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Arriving an episode later than intended, Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) re-draft their top ten lists, answer a query about time and relativity with relation to five-star wrestling matches, and discuss a match that is oft-replicated but rarely duplicated.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The twenty-fourth and final match involving Mitsuharu Misawa sees him one more time try to defend his position at the top of the perch, this time in his own promotion of NOAH, against his long-time heir apparent Kenta Kobashi. They have both gone through a lot to get to this endpoint, and Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross) are here to reflect on another five-star match, a changing wres...

STOP THE PRESSES! It turns out there's a match that wasn't in our initial list that was a disputed entry, with different issues of the Wrestling Observer offering differing ratings. In the end, Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) decided to go on the side of five stars, if only because it gives us one more chance to watch a match involving both Toshiaki Kawada and the one and only "Shi...

After dominating this show with nearly 50% of all five-star matches at the end of the 90s, this is the final match at the day of this episode uploading that All Japan hosted to be rewarded the perfect score from Dave Meltzer. This time it's another tag clash, but in a sign of the changing dynamics, Misawa teams up with Ogawa to defend their AJPW World tag titles against his previous two partners,...

After the state Misawa and Kobashi left each other after their previous five-star encounter, you think they'd would avoid each other like Simon (@simoncross3) will avoid a Joshi match (he never reads these descriptions, so I can get away with this). Instead, they're back at it only seven months later. They've grown beards too! Let's see if Simon and Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) enjoy it as much as they...

After years of fighting side-by-side against Tsuruta's Army, the Holy Demon Army and an array of gaijin monsters, Mitsuharu Misawa and Toshiaki Kawada are now facing off against each other for the richest crown in All Japan - the Triple Crown. Kobashi is the defending champion, but has yet to defeat Misawa when the title is on the line, so both men have so much to gain. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and...

For the fifth and final time, a year-closing clash from All Japan's World Strongest Tag League is the setting for another five-star collision, as Misawa once again teams up with his padawan Jun Akiyama to face his bitter rivals of Kawada & Taue of the Holy Demon Army. It's also the last time that Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) watch a match in this series to feature both Demon Arm...

The fourth WWF match to gain the perfect score from Dave Meltzer, this is one of arguably as much historical significance as the Hart-Austin submission match that took place just over six months earlier. This time it's The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels facing off in the first ever Hell in a Cell match. Famous not only for the work of both the match participants, but some the extracurricular activi...

It's one thing to try to follow up a five-star match. It's another thing entirely to follow up on the only match at this point in the history of the Wrestling Observer that Dave Meltzer broke the star rating system and gave six out of five. Whilst they didn't necessarily go that far, Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) both currenlty have the 1994 iteration of Misawa vs. Kawada as thei...

New Japan hosts this episode's five-star classic as Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) look to see if El Samurai's second appearance in this seriesis an improvement on his previous Best of the Super Juniors final that achieved the full rating from Dave Meltzer five years earlier.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a deep dive this time as Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) not only analyse the third WWF/WWE match to ever gain five stars, but also study the surrounding culture that this match reflected, and figure out why the case can be made that this is the most important wrestling match of the modern era.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's back to All Japan, as another World's Strongest Tag League tour is capped off with a match that gets the perfect score from Dave Meltzer. Akiyama has proven himself worthy to be in such hallowed company, but do he and his mentor Misawa continue their winning ways against arguably the greatest tag team of all time in the Holy Demon Army? Do Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) agree...

It's time for another list, another debate, and another alternative five-star match as Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) have a little natter and we hope you find it entertaining enough to give it a listen.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Whilst they were a relatively small, regional promotion, the only five-star match contributed by Michinoku Pro Wrestling was emblematic of the influence that it would have on high-spot intense tag team matches involving large number of participants that can be felt to this day. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are here to discuss the match itself and what it led to in the future.lmt...

No rest for the wicked, as no more than two weeks after Misawa and his new partner Akiyama have wrested the All Japan tag titles away from the Holy Demon Army, they have to defend them against the top gaijin pair of 'Dr. Death' Steve Williams and Johnny Ace. Will they be up for the task? Will the match be of a quality that justifies John Lauranitas's smugness at the Bella family get-togethers? Lor...

It's a slight change of line-up. Whilst the Four Pillars of Heaven will no longer be contesting epic tag matches, the new "Fifth Pillar" of All Japan is starting to emerge in form of hot young prospect Jun Akiyama. He has replaced Kenta Kobashi as the partner of Mitsuharu Misawa. Will his lack of experience cost them defeat against the established Holy Demon Army? Will his inexperience also cause...

It's the end of an era on LMTYS as Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) watch and review their final Joshi wrestling match, as Manami Toyota makes her eighth and last appearance, facing off against heated rival Akira Hokuto, an important figure in the history of women's wrestling, but making her sole appearance on this series. The hatred is palpable and the wrestling is fought at a high...

It's the penultimate Joshi match as the mainstay of these matches, Manami Toyota, teams up with the less experience Sakie Hasegawa to take on the agressive, bullying sister tandem of Kyoko & Takao Inoue. Will Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) help Simon (@simoncross) see the error of his ways and guide him out of his MRA forums and finally address the existence of the gender pay gap? Listen to find out!lmtys...

It's the final match on this list that featured Misawa and Kobashi on the same team. This time they partner up with Satoru Asako to take on the Holy Demon Army and their new partner Tamon Honda. Will these two new additions be a gain or loss to proceedings? Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are here to decide...lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

The WWE Network archives served up a real treat recently with their uploading of footage from the inaugural Crockett Cup event in 1986, and that means that for the first time in over thirty years, people have been able to watch the full match between The Fantastics and The Sheepherders (a/k/a The Bushwhackers) that Dave Meltzer gave the full five-star rating. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@sim...

It's another gender swap of the old David vs. Goliath story as five-star mainstay Manami Toyota faces off once again with the monstrous Aja Kong. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are here again to give the long-awaited oft-sought after but rarely heard from opinion of the straight white male.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the final tag team encounter to only include the Four Pillars of Heaven. Did they save the best till last? Let's see what Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) think...lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This one's an epic! Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) watch another Joshi match, and yet another one involving Manami Toyota, as she defends her recently won 3WA Singles Championship against Kyoko Inoue (another five-star veteran) over a long, long, loooong period of time. The debate that started with the recent 60-minute match involving the Four Pillars of Heaven of AJPW is continue...

Ringo gets his solo track! It's the final of the Champion Carnival, and everyone's favourite fourth banana gets his time to shine, as Akira Taue steps out of his role as one of the greatest tag team wrestlers of all time to have his one and only singles match to gain a perfect score from Dave Meltzer. Is it warranted? Does Misawa carry him to it? Does anyone survive a Dondon to the outside from th...

It's time for another debrief as we reach our half century of episodes. Some big matches have happened between matches 40 and 50. Will the list be affected? What's the alternative five-star match? Does blood actually make a difference in the quality of a match? Listen in and find out what answers Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) provide to these questions.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted o...