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Bluekaveli

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Heroman said:
It was weird and great when cena did it last year.
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Not enough head action involved.

Tito Santana called King Burger king, so king called him Taco bell lol
 
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avengers23 said:
Dragon Lee vs. Rey Horus, from Lucha Memes Chairo Kingdom

Definitely weird to see Dragon Lee play the subtle rudo, grabbing at Rey Horus's mask. It doesn't deter the crowd from supporting him at all. Horus hits a nice flip dive over the top rope to Dragon Lee outside. Unfortunately, this is a fan cam, so we can't really see their work outside the ring when it's on the other side of the ring. Having seen Rey Horus at an Evolve show, I had no idea that he had any type of following, but the crowd seems to be evenly split between Horus and Lee. Back inside, and Dragon Lee hits a nice German suplex on Horus. Horus hits a three triangle dropkick on Dragon Lee to send Lee to the outside, but Lee is able to evade Horus and hit him with a beautiful dive to the outside. Back inside, and Lee hits Horus with a sick powerbomb variation from a cradle suplex position, but Horus kicks out. Lee picks Horus up, and they exchange standing and running strikes. Horus is able to speed past Lee and turn a headscissors into a DDT. Neither luchador is showing any worse for wear from these repeated strikes. Horus takes Lee down with a discus elbow, but Lee is able to hit a jumping knee to Horus's face when Horus picks him up. Dueling chants from the crowd for both men as they get back on their feet; they're both wobbly. Horus tries the headscissors into a DDT again, but Lee is able to block it. Lee tries a lariat, but Horus counters and reverses into a C4 for a two count. Another C4 gets another two count, and the lucha libre version of fighting spirit lets Lee hit a lariat that sends both me down again. Lee hits a double stomp while Horus is in the tree of woe. I don't like the spot when Del Rio does it, and I don't like it here. At the opposite corner now, they battle on the top turnbuckle. Lee attempts a fireman's carry barrel roll. Horus counters and hits a wheelbarrow pin from the top rope. This also only gets two. Horus can't believe it and confronts the referee. This gives Lee the opening to kick Horus in the gut and hit him with the package suplex to win the match. A medic checks on Horus immediately after the match because the package suplex looks absolutely disgusting and dangerous.

If you like seeing athletic people doing cool moves, this was fine. It's a fan cam, so don't expect high quality footage. There's no commentary, but there are airhorns from the crowd, which you may think is an improvement. (It is not.)
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This is absolutely awesome and I can't recommend it enough. Amazing!
 
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Zach

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Did you guys already talk about this Hogan tweet?
Feels like I've been down selling and it's really ,really time to Hulk Up,make that huge comeback and drop the biggest leg ever brother HH
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Amazing.
 
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Recall

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TAKA had two versions, the Michinoku Driver and Michinoku Driver II.

Reverse DDT position into the lift and drop of the driver.
 
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Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The concept of HHH going into business for himself in both an executive and performance capacity and getting away with it is pretty funny.
 
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Zach said:
Did you guys already talk about this Hogan tweet?


Amazing.
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The way court reporter Strobogo has put it, it definitely feels like a big circus.

Cribbed from another place, direct from legitshook.com's court reporter:

Professor Foley takes the stand. His suit is perfunctory. Neither flashy nor understated, but that of a working suit acceptable for court cases, funerals, and corporate mixers. His red tie is ever so crooked, never once completely lining up with the buttons of his crisp, white shirt. On his face rested large, black glasses, with chains attached to each side, subtly informing the jury that he is a man who frequently has articles and papers shoved in front of his face for review. His hair was nearly all white, with specs of silver projecting wisdom and authority. It was still full, having avoided the impact of time that many men start fearing in their early 20s.

After 29 (and a half, he faithfully mentioned each time his career in the newspaper business was mentioned) years of working in news print, starting as a reporter and working his way up to VP of the local Tampa daily, Foley had built a career on ethics. His chosen industry had a code, one that separated a respectable newspaper from the gossip rags with flashy headlines one sees in line at the grocery store: Do not give into lewd and lurid details, always confirm your information, do not invade privacy, and do not run stories for media attention. One wonders what he must be thinking being a witness in a trial featuring a pro wrestler and unscrupulous online tabloid.

If you were trying to sense his feelings through his physicality, you weren't going to find much. His body was calm and reserved from thousands of public speaking engagements. He sat with his hands neatly folded unless he had something to read, which he did by pulling the copies a close to his nondescript face as possible. At no point during his testimony did the glasses come off his face, making the chain seem like that of an old grandmother who kept the chain so she wouldn't misplace her spectacles while napping after two hours of Family Feud and the local news.

However, his voice had a notable twinge of distaste at all mentions of Gawker. As a member of the news media for 29 (and a half) years, it was clear Professor Foley did not believe Gawker to be a legitimate media outlet. Allowing former Gawker head Nick Denton's own testimony to hang himself, Foley repeatedly reinforced that Gawker did not follow the journalism code. Gawker was not a member of the clan. Instead, it was no different than those cheaply printed salacious headlines at the grocery. They broke all the codes, something which various Gawker editors had been both ashamed and proud of, similar to that of a young child wanting others to be impressed by his destruction of a lamp or writing on the wall despite knowing the punishment that was waiting.

Denton, an Englishman who had attended Oxford University for his schooling, had video testimony played for the court earlier in the day. As former president of Gawker, he frequently went on meandering rants about loving the freedom American press gives him to make a living from posting nude photos of celebrities and royalty. It was Denton's belief that the sex tapes of public figures are newsworthy, regardless of how they are obtained, consent from parties involved, or the damage that may come in light of such releases. Denton would claim these types of articles and videos were not preferred choice of content, but when asked if he felt Hulk Hogan's genitals were newsworthy, Denton inexplicably began speaking about the flaccid penis of an actor that was posted around the same time as Hogan's video and photos were posted. Denton was repeatedly asked to focus and answer questions, as he had treated much of his testimony as a platform to deliver stuttering commentary on journalism and freedom.

Foley sat patiently, listening to Denton's testimony for the second time that day. The look on his face changed from blank to hints of disgust as Denton literally choked on his words and spoke about Gawker being "empty calories" and headlines being made to draw viewers in without truly informing them of anything. The last words the jury would hear that day were from Professor Mark Foley, a 29 (and a half) year member of the news print media. He plainly and pointedly summed up Gawker in one word: Unethical.
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Zach

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Bluekaveli said:
Hunter's one liners are cringe worthy in his feud with Sgt. Slaughter.
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Dude was just a try-hard. Deep down, he's always known. He's never been genuinely cool or particularly talented. But he'd like to be. He just wants to be loved and appreciated like his heroes, natural entertainers with real, innate ability.

I think that's why the NXT thing is so good for him. People are appreciating him for simply booking wrestling with a common sense mentality. He can do that. He likes wrestling. He's good at liking wrestling. That's his true ability.
 
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Bluekaveli

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Zach said:
Dude was just a try-hard. Deep down, he's always known. He's never been genuinely cool or particularly talented. But he'd like to be. He just wants to be loved and appreciated like his heroes, natural entertainers with real, innate ability.

I think that's why the NXT thing is so good for him. People are appreciating him for simply booking wrestling with a common sense mentality. He can do that. He likes wrestling. He's good at liking wrestling. That's his true ability.
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I think Jarrett coined him s tag along, he was correct. You are correct.
 
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avengers23

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Now for a complete change of pace, some Japanese worked shoot style, specifically Nobuhiko Takada vs. Akira Maeda from UWF, November 10, 1988. I think someone (klonere? Flammable D? Bronson? FallingEdge?) had asked about Japanese shoot-style matches in the past, so here's one of the best and a short history lesson.

The Japanese Universal Wrestling Federation was founded in 1984 when a number of wrestlers left New Japan Pro Wrestling. The original roster had Rusher Kimura, Akira Maeda, Ryuma Go, Mach Hayato, and Gran Hamada, and they were joined not long after by Takada, Yoshiaki Fujiwara (the same Fujiwara who innovated the Fujiwara armbar), Satoru Sayama (the original Tiger Mask), and Kazuo Yamazaki. Maeda, Fujiwara, Takada, Sayama, and Yamazaki were all martial artists before joining New Japan, and they pushed the UWF to the shoot-style for which it is known. Kimura, Go, and Hamada left and joined All Japan Pro Wrestling. When UWF folded in 1986, Fujiwara and others returned to NJPW and formed a UWF stable.

A quick explanation about how UWF matches worked. Headbutts, punches to the head with a closed fist, scratches, bites, eye gouges, or blows to the groin were prohibited. Closed fist punches to the body were allowed, and a wrestler can attack any part of the body except the head and groin if his opponent has both hands and knees on the ground. Matches have time limits between 20 and 60 minutes.

A fight could be won by knockout, submission, stoppage by doctor or referee, or by points. Each wrestler starts with a set number of points (15 for each wrestler in a singles match, 21 points for each team in a tag match). Three points are deducted for suffering a knockdown. One point is deducted for hitting suplexes that result in the opponent getting dumped on his head. One point is deducted for grabbing the ropes to stop the action. If a wrestler rolls into the ropes naturally during the action, the match is paused, but no points are deducted. There is a ten count for knockdowns.

The UWF's commitment to verisimilitude was a key to the promotion's brief success in Japan and in the shoot-style promotions that followed, like UWFi, RINGS, Battlarts, and Pancrase. The UWF's points-based system did not survive its demise, however. Even UWFi rarely emphasized the points-based system it inherited from UWF. You can even see the traces of shoot-style in New Japan's matches to this day.

The crowd is red hot for Maeda and Takada from the exploratory leg kicks at the start. A kick to the head pops the crowd as they transition to some mat work. They fight over a legbar and an armlock, but they get bored and stand up. More kicks to the legs and torso as each man tries to score a knockout kick to the head. A takedown by the head that looks alarmingly like a suplex, which is banned, leads to more matwork, specifically fighting over an armlock. Transition into fighting over a leglock now, and it's all about probing for weakness and leverage. The points system forces the wrestlers to figure out how to escape or to make the calculation about whether they can afford the loss in point by using the rope to escape. I'll admit that it's hard to tell two Japanese men with short haircuts in black trunks apart when the only difference are in the decals on their boots. Maeda is able to roll into an armbar, and the beauty is in the way he twists the wrist and fights for that last pound of pressure on the joint to force Takada to use a rope break. They stand back up after the rope break, and a collar and elbow tie up leads to a judo throw takedown. The cameramen's zoom in to capture Maeda's and Takada's pained expressions is what makes the match compelling beside the escalation from grappling into violence. Maeda's had enough of this shit and lights Takada up with kicks. The key is Takada's flailing attempt to avoid falling down on his knees and his hands because that would be a point deduction. Takada tries to answer with some fiery punches, but Maeda's knees and kick to the fucking head take Takada down. Takada answers the referee's count, but Maeda takes him down with more kicks and a quarter capture suplex. Takada is forced to burn another point with a rope break from an keylock, and Maeda jumps Takada as he gets up to score another takedown. Maeda is just fucking Takada up and gets a third knockdown; the crowd is hot for Maeda to finish this ass whooping. However, Takada hits a head kick out of nowhere on Maeda, and he goes to work. He goes for an armbar, but he's not messed up to finish Maeda off. They stand back up, and Maeda attempts another capture suplex. However, Maeda is still stunned from that kick to the head, and now Takada is creating some distance with his strikes. Takada takes Maeda and goes for a leglock of his own, and they fight over it. Their selling over this fight over a leglock is tremendous, and the crowd is chanting "Takada!" They roll around, and Takada is forced to burn another rope break. Takada is desperate now, so he unloads everything he has on Maeda when he stands back up to knock Maeda down. Maeda may or may not know that Takada only has one more takedown left, and Takada is desperate. They exchange bombs, and Maeda drops another takedown. Takada is a demon and hits a suplex on Maeda in the middle of the ring. He gets a choke on Maeda, and Maeda reaches the ropes to force a break. Takada gets a choke again, and they're in the middle of the ring now as the crowd chants "Takada! again. Takada hits another suplex and gets a choke on Maeda. Maeda is forced to burn another rope break, and now they're tied on takedowns. Both men have no choice but to unleash everything. Maeda's resistance is futile, and he is knocked down for the final time in this match.

According to DVDVR, this is the best match of the 1980s from a promotion other than All Japan or New Japan, and it's a great fight defined by the ramp up to violence. The grapple fuck style that Evolve and Tetsujin Shoot Style promote today is descended from this shoot-style, and this is a fine example of this match type. The points system gives everything a little more urgency, and Maeda and Takada have the charisma to sell their desperation as they accumulate falls. The match itself is only about 20 minutes, and there's no commentary, so you can enjoy the energy of the Japanese crowd. It feels just sloppy enough to feel real, which is what you want from a shoot-style match.
 
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Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Kurita said:
Binge watching the UpUpDownDown Madden 16 tournament hosted by Xavier Woods, Swagger looks stoned as hell, holy shit
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How come they all have nicknames except Sasha Banks, whose nickname is "Sasha Banks?"

They need to get Cena on, he'd probably just activate a cheat code to win.
 
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Hex

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Angry Grimace said:
Tyler Breeze, Big E Langston, Xavier Woods, Kofi Kingston and Sasha Banks v. Bo Dallas, Adam Rose, Heath Slater, Curtis Axel and Charlotte in a traditional 5 on 5 mixed-gender Survivor Series Elimination Dodgeball match. The only person to show up to the match in wrestling gear is Big E.

Special Guest Referee: Alexander "Machka" Rusev

http://www.wwe.com/videos/wwe-superstars-play-dodgeball-wwe-game-night

Breeze finally goes over but he might have had some help from the ref on Bo's throw
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God damn you just want to see so much more for Breeze than the shit he gets stuck with.
 
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klonere

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avengers23 said:
Now for a complete change of pace, some Japanese worked shoot style, specifically Nobuhiko Takada vs. Akira Maeda from UWF, November 10, 1988. I think someone (klonere? Flammable D? Bronson? FallingEdge?) had asked about Japanese shoot-style matches in the past, so here's one of the best and a short history lesson.

The Japanese Universal Wrestling Federation was founded in 1984 when a number of wrestlers left New Japan Pro Wrestling. The original roster had Rusher Kimura, Akira Maeda, Ryuma Go, Mach Hayato, and Gran Hamada, and they were joined not long after by Takada, Yoshiaki Fujiwara (the same Fujiwara who innovated the Fujiwara armbar), Satoru Sayama (the original Tiger Mask), and Kazuo Yamazaki. Maeda, Fujiwara, Takada, Sayama, and Yamazaki were all martial artists before joining New Japan, and they pushed the UWF to the shoot-style for which it is known. Kimura, Go, and Hamada left and joined All Japan Pro Wrestling. When UWF folded in 1986, Fujiwara and others returned to NJPW and formed a UWF stable.

A quick explanation about how UWF matches worked. Headbutts, punches to the head with a closed fist, scratches, bites, eye gouges, or blows to the groin were prohibited. Closed fist punches to the body were allowed, and a wrestler can attack any part of the body except the head and groin if his opponent has both hands and knees on the ground. Matches have time limits between 20 and 60 minutes.

A fight could be won by knockout, submission, stoppage by doctor or referee, or by points. Each wrestler starts with a set number of points (15 for each wrestler in a singles match, 21 points for each team in a tag match). Three points are deducted for suffering a knockdown. One point is deducted for hitting suplexes that result in the opponent getting dumped on his head. One point is deducted for grabbing the ropes to stop the action. If a wrestler rolls into the ropes naturally during the action, the match is paused, but no points are deducted. There is a ten count for knockdowns.

The UWF's commitment to verisimilitude was a key to the promotion's brief success in Japan and in the shoot-style promotions that followed, like UWFi, RINGS, Battlarts, and Pancrase. The UWF's points-based system did not survive its demise, however. Even UWFi rarely emphasized the points-based system it inherited from UWF. You can even see the traces of shoot-style in New Japan's matches to this day.

The crowd is red hot for Maeda and Takada from the exploratory leg kicks at the start. A kick to the head pops the crowd as they transition to some mat work. They fight over a legbar and an armlock, but they get bored and stand up. More kicks to the legs and torso as each man tries to score a knockout kick to the head. A takedown by the head that looks alarmingly like a suplex, which is banned, leads to more matwork, specifically fighting over an armlock. Transition into fighting over a leglock now, and it's all about probing for weakness and leverage. The points system forces the wrestlers to figure out how to escape or to make the calculation about whether they can afford the loss in point by using the rope to escape. I'll admit that it's hard to tell two Japanese men with short haircuts in black trunks apart when the only difference are in the decals on their boots. Maeda is able to roll into an armbar, and the beauty is in the way he twists the wrist and fights for that last pound of pressure on the joint to force Takada to use a rope break. They stand back up after the rope break, and a collar and elbow tie up leads to a judo throw takedown. The cameramen's zoom in to capture Maeda's and Takada's pained expressions is what makes the match compelling beside the escalation from grappling into violence. Maeda's had enough of this shit and lights Takada up with kicks. The key is Takada's flailing attempt to avoid falling down on his knees and his hands because that would be a point deduction. Takada tries to answer with some fiery punches, but Maeda's knees and kick to the fucking head take Takada down. Takada answers the referee's count, but Maeda takes him down with more kicks and a quarter capture suplex. Takada is forced to burn another point with a rope break from an keylock, and Maeda jumps Takada as he gets up to score another takedown. Maeda is just fucking Takada up and gets a third knockdown; the crowd is hot for Maeda to finish this ass whooping. However, Takada hits a head kick out of nowhere on Maeda, and he goes to work. He goes for an armbar, but he's not messed up to finish Maeda off. They stand back up, and Maeda attempts another capture suplex. However, Maeda is still stunned from that kick to the head, and now Takada is creating some distance with his strikes. Takada takes Maeda and goes for a leglock of his own, and they fight over it. Their selling over this fight over a leglock is tremendous, and the crowd is chanting "Takada!" They roll around, and Takada is forced to burn another rope break. Takada is desperate now, so he unloads everything he has on Maeda when he stands back up to knock Maeda down. Maeda may or may not know that Takada only has one more takedown left, and Takada is desperate. They exchange bombs, and Maeda drops another takedown. Takada is a demon and hits a suplex on Maeda in the middle of the ring. He gets a choke on Maeda, and Maeda reaches the ropes to force a break. Takada gets a choke again, and they're in the middle of the ring now as the crowd chants "Takada! again. Takada hits another suplex and gets a choke on Maeda. Maeda is forced to burn another rope break, and now they're tied on takedowns. Both men have no choice but to unleash everything. Maeda's resistance is futile, and he is knocked down for the final time in this match.

According to DVDVR, this is the best match of the 1980s from a promotion other than All Japan or New Japan, and it's a great fight defined by the ramp up to violence. The grapple fuck style that Evolve and Tetsujin Shoot Style promote today is descended from this shoot-style, and this is a fine example of this match type. The points system gives everything a little more urgency, and Maeda and Takada have the charisma to sell their desperation as they accumulate falls. The match itself is only about 20 minutes, and there's no commentary, so you can enjoy the energy of the Japanese crowd. It feels just sloppy enough to feel real, which is what you want from a shoot-style match.
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Great write up dude and yes I was one of those asking for shoot style stuff earlier. Solid history lesson as well. Gonna stick it on the oul to watch list. The points system seems slightly unwieldy from just reading about it yet it does seem a very intriguing way of scoring a match. I especially like the idea of deducting points for a rope break, that'd be a concept that could be I introduced today in some modified form to up the drama of submissions and early match grappling.
 
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RBH

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Lucha Underground is close to signing a deal with Netflix:


A deal is very close to selling season one to Netflix, and if that deal happens, it makes the iTunes deal obsolete because why would people pay a few dollars for an episode or a higher figure for the full season when they can just get it for a Netflix subscription? The idea as it stands right now is if the deal happens, the Netflix deal will only be for the first season and iTunes would still get the second season
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-Wrestling Observer Newsletter
 
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Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Okay, I haven't checked UUDD in a while but he's playing Barbie Super Model with Summer Rae.
 
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FlammableD

Banned
avengers23 said:
Now for a complete change of pace, some Japanese worked shoot style, specifically Nobuhiko Takada vs. Akira Maeda from UWF, November 10, 1988. I think someone (klonere? Flammable D? Bronson? FallingEdge?) had asked about Japanese shoot-style matches in the past, so here's one of the best and a short history lesson.

The Japanese Universal Wrestling Federation was founded in 1984 when a number of wrestlers left New Japan Pro Wrestling. The original roster had Rusher Kimura, Akira Maeda, Ryuma Go, Mach Hayato, and Gran Hamada, and they were joined not long after by Takada, Yoshiaki Fujiwara (the same Fujiwara who innovated the Fujiwara armbar), Satoru Sayama (the original Tiger Mask), and Kazuo Yamazaki. Maeda, Fujiwara, Takada, Sayama, and Yamazaki were all martial artists before joining New Japan, and they pushed the UWF to the shoot-style for which it is known. Kimura, Go, and Hamada left and joined All Japan Pro Wrestling. When UWF folded in 1986, Fujiwara and others returned to NJPW and formed a UWF stable.

A quick explanation about how UWF matches worked. Headbutts, punches to the head with a closed fist, scratches, bites, eye gouges, or blows to the groin were prohibited. Closed fist punches to the body were allowed, and a wrestler can attack any part of the body except the head and groin if his opponent has both hands and knees on the ground. Matches have time limits between 20 and 60 minutes.

A fight could be won by knockout, submission, stoppage by doctor or referee, or by points. Each wrestler starts with a set number of points (15 for each wrestler in a singles match, 21 points for each team in a tag match). Three points are deducted for suffering a knockdown. One point is deducted for hitting suplexes that result in the opponent getting dumped on his head. One point is deducted for grabbing the ropes to stop the action. If a wrestler rolls into the ropes naturally during the action, the match is paused, but no points are deducted. There is a ten count for knockdowns.

The UWF's commitment to verisimilitude was a key to the promotion's brief success in Japan and in the shoot-style promotions that followed, like UWFi, RINGS, Battlarts, and Pancrase. The UWF's points-based system did not survive its demise, however. Even UWFi rarely emphasized the points-based system it inherited from UWF. You can even see the traces of shoot-style in New Japan's matches to this day.

The crowd is red hot for Maeda and Takada from the exploratory leg kicks at the start. A kick to the head pops the crowd as they transition to some mat work. They fight over a legbar and an armlock, but they get bored and stand up. More kicks to the legs and torso as each man tries to score a knockout kick to the head. A takedown by the head that looks alarmingly like a suplex, which is banned, leads to more matwork, specifically fighting over an armlock. Transition into fighting over a leglock now, and it's all about probing for weakness and leverage. The points system forces the wrestlers to figure out how to escape or to make the calculation about whether they can afford the loss in point by using the rope to escape. I'll admit that it's hard to tell two Japanese men with short haircuts in black trunks apart when the only difference are in the decals on their boots. Maeda is able to roll into an armbar, and the beauty is in the way he twists the wrist and fights for that last pound of pressure on the joint to force Takada to use a rope break. They stand back up after the rope break, and a collar and elbow tie up leads to a judo throw takedown. The cameramen's zoom in to capture Maeda's and Takada's pained expressions is what makes the match compelling beside the escalation from grappling into violence. Maeda's had enough of this shit and lights Takada up with kicks. The key is Takada's flailing attempt to avoid falling down on his knees and his hands because that would be a point deduction. Takada tries to answer with some fiery punches, but Maeda's knees and kick to the fucking head take Takada down. Takada answers the referee's count, but Maeda takes him down with more kicks and a quarter capture suplex. Takada is forced to burn another point with a rope break from an keylock, and Maeda jumps Takada as he gets up to score another takedown. Maeda is just fucking Takada up and gets a third knockdown; the crowd is hot for Maeda to finish this ass whooping. However, Takada hits a head kick out of nowhere on Maeda, and he goes to work. He goes for an armbar, but he's not messed up to finish Maeda off. They stand back up, and Maeda attempts another capture suplex. However, Maeda is still stunned from that kick to the head, and now Takada is creating some distance with his strikes. Takada takes Maeda and goes for a leglock of his own, and they fight over it. Their selling over this fight over a leglock is tremendous, and the crowd is chanting "Takada!" They roll around, and Takada is forced to burn another rope break. Takada is desperate now, so he unloads everything he has on Maeda when he stands back up to knock Maeda down. Maeda may or may not know that Takada only has one more takedown left, and Takada is desperate. They exchange bombs, and Maeda drops another takedown. Takada is a demon and hits a suplex on Maeda in the middle of the ring. He gets a choke on Maeda, and Maeda reaches the ropes to force a break. Takada gets a choke again, and they're in the middle of the ring now as the crowd chants "Takada! again. Takada hits another suplex and gets a choke on Maeda. Maeda is forced to burn another rope break, and now they're tied on takedowns. Both men have no choice but to unleash everything. Maeda's resistance is futile, and he is knocked down for the final time in this match.

According to DVDVR, this is the best match of the 1980s from a promotion other than All Japan or New Japan, and it's a great fight defined by the ramp up to violence. The grapple fuck style that Evolve and Tetsujin Shoot Style promote today is descended from this shoot-style, and this is a fine example of this match type. The points system gives everything a little more urgency, and Maeda and Takada have the charisma to sell their desperation as they accumulate falls. The match itself is only about 20 minutes, and there's no commentary, so you can enjoy the energy of the Japanese crowd. It feels just sloppy enough to feel real, which is what you want from a shoot-style match.
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Don't think it was me, but A+ content today friend
RBH said:
Lucha Underground is close to signing a deal with Netflix:



-Wrestling Observer Newsletter
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Big Dave with the hot takes on iTunes' business model.
 
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Recall

Member
Big Boss Man teamed with Steve Williams during the 93 AJPW Real World Tag League. Boss Man got destroyed by everyone during it taking every pin for his team.

Classic pairing of Taue & Kawada vs Misawa & Kobashi is the main event. Though it must be noted that the legend team of Giant Baba and Stan Hansen seemingly got third having had more 30 minute time limit draws than clear wins than any other team.

Ah it seems Ted Dibiase teamed with Hansen but got injured after 1 match so was replaced by Baba.
 
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Jamie OD

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Angry Grimace said:
The cash-in gimmick is really bad and kind of buries the WHC in my opinion, though. Like, I understand its not really presented as a legitimate sports contest, but the surprise cash-in gimmick has run its course more than the Authority gimmick, really.
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I hate how the holder always goes on a losing streak because the writers think he is being protected by his inevitable cash in.

DDT does a great variation of the gimmick. They have around 4 contracts in play at the same to but each one always has to be defended whenever the holders wrestle so they can't afford to lose even the most throwaway of matches. What follows is a flurry of contracts changing hands on different shows until one by one they get cashed in.
 
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Bluekaveli

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"You want to think that people who are shaped like you have a great chance at veing athletes"

-King to JR

Idk how they just didn't start laughing at some of the shit they would say.
 
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somedevil

Member
Well Mr. Anderson is done with TNA:

Anderson last appeared during the Bethlehem, PA TV tapings. We are told that Anderson was released from his TNA deal for behavior that took place over the course of the PA tapings.
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Like Meltzer said after reporting saying "not that anyone cares." ouch. This was his last image on TNA:

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