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Interesting semi-pro-shot footage of a Toronto house show where Edge is given an Intercontinental title win. Edge pretty much dominates the whole way. Initially Jarrett was going to retain the title due to the late substitution but Jack Lanza makes an impromptu overruling of an impromptu match to give Edge the title for real. "Championship opportunity" is said multiple times. -
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This is AWFUL. "Cockpit" jokes? Really? Shit that was eye-rolling when it was said in the movie Airport '79? Cribbing lines from George Kennedy isn't going to make you look very anti-establishment, guys. Joel can't even be bothered to memorize his hack jokes so he has to read them off a clipboard. Either Gertner is a horrible comedian with no timing, or he's *pretending* to be a horrible comedian with no timing to draw heat--problem is, the only heat it draws is put on ECW itself for making us watch this.
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Angle hasn't been all that over in PPW so far but the crowd pops big for his title win. A pretty darn good TV studio main event with some really well-done near-falls, and it's interesting to see Angle wrestle in a different style than we're used to. The pop-up belly-to-belly superplex finish is of course pure Kurt but he does some stuff like bulldogs and DDTs here that you won't see after this run.
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Basically as I understand it, Suzuki wanted to work shootstyle and Apollo wanted to work wrasslin'-style and never the twain shall meet. Eventually Sugawara just gave up and left the ring.
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The one with the Flair-Sting unification match. Explained away by "Flair playing mind games."
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So was Ezekiel Elliott.
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There's a handheld card with a Dyet tag on it somewhere, too. Those might be his only two matches on tape. (For those who don't know Dyet was a Colorado football player who became a protege of Steve Williams--he worked a tour or two for AJPW and then quit the business. I remember on BTS they talked about somebody working with Doc on Sportatorium cards who also fit that description.)
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This picks up a lot in the middle portion and the parking lot brawl is pretty great. We get a requisite Memphis run-in but also a clean finish, as Doug counters the interference of Glenn Kulka and pins Grimes after a DDT onto a chair. Doug seems to have eclipsed Lawler as the company's top babyface.
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Fun and enjoyable, but no, I didn't see this as all that special either. Yakushiji is as good as ever and Togo is great, but his partners weren't all that impressive and this felt like an extended studio match--possibly because of the setting--more than a 6-man lucharesu showcase. I liked 5/4 better if only because it seemed fresher. The stupid Ministry of Darkness postmatch angle isn't worthy of any further comment.
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How the fuck did Sid not see Lenny and Lodi "hiding" right next to him? Oh well, as long as the viewing audience eventually gets their jollies when they see two queers getting smeared.
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In one promo Curt refers to his group as the West Texas Outlaws, calls out Gene and his 1-800 number, can't decide if the band that just played was Megadeth or Megacrap, and goes back and forth in calling his opponent Goldberg and "Goldturd" (muted). Not a good night for Curt.
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**** is about right. I actually was kind of eager to watch this because it was the first Misawa/Kawada match in a long while where I didn't know the result going in, so that boosted it for me personally. They have some cool strike exchanges and it doesn't wear out its welcome. Maybe not anything new under the sun but an enjoyable 22 minutes. Misawa has shown some of his own touches as the man in charge of AJPW but the Observers are pointing out that he was poor at long-term planning, which may be an indication of why they want back to this as a TC match. On the other hand, from a kayfabe perspective Kawada has probably earned a chance to get back the title he never really lost.
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I *still* don't like these Kanemoto-gets-repeatedly-killed-and-hits-one-move-to-beat-Wagner endings, but everything else was fine to really good. I loved the spots where a guy was camel clutch'd and a partner would bounce off both sets of ropes 5 or 6 times before hitting them with a dropkick. Wagner's offense is really great and crunchy and the lesser workers are used well in their own right.
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There have been better go-home angles on Raw in the Attitude Era but this isn't bad. I don't get why HHH and Undertaker were wrestling either and even the TV reports don't make a lot of sense of it--Russo, baby. I can't say that I care all that much about going and watching myself.
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