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Sheriff Lonestar's PPV of the week, coming to you not very live
from Youtube
By: SheriffLonestar Date: May 4, 2013, 3:01 am
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So JP made me a moderator, which was nice of him, but this makes
me feel I should contribute more so this is this week and every
weeks contribution to the wonderful world of TNA Fan Forum. A
show brought to you from the annals of wrestling history that I
can find on Youtube, so you know, you can watch for free. I will
put a little context on here as well seeing as a lot of them
will be in Japanese, Spanish, have no commentary or be from WCW
in there "we don't know what we are doing" period of 1991-2000.
So where do you start when you have the whole of youtube at your
disposal? You start at the very top. This two videos are in my
opinion, and not just mine ask Dave Metzler of the Wrestling
Observer, the greatest wrestling card ever put together.
What was the hottest promotion in the world in 1993? WWE? Nope,
they had just lost Hogan and Flair and Bret Hart was in his
first title reign. WCW? Nope they where going through the Bill
Watt's motions and on their way to losing their most bankable
players Steve Austin and Mick Foley. You had to go to Japan to
find good wrestling in 1993. NJPW had its artistic zenith with a
roster filled with stars, Keiji Mutoh, Masa Chono, Tatsumi
Fujinami, Hiro Hase, Scott Norton, Jushin Liger, Eddie Geurerro,
Chris Benoit and about a million other top line workers. All
Japan was about to break their box office records with their era
defining feud of Misawa and Kobiashi, but amongst all that
competition was three promotions that where redefining Pro
Wrestling itself. FMW with its barbwire and bombs and excellent
women's wrestling, JWP that was bringing Jap-Lucha up to another
level and All Japan Women, the oldest promotion in Japan at the
time, its outstanding Dojo class of '87 graduating to the main
event in epic style.
Ever wondered what would happen if WWE, Ring of Honor and TNA
said, "you know what? Screw the storylines, lets make some
money?". This is essentially what happened at this card. The
three greatest promotions in Joshi, put aside all the
differences, put together a card loaded with stars and sold out
the Fukoka Dome. Nine days later they did it again in Osaka. It
Was Dreamslam I and Dreamslam II, it was epic, and it is yours
to watch for free down below. I would also say, these shows
where five hours of actual wrestling long, but it was without
doubt the highlight of the Joshi decade, and was by far the best
quality card of the year.
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL4Xd8zkPN8
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXV_Y45vcS0
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Re: Sheriff Lonestar's PPV of the week, coming to you not very l
ive from Youtube
By: tnafanforum Date: May 4, 2013, 3:23 am
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So good , and very true it was hotter than WWE back in the day
because like you said a lot of the big names left WWF to go over
their
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Re: Sheriff Lonestar's PPV of the week, coming to you not very l
ive from Youtube
By: SheriffLonestar Date: May 4, 2013, 3:44 am
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Hogan was making mega money in NJPW at the time, he had a series
of bouts with there top stars (winning naturally) and it was a
big enough pay day to not wrestle in WWE anymore. WCW was at its
best in this era when co-promoting with NJPW. The Steiners, when
they where in the WWE(F), had a deal that allowed them one night
only shots in New Japan because they where on $10,000 (each) a
night there, the only wrestlers in that era to be allowed do
that. The British Bulldogs had a similar deal in the early 80's,
but it was rare for Vince to let anyone do that at the time and
unthinkable now.
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Re: Sheriff Lonestar's PPV of the week, coming to you not very l
ive from Youtube
By: SheriffLonestar Date: May 4, 2013, 3:47 am
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I will say I only put up Dream Slam I, because 5 hours is enough
for a first post, I may come back and look at Dream Slam II
separately :)
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Re: Sheriff Lonestar's PPV of the week, coming to you not very l
ive from Youtube
By: tnafanforum Date: May 4, 2013, 4:11 am
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For me and this is just what I think ok so you hogan fans back
off :pm lol . But hogan made more of an impact over their for me
than he did it wcw and WWF. For me I hated him in wcw WWF . But
loved his work over in NJPW
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Re: Sheriff Lonestar's PPV of the week, coming to you not very l
ive from Youtube
By: SheriffLonestar Date: May 4, 2013, 4:23 am
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No I would agree, his match quality was way better, because the
audience demanded quality and charisma. Some would argue he lost
it when he left the AWA anyways lol.
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