Posted April 19, 201114 yr comment_5470089 1. Houdini v Soldat Ustinov Awkward. Houdini is supposed to kick out at one point, but doesn't, so the ref just stops the count at 2 while the fans boo. Ustinov then just throws the guy over the top to get DQ'd. So lame. 2. Wahoo McDaniel v Wayne Bloom What is up with Wahoo finishing matches with just a chop? I mean, he has nice chops, but come on. This match was going nicely and really fun, since Bloom was getting in a lot of offense, but then it just suddenly ended with a chop. 3. *Barry Zevan hosts “Celebrity Corner” with guest Don Rickles* Yes! Rickles doing his thing and making fun of whomever Barry Zevan is. Verne comes out and messes around admirably with Rickles. Verne: "Hey Don, you look pretty good for 90!" Verne sets up a great line too, saying Don almost got into the wrestling business 30 years earlier, to which Don says, "Yeah, because you never hear any Jew champs! There's a lot of Jewish promoters, and we own a lot of arena, but you never hear 'Your winner and champion, Irving Katz!'" Barry says, "Thanks for coming Don!" and Don replies while walking away, "Don't ever ask me to do this again." EXTRA!! 4. Magnificent Mimi v Lori Lynn I actually loved this match. I've never heard of Lori Lynn before but she looked awesome. Mimi looked real good as well, but Lynn just looked really unique. She had a lot of cool arm takedowns and neat transitions, and Mimi played into them great by doing some cool headscissor takedowns, which Lynn always had really cool reversals for. There were a couple of really cool victory roll spots, and I don't know...they both just kinda MOVED differently. It looked really foreign...not sure who trained these two but I dug it. Could've gone longer, and could've had a better ending (crossbody finisher was sorta botched), but this was one of the more entertaining women's matches I've seen in awhile. 5. Nick Bockwinkel v Blackjack Mulligan We see just the ending of this, but Holy lord does Bobby Heenan die in this! He takes the Harley Race over the corner to the floor bump at an INSANE speed. He gets chucked into the corner and just FLIES over the top to the floor. Unreal. 6. Jerry Lawler v Teijho Khan – AWA title Well this wasn't a very good match for a Lawler match that gets 13 minutes. Who do you think is to blame? Khan stalls for the first 7 or so, constantly rolling to the floor. There were cool moments, like Lawler holding a headlock, Khan shooting him into the ropes, but Lawler holding onto Khan's rat tail. I love spots where the guy holds the headlock and doesn't get shot into the ropes, and this was a cool twist that the crowd loved. The match just wasn't very satisfying for a Lawler match, especially one that got time.
June 19, 201114 yr comment_5474368 Houdini v Soldat Ustinov Oh man the flub on the big boot/three count here was unbelievable. I seriously have no clue what the fuck was going on there. Ustinov/Khan promo. Wahoo McDaniel v. Wayne Bloom Not much of a match. Wahoo won with a chop Don Rickles interview. Agree with Eric that this is so bizarre that it belongs as an EXTRA Magnificent Mimi v Lori Lynn Mimi's step over mare was really cool. Lynn took a cool bump to the floor and came back on a cheap shot off a handshake. Lynn attacks Mimi's arm and they do a cool dosey do spot or two with Lynn really holding things tight. Cool block of a headscissors attempt by Lynn and then a really cool escape from Mimi. Cool walk up monkey flip spot from Mimi too. Boy the finish to this sucked though. This was really fun for the most part but I struggle to see how this would make it onto the set. Madusa promo. Clips of Bock v. Mulligan Greg Gagne pre-tape. Jerry Lawler v. Tejo Khan There was some fun bullshit in this and I liked the spots with Khan's hair but really there was way too little here. I can dig minimalistic matches but this was ridiculous. Lawler was great throwing jabs, took a nice bump and even sold Khan's stuff well once it got to the point where something was going on, but my god did it take forever.
