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Hey guys, I figured that because we all have different tastes in wrestling (despite enjoying the product all the same), I figured this would be a good place to post any must see matches, or matches you would recommend to your peers. I posted this in /wooo/, where they have their own collection and nominations, but I figured since I work and write with you gentlemen, I'd like to take a gander into your tastes in wrestling.

Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi, ROH Joe vs. Kobashi, 10/1/2005
http://my.mail.ru/mail/the_boogeyman/video/891/1052.html

My favorite match of all-time. Kenta Kobashi makes his long awaited debut in the United States against Samoa Joe who was putting on classics during all of 2005. It was Kobashi before he got too old for his own sake, and Samoa Joe who was at the peak of his career in a stiff contest with an over-excited crowd. The match was emotional, with immense story telling throughout the entire match, and it ******** made me fear ever taking a chop to the chest. If you haven't seen this match, you must do yourself a favor and take 28 minutes out of your day to watch this spectacle.

Terry Funks vs Jerry Lawler, Empty Arena Match, April 25th, 1981
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2peOLg5gqKY (with pre match)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B9dPlev9Lc (/w post match)

This is probably my favorite match. In some ways it's just godawful. The wrestling is brief and ugly at best. The presentations is shoddy and grimy. Funk hates Lawler, he hates him enough to want to wrestle him for free, in front of no one. Lance Russell commentates and interviews, him and Lawler do an excellent job of selling the absurdity of the concept. It's obvious neither of them want to be there. Funk puts on a legitimately great performance. Not in the athletic sense, but theatrically. Like ******** Brando. He's hateable, hilarious, pitiful and genuinely disturbing all at once. Sometimes I wonder if the man is actually mentally ill, that shits gotta come from somewhere. On first view it ran me through a weird gauntlet of emotions. Lance Russell opens with "There's a chance you'll never see this." I like that line cause while I was watching it I felt like I was seeing something I shouldn't be seeing.

Kurt Angle vs Chris Benoit Wrestlemania X7
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x46mqu_kurt-angle-vs-chris-benoit-wrestlem_sport

I love both these wrestlers really, both great in ring ability. Benoit's technical prowess is always amazing and Kurt's technical and mat technique which earned him that gold he wears. It's a wrestlemania match, would you not expect it to be worth watching?