PeteF3
Members
-
Joined
-
Last visited
Everything posted by PeteF3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
I still think the double dog collar match should stand at the top of the pile for being the quintessential ECW match--but the best "pure" match, for whatever that definition is worth, is probably this. This was, in a word, incredible. Death-defying shit all over the place, but with Psicosis ramping up the heeling and the aggression and Rey matching him as the match goes on. See, Eddy and Dean, this is what you get when a match and a rivalry BUILDS to something. Psicosis can't outquick Rey, so he has to overpower him, brutalize him, and when necessary, cheat. That leads to both guys stepping up their game both in terms of moves and in terms of objects and furniture used. Great combination of lucha and ECW-style brawling, and a contender for best North American match of the year.
-
My joshi knowledge is basically what I've read + seen of the '90-'95 Yearbooks, but Yamada came across to me as someone who looked like (or was) all-world in tag matches--basically a female Kawada--but was badly exposed as a single. Not that she was terrible, but it doesn't seem like she ever had the goods to pull off an epic singles title match. I can't hold Bundy's inactivity against him too much--he had a lucrative computer endorsement deal at one point (or at least a far less physically taxing one) and got to do guest shots on Married...with Children and other places. There were worse things for ex-wrestlers to be doing.
-
Apparently that's from the making of the In Your House game (with Mortal Kombat-style graphics and gameplay). I'm guessing there's some reason that green and red would scan better.
-
-
-
Agreed on the cage match--I gave it a watch on the Network and it was an abomination. Albany, GA is Flair country, so the crowd goes nuts for every chop he unleashes. Flair is eventually overwhelmed after kicking the shit out of the heels for awhile, and finally Sting decides that Flair is on the up-and-up (ha!) and comes out. Super-hot tag and Sting goes as nuts as Flair did, throwing Arn and Pillman all over the place before knocking them out to the floor for a countout win. Hot match.
-
-
Awesome, awesome match. These guys go balls to the wall but offer a nice dose of psychology with the work over Eddie's bad arm, and Eddie countering Benoit when he tries certain moves a second time. One of the better TV matches of the year. You watch this with a combination of major excitement for WCW's immediate future, and a twinge of sadness in knowing what's to come for the company (and yes, the other stuff). Bischoff and Heenan raving about these guys being the future of the business sounds great, but you have to shake your head at Eric not being able to listen to himself.
-
The heat machine is out in full force for this one. This match isn't bad, and Lawler's shenanigans involving changing the lock and tossing Yankem a key are rather clever and probably pitched by Lawler himself given how Memphis-y it is. But the Yankem gimmick is such a dead end and impossible to take seriously. Bret wins this decisively and this more or less finally ends the Bret-Lawler program, barring another tag match or two to come.
-
Even the ring announcer has a "Definition..." spiel for the word "Dean" as part of the intro now. A report of the Shawn Michaels/Marine nightclub incident is not enough to overcome the almighty power of WWF punnery. Michaels can't even sell a fucking REAL INJURY without John Cena-ing his way into yukking it up.
-
-
-
Oh God, I love All-Japan and I love these two teams, but enough of the fucking hour draws already. I get that all of them had to be included and this match in particular, but the draw for All-Japan is turning into a crutch, or a test of manhood, rather than a booking tactic. The first 40 minutes are so are effective as a series of mini-matches: shine for the babyfaces, then Misawa getting taken out on the floor and Kobashi having to go it alone, then a Taue-in-peril sequence, then Kobashi and his hurt arm...but it seemed like they ran out of things to do after that and this limps along to the finish. Technically well-done, and objectively speaking probably a **** affair, but don't ever ask me to watch this again or put it on any kind of Best of '95 much less a Best of Decade list.
-
-
Flair is out on a Saturday morning wrestling show in a suit and shades, and all of a sudden it feels like 1990 again. Sting still won't be Flair's partner, but Flair brings out an army (well, 4 of them) of Little Stingers. This wins Sting over, though he's still suspicious and promises to wreak vengeance upon Flair if this is a Swerve.
-
Cornette and the Bodies are incensed that Robert Gibson will be officiating an upcoming street fight between the Bodies and the THUGs. Prichard rattles off a bunch of Lawler-esque one-liners about the looks and intelligence of Tony and Tracy. The THUGs are out for a brawl, trying to take off Prichard's presumably orthopedic/loaded boot.
-
-
-