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  1. WingedEagle
    Heenean introduces Luger posing in front of three mirrors while Heenan gushes over him. No wonder this didn't work. The crowd seems beyond dead for it. Luger delivers a promo directed at Perfect, and you can see Heenan literally mouthing the words for him.
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    Marty suplexes him to the floor but Shawn takes the bump pretty safely on his feet. That'll change soon enough. Sherri slaps Shawn to turn on him, and we get some hot near falls before Sherri accidentally hits Marty with her heel. Shawn took his time browbeating before hitting a superkick for the pin. That didn't make Marty look too tough. Fun backstage brawl where Michaels Sherri again.
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    Even just a couple minutes in Akiyama looks significantly improved, and that's overall, not just relative for someone who just debuted. You'vegot Ogawa & Akiyama working quickly with tags to control Kobashi, who's the clear focus as ace of the match. Surprisingly little heat for a match this good. The story here was definitely Akiyama looking like he belonged and could hold his own as more than a role player when called upon. Super hot closing stretch with Akiyama eating a Kikuchi dropkick while perched on Kobashi's shoulders. Kobashi slams Kikuchi on him for a near fall, before 2 Germans put him away. Fun stuff. More 1993 AJ!! ****
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    Woman is out with Funk, while some other chick is with Eddie. Lots of punching and over the top bumping by Funk. Nothing special here for quite a while. Much better job filming this one than the late '92 Texas Death Match, but this still drags a lot more and was less interesting. Gilbert punches out of an attempted toehold and goes after him with the mic. Pretty soon both are bleeding, but it never felt that intense, just like the were checking off the blood box on their to do list. On the other hand, this hotel definitely won't appreciate blood stains on their carpet which would make for a pretty fun DVD easter egg. Eddie throws a fireball but pretty soon thereafter Funk makes him quit with repeated strikes to the knee with the ring steps. The highlight may just be Funk's post-match selling. **1/2
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    Fun mat work trading side headlocks and holds early. This was a really excellent face/face match with both working hard for the title but neither even teasing anything heelish. Rather, we get great counters, trading slaps and strikes as the intensity picks up before a way too quick draw. So many matches Dustin should've had on PPV at this time that never materialized. ***1/4
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    Cactus out w/ Barbarian seeking Orndorff & Vader. I didn't remember Barbie turning face, but would've been interested to see it.
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    Sting gets on a chopper to go to the rocky mountains, and Arnold isn't there to scream "GET TO THE CHOPPER!" Strike one. Then we get deep thoughts from Sting during the video, which is high comedy. The pilot informs Sting that he's spotted the White Castle. No hamburgler or pilot's license is provided though. Strike two. Then we get a spread right out of game of thrones with an old school feast, women and Vader's headpiece, which has a prominent seat at the table. Because what good is a world champion heel if he doesn't accessorize for every occasion? Let's not forget our midget. So all of that was necessary to set up a strap match. How about instead we pocket the 6 figures, have Vader lay out Sting on WCWSN with Race tossing him a strap to use and call it a day?
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    Windham looks great and Scorpio keeps up with him. They didn't have nearly long enough to make this excellent, but it was good while it lasted. **3/4
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    Start with the Bash where Sting lost the title to Vader and then on to beating him at Starrcade. It sets up announcing Sting vs. Vader at Superbawl with a real sports-like feel. Then we go to the White Castle of Fear. That isn't very sports-like.
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    Mr. Tennessee intros a promo from the Bodies & Cornette talking about USA Wrestling, saying he'll send Mr. Tennessee to USA Wrestling to take care of Bob Armstrong. Nothing special.
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    Mantell talking about USA wrestling, Austin Idol and expanding into the south.
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    HTM is out wanting title matches, and Eddie Marlin says he has to earn it. HTM calls out Jarrett, who challenges him to a match. Recycling stale, old WWF gimmicks doesn't do Memphis any favors.
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    Santo & Espanto trade holds early with a couple near falls and Santo is smooth as can be. Guerrero & Estrada tag in and go at a much faster pace. The pace remains brisk from then on, with heels avoiding any dives when out on the floor. Santo butchers a bulldog off of Eddy's shoulders, and faces win first fall shortly thereafter. Estrada with a cheap shot to Eddy's knee and the heels isolate him and kick him low for great heat before Estrada wins the second fall over Eddy via submission. Things get more heated in the 3rd as the heels rip apart Santo's mask while Eddy sells the low blow much of the way. Cool spot where Eddy suplexes Santo onto Espanto for a near fall. Hot closing stretch and finish with a double pin for Santo & Eddy. This was pretty good and built the intensity up from the opening bell through to the finish, with enough wrinkles along the way to keep things interesting. ***3/4
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    Dustin's timing and pacing is so spectacular. He never feels rushed, which I'm really appreciating as its becoming more and more important to me. Ref bump and they both go over the top, where Windham DDT's Steamboat on the floor and Rhodes wins US Title tourney via countout. How come we never got a Barry/Dustin PPV shot?
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    Still not going by the Blonds moniker quite yet, but they establish themselves as a dedicated team and #1 contender focused on the titles. Pillman wants a 2/3 falls match. Solid stuff.
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    Clips of Watts signing an autograph for a little girl, when Arn in his finest Zubaz attacks him. Watts of course turns the tables and him in in the STF at a gas station before police break it up. Watts gives a dumb promo afterwards. Arn Anderon may not be able to make chicken salad out of everything, but he's going to try his best.
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    Bodies & Cornette are setting up a backstage promo when the Studds come in and generate some heel on heel heat. They start shoving each other and its quickly broken up. The Bodies deliver a promo looking for a tag title shot at the RNR, but Bob Armstrong is out to say that while the #1 contender will get a title shot in a few weeks, he'll decide who that is. Good furthering of the storyline here. More Studds!
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    Smothers immediately pins Kyle with a small package. I enjoy Golden as a strong stooging, bitching midcard heel with his antics and facials complaining to the ref & accidentally nailing DWB. Smothers pins Golden with a sunset flip and DWB attacks right away. Smothers rolls through a DWB cross body for the win and TV title, while also going over as a top contender. Would definitely like to have seen Sullivan/Stomper from the same show. There was nothing really bad here, but absolutely nothing so special either other than Golden as a solid tv heel and the beginning of a Smothers push. **1/2
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    Some guy named Rivers interfering on Christopher's behalf. Another stiff then interferes, but Christopher escapes again. Christopher gets the pin using the feet for leverage. I guess USWA needs some love this year, but this wasn't exactly anything to write home about.
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    After a Crush squash, Doink gives him a flower and attacks him with a fake arm. Savage already relegated to commentary not 2 months after Survivor Series. Bill Alfonso one of the refs breaking it up. They actually bring in EMTs for Crush. Pretty strong injury angle given the nature of the attack and placement on the card. I remain very excited to rewatch Doink & Bret throughout the year after hating on it back in the day.
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    I actually just watched the Backlund-Valentine draw from '79 and rematch over the weekend. WW(W)F pre-mid 80s is a pretty big blind spot for me outside of some random selections here or there. Both matches were really, really different from what I'm used to and felt like ages ago. That's not a bad thing, just very different. Headlocks may be a rest spot most of the time nowadays, and they may have been one here as well. But they worked them in the draw and there was a tangible struggle that made them matter beyond filling time. I didn't love the draw, but I did like it and thought they did a great job keeping things interesting and compelling. I'm not a fan of Valentine doing his best Flair taking face first bumps so frequently. Not sure the best way to describe this, but it was almost like after going years of watching incredible TV with special effects, characters, sets, plot twists and HD, here was a basic, simple script that told a story. Not an amazing, classic story, but something very simple with a beginning, middle and end. Here's a 60 minute match with elbows, headlocks and maybe a vertical suplex and atomic drop as high spots that gets the job done. Really looking forward to more of Backlund and this era.
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    I could deal with this once or twice a match in the right spot if it looked particularly impactful. This just looks like a weaker powerslam with the degree of difficulty turned up.
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    I Quits do generally suck. Flair & Funk simply overcame that. But the Bash was still a cut above, even without the insane post-match.
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    Hadn't even thought about it but there really were a lot of those finishes in '89 NWA.
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    I'm not sure if this is complete: http://starratingslist.blogspot.com/2009/0...tings-list.html
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