WingedEagle
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This needs to be revived. I have to go Inoki vs. Vader 1/4/96 as I haven't seen the 80s NJ set so I'm probably missing most of his best work. -
Konnan talked about this period on a recent MLW podcast. Nash basically took the opportunity to see just how much he could get away with and found the answer was quite a lot.
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Great recap of the angle with Liz taking a punch to start and then as a blowoff this is hot and intense for the entire run. Savage is out of control and looking like a certifiable lunatic. Highlight was Jake selling an axehandle to the floor as though it crushed his throat, which set up the elbow for the pin. **3/4
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After the great backstage promo recapped above, Sid is out and telegraphing his turn basically from the start. It is awesome despite, or perhaps, because of that. Taker bumps well for Hogan who doesn't fail to generate excellent heat throughout. Sid walks out after passing on a tag and for some reason Hogan still needs to pick up a DQ win rather than take the fall facing two against one odds. There's half of your mania main event. **1/2
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I believe the singles match in '86 was on the DVDVR set. Really fun match.
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I've said it before but Embry is one of the biggest trashbag heels I've seen. They replay clips of the strapping at MSC that we saw earlier, along with DWG getting stripped and whipped before the faces do some of their own whipping back at the Mid South. Interesting to contrast DWB as a heel in SMW vs. as a face here. Never would've imagined he'd be so much more effective as a babyface.
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Sometimes its helpful to read what others thought about a match as it can give you some perspective and things to look for. On other occasions it can set unrealistic expectations and can create an almost unnatural viewing of the match. I didn't remember a ton about Honaga after burning through a ton of NJ '90s junior HW stuff a while ago, so after reading some of the comments by Loss and others I was really looking forward to this and almost planning on being blown away. Unfortunately, that just didn't happen. I certainly enjoyed this, from Liger's palm thrusts sending Honaga to the floor to them working heavyweight style with Honaga grinding Liger's ribs before setting up some typical high spots. It felt a little slow and less explosive than the classic jr. HW matches I recalled and nowhere near as epic as some others. We'll see if I'm selling the whole division short as things progress (I'm a couple weeks away from my all time favorite Liger match) or if this was simply no better than a pretty good match. ***1/2
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Steamboat never failed to deliver with Austin, and this was no exception. They give you what you want for a 10 minute draw,which is a hot opening trading near falls before building to neither man being able to close the deal. That was all well and good, but Ross's plugs for free Blimpie at upcoming tv tapings is about as close to bush league as it gets. ***
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Really enjoyed this, from the early Fujinami/Hase exchanges onwards with only Chono ever looking a bit of his league. The other 3 delivered their signature spots with Hase throwing out a bunch of suplexes, uranage, scorpion and giant swing and Kosh with his butt bumps. Nice to see Fujinami still hanging with these guys after what he'd been through in previous years. ***3/4
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Sound technical work early. While I can appreciate what they were doing on the mat, most of it just wasn't clicking for me. While early on I was caught off guard by how quickly the first couple falls in some lucha matches would conclude, its no longer feeling quite as strange as it did initially (up to about mid-April on the yearbook). Canek did a good job selling Caras' work on his knee from the second fall into the third before finishing with a rana where the execution looked a bit off. **3/4
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And I miss 1 on 1 mania main events. I feel like the air was just let out of the show.
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Regardless of how over his entrance music and finisher may be, I have faith that they will simply not commit to someone with 2 wellness policy violations. They can anchor a 2 hour tv around him but its not worth putting part of a buy rate on his shoulders. I've also got no problem with that. Swagger & Dutch are a unique gimmick and no matter how natural a fit that gimmick may be with an ADR world champion, I don't believe that's something that will draw a buy rate. Regardless, I suckered 3 friends into buying mania tickets so I will be there!
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Chi-Town Wrestle War Clash Clash is 20+ of intensity and go go go awesomeness. Wrestle War is epic and has the post match angle. Clash VI simply doesn't, and basically loses by default through no fault of its own other than when it occurred on the calendar.
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Ugh. I'm out.
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THAT'S. WHAT I DOOOOOOOOOO.
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Let's hope you're wrong. No money in setting up Henry as a monster who's overcome in this setting. I'm a believer in logic prevailing at Mania time so let's hope it pans out.
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Harris Brothers were generally terrible. But they were at least booked as legit threats as Raven's henchmen vs. Dreamer & co. in ECW.
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I always bet on simple when it comes to Mania, which means Rock retaining, Henry winning the Chamber since he has by far the most heat of any potential challenger, and ADR retaining to preserve a babyface vs. heel title match. I don't see the Shield winning unless its to set up a rematch at Mania involving Sheamus and Ryback. I don't see Orton winning as they seem really hesitant to avoid doing too much with someone with two wellness policy violations, and understandably so. He's fine in his role but too much to lose putting him in any more of a featured position.
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Welcome back, King Race. I was afraid he was put out to pasture.
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Nothing he's written is remotely compelling, interesting, or arguably even inoffensive to a wrestling fan. He's a hipster from Brooklyn crossed with a blogger and packaged as Grantland's attempt to be cool about wrestling. Fail.