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Topic	Board 8's Match of the Week (MotW) - Familiar Faces in Strange Places
Bidoof 11/21/20 1:10:09 PM #9:	Eddv posted... Eddv's Match of the Week The Big Boss Man and Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi and Mitsuhara Misawa AJPW 7/9/1993 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fApSzZLQ7KI This match is the source of a fairly famous gif, the one that gets shared every time people want to talk about Boss Man's unusual athleticism. Curiosity led me to view the whole thing and well - its an AJPW match featuring two of the four pillars. So yeah its naturally pretty good. But what this means is that I have cast The Boss Man as my star for this writeup. It is interesting to see him in this context He's bumping like a boss, he's coming off the top rope and he's working with some serious workrate. It becomes easy I think to not appreciate work like this from Boss Man in light of guys like Luchasaurus and Brian Cage to see him going like that but he sort of comes off as like a second Hansen and while he does take the fall here he acquits himself well and hits a silky smooth counter-boss man slam. In the scheme of AJPW tags this is nothing truly special but I have always had a soft spot for the boss man. Ray Traylor doesn't feel like he gets enough appreciation from modern fans. For a guy of his size, he was so athletic and it felt like he could perform well with a variety of opponents. Though he's the worst worker in this match, he holds his own in there and has a couple of moments where he shines. Oh, and the other three men in this match are on most people's shortlists for all-time greats. As you said yourself, this isn't anything special or memorable in the realm of AJPW tags. Still, it's a very solid tag match that the crowd absolutely loved. The way everyone lit up any time Misawa entered the ring is a reaction that I don't think anyone in modern wrestling can get (even if we weren't in COVID-land). Finishing stretch is very well done but I feel like I could say that about any AJPW tag from this era. I guess the main fault I have against it is that it's just a pretty good tag match in a company where you're used to seeing the best. <cite>Bidoof posted [p:947438886] in Board 8's ... [t:79105896]...</cite> <quote>Eddv posted... </cite> <quote>Eddv's Match of the Week The Big Boss Man and Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi and Mitsuhara Misawa AJPW 7/9/1993 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fApSzZLQ7KI This match is the source of a fairly famous gif, the one that gets shared every time people want to talk about Boss Man's unusual athleticism. Curiosity led me to view the whole thing and well - its an AJPW match featuring two of the four pillars. So yeah its naturally pretty good. But what this means is that I have cast The Boss Man as my star for this writeup. It is interesting to see him in this context He's bumping like a boss, he's coming off the top rope and he's working with some serious workrate. It becomes easy I think to not appreciate work like this from Boss Man in light of guys like Luchasaurus and Brian Cage to see him going like that but he sort of comes off as like a second Hansen and while he does take the fall here he acquits himself well and hits a silky smooth counter-boss man slam. In the scheme of AJPW tags this is nothing truly special but I have always had a soft spot for the boss man.</quote> Ray Traylor doesn't feel like he gets enough appreciation from modern fans. For a guy of his size, he was so athletic and it felt like he could perform well with a variety of opponents. Though he's the worst worker in this match, he holds his own in there and has a couple of moments where he shines. Oh, and the other three men in this match are on most people's shortlists for all-time greats. As you said yourself, this isn't anything special or memorable in the realm of AJPW tags. Still, it's a very solid tag match that the crowd absolutely loved. The way everyone lit up any time Misawa entered the ring is a reaction that I don't think anyone in modern wrestling can get (even if we weren't in COVID-land). Finishing stretch is very well done but I feel like I could say that about any AJPW tag from this era. I guess the main fault I have against it is that it's just a pretty good tag match in a company where you're used to seeing the best. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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