PeteF3
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I have no dog in this fight but that seems like a *greater* indication that they were trying to latch onto Cornette, not less. -
Lawler was going off the rails in that promo to start with--he re-uses the "they'll all have tears coming down their faces" line twice, then names Dakota, then rhetorically asks Goldust what his daughter's name was after that. Whatever he was going for, I'm pretty sure it wasn't what came out.
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The closing action is okay and so is the whole beatdown, even if Cornette inserts himself rather unnecessarily. At least the only guy to sell for him is Bolin. This is apparently building up to a coward-waves-the-flag match and the ostensible intrigue is if Cornette will be able to be in the corner of whoever--Conway, I guess.
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This was pretty good but I definitely didn't like it as much as anyone else, though there were some truly spectacular moments like Shimoda's sadistic smile, the wiping of the blood on Aja's shirt, and some of the counterwrestling done by the babyfaces. That said, I grew numb to LCO's garbage brawls where they cut off their opponents at every opportunity and never seem to take what they dish out--like, we all know the deal with chairshots to the head so I'm not advocating for people to give themselves concussions, but please don't indiscriminately brain people with chairs and then cover up like you're trying not to break a nail when Hamada and AKINO are giving them back to you. And the big triumphant comeback and victory didn't really feel earned the way it was in Aja's match earlier on the set--this was closer to one of those patented Scott Hall slip-on-a-banana-peel finishes where the babyface comes off as lucky and fluky rather than smart and resourceful. This sounds really bitchy but I did enjoy the match overall, I just don't see it as MOTY level even for this year. The in-ring stuff, blood aside, was way better than the out-of-the-ring stuff and weapons involvement.
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Raven refused to help Tommy Dreamer from a beating because it would mean helping Sandman as well. Dreamer says if "Scotty" does anything like that again he'll give him the beating he wishes he gave his father. Oh well, Raven's past has never been hidden by ECW, so shoot namez are acceptable here. That said, yes, it's time to shit or get off the pot with this angle.
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One or both of the Revival have done the slingshot suplex several times.
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I like a good gut wrench suplex. Does anyone use that anymore? It's sort of swung back the other way, but for awhile no one was dropping elbows or knees--if a guy went down they'd lean forward with their hands on their knees, maybe making the "get up" motion, to prepare for the inevitable superkick or rolling elbow.
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Corino excoriates hardcore music in addition to hardcore wrestling, then demands Dusty Rhodes leave before he kills another promotion. Sometimes Corino's overly slow talking can get on my nerves, but he's so committed to what he's saying that he makes up for it. He and Victory are having too much fun bumping and selling for the Dream's elbows, with Corino selling the elbow drop in particular like he's being electrocuted.
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Awesome war of attrition, with a total pro in Tenryu and Muto, regardless of his physical condition, being "on" this time. The psychology of the body parts is on-point, and so is the gradual selling of energy wasting away as more and more bombs are dropped and punches and kicks are thrown. Tenryu wins the IWGP title, and who would have thought that within the year he'd be contending for the Triple Crown, too!
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He doesn't? The number of promos where he talks about offering up his innocence (or Dustin offering up his) and getting repaid in scorn has to number in the triple digits.
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I'd bank on a non-finish like what we got with Doc, but no, Rude was not scheduled to win the title at Starrcade.
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Y'know, someone who actually knew something about wrestling and was interested in making this match as good as possible could possibly put together some *build* to Goldberg getting involved, considering how hot the crowd was for him on the apron waiting for the hot tag. But we don't really get that, as Goldberg plays second fiddle to some drama involving Roddy Piper and the NWO referee.
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