dawho5
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I think Lawler's short jokes about Dundee come from their long and heated rivalry that always existed even when they tagged. He just likes fucking with Billy about that and trying to get a rise out of him. If Lawler was less giving in their matches it would be a burial, but it usually ends up being just an easy shot to take.
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One thing that strikes me about Lawler so far is his versatility. He's good at just about any type of promo you can cut. Not only that, but he's great at being that guy you know is bullshitting you, but still sounds really convincing. I woder if the too much protesting wasn't a little bit on purpose. Lawler had to be smart enough to know that the "company belt" line was enough and that might be more of a babyface promo.
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I was amused by Ole getting legit pissed at Lex for smirking. Ole is such a fun promo and I'm not sure if Lex coulcn't help himself or was egging him on. I'm still not sure how Ole could have lasted as a babyface. He's just so great at coming across as a cortchedy, angry, violent old man.
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I thought that Fujiwara was in charge early because it was 95% on the mat. Reason being Takada didn't want to give him the openings he would have to when he went on offensive flurries. So once Takada realized that he had to either take Fujiwara down with big flurries or eventually get caught for playing too safe, Fujiwara egged him on with the corner sequence. Takada going for the leglock at the end was strange for sure, given the only time he was in charge was after a big flurry. Fujiwara's selling is really strange and not what you'd be used to as a wrestling fan. But he does sell for everything but that one leg lock. Also, his use of body and head movement to slip big strikes is incredible.
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Can't disagree with the above. They nailed the power vs. wily veteran perfectly. Anyone else notice that Flair was getting a lot of cheers (it is in the Carolinas) early? And by the end, Luger was universally the babyface? It's a shame that the big, built up title match had to be used as the fulcrum to turn Luger face, but that's how it played out. Best possible outcome given the circumstances. Even if it points WCW in the complete wrong direction.
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I like Ole's promo. He's really good in this role. Sting getting jumped the instant he moves was the right call. Now onto the negative. WHY?? Flair is huge as a babyface. As mentioned above, the Horsemen always thrived on competition. You ADVERTISED for a six-man match with Sting in it. So right away on the show he's not going to be in it anymore? Explain how that is going to bring in a bigger audience to me please. Just poorly thought out all-around. I understand how it was supposed to make Sting, but you could have waited until Sting beat Flair for the eventual betrayal by the other 3. Just build the tension between the Andersons, Flair and Sting with Flair assuring the Andersons that Sting would lay down when the time came. The when Sting finishes Flair off on the 25th things go off the rails. Would make way more sense than what we got.
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Nice mostly-shoot stuff from Lawler. One very funny part of this to me is how it plays when you think about how a lot of wrestlers looked at Lawler in the 80s. He was a guy who barely wrestled and relied on punches, something they hated. I'm sure there were guys who would have thrown the "he can't wrestle" thing his way like Triple H did to Cena if there had been such a thing as social media. So Lawler being up in arms about roided up guys is pretty funny in that way. Also, Lawler (given his character at the time) complaining about guys taking shortcuts is hilarious. Great segment though in a very Memphis way. I am a big USWA fan just a month into the yearbook.
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