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Lawler does an interview talking about Lawler's Kings of Memphis with a kid who had a football accident and broke his neck. Lawler clarifies that he's pulling double duty at Mid South Coliseum, against both Lawler and the Moondogs.
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Well this is over almost before it begins. Embry runs in with a board and starts taking care of business. All three Moondogs are out and Jarrett and Lawler come out to even the sides. This is some stiff brawling. Lawler is sick of the Moondogs and they are ready to run them off. He asks Guy Coffey for one favor -- Lawler/Jarrett/Embry/Marlin vs Moondogs/Lee. Weird seeing Lawler okay after such a wild angle with Gilbert earlier.
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Oh my GOD. Is this the best non-wrestling segment of the year? Both Lawler and Gilbert are tremendous. Lawler, as usual, does a great promo, but this one is better than even his usual standards. He recaps the history of challenging champions from other groups in the past and beating Kerry Von Erich. He then switches his focus to Gilbert, saying this has been a long time coming. He says Gilbert has always wanted to be Lawler, which would be flattering if it was just imitation, like when Race and Savage called themselves kings. But Gilbert wants to wear Jerry's crown and take his belt and assume his identity. He says he's just not going to get a chance to do it. Gilbert has this dumbfounded look on his face the whole time. They ask Gilbert if he'd like to retaliate and he says he would, then psychotically grabs Lawler by the neck and starts choking him and screaming, "I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU!" It kinda freaked me out because (a) it could absolutely never happen in wrestling today and ( there was a really intense vibe going on. Insane stuff.
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Embry's return on the 05/11 MSC show! We get about 10 seconds of an 8 minute match where all the Moondogs run in. Then, we cut to the Lawler/Jarrett vs Moondogs match. A few minutes of great action, where Embry helps clear the ring of the heels. I wish we could see more of these matches. -
Warrior celebrates a victory while Papa Shango is at ringside "going into some sort of trance", to quote Vince. Suddenly, Warrior grabs his side and collapses and we're left to think Shango cursed Warrior. I know, it's preposterous, but this is actually pretty dark shit and there's a part of me that thought it was great.
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He's CRUSH and in his spare time, he CRUSHES things. You know, because his name is CRUSH.
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I think I need some time to process this before I can really describe it. So much awesome mix of styles, such an amazing crowd and such tremendous work not only from Santo and Casas, but really everyone in the match that I'm not sure I have the words for it at the moment. But it was spectacular. When I saw the less-talked-about match the day before prior to this, my expectations for this were a bit lowered. I was thinking people probably just like this for the novelty. But there is something more to this. Like the match the day before, Santo and Casas are working on a different plane from everyone else. But they do a much better job here than there of blending the styles. Where the 5/15 match felt a little disjointed and choppy, this doesn't have that feeling at all. One of those once-in-a-lifetime matches where even if one tried, the dynamic couldn't really be recaptured.
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Bizarre match. You could call this a microcosm of the yearbook -- all these different styles side by side, and sometimes, you just don't know what to make of it! The quality difference between Santo and Casas and everyone else is mind-boggling. And I do think some of the others were trying, they just couldn't hang at that level. I said he was in the running at one point, but Casas has to be the best in the world in '92 without a doubt. I love when he plays pinball for Mascaras, taking big bumps off of shoulderblocks. Onita seems caught off guard by the finish. Not really a great match, but a fun one.
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This was outstanding. I'm not sure what the source is for this footage, but it's shot from a corner of the ring and the lighting is pretty bad, but the VQ is really good and you can actually hear the crowd! Tremendous, well-paced match. It's pretty by-the-numbers in terms of how it builds and the nearfalls at the end. You aren't going to see much you won't see in other lucha matches. But it's really spirited and well-executed. Plus, Santo does a job! I'm not sure I've ever watched a match that Santo has lost, but Espanto beat him. It took me some time to get used to, but I've grown to really appreciate the slow counts in lucha, because the suspense over the nearfalls in the third fall was great.
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Somebody got a haircut! This is probably to this point the best singles match of Austin's career. Really nice first fall, as Austin has improved a lot even since SuperBrawl. He punches Windham in the mouth in a nasty spot and Barry's mouth is all bloody. There are lots of spots that are a little more violent than normal. Love Windham countering the camel clutch finally by just raising his head slightly and catching Austin with a low blow. I love that glassy eyed look Windham gets when he's selling. Austin just obliterates Windham in the second fall and finally wins with a Stun Gun. No wonder Austin got so good -- he spent years working with guys like Ricky Steamboat and Barry Windham. Windham wins the match and the TV title in a terrific match. I've seen this before, but it's never stuck with me like it did this time.
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Yes! This is awesome camp! The interview starts with the lead singer of Alabama asking Rick Rude why he left the WWF. He said for a long time, he held the IC title, which should have made him first in line for title shots, but he never got a shot because the WWF wanted to hold him back. Not quite accurate, but good answer. The sexual harassment accusations continue, as Madusa joins Rude. Rude says he'd rather take questions from the audience than Ross. Missy Hyatt is all like, "Do you have an interview, I mean, question?" and some woman in the audience asks what she has to do to be his first lady. Next, we get some bimbo saying everything Rude is saying is true and that she is having an affair with Steamboat. Another woman stands up and says she is too, they start calling each other sluts, Dillinger carries the woman kicking and screaming out of the building, another woman stands up and says she's having the affair and suddenly it's Springer years before Springer. Rude apologizes to Bonnie Steamboat to wrap things up and this was all so hilarious and poorly produced, yet weirdly ahead of its time.
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Anxious to see this match, considering the love it has gotten through the years. Nice little TV match. I'm not quite sure I get all the love, but it's definitely solid stuff with a nice Nikita comeback at the end.
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Jesse puts himself over for a minute of course before allowing Paul E. to do his interview. He accuses Frey of being in a conspiracy against him. I'm amazed at the lack of specific hype for War Games this close to the PPV.
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DWB has lost a Loser Leaves Town match and DWG is trying to get him reinstated. She's attempting a PETITION and provides the address where she suggests people start a letter writing campaign. Kimberly For Activism!
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Eddie Gilbert is back! He shows up in the studio with the GWF North American title and says Eddie Marlin was ducking his calls, then Guy Coffey did the same. He mentions that the Open Door Policy is basically a paper policy. Coffey says if he wants to talk in the back he can, but if he doesn't leave, he's going to have security take him out. Eddie Marlin finally comes out and says he respects his father, but has none for him and Coffey and Marlin end up getting into it! Eventually, Tom Pritchard comes out and points out that Gilbert stirs up trouble wherever he goes and he doesn't deserve anything. They debate whether or not Pritchard is a company guy and this all ends with Gilbert agreeing to put his title on the line against Pritchard at Mid South Coliseum. Goes a little long, but it's a good segment and a hot angle.
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Embry does an awesome promo with his back to the camera, saying he is about to be released from the hospital and he can't wait to get revenge. Richard Lee laughs at the taped promo and is being interviewed in the studio. Lee is pretty obnoxious here, and I mean that in the best way possible.
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Decent TV match that I had trouble getting into. The Mountie is at ringside hiding his shock stick and I'm missing something because he's always had a shock stick and I have no idea why he'd hide it. Flair tries a catapult in an embarrassing spot and Slaughter can't propel himself. Would have been much better 10 years earlier. Flair wins after Mountie shocks Slaughter with the shock stick.
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Papa Shango burns a picture of the Ultimate Warrior and threatens his demise. Why is he doing vignettes after debuting??
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A pair of local promos to hype a Boston Gardens match between Savage and Flair.
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It seems like the further back in time I go with Takada, the more I like him. I find him way more fun to watch in '92 than I did in '96. He had some matches I liked in '96, but he always felt like the passenger. Here, he's the driver. He's taking the fight to Albright and is wrestling an almost brash style -- doing lots of slapping, show off-y takedowns and what have you. The size/skill dynamic is in play, which makes spots like Albright's Germans get over big. Didn't care for the finish, only because the camera zooms in on Takada and he just looks like he's resting. But there is some fun stuff here.
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Lou Thesz would like to offer YOU a true exhibition of international wrestling. He SHOOTS, calling the WWF and WCW a circus and a joke, saying the majority of U.S. citizens feel that way and that it's just show business. Before the match, they each are presented with what looks like a grocery store birthday cake but I would imagine is not. For an "exhibition", this is a hell of a match and I really enjoyed this. One of the coolest things on the yearbook. I won't rank it because it's not really a match, but it's great fun.
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[1992-04-18-SWS] Ric Flair vs Genichiro Tenryu (2/3 falls)
Loss replied to Loss's topic in April 1992
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Flair/Savage was drawing on house shows, yes, but PPV was in the toilet.
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I started this thread in response to this comment from jdw in the Punk thread: I have always heard you say that, but the NWO angle just started about a month before Hogan's turn. Nash had only been in for a few weeks. What time period are you referring to that didn't draw? The Nitro that ended with Nash's debut (6/10 Nitro) was the last time they lost the ratings war until 1998. Are you referring to the buyrates for Great American Bash and Bash at the Beach that were surprisingly lower for the '96 shows than the '95 shows, when WCW is widely acknowledged to have been really cold? Between the GAB and BATB, there was an approximate 0.25 jump in the buyrate. Hogan came on board, and the buyrate for Hog Wild dropped from Bash at the Beach. Not blaming Hogan for that. In fact, I agree that Hogan's turn and mastering his new role is what made the buzz stick and translate to dollars. But using any barometer other than television ratings, there wasn't an immediate business spike when Hogan turned. By the time of the Savage and Piper matches, there definitely was. Hogan/Savage at Havoc did a 0.70, and Hogan/Piper did a 0.95, which was probably a PPV record for the company at the time. (Actually, just checked, and it looks like Hogan/Flair at Havoc '94 was actually a bigger success on PPV than even Hogan/Piper, doing a 0.97.) I wish there was a way to translate those percentages to number of buys for consistency, and also because it makes it easier to have conversations like this.
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There is room to do more "setup" type stuff on this yearbook. 1991 was a good year for wrestling, but it wasn't a great year. So there is space to play with, especially because WCW was wildly inconsistent. I'm thinking we can use the extra space to help paint the picture for things later in the decade -- specifically in All Japan, New Japan and AJW. So if anyone has recommendations, please share them, even if the matches are more interesting than "great".