SCHNEIDER COMP #25

New Schneider Comp has dropped with a bunch of great digging in the crates rare matches. All Killer No Filler, as always contact

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DISC 1

Asturiano, Centella de Oro & Milenium vs. Centauro de Fuego, Fuerza Chicana & Toro Bill Sr. (CMLL Puebla 5/10/10)

The Puebla undercard crew get a chance to shine. A chance to see Toro Bill who is a totally awesome old guy luchadore. Balls to the wall lucha match cool armdrags, neat dives, crazy bumps. Kind of a longer version of a WCWSN lucha match.

Jerry Lawler vs. Dream Machine (Coward’s Way Out Match) (USWA 4/25/94)

Classic nasty Memphis brawl. 94 Dream Machine has a great seedy look and both guys just blast each other with punches, boards and piledrivers. Great finish too.

Tamon Honda vs. Takeshi Morishima (NOAH 8/28/01)
Daisuke Ikeda vs. Takeshi Rikio (NOAH 8/31/01)
Tamon Honda vs. Daisuke Ikeda (NOAH 9/1/01)
Tamon Honda & Masao Inoue vs. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito (NOAH 9/2/01)
Tamon Honda vs. Jun Akiyama (NOAH 9/5/01)


This is a mini tournament for a GHC title shot, and the title match. Amazing Honda performances here which are as good as his more well known 2003 run. Ikeda v. Honda is as good as it looks on paper, and the Akiyama match is as good as any Akiyama match I can remember.

The Gangstas vs. The Thugz (Street Fight) (SMW 5/20/95)

Dylan described this a wrestling as a race war and that is a great description. The HH camera really adds to it, as it makes it look like a youtube video of a brawl in a strip club parking lot.

Demus 3:16 vs. Pierrothito (CMLL 8/24/10)

The winner of this match is no longer a midget. It gets as violent as you might expect a battle for adulthood to get. Rare Arena Mexico blood, tiny Frye v. Takayama exchanges, just a war.

Bill Dundee vs. Tony Charles (CWA 6/16/79)

Slick mat wrestling battle between the Superstar and Checkmate. Just unearthed, totally fun to listen to Lance Russell mark out on commentary.

Avisman, Gringo Loco & El Hijo Del Diablo vs. Bushi, Chico Che & Suicida (IWRG 10/29/09)

A real showcase for the awesome Chico Che. He is one of my favorite wrestlers to watch, and in this match he does it all. Cool fat man flying, bleeding, brawling, quick lucha exchanges. You will add him to your list after seeing this match.

Dustin Rhodes vs. Blacktop Bully (King of the Road) (Uncensored 3/19/95)

This match has a bad rep and it is totally undeserved. It is a nasty brawl between two good brawlers in a completely insane standing. Bully is constantly hanging over the side of the cage where it looks like he is about to bump onto a freeway off a speeding truck. The kind of lunatic thing you will only see in WCW

Dick Togo vs. Hikaru Sato (DDT 11/28/10)
Dick Togo vs. Rui Hiugaji (M-Pro 12/16/10)

Dick Togo is going out on top. Two spectacular singles match within a month, both worked very differently. Sato is a stiff match built around awesome bodypart selling, and the Hiugaji match is a Memphis main event.

DISC 2
Dick Togo, Ikuto Hidaka & TAKA Michinoku vs. Jody Fleish, Curry Man & Jinsei Shinzaki (M-Pro 3/2/03)

Great highflying MPRO match which is on the level of the best MPRO stuff of the 90's. This is as good as this style has ever been.

L.A. Park vs. Mesias (AAA 12/5/10)

The straight up MOTY and probably the best AAA match, insane wild brawl with LA Park putting in a brawling performance which matches any in wrestling history, and my god the blood.

Black Terry vs. Cerebro Negro (Hair vs. Hair) (IWRG 11/22/07)

Another classic lucha brawl which might have been the 2007 MOTY. If you are wondering why folks are talking about Black Terry, this is why.

Shinya Hashimoto vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (NJ 6/1/94)

Two of my three favorite Puro wrestlers in an amazing title fight. I think this is as good as the best AJPW matches from this year, although it is very different. I doubt I will ever release another Schneider Comp without at least one match from both of these guys.

Big Van Vader vs. El Gigante (NJ 1/4/92)

I showed this to Tomk, and he mentioned "I don't think this is as good as Hansen v. Andre." True statement, but it is way better then it should be. I like this kind of King Kong v. Godzilla match, and Gigante actually looks dangerous. Great finish too.

Wahoo McDaniel vs. Greg Valentine (Mid Atlantic 6/11/77)

Remember the "I Broke Wahoo's leg" T-Shirt? Here is the aforementioned leg breaking. Everything leading up to it is as sickeningly violent as Wahoo v. Valentine promises. If Wahoo hit me that hard I would try to break his leg too.

Pierrotito, El Fierito & Damiancito El Guerrero vs. Cicloncito Ramirez, Bracito de Oro & Mascarita Magica (CMLL 10/3/97)

A perfect lucha trios match. Really no way it could be better.

Yoji Anjoh vs. Naoki Sano (UWFi 8/13/93)

UWFI isn't me favorite shootstyle promotion, but Sano and Anjoh are great and this is a hidden classic.

Bobby Eaton vs. Dean Malenko (Pro 4/27/97)

Nifty discovery from the WCW B-Sides project. Malenko is a really great syndie show wrestler and this was shockingly awesome for a 1997 Bobby Eaton match

Riki Choshu & Shinya Hashimoto vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa (WAR 4/2/93)

WAR v. NJ is all that a wrestling WAR should be. This is an explosive violent brawl with all four guys fighting like rabid dogs over the last piece of steak. Tenryu v. Hashimoto is all that you would hope that would be, Choshu is who we think he is and Takashi Ishikawa is a guy we don't know but should love.

Gilbert Cesca vs. Billy Catanzarro (France 1960s)

The single greatest wrestling discovery I have ever made. Two random French guys from the 1960's having a match on the level of anything in the history of wrestling. This is Steamboat v. Flair as directed by Jean-Luc Godard.