WingedEagle
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Clips of Bob with Steve & Scott, his ribs taped and big glasses on. Presumably post-Rage In the Cage. Bob is resigning as commissioner and applying to be a wrestler to get revenge on Cornette. Pritchard excited his cousin Jimmy Del Rey can make his debut. I guess no tape of Lane's departure or that event. Del Rey has nothing to say about wrestling, and that's for the best. Not exactly a talker. -
Clips of this Jennifer chick in various outfits in front of a mirror -- hunting gear, golfing, working out, all completely random. She's going to find out what wrestlers do in their spare time.
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Lawler promo paying tribute to whom I thought was a fan named Ernie Everhart, but from reading the above was a security guard, with highlights of him on some skit / set. Lawler seems legitimately sad and touched.
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Felino takes a nice bump to the floor on a missed splash in the corner and Ramirez follows with a plancha. Ramirez with an *awesome*, truly terrific, super fast dive onto Felino that takes them both a couple rows deep into the crowd. Ramirez then wins first fall after a quebradora and cool cradling submission. Ramirez wins second fall when Felino has him in an abdominal stretch and Negro Casas, Felino's second, throws in the towel. This followed Felino shoving Casas down in some kind of angle earlier. They continued arguing outside and Felino shoved him down on the floor again. The dives and submissions made this more accessible and neater than some other lucha, though it was tough to follow the Casas bit going in blind. ***
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[1993-05-21-AJPW-Super Power Series] Mitsuharu Misawa vs Stan Hansen
WingedEagle replied to Loss's topic in May 1993
While it doesn't hold up to Misawa vs. Kawada or Kobashi, that's a pretty high bar and I'm pretty comfortable with this as the best Misawa-Hansen. After a Hansen pre-match attack they settle into working holds, but there's great struggle and effort expended here. Its not just laying around to work the clock. After a posting, Hansen keys in on Misawa's arm and shoulder to presumably neutralize the elbow, while Misawa works kicks on his comebacks which are regularly cut off. Hansen's focus on the arm here is dynamite. Great focus on the arm. Hansen near fall of a powerbomb and while Misawa catches him with an enzuigiri, he then wipes out missing his elbow suicida. Great finishing run with Misawa brainbusters and a facelock that feels big, yet at the same time you know just don't work. The finish was about as decisive as you can ask for -- Misawa hits his Rolling Elbow and gets the win clean as a whistle even with a delayed cover. Hansen shakes his hand after to further cement that Misawa is now a made man. Probably one of the finishes that made Misawa's elbow the most over, protected finisher of an era. **** -
This isn't any great shakes, but I wonder if that's through the prism of 1990s AJPW goggles or normal standards. It doesn't begin to hold a candle to the tag greatness that preceded it or would follow, but it wasn't bad. Kawada & Taue feel like an established team right from the start, and perhaps it was the freshness of that pairing, but they made Doc & Gordy more interesting than usual. Bottom line -- Kawada & Taue win the Double Tag Titles and we're off to awesome tag team wrestling. ***1/4
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Funk now giving the straight, hard sell on the dangers of the Texas Chain match and mentions prior ones with Race and Boris Malenko. It'd be tough for anyone to match the build his promos have created.
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[1993-05-17-WWF-Raw] Shawn Michaels vs Marty Jannetty
WingedEagle replied to Loss's topic in May 1993
Really fun, hot TV match that sees Michaels bump all over the place for Jannetty and even look to bail, but Perfect meets him in the aisle and forces him back to the ring. Before the finish, was this the softest Superkick ever hit? Lot of fun looking back at this. ***1/4 -
I thought Rey was very good on PPV. Whether you want to attribute it to placement or time allotment limitations or other factors, I'm not sure I'd call any of his PPV outings classics. Enjoyed Jericho & Punk, and thought the Undertaker match at Rumble one year was very fun and interesting. But not sure anything was an all timer.
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Wow, checked back in my email and I got the emoji nonsense as well. Where's my gift card?
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So I'm watching the AWA documentary on the Network and realized Verne Gagne is still alive. Not to be too morbid, but what other huge figures that would merit that kind of obit in the WON are that old? I wonder if Dave has started working on any of them in the same way that the NYT does or if he just starts when they pass away.
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Damn, no coupons here yet.
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Vince doesn't want him on top. I wish he got a chance to succeed or fail in that role but it doesn't look likely. He'll likely always have a meaningful role in the company with the opportunity to put on great matches and headline from time to time to put others over. That'll be fun and I'll probably enjoy whatever he does because he's good at doing pro wrestling things and makes the show fun. What I really don't get, today, is forcing a Mania main event that really doesn't feel all that hot. Say what you will about the shows through the years but they generally headline with a wrestler or match that is super hot and has been building in interest for a while. Between Reigns's injury last year, booking, his performance on the mic and in the ring, whatever other factors you want to point to, absolutely nothing about Brock vs. Roman feels Wrestlemania-like other than the fact Brock is involved. It could just as well be another PPV. Long-term we may be able to look back and say whether it paid off, and with the new financial model perhaps its a risk they can take without too much downside. I wish I could somehow frame it differently, but the mark in me keeps coming back to the fact this just doesn't feel like Wrestlemania.
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Curious to hear more about this. I'm up to early '05 in rereading my old WONs so won't get there for a bit, but am drawing a blank spot here.
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Yes! Easily the one that connects with me the most. Midway through '94, Oz, Bull and Kandori are right at the top.
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It sounds like there was an argument over a contract extension Monday night. All seems part of the negotiation process other than its impact on Raw this week. Otherwise, not seeing signs that Lesnar's next move is any clearer than it was a month ago.
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Agreed that Reigns isn't going to drop it right away. They need to fast-track a couple challengers post-Mania though. Whether you do that with a Rollins double turn on a failed cash in, or simply put put him in as lead challenger regardless of the briefcase, they'll need to find somebody. I imagine they'll hold off on Cena & Ambrose, which leaves Rusev if he's not pushed down after his first loss, Orton for a month or 2, or a wild card. Its pretty important that they heat somebody up to make his early run on top feel important rather than a placeholder beneath whatever Cena or the Authority is doing.
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I always wonder they don't have a "Chairman's Closet" / "From the Truck" type of section that features various promos over the years. First thing came to mind were the Hollywood-style ads they did for Mania 21. Just toss up a bunch of fun, 30 second clips.
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Isn't it their job to try and make it work?
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Props to Cena for the post-match. That put it over the top. Great performance.
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I like these finishes more than I do Bray Wyatt.
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He's a local so just doing his best impersonation of the crowd? Nobody has a gun to their head. They can go home anytime they want if they're really that bored.
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Comments that don't warrant a thread - Part 3
WingedEagle replied to Loss's topic in Megathread archive
What in hell happened here? http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/2wrgpg/brutal_photos_from_the_aftermath_of_yoshiko/ -
If they want to sell fitness DVDs then NIkki should make one.
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I don't get why Sting can't speak. Brock has Heyman as a mouthpiece so its fine, but this pointing and poker face nonsense doesn't feel right for building the match. It worked fine during the original Crow angle because it was so drawn out and pretty clearly built to a title match, but with the way this story was laid out it could use some actual storytelling.