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Very fun match but I have it a smidge behind the WM 7 main event. I was not too keen on a lot Animal did in the later stages of this match as I think he got blown up. He does a comically bad job of going into Hogan's big boot for instance. I did like the double juice and brawling aspects of this match. Hogan/Tenryu is an awesome team.
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I didn't see a thread for it but Hogan's pre match promo was awful. He really harbors a grudge for burning ones of his shirts. I want to comment on how good Regis is on commentary in this match. He comments enough to know he is aware of who these guys are but also stays enough out of the way when he gets into any grey area where he might not look knowledgeable. I especially like him deferring to Gorilla on how Hogan can escape the cobra clutch. It is unfortunate how bad the Adnan interference was, but the rest of the match was very good. I agree with Superstar that Hogan can be great in a brawling, gritty environment and we got a lot of that here which works better than him blowing off Savage's high impact offense. Great main event style match and the pop was pretty huge for the win.
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Well here we are, my favorite match of all time. A match that transformed a pretty big wrestling fan into a lifelong one. This is the one match that is the toughest for me to view objectively but I think I did my best here and it is still absolutely wonderful and chill inducing. I had forgotten how desperate everything felt in this match. Sherri was magnificent and really added to the magnitude and pace of the match. Warrior is the worst of the main components of this match but I think I liked him better this time than on last watch and he does really sell him looking up to the heavens well. Savage gives the performance of a lifetime here and its inspiring to watch especially to me knowing the actual backstage stuff involving him and Elizabeth. My MOTY and I honestly can't see anything topping it.
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This is the first year that in addition to ranking each match, I am assigning star ratings. This has been the hardest one so far because from an execution standpoint it is really high, but from an actual workrate standpoint, obviously it is lower. I do have a conviction to make it my #100 match of the year though for the amazing payoff it provides for the feud as a whole.
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Short squash and Rogers did a good job making Ron look good but I am sad that this is what he is relegated to. The Doom brawl seemed pretty hot to me and they used it to sign off the show so at least on this show, they did a good job making it a pretty big deal.
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Inspiring stuff that I didn't expect to see from this late era first WCW run Flair.
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I liked the Dundee promo and thought he was justified for being fired up. Father vs. son is a feud you don't see often enough in wrestling.
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