It's not uncommon for wrestlers to trade strikes back forth. Doesn't always have to be chops though. This is exceptional in length and has to do with the whole thing I mentioned before about these two being the strongest and the toughest.

It's based on this whole concept called "Fighting Spirit". Basically you just dish back and forth taking each other's best shots until the strongest wrestler is determined.

Sweet looking 'plex

PS. I just started on the 3rd vid

Is that half nelson suplex his trademark move?

I'm ab 2 minutes behind you Juan.

Kobashi? It's a "signature" move, if you will. Not his typical finisher. Although in Japan, wrestlers have numerous signature moves of which any could beat an opponent.

:eek: @ the brainbuster on the outside

damn

You mean the one that Sasaki gave Kobashi? That was meant to be a Northern Lights Bomb, which is one of Sasaki's primary finishers.

Kensuke's feeling it!

Yeah that's the one

Damn. You can see how bruised their chests are in some of the close ups. Just brutal.

6:00 was interesting

HOLY SHIT at that sleeper suplex!

Nasty finish. Great pick, red.

Sweet match :y:

Great finish

Thanks man. Notice the stiffness in the last spot (Rolling chops in the Lariat)?

I got so caught up in it, I totally forgot to think about my pick. Give me a min!

I need to watch more Kobashi. I've only watched a small amount of his matches. Including the one with Samoa Joe

No rush Juan

Yeah those spinning chops were fucking brutal. Triple H would cry like a bitch if he got hit with one of those.

He's got some great matches from his early career against Dr Death Steve Williams. Now, this was before Kobashi was as high up in the card as he was in against Sasaki. He was also (obviously) younger and more mobile at the time, so his style is a bit different, but still excellent.

I'd still love to see cross promotion where Vince let a top WWE guy go have a match there

Ok, there's no way I can top that last match, but here's my pick...

Stone Cold Steve Austin & Triple H vs. Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho

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Starting now. One of my favorite TV matches ever.

Loved the Two Man Power Trip

Same here.

Also, Heyman on commentary was GOLD

lol thumb in the eye

Interesting tidbit: If HHH never tore his quad here, the Invasion likely would have been started much later and probably unfolded way differently.
I have read that the injury of HHH and The Rock leaving to make a movie prompted WWF to pull the trigger on the WCW storyline, which was going to be more steadily built with more involved.

And undoubtedly, the world of professional wrestling would be a much better place right now.

On a side note, THAT'S the Stephanie McMahon I would like to fuck.

I dunno about that hairdo though, Steph.

ROFL Earl Hebner slipped

Also, if this injury never occured things would have been very different with the Wrestlemania 18 main event and HHH's career.
He probably would have continued on in his heel capacity of 2001, rather than the superman face version of him in 2002, and then his power. Word was always that the injury gave him more clout in the long run.

lol Hebner. Stephanie looked great around that time. Also, in that video I posted earlier of the 10 man tag.

lol Hebner keeps getting owned

Fuck H must've been in some real pain during that Walls of Jericho

Jericho vs Austin. The greatest fued that never happened. They had a fued and a few matches, but it was cut short by the Invasion. If not for that, it probably would have continued and maybe led to him putting Jericho over. That fuckin Invasion

Love that match

Such a wonderfully put together finish. Props to HHH for being able to do his part in it too