bigbuxxx

bumping for a non 5* match because this thread is awesome.

Roderick Strong vs. Bryan Danielson @ Vendetta: ****3/4. I would put this at 5* if there was no ridiculous spot for blading 40 minutes into the f'n match. They should have both went after each other and been bleeding within 10 minutes. Before watching this I saw their match from "This Means War" and Dragon's match vs Sabin where he did everything in Roddy's move set which was lol. Does anybody know if Dragon was legit knocked out in the "This Means War" match?

knock out happens somewhere just after 13:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hffxV...ature=youtu.be

Bubz

Yeah Vendetta is awesome, think I have it rated at ****3/4 as well. Great shit. It's the only match between them I've seen apart from the HDNet match which was nowhere near the level. Need to see the SOH and the Anarchy In The UK matches because I hear a lot of different opinions on which is the best.

And well done for bumping this thread, one of the best on the forum.

I'm adding Misawa vs Vader - AJPW Triple Crown 2/5/99. Incredible match!

peachchaos

Just watched Vendetta again, thanks for the link. I'd probably go the full monty on that one, actually. I'm generally not all that impressed by 40+ minute matches, but this one is a clear exception. They have a great way of holding off on kicking it into high gear while not boring the hell out of the audience. Blade job didn't really distract from the match and I thought it came up at a nice time. Only detriment for me if the ref stoppage at the end, since it came after a pin attempt reversal and not a big impact move. So if I'm nit-picking, ****3/4. Most likely a top ten ROH match.

Makes me want to revist their HDNet match, even though I know it doesn't hold a candle to this.

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Bubz

I've added quite a lot since I last posted my list, so here's my updated version ...

AJPW
Misawa/Kobashi v Kawada/Taue (9/6/95)
Misawa/Kobashi v Kawada/Taue (12/3/93)
Misawa v Jumbo (1/9/90)
Misawa v Kawada (3/6/94)
Kobashi/Kikuchi vs Kroffat/Furnas (25/5/92)
Misawa vs Kobashi (20/01/97)
Misawa vs Kobashi (11/6/99)
Misawa v Taue (15/4/95)
Kawada v Hansen (28/2/93)
Tsuruta/Taue/Fuchi vs Misawa/Kawada/Kobashi (19/10/90)
Tsuruta/Taue/Fuchi vs Misawa/Kawada/Kobashi (20/4/91)
Kawada/Taue vs Misawa/Akiyama (6/12/96)
Misawa v Vader (2/5/99)
Akiyama v Suwama (23/10/11)

WCW
Flair v Steamboat 2/3 falls (Clash Of The Champions 89)

WWE
Taker vs Michaels (Bad Blood 97)
Bret vs Austin (Wrestlemania 13)
The Rock v Austin (Wrestlemania 17)
HHH v Michaels v Benoit (Wrestlemania 20)
Benoit & Angle v Edge & Mysterio (No Mercy 02)
Kurt Angle vs Undertaker (No Way Out 06)

ROH
Danielson v McGuinness (6YA)
Danielson/Black v American Wolves (Tag Title Classic)
Danielson v KENTA (Driven 07)
Joe v Punk II (Joe v Punk II)
Low Ki vs KENTA (Final Battle 05)
Joe v Kobashi (Joe v Kobashi)

NOAH
Kobashi v Akiyama (10/7/04)
Kobashi vs Honda (13/4/03)
Misawa v Kobashi (01/03/03)

NJPW
Wild Pegasus v Black Tiger II (BOSJ 96)
Jushin Liger v Naoki Sano (31/01/90)
Jushin Liger v El Samurai (4/30/92)
Jushin Liger v Shinjiro Ohtani (9/2/97)

Matches that I absolutely love to watch but I just can't give the full 5 to for whatever reason would be...

Punk v Cena (MITB & Summerslam 11)
Austin/HHH v Benoit/Jericho (RAW 01)
Austin v Benoit (RAW & SD 01)
HBK v Taker (WM 25 & 26)
HHH vs Jericho (Fully Loaded 00)
Kobashi vs Takayama (NOAH 04)
Shiozaki v Sasaki (NOAH 24/7/10)
Kobashi v MiSu (NOAH 03 or 04?)
Punk v Bryan (Over The Limit 12)

My WWE list has decreased tons after re-watching loads of shit, but I also added some that weren't on there before like the tag match.

Also, @ bigbuxx, yeah it certainly looks like Dragon was legit KO'd to me. The way he just wakes up and shakes his head and lays in to String was awesome lol.

mk92071

I haven't given any match the big 5 yet just because I can't label anything I've watched as that good. I have trouble giving things higher than **** and have only given a handful ****1/2+. I've been watching lots of raved about matches lately since I've only been watching non-WWE stuff for about 2 years and none of it breaks into ***** territory. The best match I recently watched was Benoit vs. Great Sasuke at ****1/2.

USAUSA1

I hate star ratings in general, because an awesome Meng and Barbarian beatdown would probably get *3/4(and Scott Keith was notorious for low balling).

I don't want to sit here and name every single match I think deserve a 5 star but I support Lesnar vs. Cena recent match because I haven't seen anything like it since Sting/Vader days.

Bubz

You're in to Puro then I take it. Have you seen the 9/6/95 Holy Demon Army vs Kobashi/Misawa tag? because if you're in to Puro and you don;t have that at *****, I don't see much hope for anything else getting that rating from you lol. It's probably the single greatest wrestling match ever.

mk92071

I haven't seen much puro, only been watching puro for about a year and that was modern stuff. I haven't seen it yet, I've only seen a few AJPW matches.

Bubz

Ah right, cool beans. I haven't seen the most shit compared to some people on here, but I can tell you you've got a ton of awesome stuff to watch. I wish I could go back and see some of those AJPW matches for the first time again. Stuff like that tag match and Misawa/Jumbo completely blew me away when I first saw them.