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I vote for Niebla/Soberano as HM and UG/Volador vs Rush/Terrible as MOTYC as well. Here's my write-ups on the match along with the direct link to the match starts on the better quality official CMLL Youtube video: Niebla Roja vs Soberano Jr. – CMLL – 02/23/2018 – EPIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnczGJl5WU8&t=1h20m31s Niebla Roja continues his post-mask renaissance by demonstrating with Soberano Jr. the very top of how good it's possible to make a match with a ten minute time limit. Both guys bring their biggest moves. The finish is very cool. Último Guerrero & Volador Jr. vs Rush & Terrible [natl pi, final] – CMLL – 02/23/2018 – EXCELLENT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnczGJl5WU8&t=1h38m43s The "incredible pairs" tournament each year seems to be a place where you are guaranteed an impeccably worked final with a match-up that you don't see regularly. This year's final wasn't as good in the ring as last year's (which won the Luchablog Tapatia Match of the Year) but the story it told kept it on the same high level that you expect. Volador is sporting a face mask from a nose injury suffered against Último Guerrero earlier in the week, and now they have to team up to battle two guys who seem to have the chemistry that you wouldn't expect from a pareja increíble of enemies. The match builds and the brawling is great and the storytelling is great and the result is great. Don't skip on the few minutes post-match either, it's important to the story. Any wrestling fan should go out of their way to see this match.
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MassRafTer posted:MOTYC Yeah agreed
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Jerusalem posted:HM: Cody and Marty Scurll vs The Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega/Kota Ibushi) at NJPW Honor Rising 2/24 Yeah just got around to watching it and agreed. New Japan actually has an interesting tag team scene! AMAZING!
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SatoshiMiwa posted:Yeah just got around to watching it and agreed. And the junior tag scene is so strong with RPG3K and LIJ and
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Gaz-L posted:And the junior tag scene is so strong with RPG3K and LIJ and Also they had Dragon Lee and Titan over last year ...so, uh, when are they retiring the junior tag titles
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You guys are forgetting the number one contenders, El Desperado and the other junior from Suzuki-gun who isn't TAKA Michinoku
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Baron Corbyn posted:You guys are forgetting the number one contenders, El Desperado and the other junior from Suzuki-gun who isn't TAKA Michinoku You mean the team so bland they had to make it a three way with LIJ? Yeah meld the Junior titles with the Tag titles. Golden Loves vs RPG3k would be a great match anyway and heck most are about the size of Naito anyway
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Please keep the junior tag titles there are plenty of juniors and the matches are almost always good.
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Have Golden Lovers ever crossed paths with Speed Muscle? I haven't watched all the DDT/Dragon Gate shows but that seems like something that be really loving good.
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WMOTYC: Men's Elimination Chamber - Miz vs Elias vs Cena vs Finn vs Seth vs BRAUN vs Roman 2/25 - WWE Elimination Chamber. What a bizarrely awfully booked match where nobody seemed to know what they were doing, it plodded through its paces and everything had a dreary air of inevitability to it that proved true. Just dull at best and maddening at worst.
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Jerusalem posted:WMOTYC: Men's Elimination Chamber - Miz vs Elias vs Cena vs Finn vs Seth vs BRAUN vs Roman 2/25 - WWE Elimination Chamber. 2nd, just because Braun didn't break every single pod
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that match sucks, nth. that whole show sucked
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Jerusalem posted:WMOTYC: Men's Elimination Chamber - Miz vs Elias vs Cena vs Finn vs Seth vs BRAUN vs Roman 2/25 - WWE Elimination Chamber. 3rd. i literally just finished watching it, and i cant remember a single thing that happened in it
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Would that be the 4th bad Chamber match in history? 06 (Edge's cash in doesn't count!) then the Extreme Elimination Chamber, the IC EC and then this?
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Professor Funk posted:2nd, just because Braun didn't break every single pod 3rd because it’s amazing that nearly one year ago, the leak came out it would be Roman vs Brock (and we all know what happens next) and it actually happened. The spoiler called this a year in advance. My god lol.
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Jerusalem posted:WMOTYC: Men's Elimination Chamber - Miz vs Elias vs Cena vs Finn vs Seth vs BRAUN vs Roman 2/25 - WWE Elimination Chamber. Nth. For all the talent involved, I expected way better and it fell flat in pretty much every way possible.
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Tbf if Braun won I'd probably be tossing an hm out, these matches always feel like bizzare clusterfucks to me
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MassRafTer posted:Would that be the 4th bad Chamber match in history? 06 (Edge's cash in doesn't count!) then the Extreme Elimination Chamber, the IC EC and then this? I'm gonna have to go back and look over the previous EC matches because I'm sure there must be worse out there, but I can't remember ever watching an EC match that was so shockingly boring before, especially considering the talent involved.
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Jerusalem posted:WMOTYC: Men's Elimination Chamber - Miz vs Elias vs Cena vs Finn vs Seth vs BRAUN vs Roman 2/25 - WWE Elimination Chamber. Yes
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MassRafTer posted:Would that be the 4th bad Chamber match in history? 06 (Edge's cash in doesn't count!) then the Extreme Elimination Chamber, the IC EC and then this? The IC one and the tag team one from the same show are the only EC matches I've found to be outright terrible. Even the ECW one is watchable despite the context.
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The IC Chamber remains the worst one. The tag match was sloppy and had way too many bodies to really click. The women's match had enough legit highlights to cancel out Absolution being green as gooseshit. This year's men's match had ... what, exactly? It was the wrestling version of white noise.
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Oh God I'd put December to Dismember out of my mind. Oh God 
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So was the Women’s EC any good then
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It was decent, probably the best match on the card but that’s not saying much
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Venomous posted:So was the Women’s EC any good then Depends how much you are into Women's Wrestling or the characters. Reviews ranged from decent to very good.
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Yeah it was good, slow start but a real solid back half. Not a great match by any stretch, but probably the best match on the card last night.
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Jerusalem posted:Yeah it was good, slow start but a real solid back half. Not a great match by any stretch, but probably the best match on the card last night. This, especially because Sasha and Bayley (!) have been booked really well recently, and are telling a great story with one another. Worth watching the EC for that alone imho. It won't knock your socks off, but it was a solid B.
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HM: Io Shirai vs Momo Watanabe, STARDOM at Korakuen Hall, February 18th 2018. Very stiff match, to the point of where Momo was bloodied up pretty bad at the end. Very good though. Momo has improved rapidly from where she was a little while ago. She has a very bright future ahead of her, considering she's only 17. https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/status/968245312853815296 There's only one of the spots from the match. DarkstarIV fucked around with this message at 03:00 on Feb 27, 2018 |
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Io "Cien" Shirai
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DarkstarIV posted:HM: Io Shirai vs Momo Watanabe, STARDOM at Korakuen Hall, February 18th 2018. Yep, quite enjoyed that one.
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HM: Finn Balor and Sasha Banks vs The Miz and Asuka, WWE Mixed Match Challenge 2/27/18 While not a great match in terms of in ring wrestling, Miz being absolutely loving terrified of Asuka was worthy of an HM on its own.
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everyone should watch this week's 205!! cedric/TJP was probably one of TJP's best performances on 205 so far, though whoever pointed out this felt like a midcard EVOLVE match was right tbh. but more importantly, the main of roddy/kalisto was an absolute loving blast, even if it was botchy enough to probably stay out of HM range (I love my sloppy son kalisto and will hear no disparagement of him though)
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Yeah, both were good and Roddy being more heelish was very welcome.
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DarkstarIV posted:HM: Io Shirai vs Momo Watanabe, STARDOM at Korakuen Hall, February 18th 2018. Looks like this has all the nominations it needs, but I'm nthing it. Io is insanely good and has that same Okada ace quality where almost everyone she wrestles comes out looking like they're gonna be the next big thing
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DarkstarIV posted:HM: Finn Balor and Sasha Banks vs The Miz and Asuka, WWE Mixed Match Challenge 2/27/18 I'll 2nd this, it was probably the best/most fun match of the MMC thus far imho. The Miz/Asuka dynamic was awesome, the finish was solidly done, and it helped build the Miz/Finn/Seth build it seemed like.
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Jenny Angel posted:Looks like this has all the nominations it needs, but I'm nthing it. Io is insanely good and has that same Okada ace quality where almost everyone she wrestles comes out looking like they're gonna be the next big thing all we needed for a MOTYC was people to start spamming the women's wrestling thread with "Momo is winning"
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Double post Also check out Matt Riddle vs James Drake from EVOLVE 100
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Catching up on recommendations from earlier and I'm gonna throw HMs to Tony Nese vs Drew Gulak, 205 Live, Feb 13 Asuka & Miz vs Finn & Sasha, Mixed Match Challenge, Feb 27 Ultimo Guerrero & Volador Jr vs Rush & Terrible, CMLL Feb 23 Io Shirai vs Momo Watanabe, Stardom, Feb 18 The Brian Kendrick vs Shinsuke Nakamura, nL Live, Feb 9
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