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September: #1 - Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 09/04/91) ****1/2 #2 - Los Ninja Turtles & Robin Hood vs Shu El Guerrero, Jose Luis Feliciano, El Texano, Black Terry & Ricky Boy (Hamada's UWF 09/12/91) **** #3 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue (AJPW 09/04/91) **** #4 - Bull Nakano vs Kyoko Inoue (AJW 09/07/91) ***3/4 #5 - Brian Pillman vs Badstreet (WCW Clash of the Champions XVI 09/05/91) ***1/2 #6 - Barry Windham vs Mr. Hughes (WCW Saturday Night 09/21/91) ***1/2 #7 - Mr. Pogo & TNT vs Iceman & Akitoshi Saito (W*ING 09/12/91) ***1/2 #8 - Dave Finlay vs Dave Taylor (CWA 09/15/91) ***1/2 #9 - Manami Toyota vs Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 09/07/91) ***1/4 #10 - Atsushi Onita vs Tarzan Goto (FMW 09/23/91) ***1/4 #11 - Heavy Metal, Rey Bucanero & Ray Richard vs Yoshinari Asai, La Pantera & Kendo (Hamada's UWF 09/05/91) *** #12 - Hiroshi Hase vs Tatsumi Fujinami (NJPW 09/10/91) #13 - Terry Funk vs Kevin Sullivan (TWA 09/21/91) #14 - Headhunter A & Tom Pritchard vs Headhunter B & Danny Davis (W*ING 09/07/91) #15 - Kazuo Yamazaki vs Yoji Anjo (UWFI 09/26/91) #16 - Ricky Morton vs Brian Pillman (WCW Saturday Night 09/28/91) #17 - Konnan vs Perro Aguayo vs Cien Caras (CMLL 09/06/91) #18 - The Enforcers vs The Hardliners (WCW Main Event 09/08/91) #19 - Nobuhiko Takada vs Bob Backlund (UWFI 09/26/91) #20 - Ricky Steamboat vs Ted DiBiase (WWF King of the Ring 09/07/91) -
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Ricky Morton is such a pro. He's *the* babyface, and he has just really seamlessly transitioned into this heel run, changing up his offense and entire demeanor. He ends up targeting Pillman's arm here like a piranha. Really dumb finish, as Tommy Rich pulls a switcheroo with Morton and ends up eating the pinfall. I like the post-match triple teaming, and it's interesting that Morton is being pushed as the principal of the group at this point.
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One of my favorite angles ever. Flair approaches Piper at the broadcast booth and starts pushing him around after Piper has just vowed not to go after Flair in his capacity as an announcer. They end up in a shouting match and Flair decks Piper with the belt. Weird to see him doing this attack in the robe. WWF! Piper picks up a chair and swings it without looking and ends up knocking out Vince McMahon! Flair jumps back in and hits Piper with the chair. Fantastic.
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Everything Jake does here is awesome -- taunting the snake, the way he carries himself ... he's still the same Jake, but everything from his walk to his sneer is perfect. That doesn't even get to his words, which are fantastic. Undertaker and Paul Bearer are creepy, but they look like cartoon characters compared to Jake, who really is a dark motherfucker.
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The staredown before the match begins is incredible. Onita at this point may have had the best facial expressions and body language in wrestling. Onita hits the cage and starts bleeding off of the first lock-up and the fans, many of whom are probably seeing something like this for the first time, are in awe. In some ways, Goto's leg work in the middle of the ring is both good offense and good defense. It benefits them both to keep the match stationary. Onita has one arm taped up. His "good arm" is completely mangled and covered in blood. So he starts building his offense around headbutts. Lots of good slow drama to get to the finish also. I always like this matchup.
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Nope, this is not what happened. Just checked it, the referee never gets into the ring and makes the bell ring (a number of times, not the requisite three times to start a match) from the outside as a way to stop the action. He's also clearly signaling with his hands gesture that this is not a match. Luger didn't screw Goldberg. Liz screwed Goldberg. I stand corrected. I always thought it was: (1) Hulk Hogan pinned Kevin Nash to win the WCW World title with the dreaded fingerpoke. (2) Goldberg defeated Hulk Hogan by DQ in a WCW World title match that lasted a few seconds immediately thereafter. Hogan was disqualified when Luger came to Hogan's aid as Goldberg was about to jackhammer him.
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We should do a thread where we psychoanalyze the characters of various wrestlers throughout their careers. Should be fun.
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Nah, it wasn't gonna be an actual match. Who do you think Hogan is ? Yokozuna ? Goldberg went after Hogan, the bell rang and the ring cleared. They had a 10-second World title match that ended when Luger turned on Goldberg.
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All Lex ever wanted was for everyone to love him and see him as the very best, but Ric Flair would never fucking leave so that could happen. Sting suffered psychologically from it too. Luger was schizophrenic and Sting was a dumbass who refused to see anything but good in people.
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Luger never cost Goldie the title. He did, actually. At least in my interpretation. The match in Atlanta was scheduled to be Goldberg vs Nash. Hogan vs Nash happened with the fingerpoke. Goldberg hit the ring, but Hogan was now champion. Goldberg cleared the ring of the NWO and then started fighting Hogan. I assumed that was his title match starting right then. Luger ended it in seconds when he rushed the ring and attacked Goldberg as he was about to jackhammer Hogan.
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If Luger felt Hogan was so untrustworthy, why did he join him in the NWO earlier in the year? And why would Goldberg be fine with Luger costing him the title and putting him in the torture rack in front of 40,000 people just a few months earlier? Not really a shining example of WCW continuity.
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Hmmm ... would Jim Ross call the matches like Jim Ross calls matches, would he pretend he's doing a real time call, or would this be more of a voiceover to provide background information? Curious about the point of view on these things. I don't typically watch WWE DVDs.
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The guaranteed contract was $2600 a year. It was just to keep them from jumping and dictate terms, but they were still paid based on the houses they drew and their position on the card, just like they are now. The only difference is that now, the guarantee is higher. But big shows are still a big payday.