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The Fabs are back. Clips of their match with Stacy trying to interfere. She tries to hand Steve Keirn a chain but he doesn't see her. Lawler accidentally bumps into Keirn and then the Fabs win the match. We don't see enough of it to make any real value judgment. Back in the studio, Dundee blames Lawler for being too focused on Stacy and costing them the match. Lawler laughs at the idea that the match was the biggest match either of them have ever had. Lawler wants the Fabs to come out but they stay in the back. The Fabs laugh in the dressing room and point out that they were held down in Memphis because they were outdrawing Lawler and Dundee. Stan Lane in 1999 is a terrific douchebag. "Ever notice how much lower the payoffs were when Lawler was in control?" This feud is like a contentious message board thread come to life. -
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It's probably not wise to work every match every night like it's a pay-per-view main event, but I see it as an endearing flaw when the attempt is made all the same. If someone is able to do it and still keep longevity and stay fresh, more power to them because they have done something quite difficult. I'd rather watch someone shoot for the moon and occasionally fail than watch someone successfully cross a much lower hurdle pretty much every time out, but I also acknowledge that's a matter of personal tastes. There is something to be said for guys who may not have tons of great matches, but rarely have bad ones. But the guys who shoot for great matches every time out and succeed far more than they fail have done something really special.
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March: #1 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (AJPW 03/06/99) ****3/4 #2 - El Hijo del Santo & Negro Casas vs Scorpio Jr. & Bestia Salvaje (CMLL 03/19/99) ****1/2 #3 - Jushin Liger & Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Shinjiro Otani & Koji Kanemoto (NJPW 03/06/99) ****1/2 #4 - Yuki Ishikawa & Carl Greco vs Alexander Otsuka & Mohammed Yone (BattlARTS 03/12/99) ****1/2 #5 - Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki vs Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (FMW 03/19/99) ****1/2 #6 - Rey Misterio Jr. vs Billy Kidman (WCW Monday Nitro 03/15/99) **** #7 - Rey Misterio Jr. & Billy Kidman vs Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko (WCW Monday Nitro 03/29/99) **** #8 - Kiyoshi Tamura vs Hiromitsu Kanehara (RINGS 03/22/99) ***3/4 #9 - Steve Austin vs The Rock (WWF Wrestlemania XV 03/28/99) ***3/4 #10 - Atsushi Onita & Masato Tanaka vs Yukihiro Kanemura & Shoji Nakamaki (Onita Pro 03/07/99) ***3/4 #11 - Hulk Hogan vs Diamond Dallas Page (WCW Monday Nitro 03/29/99) ***3/4 #12 - Taka Michinoku, Great Sasuke & Gran Naniwa vs Shiima Nobunaga, Judo Suwa & Sumo Fuji (Michinoku Pro 03/13/99) ***1/2 #13 - Rob Van Dam vs Jerry Lynn (ECW Living Dangerously 03/21/99) #14 - Ric Flair & Goldberg vs Hulk Hogan & Kevin Nash (WCW Monday Nitro 03/15/99) #15 - Goldberg vs Ric Flair (WCW Monday Nitro 03/08/99) #16 - Raven vs Kaz Hayashi (WCW Worldwide 03/20/99) #17 - Steve Austin & Mankind vs The Rock & Big Show (WWF Monday Night RAW 03/15/99) #18 - Ric Flair vs Rey Misterio Jr. (WCW Monday Nitro 03/22/99) #19 - Road Dogg vs Val Venis (WWF Monday Night RAW 03/15/99) #20 - Ric Flair vs Hulk Hogan (WCW Uncensored 03/14/99)
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Last few minutes. Road Dogg makes easy work of both Goldust and Blue Meanie. Goldust wins the IC title after Meanie smacks Road Dogg with the belt.
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It’s a Toronto crowd that possibly hasn’t seen Hogan since Wrestlemania VI so they love him. They work this like a pay-per-view main event and have a surprisingly good match, brawling all over the Nitro set and knocking stuff over everywhere, probably because they’re getting a new set the next week anyway. Flair is in DDP’s corner (which DDP didn’t want or ask for) and tries to run interference for him and Page ends up hitting him over it. Then things get back into the ring and Hogan locks on a cross armbreaker! He also starts doing some other nice looking wrestling. There are a couple of moments where they get their signals crossed, but they are minimal. Hogan wisely hulks up before Page gets a chance to do the Diamond Cutter, instead doing it when he’s setting the move up. Flair runs in with a chair and referee Charles Robinson goes out of his way pretending not to see it. The Hogan/Flair stuff is incredibly heated. Even after running Flair out, Charles Robinson refuses to count so Hogan punches him then the original referee revives and counts the pinfall. This had no business being this good. Major shocker!
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Awesome match in front of a Toronto crowd with a “double heat” on Rey and Kidman and some really good false finish teases. Benoit and Rey are excellent against each other. Raven and Saturn attack Benoit and Malenko when the referee is distracted to give Rey and Kidman the tag titles! I could say way more about this as it was a sensational Southern tag mixed in with all of Rey’s great high-flying and the Benoit/Malenko suplexes and submissions.
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I guess this was the last classic WCW angle. Bret gets a hero's welcome in the best thing he's been involved in since 1997, showing how much he still had to give. The premise is that Bret said he could beat Goldberg in five minutes. He recites "Oh Canada" and the crowd absolutely loves him. He mentions Goldberg putting money to face Steve Austin, but Bret beat Steve Austin every time he fought him. He then takes off the Calgary Hitmen jersey to show a Maple Leafs jersey and the crowd absolutely erupts. Goldberg comes out and this should have been the one time WCW didn't play the taped chants since it was obvious fans weren't doing it. He spears Bret and then gets knocked unconscious. Bret is out for a second too. Bret revives first, covers Goldberg and counts to three! Then he takes off the jersey to reveal that he was wearing a steel plate, gets on the mic and says "I quit!" So awesome, but they had no idea how to follow up on this.
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Flair gets the crowd against him right away with a local sports reference. He hates being in Canada. It's only the country in the world where he can bring a $100 bill and spend a week with Gene at the Marriott. Flair has a surprise but gets an "asshole" chant - he brings out Diamond Dallas Page at DDP's request, who has some things to discuss with Flair. Flair says he has the book and can do with DDP what he wants. They talk around their problems in the past, where Flair apparently wasn't a fan of him when he was booking. DDP wants a match with Scott Steiner and is getting heel heat, so he calls all the Canadian fans jackoffs. They are really setting the tone for Hogan to get a big pop when he comes out. Flair puts DDP in a match with Hogan instead of Steiner. Hogan comes out to a huge ovation and has words for both guys. Flair tells DDP he's going to be his manager, which DDP doesn't want at all. Meanwhile, Sting shows up in the rafters. Flair is hilarious. "Sting, get down here, damnit! I'm the President! Don't be flyin' around without tellin' me!"
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Hogan checks in with Torrie Wilson to see how things are going. I hate this crap. Flair has turned heel and Hogan is going face, so what's the point in continuing all of this? Plus, David Flair I would presume has a television. Are we to assume he'd never see these segments? He reminisces on the Fingerpoke of Doom with Torrie. Pointless.
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Jim Ross returns to the booth to call the main event, as they have dropped the heel angle, which was failing miserably. Not sure what happened between here and the main event, but Vince comes out as special referee. I guess Foley was deemed in no condition to ref the match? Shawn comes out right away to put a stop to that. He cites the WWF rulebook once again, and apparently it states only one man can appoint a referee at Wrestlemania - the Commissioner. So Shawn throws him out of the ring and The Corporation is barred from ringside. This is all time filler crap that goes way too long and feels out of place on a pay-per-view. The Rock is finally dressing in wrestling gear again. I thought too much of this match happened outside the ring. It was a good match, but I don't get not staying in the ring really at all. I think all the overbooking actually worked in this case. Even though Rock and Austin could have a great match without it, they'd do that next month. This was more Wrestlemania-like and fit the moment, so I have no problem with it in this case. Not at all in the upper echelon of WM main events, but absolutely not a disappointment either.
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Last few minutes of a terrible HIAC. Undertaker wins at Wrestlemania. The Brood fly in from the ceiling, break into the Cell, then hand Undertaker a noose before flying away. Undertaker ties it around Boss Man's neck and Paul Bearer raises the cell. This is uncomfortable viewing and I really hate the Undertaker crap happening at this point.
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Last few minutes. Test messes up something in his run in. HHH and Chyna come out, with HHH pedigreeing X-Pac to start the heel run that would make him a star. Eventually. The NAO try to make a save, but he and Test beat them down. Crowd chants for HBK. He was there and that would have been a cool moment. Kane finally comes out for revenge and the heels bail.
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Last few minutes. Mankind wins the match by DQ when Big Show won't stop using a chair, making him special referee for Austin vs Rock. Vince comes out pretty angry about this one and gets in his face. Show is about to chokeslam him but stops himself. Vince continues berating him and Show KOs him with a punch. This debut has not been handled well at all.
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I recognize Brickhouse Brown and Jamie Dundee. There's also a farmer tag team doing a really, really (really) cheap Dudleys knockoff I think. There's small-time, then there's low-rent, then there's Kick Ass Wrestling.
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Sid is in Kick Ass Wrestling!
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