Loss
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Great match! Yes, the Choshu/Tenryu interplay is definitely the highlight, but I thought Misawa and Takano held their own too. They are really the perfect wrestlers for this type of crowd and show. Every Choshu/Tenryu interaction feels like the most important struggle in the world, and Misawa and Takano seem to get that and work the right stuff around it.
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I don't think there was anything terribly memorable about this, except the reaction that this crowd gave Jumbo, which was spectacular. The match is good and action-packed, but it also seems largely like they're filling time. That's not an insult, as they understood their audience and worked really good spots for a dome.
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The question about $20 tapes wasn't rhetorical, by the way. I'm genuinely curious how people afforded it.
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Zbyszko looks really good here, keeping his movements big and basic in front of this large crowd. I really love the matwork they pull off in the early stages of this and how Saito is able to get the crowd so solidly behind him while he has Larry tied up like a pretzel. Zbyszko heels it big time with a low blow on Saito right after he's pumped up the crowd in such a big way. The nearfalls in this are really good. Short match, but not a wasted moment.
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It's CYA time! Jim Ross announces that the Horsemen have attacked Sting in a parking lot and given him a knee injury. Details are sketchy, and they'll have an update the next night on TBS. Of course they knew Sting wouldn't be able to have the match at this point, but why not try to milk it an extra day for a rating, right?
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Terry announces that his time on Funk's Grill is ending. He needs someone who everyone hates and has no redeeming qualities to follow him, a "rancid peace of meat" like Jim Cornette, who shows up late and has no idea Funk has been talking about him. Funk hands him the mic and walks away, and as soon as Funk is out of sight, Cornette starts badmouthing him and promoting himself. Funny!
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Kerry Von Erich introduces a band that stands for "world peace and anti-drug" ... everything he says the Von Erichs believe in. That band is Russian hair metal band Gorky Park. They are apparently making the U.S. and the Soviet Union one power. Kerry talks about promoting peace, getting rid of drugs and being about family. So, so funny! Kerry Von Erich and Perestroika, how about that for a combo?
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Tapes used to cost $20 a pop. I have no idea how assholes back then were able to keep up without going bankrupt. Lowering of costs is as much an issue as availability of footage. Yes, Fujiwara stuff was out there. Lawler stuff was too. It's not about footage availability, it's about practicality.
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With the angle earlier in the show, the match took on a completely different tone. Ole replaced Sting and the crowd boos them pretty soundly. The "We Want Sting" chants start right away. Fun to see J-Tex get cheered. Weird to see Flair not sell a thing from the other side, not that he should have at this point. Muta gets the biggest pop of all, which shows how much wasted opportunity they had to turn him babyface out of all of this. I think they wanted to, but Gary Hart convinced him that American fans would never cheer a Japanese guy, so he always refused. Sting starts climbing the cage as Flair swats at him. Sting injures his knee doing this, and yeah, now WCW is totally FUCKED. In the middle of all of this chaos, Sawyer does a frog splash off the top of the cage, which misses. Post-match is a scary scene, as Flair takes off running toward Sting, and he clearly has no idea Sting is injured, so Pillman and Zenk try (and fail) to catch him. Hot brawl to close the show, but in some ways, WCW was never quite the same for me after this.
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Last few minutes of Steiners vs Doom. The match was masks vs titles. Reed is unmasked, which distracts him long enough to be pinned. As a result of the pre-match stipulations, now Simmons has to unmask as well. And now they are on their way to being a good team. Did anyone not figure out who they were before this? Anyone?
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Last few minutes of what was in some ways the prototype for the Sullivan/Benoit matches later in the decade. They brawl backstage into the ladies room. Norman hesitates to go in, then a woman comes running out of the room. We have no idea what's happening in there, but we hear a pinfall. Sullivan comes out and staggers to the floor and Norman comes out holding a toilet seat and toilet paper with the ref raising his hand in victory. Funny.
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Well, here it is. Ole gets right to the point, kicking Sting out of the Horsemen. He says when Arn and Ole were brought into WCW, it was to get rid of Sting. They didn't expect Sting to help Flair, so they held off. Okay, that timeline is all wrong, but whatever. Then, at Starrcade '89, Flair waved him and Arn off when they were about to finish off Sting after he beat Flair. So they're telling him they will let him walk away if he backs out of the Flair match at Wrestle War. Flair is looking nowhere in particular during all of this. Flair finally decks Sting while the other Horsemen hold him and slaps him around, then delivers an awesome rant. I TRIED TO TELL YOU. I BOUGHT YOU SOME TIME. NOW DO THE SMART THING. SMARTEN UP. GET OUT OF THIS BUSINESS. GET RID OF THIS CONTRACT. GET OUT OF MY LIFE. As well done as this segment is, it was a terrible move.
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A Dutch Mantell music video to a Willie Nelson song (which has a clip of Travis taking an incredible bump off of a clothesline) starts us off before we segue into a Chris Champion video to Motley Crue's "Wildside". THE HAIR! There are some weird effects mixed in with some good wrestling clips. Champion was solid. Then, we wrap up with a Jeff Jarrett music video to Expose's "Point of No Return". This looks at least a year old based on the clips included mostly being from 1987-1988.
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Kerry Von Erich has a red Oldsmobile cutoff t-shirt and a matching hat! It's Kerry Von Erich's birthday, and Percy wishes him well. He somehow gives off the impression that he has landed a sponsorship deal with Oldsmobile and calls Percy Pringle Marc Lowrance. Percy corrects him and he apologies, saying they look alike. WTF? He points out that the Texas title belongs "to me" and "to us". He says the Soultaker likes to watch his matches from dark corners not letting him know he's there, but he's no steppingstone. Someone HAS to transcribe this at some point. The Soultaker is out to interrupt and Kerry continues incoherently rambling. Soultaker clotheslines Kerry while he's taking off his shirt, lays Kerry out and walks away.