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Official Puro Match/DVD Discussion Thread (NO SPOILERS)

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#1 ·
About time we made a Puro thread seeing as there's an Indy one and it deserves a seperate thread. You can use this to discuss any Puro matches or shows, past or present.

I've just finished this awesome set so I may as well get the thread up and running with some ratings for it.


ivp's Top 25 Matches in NOAH History

Disc 1

25. Jushin 'Thunder' Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi - January 26th 2003 - Kobe World Hall
***1/2

24. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA - April 25th 2004 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****1/2+

23. Jushin 'Thunder' Liger vs. Makoto Hashi - March 6th 2004 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
***3/4

Disc 2

22. Kenta Kobashi vs. Minoru Suzuki - January 8th 2005 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
***3/4

21. Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikio vs. Takeshi Morishima & Muhammad Yone - April 1st 2007 - Tokyo Korakuen Hall
****1/4

20. Naomichi Marufuji & Minoru Suzuki vs. Makoto Hashi & Jun Akiyama - July 18th 2005 - Tokyo Dome
****

19. Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikio vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Takashi Sugiura - April 28th 2007 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
***3/4

Disc 3

18. Kenta Kobashi & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Jun Akiyama & Mitsuharu Misawa - December 2nd 2007 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****1/4

17. Akira Taue vs. Yuji Nagata - June 6th 2003 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
***1/2

16. Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Makoto Hashi - September 12th 2003 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****1/4

Disc 4

15. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tamon Honda - June 6th 2003 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****1/4

14. Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA vs. Juventud Guerrera & Ricky Marvin - November 1st 2003 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****1/4

Disc 5

13. Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Sugiura - June 5th 2005 - Sapporo Media Park Spica
****1/2

12. Takeshi Rikio & Takeshi Morishima vs. Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA - July 16th 2006 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****1/2

11. KENTA vs. SUWA - September 18th 2005 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****1/4

Disc 6

10. Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue - September 10th 2004 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****1/2

9. Kenta Kobashi & Kentaro Shiga vs. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito - 19th October 2002 - Tokyo Korakuen Hall
****

8. Naomichi Marufuji vs. KENTA - October 29th 2006 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****3/4+

Disc 7

7. Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA vs. Jushin 'Thunder' Liger & Takehiro Muruhama - July 16th 2003 - Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
****1/2

6. Kenta Kobashi vs. Tamon Honda - April 13th 2003 - Tokyo Ariake Colosseum
****1/2

BONUS Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama - December 23rd 2000 - Tokyo Ariake Colosseum
****3/4

Disc 8

5. Kenta Kobashi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama - April 25th 2004 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****1/2

4. Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama - July 10th 2004 - Tokyo Dome
****3/4

Disc 9

3. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi - March 1st 2003 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
*****

2. Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiosaki vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima - November 5th 2005 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
*****

1. Kenta Kobashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki - July 18th 2005 - Tokyo Dome
*****

Overall:
Absolutely amazing comp. Perfect for any new NOAH fans with an insane amount of brilliant matches.
 
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#457 · (Edited)
At the risk of being banned from this thread I've never seen it. I always see it mentioned as being great but I've never gotten around to seeing it. Haven't seen a lot of Funk stuff from Japan either.

To be fair basically all the Brody matches I've seen have terrible endings or are as you described, him looking superhuman.

EDIT: On another note been watching the lucha 90s set I got from IVP and it's been pretty cool. Especially liked the Rey Mysterio Jr./Super Calo/Winners vs. Psicosis/Heavy Metal/Picudo match from 93.
 
#459 ·
Hansen/Brody vs Funks was an emotional, free-for-all war. It felt REAL. With an actual ending that'd be five stars and my favorite tag match ever.
 
#460 · (Edited)
Seabs fuck you.

I've actually seen what I thought was a pretty fun Brody/Jumbo match that I think is from '81. Brody actually sold his leg in that match.

Brody/Snuka vs The Funk in the '81 RWTL Finals is pretty fantastic, although a certain Lariat throwin son of a bitch from Texas being in the corner of Brody/Snuka just a day or two after jumping ship from All Japan doesn't hurt either.
 
#461 ·
Goodhelmet released part one of the Funk set. Part two drops after Christmas.

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DISC 1
Terry Funk & Harley Race vs. Abe Jacobs & Mighty Zuma (Clipped Silent Film) (St. Louis 1973)
Terry Funk vs. Jerry Brisco (Clipped Silent Film) (St. Louis 1973)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (10/9/73)
Terry Funk vs. Dusty Rhodes (Bullrope Match) (Clips Only) (1974)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (2/3 Falls) (2/5/75)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (3/13/75)
Terry Funk vs. Bill Watts (Tri States 1975)
Battle Royal (Clipped Silent Film) (St. Louis 12/5/75)
Terry Funk vs. Jack Brisco (Clip) (12/10/75)


DISC 2
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Jack & Jerry Brisco (Florida 1970s)
Terry Funk vs. Jack Brisco (Clipped Silent Film) (St. Louis 3/26/76)
Terry Funk & Bob Backlund vs. Kiniski & Kirby (Clipped Silent Film) (St. Louis 1976)
Terry Funk vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (6/11/76)
Terry Funk vs. Dusty Rhodes (Florida 1976)
Terry Funk + Dusty Rhodes (Florida 1976)
Terry Funk vs. Harley Race (Toronto 2/6/77)
Terry Funk vs. Chavo Guerrero (Clipped Silent Film) (Los Angeles 1977)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Rocky Hata (12/2/77)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Billy Robinson & Horst Hoffman (12/6/77)


DISC 3
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (12/14/77)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik (12/15/77)
Terry Funk vs. Harley Race (Clipped Silent Film) (St. Louis 4/7/78)
Terry Funk vs. Mark Lewin (Grudge Match) (Detroit 1978)
Terry Funk vs. Abdullah The Butcher (12/1/78)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza (12/5/78)


DISC 4
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik (12/9/78)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (12/15/78)
Terry Funk vs. Bob Roop (Clips) (Florida 1979)
Dusty Rhodes vs. Harley Race /
Terry Funk + Dusty Rhodes (film clips from June 21 and 26, 1979)
Terry Funk + Dusty Rhodes (June 1979)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik (7/15/79)
Terry Funk vs. Abdullah The Butcher (7/18/79)


DISC 5
Terry Funk vs. Dusty Rhodes (Arena Clip) (Florida 9/16/79)
Terry Funk + Manny Fernandez (Florida 1979)
Terry Funk vs. Terry Taylor (Florida 1979)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (11/30/79)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras (12/7/79)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik (12/13/79)
Terry & Dory Funk + Dusty Rhodes & Wahoo McDaniel (WTBS 2/23/80)
Terry Funk Interview (WTBS 3/8/80)
Terry & Dory Funk Promo (Mid South 1980)
Terry Funk & Dick Slater vs. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (5/2/80)


DISC 6
Terry Funk promo (WTBS 9/6/80)
Terry Funk & Ole Anderson + Mike Davis & Terry Taylor (Georgia 9/20/80)
Terry Funk & Ole Anderson vs. Zane Hickey & Jerry Roberts (Georgia 10/11/80)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. The Sheik & The Great Mephisto (11/28/80)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Jim Brunzell (12/9/80)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (12/11/80)
Terry Funk motor oil interview (x2) (1/7/81)
Terry Funk vs. Jerry Lawler (No DQ) (Memphis 3/23/81)
Terry Funk + Jerry Lawler (Memphis 1981)
Terry Funk vs. Jerry Lawler (Empty Arena Match) (4/6/81)


DISC 7
Terry Funk vs. Dory Funk Jr. (4/30/81)
Terry Funk Promo (Memphis 5/16/81)
Terry Funk Going Crazy (Memphis 5/23/81)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Cocoa Samoa & Steve Keirn (Florida 5/30/81)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Scott Casey & Relampago Leon (Southwest 5/81)
Terry & Dory Funk Interview (Southwest 5/81)
Terry & Dory Funk + Tully Blanchard (Southwest 6/81)
Terry Funk Promo (7/1/81)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Mike Graham & Jerry Lawler (Arena Clip) (Florida 7/14/81)
Terry Funk vs. Tommy Gilbert (Arena Clip) (Florida 7/26/81)
Dory Funk Jr. vs. Mike Graham (Terry Funk at Ringside) (Florida 8/5/81)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Umanosuke Ueda & Buck Robley (10/6/81)


DISC 8
Terry Funk vs. Ric Flair (2/3 falls) (AJ 10/7/81)
Terry Funk vs. Bruiser Brody (11/30/81)
Terry Funk vs. Ashura Hara (12/3/81)
Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka (12/13/81)
Terry Funk + Jerry Lawler (12/26/81)
Terry Funk vs. Nick Bockwinkel (All Japan)
Terry & Dory Funk + Jack & Jerry Brisco (Florida 1/82)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Jack & Jerry Brisco (Florida 2/6/82)


DISC 9
Terry Funk & Dick Slater vs. Jerry Lawler & Don Diamond (2/20/82)
Terry Funk, Ole Anderson & Stan Hansen vs. Jobbers (Georgia 3/13/82)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Mike Graham & Steve Keirn (Florida 3/27/82)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka (4/22/82)
Dory Funk Jr. vs. David Von Erich (Finish Only) (Florida 6/15/82)
Terry Funk vs. Dusty Rhodes (Arena Clip) (Florida 7/27/82)
Terry Funk and Ivan Putski vs. Gino Hernandez and Tully Blanchard (Southwest 8/15/82)
Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen (9/11/82)
Terry Funk, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Destroyer, Ron Bass & Crusher Blackwell (9/14/82) Terry vs. Bruce Walkup (Steel Cage Match) (Florida 1982)
Terry Funk + The Invader (Puerto Rico 10/16/82)
Terry Funk Promo (Puerto Rico 10/30/82)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara (11/26/82)


DISC 10
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood (12/2/82)
Terry Funk vs. Bruiser Brody (12/7/82)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Harley Race & Dick Slater (12/9/82)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody (12/13/82)
Terry Funk, Jerry Lawler & Sweet Brown Sugar vs. Masked Mauders & Jessie Barr (1/29/83)
Terry Funk Promo (Southwest 3/21/83)
Terry Funk & Ted Dibiase vs. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (4/7/83)



DISC 11
Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen (4/14/83)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody (4/20/83)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody (4/22/83)
Terry Funk, Dory Funk Jr. & Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen, Bruiser Brody & Terry Gordy (8/30/83)
Good Bye Terry Funk (All Japan Tribute)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (8/31/83)


DISC 12
Dory Funk & Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody (Finish Only) (8/26/84)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody (12/8/84)
Terry Funk, Nick Bockwinkel & Steve Regal vs. Greg Gagne, Jim Brunzell & Curt Hennig (PWUSA 2/1/85)
Terry Funk vs. Lanny Poffo (MSG 7/13/85)
Terry Funk vs. Rick McGraw (Boston 8/3/85)
Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen (8/23/85)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Stan Hansen & Ted Dibiase (8/29/85)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (8/31/85)


DISC 13
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Road Warriors (10/19/85)
Terry & Dory Funk & Tiger Mask vs. Billy Robinson, Terry Gordy & Chavo Guerrero (10/21/85)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Terry Gordy & Art Crews (10/22/85)
Terry Funk vs. Junkyard Dog (SNME 11/2/85)
Terry Funk vs. Mr. Wrestling II (MSG 11/25/85)
Terry Funk Interview (Philly 12/7/85)
Terry Funk vs. Hulk Hogan (Philly 12/7/85)
Terry Funk vs. Hulk Hogan (Toronto 12/15/85)
Terry Funk vs. Hulk Hogan (SNME 1/4/86)
Terry Funk vs. Pedro Morales (Boston 1/11/86)


DISC 14
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Junkyard Dog & Tito Santana (Mania 4/7/86)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Junkyard Dog & Hulk Hogan (SNME 5/3/86)
Terry Funk Promo (Puerto Rico 9/14/86)
Terry Funk vs. Barry Windham (JIP) (Puerto Rico 9/19/86)
Terry Funk Promo (Puerto Rico 9/20/86)
Terry Funk vs. Rick Martel (Puerto Rico 9/20/86)
Terry Funk vs. Carlos Colon (Puerto Rico 9/21/86)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Road Warriors (10/10/86)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Rick Martel & Tom Zenk (11/22/86)
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Stan Hansen & Ted Dibiase (12/6/86)
Terry & Dory Funk & Ron Starr vs. Invaders & Mil Mascaras (Puerto Rico 12/17/86)
Terry Funk vs. Mike Rotundo (Florida 1987)


DISC 15
Terry & Dory Funk vs. Road Warriors (Puerto Rico 9/19/87)
Terry Funk vs. TNT (Puerto Rico 10/15/88)
Terry Funk vs. Dustin Rhodes (PWF 3/11/89)
Terry Funk Interview (PWF 1989)
Terry Funk attacks Dusty Rhodes (PWF 1989)
Terry Funk + Dusty Rhodes Brawl (PWF 1989)
End of Flair-Steamboat at (Wrestlewar 5/7/89)
Terry Funk Interview (NWA 5/13/89)
Terry Funk vs. Eddie Guerrero (NWA 5/20/89)
Terry Funk Interview (NWA 5/20/89)
Ric Flair’s Doctor / Terry Funk Interview (NWA 5/27/89)
Terry Funk + “Ric Flair” (NWA 6/3/89)
Terry Funk + Ricky Steamboat & Lex Luger (NWA 6/10/89)
Terry Funk vs. Ricky Steamboat (Clash 7; 6/14/89)
Terry Funk vs. Cougar Jay (TV 6/17/89)
Terry Funk Interview (TV 6/24/89)
Terry Funk + Sting (CENSORED) (WWW 7/1/89)
Terry Funk vs. Ricky Santana (WWW 7/1/89)
Ric Flair Press Conference (NWA 7/1/89)
Terry Funk Interview (NWA 7/1/89)
Danger Zone w/ Terry Funk (NWA 7/8/89)
Terry Funk Interview (NWA 7/22/89)


DISC 16
Terry Funk vs. Ric Flair (GAB 7/23/89)
Terry Funk vs. Scott Hall (Pro 7/28/89)
Terry Funk Interview (NWA 7/29/89)
Terry Gordy & Terry Funk vs. Sting & Dr. Death (Power Hour 8/4/89)
Terry Funk & Gary Hart Interview (NWA 8/12/89)
Terry Funk vs. Scott Hall (Pro 8/19/89)
Terry Funk + Ric Flair + Plastic Bag (Clash 9/12/89)
Terry Funk Interview (NWA 9/16/89)
Gordon Solie Report (NWA 9/30/89)
Terry Funk Interview (NWA 10/14/89)
Terry Funk Interview (NWA 10/21/89)
Terry Funk & Great Muta vs. Ric Flair & Sting (Havoc 10/28/89)
Terry Funk Interview (NWA 11/4/89)
Funk’s Grill w/ Ric Flair (NWA 11/11/89)
Terry Funk vs. Ric Flair (I Quit Match) (Clash 9; 11/15/89)
Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen (6/23/90)
 
#473 ·
I'll probably wait till both are available though.
Same. Already bought enough wrestling over the last couple weeks from him, so I'll wait until both parts are out before I snap it up. Soon... in my mitts.
 
#472 ·
Jay didn't you retire from here? Lol? <3

Anyway how do I contact the dude for the Funk set. I need it more than ROH needs direction. HEY-O.
 
#481 ·
So what are the chances that Kawada drops here?
 
#483 · (Edited)
NJPW “SUPER J-CUP 5TH STAGE ~Land of Confusion~”, 12/22/09 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,020 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House

1. SUPER J-CUP - Round 1: Tigers Mask Osaka Pro beat Taichi (6:41) with a ground Octopus hold.
2. SUPER J-CUP - Round 1: Ryusuke Taguchi beat GENTARO FREEDOMS (10:39) with the Dodon.
3. SUPER J-CUP - Round 1: YAMATO Dragon Gate beat AKIRA (8:13) with a modified double kneelock.
4. SUPER J-CUP - Round 1: Danshoku Dino Dramatic Dream Team beat Jado (10:14) with a Gedo clutch.
5. SUPER J-CUP - Round 1: Gedo beat Kota Ibushi Dramatic Dream Team (14:15) with a Gedo clutch.
6. SUPER J-CUP - Round 1: Prince Devitt beat Atsushi Aoki Pro Wrestling NOAH (10:51) with a vertical drop DDT.
7. SUPER J-CUP - Round 1: Koji Kanemoto beat Fujita “Jr.” Hayato Michinoku Pro (13:45) with an ankle hold.
8. SUPER J-CUP - Round 1: Naomichi Marufuji Pro Wrestling NOAH beat Jushin Thunder Liger (16:21) with the Pole Shift.
NJPW “SUPER J-CUP 5TH STAGE ~Land of Confusion Final~”, 12/23/09 (SXW)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. SUPER J-CUP - Round 2: Prince Devitt vs. Danshoku Dino Dramatic Dream Team
2. SUPER J-CUP - Round 2: Gedo vs. YAMATO Dragon Gate
3. SUPER J-CUP - Round 2: Naomichi Marufuji Pro Wrestling NOAH vs. Tigers Mask Osaka Pro
4. SUPER J-CUP - Round 2: Koji Kanemoto vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
5. SUPER J-CUP - Semi Final:
6. SUPER J-CUP - Semi Final:
7. SUPER J-CUP - Final:
Kota Ibushi losing in the first round is a travesty. On the other hand Marufuji beating Liger is a pleasant surprise.
 
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