Oleg Boltman
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Emilio Charles Jr. caught sleeping by El Dandy (CMLL Martes de Coliseo, 2/18/1997)
nobody's ever been victimized quite like how Super Dragon victimized TARO (Rev Pro/AWS Lucha de Respecto: Christmas Edition, 12/22/2002)
incredible spot, still like 24 years later, between Jody Fleisch and AJ Styles (FWA Seasons Beatings, 12/15/2002)
are you ready to accept Inokiist warrior Don West into your hearts? give me an "ichi ni san Don" real quick. (NWA-TNA, 12/18/2002)
El Samurai, Billy Ken Kid, and the ultra-rare implied powerbomb (Osaka Pro Tenno-Zan 2002 Day One, 10/20/2002)
Jota and Masayuki Mineno with a valuable lesson about waiting a little bit on the celebration (CAPTURE INTERNATIONAL, 10/5/2002)
attention all wrestlers: do this instead of the same thing we've seen a million times for 30 years. can't believe this came out of 2002 Chris Daniels vs. CM Punk, but a welcome change. (IWC, 9/28/2002)
all credit to Shocker and La Parka for going full Royal Rumble 2001 on this one (MLW Reload, 9/26/2002)
beautiful transition between a young AJ Styles and Low Ki. the drive behind it instead of just a swing into the railing gives it a lot more force, on top of how unique it still feels. (NWA-TNA, 9/25/2002)
finally, independent wrestling has come back to southwest Michigan
obviously you understand why this one never quite caught on as a widely used counter spot, but it is incredibly sick and another of those textbook Young AJ things (NWA-TNA, 7/31/2002)
one of the best bumps and sells of all time from Red Bastien, courtesy of a Ray Stevens right hand (AWA, 12/2/1972)
Brazo de Plata, the best to ever do it (CMLL Super Viernes, 8/2/1996)
insane landing here from Juventud Guerrera against Rey Misterio Jr. in a car vs. car match (AAA Triplemania IV-C, 7/15/1996)
a collection of greatest hits from Aja Kong vs. Carlos Amano. sound up for a few especially gross ones. (OZ Academy, 5/11/2002)
nobody makes the completely unexpected/unthinkable as exciting, no matter if it looks good or not, as exciting as Z1's own Cannon films villain-turned-sometimes-hero Tom Howard (ZERO-ONE Genesis 2002 Day One, 4/27/2002)
you gotta keep them on their toes (AJPW Champion Carnival 2002 Day Eight, 4/1/2002)
Hiroyoshi Tenzan, a skull stronger than every bone in the human leg (NJPW Hyper Battle 2002 Day Eleven, 3/24/2002)
Dick the Bruiser could have probably gotten away with killing his barber after this one (AJPW 3rd Champion Carnival 1975 Day Six, 4/10/1975)
incredibly sick that they would just throw this up there and let you email Invader #1 (WWC, 2/2/2002)
after an entire Matsunaga entrance wrapped in barbed wire, this camera cut to Fujiwara's reaction is one of the greatest small production choices ever (Rainbow Festival 2002, 1/20/2002)
El Hijo del Fishman, showing one of the rare times in wrestling where more of something really is better (Promociones Cordero, 1/3/2026)
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