X's Reviews/Match Ratings

[X]

I have to agree with X i didnt like most of the PPV except for the Main event which was GREAT! Also X could you help me find some great, Great Muta matches i've kinda been watching a lot of his matches lately and wanted to know if you knew of some really cool ones!

Whew that's a tough question, he's had so many great matches. For his Japan work though, I'd recommend tracking down the following matches, all of which are from NJPW:

8/11/91 Keiji Mutoh vs. Masahiro Chono
12/14/92 Great Muta vs. Hiroshi Hase
4/29/96 Great Muta vs. Jinsei Shinzaki
10/20/96 Great Muta vs. Jushin Liger

Those are just off the top of my head, that's barely even touching the surface of Muta's NJPW career.

 

[The_Misson]

Whew that's a tough question, he's had so many great matches. For his Japan work though, I'd recommend tracking down the following matches, all of which are from NJPW:

8/11/91 Keiji Mutoh vs. Masahiro Chono
12/14/92 Great Muta vs. Hiroshi Hase
4/29/96 Great Muta vs. Jinsei Shinzaki
10/20/96 Great Muta vs. Jushin Liger

Those are just off the top of my head, that's barely even touching the surface of Muta's NJPW career.

IK man! i have loved his Japan work and he was greatly underused in WCW and i've watched the last 2 that u posted! and both of which are AMAZING! and i'll soon be watching the first 2 you have said. Thanks very much!

 

[Y-2-Jay]

Im glad to see you rated the HHH/Cactus matches back in 2000 so high. The matches were really good and fun to watch. And in my eyes that street fight at RR2000 made HHH look like a main eventer. Truly awesome matches and was my pick for fued of the year in 2000.

 

[X]

Sorry about how infrequently I've been updating this thing, again you should check out my blog for the most up-to-date ratings I give out. Here's the next update, won't add much comments wise because there's so much and I just have to get it on here and off my plate:

WWE
12/28/84 The Cobra vs. Black Tiger - ****1/4
5/24/86 Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage - ***1/2
7/25/87 Rick Martel vs. Tama - ***1/2
7/25/87 Ricky Steamboat vs. Honky Tonk Man - ***1/4
7/25/87 British Bulldogs vs. Hart Foundation - ***
10/14/89 Tito Santana vs. Rick Martel - ***
11/23/89 Brutus Beefcake/Dusty Rhodes/Tito Santana/Red Rooster vs. Honky Tonk Man/Big Bossman/Rick Martel/Bad News Brown (Elimination) - ***
11/25/89 Arn Anderson/Tully Blanchard vs. Shawn Michaels/Marty Jannetty (2/3 Falls) - ****
1/21/90 Greg Valentine vs. Ron Garvin (Submission) - ***1/2
1/21/90 Royal Rumble Match - ***3/4
1/27/90 Hulk Hogan/Ultimate Warrior vs. Mr. Perfect/The Genius - ***
4/1/90 Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior - ****
10/23/94 Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart - ***1/2
1/10/99 Owen Hart vs. Steve Blackman (Lion's Den) - ***
4/17/99 Edge/Christian vs. Matt Hardy/Jeff Hardy - ***
10/2/00 Kurt Angle vs. Triple H - ***
10/16/00 The Rock/Hardy Boyz vs. Kurt Angle/Edge/Christian - ***
10/22/00 Chris Jericho vs. X-Pac (Cage) - ***1/2
10/22/00 Triple H vs. Chris Benoit - ****1/4
10/22/00 The Rock vs. Kurt Angle (No DQ) - ***3/4
10/26/00 Kurt Angle vs. Chris Jericho - ***
11/16/00 Chris Benoit vs. The Rock - ***
11/19/00 Chris Benoit/Eddie Guerrero/Perry Saturn/Dean Malenko vs. Billy Gunn/Chyna/Road Dogg/K-Kwik (Elimination) - ***
11/19/00 The Rock vs. Rikishi - ***1/4
11/19/00 Steve Austin vs. Triple H (No DQ) - ***
10/20/06 Chavo Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio (I Quit Loser Leaves Smackdown) - ***1/2
8/15/10 John Cena/Edge/Chris Jericho/R-Truth/John Morrison/Bret Hart/Daniel Bryan vs. Wade Barrett/Justin Gabriel/David Otunga/Michael Tarver/Skip Sheffield/Heath Slater/Darren Young (Elimination) - ****
8/19/10 Yoshi Tatsu vs. Primo - ***
8/23/10 Randy Orton vs. John Morrison vs. Ted DiBiase - ***
8/24/10 Cody Rhodes vs. MVP - ***
8/27/10 Kane vs. Rey Mysterio (No DQ) - ***
8/27/10 Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston - ***

WCW
2/1/86 Midnight Express vs. Rock 'n' Roll Express - ***1/4
4/3/88 Ric Flair/Arn Anderson/Tully Blanchard vs. Sting/Barry Windham/Lex Luger - ***1/4
4/10/88 Barry Windham vs. Tully Blanchard - ****
5/20/96 Ric Flair vs. Eddie Guerrero - ***3/4

TNA
8/21/02 Jerry Lynn vs. AJ Styles (Falls Count Anywhere) - ***1/2
8/21/02 Sonny Siaki vs. Jimmy Yang (2/3 Falls) - ***
8/21/02 Low Ki vs. Amazing Red vs. Jose Maximo vs. Joel Maximo (Elimination) - ***3/4
8/21/02 AJ Styles vs. Jerry Lynn (No DQ) - ***3/4
8/21/02 Jerry Lynn vs. AJ Styles (10 Minute Iron Man) - ***
8/28/02 Kid Kash vs. Amazing Red - ***
8/26/10 Motor City Machine Guns vs. Generation Me - ***

ROH
4/23/04 Jimmy Jacobs vs. Alex Shelley vs. Jimmy Rave vs. Jack Evans vs. Danny Daniels vs. Masada - ***
4/23/04 Colt Cabana vs. BJ Whitmer - ***
4/23/04 Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe vs. Rocky Romero/Ricky Reyes - ***1/4
4/23/04 CM Punk vs. Bryan Danielson - ****
4/23/04 Samoa Joe vs. Homicide - ***1/2
4/24/04 Jimmy Rave vs. Nigel McGuinness vs. Austin Aries vs. Rocky Romero - ***1/2
4/24/04 Bryan Danielson vs. Homicide - ****1/4
4/24/04 Samoa Joe vs. Matt Stryker - ***
4/24/04 CM Punk/Colt Cabana vs. Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe - ****1/2
5/15/04 Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe vs. CM Punk/Colt Cabana - ****
5/22/04 CM Punk/Colt Cabana vs. Dan Maff/BJ Whitmer (No DQ) - ***1/2
5/22/04 Alex Shelley/Austin Aries/Roderick Strong/Jack Evans vs. Jimmy Rave/John Walters/Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe - ****1/4
5/22/04 Samoa Joe vs. Homicide (No DQ) - ***1/2
6/12/04 Alex Shelley/Austin Aries/Roderick Strong vs. Jimmy Rave/Matt Stryker/John Walters - ***1/4
6/12/04 Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk - ****1/2
6/12/04 Dan Maff/BJ Whitmer vs. Colt Cabana/Ace Steel vs. Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe vs. Jack Evans/Austin Aries (Ultimate Endurance) - ****1/4
6/24/04 Alex Shelley vs. Mark Briscoe - ***
6/24/04 Austin Aries/Roderick Strong vs. John Walters/Josh Daniels - ***
6/24/04 CM Punk vs. Hydro - ***1/4
6/24/04 Samoa Joe vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Homicide vs. Austin Aries vs. Colt Cabana vs. Mark Briscoe (Elimination) - ****1/4
7/17/04 Jay Lethal vs. Nigel McGuinness vs. Doug Williams vs. John Walters - ***1/4
7/17/04 Jimmy Rave vs. Trent Acid - ***
7/17/04 Doug Williams vs. Alex Shelley - ***1/2
7/17/04 Homicide/Rocky Romero/Ricky Reyes vs. Samoa Joe/Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe - ***3/4
6/18/10 Chris Hero/Claudio Castagnoli vs. Cheech/Cloudy - ***3/4
6/18/10 Austin Aries vs. Kenny Omega - ***1/2
6/18/10 Tyler Black vs. Steve Corino - ***

PWG
8/30/03 Frankie Kazarian vs. Christopher Daniels - ***
8/30/03 Joey Ryan vs. Super Dragon - ***3/4
8/30/03 Frankie Kazarian vs. Joey Ryan - ***
9/3/05 El Generico vs. Chris Bosh - ***1/4
9/3/05 Bryan Danielson vs. Ricky Reyes - ***
9/3/05 AJ Styles vs. Jack Evans - ***1/4
9/3/05 Kevin Steen vs. Super Dragon - ***1/4
9/4/05 Bryan Danielson vs. Christopher Daniels - ***1/4
9/4/05 AJ Styles vs. Bryan Danielson - ***1/2
9/4/05 Frankie Kazarian/El Generico/Super Dragon/Jack Evans vs. Joey Ryan/Davey Richards/Scott Lost/Ricky Reyes - ****

CHIKARA
7/25/10 CIMA/Masaaki Mochizuki/Super Shenlong vs. Chuck Taylor/Gran Akuma/Icarus - ***
7/25/10 Drake Younger/Amasis/Ophidian vs. Colin Delaney/Vin Gerard/STIGMA - ***3/4
7/25/10 Naruki Doi/BxB Hulk/Masato Yoshino vs. Mike Quackenbush/Hallowicked/Jigsaw - ***1/2

NJPW
12/4/79 Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Greg Valentine - ***1/2
4/24/89 Big Van Vader vs. Tatsumi Fujinami - ***3/4
9/23/95 Jushin Liger vs. Sabu - ***1/4
3/20/96 Shinjiro Ohtani vs. Wild Pegasus - ****1/4
9/23/96 Wild Pegasus vs. Jushin Liger - ****
5/3/99 Keiji Mutoh vs. Genichiro Tenryu - ****1/4
8/7/10 Prince Devitt vs. Karl Anderson - ****
8/7/10 Go Shiozaki vs. Wataru Inoue - ***1/2
8/7/10 Satoshi Kojima vs. Yujiro Takahashi - ***
8/7/10 Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hirooki Goto - ***3/4
8/10/10 Karl Anderson vs. Tetsuya Naito - ***1/4
8/10/10 Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yujiro Takahashi - ***
8/10/10 Yuji Nagata vs. Go Shiozaki - ***
8/12/10 Toru Yano vs. Tetsuya Naito - ***1/2
8/12/10 Hirooki Goto vs. Yujiro Takahashi - ***1/4
8/12/10 Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Wataru Inoue - ***1/4
8/13/10 Shinsuke Nakamura/Gedo vs. Go Shiozaki/Atsushi Aoki - ***1/4
8/13/10 Togi Makabe vs. Karl Anderson - ***
8/13/10 Yuji Nagata vs. Hirooki Goto - ***1/4
8/13/10 Prince Devitt vs. Tetsuya Naito - ***3/4

AJPW
4/20/83 Stan Hansen/Bruiser Brody vs. Terry Funk/Dory Funk Jr - ***
4/22/83 Terry Funk/Dory Funk Jr vs. Stan Hansen/Bruiser Brody - ***1/2
12/12/83 Jumbo Tsuruta/Genichiro Tenryu vs. Stan Hansen/Bruiser Brody - ***1/4
4/25/84 Stan Hansen/Bruiser Brody vs. Giant Baba/Dory Funk Jr - ***1/2
9/25/09 Kaz Hayashi vs. Super Crazy - ***1/2

NOAH
7/24/10 Kensuke Sasaki vs. Go Shiozaki - ****
8/4/10 Ricky Marvin/Atsushi Aoki vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima/Kento Miyahara - ***
8/5/10 Takashi Sugiura vs. KENTA - ***1/2

CZW
6/8/02 Trent Acid vs. M-Dogg 20 - ***1/4
6/8/02 B-Boy vs. Super Dragon - ***1/2
6/8/02 Tony Mamaluke vs. Ruckus - ***
6/8/02 Jody Fleisch vs. Jonny Storm - ***1/2
7/20/03 AJ Styles vs. Jimmy Rave - ***1/4
7/20/03 Trent Acid/B-Boy vs. Homicide/Mafia - ****
12/13/03 Trent Acid vs. Jimmy Rave (20 Minute Iron Man) - ***1/4
12/13/03 Alex Shelley vs. B-Boy vs. Chris Hero - ***3/4
12/13/03 Joker vs. Chris Cash (Ladder) - ****
12/13/03 Ruckus vs. Sonjay Dutt - ***1/4

IWA-MS
9/1/01 CM Punk vs. Colt Cabana (2/3 Falls) - ****
3/1/02 CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Eddie Guerrero - ***3/4
3/2/02 Eddie Guerrero vs. CM Punk - ***1/4
9/17/04 Matt Sydal vs. Sal Rinauro - ***
9/17/04 Austin Aries vs. CM Punk - ****
9/17/04 Jimmy Jacobs vs. Delirious (Ladder) - ***
9/17/04 Mike Quackenbush vs. Chris Hero - ***
9/17/04 AJ Styles vs. Jimmy Rave - ***1/4
9/17/04 Samoa Joe vs. Roderick Strong - ***3/4
9/17/04 Petey Williams vs. BJ Whitmer - ***
9/18/04 Nigel McGuinness vs. Samoa Joe - ***1/4
9/18/04 AJ Styles vs. Matt Sydal - ***3/4
9/18/04 Bryan Danielson vs. CM Punk - ***1/4
9/18/04 Mike Quackenbush vs. Bryan Danielson - ***1/4
9/18/04 AJ Styles vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Samoa Joe - ****1/4
6/11/05 Samoa Joe vs. Necro Butcher - ****1/4
1/12/06 Tyler Black vs. Josh Abercrombie - ***1/4
1/12/06 Jimmy Jacobs vs. Arik Cannon - ***
1/12/06 Necro Butcher vs. Samoa Joe - ***1/4
3/24/06 Roderick Strong vs. Necro Butcher - ***
3/24/06 Low Ki vs. Tyler Black - ***3/4

DDT
7/25/10 Kenny Omega vs. Naomichi Marufuji - ***3/4
7/25/10 Daisuke Sekimoto vs. HARASHIMA - ****1/2

Michinoku Pro
10/10/96 TAKA Michinoku/Shiryu/Dick Togo/Sho Funaki/Men's Teioh vs. Gran Naniwa/Super Delfin/Tiger Mask IV/Gran Hamada/Masato Yakushiji - *****

Mid-South/UWF
5/3/85 Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor - ***1/4
11/11/85 Jim Duggan vs. Buzz Sawyer - ***1/2
7/11/87 Barry Windham vs. Dick Murdoch - ****

WCCW
10/22/83 Harley Race vs. Iceman King Parsons - ***1/4
11/29/84 Ric Flair vs. Chris Adams - ***1/4
10/1/86 Jerry Lawler vs. Kerry Von Erich - ***1/4

UWFi
9/11/96 Original Tiger Mask vs. The Cobra - ***1/2
9/11/96 Nobuhiko Takada vs. Genichiro Tenryu - ***3/4

WOO! Phew. Done. Yeah...nice.

 

[Барбоса]

I see you reveiwed some of CZW: Best of the Best 2. It's a favourite of mine and is one of the very few full PPVs I actually own. Trent Acid was on top form and the British tandem of Storm and Fleisch lite up the tournament, while the ultra-violent crap was kept to an absolute minimum.

Good show

 

[jmt225]

IWA-MS
6/11/05 Samoa Joe vs. Necro Butcher - ****1/4

One of my all time favorite matches; glad to see you give it such a high rating.

 

[X]

I see you reveiwed some of CZW: Best of the Best 2. It's a favourite of mine and is one of the very few full PPVs I actually own. Trent Acid was on top form and the British tandem of Storm and Fleisch lite up the tournament, while the ultra-violent crap was kept to an absolute minimum.

Good show

Indeed, I read a wonderful review of the show so I picked it up and I very much enjoyed it, I always enjoy the Best of the Best that CZW runs, and while I thought a few of the matches didn't quite deliver on their epic promises, they were all still solid to great. I've been watching a lot of CZW lately mainly just because its one of the few promotions left that I haven't watched a large chunk of their library, and man am I findin how underrated of a promotion that really is, so much great wrestling over the years, damn shame that all they're known for by most fans is as a garbage "ultraviolent" promotion, because they're so much more than that.

One of my all time favorite matches; glad to see you give it such a high rating.

Yeah man it was fucking out of this world ood, I had heard great things about it for years but never got around to watching it until recently and it blew me away, I wish I could give it a higher rating than ****1/4 but I wouldn't feel right going higher. Still, that match was absolutely one of if not the most brutal match I've ever seen, and they didn't even use weapons. I mean by the end when Joe is literally covered in Necro's blood from head to foot, you're just left with your jaw wide open like "Oh my God, Joe might LITERALLY murder this man...like he may be dead". Great, great, great match. I was really let down by the rematch 6 months later though, good stiff fun contest but nowhere even close to their first match.

I've grown to become a bit of a Necro Butcher fan recently honestly, after listening to a shoot he did (the guy is VERY intelligent and well-spoken, which I would never have guessed) and he's had some absolutely phenomenal matches with guys like Joe and Low-Ki, brutal without using garbage wrestling.

 

[jmt225]

Yeah man it was fucking out of this world ood, I had heard great things about it for years but never got around to watching it until recently and it blew me away, I wish I could give it a higher rating than ****1/4 but I wouldn't feel right going higher. Still, that match was absolutely one of if not the most brutal match I've ever seen, and they didn't even use weapons. I mean by the end when Joe is literally covered in Necro's blood from head to foot, you're just left with your jaw wide open like "Oh my God, Joe might LITERALLY murder this man...like he may be dead". Great, great, great match.

Tell me about it, man. I still watch that match in awe when Necro gets up after being driven head first into the concrete floor. That was easily the most brutal spot I've ever seen. And I agree with you... this could be the most brutal match ever. Fuck being thrown off a hell in a cell or getting cut with a weed wacker... this here was just a good, old-fashion brawl with an insane amount of violence and blood, that all felt REAL. Seriously, watching that, no matter how "smart" anyone is to the business, there has to be a small part of you that thinks when watching this match, "Damn, they must really fucking hate each other!"

Also, another thing so awesome about the match was that there had to be no more than 200 people there, but fuck were they loud and really into the match. The crowd pops/reactions in that match were every bit as loud as the HBK/Taker match from 'Mania last year. That's unbelievable.

I was really let down by the rematch 6 months later though, good stiff fun contest but nowhere even close to their first match.

Yeah, I was to, but there was no way they could top the first match, anyway.

I've grown to become a bit of a Necro Butcher fan recently honestly, after listening to a shoot he did (the guy is VERY intelligent and well-spoken, which I would never have guessed) and he's had some absolutely phenomenal matches with guys like Joe and Low-Ki, brutal without using garbage wrestling.

I used to despise Necro until I saw his first match against Joe. After that I couldn't help but respect him, and then of course he went on to join AOTF and do some terrific stuff in ROH, and have a great part in The Wrestler... I would definitely call myself a fan of his. Hopefully one day he can get the paycheck he so deserves for everything he has sacrificed for the business.

And yeah... as a person, there don't seem to be many in the business better than him. From all accounts his treats his fans like family, and as you said... he's just an intelligent, well-spoken individual.

 

[The Bearded One]

I still haven't seen that Necro vs Joe match. I've been wanting to see it for ages.

 

[X]

Just finished watching last night's TNA PPV, here's the ratings:

TNA No Surrender 2010
9/5/10 Motor City Machine Guns vs. Generation Me - ***1/2
9/5/10 Doug Williams vs. Sabu - ***
9/5/10 Madison Rayne vs. Velvet Sky - *
9/5/10 Abyss vs. Rhino (Falls Count Anywhere) - **
9/5/10 Sting/Kevin Nash vs. Jeff Jarrett/Samoa Joe - *
9/5/10 AJ Styles vs. Tommy Dreamer (I Quit) - ***
9/5/10 Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy - ****
9/5/10 Mr. Anderson vs. Pope D'Angelo Dinero - ***

Pretty great show with Angle-Hardy being the highlight and on it's way to a match of the year type of candidate before the absolutely fucking ******ed finish and booking, which instantly hurt the match in my eyes when rating it. Still great stuff though.

 

[Tiger Chaos Theory]

Just finished watching last night's TNA PPV, here's the ratings:



Pretty great show with Angle-Hardy being the highlight and on it's way to a match of the year type of candidate before the absolutely fucking ******ed finish and booking, which instantly hurt the match in my eyes when rating it. Still great stuff though.

Seems like everyone and there mother disagrees with that statement. Not me, I agree with most of your ratings.

Except **** seems too generous for that clusterfuck of a final 11 minutes to the Hardy/Angle match.

 

[klunderbunker]

I agree with it too. Rather solid show and I had Angle/Hardy at an A-. With almost any other finish than that, even double countout I would have given it an A+.

 

[X]

Really? I've heard good things from most I've heard or read, from KB to Meltzer and Alvarez. Not an amazing show or anything but alot of the matches were far better than people were expecting them to be (mainly the ones involving the EV guys) and I thought Hardy-Angle was indeed awesome up until that clusterfuck of a finish. Still though, that was a great match until the BOOKING kicked in, maybe **** is being too generous, I'll give it a re-watch and see if I feel the same way upon second viewing.

Highlight of the night for me was probably Generation Me's heel turn. The Bucks are fucking amazing as heels, they've been the top heels in PWG for quite awhile now and they work that crowd routinely into an absolute FRENZY of heat, can't wait to see them get the chance to work the TNA crowds as heels now. Then again it's TNA so they'll probably show up on Impact once in two months and then fade away into obscurity forever, what with them having talent and being young and not washed up.

 

[klunderbunker]

I watched it twice as I was dozing off on Sunday night and it was still great until the booking and a few other minor things in it hurt it a good deal. Booking is like 95% of what's wrong with it though.

 

[Tiger Chaos Theory]

Sorry, when I said "Most" disagree I meant the general audience. Other forums I troll, not people who actually know what they are talking about such as yourself and KB.

And Dreamer/Styles was surprisingly not awful. I was quite shocked hearing Dreamer say "I quit."

 

[X]

First things first, where the fuck do you find these ridiculous pictures of insanely hot Asian women? It's getting to the point where I pop a woody just seeing your name in a thread.

I was shocked by Dreamer-Styles as well, not great or anything but solid through out, and they did the right thing thank god in putting Styles over Dreamer clean, making Dreamer even scream "I Quit", which is a big deal for a guy who made his entire reputation on being hardcore and a tough guy. Say what you will about the EV2.0 guys, atleast they're putting over the TNA guys in a good fashion.

Sabu-Williams also shocked me in that I REALLY enjoyed that match for the most part, one of the better Sabu matches I've seen in many years, he and Williams worked well together. Why the fuck isn't Doug Williams in the main event scene again? He has all of the tools.

 

[Tiger Chaos Theory]

Google search and vlc snapshots from porn I watch buddy.

I'm so glad they booked Fourtune to dominate EV 2.O. The only match I was looking forward to was Rhyno/Abyss out of the the three with EV guys and of course it would turn out to be the worst.

Doug does have all the tools needed to ME and his match with Sabu was certainly more entertaining than most(Including myself) expected it would be, good back and forth and a nice ending.

So what do you expect from the all too obvious three way bout at BFG between Hardy/Angle/Anderson?

 

[X]

Google search and vlc snapshots from porn I watch buddy.

Can't say I watch much Asian porn, so this would explain that.

I'm so glad they booked Fourtune to dominate EV 2.O. The only match I was looking forward to was Rhyno/Abyss out of the the three with EV guys and of course it would turn out to be the worst.

Yeah I really wanted to give Rhino/Abyss a chance and thought some of it was actually kind of good, like the finish, but when they busted through that wall that was SO BLATANTLY OBVIOUSLY just a pre-cut board that pretty much killed the entire match for me. Like holy shit, they didn't even put effort into that spot, that was straight out of a cartoon with the way it opened up like it was a breakaway door in a 2 dollar haunted house ride at a carnival. Totally embarrassing to watch.

Doug does have all the tools needed to ME and his match with Sabu was certainly more entertaining than most(Including myself) expected it would be, good back and forth and a nice ending.

Yeah, a minimum of sloppiness from Sabu, Doug brought his A-game, and they were creative without going to over-the-top. Throw in Doug's great heel tactics and the finish leaving open a chance for a rematch and that was just an all around enjoyable contest I thought for the most part, Sabu is one of the few EV guys that I actually don't have too big of a problem with wrestling in TNA again, as his style is the same as it was 15 years ago and he can still pull off his signature spots most of the time and contribute something to a nice hardcore match.

So what do you expect from the all too obvious three way bout at BFG between Hardy/Angle/Anderson?

From an angle/booking standpoint I'm fine with it, Angle winning will tie up a nice year-long story about Angle working his way through the entire roster from bottom to top to become the champ again and while Angle isn't exactly young anymore he's still an excellent worker. Expectations for the match itself are pretty good, I'm expecting (hopefully) a near **** kind of affair from those 3 in the main event of TNA's biggest show, hopefully they'll deliver just that.

 

[X]

Update a rooski.

WWE
4/14/75 Bruno Sammartino vs. Spiros Arion (Greek Death Match) - ***1/4
5/19/80 Bob Backlund vs. Ken Patera (Texas Death Match) - ****1/2
1/18/82 Bob Backlund vs. Adrian Adonis - ****1/4
1/29/89 Shawn Michaels/Marty Jannetty vs. Arn Anderson/Tully Blanchard - ****1/4
4/28/90 Hart Foundation vs. The Rockers - ***1/2
7/28/90 Mr. Perfect vs. Tito Santana - ****
8/27/90 Demolition vs. Hart Foundation (2/3 Falls) - ***1/2
11/22/90 Ted DiBiase/Undertaker/Greg Valentine/Honky Tonk Man vs. Dusty Rhodes/Bret Hart/Jim Neidhart/Koko B. Ware (Elimination) - ***
11/22/90 Jake Roberts/Jimmy Snuka/Shawn Michaels/Marty Jannetty vs. Rick Martel/Warlord/Hercules/Paul Roma (Elimination) - ***
11/23/90 Ultimate Warrior vs. Ted DiBiase - ***
1/19/91 The Rockers vs. The Orient Express - ****1/4
2/1/91 Legion of Doom vs. Orient Express - ***
3/24/91 The Rockers vs. Haku/Barbarian - ***1/4
3/24/91 Hart Foundation vs. Nasty Boys - ***
3/24/91 Randy Savage vs. Ultimate Warrior (Retirement Match) - ****1/4
11/20/00 Steve Austin vs. Chris Benoit - ***1/2
11/27/00 Kurt Angle vs. Steve Austin - ***
12/2/00 Kurt Angle vs. Steve Austin vs. The Rock vs. Rikishi (No DQ) - ***1/4
12/4/00 Kurt Angle vs. Chris Jericho - ***
12/10/00 Chris Jericho vs. Kane (Last Man Standing) - ***
12/10/00 Kurt Angle vs. Steve Austin vs. The Rock vs. Triple H vs. Undertaker vs. Rikishi (Hell in a Cell) - ***1/2
12/28/00 Raven vs. Jeff Hardy (Hardcore) - ***
1/8/01 Kurt Angle vs. Steve Austin - ***1/2
1/21/01 Edge/Christian vs. Dudley Boyz - ***1/4
1/21/01 Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho (Ladder) - *****
1/21/01 Kurt Angle vs. Triple H - ***3/4
1/21/01 Royal Rumble Match - ***3/4
1/22/01 The Rock/Chris Jericho vs. Big Show/Chris Benoit - ***
8/31/10 Kaval vs. Alex Riley vs. Michael McGillicutty - ***
9/6/10 John Cena vs. Justin Gabriel - ***

TNA
9/25/02 AJ Styles vs. Low Ki (2/3 Falls) - ***1/4
10/2/02 Jerry Lynn vs. AJ Styles (Ladder) - ***3/4
9/5/10 Motor City Machine Guns vs. Generation Me - ***1/2
9/5/10 Doug Williams vs. Sabu - ***
9/5/10 AJ Styles vs. Tommy Dreamer (I Quit) - ***
9/5/10 Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy - ****
9/5/10 Mr. Anderson vs. Pope D'Angelo Dinero - ***

ROH
7/23/04 Doug Williams vs. Alex Shelley - ***
7/23/04 Low Ki/Rocky Romero vs. Dan Maff/BJ Whitmer - ***
7/23/04 Austin Aries/Jack Evans/Roderick Strong vs. John Walters/Matt Stryker/Jimmy Jacobs - ***
7/23/04 Samoa Joe vs. Homicide - ***3/4
7/23/04 CM Punk/Colt Cabana vs. Mark Briscoe/Jay Briscoe (2/3 Falls) - ***3/4
7/24/04 Alex Shelley vs. Jimmy Jacobs - ***1/2
7/24/04 Roderick Strong/Jack Evans vs. Matt Stryker/John Walters - ***
7/24/04 Doug Williams vs. Austin Aries - ***1/4
7/24/04 CM Punk/Ace Steel vs. Dan Maff/BJ Whitmer (Street Fight) - ****1/4
8/7/04 2 Cold Scorpio vs. Alex Shelley vs. Jay Lethal vs. Ace Steel - ***
8/7/04 CM Punk/Colt Cabana vs. Rocky Romero/Ricky Reyes - ***1/4
8/7/04 Bryan Danielson vs. Austin Aries (2/3 Falls) - ****1/4
8/28/04 Austin Aries vs. Colt Cabana - ***
8/28/04 Doug Williams vs. John Walters - ***
8/28/04 Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk vs. Homicide - ***1/4
9/11/04 CM Punk vs. Austin Aries - ***
9/11/04 Bryan Danielson vs. Alex Shelley - ***1/4
9/11/04 John Walters vs. Nigel McGuinness - ***
9/11/04 Samoa Joe vs. Doug Williams - ***
9/11/04 Rocky Romero/Ricky Reyes vs. Dan Maff/BJ Whitmer vs. Roderick Strong/Jack Evans vs. Carnage Crew (Ultimate Endurance) - ***1/4
10/2/04 Homicide vs. Nigel McGuinness - ***1/4
10/2/04 CM Punk/Ace Steel/John Walters/Jimmy Jacobs vs. Alex Shelley/Austin Aries/Roderick Strong/Jack Evans (Elimination) - ***1/2
10/2/04 Samoa Joe vs. Bryan Danielson - ****1/4
10/15/04 CM Punk vs. Homicide - ***3/4
10/15/04 Trent Acid vs. Matt Sydal - ***
10/15/04 Samoa Joe vs. Rocky Romero - ***3/4
10/15/04 Alex Shelley/Austin Aries/Jack Evans vs. CM Punk/Jimmy Jacobs/Ace Steel - ***1/2
10/16/04 Homicide/Rocky Romero vs. Roderick Strong/Jack Evans - ***1/2
10/16/04 Alex Shelley vs. Jimmy Jacobs (I Quit) - ****
10/16/04 CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe - *****

ROH GLORY BY HONOR IX RATINGS/REVIEW COMING SOON!

DRAGON GATE USA
7/24/10 CIMA vs. Johnny Gargano - ***
7/24/10 Chuck Taylor vs. Ricochet vs. Arik Cannon vs. Adam Cole - ***
7/24/10 Jon Moxley/YAMATO/Akira Tozawa/Gran Akuma vs. Masato Yoshino/Mike Quackenbush/Hallowicked/Jigsaw (Elimination) - ***
7/24/10 BxB Hulk vs. Masaaki Mochizuki - ***3/4

Link to FULL review of show: http://forums.wrestlezone.com/showthread.php?p=2425188#post2425188

CZW
6/9/01 Minoru Fujita vs. Reckless Youth - ***
6/9/01 Amazing Red vs. Brian XL - ***
7/7/01 Amazing Red/Jose Maximo vs. Chris Divine/Brian XL - ***
7/7/01 Reckless Youth vs. Minoru Fujita (Submission) - ***1/4
7/7/01 Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe vs. Nick Gage/Nate Hatred - ***1/2
4/12/03 AJ Styles vs. Jimmy Rave vs. Jay Briscoe vs. Jason Cross - ***1/4
10/25/03 Trent Acid vs. Ruckus (20 Minute Iron Man) - ***
7/8/06 JC Bailey vs. Danny Havoc - ***
3/14/09 Danny Havoc vs. Thumbtack Jack - ****

PWG
10/4/03 Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe vs. Super Dragon/B-Boy - ***3/4
10/4/03 Frankie Kazarian vs. AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels - ***1/4
11/15/03 Super Dragon vs. Joey Ryan (Guerrilla Rules) - ****1/4
11/15/03 Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk - ***
11/15/03 Frankie Kazarian vs. Bryan Danielson - ***3/4
6/11/10 Johnny Goodtime/LTP vs. Phoenix Star/Zokre - ***
6/11/10 Young Bucks/Malachi Jackson vs. Cutler Brothers/Joey Ryan - ***1/4
6/11/10 Paul London/El Generico vs. Brian Kendrick/Kevin Steen - ***1/4

INCLUDES RATINGS FOR LATEST DVD RELEASE

NOAH
10/25/08 Naomichi Marufuji vs. KENTA - *****
8/22/10 KENTA vs. Atsushi Aoki - ***
8/22/10 Taiji Ishimori/Ricky Marvin vs. Koji Kanemoto/Tiger Mask IV - ***1/4
8/22/10 Go Shiozaki vs. Shinsuke Nakamura - ***3/4
8/22/10 Takashi Sugiura vs. Jun Akiyama - ***1/2

AJPW
5/21/94 Mitsuharu Misawa/Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue - *****
6/8/01 Genichiro Tenryu vs. Keiji Mutoh - ****
9/25/09 Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Satoshi Kojima - ***3/4

NJPW
6/22/92 Vader/Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Rick Steiner/Scott Steiner - ***3/4

WCW/NWA
3/22/86 Midnight Express vs. Rock 'n' Roll Express - ***
4/12/86 Rock 'n' Roll Express vs. Midnight Express - ***
9/9/86 Arn Anderson vs. Dusty Rhodes - ***
9/13/86 Magnum TA vs. Nikita Koloff (2/3 Falls) - ***3/4
7/31/87 Dory Funk Jr vs. Kevin Sullivan (Texas Death Match) - ***1/4
7/31/87 Ric Flair/Arn Anderson/Tully Blanchard/Lex Luger/War Machine vs. Dusty Rhodes/Nikita Koloff/Road Warriors/Paul Ellering (War Games) - ****
3/15/98 Booker T vs. Eddie Guerrero - ***
3/15/98 Juventud Guerrera vs. Konnan - ***
3/15/98 Chris Jericho vs. Dean Malenko - ***1/4
3/15/98 Diamond Dallas Page vs. Chris Benoit vs. Raven - ***3/4
3/16/98 Raven vs. Chris Benoit - ***
3/26/98 Billy Kidman vs. Psicosis - ***
3/30/98 Booker T vs. Chris Benoit - ***
4/19/98 Ultimo Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr - ***1/2
4/19/98 Booker T vs. Chris Benoit - ***1/4
4/19/98 Raven vs. Diamond Dallas Page - ***1/4

ECW
12/10/94 Tazmaniac vs. Al Snow - ***1/4

Note: This was a FanCam match.

CMLL
9/23/90 Atlantis vs. Emilio Charles Jr - ***
9/23/90 Rayo de Jalisco vs. Cien Caras (Mask vs. Mask) - ***1/2
3/17/00 Atlantis vs. Villano III (Mask vs. Mask) - ****1/4

3PW
2/15/03 Low Ki vs. Homicide - ***1/2

FMW
7/30/95 Hayabusa vs. The Gladiator - ***
9/26/95 The Gladiator vs. Hayabusa - ***1/4

PRO WRESTLING USA
5/29/84 Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat - ****1/2

Mid-South/UWF
6/24/83 Chavo Guerrero vs. Mr. Olympia - ****

Dragon Gate
8/14/10 Tigers Mask vs. Masato Yoshino - ***

Keep your eyes peeled for more reviews as I think I'll be making it a regular thing, reviewing indy and puro shows.

 

[X]

Ratings for Night of Champions:

WWE Night of Champions 2010
9/19/10 Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston - ***
9/19/10 CM Punk vs. Big Show - *
9/19/10 The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan - ****
9/19/10 Melina vs. Michelle McCool - *1/2
9/19/10 Kane vs. Undertaker (No Holds Barred) - ***
9/19/10 Tyson Kidd/DH Smith vs. Jimmy Uso/Jey Uso vs. Vladimir Kozlov/Santino Marella vs. Evan Bourne/Mark Henry vs. Cody Rhodes/Drew McIntyre (Tag Team Turmoil) - *1/4
9/19/10 Sheamus vs. John Cena vs. Randy Orton vs. Edge vs. Chris Jericho vs. Wade Barrett (Elimination) - ***

Miz-Bryan was by far the best match of the night. Everything else ranged from solid to godawful in the case of Punk-Show. Why WWE? Why? Why must you bury Punk to this fucking ape? Did he not literally just get the best reaction of the entire nights moments before the match before turning the entire crowd on him in an instant? And you job him out clean to Show in less than 5 minutes? Fuck you to whoever booked that shit.

Miz-Bryan was awesome though, made the whole show worth watching. Great to see Danielson's singles debut on WWE PPV, he more than delivered. FANTASTIC selling through out the match as well I should note, every fucking wrestler on the roster should watch that match to see how to properly sell an injury in a match.

 

[X]

Ratings for last night's Hell in a Cell PPV:

WWE Hell in a Cell 2010
10/3/10 Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz vs. John Morrison (Submissions Count Anywhere) - ***3/4
10/3/10 Randy Orton vs. Sheamus (Hell in a Cell) - **3/4
10/3/10 Edge vs. Jack Swagger - **1/2
10/3/10 John Cena vs. Wade Barrett - ***
10/3/10 Michelle McCool vs. Natalya - 1/2*
10/3/10 Kane vs. Undertaker (Hell in a Cell) - *

Rather boring show with the highlight being a super-fun opening contest and a solid outing from Cena and the young Barrett, probably Barrett's first good singles match to date. Everything else ranged from average to mediocre. Main event was without a doubt the worst Hell in a Cell match to date. Heavy-handed, corny, slow, boring, anti-climactic and all around just a piece of shit match, as was to be expected.

Joke of a show really outside of two matches.

 

[Барбоса]

Probably agree with you on HIAC ratings, X.

JoMo/Miz/DBD was definitely the best wrestling match while Cena/Barrett was more about the angle than the actual contest but I think they put together a good little match that would have been entertaining, even without the massive story

As KB said in his review, the HIAC is basically redundant in the PG era. The first was far better than the second but I found that Orton was lazier than usual forcing Sheamus to do a lot of the work but it was a Street Fight and not a Cell match. Taker/Kane was a terrible mix of corny and obvious

 

[Tiger Chaos Theory]

So I just read your ratings for BFG, what are your thoughts on the ending?

And I'm shocked you thought RVD/Abyss was better than MCMG/GenMe.

 

[X]

So I just read your ratings for BFG, what are your thoughts on the ending?

And I'm shocked you thought RVD/Abyss was better than MCMG/GenMe.

I thought it was actually damn good for what it was, the spots were creative and brutal as hell looking and RVD got the poetic justice by hitting him with Janice, pretty much the perfect way to blow off a feud. Nothing ground breaking or anything, but I thought it was probably the best "hardcore" match TNA has had all year.

MCMG/Gen Me was great, but it was just the same match they've been having every other week on Impact. Good but nothing we haven't already seen 4 or 5 times.

Yeah I've been slacking on the ratings lately, my apologies. Here are my ratings for BFG:

10/10/10 Motor City Machine Guns vs. Generation Me - ***1/2
10/10/10 Angelina Love vs. Velvet Sky vs. Madison Rayne vs. Tara - *
10/10/10 Eric Young/Orlando Jordan vs. Shannon Moore/Jesse Neal - *
10/10/10 Jay Lethal vs. Doug Williams - ***
10/10/10 Abyss vs. Rob Van Dam (Monster's Ball) - ***3/4
10/10/10 Sting/Kevin Nash/Pope D'Angelo Dinero vs Jeff Jarrett/Samoa Joe - *
10/10/10 EV2.0 vs. Fortune (Lethal Lockdown) - *1/2
10/10/10 Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Anderson - ***3/4

Main event was awesome until the finish, they had some really creative three-way spots fit into a really short amount of time. But christ, that finish, so fucking awful. Quite possibly the worst ending to a PPV, ever.

 

[PsychoBlack]

Hey x i dont mean to bother you but i was wondering if you could rate this match for me if you had time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeAaNLkub0E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuotCwm2sD8