Everything posted by El-P
- [1996-02-03-WCW-Saturday Night] Lex Luger vs Eddy Guerrero
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Kurt Angle
Yeah, I agree the WWF style really hurt the perception that Kurt was a killing suplex machine to me. Hell, Taz was much better in the role in ECW.
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Kurt Angle
The Gold Medal. And really, Angle's suplexes never looked that impressive to me compared to the Steiners throwing people around. Angle was at his best when he was a half-comedic clueless putz in 2000/01 to me.
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IPS Driver Error
Thanks. I was wondering why I couldn't reply to a PM.
- [1996-01-29-WCW-Nitro] Ric Flair vs Hulk Hogan
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[1996-01-29-WWF-Raw] Billionaire Ted Skit
Meanwhile, on the other channel, Hogan was losing to Flair via pinfall.
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- [1996-01-27-WCW-Saturday Night] Steven Regal vs Dusty Wolfe
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[1996-01-23-WCW-Clash of the Champions XXXII] Ric Flair & The Giant vs Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage
I don't think Liz got enhanced before late 1997 when she came back at Starrcade, but maybe I'm wrong. I think the dress was doing the trick here. Anyway, she indeed kinda looked like Sunny. Not yet as foxy as she would become as a heel. Oh, there was a match too. The usual stuff from these four. Savage was okay working with Flair during this period, but he was so much better as a heel to me. They do absolutely nothing with Woman, which is odd. Flair winning is quite the shocker. Damn heel booker Sullivan, he was trying his best to put heat on the heels despite Hogan's insecure attitude.
- [1996-01-23-WCW-Clash of the Champions XXXII] Brian Pillman vs Eddy Guerrero
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[1996-01-23-WCW-Clash of the Champions XXXII] Sting, Lex Luger and the Road Warriors
Is that the first time the Road Warriors got back together since SummerSlam 92 ? Anyway, although they were clearly past their prime, it was a much more exciting debut (in blue, no less) than going to a draw against the freaking Head Bangers one year later on RAW. Luger is pretty great here, namedropping every team available including the State Patrol. Sting is an idiot. I loved their heel/face tag team, that was fresh and well executed.
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[1996-01-22-WCW-Nitro] Sting & Lex Luger vs Harlem Heat
They had a better match a few days before on Saturday Night. Harlem Heat were a rather shitty team, and apart from the great ax kick at the beginning, this is typical plodding and boring HH work. Luger's angle made the segment interesting. Nitro was really stacking up the cards like crazy at this point, I'm surprised Raw won this one.
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[1996-01-22-WCW-Nitro] Ric Flair vs Randy Savage
Match didn't feel any special, just your regular Flair vs Savage TV match with a surprise finish. Hogan vs ONe Man Gang was the main event of the show, which tells it all. Savage is pretty great getting in Hogan's face after the match. Finally ! The whole Woman deal was interesting, at least Heenan referred to her past with Flair. In the 1996 Timeline, Sullivan talked about Hogan wanting Linda to get involved as a valet at this point.
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Is TNA the worst wrestling promotion in history?
Dying promotions are my kind of stuff. Maybe I should try it. This guy is pretty creepy.
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Wrestle Kingdom 8
And then Jerome would chime in about SECAM. We had the Minitel well before the Internet was all around, bitches !! Well, of course when the Internet was popular everywhere else, we still had the damn Minitel...
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Wrestle Kingdom 8
And then Jerome would chime in about SECAM. It was odd how back in the 90s I was able to trade tapes with Australians and Kiwis but not the French until PAL/SECAM VCR's were the norm. When I bought my first tapes in 1998 I already had an NTSC compatible VCR. But I can't seem to convert my tapes onto DVD though, which sucks, although it would take a ridiculous amount of time I wouldn't be ready to spent these days I believe.
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Dave Meltzer stuff
This is a fantastic post. 100% spot on with every single point. The same.
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Shoots Review and Preview thread
The trailer is extremely well done, but Cornette actually comes off much better (as in = not ready to explode) when you watch the whole thing. The TNA & Russo stuff has been heard before on podcast, but the whole ROH story (which constitute the meat of the show) is amazing. Corny is just a great storyteller as usual. Honestly, he seems in a better place now that he's ever been in the last 20 years. For those who fear political and religious rants, there's about 5 minutes of them at the end, and Oliver's reaction to Corny's anti-religious stuff is just hilarious. Really, Corny looks like he as moved on, and the blasts of fury showed in the trailer aren't as bad or out of control as they seem in context. The 1989 Timeline should be awesome.
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Dave Meltzer stuff
That's a pretty awesome exchange.
- [1996-01-20-WCW-Saturday Night] Interview: Ric Flair & Randy Savage
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Dave Meltzer stuff
Well, Dave has a point when he says Bryan looks like a mini-Duke Droese (well, he didn't say Duke Droese, but that was the sentiment).
- [1996-01-15-WCW-Nitro] Ric Flair vs Sting
- [1996-01-15-WCW-Nitro] Interview: Arn Anderson, Kevin Sullivan & Brian Pillman
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Current WWE
Seeing Jake in good shape was cool. And damn, hearing that great music got me all nostalgic and shit. The rest, I dunno, I fast forwarded through pretty much the entire show, since I saw nothing of interest to me. That opening segment just killed any goodwill I had going in.
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Ricky Morton wins NWA Jr. Heavyweight Title
The one that was dead more than 20 years ago. That Ricky still has to work is infinitely sad. Or pathetic. Or both.
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Is TNA the worst wrestling promotion in history?
Bischoff ? Ok, ok, I'm leaving the room. But seriously, what would the vision be except "Jeff Jarrett vanity promotion #2" anyway ?