Posted June 24, 201015 yr comment_5452323 5/7/95 Nasty Boys vs. Romeo Valentino/Dino Casanova Craig Pittman vs. Bill Payne Harlem Heat vs. Barry Hardy/John Crystal Brian Pillman vs. Buddy Vale Steve Regal/Bobby Eaton vs. Marcus Bagwell/Patriot* 5/14/95 Brian Pillman vs. Jim Rogers* Alex Wright vs. Rip Sawyer Nasty Boys vs. Mike Parker/Buddy Vale Tim Horner vs. Bunkhouse Buck** Kevin Sullivan vs. The Butcher
October 6, 201015 yr Author comment_5456841 12/10/95 Sting vs. Manny Fernandez Bunkhouse Buck/Dick Slater vs. Scott & Steve Armstrong** Diamond Dallas Page vs. Buck Quartermaine Dungeon of Doom promo** Hugh Morrus vs. Joey Maggs Chris Benoit vs. Big Train Bart***** Steven Regal/Robert Eaton vs. Harlem Heat* Again, not THEE Manny Fernandez. Buck/Slater were awesome as a pair of dirty prospectors. Them doing their thing is awesome and the Armstrongs are good foils for them. DDP/Buck doesn't get much time, and I don't think DDP was very good then anyway. Good lord the Dungeon of Doom. Zodiac running around screaming over everybody's promo, King Curtis spilling out of his robe, Taskmaster giving his father the gift of laughter (the gift being Hugh Morrus), I have no idea what is going on here. And they're in a cave. Morrus/Maggs stank. And FUUUUUUCK Yeah! Benoit vs. Big Train Bart (Necro Butcher's trainer Black Bart!) was fuuuuucking killer. Bart stiffs the shit out of Benoit and also bumps HUGE for him. He take a big clothesline to the floor, catches a great dive, and just really puts over Benoit's strikes. When he takes over the offense, he transitions with HEADBUTTS and they are some GREAT headbutts. THEN he starts working over Benoit's fingers! He grabs Benoit's fingers and pulls them down over the top rope (wedging the rope into the webbing) and I have NEVER seen someone do that. While he's doing this, he's headbutting Benoit in the shoulder. So awesome. Main event is going nicely until the Robert Parker/Sherri storyline takes center stage, then we have Eaton getting the visible pin for EVER, like a 16 count, until Stevie kicks him off and he gets pinned. Started strong and then just sputtered to the end. Shame.
September 3, 201213 yr Author comment_5513920 11/5/95 Nasty Boys vs. Buddy Valentine/Johnny Swinger The Shark vs. Verne Henderson DDP vs. Cobra Steve/Scott Armstrong/Tim Horner vs. Brian Pillman/Arn Anderson/Ric Flair** The main event is a good example of the best thing possible about these sets. You have three guys who nobody has ever seen take a fall on TV, vs. 3 of the bigger stars of the 90s, and 75% of the match is the Horsemen showing ass for Armstrongs/Horner. I don't know if it's because hierarchies aren't as strong today or the egos of the guys on top are just that much bigger that they don't want to look weak, but these type of matches just don't exist any more on TV. I think I was so confused by the Armstrongs running roughshod over Arn and Pillman that it took me like 3 minutes to realize Tim Horner was not in fact Bobby Eaton. I'm pretty sure for 3 minutes I was just non-stop talking about how I didn't realize Eaton ever wore this late into his career. "I don't remember the last time I saw Eaton NOT wearing tights, you know? I assumed he had hideously scarred legs, but they're just normal super white Eaton legs you know? you know?!?!" Then Tim Horner came in and threw an arm drag and I was like Ohhhhhhhhh. Because only in wrestling can you have a guy with the worst haircut possible, and have there be another guy in the same room with the exact same haircut. Anyway, the match was fucking boss because it's not the Armstrongs and Tim Horner getting squashed by Kevin Sullivan and Hugh Morrus, it's the Armstrongs and Tim Horner getting to squash the motherfucking Horsemen while the Horsemen have to desperately cheat to scrape out a victory, so who couldn't cheer like mad while watching it!?
September 3, 201213 yr Author comment_5513921 11/19/95 Eddie Guerrero vs. Buck Quartermaine Meng vs. Louis Astea DDP vs. Chuck Williams There was an awesome World War 3 commercial with Mean Gene tantalizing the folks at home by letting them know the big names that would be involved. The list is really weird, as the top 5 was 1. Sting, 2. Lex Luger, 3. Randy Savage (those three make tons of sense to advertise as the top 3 participants, obviously, but things get weird with) 4. Shark, and 5. Disco Inferno. Did they think that highly of Shark and Disco Inferno back in '95? I mean, it looks super bizarre 17 years later out of context, but that had to seem just as weird in '95 right? Chris Benoit vs. Otis Apollo Ric Flair/Arn Anderson/Brian Pillman vs. Dave Sullivan/Joey Maggs/JL** You know this shit was awesome. First awesome thing? Horseman entered first! You'd think the trio of Sullivan/Maggs/JL would just be waiting in the ring, but they get an honest to god entrance and everything! Of course the main awesome thing in this match was the Horseman giving tons of offense to 3 of the lowest tier guys on the roster. Was there a lower member on the roster than JL at this point? Well Arn bumps all around for JL's dropkicks, Flair gives Maggs tons of offense, and most of the offense the Horsemen get comes because they cheat. All 6 guys look like they're having fun, and who knows, maybe Flair giving Maggs tons of offense led to Maggs getting a better-than-normal looking rat (who he of course picked up by calling himself "Humpin" Joey Maggs. I hope.).
