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Ric Flair makes his debut, and this seems off right away, even though Bobby Heenan does a great job introducing him. But the scripted booing, Flair wearing his robe for no reason, and Sean Mooney's presence makes Flair seem out of his best environment. Flair's hair is returning to its old form though. Flair calls out both Piper and Hogan and does a good promo. Flair says he's been calling Hogan out for 10 years and Hogan has never answered him, but he's about to bust his bubble. For anyone who wasn't really a fan in the 80s, it's impossible to understate how big of a dream match Ric Flair vs Hulk Hogan was for years. But if you didn't realize that, don't feel too bad, because the WWF was so in their bubble that I'm not sure they did either.
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Such a weird match on paper, made even more weird when you see the setup. They appear to be on some makeshift Japanese TV show set, and the wrestlers are applauded during introductions like they are game show contestants. Not much to this as a match, as the Headhunters work almost exclusively with each other, and Pritchard and Davis work almost exclusively with each other. Pritchard wins by holding the tights, and gets applause for it!
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Interesting match up. Even with Murdoch and Slater being past their prime, this is fun, even though I was hoping but not expecting much more. I always enjoy heel vs heel tag matches. Arn is the sort of FIP in this I guess. This has no heat, but that's WCW TV. Murdoch ends up hitting the Enforcers with brass knucks that Arn brought into the ring for the DQ. Not sure why they needed to be protected at this point since they were on the way out, as this felt like it should have been an Enforcers win.
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Nothing to this match at all, as it was only included because it's Steamboat's only real notable singles match from this run, and because it's a novel match that never really happened on a big stage. But there are "BORING" chants throughout. Steamboat was still great, but I think WCW was a much better setting for him at this point, and to his credit, when he jumped, he gave them a nice shot in the arm.
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Sting is doing an interview when he is interrupted with yet another gift box. He's ready to fight, but no wrestler is in there. Instead, it's some blond woman who kisses him and hands him a note. It was all a mind game from Cactus Jack. Sting's response to all of this almost makes him seem cool.
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Paul E. takes us back to Luger vs Simmons at The Omni at the end of August. Mr. Hughes interferes with a chair and Luger piledrives Simmons on the chair to win the match. Windham is out after the match to tell the referee what happened, but ends up jumped by Luger's entourage for his troubles. Windham also juices to get the angle over. We also get a clip from the Clash where Missy Hyatt is interviewing Luger in the locker room. Luger quickly throws Simmons out, and Simmons uses a football stance to break the door open again and they have to be pulled apart. This build is perfectly acceptable. In fact, it's the most focused main event program WCW has run all year.
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Lawler has regained the Unified title from the Dragon Master. He returns his attention to Embry and is ready to settle this once and for all. The problem is that Embry won't sign the match. Embry is bringing in PY Chu-Hi to get rid of Lawler. We see Pritchard/Texas vs Valiant/Sweet Georgia Brown from MSC. Pritchard eats the fall, and there are problems in Team Texas. I kept expecting Pritchard to get attacked, but he just walked away. Embry is out for an interview and doesn't want to talk about it. He talks about Marlin putting him in another match with Dirty White Boy, who he has beaten 872,000 times.
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I thought this was really good also. I really like Bull as top dog taking on a capable up-and-comer, especially one that she herself has had under her wing. The cartwheel surprised me too! Kyoko does come out of this looking better, even in losing. One of those top wrestler vs young wrestler with surprise performance matches that I love so much.
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This had moments I wasn't crazy about, but overall, I thought it was an excellent performance from Toyota, and a good one from Yamada. Yamada does some great work on Toyota's leg for the first half of this, which Toyota actually sells really well, and which I think is the highlight of the match. I really enjoyed watching them both race the clock for a fall toward the end of this too. The annoying tendencies Toyota would eventually develop are hinted at here, but don't really go overboard yet. I've grown to like her in 1992-1996 too, but I enjoy her in a different way in 1990-1991.
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Three way with elimination rules. Konnan's long stringy hair, clumsy bumping and lame offense is hilarious to me. I didn't get too into this match, but I felt the need to include it, as it is the three biggest lucha libre stars of the era. Plus, Cien Caras is always good, even when the match isn't, and I loved him here. I just wish he'd been there all the way to the end.
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Holy overkill. They are presenting this as Luger stalling the contract signing, but lucky enough, they had some standby footage because they thought this might happen. We get footage of Simmons giving a speech to a bunch of children at the Atlanta Boys Club, then we get footage of Simmons recently taking bus loads of kids to a WCW show at The Omni. Finally, we get to the contract signing. Luger insincerely puts Simmons over, before saying that because he's such a great man, after this is all over and Luger is still the champion, he's happy to hire Simmons as his chauffeur. Race and Hughes grab Luger and bails when Simmons lunges across the table at him. This was well done, but the insult wasn't really worth all of that rage.
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Now we get an interview with Simmons. They really tried to use this Clash to get him over, as this is a post-match interview after beating the Diamond Studd. I'd suggest a bigger name, but who exactly was strong enough for Simmons to beat in a way that it would mean something ... other than Luger. Harley Race and Mr. Hughes are out, and Simmons says he's tired of looking them. He says if Luger won't come out, he's going to go find him, and that's the end of the segment.
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They show footage from the year before when Ron Simmons had his jersey retired at Florida State. It's cool that they held on to this footage until the right time, and hyping him as a challenger in a PPV World title match is definitely the right time. We get some words from Bobby Bowden, who wishes him the best, and he says he has all the Seminoles behind him. It didn't work, but WCW definitely did what they could to make Simmons a star. I think it would have worked if the promotion itself wasn't so cold. This is good stuff.
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Paul E. interviews Cactus Jack about his attack on Sting earlier tonight. Cactus has improved by leaps and bounds as a promo since 1990. A gift box is shipped out and Cactus assumes it's Abdullah. He goes to give him a big Cactus Jack hug, but Sting jumps out of the box and beats him up. Cactus takes a back body drop on the ramp way immediately, then a hiptoss to the floor. Good Lord. How about that, another angle that I liked from this sorry excuse for a wrestling promotion! Sting vs Cactus immediately feels like a hot issue.
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Bill Kazamier! He's going to set a new world record here on the Clash. I think this is the first time we also see Eric Bischoff in WCW. As soon as he does this, Arn and Zbyszko run in and hit him in the ribs with a steel plate. Inoffensive as an angle, which is more than I can say for almost every WCW angle so far this year.
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JIP. Great heat for this match. Badd looks green, but does work hard, and they keep the crowd. Sting does a great job getting Badd over, always getting in a defensive position when Badd puts up his fists. A second gift box shows up at ringside, and I realize that we somehow missed the . Oh no! Cactus jumps out of the box and attacks Sting, looking great doing it. He drops an elbow in a spot from the second turnbuckle to the floor that was replayed on WCW TV for months and is an image I always remember. Hot angle.
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The Yellow Dog angle is over, thank God. But now, Pillman has been hidden in plain sight in the light heavyweight division when he had way more potential than that. Schiavone says ALL the wrong things on commentary, about how it really gives guys who wouldn't have a chance taking on heavies a chance. Ross isn't that bad, but he also spends WAY too much time talking about weight limits. If this company had a clue, this would be a pretty effective launching of the division in spite of all that, as they go all out to have a balls out spotfest, and it's a really good one. It's kind of a precursor to the types of matches we got on Nitro every week in the heyday. It's not a **** match, but it is something I could see hitting my Top 100 for the year. And in some ways, I get why it was loved so much, because it was a really fun match that was more energetic than anything WCW had produced in months.
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A very fluid, athletic match, the type of showcase lucha that I really enjoy, even if it's not my favorite thing about lucha libre. There's a nice blend of comedy and highspots here. It's worth pointing out that every lucharesu fed in Japan was less lucha-influenced than the one that came before it. Kendo is still over, but not quite like he was in 1990. I'm not familiar with Rey Richard or La Pantera, and there's not a ton on either of them on Luchawiki. Anyone help me fill in the gaps there?
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What a fantastic match! This wasn't even available until the Kobashi box set, I believe. Kobashi takes a ridiculous beating from Hansen in order to get the match over. Hansen lariats Kobashi right at the bell and tries to cover him, but the referee won't count since the match hasn't been started. From there, Kobashi works underneath for most of the match until he makes a huge comeback around sleepers and has Hansen reeling. Kobashi's selling is top notch, as is Hansen's, as he really puts over that he lucked out a victory here. Other than the '93 match, this is the best I've seen of theirs, and it's one of the better matches of 1991 too.