PeteF3
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Even though I knew the result, I must admit they kept me guessing as to what would happen next and just how exactly Flair would pull this out. Schiavone jumps on the rather stupid one-fall, one-man-on-the-apron stip right from the start, wondering why anyone would ever tag out, but they work around that limitation pretty nicely and wouldn't you know--Flair *does* manage to win from the outside. Great, great finish. The crowd sucked--and man, was this a case of multiple personality disorder for them throughout the night--but the work was good. -
Good action down the stretch with a far more lively crowd, and Sting eventually gets the submission to a monster pop. The other babyfaces and Luger come out to celebrate, and despite the lousy buildup they do an admirable job of making this victory seem like a big deal. Even Benoit is out, though he makes sure to keep his distance from everyone else.
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Dull for awhile but picked up toward the end, right around the time Eddy dropped Ohtani with the crucifix power bomb. The commentary is amusing but also goes to show just how vital it was to get Mike Tenay in there when they did. He really could have added to this show. Ohtani's such a good natural heel that I'm surprised he never got more play in this country.
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Sandman isn't worried about his broken hand, and to prove his point he puts out a cigarette on it. The Eliminators cut the one promo they know how to do. 911 chokeslams Yankees 2B Pat Kelly. A clean-shaven Mick Foley sends us a heartwarming home movie. Bill Alfonso flubs a promo and they leave it in. Joey Styles talks to a local NYC sportscaster. Fonzie goes to get Taz. Cactus decides to generously donate to Tod Gordon's children's charities, but makes the check out to Tod himself. Rey Misterio, Jr. is the new big man in town, thanks to 911. Sandman makes threats towards "Konnang." Foley plays with a Santa doll as we hear Noelle in the background. The Pitbulls make threats toward the Eliminators, just like they've been doing for the past month. Beulah says something. Cactus Jack is a Hardcore Parent. Taz offers to throw Public Enemy out of ECW. Colette Foley makes an appearance. Big Dick Dudley grunts.
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Nitro's unopposed this week so Savage and Flair get to do more of a meat-and-potatoes match. This gets in danger of going all over the place at times, with Ric focusing on the knee like good Nature Boys do while also having to pay lip service to Savage's arm injury. Jimmy is *really* good at ringside--this heel turn has had him more energized than he has been in years. Eventually Savage goes after Hart, which brings out Luger. Then Sting comes in, but it's left ambiguous as to whether he was going to help Savage or Luger, because Flair cuts him off. We go off the air with Savage and Sting staring each other down. Really hot closing segment, and it's nice not to have Hogan involved or to have the babyfaces yelling at each other while Okerlund moderates.
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Psicosis rocking the Neil O'Donnell jersey is pretty hilarious. There's some good stuff sprinkled here, with some good fire (no pun intended) shown by Psicosis--and by Ultraman at times. But a lot of this is just...mundane. The finish isn't bad for what it is, and the Spot of the Year highlight is Psicosis doing a legdrop from the top of the cage to the FLOOR after the match.
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What an absolute fucking abortion of a match. I'm already colder on Megumi than some others here, and Shark did absolutely nothing to help her already low reputation. Shark tries 4 or 5 different ways to brutalize Kudo with a barbed wire kendo stick and manages to make absolutely none of them look remotely painful. Then she knocks over a table trying to power bomb Kudo through it just to render this a complete and total farce. This turns into a glorified lumberjack match with Shark's goons constantly tossing her weapons and getting involved. WHERE ARE KUDO'S PARTNERS?? Combat Toyoda and somebody else make token attempts to help at two separate points, but while Kudo is getting double-teamed or beaten down with outside weapons, they're sitting on the floor with their thumbs up their asses. In a world without any of Hogan's pals in it Shark would be a cinch for most useless wrestler of the year. I defy anyone to get self-righteous about the Rottens cutting each other up with broken glass while also trying to defend this travesty. Strong Worst Match of the Year candidate.
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A juniors 6-man based less around the usual Michinoku Pro lucha/comedy spots and more about six guys beating the shit out of each other, with some primo dickishness by the heels. Nakagawa and Fuji were pretty much warm bodies here but they didn't actively hurt anything either, and everyone else was going balls to the wall. Short on psychology but since you didn't have two seconds going by without somebody either getting pummeled or flying out to the floor, that's easy to overlook.
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No matter how much makeup and hair dye she covers herself up, as long as that lipstick is on, Combat will never not look like a demonic Japanese Betty Boop, and that's not much of an intimidation factor. It was nice to see Bison again but otherwise I saw nothing special in this at all. The first half of the match is just meandering, I didn't get what the story was, they couldn't make me care about the story even if I did, and there are like 4 different points where two women are fighting it out on the turnbuckles and all of them look awkward and terrible. It gets better down the stretch, but I got taken out of it again by a sudden and anticlimactic finish.
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A humbled Austin wonders if he doesn't have it anymore...and bizarrely segues into begging Eric Bischoff for his job back. He thinks Bischoff ought to get Announcer of the Year--I'll take that under advisement, Steve. Then he does another 180 and goes back to ragging on WCW and ECW's product. Austin announces that he's taking some time off, which I assume from an ECW standpoint will be permanent.
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Jerry Lawler & Dutch Mantell vs. Bill Dundee & Buddy Landell in the Texas Death Match from 3/24/86, which went 28 falls.
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Xanta stuck around to wrestle one squash match on Superstars, before someone evidently realized the character had zero shelf life. DiBiase, who had to be dying inside during this, explains that Xanta Klaus is from the South Pole and TAKES instead of gives. Signing Xanta to the Corporation isn't a way to land the Manager of the Year Award, Ted. Isn't this whole angle quite an effective way to undo all the hardcore elements of the previous night's show. Xanta couldn't even be bothered to make an appearance for this. Ted also announces a comeback of the Million-Dollar Championship, to add a bit of historical weight to the segment. Fred Blassie stands in front of a classroom and gives a pep talk to the participants in the Raw Bowl.
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Sort of disappointing--I agree, the first part of this didn't really hold up, as it was very Bret-by-numbers and Davey-by-numbers. Once Davey crotches Bret on the top rope on the superplex attempt, this picks up in a hurry. There are some great spots to follow, including a payback spot to spark Bret's comeback, the powerslam on the floor, and of course the blood (!). Still, I think the blood sort of gives this match a rep that it doesn't quite earn on its own--it simply can't match SummerSlam for atmosphere and uniqueness of the story being told. And Davey didn't seem sure whether to work the cut or work Bret's back. And this is an incredibly nitpicky point, but given all the talk about Wembley in the build-up to this, I really wanted to see a re-do of the SummerSlam sunset flip finish, with Bret kicking out. Still a fine match, thanks to the balls-out closing stretch, but I no longer think it's better than SummerSlam.
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Scott Bowden is back, and he's ramping up the Jimmy Hart impersonation levels to 11, and Lawler in his psychedelic Vancouver Canucks tribute sweater even calls him out for saying "baby" in every sentence. Bowden whacks Lawler in the leg with the crutch and then takes off. I liked Scott fine in 1994 but this feud doesn't sound all that promising.
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