I'm splitting my posts from being too gigantic so I can fit labels and such in. These ar re-posts, bascially.
Kumiko Maekawa v Momoe Nakanishi (AJW 24/10/01)
--Awesome, but not without it flaws. Nakanishi's long term selling could have been better, and it going an hour wasn't the best idea (dragged a bit with all the finishing stuff), but the good > bad. Maekawa seemed to look at Nakanishi like she was a school girl pushing her weight, and tried to blow her off early, and Nakanishi fighting back really well put surprise on Kumiko's face. She had desperation points where she'd try different ways to end the match, from submissions, to suplexes, to trying to kill her with a range of kicks, to using the barricade, green mist, etc. Nakanishi on the other hand almost looked like she had to try different things to make herself survive, using the tables and barricades herself, going for the right leg, using dives, suplexes outside, yeah. Maekawa used that many kicks that looked to borderline concuss Nakanishi, that it was awesome when Nakanishi pretty much shrugged them off later on to be successful and "arrive" no matter what. Last ten minutes I could have done without and the match would have been better without them, but it didn;t "ruin" it at all.
Bryan Danielson v Takeshi Morishima (ROH 3/11/07)
--After watching weeks of Danielson look like a child on Raw, it's surreal to see him make you think he's a giant in serial killer mode. Match itself was awesome, no beating the bushes, just two guys trying to pretty much destroy each other in 12 minutes. Have no idea what was going on during this feud, but they obviously wanted the other to get hurt. I also have no Morishima experience prior to this, and I thought he was great, he wasn't one of those annoying big men who would try to "wow" the crowd with flashy crap, he would just use his size to make Danielson suffer. Bryan's blade job was a thing of beauty too, looked like tribal facepaint or something. Then he has those elbows, the dive, and trying to tear Morishima's eye out. Finish was fitting and leaves you wanting more (anticipating next match up).
Kenta Kobashi v Minoru Suzuki (NOAH 8/1/05)
--First half or so of this I was into it, second half, not so much. Began with Suzuki taking his sweet ass time going into a greco roman knuckle lock and collar and elbow and all that, being a cocky dick. Kobashi gets fed up and keeps him in a four minute headlock (going to the outside as well) and then barraging chops all over his chest and neck. After that they did kind of a "kick it into high-gear" thing that wasnlt bad but didn't really spark my interest. Some heavy damn suplexes though, Suzuki was dropped right on the TOP of his bloody head.
Naomichi Marufuji/Minoru Suzuki v Makato Hashi/Jun Akiyama (NOAH 18/7/05)
--Wanted this to end after the first two minutes. The fact it went like 26 after that didn't help at all. I can see this being a really loved tag match but something about it had me really really uninterested the whole time. Hashi and Akiyama were good, I though, Hash was fighting to not have his bandaged head be over-hit, but Marufuji continues to annoy the hell out of me. Sells like a poor man's Jeff Hardy and insists on obviously slapping his thighs every leg move he does. He and Suzuki were doing some weird unneccessary crap on the ramp that made me want to turn of my DVD player. At least Suzuki played a decent son of a bitch.
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Sunday, 11 September 2011
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
......It's Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana
Bryan Danielson v Colt Cabana (ROH 24/6/06)
--Lucky Cabana stopped with the horrible seeming Dusty Rhodes impression after the first couple of minutes otherwise this could've been a struggle to get through. Danielson's reminding me of Bob Backlund where he can make the most simple move a really interesting one by doing next to nothing. Cabana, once through with the screwing around was a pretty top notch babyface and made the transition from in toruble to having a burst of energy really well, used an Asai moonsault and everything. Couple of comedic stuff but it was actually funny so it was hardly bothersome, and then they moved on into full throttle mode which, while I didn't dislike, I would've sufficed without. Notable moments were Danielson countering a turnbuckle ten-punch position by ducking and shoving Cabana so his coconuts would land on the turnbuckle/ring post connector, and Cabana's fisherman cradle DDT suplex thingy. Real good.
--Lucky Cabana stopped with the horrible seeming Dusty Rhodes impression after the first couple of minutes otherwise this could've been a struggle to get through. Danielson's reminding me of Bob Backlund where he can make the most simple move a really interesting one by doing next to nothing. Cabana, once through with the screwing around was a pretty top notch babyface and made the transition from in toruble to having a burst of energy really well, used an Asai moonsault and everything. Couple of comedic stuff but it was actually funny so it was hardly bothersome, and then they moved on into full throttle mode which, while I didn't dislike, I would've sufficed without. Notable moments were Danielson countering a turnbuckle ten-punch position by ducking and shoving Cabana so his coconuts would land on the turnbuckle/ring post connector, and Cabana's fisherman cradle DDT suplex thingy. Real good.
Long Writes Make For Typos And Slight Play-By-Play. Bryan Danielson Has 'Til Five.
Bryan Danielson v Roderick Strong (ROH 5/11/05)
--First Strong match I saw was with Davey Richards where he was pulling shit out of his arse all over the place, so watching him in a match that has so much good stuff in it I had to take notes to write it all down i's great. Don;t think I've ever seen Danielson as a heel either so that was also great, and he was really, really damned great. I knew crap was gonna go down right from the slap to Strong's face and him retaliating with chops and and stuff to Danielson's already red chest. Danielson going to the outside and kicking the barricade was a cool little bonus. I thought for a while Danielson was kinda getting to crowd-invloved, but I guess the fact he's a heel means he wouldn;t mind the 60 minutes expiring, so he might bide time to get there. Then he blames crowd for it and asks "if they're done" verbally abusing him. When he got back inside and they started tussling around, I noticed how Dragon was going for a more slow match (good mat worker and, again, probably trying to bide time) and Strong was full force in-your-face trying to kick the living shit out of Danielson and get it over with, and whenever the pace was slow/fast, the control ususally swapped between Dragon and Strong respectively. Like when Strong would use a flurry of chops and forearms, and take one moment to walk a circle around the ring, Danielson woul greet him with a headbutt. The first slow Danielson domination part is really where I started loving him as a heel, he was putting on the usual "I'm the best wrestler in the world and this is why" submissions that have pretty much never been seen before, but he was using cheat tactics and yelling at the "I got 'til five". I gotta note how it didn;t look stupid him overpowering a bigger guy. He's like the opposite of Barry Windham in which you almost forget how small he is. Strogn didn;t lookk tiny either, though, he was a demon throwing out the chops and making Dragon flee for his life (and his chest look like someon had rubbed berries all over it). He was a good face where he would mock Dragon by mimcking the "I got 'til five" line when he was using the ropes on offense. Danielson getting back in control is really what I loved, though, and he was getting to be more and more of an arse the longer the match went, he even started his own "Roderick" chant. Strong suddenly had this awesome surge of frustartion where he was desperate as hell to get the win NOW so he tries to break Dragon's back and slap on the Stronghold. After that a weird back-an-forth exchange near th ramp that was probably the worst part of the match but really by no means "bad". Awesome moment #871529 came when Strong was choping at Danielosn, who was spitting in his face after every chop, and when he couldn't take it anymore he got on his knee and made one of the best facial expressions ever. LOVED how chnaged his stragedy throughout too, at this point he figured he needed to slow down the fast-moving prick and lay him down with a sleeper, then Strong's suplex almost kills him so he figures THAT doesn't work either. Danielson kinda got back in offense too quickly here, but that could be tied to the fact Strong took too long, and Danielson wanted that slow pace like I said. He tries ANOTHER route to victory and tries to knock him out with a belly-to-back from the toop, which Strong counters into a nifty little crossbody, so THAT didn;t work either. He figures "hell with it- CATTLE MUTILATION", but that one fails too. This was awesome, they were both at their desperation point where Danielson had tried amost everything and String was just throwing stuff left and right. None of it looked like "HEY CROWD I CAN DO THIS AND THAT" either. I guess Danielson's standing bringing Indian Deathlock kinda did, but given he forced the announcer to announce him as "The Best Wrestler in the World", it was awesome. Strong gets busted open and Danileosn obviously goes straight for it, and throws in a Dragon Suplex for good measure. Still doesn;t work. Danielson's furious and stomps around like the giant from Jack and the Beanstalk, then uses a crossface chickenwign, which, doesn't work. It's Strong's turn for fury so he tries put him Dragon away with a superplex and the Stronghold, and it was real cool that he couldn;t get it locked on the first time because of his screwed leg and fatigue. Dragon goes back to the Corssface Chickenwing (duh, it;s Backlund's move), and when String gets ti the ropes, he's all, "that's it, Roddy dies today" and hits the top rope belly-to-back he couldn't hit earlier. STILL wasn't over. Strong's back to going into all-out awesome mode, and they have a forearm exchange. One move kater and Strong's eating elbows he canlt take it (ref stops it) and the Dragon picks up the win and looks like Ivan Drago after he'd killed Apollo Creed. Fucking tremendous, the pace swapping was done picture perfect and it didn't get boring after a billion zillion minutes, best match of 05 behind Eddie/Rey 23/6.
--First Strong match I saw was with Davey Richards where he was pulling shit out of his arse all over the place, so watching him in a match that has so much good stuff in it I had to take notes to write it all down i's great. Don;t think I've ever seen Danielson as a heel either so that was also great, and he was really, really damned great. I knew crap was gonna go down right from the slap to Strong's face and him retaliating with chops and and stuff to Danielson's already red chest. Danielson going to the outside and kicking the barricade was a cool little bonus. I thought for a while Danielson was kinda getting to crowd-invloved, but I guess the fact he's a heel means he wouldn;t mind the 60 minutes expiring, so he might bide time to get there. Then he blames crowd for it and asks "if they're done" verbally abusing him. When he got back inside and they started tussling around, I noticed how Dragon was going for a more slow match (good mat worker and, again, probably trying to bide time) and Strong was full force in-your-face trying to kick the living shit out of Danielson and get it over with, and whenever the pace was slow/fast, the control ususally swapped between Dragon and Strong respectively. Like when Strong would use a flurry of chops and forearms, and take one moment to walk a circle around the ring, Danielson woul greet him with a headbutt. The first slow Danielson domination part is really where I started loving him as a heel, he was putting on the usual "I'm the best wrestler in the world and this is why" submissions that have pretty much never been seen before, but he was using cheat tactics and yelling at the "I got 'til five". I gotta note how it didn;t look stupid him overpowering a bigger guy. He's like the opposite of Barry Windham in which you almost forget how small he is. Strogn didn;t lookk tiny either, though, he was a demon throwing out the chops and making Dragon flee for his life (and his chest look like someon had rubbed berries all over it). He was a good face where he would mock Dragon by mimcking the "I got 'til five" line when he was using the ropes on offense. Danielson getting back in control is really what I loved, though, and he was getting to be more and more of an arse the longer the match went, he even started his own "Roderick" chant. Strong suddenly had this awesome surge of frustartion where he was desperate as hell to get the win NOW so he tries to break Dragon's back and slap on the Stronghold. After that a weird back-an-forth exchange near th ramp that was probably the worst part of the match but really by no means "bad". Awesome moment #871529 came when Strong was choping at Danielosn, who was spitting in his face after every chop, and when he couldn't take it anymore he got on his knee and made one of the best facial expressions ever. LOVED how chnaged his stragedy throughout too, at this point he figured he needed to slow down the fast-moving prick and lay him down with a sleeper, then Strong's suplex almost kills him so he figures THAT doesn't work either. Danielson kinda got back in offense too quickly here, but that could be tied to the fact Strong took too long, and Danielson wanted that slow pace like I said. He tries ANOTHER route to victory and tries to knock him out with a belly-to-back from the toop, which Strong counters into a nifty little crossbody, so THAT didn;t work either. He figures "hell with it- CATTLE MUTILATION", but that one fails too. This was awesome, they were both at their desperation point where Danielson had tried amost everything and String was just throwing stuff left and right. None of it looked like "HEY CROWD I CAN DO THIS AND THAT" either. I guess Danielson's standing bringing Indian Deathlock kinda did, but given he forced the announcer to announce him as "The Best Wrestler in the World", it was awesome. Strong gets busted open and Danileosn obviously goes straight for it, and throws in a Dragon Suplex for good measure. Still doesn;t work. Danielson's furious and stomps around like the giant from Jack and the Beanstalk, then uses a crossface chickenwign, which, doesn't work. It's Strong's turn for fury so he tries put him Dragon away with a superplex and the Stronghold, and it was real cool that he couldn;t get it locked on the first time because of his screwed leg and fatigue. Dragon goes back to the Corssface Chickenwing (duh, it;s Backlund's move), and when String gets ti the ropes, he's all, "that's it, Roddy dies today" and hits the top rope belly-to-back he couldn't hit earlier. STILL wasn't over. Strong's back to going into all-out awesome mode, and they have a forearm exchange. One move kater and Strong's eating elbows he canlt take it (ref stops it) and the Dragon picks up the win and looks like Ivan Drago after he'd killed Apollo Creed. Fucking tremendous, the pace swapping was done picture perfect and it didn't get boring after a billion zillion minutes, best match of 05 behind Eddie/Rey 23/6.
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