![]() ![]() Also, I am incredibly shocked by the high ranking of Hansen vs Blackwell. It was a bit too slow at times and did not have that fist-pumping feeling to it. I thought it was a great revenge match, but did not think it was next level. I hate to be Debbie Downer, but I actually was not that high on that match that seemingly everyone loved. It was such excellent psychology and after all those years of missing his home run shot and losing the match, he finally fucking nailed against friend turned rival, Sheik Adnan al-Kaisee. I loved how all his matches were worked around his deadly splash. He bumped HUGE, sold so well, timed everything to perfection and had some nasty offense. ![]() Obviously not everything is a classic, but there is always something entertaining about his matches. I honestly do not think Blackwell ever had a bad match. They always cut a frenetic pace and coupled that with brutal violence. It is probably because most of them involved Blackwell and al-Kaisse, who are two of the best cage match workers ever. This brings me to my next point, AWA kicked fucking ass at the tag team steel cage match. That's hilarious! That steel cage match against the Sheiks is just awesome, raucous mayhem. When his woman lost 50lbs he kicked her to the curb because she could not do the polka as good. Da Crusher is just the coolest muthafucka ever. Fuck all those people that complain about the old timers, they were so much fun in this! I loved Verne coming back for one more match with his arch nemesis, Mad Dog (remember Verne you OWE Mad Dog the favor!) against the Sheiks. I loved all the over the top gimmicks and power wrestlers. It is like the WWF, but with better workers and better matches. "I LOVE THE AWA! This is my kinda territory. Here are my thoughts on the AWA as a whole from PWO: ![]() Now there is a Purple People Eater I would like to meet! NOTE: Lawler vs Hennig & Lawler vs Von Erich have NOT been reviewed. The Top 5 matches, I will post the full review on here. I am just going to copy and paste the direct links for matches #6-#23 on here with a one sentence blurb. I am Superstar Sleeze on there as I am on twitter I finish my Best of AWA viewing way back when in the previous year and so I wanted to make the rankings public as I already did on ProWrestlingOnly. All these match reviews go up on, the best pro wrestling forum in the world. In addition, I will still post my match reviews. This is of course even more of a time commitment than a regular bevy of reviews. I want to look more into the kayfabe strategies pro wrestlers employ in their matches and also do more reviews like the Flair/Morton review that really look at a pro wrestling feud/angle/match in a deeper context. I want to do more than just match reviews. A New Year means a New Resolution to update this blog. ![]()
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