El-P
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And although I did comment on it in the yearbook thread, I just wanna reiterate, Cornette's promo after Bluegrass Brawl II with the Bodies walking off is one of the greatest moment I've ever seen in pro-wrestling. One of the greatest promo ever from Cornette, and just pure gold with the Bodies walking off in the blur with the song in the background. Awesome.
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Okay. Some of Cornette's booking I'm not a fan of. The TV format of SMW can be frustrating at times with the lack of regular really good matches. Too much Cornette can get tiresome no matter how good he is. But godamn what a MOTHERFUCKING AWESOME PROMO this man is. I knew beforehand, but he really peaked in SMW, and this one is simply jaw dropping, putting all the pieces of the history together and conceiding the victory to his lifetime nemesis while on the verge of crying. This is the point where you actually feel for the bad guy you love to hate. The Bodies walking off in the blur is the icing on teh cake. The entire segment is pure gold. Maybe my favourite SMW segment too, and I would seriously put that one against anything in any company ever. Just great great stuff.
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They sure pushed the hell out of the Seekers. There's a problem when Lance Storm is more likeable and personable is every one of this videos than he end up being anywhere else in his career. Maybe he missed his calling as a goofy smiling babyface. I actually genuinely enjoy those videos, yeah it's cheesy but in a good way, considering the context.
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Bluegrass Brawl II had to be the best SMW show ever, with two legit MOTYC back to back, culminating in a great moment after a similary great build. I guess it's the apex of the company.
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And there you go, the ladder match ends up being the second best match on the show. Just a tremendous match, just about perfect. Love the heel in peril segment with Prichard, as he's amazing at it, bleeding a gusher, taking hilarious bumps, showing tons of awesome nody language of desperation and pain. The Rock'n Roll are great at controlling this segment, showing sweat tag team strategies. These guys still look quick and smooth. Then of course the Ricky Morton show, with the Bodies delivering tons of good offense and keeping the fast pace. There are several fake finishes, which is pretty rare in the US at this point, and it build the intensity to a formidable climax. MOTYC, like I said before, just about perfect.
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I'd have to rewatch it back to back with Razor vs Shawn, but it's at least just as great. The wrestling here is better than at the MX match, which was more gimmicky (although not nearly as much as the awful 00's ladder matches will), and although it was a bit shakier at times, I'm guessing it was although way less rehashed. I love Candido's overbumping, I'm a complete mark for it. It's as great as Terry Funk's. They do less with the ladder, but some of what they do look really brutal. The missed huricanrana from the top by Candido looks really dangerous. Tracey is awesome here, the best I've seen him. MOTYC, obviously.
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I thought this worked pretty well to establish who these guys were, and Lance comes off as actually likeable (shocker) while Jericho already has that obvious heel feel to him. That being said, I like that it was again a reality based interview that allowed fans to know the young guys from a more personnal standpoint. And then it comes. the BLOW-JOB section of the promo, where they say tahy are actually singles, and while Lance oretty much kills his gimmick at this point saying he wants someone to be quiet at hime with (Thrillseeker ? Really ?), Jericho goes all out saying he'll fuck any girl in the territory, no matter if she's hot or ugly. You can blow him, come to SMW shows. Well, he didn't say that but that was the spirit. What a trooper.
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Really good TV match, and that's the third in a row on SMW TV, which makes me a happy wrestling fan. Finally the Rock'n Roll working with a fresh team, and it shows. Candido vs either one is a good pairing, and the Rock'n Roll vs bumping big man works well too so this is a promising feud. Dutch really cracks me up at times. I'll miss him a lot when he'll be gone ti WWF doing nothing. Tammy has such a great timing already.
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Holy shit, Vince on SMW TV hyping the Bluegrass Brawl !!!! Totally surreal !!! Then the great part, Ricky reading his letter, it's just a perfect promo, Ricky is stuttering a bit becaus of the emotion, it's not overdone, it's not overacted and overdramatic (hum... "Sorry, I love you"...), it's just pitch perfect, feels real and genuine. Awesome money promo, *again*.
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Tammy is such a star already, and really does looke like the female Jim Cornette as she can sell a match and really explain the stips right while keeping in character and insulting her opponents. Brian Lee looks more and more like the Bulldozer at this point. Only needs a hair dye... Dutch is always gold on these segments. Hell, Dutch is always gold.
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A little bit rushed for a ladder match which would require some more time I think, but as a short TV one, it's very good, and there is more actual wrestling and less gimmick than in Shawn vs Razor. Candido takes some great bump, especially one from a Smothers back kick right into the ladder, face first, and the great gourdbuster one at the end. The money seems a little bit low though, and as it's been said Smothers look like he could jump and grab it. Anyway, nice to see a very good match on TV. Love these two worker together. WWF missed the boat big time with Freddie Joe Floyd and Skip.
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As Cornette said about the Fabulous Ones videos in retrospect "They look gay as shit now." Come one, you know this is the homoerotic part of that TV show. Not as good as the infamous WCW video with Powers/Gomez/Renegade/Wright, but pretty damn good in that respect. Lance Storm looks boring even when he lift weighs. Did Cornette realized in was 1994, not 1984 ? Wait, it's the Smokey Mountains and as those white trash girls hairdo attest, it is indeed 1984.
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He was sent to NJ then, they had nothing for him to do. Rotundo came back with the immensely successful Varsity Club redux though, complete with Kimona jumping on a trampoline in a cheerleader outift.
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