WingedEagle
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Austin looked a lot more confident here after War Games than he did earlier in the year. Neat spot with Austin doing a somersault into a missed shoulder tackle in the corner. I might expect Santo to pull off something like that but not Austin. Austin uses Paul E's distraction to nail Windham with the belt and win the TV title. ***1/4
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Ron Wright pays off Rip Rogers to let DWB take his title shot. Lee doesn't sell well, move well or have much an offense. World Champion! DWB soon busts open Lee and after the DQ Hector Guerrero & Orndorff are out for a solid brawl. Wright does a great job antagonizing Guerrero from the chair. **1/2 for the post-match and antics.
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Gilbert starts calm but loses his cool pretty quickly and says he'll retire if he doesn't beat Lawler and win the Unified title. Good stuff from hot stuff.
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Perro looks like someone's fun uncle. Octagon and Parka looked like stars here, and Santo's work was stellar as well. Parka's armdrag to the floor looked awful, but he sold it so well I almost thought he somehow managed to avoid having it hurt that badly. Really fun to see the company launched here with a hot crowd and stars with big charisma. I had a little trouble tracking the finishes to some falls but still a solid show. Perro bleeds to make sure we all go home happy and there are a couple spots with mask ripping that I don't think ever built to a climactic match. ***1/4
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Jim Ross promoting an Omni show as a a major event is how you spell minor leagues. I enjoyed this and can see why some others thought very highly of it, it didn't register as anything that special for me. Arn's bumping and stooging were typically great and the extended focus on body parts was also well done. This just felt like going long for the sake of doing so without any focus or conflict pushing things. It never had the sense of desperation I'd expect in such a long war. The finish was also garbage. **3/4
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Bobby Fulton delivers a voiceover promo with clips of Bodies attacking the Fultons. Even if the action wasn't anything special, Pritchard is such a great heel. Cornette gives a promo about people on welfare and food stamps. Not bad for Cornette but nothing that has me dying for the payoff.
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Lawler delivers an awesome promo how Gilbert always measured himself against Lawler, bringing up a Missy Hyatt story to make the point. Easy to see this tv show selling you on a MSC main event.
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Gilbert is out with PWI rankings to show he's better than Lawler. I don't know how this would play locally, but it would seem like a big deal if someone fighting for my local title, in my local promotion, was ranked #6 in the world. But if you view your local promotion as the world, well then maybe you look at things differently.
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Just an awesome match, easily one of the best of the year and so far my #2 AJ behind the May 6-man. Jdw above used a lot of words -- but a lot less than I'd need -- to explain why I never found too much fault with AJ booking. You had clean finishes for years on end and without rigidly adhering to a certain hierarchy those classic matches & moments are not classic. Onto the match. Love Taue heeling it on Kobashi early and then Misawa turning the tables and doing his best Taue to the original's leg. This role reversal may not always work, but it sure does here. Just like Hansen would typically put Kawada over strong, Jumbo does a fantastic job selling for Kobashi while showing the kid isn't quite up to the task of putting away the ace. I figured Misawa bumping his head on the rail was a sign Kobashi was about to eat the pin, so they even had me surprised when he got back in time to break up the fall on a nodowa/backdrop combo. Kobashi didn't just lay down and die at that point, he kicked out of a power bomb and hit a German of his own before Taue goes over strong with three nodowas. Not only great on its own, but as a precursor to the big tags in 12/93, 5/94 and 6/95. ****1/2
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This doesn't rise to their classics, but is still a fine match. Frenzied striking early followed by Hansen attacking Kawada's knee, which he sells throughout. The middle seemed to drag a bit for an AJ main event. The crowd got back into things after Kawada's offensive explosion. Pretty cool to see Hansen mix in a dropkick. After ducking one lariat, Kawada eats a power bomb and a short lariat. ***1/2