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Beefcake's no Paul Bearer--he sensitively asks Jake what it was like to be tied in the ropes while Earthquake "stomped a mud puddle" in Damian. How compassionate. Jake calls out hunters who go after animals who don't have guns of their own, then unleashes a new, bigger snake--Damian's big brother Lucifer. Beefcake gets a peek at him, but not us yet. -
"You're nothin' but a Yellow Dog, pal!" Oh boy. I know exactly where this is going, and that angle wasn't a good idea when they did it with Windham in Florida the first time. Windham cuts a pretty good cocky douche promo though he comes close to burying Pillman.
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Okay, now this is starting to get silly. Embry's laid out Jarrett, Gilbert, and Keirn all in the span of one TV program while getting credit for the absence of Jerry Lawler.
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Secretly I didn't quite think they'd actually go through with a barbed wire glove match, and they didn't. The DIRTY WHITE BOY makes a surprise return to lay out Gilbert before the match starts. I'm not really close to being tired of Eric Embry yet but the return of DWB definitely freshens things up quite a bit. Gilbert is out to recite his history with Anthony--he was a Maker of Champions for Tony Anthony, and now Anthony will meet his Maker! Great line from another standout Gilbert promo.
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Embry comes out with a copy of PWI Weekly and another magazine as "proof" that Lawler has to retire--then he offhandedly brings out a tabloid that talks of an illicit affair involving the Ultimate Warrior! Clips from Dallas as Dr. Tom Prichard clobbers Jeff Jarrett with a briefcase to give Eric Embry both the Texas and Southern Heavyweight titles.
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IRS finally gets to the point of all these vignettes: the wrestlers of the WWF are flim-flamming, dishonest thieves. Motivation at last. The Nasty Boys jump Boss Man after a squash and the feud they'd been teasing since Mountie's debut gets set into motion five months later. Mountie is the only real law & order in the WWF, and obligingly leaves when Mike Chioda tells him to--because unlike the Boss Man, he respects the law.
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I see that Mr. Realism with his Realistic Fighting with Real Fighters is allowing his opponent to fight, realistically, wearing an earring. Christ. That bit of suspension of disbelief-shattering aside, I talked about how theatrical the first UWFI match was, but this is probably moreso. Not in terms of big stiffness but Vrij has a heel charisma about him and even directly plays to the crowd a time or two. He has a few aggressive moments but this definitely plays like Rikidozan as the conquering hero facing the foreign invader, which is an odd stylistic choice for the first(?) RINGS main event.
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This is a total war, and one that's far more theatrical than most UWF matches. There are a lot of "near-falls" here and Tamura even throws in a Samoan drop/Death Valley driver-looking thing. Coincidentally this is right where I come on-board with shoot-style and hopefully have fewer and fewer bitchy comments to make as we go through the rest of 1991 and beyond.
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The armwork here was really hurty and aggressive, with Hase's kneedrops onto the elbow looking particularly vicious. Each guy takes turns trying to work the arm and then we gradually build into bombs, with Liger taking advantage of an injured rib/stomach area to get some near-falls of his own. Then he runs into a Hase golden arm bomber and that turns the tide more or less for good. Liger withstands most of Hase's finish attempts but the Northern Lights suplex puts him away. Really good stuff, miles ahead of Hase's '80s juniors work.
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The salary cap effectively prevents NFL (or NHL, or NBA, or to a lesser extent MLB which has a "luxury tax" on payrolls over a certain threshold) teams from getting too big. The Dallas Cowboys are the richest team in the NFL and one of the richest in the world but they only have so much money to spend on players, the same amount as Buffalo or Cleveland.
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Garvin was really good in World Class as well, pre-Crockett. I don't think it's dogging it as much as he just fell off a cliff or stopped caring.
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I suspect Paul E. was behind that note. Flair downplays the idea of Fujinami winning, either in Tokyo or at SuperBrawl, to almost Lawler-ian levels. I think WCW was banking on the tag title dream match selling this show more than Flair/Fujinami, but we haven't seen a glimmer of hype, build, or angles for that one. Flair delivers an over-the-top hype job calling it the greatest PPV and most spectacular wrestling event ever. I don't think all the "Super Sunday" talk would fly with the NFL today.
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I love these promos but yeah, two programs for both Keirn and Embry sort of mitigates all of them. "When you have two starting quarterbacks, you actually have none" would be the analagous statement. Embry rants about how the Texas Boys could take the entire population of Memphis inside a cage until Dave finally cuts him off.
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Looks like a Texas Death elimination match, Fuller/Jarrett/Davis/Dundee vs. Austin/Embry/Prichard/Hangmen. Fantastic chaotic action that really shows the difference in what's allowed at the arenas vs. what's allowed at the Sportatorium. It comes down to Embry and Jarrett, and after a double KO both men are about to reach their feet when Prichard trips Jarrett up, giving Embry the victory.
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Conclusion of the Texas Death Match. Both refs are out and Tojo Yamamoto tries to attack Gilbert with a kendo stick. That goes nowhere except for Tojo getting laid out with his own stick, but Embry comes out of nowhere with a chair. Embry makes sure neither ref is getting up and Miss Texas makes her first on-camera appearance, bringing strings of barbed wire to the ring, and they actually TIE Eddie Gilbert up in this so they can work him over. This is one creative beatdown even if it verges on torture porn, like something out of a Hostel or Saw sequel. Eddie Marlin comes to the ring and orders the match stopped. Embry is incensed and horrified that Marlin would have the nerve to stop a TEXAS Death Match, but Marlin reminds him that he's in Tennessee! Embry delivers a great interview, gloating over all that he's done to the territory babyfaces, and tearing into Eddie Marlin and the people of Tennessee. Embry is heading into this upcoming barbed wire match like a kid getting to meet Santa Claus, or Kowabunga the Turtle. What a great, dickish mood for a heel to be in.
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One thing about these that continually cracks me up is Bearer's rising inflection when he announces his guest--every name, and a few other random sentences, are spoken like he's asking a question. "His name...is HULK, HOGAAAN???" "That fear comes...from youuu?" No tease or mention of any Hulk/Undertaker confrontation yet, nor any mention of their little spat on SNME. It's all about Hulkamania vs. Death and some lip service to the Slaughter feud.
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I think the ESPN restrictions and general unease after losing KTVT because of content issues are a salient point here, which is why this is one of the most organized streetfights of all-time. Falk's rule-enforcing and the hide-the-object stuff is really annoying in that regard, but they only keep that up for brief portions of the match and the rest is great.