A Matter of Life and Dr. Death

Random thoughts, observations, and whatever else about the greatest sport on the planet

Top 10 matches of 2012:

10. CM Punk vs. John Cena night of Champions

9. Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Yoshihito Sasaki, BJPW 3.26.12

8. Young Bucks vs. Super Smash Bros vs. Future Shock, PWG Threemendous 3

7. Daniel Bryan vs. CM Punk, Over the Limit

6. Austin Aries vs. Robert Roode, Destination X

5. Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan

4. Young Bucks vs. Super Smash Bros, PWG Death to All Buy Metal

3. The Sheild vs. Team Hell No/Ryback, TLC

2. Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena Extreme Rules 2012

1. Undertaker vs. Triple H Hell In a Cell, Wrestlemania 28

I’ll admit that I haven’t watched as much new puro this year as I should have.  I did think that WWE had a great year match-wise.

It’s been a long time since either of us have updated this.  Maybe that will start to change.  In order to make it up to you, here are two of the best ever, Terry Funk and Stan Hansen.

SYXX VS MALENKO SUPERBRAWL VII

Randomly came across this match yesterday. Crowd is pretty hot for this opening match to the PPV, solid match.

Making my way through this.  Highly recommended, especially if you haven’t seen most of this stuff.  I forgot how crazy the Chigaco street fight is, especially the ending, which is one of the most brutal you will ever see.

Making my way through this.  Highly recommended, especially if you haven’t seen most of this stuff.  I forgot how crazy the Chigaco street fight is, especially the ending, which is one of the most brutal you will ever see.

So it seems like we could be getting a CM Punk vs. Jerry Lawler.  Most people are probably thinking to themselves, “Man, I really don’t want to see an old Lawler wrestle.”  Well, I do.  Why?  Because the man still knows how to make a good match.  Example: his TLC match with Miz from November 2010, the night after the Miz shockingly cashed in MITB.  On paper, this match seems terrible- an old Lawler in a match that he is not suited for at all.  But you know what?  It is actually pretty awesome.  If we get a match like this again Punk, I’d be very happy.

Have you ever seen a match where the commentary makes you care about it more?  Like, the match is whatever, but the commentary really makes it good?  Well, this is the #1 all-time example of that: Royal Rumble 92.  Heenan MAKES this match.  It is a pretty incredible example of what good commentary can really accomplish (unlike what is going on these days).  This is the best Rumble for sure.  If you’ve never seen it, it is should be required watching.

I’d say that this is a top 10 WWE match of the past 5 years.  You have Jericho, who was at his best ever in 2008/2009, and Mysterio, one of the best ppure babyfaces in history.  The combination rules.  Tons of cool spots, it is laid out well, it is just great.

One more Sekimoto match, this one against Yoshihito Sasaki.  This is a definitely MOTYC.  Super stiff, great story of the younger guy trying to overcome the veteran, it is just awesome.  Worth watching for sure.

More Sekimoto goodness here.  In this one, two partners go at it, as Sekimoto faces off against Okabayashi.  Sekimoto is a beast as always, and Okabayashi really shines.  

It’s been a little while since I posted a good match, which I’m sorry for.  Luckily this one is awesome!  Daisuke Sekimoto is one of the best in the world, especially as far as “strong style” dudes go.  Basically, he hits hard and is a tank.  His partner, Okabayashi, is pretty similar.  On the other side, Soya is another strongstyle guy, and Hama is just really fat.  The combination is great.  Definitely worth watching, especially if you aren’t familiar was Sekimoto.