Matt's Movie Musings

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We're into the Top 20 now and we have not one, but two Lucha Underground appearances. Only one more to go after this... 20) Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuiness        ROH Driven 2007 Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuiness were perfect opponents for each other. Both men favoured highly technical ringstyles with strong European influence and an emphasis on strikes with Danielson's slight skill advantage balanced out by McGuiness size advantage. Yet despite how hard they worked, they were never quite portrayed as equals. Danielson was the "once in a generation" genius with McGuiness trapped in his shadow, the Mozart to Nigel's Salieri, and each bout between the two built upon this relationship. But they were never closer to being considered equals than in this No 1 Contender's match. Danielson was rebuilding himself after losing the ROH World Title to Homicide and taking time away from the ring due to injury. McGuiness meanwhile had spent that time going from...