The Match I'm Watching Now

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Sanada vs. Tigre Uno for Sanada's X-Division title. Sacrifice. Best of three match series with the series tied 1-1. Tigre takes Sanada down with a leg sweep, pins him but can't get a one-count. Sanada takes Tigre down with a hurricanrana. Sanada tries to suplex Tigre on the ring apron. Tigre blocks it, but Sanada counters with an abdominal stretch converted to rolling cradles around the ring.

Tigre does a leg grapevine converted into a headscissors-armbar submission on Sanada. Sanada doesn't quit and hurts Tigre with a flying Steamboatesque karate chop. Sanada with a double over-hook suplex on Tigre but, as commentator Tazz points out, he didn't fully hook Uno's right arm. Tigre misses a Sabertooth splash and Sanada counters with a moonsault for the win.

Unusual submission moves which Tazz and Mike Tenay couldn't quite name. Sanada displayed sportsmanship, extending his hand to Tigre once the match was over.

 

[Deadmanforever97]

Back when they were rising stars... Man i miss those days

 

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Eric Young vs. Magnus for Young's TNA Championship. Sacrifice. Magnus shoves Young to the turnbuckles repeatedly. Eric with a side headlock takedown. Magnus does showboating moves like a cartwheel which gives Young the upper-hand in taking him down with another side headlock. Magnus with a surfboard but Young counters with a leg lift. Magnus with a go-behind takedown. Young with a bridge suplex but Magnus quickly comes back with a clothesline. Magnus with a front headlock and camel clutch. Young attempts a scorpion leglock but didn't get it fully cinched it in so Magnus escapes. Young flies off the top turnbuckle and wins with a Macho Man elbowdrop.

A lot of catch-as-catch-can wrestling and aerial moves like the flying elbowdrop, even Young's unshaven beard looks similar to Randy Savage. It was an unspoken tribute to the late Macho Man.

 

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Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels. 1990.

 

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L.O.D. vs Demolition. Total squash match. It was over in less than four minutes.

 

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Jake Roberts vs. Demolition Smash. At least Smash got some offense in this match.

 

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Jeff Hardy vs. Val Venis

 

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MVP vs. Kazma Sakomoto. Bound for Glory. MVP starts it off with a side headlock takedown. MVP takes Kazma down with a shoulderblock. MVP grabs Sakomoto's hair tail and slugs him. MVP nails Kazma with a top rope Suicida. As they brawl outside the ring, MVP kicks Sakomoto with a running boot, which knocks him through the steel guard rails. Back in the ring, MVP does an Exploder suplex.

MVP dominated this match. Although past his prime, MVP was sharp. When Sakomoto had MVP in the corner, he was hitting MVP with some real weak open-hand slaps. He was a pipsqueak compared to MVP's 250-lb. frame.

 

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Team 3-D vs. Tommy Dreamer & Abyss. Bound for Glory. Bully and Devon shake hands with their friend Dreamer at the beginning of the match. Abyss refuses to shake Team 3-D's hands. TNA promoted Team 3-D's induction into its Hall of Fame, so you knew they were going to win. Abyss and Bully Ray brawl with each other and Bully gets the best of it. Team 3-D does a "Wassup!" as Devon does a diving headbutt on Dreamer's nads. When they brawl outside the ring, Bully takes the timekeeper's bell and reticently hammers it on Abyss' nads. Abyss grabs a bagful of thumbthacks and scatters it all over the ring. But Team 3-D counters with a front-face slam on Abyss onto the thumbtacks. Team 3-D wins with a Dudley Deathdrop on Dreamer.

Three out of the four participants were past their primes so the brawling was slow paced. They couldn't "go" like they did during their ECW days.

 

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[Deadmanforever97]

I watched this match. Back in the day I used to think some parts of it was real...

One of my most favorite pg era rivalries

 

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Ric Flair vs. Lord Steven Regal. Marquis of Queensbury Rules.

 

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Marty Jannetty vs. Papa Shango. Shango fell further down the card after Ultimate Warrior was fired from the WWF.