Paid Members air_raid Posted October 9, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 9, 2018 I see your Parking Lot, Hollywood Backlot and Junkyard, and raise you Kota Ibushi and El Generico fighting in a kayak. https://reddit.app.link/VG6WUABGSQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted October 9, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 9, 2018 DDT did a show on a train where a new wrestler entered at every station. They even managed to stream the whole thing live without glitches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 That sounds like a Final Fight level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamura Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Survival Tobita's promotion not always using a ring gives them plenty of opportunity for inclusion, but my I always loved the match between a table and a ladder. I do have an Occupation of the Indies DVD where Survival Tobita fights a monster in a river, but it doesn't appear to be on Youtube. However speaking of rivers Terry Funk vs Stan Hansen deserves an honorable mention despite starting in a ring, since it's possibly the only match in history where a wrestler was disqualified for body slamming his opponent in a river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Accident Prone Posted October 9, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 9, 2018 DDT is the be-all, end-all answer to this. Matches in shopping centres, campsites, fairgrounds, offices, abandoned apartments. Lovely bunch of lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIDDUM_N_STYLE Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Considering how often they name check UFC in Heyman promos, I'm really surprised they haven't brought the Lion's Den match back for Lesnar, could even be used for a Rousey feud if they wished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted October 9, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 9, 2018 1 minute ago, RIDDUM_N_STYLE said: Considering how often they name check UFC in Heyman promos, I'm really surprised they haven't brought the Lion's Den match back for Lesnar, could even be used for a Rousey feud if they wished The problem is that they always did those Lion Den matches in smaller venues nearby. As two of the biggest attractions in the company, they wouldn’t want either Lesnar or Rousey not appearing in front of the proper live crowd. I guess they could put the cage near the ramp? It’d feel a bit weird though. I’ve never watched it back but I remember loving Owen Hart and Ken Sharock smashing each other into the walls and ceiling of the Hart Family Dungeon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted October 10, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 10, 2018 7 hours ago, Supremo said: The problem is that they always did those Lion Den matches in smaller venues nearby. They only did that at SummerSlam 98. Both Shamrock/Blackman at SummerSlam 99 and Shamrock/Vince on Raw were ramp-adjacent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted October 10, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 10, 2018 Oh really?! I’ve completely misremembered that, then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted October 10, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 10, 2018 17 hours ago, Carbomb said: Also, Lawler vs. Funk, empty arena match. Iconic. This came to mind immediately on seeing the thread title. One of my all-time favourite matches, with masterful performances from Funk, Lawler and Lance Russell, and brilliant use of the mechanics of television to sell the match (the tape cutting too early and catching Russell with a fag on, etc.) I have to give a mention to Gatoh Move in this thread. Matches on mats in a tiny Japanese pharmacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted October 10, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Supremo said: Oh really?! I’ve completely misremembered that, then! So had I to be fair. I was going to mention that it needed to be in the arena when I had a quick look as the McMahon/Shamrock "match" to refresh my memory and realised it was in the arena. Obviously just an issue with old MSG. 31 minutes ago, BomberPat said: This came to mind immediately on seeing the thread title. One of my all-time favourite matches, with masterful performances from Funk, Lawler and Lance Russell, and brilliant use of the mechanics of television to sell the match (the tape cutting too early and catching Russell with a fag on, etc.) I have to give a mention to Gatoh Move in this thread. Matches on mats in a tiny Japanese pharmacy. Cool to see this. Read about it in @JNLister book recently and it just sounded mental. Good to see it is mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TildeGuy~! Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 I remember seeing Kenny Omega face someone in a lake for DDT. Kota Ibushi vs Aja Kong is up there too though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Accident Prone Posted October 10, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 10, 2018 19 hours ago, Carbomb said: Also, Lawler vs. Funk, empty arena match. Iconic. I now have to bring up the Minoru Suzuki vs Sanshiro Takagi empty arena match...from the Tokyo Dome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted October 10, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 10, 2018 Most recent DDT 'Street Wrestling' show I saw was an 8-man in a sports gym at a fitness centre. It started off on a mat (which was the 'ring'), then they brawled all over the room, including one guy being chucked off a balcony but landing on a trampoline and another doing a run-up onto one of those gymnastics launchers and doing about three somersaults into a splash. They then brawled upstairs to the weights and treadmill room and then upstairs to the five-a-side pitch on the roof where they had a penalty shootout before going back to the main hall where the finish involved one guy having to sell on the mat while another did a full on obstacle course circuit of the room (dribbling basketballs, slalom runs, etc) before a crossbody for the finish. Meanwhile Dansuke Dino was taking it in turns to bum the other opponents over a vaulting horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrasslin Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Rock and Mankind empty arena was all kinds of attitude era silliness. Mankind won the WWE title using a forklift for crying out loud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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