PeteF3
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I'd also like to nominate Kick Ass Wrestling for most uncomfortable promotion to watch. Well-documented by Loss, soup, and myself in the '99 Yearbook threads. -
I'll also add Gary Albright. Has been in some matches that are universally considered great (except by those who hate UWFI and its style) but rarely gets more credit for them than his opponent. A big scary guy who suplexes motherfuckers will never, ever get old to me. A better worker than John Tenta (among big '90s guys) or Rick Steiner (among bullying suplex machines), in my view.
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I'll co-sign on Sandman, at least through the Mikey feud. Of course when even Paul E. and Tommy (and probably Sandman himself) are so adamant and outspoken about how shitty he was, well... I'll not only agree on Mortis & Wrath but fuck it, I'm throwing Glacier in there as well. Always a solid worker under any guise and the Bash at the Beach '97 tag opener needs to be seen and respected by more.
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I've been on a bit of an All-Japan Archive kick and decided to break out some rarities I had that I've never seen online and amend that. Three rare appearances by Roddy Piper in 1983 All-Japan, all teaming with Dick Slater against various opponents. And also, the only meeting probably ever between Billy Robinson and Bruiser Brody. Not really a good match but a rarity--interesting to see multiple instances of Brody doing his usual sandbag act with a guy of Robinson's rep. I won't accuse him of lack of guts here, at least, even if he was already a made man in Japan by this point.
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There's still those Canadian versions of Shotgun with Gorilla alongside Cole and Kelly that lasted into '99. That's as close as you'll get.
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Norio Honaga. Basically a serious version of Toru Yano. Didn't look like he had an athletic bone in his body but won three IWGP Junior titles despite far less talent than the usual junior staples, won through a combination of luck and cheating.
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When the Headshrinkers were doing their first few TV squashes, announcers mentioned rumors of a third, bigger Headshrinker. So plans were pretty far ahead for that to go through if they were talking about it on TV.
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When the Headshrinkers were doing their first few TV squashes, announcers mentioned rumors of a third, bigger Headshrinker. So plans were pretty far ahead for that to go through if they were talking about it on TV.
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Looks like it was broken by Gene Okerlund who got it from Bobby's daughter. You'd have to think Gene O. would know. Only a few celebrity deaths will "get" to me, but this is one of them.
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I didn't think it actually happened, but wrestlingdata shows three Warrior-Earthquake singles matches, so add Tenta.
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Ric Flair. Vader. Wouldn't surprise me if there were some crossover underneath guys in there (Gene Ligon, George South, and others who did TV jobs for both companies).
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No, no, Rock needed to give Mr. Ass THE RUB. But yeah, the match itself and the ridiculous number of hoops needed jumping through on the last two Raws to get to this spot reeked of a guy--Russo--who didn't know how to get out of a booking corner. Austin was banged-up and not working house shows and they felt that HHH needed to be put over in a great match, which Austin couldn't provide in his state, so we get Mankind and bells and whistles instead. But Jesse is also there, so you need a babyface to win--whether Jesse insisted on it or not, with him as guest ref it's just Promoting 101. Weak finish with Triple H being taken out by one shot to the head, allowing Mankind to steal a pin on Austin--Austin's first clean defeat since, what, Mania 13?
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I dunno...other than the opening spear, Shane really doesn't get in any offense that isn't set up for him by the Posse mauling Test. Shane is put over a bit, but Test still overcomes the odd and wins a pretty fun and well-laid-out match. Considering the experience level involved of almost everyone--including the Posse--this could have been a disaster. It was far from that.
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Uh, not to get all Vince-like here, but seeing Road Dogg in shorts, you immediately see why he usually covers himself in long loose pants. Jericho saves us again and reminds us how we all got conned into wasting our money on SummerSham, then launches into an attack on Road Dogg's spelling skills and his look. He heels himself again pretty effectively here. He does his best to put over Road Dogg's pathetic comeback but this is another clear microphone win for Y2J.
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I still wish Corino could be a bit more of a physical threat rather than just a schemer. Jason's around, after all. Under the circumstances this is okay action, but the Tajiri push seems a bit late after he was definitively vanquished at Heat Wave, and the buried-in-the-Japanese-flag stuff is something out of 1986 if not earlier.
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This was a clever twist on the usual Dusty Finish, as Jason Lee sticks his chain into the back of Ricky Morton's tights as he had Lee in a rolling reverse cradle. The Blonds come out for an interview--"Low" is a bit of an inspired choice of entrance music and I wonder whose radar Cracker was on.
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OVW now has something to center around after a few mostly table-setting weeks, with Bolin now having the OVW champion in his employ. Bolin declares that "nobody is better under cover" than Deanna Kane. Kane ends up getting wiped out by a Brain Damage before Damaja is beaten down by the rest of BS.
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Corey has been named the acting President of PPW with Hales out of the picture. Wolfie cuts a fired-up promo promising revenge on Glenn Kulka and Mick Tierney. Doug invokes his brother's name and their past history with Hales despite their current differences. Gilbert turns his attention to Jim Cornette, basically promising to torch Cornette tonight--a great promo that tells us that Cornette and his men may just be screwed, now that they have to deal with somebody as nasty as they are.
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Fallout from a hell of a show-closing angle, as Randy Hales eats a Veg-o-Matic with Cornette holding the tennis racket over his throat. Hales is stretchered out and Dave Brown even accompanies him into the ambulance. Dave and Corey give an understated and somber intro to the next episode, while Cornette is in a much more jovial mood. Somehow with Lawler out of the picture (he can't appear on broadcast TV during his mayoral run due to equal-time laws) Power Pro has gotten better than ever.