Last Wrestling Match Watched 2.0

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Chris Candido vs. Jerry Lynn. Lynn hiptosses and dropkicks Candido. Candido tries a leapfrog; Lynn kicks him in the nuts. He stuns Candido with a hurricanranna. Candido with a swinging neckbreaker. Candido connects with an Alabama Jam off the second turnbuckle. Candido with a Tiger driver. A fast-paced match. Candido picks Lynn up for several seconds before dropping him with a vertical suplex. Lynn missile dropkicks Candido. Lynn tries an aerial move from the edge of the ring apron but accidentally smashes against the steel rails without Candido touching him.

Lynn forces Candido to tap to an armbar. Joey Styles said Lynn didn't have the armbar fully extended. Candido seemed legit hurt. Lynn checked to see if Candido was okay.

 

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Hiromu Takahashi vs. Mustafa Ali. Capital Collision. They start by taking turns trying to pin each other. Takahashi Irish whips Ali, face-first, to the ring post. Ali pretends to be hurt. When Takahashi picks up his doll Daryll, Ali stuns him with a DDT.

Ali with a stepover toehold and a guillotine choke. Takahash with a hurricanranna and clothesline's Ali in the corner. Ali misses a 450 splash but lands on his feet. Takahashi body-drops Ali to the turnbuckle pads. Takahashu runs right into a superkick, but recovers and clotheslines Ali. Ali stretches him out in a crucifix powerbomb position and converts it into a flapjack. Takahashi with an underhook, piledriver. Takahashi pins Ali but Ali kicks out by kipping up! An unusual way to kick out of a pin. Takahashi puts him away with the Timebomb.

 

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(c) Gabe Kidd vs. Lio Rush for the Strong Openweight title. Capital Collision. The Washington D.C. crowd is cheering for Rush. Rush tries a hurricanranna; Kidd cartwheels out of the move and lands on his feet. Rush stuns Kidd with a bicycle kick. Rush with a pair of third-rope Suicidas on Kidd. Kidd powerbombs Rush on the edge of the ring apron.

Rush fights off Kidd's belly-to-belly and tries a front-face choke. Rush climbs the top turnbuckle but Kidd stuns him with an open palm strike. Kidd climbs the top. Rush with an overhand right. Kidd with forearm strikes. Kidd with a headbutt and a belly-to-belly suplex off the top! Rush flung himself across the ring and sold the move. Kidd accidentally knocks himself out with a chair shot, which was meant for Rush. Rush takes advantage with a frog splash.

Kidd with a brain buster and a piledriver but it isn't enough to defeat Rush. Kidd wins with a Madman Bomb finisher. A match with hard-hitting moves and high spots. Rush was cut above his eyebrow after taking Kidd's lariat.

 

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(c) The Steiners vs. "Dr. Death" Steve Williams & Terry Gordy for the WCW Tag team titles. Beach Blast '92. Gordy with a go-behind waistlock and a takedown on Scott Steiner. The feeling out process has become an amateur wrestling contest. Scott keeps Gordy down with a half-Nelson. Gordy pushes him to the ropes and connects with an open palm strike. Williams with a drop toehold and a single-leg takedown on Scott. Scott tries a German suplex, Williams counters with an elbow to his jaw.

Rick belly-to-belly suplexes Williams. Rick tries an over-the-top rope sunset flip on Williams. Scott with a front facelock on Gordy and rolls him over for a fisherman's suplex. Gordy's on his backside, but lifts his shoulder up and reaches to Williams to make the tag!

They then take turns wearing Scott down with half Boston crabs. Williams eventually goes for a Texas Cloverleaf. Gordy powerslams Rick off the second turnbuckle. Gordy goes for the pin but he wasn't the legal man. With fifteen seconds left, Scott signals for his finisher. Scott Frankensteiner's Gordy as the 30-minute time limit has expired.

A humorous moment is when Jim Ross said Rick has a degree in Education and Jesse Ventura responded, "Oh yeah, right. Kindergarten?"

 

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Rocky Romero, Sho & Yoh vs. SoCal Uncensored. Strong Style Evolved. Opening match. Christopher Daniels is dressed as a German Kaiser. Scorpio Sky breaks Romero's wristlock by spinning on his back and countering with an armbar. Sky with a double-leg takedown and neckbreaker. Yoh ducks Kazarian's clothesline and connects with his own flying clothesline. Yoh with a snap suplex. Daniels trips Yoh. Kazarian tries to take advantage with a springboard legdrop but botches it badly. He falls hard on the back of his head and injures his left leg.

Kazarian with a front facelock on Yoh and tightens it up to a Guillotine Choke. Daniels with a springboard moonsault on Yoh. Sky misses a splash on Yoh.
Romero springboard dropkicks Kazarian, who's bent over the second rope. In the melee which ensues, Sky accidentally stuns his own partner Daniels with a cutter. Sho with successive German suplexes on Sky. Sho and Yoh put him away with the 3-K.

A few entertaining spots. Commentator Josh Barnett mistakenly called Scorpio Sky as Kazarian at the start of the match.

 

[Chairman Jay]

Bryan Danielson v Kazuchika Okada II was even better than the first match. Didn't think I could say that but here and I am.

 

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Killer Elite Squad vs. Toru Yano & Chucky T. Strong Style Evolved. Davey Boy Smith Jr. pounds away on Chucky until Chucky gets the upper-hand with a boot to his chin. Chucky stretches him out in an Octopus hold. Davey Boy Jr. ducks an Enziguri and counters with a German. The much smaller Chucky tries to piledrive Lance Archer, who easily body-drops him. It was a two-on-one match mostly, as Yano only saw action in a comic relief role against Archer.

Archer grabs Chucky's wrist and walks the top rope similar to The Undertaker. But, instead of going for a flying fistdrop, Archer walks all the way to his partner's corner and makes the tag. Davey Boy Jr. with a unique Boston Crab which targets Chucky's lower back. In a last ditch effort, Chucky crucifix pins him. It's not enough as K.E.S. finishes him off with a Killer Bomb.

 

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(c) Kerry Von Erich vs. Haku w/Bobby Heenan for the Intercontinental title. Saturday Night's Main Event. Von Erich scoop slams Haku and tries the claw early in the match. Kerry with successive rights. Haku with a thumb to his eye and a standing headbutt. Von Erich Irish whips Haku against the turnbuckles and has him in The Clawhold. Haku gets to the ropes but he's still groggy. Von Erich takes advantage, knocking Haku out with a discus punch for the win.

The match was less than five minutes.

 

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Curt Hennig vs. (c) Kerry Von Erich for the I-C title. Supertape Vol. 3. Von Erich easily pushes Hennig back against the turnbuckles. Another collar-and-elbow. This time, Hennig pushes him up against the turnbuckles and tries to sneak in a right cross. Von Erich blocks it. Von Erich reverses Hennig's Irish whip and tries a clothesline. Hennig counters with a sleeper. Von Erich connects with successive roundhouse rights. Hennig attempts a move off the second turnbuckle. Von Erich catches a flying Hennig with the claw-hold and knocks him out with a discus punch. A groggy Hennig wisely gets out of fthe ring to avoid getting pinned.

Von Erich dominates the brawl outside but when he goes for a running bulldog, Hennig pushes him to the ring post. Hennig gets back in the ring to win by count-out. The match was only seven minutes, thirty-eight seconds.

 

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AJ Styles & Shinjiro Otani vs. Kurt Angle & Masa Chono. G1 World War, Intensity, 8-15-08. Angle with a side headlock take-down on Styles. Styles with an armdrag and a side headlock.

Chono with a go-behind waistlock on Otani. But before Chono cinches that waistlock on too tight, Otani grabs Chono's left wrist and counters with a wristlock. Otani and Chono engage in a battle of reverse knife edge chops with Chono getting the better of the exchange. Chono grabs Otani's left leg and before Otani can think about countering with an Enziguiri, Chono trips his right leg and turns him over for a half Boston Crab. Chono struggles to keep the front facelock on Styles. Chono's package piledriver was sloppy.

Angle suplexes Otani and keeps him down with a rear chinlock. Styles snap suplexes Angle and follows it up with a running kneedrop. Styles with a springboard, forearm on Angle. Angle with an over-head, belly-to-belly on Styles. Styles and Angle are exchanging high octane moves. Angle with his signature Angle slam on Styles. At Otani's behest, Styles goes for the Styles Clash but Angle counters with an ankle-lock and converts it into a kneebar. Styles taps out.

 

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(c) Henare vs. Shingo Takagi for the NEVER Openweight title. Destruction in Kobe. It's a forearm brawl with Henare getting the better of it. Takagi fights back with a standing reverse elbow. Henare with a running shoulder-block. Takagi with a quick reverse elbow and a standing headbutt when they take it outside of the ring. The rematch has proven to be just as physical as the first match.

Henare with a Samoan Drop and a short Senton. Takagi grabs Henare's leg, spins him around, and clotheslines the back of his neck. Henare tries a spear; Takagi counters with a front facelock. Takagi with a short DDT. Takagi connects with knife edge chops. Henare with a body shot and clamps on a full Nelson. Henare tries a Fisherman's suplex. Takagi blocks the move by keeping his feet on the canvas and holding Henare's wrist. Takagi defeats Henare with the Last of the Dragon to regain the title.

 

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(c) David Finlay w/Gedo vs. Yoshi-Hashi for the Global Heavyweight title. Destruction in Kobe. Finlay backs Hashi up against the ropes and refuses to give him a break. A riled up Hashi takes a swing, Finlay ducks, and counters with a side headlock. Finlay ducks Hashi's running clothesline but gets knocked down by a running shoulder-block. Hashi Irish whips Finlay to the turnbuckles, but rushes in.

Finlay tries to powerbomb him on the ramp. Hashi fights it off and suplexes Finlay. More out-of-the-ring action: Hashi performs a flying Senton over the top rope. Finlay attempts to F-5 Hashi on the edge of the ring apron. In an ingenious move, Hashi puts his right hand on the ring post to block it.

Finlay attempts a vertical but Hashi resists. Hashi tries a pump-handle, but Finlay rolls. Hashi grabs his wrist to prevent him from getting too far. This is back-and-forth action. Finlay picks Hashi up for a face-buster; Hashi turns it into an inside cradle. Finlay picks him up for a vertical and converts it into a shoulder-breaker. Finlay eventually beats Hashi with his Overkill.

 

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Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Minoru Suzuki. Strong Style Evolved. Sabre tries his arm stretches but Okada gets the better of it. Sabre ducks under Okada's clothesline.

Sabre with a Fujiwara armbar on Ishii. Suzuki runs in and clamps on the Angle-lock. Suzuki-Gun is double-teaming Ishii with submission holds. Suzuki with a heel-hook on Ishii. Sabre tries a single-leg grapevine on Ishii, Ishii grabs Sabre around the waist and suplexes him.

Sabre with sharp Euro-Uppercuts to Okada. Okada fights back with forearm shots but it has no steam. Sabre irish whips Ishii to the turnbuckles and connects with a running European Uppercut. Suzuki comes in with a big boot. Sabre attempts his own big boot which Ishii counters by merely slapping Sabre's foot down. Sabre with a cross arm-breaker om Ishii. Sabre tightens up a submission hold called Napalm Death. Ishii is too far away from the ropes and has no choice but to submit.

 

[Chris]

Slight correction, the submission hold is called Orienteering with Napalm Death

 

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Kurt Angle & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles & Hiroshi Tanahashi. G1 World War II. Nakamura attempts a single-leg and a go-behind on Styles. Styles counters with a go-behind of his own. Styles tries a waistlock but Nakamura grabs Styles' left wrist to prevent him from locking in the hold.

Styles gets the upper-hand with a side headlock on Nakamura. Nakamura tries to push him off, but Styles keeps the headlock on. Styles struggles with a springboard, sunset-flip on Angle. Angle armdrags Tanahashi. Tanahaahi with successive European uppercuts to Angle in the corner.

Nakamura with a standing heel kick on Tanahashi, then puts him in a cross arm-breaker. Tanahashi peppers Angle with right crosses and body-shots. Tanahashi with a Full Nelson on Angle.; Angle counters with a victory roll. Tanahashi kicks out, but Angle converts it into an ankle-lock. Styles breaks it up with a slingshot legdrop. Angle with a belly-to-belly on Tanahashi off the second turnbuckle. Tanahashi, however, fights off Angle's attempt at an Angle-slam. Nakamura runs in and super-kicks Tanahashi on the side of his head. Angle takes advantage of a stunned Tanahashi by Angle-slamming him for the win.