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WCW obviously has very little Hogan footage, so we get what little WCW he has done, Thunder in Paradise, and a match against Muta. There is the clip of him wearing the WWF title in New Japan. Then we get Hogan in Center Stage with Jimmy Hart and Mr. T. Weird how the Saturday Night backdrop looks like a green screen even though they're really standing in front of it.
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Sid has his hair dyed dark brown. He wants Eddie Marlin out. He wants Lawler in the match they are scheduled to have, and Sid wants something in a rulebook that says Lawler doesn't have to come out. This is the most coherent I've ever seen Sid. Anyway, Sid wins the USWA title by default.
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They show a clip from Mid South Coliseum of Lawler vs Rich in a barbed wire match, which I'm sure was great in full. Mickey Poole rises from the grave and cuts the barbed wire, which distracts Lawler long enough for Rich to get him with an ether-soaked rag and pin him. Back at the studio, Rich explains how losing his hair in the Dundee match back in 1977 ruined Mickey Poole's life, as he lost his job and his wife left him. They show an old clip, and Mid South Coliseum looks the exact same, with the only difference being it was a lot more packed and heated back then. Rich provokes Lawler into coming out and having a fight, but Sid attacks Lawler from behind. Good stuff.
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Yeah, I don't really have much opinion on this whole feud.
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Barry Bonds? I don't think so.
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BREEEEETTTTTT -- Go getum, champ.
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Wanna pick up the tempo? Snap into a Slim Jim! I remember this vividly. Savage suggests that an elderly woman dance to the Funky Chicken!
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Yes! It begins! Backlund challenges Bret to a match for the first time, and this is intentionally unintentionally creepy.
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Excellent match that starts off isolating each pairing -- Santo/Panther, Rey/Psicosis, Fuerza/Octagon -- with no overlap. But the exchanges are great, especially the one where Santo is riding Panther like he has him in a sleeper, but has a bow and arrow applied instead. But the rudos don't really sustain any offense at this point, so it feels like an exhibition until the second fall, which is entirely dominated by the rudos. Rey is isolated and worked over, which is appreciated in the third fall since he is the one to come through for his team. That fall is more back and forth. There is some really gorgeous high flying happening here. I appreciated the build more when this was over than I did during the match, as I kept wanting to see Rey/Panther, Psicosis/Octagon, Fuerza/Santo ... whatever mixed pairings they were willing to give us. On the formulaic side in terms of how they built from fall to fall, but still very good. -
But that wouldn't have set up Leslie Nielson investigating the whereabouts of the Undertaker.
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Not a long match. Vrij takes a cheapshot pretty early and then takes a dive when it becomes apparent that Maeda is about to fight back. This kills the main event in just three minutes. Maeda isn't happy after the match and stomps him. It's quickly broken up, as they look like they're about to get into it for real. Compelling stuff, and you couldn't book wrestling better than this if the goal was to set up a rematch.
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This is a little different than most chain matches in that there is no four corners dragging. They can win by pinfall or submission, and falls count anywhere. Great match! Incredibly violent. Both of them are a bloody mess by the time this is over. This is one of the best uses of the gimmick that I have ever seen. Bull doing the nunchuck stylings with the chain before blasting Kandori is awesome. More than anything, the element of danger and excitement that comes with every swing in momentum is what makes this so good. This is also filmed exceptionally well, so it's easy to pick up on all the details of their selling. This is a 20-minute movie fight scene with a few wrestling moves mixed in. Not the best match of the year, but probably the best gimmick of the year without too much of a fight.
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Dory is ambushed on his way to the ring. He comes back and is all I'LL HIT YOU WITH AN UPPERCUT! I'LL SHOW YOU! Short match. Shane Douglas runs in and beats up Tommy Dreamer after he secures the win for his team. The ring feels with the whole roster to keep them apart. Mr. Hughes and 9-1-1 have a staredown and throw a few punches. Then, Sabu and Shane Douglas brawl and Funk comes back with a table to throw in the ring. Big, fun clusterfuck.
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The crowd is starting to sound more like an ECW crowd. It is admittedly pretty cool to watch ECW evolve it into what we know it to be. Sandman is laying a beating on Whipwreck, but Tommy Cairo comes in and hits both guys with the cane.
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"Emulating what Verne Gagne did in 1922 sure ain't the future of wrestling." Typical, hyper-furious Paul E. promo.
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This is done in some random office instead of in front of a crowd. This is pretty flat, as we've all established that DiBiase is pretty flat in this role. But there is a big bombshell - DiBiase announces that he has signed Lex Luger!
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Talk about it here.
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Another match I don't feel the need to watch right now, since I've seen it so many times. I'll say what I always say when this match comes up. This match felt like a reaction to the Hogan era and the type of championship matches the company was known for. This was your classic version of a world champion was local underdog. Just a year or two before this, it would have been more likely to happen on WCW TV, while a big PPV with a dream match in Orlando would have been WWF domain. The tables had turned. Bret Hart was the 1990s version of Jack Brisco. This is a great match for both guys.
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I was going to tough this out, but I just watched it not too long ago anyway and know where I stand on it. It's nowhere near as good as the Flair Ironman, since Owen spends the first half of the match stalling. It does pick up toward the end, but not enough to really make this more than just a solid match. And 60 minutes is way too long to invest to just get a solid match. I still believe this needed to go on the yearbook. It's one of the most famous fancams -- and it's two well-regarded guys going an hour in a well-regarded feud. But I don't really care to ever see it again, despite liking the other matches in the rivalry.
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Flair vs Sting got 60% of the vote to headline the show. Hey, there's Jean Paul Leveque in his lime green trunks! Short match. Hogan sits at ringside. One of my favorite goofy finishes of all time, as "Charlie Chaplin" interferes and goes after Sting's eyes. It's so obvious it's Sherri and when we see who it is, Hogan is completely shocked. This gives Flair the opening to go after Hogan's knee, but Mr. T quickly makes the save. Fuck that mess, Flair should have done the beatdown.
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Hogan declares WCW the number one promotion in the world and hypes Bash at the Beach, and I begrudgingly admit that they haven't done a terrible job building the match. Hogan puts over WCW pretty strongly and says he's proud to be in the #1 wrestling organization in the world. He picks up his phone and votes for Flair vs Sting in this interactive main event, and there we go - another idea that will probably work well in the modern climate of social media that did draw some good ratings then, but didn't have staying power. Hogan brings out Mr. T, which would be like someone on Raw bringing out the dancing baby from Ally McBeal.
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They show a clip from the previous week of The Thrillseekers throwing Cornette's face in a cake after he interrupts their interview time. Then, we cut to a fan filming her kids with wrestlers and they see The Thrillseekers! They go toward them for autographs, but a couple of masked men accompanying Cornette attack them in the parking lot. The fan catches it all on tape and sends it into SMW. The Thrillseekers know it was the Heavenly Bodies who attack them and want them in the ring. SMW agreed to reinstate them for one week only. This is hilarious. Jericho and Storm were not ready for this push. "THERE'S TWO THINGS IN THE WORLD THAT DON'T FORGET -- ELEPHANTS AND THRILLSEEKERS." Finally, we cut to a promo of Cornette and the Bodies. Cornette gets in a dig at Rodney King and praises the LAPD! He confirms that the Bodies are coming back to SMW for a week. Offensive political views aside, Cornette cuts an outstanding promo. All of this is wildly entertaining for varying reasons.
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Bob Armstrong wanted a Coward Waves The Flag match with Cornette, but Cornette refused unless Bob Armstrong agreed to his terms. They cut to a taped promo from Cornette. Since they are keeping their third man a mystery, Cornette will only sign on for the match if he also gets the match he wants - a Texas Death 6-man. Armstrong and Smothers reveal Ron Wright as the man in their corner who will hold their flag of surrender. Ron Wright is out on his own two feet and he's wearing a really pimp tuxedo. They show a clip of Cornette falling from the scaffold at Starrcade '86, saying this will top that as the worst night he has ever had. This is to set up Armstrong and Smothers announcing their teammate -- Road Warrior Hawk! Cornette is livid. I love pro wrestling.
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Highlights of decent action from Mid South Coliseum, followed by Rich and Dream Machine hitting the studio for a promo. Rich was always a good talker. Dream Machine's redneck rhyming always makes me smile. What the FUCK is Doug Gilbert wearing?
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Very good match. A billion stars just for Choshu cutting off Muto's running lariat on the entrance ramp! It's about time! I don't even care that the camera missed it, it happened and that's good enough for me. Fujiwara as headbutt guy is one I can get behind, and I like him in this context -- showing a little fire and choking Hashimoto out. I don't yet appreciate him in a GOAT candidate way, but he's fun enough, and he's the bright spot in this match. The triple submissions with the old guys all in the advantageous position was tremendous. Even though this all feels a little anti-climatic coming on the heels of the red hot Tenryu vs New Japan feud, it's still a perfectly good way to kill the time, and something that's absolutely worth watching. They cut a really good pace and everyone shows off their best stuff.