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COVID Comp Tape #13

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The whole playlist is here , for your continuous viewing pleasure.  Ted DiBiase vs Magnum T.A. - July 6, 1984 I'm slowly making my way through the DVDVR Mid-South set, and a lot of it is good, but nothing so far has struck me as great. This isn't great, but it's the best thing I've seen thus far. Stan Hansen vs Jerry Blackwell - June 28, 1986 Blackwell's a guy with a rep as an all-time great wrestler, which in my limited viewing I don't see, but Hansen rules, and he beats the shit out of Blackwell with a boot here.  Stan Hansen and Genichiro Tenryu vs Giant Baba and Rusher Kimura - November 29, 1989 Hansen and Tenryu assault senior citizens. An all-timer. Rey Mysterio Jr, Solar, and Volador vs Fuerza Guerrera, Juventud Guerrera, and La Parka - October 30, 1993 An all killer, no filler Lucha 6 man. Masahito Kakihara vs Yoshinari Ogawa - January 15, 1999 Ogawa trying to beat a UWFi guy with eye pokes and cradles, great stuff. Mariko Yoshida vs Megumi Fujii - May 2

COVID Comp Tape #12

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The whole playlist is here , for your continuous viewing pleasure.  El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas - July 18, 1987 I was thinking about Hijo del Santo early this week, and I'm not entirely sure, but if you asked me right now, I think I'd say he's the greatest wrestler off all time. His offense is perfect and he puts together great matches. Negro Casas would be the best luchador ever if Santo didn't exist. El Hijo del Santo vs Psicosis - May 3, 1995 These guys supposedly have a ton of great matches, but this is the only one I've seen. If this is any indication, I'd bet the rest are pretty great. El Hijo del Santo & Negro Casas vs Bestia Salvaje & Scorpio Jr. - March 19, 1999 I don't know a ton about Salvaje, supposedly he's a guy who shines in trios matches, and honestly I'm not going out of my way to watch random trios matches, so I don't know, but he's good here. El Hijo del Santo vs Blue Panther - April 9, 2000 Older Santo, older

COVID Comp Tape #11

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The whole playlist is here , for your continuous viewing pleasure. Tatsumi Fujinami vs Chavo Guerrero - May 9, 1980 I downloaded a bunch of the old DVDVR sets, and have been jumping around between them. Fujinami in the 80s is really great, but I already knew he was great. Chavo, who I haven't really seen anything of, has impressed me, both here in NJPW and on the Mid-South stuff I've seen him in.  Super Tiger vs Marty Jones - March 2, 1985 A lot of stuff came out about Marty Jones being a racist piece of garbage recently, so if that effects you're enjoyment of watching him wrestler, that's cool. He's not going to make any money off of this though, and I like this match, so here it is. One of the few good Sayama matches from this period.  Mr. Gannosuke vs Leon Spinks - August 31, 1993 ' One of these guys beat Muhammed Ali, the other went on to be one of the stars of the Guts World promotion. Is it a good wrestling match? No, but for what it is, its great.  Abdull

Covid Comp Tape #10

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The whole playlist is here , for your continuous viewing pleasure. Carlos Colon vs Stan Hansen - October 12, 1986 There is a comp video of this entire feud on YouTube, I just started watching it. This is the first match on that comp, I really liked it. Atsushi Onita, Tarzan Goto, and Hijo del Santo vs Horace Boulder, Tim Patterson, and Negro Casas - May 16, 1992 Negro Casas and Hijo del Santo, maybe the two best wrestlers in the history of lucha, have a great lucha match, while the other 4 FMW guys brawl around the arena. Kensuke Sasaki vs Masahito Kakihara - October 9, 1995 This is from the first UWFi vs NJPW show. The entire show is fun, but kind of a dud. Takada/Mutoh stinks, Liger/Sano is good not great, and this match isn't great either, but they hit each other hard and the finish is cool.  Sheamus vs Daniel Bryan - April 29, 2012 Sheamus rules. Daniel Bryan might be the greatest wrestler ever. This is one of the best 2 out of 3 falls matches in modern history.  Roman Reigns