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  1. WingedEagle
    The brawling here starts before the bell even begins. This may be on WAR's turf, but the crowd is definitely pro-NJPW. Kosh & Ohara are ripping at Machine's mask early on because these guys hate at each other and aren't here to work holds. Saito, who's in a gi for some reason, is surprisingly enough the standout here as he's just on fire when he tags in and the crowd picks up on it right away. Hara chopping the hell out of Saito. Kosh & Hara trading headbutts before a butt bump. Kitahara is tossed outside where he eats a sliding kick from Kosh and follows up with chairshots, a posting and DDT. VIOLENCE! Fuyuki is piledrived on a table. Saito in with kicks to Hara and rips his own gi off. Kitahara kicks the hell out of Kobayashi and hits a German on Kosh for a near fall. Kitahara climbs the rope but in absolutely fitting fashion a chair is thrown at him which sets him up for a Kosh powerbomb for the win. This didn't feature the feud's aces, but slots in nicely to the story of this feud because of it. Not everything on a card can be a main event. I feel like I'm saying it at at every turn, but probably my favorite feud ever. ***1/2
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    That would be an absolute riot. Probably too good of a promo to fit within the standards they'd insist upon.
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    This is absolutely the key here as not only did they put on an all timer, but everything had to time to breathe and sink in as opposed to rushing into the next spot. This is ridiculously stiff from the opening elbow KO by Hokuto, who follows it up talking trash. WAR. Kandori now wrenching Hokuto's wrist & shoulder, and she sells it outside. The stiffness continues with slaps, knees and forearms. Kandori is zeroed in on Hokuto's shoulder with submissions and looks like she will in fact rip it off of her body. Kandori breaks out some Tenryu foot scrapes. Now we get the tombstone that dents the table which is just crazy. Hokuto does her all-time blade job there, selling the tombstone as killer and coming up a mess. Kandori continues the attack with punches and kicks to the head, now keying in on the wound. Hokuto catches a kick and takes it back outside, bashing Kandori into into the seats and railing. Again, this is a classic blade job. We call it wrestling, but this is violence more analogous to Sullivan/Kanemura only with intensity and emotion rather than an over the top horror movie vibe. Kandor is bloodied as well. She fights back in the ring, dumps Hoktuo and hits a plancha, then returns to the arm and shoulder attack. Again, Hokuto's selling here is out of this world. Such great struggle working toward the ropes looking for a break. Hokuto's blonde hair and face are literally red now. You almost wonder if this was lacking a little heat at this stage due to shock at the violence. We then get a fitting and awesome finishing stretch that is taken to another level with Hokuto flooring Kandori with a spin kick, then somersault plancha and a dropkick to the floor that is just insanity. Big pop for the northern lights bomb, but Kandori counters with an armbar. Hokuto with a near fall countering into a high angle backdrop suplex. Northern lights bomb only gets 2 as crowd is with it finally into it. Kandori hits one of her own for near fall. Hokuto KO punch. Kandori KO punch. Both up and they hit double KO punches for the finish. Kandori up first while Hokuto is in tears and bleeding buckets, needing help just to get out of the ring. Absolute classic. Having already finished 1993, I've got no problems stating this was my Match of the Year. The Tag League finals and Dream Slam 2 tag were close, but they weren't this. To this point the only Kandori I've seen is what's been highlighted on the '93 yearbook and first quarter of '94. But based on that she seems like one of the more under-appreciated workers out there. ***** easy, and it rarely snows that much.
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    Great lighting and production here for an AJW show. Good exchanges with Takako & Oz early before Kyoko & Suzuki are in for giant swing and quicker pace. Suzuki back with German on Takako and Oz comes in to kick & stomp her, because she is awesome and can do this. Nice quick tagging by both squads throughout. Kyoko goes for a shoulder off the top, but Oz stops her and hits a nice somersault dive. Cuty dragon suplexes Kyoko for a near fall, then she and Oz hit 5 successive top rope stomps before Takako breaks it up. That looked painful and was great. Kyoko pulls off a power bomb on Oz and is finally able to tag out. Oz flips out a couple powerbomb attempts as well as an armdrag and counters with a rana because she is the man. I seriously love her. Along with Bull easily one of my 2 favorite women. Kyoko does hit another power bomb but Suzuki with a last second save. Interesting to see Oz the one bailed out here down the stretch. Takako eventually slams Oz off of Kyoko's shoulders for the win. Ozaki! She makes everything good. ****
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    Yoko attacks Bret at the contract signing and Banzai Drops him. Hart manages to get back up, then falls down, which puts him over as stronger than anyone else that had taken the Banzai to that point. Then we get a Hart video to "Respect" with clips of him against various opponents and Yoko looking menacing.
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    Barry takes simple moves like an armdrag so well and smoothly for a guy his size. Dustin sells for a bit, great powerslam and then 6 way with the heels colliding in the middle. Steamboat wins with a flying crossbody. Not bad but pretty short and given who was involved it didn't meet expectations. **3/4
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    Can't wait for the Payne/Hammer feud. Feels like a really bad guitar hero commercial.
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    Incredible leapfrog by Brian Hildebrand over both of them, which sees Cornette slug Horner with the racket letting Eaton get the pin and win the Beat the Champ TV Title.
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    Armstrong there to promote the elimination team match at Bluegrass Brawl. Every wrestling TV show should have an Arn Anderson promo. In 1994, 2004 or 2014.
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    Dutch has a background in pre-law, pre-mid and pre-psychiatry, so he's going to dig a little with Sullivan. Sullivan calls him Doctor, identifies himself as Master of the Wrestling Universe. Lying down in the ring. Sullivan submitted a list of match stipulations for wrestling Brian Lee. Sounds like stips will be determined by rolling the dice. Typically good stuff from Sully.
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    DWB with a promo supposedly from Central Park, promoting a chain match with Smothers. Ron Wright never lost a chain match and he won't bring shame on it. Simple but effective, makes you want to see the match. Cut to another vignette where he takes the chain to a bag of flour and a melon.
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    The champs -- both Steamboat and Douglas -- look great dominating the early action here. I like that they highlight Douglas's knee injury from the Omni attack. We even get Steamboat & Douglas effectively using an abdominal stretch, tagging in & out and going back to stretching Austin. The extended shine for the champions and announcers focusing on Douglas's knee telegraphs a title change, but that's a good thing. Pillman chokes Douglas outside with his towel to give Austin control. Pillman lays out Steamboat and brawls with him on the floor which lets Austin continue choking Douglas in the ring as the Blonds are now working like a regular team rather than a makeshift pairing. Steamboat eventually in on a hot tag, cleaning house to a big pop building since the Blonds' towel antics. Steamboat with a flying cross body and then avoids an incoming Austin attack leaving Pillman to take it for a near fall. Austin nails Steamboat with the belt while the ref is distracted and Pillman covers him to win the titles. Great finishing stretch. ***3/4
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    Lots of heel stalling and complaining by Christopher. Lawler with good punches, then Christopher pulls something out of his tights and decks Lawler. Harlem Knights (Mo and Mabel!) interfere and lay out Lawler. Funny they say Mo is 325 pounds. At least I think they were referring to Mo.
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    Michaels promo sitting at the pool talking about Jarrett challenging the IC Champion. Promo isn't anything so great, but he's already got awesome heel presence.
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    Duggan at a lumber yard, has a brand new 2x4 for Yokozuna.
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    Cool video,then cuts to Hacksaw, Tatanka, Bossman. Almost sounds like a Survivor Series promo though. Fun enough, but doesn't feel too unique.
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    Bombs, escalating hatred between partners and another step for the elbow as the ultimate killswitch in wrestling. Conditioned to domestic wrestling you want some definitive angle splitting this team but perhaps it really was best the way it played out over years without any inciting incident. ****1/4
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    Who are his investors and what do they believe they're buying?
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    Can we put Steamboat/Savage and by virtue Mania 3 as one of the more overrated of all time? There's a match that doesn't do much for me.
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    Great staredown between Tenryu and Fujinami, with Fujinami then laying out Tenryu while he's talking to Choshu. Dropkick and plancha and the building comes unglued. Fujinami & Choshu control early as they work holds at a slower clip than typical for this feud. Even at that slow pace, Choshu & Fujinami are just so great at projecting hate and how important this is. Tenryu always seems able to pull out a desperation enzuigiri to stem NJ's efforts. Tenryu wrenching a half crab on Fujinami and then Ishikawa putting him in dragon sleeper to good heat. You have to love Choshu in tags, working the apron and then coming in with great fury. Here he nails Ishikawa with a a running elbow and 2 backdrop suplexes that set up a lariat for a near fall that Tenryu has to save. Ishikawa eventually pins Fujinami with a running lariat. Too short to be great, but the heat and character work in this feud are top notch, and Ishikawa taking the win is a nice wrinkle. ***3/4
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    Clips of Cindy Crawford, Leslie Neilsen, Hogan, Savage at Landon Awards. More stuff on WWF superstars telling kids not to smoke, do drugs, etc. Closes with a shot of Vince which identifies him as CEO. Then more of Hogan speaking, introducing McMahon for an award from the charity. Extended time for Hogan should've been a sign he was coming back for more than just Mania. Solid speech from Vince. Then we cut to a video announcing Andre for the WWF HOF. Great footage of him with Hogan celebrating title win, on Carson, with Vince, other classic shots. Nice video.
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    Man was this ever underwhelming. Lots of trading moves and clumsy countering by Malenko. Just feels like they'll hit a spot then pause and regroup for the next one. Even Liger seems less engaged than usual as I can't pin this all on Malenko. Liger catches Malenko coming out of the corner in a frankensteiner for the pin out of nowhere. On to the next one. **1/2
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    Anderson says he's dirty and capable of doing to the Bodies just what Sullivan did to the Japanese kid. Typically great promo from one of the best.
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    One of the few SMW angles I vividly remember hearing about back in the day. Sullivan attacks when Caudle is attempting a pre-match interview. Kanemura is busted open right away and we've got blood splashing on fans as he has a gross cut above his eye. Loved the visual of disgust on a mother's face as her young kids look on from point blank range. Disgusted or not, that family isn't going anywhere. Sullivan is just ripping at Kanemura's face. Kanemura surprisingly gets a little comeback with kicks and chops, which ends when Sullivan spikes his arm out of nowhere. Digging the spike into his arm while TV censors it. Nighstalker prevents anyone from saving until Brian Lee is in and bails out Kanemura. Sick, sick angle. And AWESOME.
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    Eddie promo saying he's a main eventer, wants to go after Bert Prentice & Rock and Roll Family.
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