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Originally Posted by Dylan
I rewatched HHH and Austin vs. Y2J and Benoit for the tag-team championship on Raw in 2001 last night.
I'm happy to see some love for this match. I've seen in other forums where people have rated this just 3*. IMO, the match is incredible. Easily one of my favorites. It's short, action packed, and the crowd is white hot which makes it easier to get through than some matches that I think are better. Also easily my favorite RAW match ever.
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Watched Okada vs. Omega again this morning. On a 4th watch, it's still incredible. Since I hadn't watched in weeks, I forgot quite a few spots so that was nice. Just like the first time I watched, I found a bunch of points in the match where I was jumping and saying "holy ****" and "wtf". That spot near the end where Okada is hanging onto Omega's wrist and just won't let go despite forearms and the V-Trigger knee like three times just so he could hit a desperation Rainmaker was amazing. Incredible match. I'll be hard pressed to find a better match this year than that one.
I also love that match for a reason that WWE fans really can't and I think it's why WWE fans "hate" on it. In WWE you're conditioned to expect 800 finishers per main event match. That's not the case in NJPW. Omega never hit his so Okada never kicked out. Okada hit his first Rainmaker and Omega kicked out. That was the first time somebody's kicked out when Okada has immediately covered them since he came back to NJPW at the 1/4/12 Dome show. Then he hit it two more times but couldn't get a cover which was superb before that ****ing jumping corkscrew tombstone plus Rainmaker.