Everything posted by MikeCampbell
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Magnificent Muraco
There's Muraco promo from TNT on some Coliseum video where he's trashing Ricky Steamboat, and that he knows some "fat broads" that will make Steamboat's fans get sick, or something to that effect.
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Dick Slater
The Funk clone stuff was really apparent toward the end of his career. He subbed for Funk at Clash 7 (plastic bag angle), he was brought into Studd Stable as Funk's replacement when Terry left WCW. Any footage of his tag run with Orton in the Southeast out there. Cornette once claimed that the early Midnight Express double teams were stolen from Slater and Orton.
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Sid
The two promos of his on the 1992 yearbook blew me away, especially the second one he cut on Warrior, which makes me wonder if he's almost been tainted by the 'half the brain' promo from WCW. Not that long ago I watched Halloween Havoc '90, and Sid put on a pretty good performance in the main event, much better than Sting.
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[1992-04-30-NJPW-Explosion Tour: Top of the Super Juniors] Jushin Liger vs El Samurai
Good lord, this rules beyond belief. Lyger and Sammy hate one another and that's pretty much all you need to know. They work rather tight, Sammy really seemed to be trying to stretch Lyger in that armbar, and they throw in some stiffness and mask ripping for good measure. I can see why some wouldn't care for Lyger getting right up after missing the senton, but it wasn't a big deal to me, Lyger appeared to roll through the spot rather than take a flat bump.
- [1992-04-14-AJPW-Championship Carnival] Mitsuharu Misawa vs Terry Gordy
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1982 Recommendations
If this comes to fruition, then some footage of David Von Erich's heel run in Florida is a must.
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When was their prime?
All the recent Bret Hart talk has me thinking about exactly *when* various workers entered their primes. Like I said in the Bret thread, I thought that Will giving Bret all four years of '94-97 was generous of him, especially with his extended absence in '96. But the more I think about it, between the classic he had with Austin, and his tweaking the UT formula to suit his needs and produce a grossly under appreciated match, I can see making a case for including that year for him. So here's a few other workers that I'm curious about when exactly their primes would be considered. Sergeant Slaughter Jun Akiyama (I would guess the consensus is '96, but it's absurd to me that he hit his prime four years after his debut and has been going for over 20 years now) Shinjiro Ohtani (see above) Terry Gordy Nikita Koloff Rick Martel
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Intensely Personal
Dreamer versus Raven
- [1992-04-25-WCW-Saturday Night] Interview: Nikita Koloff
- [1992-04-25-SMW-TV] Interview: Jim Cornette & Heavenly Bodies
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[1992-04-25-USWA-TV] Interview: Eric Embry
Wasn't in only two weeks ago that everyone in Memphis hated this man, and he hated them right back? Talk about doing a total 180. All the redness on his face really adds to this moment.
- [1992-04-25-USWA-TV] Brian Christopher vs Tom Prichard
- [1992-04-25-WWF-Superstars] Interview: Sid Justice
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[1992-04-25-WWF-Superstars] Crush vignette
His mom called him Crush? That's kinda odd. True as it may be that most adults don't mind their manners they that they tell their kids to, probably not a great idea to spread that message to the kids watching.
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- WWF
- WWE
- Superstars
- April 25
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- [1992-04-25-WWF-Superstars] Update: Wrestlemania weekend
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[1992-04-25-AJW-Wrestlemarinepiad] Aja Kong vs Bull Nakano
Now this was something I was able to get behind, just a hateful bloody brawl, with Bull really standing out to me. Al most like a female Jumbo Tsuruta. She was the top woman in the company, but had no issues with making her rival look for all the world like the person to knock her off, before digging down and finding the key to win.
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[1992-04-25-AJW-Wrestlemarinepiad] Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue
I really wanted to love this, but I just wasn't into it as much as I felt like I should have been, considering it's AJW in '92. So reading these other posts tells me that it's not just me. I liked the idea of Toyota going after Kyoko's arm, but it was just filler. Kyoko going after Toyota's back in hardly a new concept, and there was some cool visuals of Toyota getting stretched out, but it never led anywhere. It would have been cool to see Toyota try the Cyclone and lose the bridge, a la Kawada's German in the 12/93 tag. Yes, their pacing was awesome, but at the end of the day, it just came off like a spotfest to me.
- [1992-04-21-NJPW-Explosion Tour: Top of the Super Juniors] Eddy Guerrero vs El Samurai
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[1992-04-19-NJPW-Explosion Tour: Top of the Super Juniors] Jushin Liger vs Eddy Guerrero
Agreed with everyone's assessment of Eddie. He had the wrestling part down, but not the working (if that makes sense). A couple of more years wrestling alongside a few of the world's best would get Eddie over that particular hump though. Lyger's taunt after getting the knees up on Eddie's splash is the coolest thing on the set since Lozanski and co, doing the triple strut.
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[1992-04-06-AJPW-Championship Carnival] Stan Hansen vs Toshiaki Kawada
Their 2/93 match was better, but this was still excellent stuff. Hansen is always ready, willing, and able to sell his ass off. Kawada looks like the heir to the throne for taking it to the man the way he does, and Hansen proves why he's the man by knowing how to beat Kawada. But, Tosh's time would come soon enough.
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[1992-04-18-WCW-Saturday Night] Interview: Sting
Sting looks horrible, his tights don't coordinate with his face paint, the cowboy boots look awful and, worst of all, he doesn't have the belt.
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- WCW
- Saturday Night
- April 18
- 1992
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- [1992-04-18-WCW-Saturday Night ] Fabulous Freebirds concert
- [1992-04-18-SMW-TV] Interview: Jim Cornette & Heavenly Bodies
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[1992-04-18-USWA-TV] Interview: Jerry Lawler & Jeff Jarrett
Jarrett does a decent promo, but Lawler is a million miles ahead of him.