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Long before he was providing Monday Night Raw viewers with the popular People Power movement, John Laurainaitas was better known by his wrestling name of Johnny Ace, and probably lists among the most unlikely wrestlers to be involved in multiple five-star matches. Is that entirely because of the good company he keeps? Or does he actually manage to hold his own alongside the gaijin great "Dr. Death...

It's another tag collision involving All Japan's Four Pillars of Heaven as Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi battle once more with the Holy Demon Army of Kawada & Taue. Whilst they try to find new angles and nuances to add to their latest encounter, see if Simon (@simoncross) and Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) can do the same with their analysis.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

It's back to AAA as the mid-90s craze for Mexican wrestling was taking California by storm and led to a full PPV co-produced with WCW. This 2 out of 3 Falls Luchas de Apuestas bout was the highest rated and most fondly remembered match from that card. The ultimate rudo foreign heels of Eddie Guerrero and Art Barr put their hair on the line against beloved technicos El Hijo del Santo and Octagon un...

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) return to the joshi world as AJW puts on the biggest card in the promotion's history at the Tokyo Dome, with top face Toyota tries to reclaim the WWWA Singles championship from the monster Aja Kong.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) wait ages for one WWE match to make it on this list, and so soon after the first one we have a second! Bret Hart defends his WWF Championship against his younger brother Owen in one of the most highly-rated steel cage matches of all time. It's a contest of scrambles to the door and tussles at the top of the structure.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acas...

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) encounter another match oft-cited when the Greatest of All Time is being debated. This time it's Misawa defending his AJPW Triple Crown against childhood friend Kawada, with Dangerous K desperate to claim both his first Triple Crown and his first singles victory over Misawa.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

It's another short mini-sode, unfortunately, as Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) have only a short portion of this latest Four Pillars of Heaven tussle to get the perfect score from Dave Meltzer. If you can a link to where we can find the full match then please let us know and we'll re-do this episode in the future.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) have to cover a lot of ground with this one, not all of it the most comfortable to discuss. If there was one set text of becoming a "smart" fan in the 90s, it was watching a VHS copy of the Super J Cup 1994. Will Simon be as impressed as Lorcan and his peers were with an event infamous for its match quality, building up to the crescendo that was the...

Perhaps the most important match in modern wrestling, Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) finally get to discuss a five-star match to come from the biggest promotion in wrestling history. It is also the first Ladder match to gain a five-star rating, and its influence as to what consitutes a wrestling match and the physical demands on wrestlers (as well as the desire to "steal the show"...

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) again assess the lay of the land forty matches into their project. Lists are revised and combined and finalised. Their alternative five-star match is only a couple of hours before the next official match, so that must have been one hell of a card! Finally, Lorcan and Simon address another quandry about why every women's wrestling match to gain five s...

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) have grown to love the All Japan six-man tag team main event. Will they love it as much when the promotion's owner Shohei 'Giant' Baba gets involved. It's fair to say that Baba's best days are behind him, and his pace of wrestling would be generously described if you were using the word "plodding".lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross) return to the interpromotional Joshi feud as Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada attempt to reclaim the WWWA Tag Team Championship for their home promotion of AJW against the JWP outsiders of Mayumi Ozaki & Dynamtie Kansai. Lorcan loved the last one, Simon was a bit cooler towards it. WIll that be the same this time? Will they be able to keep the names of...

It's the final of the World's Strongest Tag League and our Kobashi-thon reaches its end and our hero continues to battle for that elusive big win to cement his place int he main event scene. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) consider what the Four Pillars all offer and whether a top guy can be too strong compared to their peers.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

The Kobashi-thon continues as he follows up his battle with the big boss gaijin of Stan Hansen to another clash a month later with the Oklahoma wrestling machine that was "Dr. Death" Steve Williams. Strikes are flung, heads are dropped, and gobs are smacked as Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross) continue their love-fest for the man in the orange trunks.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast...

Our Kobashi-thon continues, as our hero continues to look for that elusive big victory to really cement his place in the upper echelons of All Japan's main event scene. This time he's taking on the big boss of gaijin wrestlers in the form of Stan "The Lariat" Hansen. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) encounter a match a structured quite differently from what they expected, and consid...

New battle lines are formed in the classic All Japan six-man battleground as Misawa & Kobashi are joined by rookie sensation Jun Akiyama to face off with Kawada & Taue alongside second-timer in the five-star club Yoshinari Ogawa. Can they live up to the high quality set with the veterans Tsuruta and Fuchi being replaced by two relative newcomers? Listen to find out.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Aca...

It's a truncated discussion this time, as Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) have to contend with a clipped version of the latest five-star clash, a singles match between Toshiaki Kawada and Kenta Kobashi during the bruising and brutal Champions Carnival tournament. They follow up the match review with a broader discussion about the potentially more troubling aspects of what now makes...

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) follow up the previous AJW Dreamslam I interpromotional Joshi match with a second interpromotional match at Dreamslam II. The WWWA Tag titles are on the line and the winning team has to get two falls to claim them. Will they also claim five stars from either or both of these reviewers? Could any of the four give anything close to a spanish flea's far...

A return to the world of Joshi as the mid-90s boom is in full swing as AJW sells out the Yokohama Arena for a series of inter-promotional matches. As well as commenting on this all-out sprint of a match, Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) ponder a number of aspects of wrestlng criticism, the validity of opinion, and even slip in a Brexit reference. Because we can't escape that dumpste...

It's our first trip to Mexico, as Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are treated to a bit of high-flying action and try to grapple with a different language of their shared love. Will the lack of comprehension at times affect how much they enjoy the match? Listen to find out.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a fairly contention-free first crack at a mutual Top 5 after their individual top 10s, Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) compare notes after watching another ten five-star and see which ones they like best, and what their definitive five should be. After that, they discuss another match that Dave Meltzer didn't rate five stars, but at least one of our hosts counts as their favo...

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and SImon (@simoncross3) return to the world of Joshi wrestling yet again as one of the most popular tag teams of the post-Crush Gals era ended up such heated rivals that they took part in this Hair vs. Hair match which had an end of match angle that many rate as one of the best in wrestling history. Will Lorcan and Simon be equally impressed?lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Aca...

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) loved the previous match where Kenta Kobashi and his lil' buddy Tsuyoshi Kikuchi challenged for the All-Asia tag titles. Now they are the defenders and encounter a previous enemy (for both Kobashi and Lorcan & Simon!) as Masanobu "The S**thouse" Fuchi brings up his own protege Ogawa. Will they hold up to the quality of the previous classic? Listen in...

After being the member of his team most likely to take the losing fall, five-star match mainstay Kenta Kobashi finds himself as the stronger team member this time as he partners with the Super Generation Army's junior heavyweight member Tsuyoshi Kikuchi as they challenge the perennial All Japan All-Asia Tag Team champions of the 90s in Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat, and it's all done in front of one...

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) adored the previous match involving these six wrestlers in their three-man combos and it was only the second match to receive unanimous five-star scores from Meltzer, Lorcan, and (most surprisingly) Simon! Let's see if the last match involving these two teams can match such critical heights...lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...