Sinopsis
We look at the evolution of professional wrestling through some of its greatest matches! Every episode, we take a Match of the Year award winner from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Pro Wrestling Illustrated, The Theszies (RSPW Readers Poll), Box-y-Lucha, or Tokyo Sport annual poll.
Episodios
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1989 Brawl of the Year - Flair vs. Funk in I Quit
28/11/2017 Duración: 11minIt's the best brawl of the 1980s, an amazing example of two athletes at their peak working a style that would influence the next decade of wrestling!
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Brawl of the Year 1990 - Onita/Goto vs. Sakaruda/Kurisu
28/11/2017 Duración: 04minYep, we're jumping into FMW, and not for the last time! Here, we see what a wild, out-of-control brawl looked like in 1990, why it was important, and most of all, how we can look at this and see where it fits in with wrestling in general.
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Brawl of the Year 1988 - Stan Hansen/Terry Gordy vs. Genichiro Tenryu/Toshiaki Kawada
28/11/2017 Duración: 05minAn All Japan tag match that demonstrates what exceptional brawling looks like in the context of a traditional All Japan main event!
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Brawl of the Year 1985 - DiBiase vs. Duggan in a Gimmick Match...
17/11/2017 Duración: 06minA Coal Miner's Glove on a Pole, Do DQ Steel Cage Tuxedo Loser-leaves-town match, and an amazing brawl!
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Buddy Rose vs. Matt Borne Lumberjack Match!
17/11/2017 Duración: 04minA look at a classic of Portland brawling as Buddy Rose and Matt Borne go at it in a Lumberjack match that really defines Portland's style of brawling in the early 1980s!
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Kurt Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero
09/10/2017 Duración: 06minTwo of my all-time faces facing off at WrestleMania XX!!!!!
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Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit 2003
05/10/2017 Duración: 09minA look at how Angle and Benoit worked together, brought out the best in each other, and ultimately worked a match that didn't require the tricks that so many of that era relied on. Also, I talk a bit about Benoit's legacy, and what we need to remember, especially the parts we wish we didn't have to.
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Six Man Hell in the Cell from 2000
04/10/2017 Duración: 11minA look at one of the nuttiest, and most fun, matches of the wonderful late 2000 period that saw Kurt take off!
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Kurt Angle vs. Shane McMahon
27/09/2017 Duración: 20minEither the best or the worst, there are a couple of ways of looking at it. Kurt vs. Shane, the wrestler against the stuntman, in a match that shows just how dangeresque the entire wrestling thing can be. Blood, battery, and being dropped on your head in WWE 2002.
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Shawn Michaels vs. Kurt Angle - 2005 PWI Match of the Year
25/09/2017 Duración: 08minOne of the best WrestleMania matches ever (Bobby Heenan even thought so!) and one of the finest examples of what happens when eras collide! The start of our extended look at Kurt Angle - The 21st Definition of Great Wrestling in the 21st Century!
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Tanahashi vs. Suzuki - 2012 Observer Match of the Year
22/09/2017 Duración: 09minA look at a unique match that you might not realise is REALLY unique! Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Championship in October 2012, in a match where both guys, who are both currently champions in New Japan despite being 40+) are at the top of their game.
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The Main Event - Hogan vs. Andre
18/09/2017 Duración: 14minA look at heat, booking, and why this is the worst match of the year ever!
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Mae Young Classic Finale
13/09/2017 Duración: 07minA look at the final match of the Mae Young Classic between Kairi Sane and Shayna Bazsler and what's next!
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Mae Young Classic
08/09/2017 Duración: 07minNo Match of the Year contenders, but it was a really impressive presentation and shows that the WWE actually does understand Women's wrestling
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Special - GHC Title Match Cage vs. Nakajima
22/08/2017 Duración: 05minIn many years, this would be a Match of the Year contender, but since it happened while the G1 was still going strong... well, you know. I look at how these two guys worked so well and what the second and third most important Japanese titles are all about these days!
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G1 Climax 27 - The Rise of EVIL
06/08/2017 Duración: 09minI somehow missed how they've been establishing EVIL as a potential Main Eventer in the G1, and now I talk about it and how they're messing up with Kenny Omega.
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G1 Climax - SANADA vs. Michael Elgin
31/07/2017 Duración: 03minHow does New Japan book the mid-card? Like this!
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G1 Climax 27 - What of Kenny Omega?
28/07/2017 Duración: 09minKenny got hisself pinned by Michael Elgin (who is awesome and excellent!) and now, I wonder... what the fuck New Japan? What does this mean for Block B? Where does this lead for post-G1? Does this make Okada-Omega 3 meaningless, or more meaningful, and just where do they go?
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G1 Climax - Days 6 and 7
27/07/2017 Duración: 06minA look at how awesome Zack Sabre is, Okada vs. SANADA, Kenny Omega goes comedy (brilliantly) and what they're almost certainly building to!
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G1 Climax 2017 - Night 1
18/07/2017 Duración: 12mintwo phenomenal and Important matches open up the Tourney! Stay tuned to Match of the Year Podcast for more reviews of the tourney!