dawho5
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Piper hardly killed the gimmick. The gimmick killed Tony Atlas really. What the Hell was the point of dressing a guy with the promo chops Atlas had like this exactly? Was this where Vince started to protect himself with the "You didn't make you, I made you" kind of shit he does all the time now? -
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So I'd never seen it before and I could have told you that the "first" Scorpion was not the guy in the interviews or whatnot. The post-match Scorpion looked a little better, but really, Sting was shocked at this? Ole must have really had a bone to pick with the NWA's booking at this point.
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On rewatch, this time for the overall 1990, this comes in just a little short of my favorite MX vs. RnR and Dandy vs. Azteca. HOWEVER...it still completely and totally rules. Taue and Kawada start building the hate, which I have been waiting for since they both showed up in 90. Their tag team is my favorite of all time and I'd rather see them together. But damn when Kawada just starts wailing away on Taue it's almost as fun. The above mentioned sequence with Kawada ducking a lariat, leveling Jumbo and tagging in a FIRED UP Misawa was beautiful in ways you just don't see often in a pro wrestling ring. Jumbo's early work on Misawa's ribs was vicious and great. Fuchi lives up to the "MF" on his tights working over Kobashi's nose for sure. Kobashi really establishes himself here as somebody to watch. He's shown flashes of it, but he really and truly shines in this match. Taue continues to grow and really feels like he belongs in this match. One thing I do have to say here is that under 5 months ago, these guys were all midcarders (besides Jumbo) with no real great prospects for the future. And here they are putting on a match as well-executed as you'll see anywhere in the world. It's a real testament to how far the 4 Pillars have come in that time. Fuchi surely had this in him all along, he was never called on to do it until now. But to me this match shows some insane progress from Taue, Kobashi, Kawada and Misawa.
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I have a theory about Kikuchi. He doesn't have neck bones like the rest of us. He's got some kind of super-resilient rubbery substance that always snaps back into place regardless of impact or how it's bent. Anyway, great midcard AJPW spotfest tag. Fantastics and Can Ams always knocked these out of the park.
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Hard to say any more about this than has been already said. If the 6/8 match was Misawa's match, this was Jumbo's match in answer to that. Not that Misawa (or Jumbo the first time around) is not represented, but this match is about Jumbo staving off Misawa's challenge. And Misawa definitely delivers on a level that Jumbo is threatened, which is pretty amazing when you think that just over 3 months ago he was meandering around the midcard as Tiger Mask.
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Easily the match of the show. When you're competing against warrior/Rude and a way overbooked Harts/Demo that's not saying much, but this match was way better than expected. I think the rap on Hogan is at least somewhat undeserved. He could work enough to make matches like this work, even dragged something not awful out of Warrior at Mania.