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D'anclaude, Buggy (Not The Clown) @lookofthesound.bsky.social · 5d
saw this match for the first time this year, and found jt so much more interesting than more modern barbed wire gimmicks

Funk and Brunk Forever
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Terry Funk vs. Sabu, ECW Born to be Wired (8/9/1997)

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Terry Funk vs. Sabu, ECW Born to be Wired (8/9/1997)
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 5d
it's October so I wanted to note again that like previous years, matches involving monsters, ghouls, the supernatural, and/or other types of thematically appropriate wrestling (any Halloween Havoc matches, etc.) will get bumped to the top this month. usual rates still apply. 🎃
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Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Guy Mezger, PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round (1/30/2000)

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Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Guy Mezger, PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round (1/30/2000)
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 5d
Will Ospreay vs. Orange Cassidy, AEW Forbidden Door (6/26/2022)

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Will Ospreay vs. Orange Cassidy, AEW Forbidden Door (6/26/2022)
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 5d
Steve Austin vs. Savio Vega, WWF In Your House: Beware of Dog II (5/28/1996)

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Steve Austin vs. Savio Vega, WWF In Your House: Beware of Dog II (5/28/1996)
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 5d
Terry Funk vs. Sabu, ECW Born to be Wired (8/9/1997)

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Terry Funk vs. Sabu, ECW Born to be Wired (8/9/1997)
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 5d
John Cena vs. Randy Orton, WWE Hell in a Cell (10/26/2014)

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John Cena vs. Randy Orton, WWE Hell in a Cell (10/26/2014)
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 5d
Samoa Joe vs. Darby Allin, AEW Dynamite (12/7/2022)

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Samoa Joe vs. Darby Allin, AEW Dynamite (12/7/2022)
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 5d
Meiko Satomura/Chikayo Nagashima vs. Aja Kong/Dynamite Kansai, GAEA Deep Endless 2001 Day Three (12/9/2001)

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Meiko Satomura/Chikayo Nagashima vs. Aja Kong/Dynamite Kansai, GAEA Deep Endless 2001 Day Three (12/9/2001)
Under a week before the big Kong/Satomura title match, GAEA blesses us not only with a great classical style build up tag, but more than that, in another rarity for the company at this point, a mat…
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 5d
El Hijo Del Santo/La Parka/Atlantis/Antifaz Del Norte vs. Ultimo Guerrero/Rey Bucanero/Tarzan Boy/Emilio Charles Jr., Monterrey (12/2/2001)

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El Hijo Del Santo/La Parka/Atlantis/Antifaz Del Norte vs. Ultimo Guerrero/Rey Bucanero/Tarzan Boy/Emilio Charles Jr., Monterrey (12/2/2001)
Frustratingly, we only have like half of this. The Monterrey tapes are far from complete, and often times, matches could be broken up over episodes. This was one such match, offering up the first t…
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 5d
Shinjiro Ohtani vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, BJW Ante Up 2001 (12/2/2001)

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Shinjiro Ohtani vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, BJW Ante Up 2001 (12/2/2001)
After their match three months earlier that feels, in retrospect, like Daisuke Sekimoto’s breakout match and/or performance, it was inevitable that we would get the other half of this ZERO-ON…
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 5d
Eddie Guerrero vs. Low Ki, ICW Expect the Unexpected Part 2 (11/30/2001)

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Eddie Guerrero vs. Low Ki, ICW Expect the Unexpected Part 2 (11/30/2001)
This was for Low Ki’s ICW (it is now ICW and no longer UCW) Heavyweight Title. Yes, it is one of those great retroactive dream matches. However, unlike a Low Ki vs. Tajiri, Low Ki vs. Billy K…
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 5d
Jun Akiyama vs. Takeshi Rikio, NOAH Navigation in Raging Ocean 2001 Day Eight (11/30/2001)

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Jun Akiyama vs. Takeshi Rikio, NOAH Navigation in Raging Ocean 2001 Day Eight (11/30/2001)
One of NOAH’s better one on one pairings in tags through its first year and change finally gets something like fifteen minutes, and unsurprisingly, it’s great like this too. The nuts an…
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 5d
Steve Austin vs. William Regal, WWF Smackdown (11/29/2001)

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Steve Austin vs. William Regal, WWF Smackdown (11/29/2001)
This was a strap match. Following the long long awaited end of the Invasion, along with the debut of a new plot device with new WWF co-owner Ric Flair as the good guy authority figure foil to Vince…
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 5d
Tamon Honda/KENTA vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru/Makoto Hashi, NOAH Navigation in Raging Ocean 2001 Day Seven (11/27/2001)

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Tamon Honda/KENTA vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru/Makoto Hashi, NOAH Navigation in Raging Ocean 2001 Day Seven (11/27/2001)
Kenta Kobashi isn’t back yet, Tamon Honda isn’t even in Burning, it’s not unfair to also argue that a pre-kicking KENTA isn’t even really KENTA yet, and there isn’t ev…
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 5d
Ayako Hamada vs. Lioness Asuka, ARSION Carnival ARSION 2001 (11/25/2001)

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Ayako Hamada vs. Lioness Asuka, ARSION Carnival ARSION 2001 (11/25/2001)
This was for Hamada’s Queens of ARSION Title. ARSION, for those of you here who haven’t kept up with the sparser 2001 ARSION reviews, has not been my favorite promotion in 2001, and a m…
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 5d
The Rock/Chris Jericho/The Undertaker/Kane/The Big Show vs. Steve Austin/Kurt Angle/Rob Van Dam/Booker T/Shane McMahon, WWF Survivor Series (11/18/2001)

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The Rock/Chris Jericho/The Undertaker/Kane/The Big Show vs. Steve Austin/Kurt Angle/Rob Van Dam/Booker T/Shane McMahon, WWF Survivor Series (11/18/2001)
This was an elimination match, with only the winning team of either the WWF or The Alliance (lol) staying in business. All-time all-time all-time foregone conclusion or not, it’s not a bad ma…
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 5d
The Hardy Boyz vs. The Dudley Boyz, WWF Survivor Series (11/18/2001)

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The Hardy Boyz vs. The Dudley Boyz, WWF Survivor Series (11/18/2001)
This was a steel cage match to unify the Hardys’ WWF Tag Team Titles and the Dudleys’ WCW World Tag Team Titles. It’s not anywhere close to the Hardys vs. Edge and Christian cage …
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 5d
El Hijo del Santo vs. La Parka, Promociones de Baja California (11/16/2001)

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El Hijo del Santo vs. La Parka, Promociones de Baja California (11/16/2001)
This was a steel cage street fight. It’s the first of two one on one steel cage matches between the two, the later from a show in Detroit in 2005 (four years before I could have gone to it) a…
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 12d
Bryan Danielson vs. Spanky, APW King of the Indies 2001 Night One (10/26/2001)

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Bryan Danielson vs. Spanky, APW King of the Indies 2001 Night One (10/26/2001)
This was a first round match in the 2001 King of the Indies tournament. With the emphasis always placed on the historical value of this tournament (for those reading this somehow unaware, it’…
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Steve Austin vs. The Undertaker, WWF Smackdown (11/1/2001)

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Steve Austin vs. The Undertaker, WWF Smackdown (11/1/2001)
This was for Austin’s WWF Title. For years, pretty much the entire span of the Attitude Era, the WWF has been trying to make this work. It’s hard to blame them. Watch the television in …
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 12d
Steve Austin vs. The Rock, WWF Rebellion (11/3/2001)

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Steve Austin vs. The Rock, WWF Rebellion (11/3/2001)
This was for Austin’s WWF Title. Yes, these UK only pay per views are absolutely glorified house shows. A watch of just about any of them, two a year in the spring and fall from 1997’s …
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 12d
Deranged vs. Insane Dragon, JAPW November Pain (11/9/2001)

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Deranged vs. Insane Dragon, JAPW November Pain (11/9/2001)
This was for Deranged’s JAPW Light Heavyweight Title. All year, I’ve been watching these 2001 JAPW shows, at least the promising parts of them, in the hopes of liking them more than I r…
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 12d
Roddy Piper vs. Bret Hart, WWF Wrestlemania VIII (4/5/1992)

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Roddy Piper vs. Bret Hart, WWF Wrestlemania VIII (4/5/1992)
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HANDWERK @handwerkreviews.bsky.social · 12d
Taz vs. Sabu, ECW Barely Legal (4/13/1997)

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Taz vs. Sabu, ECW Barely Legal (4/13/1997)
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