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Warrior is blown up before they even lock up. Perfect seems to realize this and slows things down at first to buy him some time. Warrior does a sunset flip, which surprises me. This isn't really a good match, but Perfect tries hard and takes some of his trademark exaggerated bumps that normally annoy me, but work here. The camel clutch spot was so long that I suspect it may still be going on. I don't think I remembered just how horrible Warrior was in the ring. It definitely puts his better matches in perspective.
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I'm conflicted on this. It's not a bad match, but it's also the kind of bland, inoffensive stuff you often see on house shows in Bret Hart matches that isn't going to be very remembered. This is why there are so many wrestlers I put above him -- he's a great wrestler, but he doesn't have very many great matches that aren't on pay-per-view. I thought this started off hot, and when Martel grabbed the abdominal stretch, the momentum stalled. They had lots of crowd-pleasing spots, and a lot of what they did was good, but they never did anything to take this to another level. That said, they kept the crowd involved, and the crowd was really into every nearfall attempt, so I will admit that this was really effective.
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He slipped when climbing the cage and injured his knee. It was a torn left patella, I think. Yes, Sting was going to win the title from Flair at Wrestle War. Flair promised him the belt would be waiting on him when he got back, no matter what anyone tried, and that of course led to tons of political problems for Flair.
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Elimination match. Wayne Bloom and The Trooper get eliminated quickly, which is fine by me, as they are probably the two worst guys in the match. Tully is still way too good to not be working in a major promotion. He's so far above the other guys in the ring that even in not trying to outshine them, he does, more in terms of being smart than anything. Watch him sell the clawhold for Baron Von Raschke, who is at ringside. The execution just looks off for most of these guys, and it makes no sense to have the babyfaces with the interfering manager. In spite of that, this is a solid match, especially when Tully and Enos start working over Peterson's knee.
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Onita wears solid red face paint and sprays mist. He tries to really work the martial arts expert gimmick as much as he can, which makes for a horrible match where he works a terrible looking nerve hold. I wouldn't call Atlas good in the ring, but I've seen way worse. With his look and interview ability, he could have worked in the Big Two at this point. But yes, this match is really really really bad, but that's part of its charm.
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Tony Atlas hypes his upcoming match with "martial arts expert" Atsushi Onita. No one told him about this. He will take the challenge, but he feels like he should have been part of the decision-making process to bring him in. I don't think that's too unreasonable. He thinks there is some type of conspiracy going on. "IIII DOOOONNNNN'TTTTTT LIIIIIKE IIIIIIITTTTT"
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Hogan is so paranoid in these promos. He talks some jibberish about Hogan and Warrior being one with the sun, the moon and the earth. Warrior talks to his hands about the sacrifice, and about protecting Hogan from his own fears. I can't believe they hyped a Wrestlemania with this garbage. This is the kind of thing that embarrasses wrestling fans when non-fans are in the room.
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Last few minutes. Referee Tony Falk gets bumped, which creates an opening for Akbar to trip Adams, and for Austin to pull out brass knucks again. But the referee comes to just in time to see Adams with them, and Adams takes the DQ loss so he can punch Austin. Similar finish to the week before, but it's building to a match the following Friday with no referee.
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Good match. Brawling at the beginning and end, with more wrestling in the middle. Villano III using the top rope armdrag as a finisher was interesting. Villano is actually the star of this match. I love his mini-boxing match with Pirata, and the DDT. Things between Estrada and Satanico are particularly heated, which makes me want to see next week's hair match. Not quite the great match I was hoping for, but lots worth checking out nonetheless.
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The more I see of Bret, the less I like him. He was a great wrestler, but has so many dull, unexciting matches.
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Piper has half his face painted black. He says Sapphire confirmed that everyone in Harlem thinks Bad News Brown is a jerk. He says he can be black, and starts singing "Beat It", or he can be white, and starts singing opera. Oh, Roddy. I'm reminded of the Simpsons comedian on how black people drive versus how white people drive. He points out that Brown is stupid to call him a spineless cockroach, because cockroaches don't have spines. I ... think that's true, but I am half-tempted to check Wikipedia. This is a fun interview.
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Heaven needed a champion and took David and Mike. But Texas needs a champion and has got Kerry. He points out that Texas is the Texas Heavyweight Champion, and who can argue with that. I am the Loss Heavyweight Champion. He asks Billy Travis to come out and promises that he won't touch him if he does. He just wants to issue a challenge. Travis and Garvin finally come out, which allows Kerry to point out that Travis brought his girlfriend with him. Travis says he was leery of coming out, because Kerry's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top. Kerry basically responds by threatening to murder him. Kerry wants his belt back, and Travis says he's the champ, not Kerry. Kerry responds by punching him, even though he promised not to do so.
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Really good match in front of another hot crowd. Pillman plays FIP and does a great job. Bobby Eaton has so much varied offense. Zenk has Eaton in the sleeper when Cornette pops him with the racket for the DQ. Post-match, Eaton does the guillotine legdrop while Cornette holds the racket over Pillman's throat. Jobbers come out and get beaten up in a chaotic scene, and the MX steal the US tag titles. Super hot start to this feud, that sadly didn't play out like it was originally planned.
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Short, nothing match. Bravo's offense looks horrible. Hogan makes quick work of him, despite interference from Bravo and Earthquake. Earthquake attacks Hogan after the match and predictably, Warrior makes the save. Hogan takes exception to this and the two of them have a staredown. Warrior teases clotheslining Hogan, but doesn't do it. Weird to see Hogan take Earthquake's finisher when taking three of them was enough to sideline him all summer in a couple of months. Here, he's up fairly quick.
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