[Seabs]

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu - AJPW 05.06.1989
Good match but I didn't really get totally into it. Wrestling was crisp and crowd was hot. Just didn't seem epic though to me.

****1/4

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mitsuharu Misawa - AJPW 08.06.1990
Fuck me I loved this. The story with the upcomer Misawa going against the number one man in Jumbo was brilliant and the wrestling is off the charts awesome. Brilliant fast paced action throughout and I was totally into it all the way throughout. Loved it to pieces. Kinda like Bret/Austin only earlier in ways. Finish was played superbly too.

*****

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mitsuharu Misawa - AJPW 01.09.1990
The rematch! and it's just as good as the first one. The first 2/3rds or so are similar to their first encounter and plays off parts of what happened in it very well. Then it develops it's own side and makes it more than a rerun of the 08/06 match when Jumbo starts to go crazy on the youngster Misawa. From there the heat really steps up a notch and the action becomes more intense. Hot finish again without going near overkill territory. Enjoyed it just as much as their first match too.

*****

Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada - AJPW 30.09.1990
More Jumbo/Misawa awesomeness. The added extra of Kawada and Taue going at it too freshens stuff up. Really liked how they paced this out for a time limit draw. Never felt slow like Bret/HBK but never went too fast. Started off relatively slowed pace with some great tag wrestling and really stepped up for the last 15 or so minutes. Added brilliantly to the two seperate feuds in the match.

****1/2

[-GP-]

Ditch is doing a "Misawa’s career in 60 matches" feature over at the Pulse.
Safe to say nobody should pass up the chance to grab some classic stuff.

[stinger-splash]

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu - AJPW 05.06.1989 - ****3/4 (love the hell out of this match)
Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mitsuharu Misawa - AJPW 08.06.1990 - ****3/4
Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mitsuharu Misawa - AJPW 01.09.1990 - *****

I just watched the Kroffat/Furnas vs. Kobashi/Kikuchi 25/5/92 match. Don't know how to rate it, I'm kinda blown away. ****3/4 for sure, maybe all the way five as well. Brilliant tag match and the crowd was rabid, the loudest Japan crowd I've ever seen. Epic stuff. The pace was insanely high and the action was non-stop. What an energy rush.

[erikstans07]

CHIKARA The Bobliographon (4/26/09)

Shadow Phoenix vs. Claudio Castagnoli **1/2

2.0 vs. Cheech & Cloudy vs. The Super Smash Brothers vs. The UnStable **1/2

UltraMantis Black vs. Create-A-Wrestler *1/2

The Roughnecks vs. Incoherence ***3/4

Shark Girl vs. Sara Del Rey *1/2

The Future Is Now vs. The Osirian Portal ***3/4

Vin Gerard vs. Glacier 1/2
Wow, what a terrible match. Someone tell Glacier this isn't WCW Saturday Night.

F.I.S.T. & Buck Hawke vs. Mike Quackenbush, Jigsaw & The Colony ****1/4
Currently number 32 on my MOTYC list. Tremendous match, IMO.

Pretty good show, 3 awesome matches. Rest was meh.


Next Up: CHIKARA Revelation X



P.S.: Still waiting on "A Cut Above" and "The Homecoming II" to be posted in the Indy Section by somebody... lol... slackers.

[KingKicks]

Originally Posted by erikstans07

P.S.: Still waiting on "A Cut Above" and "The Homecoming II" to be posted in the Indy Section by somebody... lol... slackers.

I'll do it

Just let me know which matches you want.

[erikstans07]

From A Cut Above, I really wanna see Lynn/Strong, Dragon/Edwards, Black/Davey, and Steen&Briscoe/DCFC. From The Homecoming, Dragon/Rave, maybe the 3-way, Hero/Black, Wolves/Steen&Briscoe, and Lynn/Cabana. Thanks bro . You're a good man. Rep in advance.

Also, for those who haven't seen it. I was browsing Chikara's roster and they have Chuck and Icarus' shaved heads on there. Chuck doesn't look like Chuck at all.

[HavocD]

CHIKARA:The Bobliographon

Shadow Phoenix vs. Claudio Castagnoli **1/2
Cheech & Cloudy vs. 2.0 vs. Super Smash Bros. vs. The UnStable ***
UltraMantis Black vs. Create-A-Wrestler *1/4
Eddie Kingston, Grizzly Redwood & Brodie Lee vs. Incoherence ***1/4
SharkGirl vs. Sara Del Ray *1/2
Osirian Portal vs. The Future Is Now ***
Vin Gerard vs. Glacier *
F.I.S.T. & Buck Hawke vs. The Colony, Jigsaw & Mike Quackenbush ***3/4+

[Sephiroth]

So did Platt or David finally get fed up with McQueen no showing and decided to give his main event spot to John "Mystery" Cena?

Congrats to Mystery for the promotion

[Wrestlinfan35]

Originally Posted by erikstans07

From A Cut Above, I really wanna see Lynn/Strong, Dragon/Edwards, Black/Davey, and Steen&Briscoe/DCFC. From The Homecoming, Dragon/Rave, maybe the 3-way, Hero/Black, Wolves/Steen&Briscoe, and Lynn/Cabana. Thanks bro . You're a good man. Rep in advance.

What he said. I'll rep as well.

[KillSteve]

I can hook you up with the Cut Above matches soon if no one else does. Dragon/Edwards and the Wolves tag are nothing special though.