TheGodling
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The G1 Climax match was way better, but either way let's hope Gedo sees this as enough reason to actually do something worthwhile with SANADA now (spoiler: he won't).
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Kind of a side thought on my question about ears being a match focus dying off: How did the "wrestlers use ketchup/blood packets" thing start when all the guys known for bleeding were absolutely blatant at blading during matches? Sheik, Abby, Flair, Dusty, Funk....these guys would just outright blade righ on camera multiple times and not give a fukk for DECADES. Hogan was also pretty bad at it, although not as blatant as a Flair or Dusty, he tried to hide it and just wasn't very good at doing so.
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pico pal q lee
Was The Rock the first to do it? To be honest he's the only one I know of that did blood packets, at least for usual forehead blading and that kind of stuff. I guess for "bleed from the mouth" type of stuff others used packets or ketchup to make it look more violent?
Jmare007
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I tried not to repeat any matches were both of them were involved (just kept the ones that worked as build up to Okabayashi vs Nomura). I'm 
at the year these two have had. I don't think anyone has had a better 2019, not when you take into account the excellence in both singles and tag matches. Strong BJ the GOAT 
Daisuke Sekimoto:
vs Kohei Sato - Zero 1 1/1/19
vs Ryota Hama - Big Japan 1/2/19
w/Okabayashi vs Violent Giants - Big Japan 1/13/19
vs Yuji Hino - Zero 1 2/2/19
w/Kento Miyahara vs Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yoshytatsu - All Star Battle
w/Okabayashi vs Violent Giants - All Japan 3/19/19
w/ Hideyoshi Kamitani & Akira Hyodo vs Yuji Okabayashi, Daichi Hashimoto & Takuya Nomura - Big Japan 4/30/19
w/ Okabayashi & Akira Hyodo vs Takuya Nomura, Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazumi Kikuta - Big Japan 5/30/19
vs Shinjiro Ohtani - Zero1 6/22/19
vs Michael Elgin - Big Japan 8/24/19
w/ Takuya Nomura vs Michael Elgin and Masaaki Mochizuki - Big Japan 8/25/19
vs Chris dikkinson - Beyond Wrestling Americanrana 19 7/28/19
vs Yuji Hino - Zero1 9/14/19
w/ The Bodyguard vs Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe (Astronauts) - Big Japan 9/15/19
w/WALTER vs Yuji Okabayashi & Yuji Hino - Big Japan 11/4/19
w/ The Bodyguard vs Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi - All Japan 11/21/19
Yuji Okabayashi:
w/ Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazumi Kikuta vs Hideki Suzuki, Takuya Nomura & Yoshihisa Uto - Big Japan 1/2/19
w/ Sekimoto vs Ryuji Sai & Jake Lee - All Japan 2/24/18
vs Shuji Ishikawa - All Japan 4/4/19
vs Daichi Hashimoto - Big Japan 4/14/19
vs Dylan James - All Japan 4/20/19
vs Zeus - All Japan 4/21/19
vs Kento Miyahara - All Japan 4/25/19
w/ Daichi Hashimoto & Takuya Nomura vs Daisuke Sekimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani & Akira Hyodo - Big Japan 4/30/19
w/ Sekimoto & Akira Hyodo vs Takuya Nomura, Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazumi Kikuta - Big Japan 5/30/19
w/ Okami vs Takuya Nomura, Ryuichi Kawami & Kazumi Kikuta - Big Japan 6/23/19
w/ Kazumi Kikuta vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Takuya Nomura - Big Japan 6/30/19
w/ Okami vs Takuya Nomura, Kohei Sato & Fuminori Abe - Big Japan 7/16/19
vs Takuya Nomura - Big Japan 7/21/19
w/ Okami (Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani) vs Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe & Kohei Sato - Big Japan 7/30/19
vs Kohei Sato - Big Japan 8/25/19
w/ Shigehiro Irie vs Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura - Big Japan 9/25/19
Every one of those matches has a link in this thread
Did I miss one @TheGodling @Scottie Drippin @SubZeroDegrees?
at the year these two have had. I don't think anyone has had a better 2019, not when you take into account the excellence in both singles and tag matches. Strong BJ the GOAT Daisuke Sekimoto:
vs Kohei Sato - Zero 1 1/1/19
vs Ryota Hama - Big Japan 1/2/19
w/Okabayashi vs Violent Giants - Big Japan 1/13/19
vs Yuji Hino - Zero 1 2/2/19
w/Kento Miyahara vs Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yoshytatsu - All Star Battle
w/Okabayashi vs Violent Giants - All Japan 3/19/19
w/ Hideyoshi Kamitani & Akira Hyodo vs Yuji Okabayashi, Daichi Hashimoto & Takuya Nomura - Big Japan 4/30/19
w/ Okabayashi & Akira Hyodo vs Takuya Nomura, Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazumi Kikuta - Big Japan 5/30/19
vs Shinjiro Ohtani - Zero1 6/22/19
vs Michael Elgin - Big Japan 8/24/19
w/ Takuya Nomura vs Michael Elgin and Masaaki Mochizuki - Big Japan 8/25/19
vs Chris dikkinson - Beyond Wrestling Americanrana 19 7/28/19
vs Yuji Hino - Zero1 9/14/19
w/ The Bodyguard vs Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe (Astronauts) - Big Japan 9/15/19
w/WALTER vs Yuji Okabayashi & Yuji Hino - Big Japan 11/4/19
w/ The Bodyguard vs Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi - All Japan 11/21/19
Yuji Okabayashi:
w/ Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazumi Kikuta vs Hideki Suzuki, Takuya Nomura & Yoshihisa Uto - Big Japan 1/2/19
w/ Sekimoto vs Ryuji Sai & Jake Lee - All Japan 2/24/18
vs Shuji Ishikawa - All Japan 4/4/19
vs Daichi Hashimoto - Big Japan 4/14/19
vs Dylan James - All Japan 4/20/19
vs Zeus - All Japan 4/21/19
vs Kento Miyahara - All Japan 4/25/19
w/ Daichi Hashimoto & Takuya Nomura vs Daisuke Sekimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani & Akira Hyodo - Big Japan 4/30/19
w/ Sekimoto & Akira Hyodo vs Takuya Nomura, Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazumi Kikuta - Big Japan 5/30/19
w/ Okami vs Takuya Nomura, Ryuichi Kawami & Kazumi Kikuta - Big Japan 6/23/19
w/ Kazumi Kikuta vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Takuya Nomura - Big Japan 6/30/19
w/ Okami vs Takuya Nomura, Kohei Sato & Fuminori Abe - Big Japan 7/16/19
vs Takuya Nomura - Big Japan 7/21/19
w/ Okami (Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani) vs Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe & Kohei Sato - Big Japan 7/30/19
vs Kohei Sato - Big Japan 8/25/19
w/ Shigehiro Irie vs Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura - Big Japan 9/25/19
Every one of those matches has a link in this thread
Did I miss one @TheGodling @Scottie Drippin @SubZeroDegrees?
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Just got finish watching DDT Ultimate Party. The Omega tag match was suprisingly good 
HARASHIMA/Take friggin delivered
The entire event just felt something special, especially the fact that it will probably be the last time we see BASURA on DDT Universe
WaveMolecules
Superstar
Not enough Shingo
Due to the era and opponents, Harley Race wasn't always in the most entertaining matches, but man his technique is really fascinating to watch.
He has the flattest flatback bumps you'll ever see. You never see him landing on his hip or maybe lower back first then bouncing his head on the mat. It's just perfectly flat every time. His back itself is the most perfectly flat back to the point it's actually kind of weird.
His punches are that perfect 70s punch with his arm closing and slapping against his side to make the sound of impact without a leg slap, while also making contact and often actually punching dudes to bust open an eyebrow. He also has the bygone punch in the ropes/corner where you hit hard in the chest and your arm slides off making it look like you just punched right through a dude.
His knee drops are the greatest and most painful looking knee drops in wrestling history. In fact to this day I watch him dropping knees on someone's face and have no idea how he didn't break noses and give everyone a concussion. No one since has done it as good as him. There's none of the flowery bullshyt that Flair or HHH had of clearly missing and rolling through, he just straight dropped knees on faces.
He had a lot of suplex variations, especially in his arguable peak era of mid-late 70s to very early 80s that most guys just weren't doing.
This mother fukker used a Gable grip for rear chin locks. Only a true shooter is using a god damn Gable grip on chin locks. In fact, he might be the only guy I've seen using it.
He has the flattest flatback bumps you'll ever see. You never see him landing on his hip or maybe lower back first then bouncing his head on the mat. It's just perfectly flat every time. His back itself is the most perfectly flat back to the point it's actually kind of weird.
His punches are that perfect 70s punch with his arm closing and slapping against his side to make the sound of impact without a leg slap, while also making contact and often actually punching dudes to bust open an eyebrow. He also has the bygone punch in the ropes/corner where you hit hard in the chest and your arm slides off making it look like you just punched right through a dude.
His knee drops are the greatest and most painful looking knee drops in wrestling history. In fact to this day I watch him dropping knees on someone's face and have no idea how he didn't break noses and give everyone a concussion. No one since has done it as good as him. There's none of the flowery bullshyt that Flair or HHH had of clearly missing and rolling through, he just straight dropped knees on faces.
He had a lot of suplex variations, especially in his arguable peak era of mid-late 70s to very early 80s that most guys just weren't doing.
This mother fukker used a Gable grip for rear chin locks. Only a true shooter is using a god damn Gable grip on chin locks. In fact, he might be the only guy I've seen using it.
TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
Watched both matches today. The final stretch of the latter match with Aoyagi giving it his all at Final Boss Mode Sekimoto was indeed awesome. Although he can do all kinds of matches everything just clicks when Sekimoto hits Final Boss Mode and starts eating offense while pulling off deadlift suplexes effortlessly, leaving you looking likeDaisuke Sekimoto & The Bodyguard vs Violent Giants - All Japan RWTL Day 4, 11/12/19
https://vk.com/video-5899799_456243354?list=fd2162b0516897d753 (starts at the 1hr19min mark)
I mean, at this point you should know what to expect from a match with these four involvedreally liked the middle portion with Sekimoto and BODYGAH working on Shuji. It's very rare to see Violent Giants work on the defensive and they pulled it off nicely. I loved how Sekimoto and Ishikawa enter at the 1 minute mark and the two fukkers just destroy each other with stiff strikes immediately
Daisuke Sekimoto & The Bodyguard vs NEXTREAM (Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi) - All Japan RWTL Day 7 11/21/19
https://vk.com/video-5899799_456243386?list=d3c636b098fc6072f3 (starts at the 2hr03min mark)
Holy shytwas not expecting this match to be this good. It follows a more southern tag formula, with Kento getting isolated and leaving Aoyagi by himself to survive the beating the dudes, specially BODYGAH, have in store for him. They are able to keep things interesting for the first 15 minutes of the match, it's nothing out of the ordinary but there's enough to keep your attention. Aoyagi is a good face in peril but his offense is so weak that his hope spots don't have as much "hope" as they should, imo. Still, the kid takes the beating like a man and his comeback lead to a nice hot tag by Miyahara. Then we get the last 7 minutes which were fukking GREAT and truly elevated the match to another level. In the end it's Sekimoto and Aoyagi slugging it out and really feels like the kid turns the corner as a performer: fire, a little better strikes and some impressive moves. Great nearfalls and even though Korakuen was sadly half empty, the crowd was lit for the home stretch. This match won me over like a motherfukker, definitely check it out @SubZeroDegrees @Scottie Drippin
PS: Kento goingat the crowd chanting for Daisuke was awesome
at his opponent's shrinking odds.I've finally finished the 1970s of the All Japan Archive. Only took me idk 2-3 years 
I logged all the matches and rated them on a scale of Skippable, Skippable but interesting, Recommended, Highly Recommended.
The wrestler with the most Highly Recommended matches: At 27 highly recommended matches, Jumbo Tsuruta. Not much of a surprise, really.
Baba comes in 2nd with 17, however that's also not a big surprise as most of those matches involve Jumbo either in tags or their singles matches against each other.
What perhaps is a bit surprising is that Dory Funk Jr. has more highly recommended matches than Terry Funk (14 to 12). I would certainly say Terry is the most captivating performer even if he doesn't have the highest number of highly recommended matches.
The four of them, Baba, Jumbo, and the Funks, are certainly the top 4 guys in the company for the decade and they carried the decade in high quality matches, often against each other.
Once you get past that group, the next highest amount is....4. That's held by Nick Bockwinkel, Jack Brisco, and Kim Duk.
Combining highly recommended and recommend matches, Jumbo still is the highest rated guy with 73 matches on the list. Baba comes in second at 49 total recommended matches. The Funk Brothers even out both ending up with 21 recommended matches.
A closer breakdown shows that Jumbo has 73 matches out of 125 (or 58.4%) recommended.
Baba has 49 out of 109 matches (46.23%) recommended.
Dory Funk Jr. has 21 out of 27 matches (77.78%) recommended.
Terry Funk has 21 out of 23 matches (91.3%) recommended.
Bockwinkel actually has a 100% recommendation rate, but he also only has 6 matches.
I logged all the matches and rated them on a scale of Skippable, Skippable but interesting, Recommended, Highly Recommended. The wrestler with the most Highly Recommended matches: At 27 highly recommended matches, Jumbo Tsuruta. Not much of a surprise, really.
Baba comes in 2nd with 17, however that's also not a big surprise as most of those matches involve Jumbo either in tags or their singles matches against each other.
What perhaps is a bit surprising is that Dory Funk Jr. has more highly recommended matches than Terry Funk (14 to 12). I would certainly say Terry is the most captivating performer even if he doesn't have the highest number of highly recommended matches.
The four of them, Baba, Jumbo, and the Funks, are certainly the top 4 guys in the company for the decade and they carried the decade in high quality matches, often against each other.
Once you get past that group, the next highest amount is....4. That's held by Nick Bockwinkel, Jack Brisco, and Kim Duk.
Combining highly recommended and recommend matches, Jumbo still is the highest rated guy with 73 matches on the list. Baba comes in second at 49 total recommended matches. The Funk Brothers even out both ending up with 21 recommended matches.
A closer breakdown shows that Jumbo has 73 matches out of 125 (or 58.4%) recommended.
Baba has 49 out of 109 matches (46.23%) recommended.
Dory Funk Jr. has 21 out of 27 matches (77.78%) recommended.
Terry Funk has 21 out of 23 matches (91.3%) recommended.
Bockwinkel actually has a 100% recommendation rate, but he also only has 6 matches.
