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  1. WingedEagle
    How good was this match before we joined in? Race gives Windham a strap but Sting gets a hold of it and pins Windham. Sting actually hangs Windham over the ropes afterwards before Vader saves and the ref reverses the decision. Hell of a simple and effective angle. All hail Windham!
  2. WingedEagle
    Cornette & all three Bodies are out to interrupt Jim Ross. Cornette calls out Watts and pretty soon the RNR come out, Watts says they can settle it now in the ring and they start wrestling in their awful sweatpants, which has a really minor league feel to it. Fortunately, the match we get is a pretty damn good version of Bodies vs. RNR, held back only by the time it was given. Its more exciting than the one from SMW TV earlier in the week and has a hot studio crowd before a DQ finish with Eaton's interference. Would love more of this from them.
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    Doink switching from serious to evil here is great. Really unique and unlike anyone else on the scene.
  4. WingedEagle
    Lawler & Jarrett promo setting up a tag match with Christopher & Doink.
  5. WingedEagle
    Lawler says Doink's from WWF and Memphis wrestling is better than WWF/WCW. He brings out Downtown Bruno who's had issues with Howard Finkel, and we get Clips of Fink with Whippleman & Kamala in WWF and then laying Fink out. Fink then delivers an *awesome* heel promo -- making fun of the South, Mid South Coliseum. Now this was just great. Would've been fun to see him get a run on the mic like this in the WWF, even a brief one to see how effective he'd be.
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    Jarrett chases Christopher, Doink trips him up with oil and they double team him until Lawler saves. I suppose I might find this a lot of one as my local product if I had a real attachment to the promotion, but it wasn't my local product and I had no attachment, so its not all that memorable.
  7. WingedEagle
    https://twitter.com/VinceMcMahon/status/436229319107805184 Batista isn't going heel before a movie, and if I were Marvel, I'd have a big problem with it as well. But man is this going to make for an awkward Mania.
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    It absolutely is. No clue why that bothers me when a few guys setting up and holding position to catch someone on a dive isn't nearly as troubling. Not like it ruins a match or anything, just a spot I'll see, wonder why the hell its happening and then get back to business. If I was getting that caught up in something so insignificant we'd have a bigger problem to address.
  9. WingedEagle
    Instead off crashing into him, how about stopping and punting him? Or a stomp to his back? I realize how silly this sounds but why open yourself to give someone a free shot like that?
  10. WingedEagle
    Exactly. I loved Cena/Cesaro. I thought they did a great job building, incorporating and executing a number of big spots. After the finish they had me thinking Cesaro might actually win. That uncertainty was real because for a minute there I doubted the outcome that I thought was a lock going into the match. But at no point did I believe what was happening was "real."
  11. WingedEagle
    Fair point. Not sure where I saw it recently that I got so hung up on it. How often does the guy running the ropes get tripped? I can't recall an instance but there must be examples. What about in singles matches -- what's the logic there?
  12. WingedEagle
    So X lies down flat on his stomach to trip Y? Has this ever worked? Why not just stand in the middle of the ring with your eyes closed and offer a free shot?
  13. WingedEagle
    Speaking of bad wrestling, what is up with the spot when a wrestler whips his opponent into the ropes and then lies down in the middle of the ring? In what world is the velocity associated with being whipped into and coming off of the ropes so incredible that it prevents someone from noticing their opponent is lying face down and defenseless? Just one of those things I can't even fathom an explanation for that drives me mad.
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    I don't remember the last time I was able to suspend disbelief such that any point I actually believed what I was watching was real. The closest may be in a match where the finish is in question and you pop for the underdog's near falls. But there is no way to pregame enough to get me thinking this stuff is real, no matter how much I love it.
  15. WingedEagle
    Correct, that's the kind of issue that preliminary due diligence raises and addresses before the project gains any steam.
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    Current WWE

    WingedEagle replied to Smack2k's topic in WWE

    Great point and one I couldn't agree with more. The win wouldn't have meant less and Cesaro wouldn't look any worse for going down to it. Little tweaks from the norm like that would go a long way.
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    Current WWE

    WingedEagle replied to Smack2k's topic in WWE

    Man was that awesome. I was disappointed because it was ending with a delayed AA just like that. And then Cesaro flips out, gives him a boot and eats an awesome lariat. No complaints about a match with a false finish like that. Everyone wins.
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    Current WWE

    WingedEagle replied to Smack2k's topic in WWE

    Christian vs. Bryan Cena vs. Cesaro Orton vs. Sheamus Henry vs. Reigns I am pumped for this show no matter how the booking turns out.
  19. WingedEagle
    MSG the clear winner for me, though I am beyond admittedly biased. Its my hometown arena, I've been to more shows there than anywhere else and its got the historical chops to back it up against anywhere. As far as what I've seen on tape, its tough to argue with Korakuen or Buddokan. Domestically, I'll cop out and give a shout out wherever the annual TV after Mania takes place because that's now arguably the marquee arena event of the year. Also need to give some old school love to Baltimore, which always seemed to deliver the goods for big NWA/WCW shows.
  20. WingedEagle
    Wow. That is quite the ridiculous list. How many other buildings could even approach a comparable list of great or memorable matches? Budokan? MSG?
  21. WingedEagle
    I don't hide the fact that I'm a wrestling fan from anyone. I don't seek to promote it or interject it into conversations, but much the same way that I'd bring up other hobbies and interested, it may come up. I absolutely do hide the extent to which its a passion from people I don't know too well. Its one thing for my friends & family to appreciate it or break balls about it, but there is no question I get some looks / raised eyebrows and who knows what kind of judging resulting from peoples' preconceived notions. Its one thing to tell folks I'm going to Mania with a couple friends because its local, like I did last year. Its another to explain that in addition to Mania, I've got the WON, PWO, TVs every week and then oh yeah, those hundreds of DVDs in sleeves that I value so much.
  22. WingedEagle
    Because it might sell better than something ugly?
  23. WingedEagle
    No way to quantify it, but the fact that Bryan's merch is so damn ugly has to impact how it sells. Austin had black & white with a catchphrase in simple font, or a logo that fit in with the Affliction-style stuff that would become popular. Same for Rock. Cena's have a catchy wink-nod fun style to them, like the Nintendo themed shirt. A hideous goatface plastered on blood red? Comic Sans YES/NO loud and out of control splashed across blood red? I'd feel like a turd wearing that around the house.
  24. WingedEagle
    Maybe I'm not paying that close attention, but I haven't noticed Okada ever throw them so wildly out of range that the counters look ridiculous. They're usually well timed and chained together and like W2BTD noted, the move is over like death so whether its hit or not matters.
  25. WingedEagle
    Safe to assume the full show will be available on demand thereafter? Definitely can't sell staying home on Saturday night to watch that.
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