soup23
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Bradley coming out to the WarZone theme was WTF. This also exposes Hat Guy as he sat there politley and watched the action instead of being a cheering bumbling fool at ECW when he knows the camera is on him. This wasn't great but as someone that watched a handful of US indy stuff vetting for this set, this was the best of the bunch as it at least had some resemblance of a storyline. Bradley wins. **1/4
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I don't like Styles but this was him at his absolute worse. The visual of Callis in the crowd was cool but its not like he is some huge star anyway. I really liked this once the brawl started as Francine speared Jason to a huge pop and Douglas/Dreamer embracing felt like a burying the hatchet moment.
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King comes out for a tag match and is flabbergasted that Mae has inserted herself into the tag match. He tells her to make sure her Medicaid and Medicare is all in order before it starts. The tag match starts and I love when Stasiask and Brian flaunt for the women in the crowd to the dismay of Dave. The Memphis announcers are the best at acting disgusted at heel tactics. Mae joins them on commentary and Corey fishes for an apology that doesn't come. Mae gets all revved up again and she enters the ring to put the boots to Lawler. Her an Stacy have a pull apart and this is just great stuff overall. 1/2*
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I loved the stuff in the opening with Santo and Casas interacting. The match had two good falls but it is the third that really sets this across. The dive stuff was set up wonderfully as I was wondering why Bestia was acting so lackadaisical and then bam, Santo runs right into Casas. A little later, Santo is out of the match and the crowd really rallys behind Casas. He gives a valiant effort only to be fouled by Scorpio and the rudos win and nearly start an Arena Mexico riot. Stuff gets pelted and words are exchanged. Give me more please. ****1/4
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Agree with the length comments but I thought this was great and showed four hungry guys giving it their all in a foreign type environment and mixing in wrestling and crazy spots. I may be overating this but it was so appreciated to see them try all this different stuff and not get discouraged with things didn't execute exactly right. Virus and Ultimo carried the other team in my opinion. Glad this made the cut. ****
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No problem with this being given away as taped earlier since we had the Disco production stuff. I liked this a lot and thought Hogan really excelled as Flair and gave a gutty performance even doing mannerisms like Flair slamming his coat down exactly. Nash as Arn is mean spirited but still funny. Hall seemed to have moments but was weaker overall. Surprised this isn't remembered more.
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I think this match should have been what the hot tag should have been in the tag match. A great example of being selfless for a bit can provide something great for everyone involved. Nash saying Liz wouldn't wear the mask at first says a lot. Nash sold the shock well and this was a fun match. *3/4 Konnans video was well done. I don't know how endearing he looked to certain parts of the region (Im grouping Alabama where I lived at the time) but it was effective to a projected audience.
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I liked this match and it was nice to see Bret fairly motivated since when he staggers out he has the biggest "what the fuck am I doing here" look. Bret worked over the leg well and made Booker's comeback and the finish feel well earned while at the same time keeping Hitman strong. In some ways, this was like him working Davey Boy but it didn't have the atmosphere to overtake that series. ***1/4
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Odd match. Both guys worked their ass off but the weird start was too much to overcome for the match overall for me. I don't know if it was just both guys going into the themes they were most comfortably with or what but it was really weird for Hogan to be the defacto face and the fact that we had a relatively tentative start to what was a blood feud. And yeah that finish.... just awful. Woflpac completely dominated this show. I have a whole lot to say about this show whenever we get there on WTBBP,. but it was interesting and depressing to revisit. **3/4
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27 seems to be taking too much of a beating to me. I was at WM 27 and 29 and Im not sure which show overall I liked better. 27's main event of Cena vs. Miz isn't good but neither is Cena vs. Rock at 29. I don't think anything on either show was as bad as the Lawler vs. Cole segment but HHH vs. Taker is my favorite match of both shows (yes, above Punk). I also don't think 29 had a Punk vs. Orton type match that is good from an undercard perspective. I have no problem calling WM 27 maybe a bottom 10 WM, but I don't see how it is worse than 4, 9, 15, 2, 1, or 11. I also think it is interesting that you listed 6 in the bottom 10 as I could see that being a point of contention even from a match quality standpoint, it is a one match show.
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Good action at finish of the first match even though the crowd doesn't care much. Second match really never gets going as Barry uses his belt to choke Malenko and win the tag straps for him and Hennig. Tim, this was a double elimination tournament and Hennig/Windham had 0 losses while Benoit/Malenko had one going in.
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