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  1. Loss
    Last few minutes. This was also shown earlier in error instead of the Sid/Tatanka vs Diesel/Bigelow tag at KOTR.
  2. Loss
    Well, this was a revisit. I think I liked this more on this viewing than I ever have. Aside from the Foley match, this may be Shawn's best non-gimmicked singles match, and possibly Jarrett's best too. It doesn't compare to the best matches around the world for the year in terms of offense or depth of story, but it's really strong in other ways. They choose a really basic match layout and execute it to near-perfection. All of the showboating early on is just the right amount without being excessive, and there are some excellent WWF-style nearfalls. I'm tired right now, but I really enjoyed this way more than I expected, and I think it's pretty safely in the top handful of matches in company history.
  3. Loss
    My guard was up going into this. While I really liked the March match, two street fights within four months of each other seemed excessive. That was for good reason. This is a really great match too, and it may even make my top 100, but there's nothing this match does that the March match doesn't do just as well or better. If there is a difference, it's that this time, Ozaki does more selling, while she was the aggressor in March, but that's not even as pronounced as you'd think, and the match is still worked pretty much the same way. All-over-the-arena brawling is incredibly boring to watch on TV, but great for the live audience. It's hard to complain about a match this great, and believe me, I'm not. It's just that there's not much new to say. This is the feud that doesn't quit.
  4. Loss
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  5. Loss
    "WHERE AM I? THERE'S NO HULKAMANIACS HERE. I'VE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE! AHHHH ... IT'S NOT HOT. WHAT IS THIS PLACE?" Sullivan tells him YOUR DEMISE IS ETCHED IN STONE, and suddenly The Giant breaks down a wall, wearing wrestling gear just like Andre's, and chokes Hogan down. Pro wrestling.
  6. Loss
    Morton and Gibson are not happy about their title shot being given to the Thugz at all. DWB and Smothers come out to try to reason with them. Finally, Bob Armstrong comes out to calm them down and set up a title match at Superbowl of Wrestling, which ended up not happening. I'm assuming had Morton not left, they were headed toward a heel turn as a team, which would have been interesting.
  7. Loss
    Lance Russell continues to be out of this world great in selling angles to the audience. PG-13 are facing Pat Tanaka and Gorgeous George III when Mark Curtis interrupts the announcers and asks for Russell to follow him to the parking lot. No dice, but Lance sends a cameraman. Smothers and the Rock & Rolls are getting ready to wreak havoc and storm the ring. Smothers seems to be having the time of his life. I wish George and Tanaka had been laid out too instead of helping out, but that's a small complaint. This is similar in some ways to "The Outsiders are in the back" in WCW a year later. It's not a perfect comparison, but this is somewhat like it. Finally, Tommy Rich has seen enough and makes a triumphant save, only for the SMW guys to bail. LOL at Steven Dunn being around for all of this and being completely ineffective at holding off anyone from SMW.
  8. Loss
    PG-13 do a number on Mark Curtis and hold Morton and Gibson at bay. This is lots of fun -- probably outstanding in full -- with PG-13 throwing powder in Morton's face when he's attempting a sunset flip! Tables and other props make their way into this, with Morton eating a series of DDTs from Wolfie D on a table. Buddy Landell ends up running in and helping his SMW friends, and Lawler comes out and they brawl outside. This just keeps getting better! Finally, Tracy Smothers comes in and breaks a bottle over JC Ice's head before cutting a fired up heel promo on the crowd! The SMW guys win! Based on the crazy crowd heat and fun brawling, this is a match that I suspect is a low-end MOTYC in full, so it's a shame all we have is clips. Then, we get a promo from the Rock & Rolls, Smothers and Curtis, with Smothers doing the best interview of his life, followed by a PG-13 interview in the studio. They have decided to ask someone to be their partner who is willing to do anything to win. Russell knows who they have in mind and says he doesn't think this is going to work. Finally, we find out that it's Tommy Rich! Rich shows up, gloats, says no, takes the money and leaves, while Lance Russell drops hints about him changing his mind, saying that to know Rich outside the ring is to know a great family man, which is why his attitude within wrestling has never made sense. This is better than anything going on in the U.S. in 1995 for sure.
  9. Loss
    I liked this, but not as much as the tag 9 days earlier. I try, but I just haven't been able to get into Joe Malenko all that much. There's Sano/Anjo for me, as Ditch said, but it's pretty limited.
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  11. Loss
    Survivor Series Buyrate Proves Fans Do Not Buy Dewayne Johnson As Main Eventer
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  16. Loss
    It's funny to throw out as a question, but I do hope my loved ones will be kind enough to do an intervention if I ever start taking the time to think about who was better between Dino Bravo and Stevie Ray. I think I'd be forced to examine my life choices at that point.
  17. Loss
    Jerry Estrada is the biggest hit-or-miss guy I can think of as a wrestler. He alternates between brilliant and horrible pretty regularly. I don't know if he's the most consistent, but Arn Anderson is the first wrestler I think of when I think consistency.
  18. Loss
    "I'll sacrifice three or four ribs. I'll even poke yo' kidney!" -- New Jack
  19. Loss
    "IT LOOKS BAD. IT LOOKS REALLY BAD. AN ABSESS. I HAVE TO PULL IT." He pulls a tooth from a kid, which they censor while Lawler is in there cutting a promo on Bret Hart. Imagine being at the dentist's office with Lawler standing over you screaming at Bret Hart.
  20. Loss
    Last few minutes. Beefcake and Sullivan try to interfere and Rodman holds them at bay with a chair. No heat and a really clumsy finish to a feud that killed Vader. Flair tears into Vader for losing after the match and we have a babyface turn.
  21. Loss
    Hogan and Rodman together pre-NWO, with Hogan calling him Rod the Bod. Eric Bischoff is flanked by the women of Baywatch. He asks one of the producers what it's like working with the WCW stars and gets an awesome monotone "It's great" response. Then, we cut to Gene Okerlund, who's about to interview Hogan. WCW doing the wide shot to get over the crowd size had the opposite effect. Eek. Some kids present him with a Harley as a thanks for his work with the Make-a-Wish Foundation. He's suddenly interrupted by the not-yet-named Giant, who throws a shirt on Hogan, says "Remember this?" and walks off. "Jimmy, I know this shirt. This is Andre's." There are probably a half-dozen examples of disgusting exploitation in this 5-minute segment. Pretty impressive.
  22. Loss
    This should NOT be this good. Should NOT. Should NOT have better pacing and psychology than just about any ECW match I've seen from '95. Should NOT. But it does. Stevie submitting to the testicular claw is a funny finish, but this was a pretty decent match. We get a Dudleys/Pit Bulls brawl outside the ring when the Dudleys try to get into the cage. Raven manages to sneak in past all the chaos, then lock the cage. Raven gives her a DDT and finally everyone is able to get in. Dreamer does the most calm run-in ever. They slam the cage door shut on Raven's hand, which is a pretty cool payback spot. Dreamer ends up pulling a hair of handcuffs out of his boot, which is probably why he didn't run in, and we get the famous Chairshot Heard Round The World.
  23. Loss
    ECW sound quality is so bad with house mic promos. I get the jist, but it's so hard to follow. They end up brawling and the crowd pops huge. Was Donn E. Allen's sole job in ECW to run in and separate wrestlers in pull-apart brawls?
  24. Loss
    Ric Flair comes out for an interview with Gene Okerlund, flanked by about a dozen Space Mountainettes. Flair enters the ring for a demonstration of how the Lifeguard Match with Savage at Bash at the Beach will work. He takes on a jobber while wearing a suit and keeps throwing the guy out only for the Space Mountainettes to throw the guy back in. Randy Savage comes out and Flair tries to bail and gets thrown back in the ring because that's what he told them to do. The two are eventually pulled apart, and Flair gets in some free shots in the process. After Flair runs off, Savage is pissed off at the guys who were holding him back and starts punching them before wrapping up with a Savage interview with Mean Gene. This was super hot and very old school.
  25. Loss
    SULLIVAN! The Zodiac is the latest addition to the Dungeon of Doom. YES. NO. YES. NO. Next, Kamala joins the group. Sullivan screaming with his Bah-stun voice is hilarious.
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