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03-20-2008, 09:36 AM
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Re: The 2008 MOTYC Thread
Nigel McGuinness vs. Austin Aries ROH 12/29 ****1/2
Finally got around to watching the PPV and the match was everthing I had hoped it would be. I totally forgot about the Nigel vs. gaurdrail bump, so when Aries went soaring to the outside it freaked the shit out of me. I was tempted to go up to ****3/4, but it didn't feel right for whatever reason.
I consider the match from last year and right now it's 6th after these:
1. Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness (Driven)
2. KENTA/Ishimori vs. Marufuji/Ibushi NOAH 7/15
3. Briscoes v Steen & El Generico ROH (Boston Street Fight)
4. Briscoes vs. Shelly/Sabin (GTGM)
5. Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima ROH 8/25 (Manhatten Mayhem II)
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03-21-2008, 10:33 AM
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#252 (permalink)
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Re: The 2008 MOTYC Thread
BxB Hulk and Shingo Takagi vs. KENTA and Taiji Ishimori
Holy CHRIST this was awesome. The entrances set it up perfectly, too, as KENTA and Ishimori SEEM like such a big deal here, Hulk comes out and everyone loves him, and then SHINGO comes out ready to kill him some people. So it starts, and Hulk and Ishimori are doing their little acrobatics thing, and SHINGO is suddenly like "enough of this bullshit", demands a tag, demands KENTA, and its on from there. KENTaiji play great heels here working over Hulk and getting thecrowd super behind him, but once he makes that tag to SHINGO it's nonstop fucking beatdowns, and eventually it all comes down to KENTA and SHINGO fucking slugging each other till one can't fight no more, and the finish is quite brutal. NOt quite as balls to the wall with the nearfalls as the 1/15 tag, with a bit more NOAH style fighting spirit, but as far as overall match quality it's right there. BE SURE to see this! ****1/4
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03-21-2008, 04:29 PM
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Re: The 2008 MOTYC Thread
Just watched Hulk & Shingo Vs. KENTA & Ishimori
****1/4 from me too.
Not much i can say that hasn't been said, you can tell the NOAH guys were in this when you compare it with the 15/1 match, but that's not a bad thing really - just different.
My only complain is some minor sloppiness all over the place, but nothing too major.
Also Shingo damn near killing Ishimori with a lariat was all kinds of awesome.
On a side note, is it wrong that i find myself watching BxB Hulk matches just to see his entrance...? 
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-CM Punk (after a 53 minute 'Tables & Ladders' match, in a blood-stained ring, inside a warehouse, in front of barely 200 people...)
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03-21-2008, 04:50 PM
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Re: The 2008 MOTYC Thread
**** for the KENTaiji/NH from me.
Singles MOTY from me: Nigel/Aries from Rising Above, fairly solid ****1/2.
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03-22-2008, 08:51 AM
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Re: The 2008 MOTYC Thread
CIMA Vs. Yoshino (20/03/08)
I'm giving it ****1/4. Some nice stuff by both guys, a botch or two here and there, some general no-selling later on (hey, it's still DG after all) but overal a pretty fun match...**** seems too low, 4+1/2 is definitely too much for me.
Finish was also kinda anticlimactic too but i guess it worked.
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Each and every single one of you, including everybody standing on this apron, or in this ring, or anybody who ever crossed that threshold of that door, and gave their blood, their sweat, their tears, put their life on the line, we put each other's lives, in our hands each and every single time we're in this ring, and whether you like me or you hate me or you love me, we do it for each and every single one of you"
-CM Punk (after a 53 minute 'Tables & Ladders' match, in a blood-stained ring, inside a warehouse, in front of barely 200 people...)
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03-22-2008, 08:58 AM
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Claudio.
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Re: The 2008 MOTYC Thread
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Originally Posted by GP_Punk
CIMA Vs. Yoshino (20/03/08)
I'm giving it ****1/4. Some nice stuff by both guys, a botch or two here and there, some general no-selling later on (hey, it's still DG after all) but overal a pretty fun match...**** seems too low, 4+1/2 is definitely too much for me.
Finish was also kinda anticlimactic too but i guess it worked.
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03-22-2008, 02:03 PM
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Re: The 2008 MOTYC Thread
CHIKARA Two Eyebrows Better Than One
Eddie Kingston vs. Shane Storm ****-****1/4
Just watched Doi & Yoshino vs. SHINGO & BxB Hulk & all I got to say...that was overkill at its finest.
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03-22-2008, 04:49 PM
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Re: The 2008 MOTYC Thread
KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) vs. Yasu Urano
**** 1/4
I might even pump it up and give it the full **** 1/2. Yasu pulls every heel trick in the book to try and win the Openweight title, but HARASHIMA uses his baby face fighting spirit to try defeat Yasu.
Maybe my current MOTY, I might have to re-watch Nigel and Aries to see which one is better. But I had more fun watching HARA/Yasu, so meh.
It's one of those matches you have to see to believe, it's a great face/heel conflict.
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03-22-2008, 05:06 PM
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Re: The 2008 MOTYC Thread
CHIKARA Two Eyebrows Better Than One
Gran Akuma & Icarus vs. Solider & Fire Ant ****-****1/4
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03-22-2008, 09:44 PM
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Re: The 2008 MOTYC Thread
Hulk & Shingo Vs. KENTA & Ishimori is awesome. Gonna watch the matches mention on this page as sonn as I´ve download them. Thanks for the works.
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