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Recall · 04-30-2008, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy3000

For anybody else with the MPro love, IVP has a Best of MPro 12 disc set. It's fan-effin'-tastic! Seriously, I got it about 5 months ago and loved it.

Is it a lot of clipped matches, as thats what M-Pro was all about back in the day? Im interested in getting it at some point to be honest so its nice to see it have good feedback.

**Andy3000** · 04-30-2008, 01:10 PM

It's been a while, but yeah, that match was prety great. Definitely the best I've seen from Iizuka.

EDIT: rohrecall, seriously, it surprised me how much clipping there WASN'T! The only real disappointment as far as clipping goes was the 6-man involving Liger, then there was some clipping on another match that was pretty great as well, but apart from that, you seriously won't be disappointed if you get this.

I'm not too good with the dates right now, but those are realy the only 2 matches I remember with any sort of real clipping, and you still get half of the match anyway.

Some of the lesser singles matches from 93 and 94 are clipped down to about 5 or 6 minutes (as well as a couple other throwaway matches), but clipping is next to none all things considered.

**GP_Punk** · 04-30-2008, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy3000

EDIT: Yes I do - So does Terry Funk... and I ain't talkin' about Togo.

Wanna say that to the Funker's face?

**Andy3000** · 04-30-2008, 01:22 PM

You wanna stick you testicles in a meat grinder? Didn't think so.

Recall · 04-30-2008, 01:23 PM

Awesome thanks, might have to be my next investment on my next pay day. I never understood M-Pro's love for clipping matches, unless it was the Stampede Wrestling approach with teasing part matches hoping you would go live so you could see a full match.

If that makes sense

**GP_Punk** · 04-30-2008, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy3000

You wanna stick you testicles in a meat grinder? Didn't think so.

Excellent analogy (if a bit less painfull)

Recall · 04-30-2008, 02:43 PM

12th August '07 - NJPW G1 Climax 2007

Semi Final: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Togi Makabe ***1/2-***3/4 [A very good match which got extremely exciting towards the end. Makabe is just the man in "take no shit" mode working over Tanahashi's leg and beating the crap out of him with the chain but fell to a victory roll]

Semi Final: Yuji Nagata vs. Shinsuke Nakamura ***1/2 [Nagata is awesome like we all know, the punishment he dishes is so cool. Wasn't keen on the finish with Referee stoppage but it protected Nakamura from a direct loss and made Nagata look super dangerous]

Final: Yuji Nagata vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi ***1/4 [This was good but didnt sit well with me, there was no focus on Tanahashi's leg which was odd considering it got destroyed in the Semi Final and would have made sense. It was good but I was expecting a lot more from it but the crowd were super hot towards the end so they must have been doing something right. Tana got the win with his High Fly Flow.]

Overall a very positive show and 3 very good tournament bouts. The undercard was surprisngly pleasant and enjoyable to watch making it a DVD worth having.

**McQueen** · 04-30-2008, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapone89

LOL.
By the way has anybody seen this?
Yuji Nagata & Takasi Iizuka Vs. Masanobu Fuchi & Toshiaki Kawada 12/14/00
I've been hearing a lot of praise for it. I have seen a little bit of it. I really like the segments
between Nagata and Kawada, and it's an overall great performance by all four men.

Yeah that match is pretty damn good. Fuchi brings his A Game, nice workover periods its a lot of fun.

**Andy3000** · 04-30-2008, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by McQueen

Yeah that match is pretty damn good. Fuchi brings his A Game, nice workover periods its a lot of fun.

I can't help but think that if All Japan put someone other than Fuchi (his performance was his best in a long time here, so I'm not knocking it) in this, it could have been even better. Not sure if there was any younger guys that would have fit though, in saying that. Maybe Kea? Ah well.

I also watched the BOSJ 95 match between Black Tiger and Koji Kanemoto last night. I had only previously seen the clipped down to about 6 minutes version and it looked awesome from that, so when I watched it last night, my expectaions were high... It didn't disappoint!

I'm intending on watching it again before I give it a rating, but I'll post my thoughts when I do. I'l probably ramble on a bit about it as well, like I tend to do

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***Platt*** · 04-30-2008, 05:19 PM

Less Japan please I haven't understood a single thing post here in 2 days now