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M Dogg™:
--- Quote from: Shallow on November 25, 2010, 07:59:51 PM ---As far as Angle being the best since 1990; we're limiting it to US wrestlers right?
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yes... always trying to "reassure" that I don't mean something else... ::)
Shallow:
--- Quote from: M Dogg on November 25, 2010, 09:21:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: Shallow on November 25, 2010, 07:59:51 PM ---As far as Angle being the best since 1990; we're limiting it to US wrestlers right?
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yes... always trying to "reassure" that I don't mean something else... ::)
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Well it's a big claim to say that since 1990 you haven't seen any matches better than the ones Kurt Angle has put on recently. I mean the Kobashi/Misawa matches or the Mutoh/Tenryu matches are pretty impressive. No matter what style of wrestling you prefer. Atlantis vs Villano III from 2000 was also very incredible. I personally have a KENTA match from a few years ago that I think is better than anything I've seen from Angle.
I mean these are matches that present a story for me that gets me do into it, even though I don't and can't understand the history of the feud. I can only imagine how much better they are for those that know the backstory.
M Dogg™:
--- Quote from: Shallow on November 26, 2010, 06:28:37 AM ---
--- Quote from: M Dogg on November 25, 2010, 09:21:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: Shallow on November 25, 2010, 07:59:51 PM ---As far as Angle being the best since 1990; we're limiting it to US wrestlers right?
--- End quote ---
yes... always trying to "reassure" that I don't mean something else... ::)
--- End quote ---
Well it's a big claim to say that since 1990 you haven't seen any matches better than the ones Kurt Angle has put on recently. I mean the Kobashi/Misawa matches or the Mutoh/Tenryu matches are pretty impressive. No matter what style of wrestling you prefer. Atlantis vs Villano III from 2000 was also very incredible. I personally have a KENTA match from a few years ago that I think is better than anything I've seen from Angle.
I mean these are matches that present a story for me that gets me do into it, even though I don't and can't understand the history of the feud. I can only imagine how much better they are for those that know the backstory.
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To see those matches, I either had to be a tape trader in the 90's (did fall into some matches but I was never a tape trader) or I had to look at hours of YouTube (which I do, but not ofter enough to say I'm an expert) so of course I mean US... ::)
JohnnyL:
For me, I'd have to put Angle up there as one of the best technical wrestlers in recent history, at least that I'm familiar with. So that would limit it, admittedly to mostly U.S. wrestlers, or at least wrestlers who appeared on U.S. television. The only other person I could think of that was in Angle's league, as far as technical wrestling, was Chris Benoit, who of course is not around anymore.
Shallow:
--- Quote from: M Dogg on November 26, 2010, 08:31:49 AM ---
--- Quote from: Shallow on November 26, 2010, 06:28:37 AM ---
--- Quote from: M Dogg on November 25, 2010, 09:21:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: Shallow on November 25, 2010, 07:59:51 PM ---As far as Angle being the best since 1990; we're limiting it to US wrestlers right?
--- End quote ---
yes... always trying to "reassure" that I don't mean something else... ::)
--- End quote ---
Well it's a big claim to say that since 1990 you haven't seen any matches better than the ones Kurt Angle has put on recently. I mean the Kobashi/Misawa matches or the Mutoh/Tenryu matches are pretty impressive. No matter what style of wrestling you prefer. Atlantis vs Villano III from 2000 was also very incredible. I personally have a KENTA match from a few years ago that I think is better than anything I've seen from Angle.
I mean these are matches that present a story for me that gets me do into it, even though I don't and can't understand the history of the feud. I can only imagine how much better they are for those that know the backstory.
--- End quote ---
To see those matches, I either had to be a tape trader in the 90's (did fall into some matches but I was never a tape trader) or I had to look at hours of YouTube (which I do, but not ofter enough to say I'm an expert) so of course I mean US... ::)
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What are you rolling your eyes for? How am I supposed to know what you have access to or what you watch. You can make an argument that Angle is as good as Kobashi. I'd strongly disagree but I wouldn't scoff at the idea. It's not like comparing Cena with Flair. I was just wondering what frame of reference you were using when you made the claim about Angle's matches.
Personally I feel some of the very early 90s Flair matches, mid 90s Hart matches, mid 90s HBK matches, a few Owen Hart matches are just as good or better as what Angle was doing in the early to mid 2000s.
And some of those mid card cruiser weight matches from mid 90s WCW were phenominal. Especially the stuff connected with Malenko. Whether it was with Eddie, Jericho, or Ultimo Dragon. They may not have had the prestige or hype as a WWF main event with Angle but the Wrestling was just as good or better.
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