Guest TheMikeSC Report post Posted March 10, 2002 Mike, if you're into shoot style, I'd definately check out Shamrock's early work. He has a great match with Naoki Sano (who's one of the most underrated performers ever) that if you're into the style, I think stacks up well against his match wis Michaels. But then again, shoot-style isn't for everyone.>> Nah, not into shoot style. I have seen nothing of Sano since the VERY early 90's (his matches with Liger and his brief run in the not-good SWS). Honestly, the only time I REALLY liked Shamrock's work was around the time he won the I-C Title. The WWF pushed him as this monumental bad-ass; a kick you in the face and MAKE you like it kind of guy. That character worked for him and his ring work (IMO, not a strong point) seemed to work a little better with that character as well. <<And get the Bret/Flair and Bret/Owen iron man matches if you don't have them already. >> Got both of them (took me forever to find a really good VQ copy of the Flair/Hart match). Terrific matches and it makes the abysmal WM12 match that much more odd (OK, it wasn't ABYSMAL---but it wasn't good) I still attribute THAT to both men basically obsessing over the time and neither guy going along with the more intelligent choice of having multiple decisions. 60-minute, one-fall matches work best when the match is not announced as lasting an hour ahead of time. If the fans KNOW a match will go 60 minutes, the wrestlers would be wise to try and slice the match up into smaller increments (through multiple decisions) -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Shawn Report post Posted March 10, 2002 Shamrock's UFC matches are way better than anyhting he did in the WWF. I loved him in the WWF but you are really missing out if you haven't seen him in some of his classic matches in UFC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
