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That's an easy answer:

 

Benoit. Everybody has seen Benoit, so they see that match first. Nobody has heard of Kawada or Misawa, and it's a shame, because they are a lot better than even the best who have competed on US soil past or present, even Benoit.

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Guest HellSpawn
That's an easy answer:

 

Benoit. Everybody has seen Benoit, so they see that match first. Nobody has heard of Kawada or Misawa, and it's a shame, because they are a lot better than even the best who have competed on US soil past or present, even Benoit.

Well, like the Immortal Bret Hart said once upon a time...

 

"If you dont like it, tough $#!T "

 

:P

 

J/K

 

Now, been seious, like someone said, some of us dont have that match, and remember there is a clear line between WWF/WCW or NorthAmerican Fans and Japan Fans. What Puro fans think is the Best match ever almost booked by god him/her/itself for an NA fan it could be... good or very good but they like another match.

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Guest godthedog

but for an average NA fan, benoit/sasuke isn't any better than that.

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Guest Coffin Surfer
Well, like the Immortal Bret Hart said once upon a time...

 

"If you dont like it, tough $#!T "

 

:P

 

J/K

 

Now, been seious, like someone said, some of us dont have that match, and remember there is a clear line between WWF/WCW or NorthAmerican Fans and Japan Fans.  What Puro fans think is the Best match ever almost booked by god him/her/itself for an NA fan it could be... good or very good but they like another match.

Here's a brilliant post Jubuki once made on that subject. On how the line between American wrestling and Japanese wrestling isn't as clear as some people like to think it is, one is simply a more advanced version of the same art form. He explains it alot better than I can so here you go:

 

"There's a reason why Billy Robinson could have classics with Baba and Jumbo. There's a reason Flair could have classics with Jumbo. There's a reason Steve Williams could work the Steiners and turn around and look great against Kawada. Bob Backlund could go against Inoki, and then turn it around and go against Don Muraco. Pat Patterson could do the same with Inoki as well as IC contenders. Pro-style is pro-style, with few exceptions - maybe only one, in Lucha, which is itself relatively easy to figure out once you watch enough. Go back and watch the 70's All Japan footage that's available; follow it through the 80's with the Funks and Brody and Flair and Race and Jumbo, and see how similar that style of work is to what Flair and Steamboat were doing by the end of the decade. Flair and Steamboat isn't wildly different from, say, Hansen vs. Baba - it's just a much *smarter* version of the same set of blueprints, with a different *emphasis*. Once Choshu showed up in AJ, the ball got rolling in a different direction, but the basic premises of how a match developed were still there - *if you know what you're looking at*. Jumbo and Tenryu took it to another level, but, again, it had to come off the same foundation. Take what you already know, look at what's emphasized up and down a card and over time, and you see how most of it is just branching off from the same source."

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Guest slabinskia

voting is closed.here are the results.

 

1)flair-steamboat clash 6

defeats

9)benoit-sasuke j cup 94

15-9

 

17)bret-austin wm13

defeats

32)flair-steamboat wrestlewar89

17-7

(it worked out opposite of what i thought.i expected more of a landslide for the 2/3 falls match and a tough race for the second bracket.)

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Guest godthedog

switch the seeds around and wrestlewar would've won, while clash would've been defeated.

 

bret/austin v. wrestlewar would've been no contest, but with the clash match it could have a chance.

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