21.03.2012, 20:10
Wie schon bei den 80er Jahren habe ich mal versucht eine Liste zu erstellen mit den besten Matches aus den 90er Jahren. Ich konnte natuerlich nur die Matches beurteilen die ich selbst gesehen habe.
1990 (9)
1. Jushin Thunder Liger vs Naoki Sano (31 Januar 1990) (NJPW)
2. Stan Hansen vs Big Van Vader (20 Februar 1990) (NJPW)
3. Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mitsuharu Misawa (8 June 1990) (AJPW)
4. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (1 August 1990) (AJW)
5. Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mitsuharu Misawa (1 September 1990) (AJPW)
6. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada (30 September 1990) (AJPW)
7. Jumbo Tsutura, Akira Taue, Masanobu Fuchi vs Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi (19 October 1990) (AJPW)
8. Keiji Muto & Masahiro Chono vs Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaski (1 November 1990) (NJPW)
9. Bull Nakano vs Aja Kong (14 November 1990) (AJW)
1991 (7)
10. Bull Nakano vs Akira Hokuto (4 Januar 1991) (AJW)
11. Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki vs The Steiner Brothers (31 Maerz 1991) (NJPW)
12. Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masanobu Fuchi (20 April 1991) (AJPW)
13. Jushin Thunder Liger vs Owen Hart (27 April 1991) (NJPW)
14. Jumbo Tsuruta vs Kenta Kobashi (24 May 1991) (AJPW)
15. Bret Hart vs Curt Hennig (26 August 1991) (WWF)
16. Jushin Thunder Liger vs Brian Pillman (27 December 1991) (WCW)
1992 (17)
17. Chris Benoit vs Villano III (26 Januar 1992) (UWA)
18. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue (26 Januar 1992) (AJPW)
19. Jushin Thunder Liger vs Brian Pillman (29 Februar 1992) (WCW)
20. The Blue Panther vs Love Machine (Art Barr) (3 April 1992) (AAA)
21. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (26 April 1992) (AJW)
22. Jushin Thunder Liger vs El Samurai (30 April 1992) (NJPW)
23.Masanobu Fuchi & Yoshinari Ogawa vs Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (5 July 1992) (AJPW)
24. Jumbo Tsuruta, Masanobu Fuchi & Akira Taue vs Mitsuhari Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Toshiaki Kawada (22 May 1992) (AJPW)
25. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat (25 May 1992) (AJPW)
26. Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs The Steiner Brothers (12. June 1992) (WCW)
27. Ricky Steamboat vs Rick Rude (20 June 1992) (WCW)
28. Manami Toyota vs Toshiyo Yamada (15 August 1992) (AJW)
29. Bret Hart vs Davey Boy Smith (29 August 1992) (WWF)
30. The Fantastics vs The Heavenly Bodies (1 September 1992) (SMW)
31. Manami Toyota & Toyhiyo Yamada vs Dynamite Kansei & Mayumi Ozaki (26 November 1992) (AJW)
32. Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs The Ultimo Dragon & Masahiro Orihara (11 December 1992) (NJPW)
33. Hiroshi Hase vs The Great Muta (14 December 1992) (NJPW)
1993 (16)
34. Rey Mysterio Jr, Winners & Super Calo vs Psicosis, Heavy Metal & El Picudo (29 Januar 1993) (AAA)
35. Bret Hart vs Ric Flair (9 Januar 1993) (WWF)
36. Stan Hansen vs Toshiaki Kawada (28 Februar 1993) (AJPW)
37. Akira Hokuto vs Shinoku Kandori (2 April 1993) (AJW)
38. Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue vs Cutie Suzuki & Mayumi Ozaki (2 April 1993) (AJW)
39. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Dynamite Kansei & Mayumi Ozaki (11 April 1993) (AJW)
40. Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi (14 April 1993) (AJPW)
41. Bull Nakano vs Devil Masami (18 April 1993) (AJW)
42: Pegasus Kid (Chris Benoit) vs El Samurai (15 June 1993) (NJPW)
43. Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Yoshinari Ogawa (2 June 1993) (AJPW)
44. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (26 July 1993) (AJW)
45. Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi (29 July 1993) (AJPW)
46. Hikari Fukuoka, Cutie Suzuki, Mayumi Ozaki & Dynamite Kansai vs Sakie Hasegawa, Takako Inoue, Kyoko Inoue & Aja Kong (31 July 1993) (AJW)
47. Steve Williams vs Kenta Kobashi (31 August 1993) (AJPW)
48. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (3 December 1993) (AJPW)
49. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki (6 December 1993) (AJW)
1994 (17)
50. Bret Hart vs Owen Hart (20 Maerz 1994) (WWF)
51. Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon (20 Maerz 1994) (WWF)
52. Akira Hokuto & Shinobu Kandori vs Aja Kong & Bull Nakano (27 Maerz 1994) (AJW)
53. Jushin Thunder Liger vs The Great Sasuke (16 April 1994) (NJPW)
54. Toshiaki Kawada vs Steve Williams (16 April 1994) (AJPW)
55. Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (17 April 1994) (WCW)
56. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (21 May 1994) (AJPW)
57. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (3 June 1994) (AJPW)
58. Jushin Thunder Liger vs The Great Sasuke (7 July 1994) (NJPW)
59. Bret Hart vs Owen Hart (9 July 1994) (WWF)
60. Nobuhiko Takada vs Vader (18 August 1994) (UWFi)
61. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (24 August 1994) (AJW)
62. Bret Hart vs Owen Hart (29 August 1994) (WWF)
63. Kenta Kobashi vs Steve Williams (3 September 1994) (AJPW)
64. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue (9 October 1994) (AJW)
65. El Hijo Del Santo & Octagon vs Art Barr & Eddy Guerrero (6 November 1994) (AAA)
66. Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong (20 November 1994) (AJW)
1995 (19)
67. Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada (19 Januar 1995) (AJPW)
68. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (24 Januar 1995) (AJPW)
69. Mayumi Ozaki vs Dynamite Kansai (17 Maerz 1995) (AJW)
70. Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong (26 Maerz 1995) (AJW)
71. Lioness Asuka vs Yumiko Hotta (26 Maerz 1995) (AJW)
72. Eddy Guerrero vs Dean Malenko (15 April 1995) (ECW)
73. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue (15 April 1995) (AJPW)
74. Rey Mysterio Jr vs Juventud Guerrera (21 April 1995) (AAA)
75. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (7 Mai 1995) (AJW)
76. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (9 June 1995) (AJPW)
77. Eddy Guerrero vs Dean Malenko (26 August 1996) (ECW)
78. Manami Toyota & Sakie Hasegawa vs Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue (30 August 1995) (AJW)
79. Manami Toyota vs Akira Hokuto (2 September 1995) (AJW)
80. Rey Mysterio Jr vs Psicosis (22 September 1995) (AAA)
81. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi (15 October 1995) (AJPW)
82. Chris Benoit vs Chris Jericho (13 December 1995) (WAR)
83. Rey Mysterio Jr vs Psicosis (13 December 1995) (WAR)
84. Jushin Thunder Liger vs The Ultimo Dragon (13 December 1995) (WAR)
85. Bret Hart vs Davey Boy Smith (17 December 1995) (WWF)
1996 (16)
86. El Samurai vs Shinjiro Ohtani (29 Januar 1996) (NJPW)
87. Rey Mysterio Jr vs Juventud Guerrera (9 Maerz 1996) (WCW)
88. Jushin Thunder Liger vs Shinjiro Ohtani (17 Maerz 1996) (NJPW)
89. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (31 Maerz 1996) (AJW)
90. Jaguar Yokota vs Lioness Asuka (14 April 1996) (AJW)
91. Megumi Kudo vs Combat Toyoda (5 May 1996) (FMW)
92. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (23 May 1996) (AJPW)
93. The Ultimo Dragon vs Shinjiro Ohtani (4 August 1996) (NJPW)
94. The Great Sasuke vs The Ultimo Dragon (5 August 1996) (NJPW)
95. Volk Han vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (24 August 1996) (Rings)
96. Shawn Michaels vs Mankind (22 September 1996) (WWF)
97. The Ultimo Dragon vs The Great Sasuke (11 October 1996) (WAR)
98. Taka Michinoku vs Hayabusa (16 November 1996) (FMW)
99. Bret Hart vs Steve Austin (17 November 1996) (WWF)
100. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama (6 December 1996) (AJPW)
101. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (8 December 1996) (AJW)
1997 (12)
102. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (20 Januar 1997) (AJPW)
103. Owen Hart vs Davey Boy Smith (6 Februar 1997) (WWF)
104. Jushin Thunder Liger vs Shinjiro Ohtani (9 Februar 1997) (NJPW)
105. El Hijo Del Santo vs Rey Mysterio Jr (21 Februar 1997) (Pro Azteca)
106. Bret Hart vs Steve Austin (23 Maerz 1997) (WWF)
107. Koji Kanemoto vs El Samurai (5 June 1997) (NJPW)
108. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (6 June 1997) (AJPW)
109. El Hijo Del Santo vs Negro Casas (19 September 1997) (EMLL)
110. Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita vs Kaoru Ito & Tomoko Watanabe (21 September 1997) (AJW)
111. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (21 October 1997) (AJPW)
112. Rey Mysterio Jr vs Eddy Guerrero (26 October 1997) (WCW)
113. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama (5 December 1997) (AJPW)
1998 (4)
114. Hayabusa vs Masato Tanaka (19 May 1998) (FMW)
115. Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada (12 June 1998) (AJPW)
116. Shinya Hashimoto vs Genichiro Tenryu (1 August 1998) (NJPW)
117. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (31 October 1998) (AJPW)
1999 (7)
118. Christopher Daniels vs Mike Modest (15 Januar 1999) (APW)
119. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (22 Januar 1999) (AJPW)
120. The Great Sasuke vs Magnum Tokyo (7 Februar 1999) (Toruymon)
121. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (11 June 1999) (AJPW)
122. Meiko Satomura vs Aja Kong (15 September 1999 (GAEA)
123. Bret Hart vs Chris Benoit (4 October 1999) (WCW)
124. Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (23 October 1999) (AJPW)
*Anmerkungen
-Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada, Kenta Kobashi und Aja Kong sind die einzigen vier Wrestler in den Liste die 1990 wie auch 1999 mit Matches vertretten sind.
-Mitsuharu Misawa und Toshiaki Kawada sind auch die einzigen zwei Wrestler die in jedem Jahr mit mindestens einem Match vertretten sind.
-Chris Benoit (NJPW, UWA, WAR, WCW) und Rey Mysterio Jr (AAA, WAR, WCW, Pro Azteca) sind die einzigen Wrestler in der Liste die mit vier verschiedenen Promotions in der Liste vertretten sind. Auf Platz 2 folgen Jushin Thunder Liger (NJPW, WAR, WCW), El Hijo Del Santo (AAA, EMLL, Pro Acteca) und Eddy Guerrero (AAA, ECW, WCW) die mit jeweils drei Promotions in denen sie Top Matches in den 90er Jahren hatten.
-2 Matches die es in den 80er Jahren in meine Liste geschaft haben und auch in den 90er Jahren vorhanden sind, sind:
Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat
Jushin Thunder Liger vs Naoki Sano
-Die WAR Show am 13 December 1995 hat es geschafft mit gleich drei Matches vertretten zu sein (Chris Benoit vs Chris Jericho, Rey Mysterio Jr vs Psicosis und Jushin Thunder Liger vs The Ultimo Dragon). Die AJW Dreamslam Show vom 2 April 1993 ist mit zwei Matches vertretten (Akira Hokuto vs Shinoku Kandori und Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue vs Cutie Suzuki & Mayumi Ozaki) genauso wie WWF Wrestlemania 10 mit zwei Matches (Bret Hart vs Owen Hart und Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon)
-Die haeufigsten Matches die vertretten sind (mehr als zweimal vertretten):
1. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue - 7x
2. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada - 5x
3. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi - 4x
4. Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masanobu Fuchi - 3x
4. Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi 3x
4. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada - 3x
4. Bret Hart vs Owen Hart - 3x
4.Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama - 3x
*Hierzu sei gesagt das Toyota vs Inoue Serie in den 90er Jahren insgesamt 8 Single Matches umfasste und eine legendaere Matchserie der beiden bei All Japan Woman ist.
-Promotionliste (Alle Promotions die mehr als viermal vertretten sind):
1. AJPW - 36 Matches
2. AJW - 26 Matches
3. NJPW - 18 Matches
4. WWF - 12 Matches
5. WCW - 8 Matches
6. AAA - 5 Matches
Die Reihenfolge ueberrascht mich nicht. AJPW war mit Abstand die Top Promotion der 90er Jahre. AJW auf Platz 2 habe ich auch erwartet weil die Promotion mitte der 90er Jahre eine so gute Phase hatte das man zeitweise sogar besser war wie AJPW. NJPW wurde von der Light Heavyweight Division (und gerade Jushin Liger) gerettet was die Top Qualitaet anbelangt, ansonsten waere man weiter unten. Die WWF und WCW nah beeinander und da wo ich es erwartet hatte. Ansonsten haette ich vielleicht sogar erwartet das die AAA und EMLL etwas besser abschneiden.
-Die Wrestler mit den haeufigsten Nennungen in der Liste sind (alle Wrestler ueber 5 Matches sind aufgezaehlt):
1. Mitsuharu Misawa - 24x
2. Kenta Kobashi - 22x
3. Toshiaki Kawada - 21x
4. Manami Toyota - 16x
5. Akira Taue - 15x
6. Kyoko Inoue - 11x
6. Jushin Thunder Liger - 11x
8. Bret Hart - 10x
9. Jumbo Tsutura - 8x
10. Rey Mysterio Jr - 6 x
Wuerde ich eine Liste aufstellen fuer die besten Matches des Jahrzehnts in einer Reihenfolge wuerde ich die (derzeit) so machen:
1. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (25 April 1992) (AJW)
2. Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi (29 July 1993) (AJPW)
3. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi (15 October 1995) (AJPW) (1 Hour Draw)
4. Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mitsuharu Misawa (8 June 1990) (AJPW)
5. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (7 Mai 1995) (AJW) (1 Hour Draw)
6. Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi (14 April 1993) (AJPW)
7. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (3 June 1994) (AJPW)
8. Bret Hart vs Owen Hart (9 July 1994) (WWF) (Iron Man Match)
9. Manami Toyota vs Akira Hokuto (2 September 1995) (AJW)
10. Jushin Thunder Liger vs El Samurai (30 April 1992) (NJPW)
Hier mal die Meinung von Dave Meltzer zu dem Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue Match vom 25 April 1992:“These two are probably a decade ahead of their time when it comes to putting together a match. It was so good in that the people were just in awe of it to the point they could barely react. The moves were all new so people had no idea what was coming next. Toyota's performance in this match, and for 1992 in general, can't even be given words to describe it although she is the outstanding wrestler of 1992, male or female. The only way I can describe this match is to say that it had the same impact as the first time I saw Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid's match in 1982, in that they were years ahead of their time. Toyota won with a Japanese Ocean suplex, which is a new kind of german suplex. *****+++”
1990 (9)
1. Jushin Thunder Liger vs Naoki Sano (31 Januar 1990) (NJPW)
2. Stan Hansen vs Big Van Vader (20 Februar 1990) (NJPW)
3. Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mitsuharu Misawa (8 June 1990) (AJPW)
4. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (1 August 1990) (AJW)
5. Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mitsuharu Misawa (1 September 1990) (AJPW)
6. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada (30 September 1990) (AJPW)
7. Jumbo Tsutura, Akira Taue, Masanobu Fuchi vs Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi (19 October 1990) (AJPW)
8. Keiji Muto & Masahiro Chono vs Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaski (1 November 1990) (NJPW)
9. Bull Nakano vs Aja Kong (14 November 1990) (AJW)
1991 (7)
10. Bull Nakano vs Akira Hokuto (4 Januar 1991) (AJW)
11. Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki vs The Steiner Brothers (31 Maerz 1991) (NJPW)
12. Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masanobu Fuchi (20 April 1991) (AJPW)
13. Jushin Thunder Liger vs Owen Hart (27 April 1991) (NJPW)
14. Jumbo Tsuruta vs Kenta Kobashi (24 May 1991) (AJPW)
15. Bret Hart vs Curt Hennig (26 August 1991) (WWF)
16. Jushin Thunder Liger vs Brian Pillman (27 December 1991) (WCW)
1992 (17)
17. Chris Benoit vs Villano III (26 Januar 1992) (UWA)
18. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue (26 Januar 1992) (AJPW)
19. Jushin Thunder Liger vs Brian Pillman (29 Februar 1992) (WCW)
20. The Blue Panther vs Love Machine (Art Barr) (3 April 1992) (AAA)
21. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (26 April 1992) (AJW)
22. Jushin Thunder Liger vs El Samurai (30 April 1992) (NJPW)
23.Masanobu Fuchi & Yoshinari Ogawa vs Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (5 July 1992) (AJPW)
24. Jumbo Tsuruta, Masanobu Fuchi & Akira Taue vs Mitsuhari Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Toshiaki Kawada (22 May 1992) (AJPW)
25. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat (25 May 1992) (AJPW)
26. Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs The Steiner Brothers (12. June 1992) (WCW)
27. Ricky Steamboat vs Rick Rude (20 June 1992) (WCW)
28. Manami Toyota vs Toshiyo Yamada (15 August 1992) (AJW)
29. Bret Hart vs Davey Boy Smith (29 August 1992) (WWF)
30. The Fantastics vs The Heavenly Bodies (1 September 1992) (SMW)
31. Manami Toyota & Toyhiyo Yamada vs Dynamite Kansei & Mayumi Ozaki (26 November 1992) (AJW)
32. Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs The Ultimo Dragon & Masahiro Orihara (11 December 1992) (NJPW)
33. Hiroshi Hase vs The Great Muta (14 December 1992) (NJPW)
1993 (16)
34. Rey Mysterio Jr, Winners & Super Calo vs Psicosis, Heavy Metal & El Picudo (29 Januar 1993) (AAA)
35. Bret Hart vs Ric Flair (9 Januar 1993) (WWF)
36. Stan Hansen vs Toshiaki Kawada (28 Februar 1993) (AJPW)
37. Akira Hokuto vs Shinoku Kandori (2 April 1993) (AJW)
38. Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue vs Cutie Suzuki & Mayumi Ozaki (2 April 1993) (AJW)
39. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Dynamite Kansei & Mayumi Ozaki (11 April 1993) (AJW)
40. Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi (14 April 1993) (AJPW)
41. Bull Nakano vs Devil Masami (18 April 1993) (AJW)
42: Pegasus Kid (Chris Benoit) vs El Samurai (15 June 1993) (NJPW)
43. Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Yoshinari Ogawa (2 June 1993) (AJPW)
44. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (26 July 1993) (AJW)
45. Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi (29 July 1993) (AJPW)
46. Hikari Fukuoka, Cutie Suzuki, Mayumi Ozaki & Dynamite Kansai vs Sakie Hasegawa, Takako Inoue, Kyoko Inoue & Aja Kong (31 July 1993) (AJW)
47. Steve Williams vs Kenta Kobashi (31 August 1993) (AJPW)
48. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (3 December 1993) (AJPW)
49. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki (6 December 1993) (AJW)
1994 (17)
50. Bret Hart vs Owen Hart (20 Maerz 1994) (WWF)
51. Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon (20 Maerz 1994) (WWF)
52. Akira Hokuto & Shinobu Kandori vs Aja Kong & Bull Nakano (27 Maerz 1994) (AJW)
53. Jushin Thunder Liger vs The Great Sasuke (16 April 1994) (NJPW)
54. Toshiaki Kawada vs Steve Williams (16 April 1994) (AJPW)
55. Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (17 April 1994) (WCW)
56. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (21 May 1994) (AJPW)
57. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (3 June 1994) (AJPW)
58. Jushin Thunder Liger vs The Great Sasuke (7 July 1994) (NJPW)
59. Bret Hart vs Owen Hart (9 July 1994) (WWF)
60. Nobuhiko Takada vs Vader (18 August 1994) (UWFi)
61. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (24 August 1994) (AJW)
62. Bret Hart vs Owen Hart (29 August 1994) (WWF)
63. Kenta Kobashi vs Steve Williams (3 September 1994) (AJPW)
64. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue (9 October 1994) (AJW)
65. El Hijo Del Santo & Octagon vs Art Barr & Eddy Guerrero (6 November 1994) (AAA)
66. Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong (20 November 1994) (AJW)
1995 (19)
67. Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada (19 Januar 1995) (AJPW)
68. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (24 Januar 1995) (AJPW)
69. Mayumi Ozaki vs Dynamite Kansai (17 Maerz 1995) (AJW)
70. Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong (26 Maerz 1995) (AJW)
71. Lioness Asuka vs Yumiko Hotta (26 Maerz 1995) (AJW)
72. Eddy Guerrero vs Dean Malenko (15 April 1995) (ECW)
73. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue (15 April 1995) (AJPW)
74. Rey Mysterio Jr vs Juventud Guerrera (21 April 1995) (AAA)
75. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (7 Mai 1995) (AJW)
76. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (9 June 1995) (AJPW)
77. Eddy Guerrero vs Dean Malenko (26 August 1996) (ECW)
78. Manami Toyota & Sakie Hasegawa vs Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue (30 August 1995) (AJW)
79. Manami Toyota vs Akira Hokuto (2 September 1995) (AJW)
80. Rey Mysterio Jr vs Psicosis (22 September 1995) (AAA)
81. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi (15 October 1995) (AJPW)
82. Chris Benoit vs Chris Jericho (13 December 1995) (WAR)
83. Rey Mysterio Jr vs Psicosis (13 December 1995) (WAR)
84. Jushin Thunder Liger vs The Ultimo Dragon (13 December 1995) (WAR)
85. Bret Hart vs Davey Boy Smith (17 December 1995) (WWF)
1996 (16)
86. El Samurai vs Shinjiro Ohtani (29 Januar 1996) (NJPW)
87. Rey Mysterio Jr vs Juventud Guerrera (9 Maerz 1996) (WCW)
88. Jushin Thunder Liger vs Shinjiro Ohtani (17 Maerz 1996) (NJPW)
89. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (31 Maerz 1996) (AJW)
90. Jaguar Yokota vs Lioness Asuka (14 April 1996) (AJW)
91. Megumi Kudo vs Combat Toyoda (5 May 1996) (FMW)
92. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (23 May 1996) (AJPW)
93. The Ultimo Dragon vs Shinjiro Ohtani (4 August 1996) (NJPW)
94. The Great Sasuke vs The Ultimo Dragon (5 August 1996) (NJPW)
95. Volk Han vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (24 August 1996) (Rings)
96. Shawn Michaels vs Mankind (22 September 1996) (WWF)
97. The Ultimo Dragon vs The Great Sasuke (11 October 1996) (WAR)
98. Taka Michinoku vs Hayabusa (16 November 1996) (FMW)
99. Bret Hart vs Steve Austin (17 November 1996) (WWF)
100. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama (6 December 1996) (AJPW)
101. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (8 December 1996) (AJW)
1997 (12)
102. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (20 Januar 1997) (AJPW)
103. Owen Hart vs Davey Boy Smith (6 Februar 1997) (WWF)
104. Jushin Thunder Liger vs Shinjiro Ohtani (9 Februar 1997) (NJPW)
105. El Hijo Del Santo vs Rey Mysterio Jr (21 Februar 1997) (Pro Azteca)
106. Bret Hart vs Steve Austin (23 Maerz 1997) (WWF)
107. Koji Kanemoto vs El Samurai (5 June 1997) (NJPW)
108. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (6 June 1997) (AJPW)
109. El Hijo Del Santo vs Negro Casas (19 September 1997) (EMLL)
110. Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita vs Kaoru Ito & Tomoko Watanabe (21 September 1997) (AJW)
111. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (21 October 1997) (AJPW)
112. Rey Mysterio Jr vs Eddy Guerrero (26 October 1997) (WCW)
113. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama (5 December 1997) (AJPW)
1998 (4)
114. Hayabusa vs Masato Tanaka (19 May 1998) (FMW)
115. Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada (12 June 1998) (AJPW)
116. Shinya Hashimoto vs Genichiro Tenryu (1 August 1998) (NJPW)
117. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (31 October 1998) (AJPW)
1999 (7)
118. Christopher Daniels vs Mike Modest (15 Januar 1999) (APW)
119. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (22 Januar 1999) (AJPW)
120. The Great Sasuke vs Magnum Tokyo (7 Februar 1999) (Toruymon)
121. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (11 June 1999) (AJPW)
122. Meiko Satomura vs Aja Kong (15 September 1999 (GAEA)
123. Bret Hart vs Chris Benoit (4 October 1999) (WCW)
124. Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (23 October 1999) (AJPW)
*Anmerkungen
-Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada, Kenta Kobashi und Aja Kong sind die einzigen vier Wrestler in den Liste die 1990 wie auch 1999 mit Matches vertretten sind.
-Mitsuharu Misawa und Toshiaki Kawada sind auch die einzigen zwei Wrestler die in jedem Jahr mit mindestens einem Match vertretten sind.
-Chris Benoit (NJPW, UWA, WAR, WCW) und Rey Mysterio Jr (AAA, WAR, WCW, Pro Azteca) sind die einzigen Wrestler in der Liste die mit vier verschiedenen Promotions in der Liste vertretten sind. Auf Platz 2 folgen Jushin Thunder Liger (NJPW, WAR, WCW), El Hijo Del Santo (AAA, EMLL, Pro Acteca) und Eddy Guerrero (AAA, ECW, WCW) die mit jeweils drei Promotions in denen sie Top Matches in den 90er Jahren hatten.
-2 Matches die es in den 80er Jahren in meine Liste geschaft haben und auch in den 90er Jahren vorhanden sind, sind:
Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat
Jushin Thunder Liger vs Naoki Sano
-Die WAR Show am 13 December 1995 hat es geschafft mit gleich drei Matches vertretten zu sein (Chris Benoit vs Chris Jericho, Rey Mysterio Jr vs Psicosis und Jushin Thunder Liger vs The Ultimo Dragon). Die AJW Dreamslam Show vom 2 April 1993 ist mit zwei Matches vertretten (Akira Hokuto vs Shinoku Kandori und Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue vs Cutie Suzuki & Mayumi Ozaki) genauso wie WWF Wrestlemania 10 mit zwei Matches (Bret Hart vs Owen Hart und Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon)
-Die haeufigsten Matches die vertretten sind (mehr als zweimal vertretten):
1. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue - 7x
2. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada - 5x
3. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi - 4x
4. Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masanobu Fuchi - 3x
4. Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi 3x
4. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada - 3x
4. Bret Hart vs Owen Hart - 3x
4.Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama - 3x
*Hierzu sei gesagt das Toyota vs Inoue Serie in den 90er Jahren insgesamt 8 Single Matches umfasste und eine legendaere Matchserie der beiden bei All Japan Woman ist.
-Promotionliste (Alle Promotions die mehr als viermal vertretten sind):
1. AJPW - 36 Matches
2. AJW - 26 Matches
3. NJPW - 18 Matches
4. WWF - 12 Matches
5. WCW - 8 Matches
6. AAA - 5 Matches
Die Reihenfolge ueberrascht mich nicht. AJPW war mit Abstand die Top Promotion der 90er Jahre. AJW auf Platz 2 habe ich auch erwartet weil die Promotion mitte der 90er Jahre eine so gute Phase hatte das man zeitweise sogar besser war wie AJPW. NJPW wurde von der Light Heavyweight Division (und gerade Jushin Liger) gerettet was die Top Qualitaet anbelangt, ansonsten waere man weiter unten. Die WWF und WCW nah beeinander und da wo ich es erwartet hatte. Ansonsten haette ich vielleicht sogar erwartet das die AAA und EMLL etwas besser abschneiden.
-Die Wrestler mit den haeufigsten Nennungen in der Liste sind (alle Wrestler ueber 5 Matches sind aufgezaehlt):
1. Mitsuharu Misawa - 24x
2. Kenta Kobashi - 22x
3. Toshiaki Kawada - 21x
4. Manami Toyota - 16x
5. Akira Taue - 15x
6. Kyoko Inoue - 11x
6. Jushin Thunder Liger - 11x
8. Bret Hart - 10x
9. Jumbo Tsutura - 8x
10. Rey Mysterio Jr - 6 x
Wuerde ich eine Liste aufstellen fuer die besten Matches des Jahrzehnts in einer Reihenfolge wuerde ich die (derzeit) so machen:
1. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (25 April 1992) (AJW)
2. Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi (29 July 1993) (AJPW)
3. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi (15 October 1995) (AJPW) (1 Hour Draw)
4. Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mitsuharu Misawa (8 June 1990) (AJPW)
5. Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (7 Mai 1995) (AJW) (1 Hour Draw)
6. Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi (14 April 1993) (AJPW)
7. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (3 June 1994) (AJPW)
8. Bret Hart vs Owen Hart (9 July 1994) (WWF) (Iron Man Match)
9. Manami Toyota vs Akira Hokuto (2 September 1995) (AJW)
10. Jushin Thunder Liger vs El Samurai (30 April 1992) (NJPW)
Hier mal die Meinung von Dave Meltzer zu dem Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue Match vom 25 April 1992:“These two are probably a decade ahead of their time when it comes to putting together a match. It was so good in that the people were just in awe of it to the point they could barely react. The moves were all new so people had no idea what was coming next. Toyota's performance in this match, and for 1992 in general, can't even be given words to describe it although she is the outstanding wrestler of 1992, male or female. The only way I can describe this match is to say that it had the same impact as the first time I saw Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid's match in 1982, in that they were years ahead of their time. Toyota won with a Japanese Ocean suplex, which is a new kind of german suplex. *****+++”
