[dele3344]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

I was just saying it because Dele always shits a brick about how much Ito sucks.

What's really funny is that I was at this match, and I was giving Ito shit the whole match. At one point, he botched a springboard clothesline to the my side, and I shouted "SUGEIIII! (AWESOME!!!)" I also called out a series of moves he did and then yelled out "Same old shit Ito!" Michael Nakazawa was surprised by that, I was surprised that he understood me.

Originally Posted by -Blaskonio Inoki-

Andy, please send me Tanaka/Sekimoto first. So I can send it to M.W and take up his offer on 'straight up' sex.

I'd ask for the link, but I saw it in person . Look for a white guy in the third row.

[McQueen]

Make that three Andy, I want to see some more Sekimoto myself.

[-Blaskohiro Tenryu-]

So, that means both of us are going to have sex with M.W?

Y'all are gay.

[McQueen]

Originally Posted by -Blaskonio Inoki-

So, that means both of us are going to have sex with M.W?

Y'all are gay.

I got dibs on Caboose in the sex train then.

[PulseGlazer]

Edge vs. Punk - Smackdown

Early part of the match is all Punk looking great, out powering, mat wrestling, striking against Edge, but early on that didn't lead to any big moves, despite a long control period. When Punk went up top, Edge struck opportunistically, knocking him off and using that to control.

This control worked until Punk utilized his striking advantage to attack Edge. Edge continually tried to sneak out one big move for a pin, while Punk usually had ready counters with strikes, which got bigger and bigger, closer and closer nearfalls. Eventually, the spear was countered into Go to Sleep, but Edge fell out of the ring, a distracting run in later, and Punk ate a spear for the loss, but came out looking golden. *** 3/4.

This did a fantastic job of getting over Punk as on Edge's level and everything Edge did played into his opportunistic character. TV MOTY over Jeff Umaga and far over Angle-Joe.

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by dele3344

What's really funny is that I was at this match, and I was giving Ito shit the whole match. At one point, he botched a springboard clothesline to the my side, and I shouted "SUGEIIII! (AWESOME!!!)" I also called out a series of moves he did and then yelled out "Same old shit Ito!" Michael Nakazawa was surprised by that, I was surprised that he understood me.

I'm pretty sure Nakazawa knows English. At ROH's 4/19 show, I was waiting in line for tickets for the next show and guess who comes walking about, Nakazawa and the sexiest man alive, Kota Ibushi. Nakazawa was translating some stuff for Kota. Plus he was saying hi to fans and then him and Kota bowed back to me when i bowed. (that's how i roll)

[watts63]

Originally Posted by Andy3000

Fluorescant Lighttubes Death Match: Ryuji Ito & Shadow WX v Yuko Miyamoto & Takashi Sasaki (BJW, 2/9/08)

Big Japan is seriously ruling it right now, and this continues that trend. I'm not the biggest fan of Ito, and Shadow I'm pretty indifferent to (althoug he was great here), but Sasaki and Miyamoto are one of my favourite tag teams at the moment and they have yet another great match here, this time in the death match stting as opposed to the regular tag format they had with Sekimoto/Sasaki from 1/2.

Miyamoto is an absolute babyface heat magnet, so the crowd are constantly making noise in this one, especially in the last 5 minutes where Shadow goes about killing him. Speaking of Shadow, the guy takes some sick shit in this, including a couple of running knee shots from Miyamoto, driving a bunch of lighttubes into his chest, and a sick roundhouse kick from Sasaki that drives some more lighttubes into the side of his head. I like how he would just run the ropes whether there were still lighttubes attatched to them or not, making him seem like a badass (which the match in general managed to do) for not caring if he gets a shit load of glass stuck into his back. He's also the one that eventually picks up the win for his team after destroying Miyamoto with lariats and brainbusters.

This is the first death match I've watched this year (still have to see BJ/Jacobs NRBW as wel as the DM that dele uploaded), so naturally it goes top of the death match list, but I still feel it will take a bit to beat this one once I get caught up with Big Japan. It's not in my top 5 for the year overall, but it's a pretty good choice for top 10. ****

Can you upload that match?

[PulseGlazer]

Originally Posted by -Mystery-

FIP Redefined
Roderick Strong vs. Erick Stevens - ****1/2

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

I'm pretty sure Nakazawa knows English. At ROH's 4/19 show, I was waiting in line for tickets for the next show and guess who comes walking about, Nakazawa and the sexiest man alive, Kota Ibushi. Nakazawa was translating some stuff for Kota. Plus he was saying hi to fans and then him and Kota bowed back to me when i bowed. (that's how i roll)

Spoke to him in Edison. Broken English, but can handle conversation.

[PulseGlazer]

Jacobs vs. Whitmer- I Quit

They started as always, Jacobs uses speed to set up his ultraviolence, while Whitmer uses power for his. This works and is good until Whitmer ties Jacobs to the ropes (with help from Fannon) and bashes the living shit out of Jacobs with a kendo stick, going after the legs and head. The legs are how Jacobs usually sets up his offense, so when he's free, he immediately tries to finish with the guillotine choke. That doesn't work and he's screwed.

Whitmer takes him out big time with weapons while Jacobs tries and fails to use speed, locking in the figure four for the false finish due to ref stoppage as Jacobs is KO-ed. They restart the match since that isn't an "I Quit" and Whitmer goes back to the same move, but this time Jacobs escapes with a spike.

They go to a spike war and Jacobs looks like he has nothing left as Whitmer looks to finish... Jacobs, out of desearation goes to the groin with the spike; Whitmer has no choice but to quit and Jacobs pulls out a miracle. **** 1/4-**** 1/2.

Jacobs desperation was his only weapon after his knee was annihilated by Whitmer, and, through pure grit, he found the only way he was going to beat the faster, stronger Whitmer... he out meaned him. Baddass and if anyone actually sold in this it'd be 5*.

[Taroostyles]

I think the TV MOTY so far has to be HBK/Hardy, only one I gave 4* to anyway.