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| Topic | Board 8 Match of the Week - Week 3 [wrestling] |
| NBIceman 09/28/20 12:29:45 PM #18: | Steiner posted... Steiner's Match Recommendation (Week 3)Steiner called this match an "escalating war" in the Discord and I think that's a very apt description. I do really love the progression of intensity in this match where the issues between two guys eventually end up dragging the other four into a battle that's just as fiery. Really, the comparison that kept rattling around in my mind as I watched was a hockey fight. You've got Kawada and Taue, who are just perpetually pissed off at each other and are more worried about their own personal problems and proving who's tougher than they are about winning the match most of the time. So they keep finding themselves in constant conflict while their teammates mostly take halfhearted potshots at one another while mostly being otherwise content to let the two sort things out themselves. Misawa and Jumbo have their own tension, but they're stoic and professional and always have their eyes on the prize. Fuchi is the older vet who's been around the block a time or two and doesn't really take anything personally, but at the same time is grumpy enough to eventually get pushed too far. And rounding it off is wild youngster Kobashi, who just desperately wants to prove himself and not let his team down. Throw on an NHL playoff series and you'll probably see a lineup and dynamic like that fairly often. Because what inevitably happens is that one of those halfhearted potshots ends up just hitting a little too hard, and then all bets are off. Everything does indeed escalate, even between the guys who were otherwise trying to keep their cool, and it turns into something special. These 90s All Japan tags are always just so smart. Taue going after Kawada early has the crowd absolutely chomping at the bit for him to tag in, but when he finally does, he immediately proceeds to get the hell beaten out of him for a while, and that just injects more fire into the shots he does get in later in the match. Kobashi plays the perfect face in peril just like he always does, still finding the strength to hit a gorgeous moonsault even with his leg destroyed (imagine not having him #1 on your greatest wrestler ever ballot), and Misawa holds the team together with his hot tags. And of course, it's all tied together with a brilliant finish where the losing team's error in getting sucked into the personal nature of the match ends up being their undoing. Awesome, awesome match. More than earns its long runtime, especially for someone like me who pretty much never minds long matches at all. This is one I'll definitely rewatch several times in the future. --- https://imgur.com/UYamul2 Spurs - Yankees - Eagles - Golden Knights ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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