PeteF3
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Michaels is pretty over with this audience, I'll give him that. He arguably overshadows the match too much early on, but him Sweet Chin Music'ing Gannosuke gets over as does his arguing with him over the counts out of the ring. ("FIVE!" "NO COUNT!" ... "SIX!" Pop.) This was okay but still descended into just a rote list of finishers rather than much of a story being told or elevating intensity. H almost kills Gannosuke at the end with a pretty misaligned Stardust Press.
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I'm with Tim here--they did great build to the spots with the cage, but don't really sell them long-term after hitting them despite teasing how deadly the explosions would be early on...until the end, as Fuyuki goes down not because he's been rendered comatose by accumulated damage but because it's go-home time.
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Duggan cleans a remarkably clean toilet with what is apparently the TPTB's toothbrush instead of the one given to him. As far as TPTB segments go, this is one of the better ones. Piper's probably coming from a real place here considering his actual feelings about how Russo was responsible for Owen Hart's death. It's striking how noticeable but much less pronounced Russo's accent is here when he's not consciously playing it up like he does now. "Bro" has not been said once that I can recall, either.
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Yes, Foley absolutely wanted to turn heel on Rock at some point, but it took too long for Rock's character to budge (he had to grow to like him first before there could be a turn) and Vince didn't have faith in Foley physically to pull it off. Anyway, this is a really fun and energetic match that shows what a megastar Rock was becoming--it's not like BBM and Albert had all that much heat even with the Big Show father angle and the semi-desperate pinning of Rock the previous week, but this crowd is treating them as main eventers simply because of who their opponent is.
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Mae Young's shower gifts to Stephanie include a leather skirt, leather bra, and handcuffs. And a cat o'-nine-tails, which finally is enough to get Linda's disapproval. Mae is excited about the upcoming bachelorette party in Vegas from Linda and trashes the cake and everyone else within sight. Lawler accuses Moolah of kicking her into the cake in a funny moment. Mae is gloriously shameless.
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This angle is much better when seen that if it were described, which would sound hokey. But this looks really good and chaotic and Vince seems like he's completely legitimately unhinged, with DX showing the right amount of ass as cowardly opportunists, not escaping from the locker room until Vince is in cuffs.
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Sorry for being dense but where's the gang rape part? I see he had sex with a minor when he was 21, but that's as far as I can see it.
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Weird venue, not one I remember seeing much of for AJPW. The slow start to this almost telegraphed a draw and the match took awhile to get going, but by the end I had forgotten all about the time limit with some strong work down the stretch, with a nice tease and cut-off of the Burning Hammer. I agree that this series doesn't really seem to be going anywhere, but maybe we'll get some progression for one or both of these teams in the Final.
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Well...there's Torrie Wilson and A-Rod. Alex isn't as A-list as George, I'll grant, but he has quite a wide variety of women to choose from in his own right (like Cameron Diaz). They're really 1a and 1b as far as I'm concerned.
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Typical late-period Sandman "run-in" where he shows up in the balcony, lights up a cigarette, and shotguns a beer before meandering down to the ring, all while the heel beatdown is ongoing. Raven tries to get some revenge for Sandman attacking him last week, and when Dreamer tries to break it up, Sandman accidentally canes him while aiming for Raven. Then the Impact Players beat everyone down. Styles: "THE IMPACT PLAYERS ARE BACK!" ... uh, did they leave?
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Minister blesses Corino with a half-hearted "Dominus ominus...uh...mazel tov..." but it gets the job done as Corino goes from death's door to healed. Minister isn't a fan of ministing and throws down his collar and lights one up, and says "it beats managing Mortis and Wrath." Well, that was uncalled for.
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Five months later, let's get back and finish this fucker off. Can't let dawho overtake me. Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is Ed Ferrara doing both voices. Kind of a cute segment in a vacuum, really. It's not so much that this couldn't get them over in WCW, but ultimately they weren't going to be allowed to advance anywhere regardless.
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Yeah, Jake was probably more over and pushed higher than his W-L record, but I don't think *anybody*, even ones who did the power-walk with them, bought the 'whackers as legitimate title contenders.
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I guess the thing about Cass is that he asked ahead of time if he could continue the beatdown after the kick, was told no, and then did it anyway. Not sure why it wasn't beaten into his head in the Performance Center that it's easier to get forgiveness than permission.