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  1. Kevin Ridge
    Scorpio puts over ECW and their wrestlers and that he is happy to be here. I thought he was a bit more arrogant in his promos but maybe that is to come.
  2. Kevin Ridge
    Brief promo from Cactus Jack how is impressed from what he has seen of Sabu. Cactus not doing a whole lot of talking so far in ECW.
  3. Kevin Ridge
    Public Enemy on the Double Cross Ranch by means of a Golf Cart. I think P.E. are fine when thrown in a Yearbook setting as far as their promos. This wasn’t all bad.
  4. Kevin Ridge
    I don’t know who is who but one of these guys seems be doing some type of Drunken Master as he is falling all over himself outside the ring and takes off his robe while lying down on the floor. He seems fine once they get in the ring. Cool dive that they go into the crowd on. First two falls happen pretty quickly. These guys just launch themselves in their dives. Wow. Very deliberate count by referee. But at least he is consistent. Senton attempt comes up empty with a bump that doesn’t seem pleasant to the back. Another dive into the crowd and those chairs did not have a whole lot of give. Ouch. I’m a novice to Lucha but damn was this good.
  5. Kevin Ridge
    Piper imitator is pretty good. I really dislked this match from King of the Ring. Lawler makes the kid kiss his foot and crawl out of the ring. Vince’s “unbelievable” seemed over the top here.
  6. Kevin Ridge
    Extensive video package with Boss Man doing lots of things with the Guardian Angels. That was a pretty high dropped they were jumping down from. Looks like one of the last guys twisted an ankle when he landed.
  7. Kevin Ridge
    Bravo to Flair for completely caling out Okerlund for lusting after Hogan soon to debut in WCW. Flair thinks him versus Sting is more important and that Hogan should work up the ladder versus other wrestlers. Okerlund doesn’t understand why Flair is so upset about Hogan coming in.
  8. Kevin Ridge
    Dirty White Boy’s promo was awesome. No screaming or yelling needed here. He’s really broken up about not being able to protect his wife. Jake is good also, again not taking responsibility for his actions but hard to top DWB’s promo.
  9. Kevin Ridge
    Music video of Thrillseekers in action in SMW. Lots of athletic looking moves by both guys. The double dropkick off the top rope was well timed by both guys.
  10. Kevin Ridge
    I like Tammy’s reason of Candido using the piledriver in self defense! She is great in how she states she is the one in charge but likes to let Brian or Chris think they are every so often.
  11. Kevin Ridge
    Samu catches Dream Machine with a decent powerslam. Otherwide pretty lackluster from the footage shown.
  12. Kevin Ridge
    Interesting referee gear. Starts off well and they are kicking each other pretty hard. Then it seems like they agree to not do that anymore or something. When they go to the mat for so long it just drags. Kansai is hung upside down on the turnbuckle and Aja charges in but Dynamite punches her in the face. That was cool. Kong does her multiple piledrivers in a row that I don’t like. Last few minutes were pretty good though. Too bad there wasn’t more to match leading up to it.
  13. Kevin Ridge
    La Parka looking for the mount and continuing to get taken down was fun. Liked his comedy selling of the spinning backbreaker. He also kicks the ropes in frustration which causes teammate Heavy Metal to fall down. Parka tries to sell a low blow when he gets bulldogged. I believed him! Sagrada launches Estrade at one point with a monkey flip into the ropes. I didn’t see what set La Parka and Psicosis but they get testy for a few seconds. I also barely noticed the second fall. Everyone seemed so nonchalant. Seemed to slow down a bit as match went on until we get the dives near end of the match. Good match but like the first fall the best. Agree on Santo, he was nearly invisible in this match. Seems like when there are multiple guys in the ring, he is off on the apron.
  14. Kevin Ridge
    Toyota being all bendable like that did do a lot for those submission attempts and this did have a different feel compared to the other stuff I've seen of hers. I think my lack of Joshi knowledge hurts the significance of this upset. I can see from Hasegawa's reaction that this means a lot to her and I do enjoy when wrestlers shoe excitement about wins but overall I barely know enough about her to feel as strongly.
  15. Kevin Ridge
    Lots and lots of kicks here mixed in with submissions. Looks like this will be mostly matt based but towards the ends they starting busting out suplexes and powerbombs which was kind of random as they weren’t really building to that. They should have just stuck to the kicks/submissions as a potential finish since they invested so much time in that doing them.
  16. Kevin Ridge
    Crowd is pumped to say the least. Back in 2002, I want to say that this is one of the first puro matches I ever seen which in hindsight isn’t right as I should have watch other stuff to wet my appetite before seeing a match like this. But what the heck did I know at that point anyways. It was also like the last 10 or 15 minutes of the match which just isn’t right. I ended up picking up a random VHS comp tape later in the year that had match but it was still JIP. Wouldn’t be until many years later that I would get to see it in full. I was also able to watch some of their earlier singles matches and some of the tag stuff which helps make an awesome match on it’s own even better. The crowd is fantastic in this match jumping around in the ailse on two counts. Just one of those matches that had everything and I love just watching this every so often. I am so emotionally invested in Bret/Owen that I will always have a big favortism to what they were doing in 1994, otherwise this would be match of the year. But it is closing the gap over time. I have always read about how the wrong guy won in this match. Is this the Kawada fans speaking out or was he legitimately ready at this point to beat Misawa and have a run with the Title? He doesn’t beat Misawa for the Triple Crown for another four years. That’s just too long in the end but I have always been curious about this booking decision.
  17. Kevin Ridge
    Honda looks so different here from what I remember him looking like in NOAH. Kobashi and Taue in the ring provide some good stuff. Honda just feels like he don’t belong in this match. Would be fine with a smaller crowd. Though there is a nice segment of him making the ropes after being in a submission. Last few minutes do pick up and it’s a fine undercard match but still not sure why yearbook worthy.
  18. Kevin Ridge
    Alright to me. Not every match needs to be completely smooth in execution. Fujiwara isn't one of my favorites but I also haven't seen enough of him to really get him. He does good stuff like showing the difficulty in putting the arm bar on Hash. Seemed like he kicked out before the three count but I guess the referee it saying his shoulders were still down which is hard to tell from the camera angle view.
  19. Kevin Ridge
    Paul uses the reverse psychology way of talking them into the building. He is doesn't know Sabu's opponent at first and throws out some big names. He is not happy when he finds out it is Cactus Jack. Nice way to introduce Cactus.
  20. Kevin Ridge
    Mikey character was a great fit for ECW at this time. He wants to give up the title to avoid further beatings. Cute.
  21. Kevin Ridge
    Stu and Helen are favorite targets of Jerry. He seemed lost on commentary once Bret went to WCW. Lawler gets wise with Bret before he introduces his other guests on the King’s Court. Set up with Diesel hitting the Jacknife. Couldn’t help but notice Shawn standing higher (with the use of a chair) than Diesel holding up the WWF Title.
  22. Kevin Ridge
    My first thought was Liger got some new ring gear before realizing that it was Super Delphin. Just feel like he is asking for it taunting Liger on the fake dive attempt. Delphin gets a lot of offense and controls the match a bit too much for my liking but he does get the crowd behind him. Cameramen are blocking the view on some of the outside dives. Some nice kick outs at the end before Liger puts him away. Crowd were very appreciate of Delphin.
  23. Kevin Ridge
    Watching this match as part of the yearbook makes me appreciate it a bit more since we get to see a variety of all types of wrestling. Regal has been great on this yearbook so far and he is here again. Both guys work a lot of holds and good looking counterholds. I don’t get why Sir William got up on the apron at the end with Regal was the one in control with the sleeper in the middle of the ring. Also, thought there was suppose to be a fifteen minute time limit on on Television title defenses. Regal would have a case here to be annoyed with this finish.
  24. Kevin Ridge
    Hogan looks subdued at first when Gene is talking but immediately goes into full Hulkamania mode. I would love to have seen what those actual WCW hotline results were regarding Hogan returning to wrestling.
  25. Kevin Ridge
    I thought it was a nice touch with the smoke machines.
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