RIM Comps and Lee Flattery's M2K comps

RIM - RIM of Honor
Terry Funk shares his views on Floridians
Mr Zero Vs Dragonfly (Chikara Pro)
Barry Windham Vs Steve Regal (WCW)
Nick Bockwinkel Vs Magnum TA (Southwest)
Naohiro Hoshikawa Vs Naomichi Marafuji (Zero-One)
Dave Finlay Vs Terry Funk (CWA)
Meiko Satomura Vs Chiyayo Nagashima (GAEA)
Los Guapos get 100% fooled
Dr Wagner gets some pussy!
Donovan Morgan Vs AJ Styles (Super 8 - 2000)
Shinya Hashimoto & Yoshiaki Fujiwara Vs Steve Corino & CW Anderson (Zero-One
The first episode of the Bobby Heenan show
Hollywood Blondes & The Heavenly Bodies Vs The Rock 'N' Roll Express, Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas (WCW)
Dr Cube in Keiju Big Battell
Eddie Gilbert does some explaining
Regal visits the Tough Enough 2 kids
Jake Roberts Vs Ricky Steamboat (WWF)
Jake Roberts promo from Survivor Series '92

RIM - The Rimjob
The Midnight Express Vs The Fantastics (26/4/88 -JCP)
Midnight Express 1st Anniversary party (JCP)
The Great Muta Vs Bob Sapp (17/11/02 - Wrestle 1)
Dick Togo, MENS Teioh & Shiryu Vs Gran Naniwa, TAKA Michinoku & Sho Funaki (M-Pro)
Dick Togo, MENS Teioh, Shiryu, TAKA Michinoku & Sho Funaki Vs Gran Hamada, Tiger Mask IV, Naohiro Hoshikawa, Masato Yakushiji & Wellington Wilkens Jr (M-Pro)
Kerry & Kevin Von Erich Vs Michael Hayes & Buddy Rodgers (Badstreet Match - USWA Texas)
Mark Rocco Vs Dynamite Kid (Dale Martin)
Kevin & Kerry Von Erich Vs Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez (WCCW '85)
GAMMA, Black Buffalo & Tsubasa Vs BK Kid, Oriental & Takehiro Murahama (Osaka Pro - 06/02)
Tracet Smothers Vs Tourettes (IWA MS)
Love Machine, Miguel Perez Jr & Misterioso Vs Tinieblas Jr, Lizmark Jr & Volador (AAA Triplemania II C)
Slick "Jive Soul Bro" Music Video (WWF)
Dave Finlay Vs Danny Collins (All-Star)
Jerry Lawler Vs Eric Embry (USWA Texas)
Jimmy Hart introduces Rick Rood (Memphis '84)
Los Exoticos (Pimpi, May Flowers & Polvo) Vs Barrio Boys (LLL)
Kevin Sullivan promo's (CWF)
Kenta Kobashi & Kikuchi Vs Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas (AJPW)
Fuji Yamada Vs Rocky Moran (All-Star)
Curt Hennig Vs Dennis Rodman (Streetfight - I.Generation PPV)
Chuky has some major heat with techinico & rudo alike (LLL)
Mini Psicosis Vs Octagoncito (LLL)
Lou Thesz Vs Johnny Valentine (Florida 1970's)
Hollywood & Nate the Rat have the inside story on Lawler, Brian Christopher & Corey "Leave O.J. outta this! Macklin (MCW)
El Dandy shares an inside joke with the Magadanistas
Steve Corino & Scotty Riggs Vs Dusty & Dustin Rhodes (TCW)

RIM - Double Rimpact
Rick Rude vs Brian Pillman (WCW, early 92)
Stan Hansen vs Destroyer (All Japan, 30/10/75)
Konnan meets Meltzer
Cactus Jack and Paul E. Dangerously interview
Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes vs Rip Rogers & Scotty the Body (WCW, early 92)
Tatsumi Fujinami & Shinichi Nakano vs Osamu Nishimura & Yuki Ishikawa (MUGA, 3/3/9
Antonio Inoki & Tiger King vs Yoshaki Fujiwara & Jushin Liger (NJPW, 3/5/97)
Steve Corino vs Gerard Gordeau (Zero One, 3/5/02)
Bill Dundee defines a redneck (JCP, 86)
Colby Corino vs Shinjiro Otani, Masato Tanaka & Mac LeGrande (Zero One U$A, 5/1/03)
Ole Anderson gatecrashes a Ric Flair interview (JCP, 86)
Genichiro Tenryu vs Randy Savage (AJPW/WWF, 13/4/90)
AKIRA/Tiger Mask 4/Heat/Masahito Kakihara/Super Crazy vs Jushin Liger/Koji Kanemoto/Minoru Fujita/El Samurai/Gedo (Elimination, NJPW, 16/2/03)
Yukari Omori vs Chigusa Nagoya (AJW, 20/10/87)
Singalongajoshi
Kintaro Kaneumra vs Satoshi Kojima (Rainbow)
Buzz Sawyer vs Al Perez (Mid South)
Sean Mooney on honeymoon
Shawn Michaels vs Bob Backlund (WWF, 93)
Riki Choshu/Yoshiaki Yatsu/Animal Hamaguchi vs Akira Maeda/Tastumi Fujinami/Kengo Kimura (NJPW, 83)
Jumbo Tsuruta/Akira Taue vs Kenta Kobashi/Tsuyoshi Kikichi (AJPW)
Jumbo Tsuruta/Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
Mr Gannosuke makes a cock of himself
Randy Savage vs Jim Duggan (WWF, 27/1/90)
Dory Funk Jr/Terry Funk vs Stan Hansen/Terry Gordy (AJPW, 31/10/83)
Frank Anderssen vs Buddy Lee Parker (WCW)
Bret Hart vs Ric Flair (WWF, 1/93)
Chris Benoit vs Al Snow (ECW, 4/2/95)
Shinjiro Otani vs Yoshihiro Tajiri (NJPW, 97)
Monday Night Memories video (Memphis)
Storm Warning
Jerry Lawler sings
Terry Funk uses his BT Together minutes
Jackie Fargo addresses his pals
Fidel Sierra vs Jim Duggan (XWF)
Konnan. Carlos Colon's daughter. Guitar. Police. Batons.
Terry Funk gets a piece of ass.
Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemura vs Akira Taue & KENTA (Noah)
Rock 'n' Roll Express vs British Bulldogs (Kansas City, 89)
Mystery promo on the ultimate heel
Ron's Championship Wrestling announces a new commissioner

RIM-Chimmery-RIM-Chimmery-RIM-Chim-Cheree
Harley Race vs Mil Mascaras (All Japan)
Genichiru Tenyru & Koko Kitahara vs Shiryu Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura (WAR)
Eddie Gilbert vs Hawk (NWA Coraluzzo)
Stalker Ichikawa vs Veniza (Toryumon)
Ebessan vs Kamen (2/3 falls, Osaka Pro)
Aja Kong vs Takako Inoue (AJW)
Akira Hokuto vs Takako Inoue (AJW)
Akira Hokuto vs Debbie Malenko (AJW)
Meiko Satomura vs Sonoka Kato (GAEA)
Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA vs Yoshinobu Kaenemaru & Makata Hoshi (NOAH)
Jushin Liger vs Naoki Sano (New Japan)
Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda vs Akira Hokuto & Mayumi Ozaki (GAEA)
Dynamite Kid vs Bret Hart (WWF)
Terry Funk vs Jerry Lawler (3PW)
Bobby Heenan's tax return (WWF)
Molly Holly vs Ivory (WWE)

Lee Flattery's M2K Comps

M2K Insomnia
CIMA, SUWA & Fuji Vs Masaaki, Darkness Dragon & Kanda Vs Magnum TOKYO, Dragon Kid & Ryo (Toryumon 08/01)
Aja Kong Vs Meiko Satomura (GAEA 09/99)
Aja Kong Vs Meiko Satomura (GAEA 15/04/00)
Shocker Vs Dr Wagner Jr (NJPW-BOSJ '01)
Jushin Lyger Vs Silver King (NJPW-BOSJ '01)
Alexander Otsuka Vs Takashi Sugiura (Zero-One 04/01)
Minoru Tanaka Vs Naoki Sano (BattlArts 30/01/00)
KAORU Vs Devil Masami (GAEA - 04/01)
Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi Vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW - 09/06/95)

M2K Ice Bucket
Mayumi Ozaki Vs KAORU (GAEA 04/00)
Carl Malenko & Ikuto Hidaka Vs Tiger Mask IV & Alexander Otsuka (BattlArts 02/01)
Shocker, Blue Panther & Balck Warrior Vs El Hijo Del Santo, Negro Casas & Mr Niebla (EMLL 07/01)
Meiko Satomura Vs Dynamite Kansai (GAEA 02/01)
Carlos Amano & Marcella Vs Hiromi Yagi & Chaparuita ASARI (ARSION)
Dynamite Kansai Vs Yumiko Hotta (AJW 03/93)
Greg Valentine Vs Vinny Valentino (JCP '83?)
El Hijo Del Santo Vs Nicho El Millionario (TJ - 04/01)
Akira Maeda Vs Tatsumi Fujinami (NJPW 06/86)
Mayumi Ozaki Vs Akira Hokuto
Chad Collyer & Super Boy Vs Jinsei Shinzaki & Chi-nen Hokkai (MPro)
Black Tiger Vs Black Warrior (EMLL 10/01)
Diasuke Ikeda Vs Bob Backlund (BattlArts '98)
Terry Taylor Vs Jake Roberts (UWF '86)
Dynamite Kansai Vs Aja Kong (AJW - 08/95)
Vader Vs Takashi Suguira (NOAH - 08/01)
Kaoru Ito Vs Moemoe Nakanishi (AJW 09/01)
Shocker Vs Lizmark Jr (EMLL '01)
Lioness Asuka & Meiko Satomura Vs KAORU & Akira Hokuto (GAEA 04/01)
Mitsuharu Misawa Vs Jun Akiyama (AJPW 02/00)
Apache Vs Genki Horiguhci (Toryumon 10/01)
Silver King & Dr Wagner Jr promo regrding "Jadogedo" (NJPW)

M2K 3rd Time Lucky
Akira Hokuto Vs Meiko Satomura (GAEA - 19/04/01)
Diasuke Ikeda Vs Yuki Ishikawa (BattlArts '99 - YGB Final)
Dave Finlay Vs Chris Benoit (WCW)
Steve Regal Vs Chris Benoit (WW 08/96)
Aja Sakurai Vs Chikayo Nagashima (GAEA 15/12/01)
Dave Schultz redneck angle
Chad Collyer & James Mason team up in MPro
Chad Collyer Vs Johnny Storm (UK 16/03/01)
Chad Collyer Vs Jamie Knoble (HWA 09/01)
Machines, Nightmare & Heartbreakers Vs Dundee, Gibsons & Keirn (Mempho)
Tosiyo Yamada Vs Mayumi Ozaki (GAEA 02/00)
KISS NO SEKAI bring you 'Kiss of the World' (The Video)
Dr Wagner Jr Vs Lizmark Jr (EMLL 06/01)
Shinjiro Ohtani Vs Masato Tanaka (Zer-One 07/08/01)
Lioness Yoshida Vs Mariko Yoshida (ARSION 05/01)
Kaientai Deluxe Vs Gran Hamada, The Great Sasule, Gran Naniwa, Super Delfin & Yakushiji (MPro 10/96)
Volk Han Vs Hans Nyman (RINGS 12/94)
Manami Toyota & Zap 1 Vs Reyna Jubuki & Blizzard Yuki (AJW '95)
Negro Casas Vs El Dandy Vs El Hijo Del Santo (EMLL 12/96)
Matsui Vs Ikuto Hidaka (BattlArts 05/01)
Toshiaki Kawada Vs Stan Hansen (AJ 01/93)

M2K Hyperreal in Memphis
Lioness Asuka Vs Akino (ARSION 08/01)
Yuji Nagata Vs Osamu Nishimura (NJPW 08/01)
Mascara Sagrada, Love Machine & Black Magic Vs Pierroth Jr, Blue Panther & Jerry Estrada (AAA 23/02/92)
Barry Windham Vs Too Cold Scorpio (NWA 16/06/93)
Jerry Lawler Vs Bam Bam Bigelow (Texas Death Match - Memphis 08/01/86)
Mil Mascaras Vs The Destroyer (AJPW - 09/10/73)
Heavenly Bodies Vs Rock 'N' Roll Express (Cage - SMW 01/0-4/94)
Meiko Satomura & Sumie Sakai Vs Carlos Amano & Chikayo Nagashima (OZ Academy 02/01)
Eddie Guerrero Vs Low-ki (IWC 30/11/01)
Blue Panther, Fuerza Guerrera & Dr Wagner Jr Vs Tarzan Boy, Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Buccanero (EMLL 02/04/02)
The British Bulldogs Vs Dean & Joe Malenko (AJPW '89)
Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue Vs Debbie Malenko & Sakie Hasegawa (AJW '93)
Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita Vs Tomoko Watanabe & Nanae Takahashi (AJW 27/07/01)
Kazunari Marakami & Alexander Otsuka Vs Yuki Ishikawa & Mohamed Yone (BattlArts 01/01)
Bobby Eaton Vs Eddie Guerrero (WCW '96)

M2K The Final Conflict
Sakura Hirota & Lioness Asuka Vs Mayumi Ozaki & KAORU (GAEA '01)
Yuki Ishikawa Vs Katsumi Usada (BattlArts 26/10/01)
Bad Breed Vs Bull Pain & Trent Baker (IWA MS '02)
Toshiyo Yamada & Meiko Satomura Vs Aja Kong & Mayumi Ozaki (GAEA '99)
Doom Vs Arn Anderson & Barry Windham (WCW 12/90)
Dr Wagner Vs Shocker (EMLL 04/02)
Yuji Nagata Vs Jun Akiyama (NJPW 04/01/02)
KAORU Vs Sakura Hirota (GAEA '01)
Mayumi Ozaki Vs Meiko Satomyura (GAEA '01)
Eric Embry Vs Steve Casey (WCCW)
Mita, Shimoda, Maekawa & Toyota Vs Ito, Nanakishi, Watanabe & Takahashi (AJW 03/01)
El Signo Vs Villano III (EMLL 07/01)
AKINO & Ayako Hamada Vs L.C.O. (ARSION '01)
Ric Flair Vs Jumbo Tsurata (AJPW '82)
Mascarita Sagrada & Octagocito Vs Mascarita Maligna & MinoAbismo Negro (AAA 04/02)
Aja Kong, Takako Inoue, Kyoko Inoue & Sakie Hasegawa Vs Dynamite Kansai, Cutey Suzuki, Hikari Fukouka & Mayumi Ozaki (JWP - 07/93)

M2K Get the'E' Out
Asian Cougar & Super Uchu Power Vs Takashi Sasaki & MIKAMI (DDT 02/02)
Inoue & Lyger Vs Kikuchi & Kanemaru (NOAH 02/02)
Tanaka 7 Lyger Vs Kikuchi & Kanemaru (NOAH 04/02)
Ultimate Warrior promo
Zumbido, Violencia & Dr X Vs Olimpico, Safari & Fiera (EMLL 17/03/02)
Lelani Kai Vs Malia Hosaka (Nashville 02/02)
Lady Apache Vs Tiffany (LLL 03/02)
Kevin Sullivan promo
Harley Race Vs Kerry Von Erich (WCCW '82)
Genki Horiguchi Vs SUWA (Hair Vs Hair - Toryumon 04/02)
Kendo Ka Shin Vs Masa Fuchi (AJPW 12/04/02)
Kendo Ka Shin Vs Gran Hamada (AJPW 07/02)
Stan Hansen Vs Carlto Colon (Puerto Rico)
Jaguar Yokota Vs Lioness Asuka (Jd' 96)
Mascara Magica & Shocker Vs Takemura & Masada (Hair Vs Hair - EMLL 06/02)
Larry Zybysko tells it like it is! (Nashville early '02)
The Rock 'N' Roll Express Vs Randy Savage & Lanny Poffo (Memphis '84)
Jumbo Tsurata Vs Mil Mascaras (AJPW '78 - 2/3 falls)
Chikayo Nagashima Vs Mayumi Ozaki (GAEA 15/09/00)
Masato Tanaka Vs Shinya Hashimoto (Zero-One 03/02)
Genichiro Tenryu Vs Jumbo Tsuruta (AJPW 06/05/89)

M2K Chronicles of Misspent
Kiss No Sekai video
Aja Kong & Akira Hokuto Vs L.C.O. (GAEA - 01/02)
Randy Savage Vs Ted DiBiase (WWF Cage match)
Aja Kong Vs Carlos Amano (OZ Academy 06/02)
Austin Idol music video
Chigusa Nagayo & Sakura Hirota Vs KAORU & Mayumi Ozaki (GAEA 06/02)
Manabu Nakanishi Vs Yoshihiro Takayama (NJPW 06/0702)
Chikayao Nagashima Vs Meiko Satomura (GAEA 06/02)
Blue Panther, NOZAWA & Masada Vs Negro Casas, Shocker & Brazo de Plata (EMLL 07/02)
Bill Dundee Vs Dustin Starr (Mempho - Early '02)
Miracle Man & Azteca Vs Daja Quallt & MA-G-MA (Osaka Pro 03/01/02)
SUWA Vs Susumu Yokosuwa (Toryumon 07/02)
Hiromi Yagi & Sumie Sakai Vs The Bloody & FANG Suzuki (Jd' 11/01)
Jushn Lyger, Masayuke Naruse, Minoru Tanaka, Masahito Kakihara & El Samurai Vs Gedo, Jado, Koji Kanemoto, Eddie Guerrero & Black Tiger (NJPW 05/02)
Jun Akiyama/Mitsuharu Misawa v Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue (6/12/96)
Mariko Yoshida Vs Mellisa (ARSION 08/02)
Akira Hokuto Vs Shinobu Kandori (AJW 02/04/93)
Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes Vs Scotty the Body & Rip Rodgers (WCW '92)
Austin Idol, Tommy Rich & Paul E classic arrogant sleaze promo after defeating Lawler in a hair Vs $50,000 cage match (Mempho)
Buddy Landell "alcoholic" promo where he ingeniously turns himself from despised heel into the hottest babyface in the territory for his match with Shawn Michaels. (SMW '95)

M2K It's only wrasslin' but I like it!
La Parka & Mr Zero Vs Mike Quackenbush & Reckless Youth (Chikara Pro)
Diasuke Ikeda, Kentaro Shiga & Makoto Hashi Vs Akira Taue, Jun Izumida & Takashi Sugiura (NOAH 23/09/02)
Mima Shimoda Vs Chikayo Nagashima (GAEA 20/09/02)
Yuki Ishikawa Vs Koji Sato (Zero One - 08/02)
Low-ki Vs American Dragon (JAPW 06/02)
'Castillo Morte' Escape 10 man cage match (IWRG - 09/01)
Dick Togo Vs Tiger Mask IV (MPro - 09/02)
Satanico, Averno & Mephisto Vs La Familia De Tijuana (EMLL)
Emilio Charles Jr Vs El Dandy (EMLL 12/89)
Shocker & Mr Niebla Vs Villano III & Atlantis (EMLL 24/09/99)
Jun Akiyama, Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa Vs Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Yoshinari Ogawa (AJPW 07/93)
Negro Casas, El Dandy, Atlantis, Ultimo Dragon, Mascara Magica, La Fiera, Shocker & Brazo de Oro Vs El Hijo Del Santo, Dr Wagner Jr, El Felino, Black Warrior, Scorpio Jr, Satanico & Kevin Quinn (EMLL 18/04/97)
Wataru Inoue Vs KENTA (NJPW 05/10/02)
Yoshihiro Takayama Vs Kazayuki Fujita (NJPW 05/10/02)
Yoshihiro Takayama Vs Shiro Koshinaka (NJPW 21/09/02)
Steve Corino Vs Low-ki (JAPW 05/02)
Ric Flair & Arn Anderson Vs Jobbers (NWA '85)
Vader Vs Otto Wanz (Somewhere Germanic mid-90's)

M2K The Fat and the Furious
Nanae Takahashi & Tomoko Watanabe Vs Takako Inoue & Rumi Kazama (AJW - 01/02)
Mariko Yoshida Vs noki-A (ARSION - 05/02)
Dick Murdoch Vs Harley Race (NWA Title, Mid-Atlantic, late-70's)
Toshiaki Kawada & Masa Fuchi Vs Takashi Iizuka & Yuji Nagata (NJPW - 12/00)
Toshiaki Kawada & Masa Fuch Vs Johnny Smith & Taiyo Kea (AJPW - 01/01)
Azumi Hyuga Vs Ran Yu Yu (JWP - 10/03/02)
Manami Toyota Vs Chikayo Nagashima (GAEA -27/10/02)
Dustin Rhodes & Ricky Steamboat Vs Arn Anderson & Larry Zybysko (WCW)
Mariko Yoshida, GAMI & Rossy Ogawa Vs Yumiko Hotta & Nanae Takahashi (ARSION 05/02)
Bestia Salvaje & Scorpio Jr. Vs El Hijo Del Santo & Negro Casas ( Hair & Mask Vs Hair & Mask, EMLL - 04/99)
Ran Yu Yu Vs Misae Genki (JWP - 09/12/01)
Jackie Fargo goes nuts! (Memphis '82)
Dave Finlay Vs Satoshi Kojima (Reslo '95)
Bill Dundee, Gary Young, Jeff Jarrett, Billy Joe Travis & Danny Davis Vs Eric Embry, Dr Tom Pritchard, El Grande Pistolero, Awesome Kong & Steve Austin (USWA '91)
Dustin Rhodes & Brian Pillman Vs Steve Austin & Steven Regal (WCW '93)

M2K Comp #10 - The War On Co-edism

Wataru Inoue v The American Dragon (NJ 6/10/02) Ah, some clever chappy decided to give these two an eight minute wrestling match. Whoo-hoo! It's all choppy-choppy and bitchy-bitchy as you'd expect. Ohtani/Benoit comparisons for both men respectively are explicit.

Jumbo Tsuruta v Toshiaki Kawada (All Japan, 1991) Arguably the two best Japanese professional wrestlers ever tie it up in singles. Jumbo looked as though he hadn't been layed for a couple of weeks and was intent on smacking as much shit as possible out of young Tosh. Great teacher v pupil stuff in the All Japan idiom.

Shoichi Ichimiya defends his 24/7 Hardcore Title against hot babes, dogs, disgruntled restaurant owners.....(DDT, 12/02)

Ian Rotten v Jimmy Jacobs (IWA Mid South, 4/03) More fun from FAT! Finlay, this time guiding the fuzzy booted young Jacobs through a super little wrasslin' match. Ian is one of the most underrated wrestlers on the scene at present.

Pierroth Jr/Violencia/Blue Panther v Gran Markus Jr/Apolo Dantes/El Satanico (EMLL, 1/03) My favourite match yet from the wickedly bufoonish Markus-Boriquas fued. Panther and Satanico beat the shit out of each other like the MEN that they are, while Dantes and Violencia complete a fine supporting cast. Mmmmmmmm, Arena Colliseo.

Toshiaki Kawada v Genichiro Tenryu (All Japan 10/00) Argghhhh!!!!! I'm watching this for the third or forth time and I'm still cringing at the ferociously stiff blows unleashed in this match. Extremely well laid out match that builds sublimely (no boring repetitious headdrops are necessary here), punctuated throughout by the stiffest wrestling on the planet. This COULD be the match of the century so far.

La Galactica v Jaguar Yokota (AJW) This zany fan-cam is the follow up to their more famous hair match and is full of hate. Galactica is a great heel and Jaguar is brings her normal brand of firm assed, perky bosomed professional wrestling (Matron!). All capped off by some funky interference from the legendary Monster Ripper.

Young David v Fit Finlay (England, very early 80's) Lovely stiff-as-fuck technical wrestling stuff from these two skinny kids. Finlay's greatness is obvious even at this stage of his career and pre-roids Davey Boy could really GO. Messrs Galbraith and Kennedy will get a kick out of the latest scores as well.

KAORU/Toshiyo Yamada v Etsuko Mita/Mima Shimoda (GAEA, 4/99) One of those crazy Memphis-meets-ECW brawls that GAEA does so well. Shimoda excels in this environment, Yamada is superb, Mita stomps ass and KAORU does her lesbian Sabu schtick. Did I mention that Chris Coey hates this match?

Earl 'The Pearl' Strickland gives a masterclass in heel psychology and how the turn a crowd against you. The best heel in America behind Todd Morton.

Stan Lane/Bobby Eaton v Tracy Smothers/Steve Armstrong (NWA, 1990) Forgotten TV match between two great tag teams who would go on to have a bona-fide classic at the Great American Bash later in the year. All the greatness of MX-Southern Boys you expect compressed into a sub-ten minute match.

Kiyoshi Tamura v Tsyoshi Kousaka (RINGS, 27/6/98) Pretty much the last word in pretend MMA matches. Oodles of tricked out shooty matwork and maximum usage of the points system makes for one heck of a match. Imagine the mid-point between Maeda-Fujinami '86 and the better Takada stuff.

Electroshock/Chessman v El Torero/Oscar Sevilla (AAA, 1/03) The sleazey, zany, low-budget AAA version of the ECW Gangtas Paradise tag with a bunch of angles crashing together like semen on Kristi Myst's face. Worth checking out for mucho MILF malevolence from Lady Apache and Esther Moreno if nothing else.

Shiro Koshinaka v Genichiro Tenryu (World Japan, 3/5/03) This just rocks with fun. Tenryu is joyfully mean and miserable as the perfect foil to Koshinaka's assbumping nuttiness. Not to hammer home rhetoric or anything, but if you don't like this match, you hate professional wrestling.

Tom Pritchard/Jimmy Delray v Dirty White Boy/Tracy Smothers (SMW, 9/95) Yeah, the best match from possibly the best US indy show of the 1990's and maybe the best tag match in the history of wrasslin's rootinest, tootinest, pollutinest promotion. Dr Tom's blade job fucks your mother and blows it's load on your aunt's face.

Tamon Honda v Kenta Kobashi (NOAH, 13/4/03) Honda is this year's suprise package. His unlikely Taue-meets-Dr Cerebro act has turned him from laughing stock into one of the best wrestlers in the world (that is unless your name is Mrs Angle). The match is full of funky matwork, cool suplexes and great drama. Both men's best performance of the year and beats the living piss out of Misawa-Kobashi.

Ted Dibiase v Jim Duggan (Cage, Mid South) 'Best Dressed' angle....Dibiase the worker......tuxedos.......you know the rest.

Takeshi Rikioh/Takeshi Morishima/Diasuke Ikeda v Akitoshi Saito/Jun Akiyama/Jun Izumida (NOAH 23/3/03) This match clubbers it's way into contention for Match of the Year. Everyone is up for it and firing on all cylanders, even Izumida and especially Morishima. This has everything you could want from a six-man tag.

Johnny Smith v George Hines (All Japan, 4/5/03) 70's style matfest-o-rama as Johnny Smith takes the third Fantastic through a hell of an engaging contest. Tremendous stuff as usual from another of the world's most underrated wrestlers.

Michael Todd Stratton v Ian Rotten (IWA Mid South, 18/4/03) Todd is the king of the redneck inciting rednecks, fighting with ringrats and screaming at the fans. Great brawl, with plenty of blood and hatred; think of a modern Lawler-Dundee with more cussing. The ever charming Steve Stone turns the air blue on commentary.

Billy Joe Travis v Jerry Lawler (Memphis, 7/02) Terry Funk no shows so they brought in Travis for this MSC main event - and it rocks. Double juice brawl all over with smatterings of that classic Memphis schtick we all love. The last significant match of Travis' life, as he tragically passed away a few months later. Great pre-match mic work here as well.

GENTARO v Takashi Sasaki (DDT, 19/3/03) Clash of tag team partners forced into battle with each other by the evil DDT powers-that-be. It helps that these two guys are the best workers in the promotion too; Sasaki operates as a kind of babyface SUWA, while GENTARO is 'the Japanese Marty Jannetty' (Fadda~~~~~). Neat match.

Masa Fuchi v Danny Kroffat (All Japan, 1991) Fun little match, especially for fans of Fuchi who is at his dickish best.

Tatsumi Fujinami v Chavo Guerrero (Early 80's) A lot of people forget that Fujinami was one of the great pioneers of junior heavyweight wrestling and they er....shouldn't. Chavo Sr could go back then too. Nice match with some funky stuff from both men. I do believe the first match on one of my comps to feature a Vince McMahon cameo.

You can get these tapes at either Si Mania or at Bobby's Tapes.

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