toyota v. Yamada 8/15/92 Sasuke v. Pegasus 4/16/94 Ohtani v. Dragon 8/5/96 Sasuke/Delphin/Naniwa/Yakushiji v. Togo/Michinoku/Teioh/Shiryu/Funaki 12/16/96 Mita/Shimoda v. Ito/Watanabe 9/27/97
Guest Tim Cooke Posted August 27, 2002 Report Posted August 27, 2002 AJPW Top 5 Favorites 1 - 6/3/94 2 - 6/9/95 3 - 12/6/96 4 - 4/16/94 5 - 10/15/95 UWF 1.0 and 2.0 Top 5 Favorites 1 - Takada v Yamazaki 8/88 2 - Takada v Yamazaki 12/84 3 - Takada v Yamazaki 2/89 4 - Takada v Yamazaki 5/89 5 - Takada v Maeda 11/88 UWF-I Top 2 Favorites 1 - 12/5/93 Vader v Takada 2 - 8/14/94 Vader v Takada Honorable Mention to the Takada/Albright series which I am still making my way through RINGS Top 3 Favorites 1 - 6/27/98 2 - 1/22/97 Han v Tamura 3 - 9/97 Han v Tamura Top 5 Favorite Junior Matches 1 - 3/16/96 Rey Jr v Juve (Tijuana) 2 - 8/4/96 Otani v Dragon 3 - 4/92 Liger v Sammy 4 - 1/96 Sammy v Otani 5 - 1/90 Liger v Sano Tim
Guest Black Tiger Posted August 27, 2002 Report Posted August 27, 2002 In no particular order: New Japan: Lyger vs Sasuke (J-Cup) Steiners vs Hase/Sasaki (3/21/91) Ohtani vs Tajiri (BOSJ 1997) Benoit vs Tenzan (1/4/00) Kanemoto/Tanaka vs Lyger/Makabe Muta vs Lyger (10/96) Kanemoto/Ohtani/KDX vs Sammy/Honaga/Sasuke/Delfin/Hamada (5/3/97) All Japan: Misawa vs Jumbo (6/8/90) Misaw vs Kawada (5/1/98) BattlArts: TAKA vs Minoru Tanaka (Oct 1999)
Guest BionicRedneck Posted August 27, 2002 Report Posted August 27, 2002 Sasuke Vs Pegasus, Super J Cup Final El Samurai Vs Koji Kanemoto, BOSJ Final El Samurai Vs Jushin Liger, BOSJ Final Shiniro Ohtani Vs Ultimo Dragon, J Crown Keiji Mutoh Vs Masahiro Chono, G-1 Climax Final Misawa Vs Kawada, 6/3/94 Misawa/Akiyama Vs Kawada/Taue, 12/6/96 Vader v Takada, 12/5/93 Misawa vs Jumbo, 6/8/90 Mutoh Vs Tenryu, 6/8/01
Guest PlatypusFool Posted August 27, 2002 Report Posted August 27, 2002 I have plenty that are favourites because they are the best, so im only going to include things that stand out as favourites without being the best matches ever... Tenzan vs. Kawada (new century battle one, not seen the other) - Two of my favourite wrestlers having a quick, but quite slow paced, match. Heavy on psych IMO, and a great performance from Kawada make it a favourite for me. Lyger vs. Naniwa (super j cup 95) - Two more of my favourite wrestlers having a charisma filled young punk vs. veteran match, filled with story and character. Gedo vs. Dos Caras (super j cup 95) - The best ever puroresu example of sports entertainment style IMO. Really heavy on storyline, with Caras establishing his honourable nature early on and killing Gedo, who sells well, and then the finish sees Gedo completely going the opposite way and using disrespectful tactics to win. Lyger vs. Black Tiger (Marc Rocco) (7/12/89) - This is just a great chaotic match, great communication of hatred and all round good stuff. Thats all for now methinks.
Guest Coffin Surfer Posted August 27, 2002 Report Posted August 27, 2002 Kawada/Taue vs. Misawa/Kobashi 12/93 -My fav. wrestler's greatest performance. From Kawada's legs giving out with every kick, to his corpse sell at the end. It's just seemed so surreal to me, upon my first viewing. The second All Japan match I ever saw, and helped make me into a huge fan. Kawada/Taue vs. Misawa/Jun 12/96 The stuff between Kawada and Jun is pure gold, especially the looks that Kawada gives Misawa everytime gets the better of Jun. Kawada finally keeping Misawa down in the corner, is one of my alltime fav. spots. Misawa vs. Kawada 7/24/95 - 6/3/94 is their best, but is my fav. to watch. Mostly because Kawada manages to get in most of his trademark sells. Kawada vs. Jumbo 10/24/91 -I think this is better and more peferctly worked than any of the Flair/Steamboat matches. Hell I think it's better than the Jumbo/Kobashi, which often gets more acclaim. Kawada vs. Hansen 2/28/93 -Two badasses kicking the living shit out of each other. Fav. Spot is easily Hansen lariating Kawada so hard, that Hansen's fat ass flys out of the ring from the momentum. Kawada vs. Kobashi 6/12/98 -First All Japan match I ever saw and made me into a fan and life long Kawada mark. I had never seen two guys work so hard before. Like I said on the other thread, I was blown away at how difficult Kawada made the moves seem to pull off. Vadar vs. Takada 8/18/94 The UWF rules are annoying, but I just pretend that it's a Last Man Standing Match. Some of the most realistic brawling I've seen and My fav. Powerbomb spot ever. Misawa/Kawada/Kobashi vs. Jumbo/Taue/Fuchi 10/19/90 -4/20/91 is probably the best, but this is one is my fav. Lyger vs. Sasuke JCup 94 -It's not the best, but this my fav. junior match.
Guest Trivia247 Posted August 28, 2002 Report Posted August 28, 2002 From What I seen... Super J Cup 94 Great Sasuke vs Lyger Super J Cup 95 Chris Benoit vs Chris Jericho Rikidozen Memorial II Magnum Tokyo & Gran Hamada vs CIMA & Sumo Fuji FMW H vs Hayabusa FMW's 10th Ann. Toryumon Magnum Tokyo & Dragon Kid & SAITO vs Cima, SUWA, Sumo Fuji and Great Sasuke vs Magnum Tokyo both from Toryumon comes to Japan Pro wrestling NOAH 1-28-01 Misawa & Ogawa vs Shinya Hashimoto & Alexander Otsuka and from the same show Jun Akiyama & Vader vs Kenta Kobashi & Akira TAUE AJPW Tiger Mask II vs Bret Hart AJPW vs WWF 1990 Tour
Guest Evil Ash Posted August 29, 2002 Report Posted August 29, 2002 Gah, where to begin? All Japan - Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mitsharu Misawa (4/18/91) All Japan - Akira Taue vs. Kenta Kobashi (7/24/96) New Japan - Koji Kanemoto vs. El Samurai (97 Super J) All Japan - Mitsahara Misawa/Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue/Toshiaki Kawada (6/9/95 - World Tag Titles) All Japan - Mitsiharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi (10/21/97) BattlARTS - TAKA Michinoku/Dick Togo/Men's Teioh/Shiryu vs. Gran Naniwa/Great Sasuke/Gran Hamada/Masato Yakashiji (2/9/97) ...And then pretty much anything from All Japan in 93. As you can tell, I'm a huge All Japan fan.
Guest Grenouille Posted August 29, 2002 Report Posted August 29, 2002 Misawa VS Jumbo-6/8/90 Misawa VS Kawada-6/3/94 Misawa & Kobashi VS Taue & Kawada-6/9/95 Misawa & Akiyama VS Taue & Kawada-12/6/96 & 12/5/97 Misawa VS Taue-95 CC Final Mutoh VS Chono-91 G1 Final Mutoh VS Nagata-01 G1 Final Kobashi VS Kawada-6/98 Misawa VS Kobashi-1/97, 10/98 & 6/99 Taue & Kawada VS Kobashi & Johnny Ace-May? 98 Misawa VS Akiyama-2/27/00 Vader VS Kobashi-2/27/00 10 Man tag from AJPW's 92 Fan Appreciation tape Kawada VS Sasaki-10/9/00 Muta VS Hase-Blood bath Great Sasuke VS Liger-Battle Formation 96 This could go on and on so I'll stop now.
Guest RickyChosyu Posted August 31, 2002 Report Posted August 31, 2002 Tim, by 6/27/98, you mean Tamura/Kohsaka, correct? Sorry, RINGS knowledge isn't my strong point.
Guest Jubuki Posted August 31, 2002 Report Posted August 31, 2002 Well, there sure weren't any other classics on that card.
Guest RickyChosyu Posted September 1, 2002 Report Posted September 1, 2002 Yeah, RINGS does seem to be quite the hit-and-miss promotion, from what I've heard. Of course, the hits are supposedly better than almost anything out there, so it sounds worth checking out.
Guest tigerdrivah91 Posted September 1, 2002 Report Posted September 1, 2002 Some of my faves Michinoku Pro 6 man tags earlier the better. Ultimo Dragon vs Ohtani 96 Misawa vs Kobashi 97 Akiyama vs Misawa NOAH Mutoh vs Nagata Vader vs Inoki Any T2P match Kawada vs Misawa 94 Liger vs Tanaka BOSJ Kobashi vs Williams And my fave fued ever BJPW Honma vs Yamakawa....even if u hate hardcore/garbage whateva, watch this fued and see how FREAKIN GREAT both these two are....
Guest wolverine Posted September 6, 2002 Report Posted September 6, 2002 Misawa vs. Jumbo 9/1/90 Toyota/Yamada vs. Kansai/Ozaki 11/26/92 Hokuto vs. Kandori 4/2/93 Misawa/Kobashi/Akiyama vs. Kawada/Taue/Ogawa 7/2/93 Kobashi vs. Hansen 7/29/93 Misawa/Kobashi vs. Kawada/Taue 12/3/93 Misawa vs. Kawada 6/3/94 Kong vs. Toyota 11/20/94 Misawa/Kobashi vs. Kawada/Taue 6/9/95 Misawa/Akiyama vs. Williams/Ace 6/7/96 Misawa/Akiyama vs. Kawada/Taue 12/6/96 Misawa vs. Kobashi 1/20/97 These are the only matches I would rate *****, so they are my favorites.
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