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  1. WingedEagle
    2 last Nyets notes and then back to rasslin. 1) I've stopped watching Nets games this year because I actually want to enjoy the other 29 teams and not let their sideshow bring me down. We're headed for an epic ECF that should be as big as any series since Indy/Chicago in '98 or Chicago/PHX in '93 (I was never keen on Utah in '97-'98). 2) Richard Jefferson is the man and will always be so. One year at an event for season ticket holders he was signing a jersey for my family, told me I was a dead ringer Lawrence Frank and called Frank over so we could all have a laugh with it. Then at my wedding, through some connections, the wife surprised me with a personalized card congratulating us and signed by RJ. Pretty damn awesome. ***** Off from work today and watching AJW Dream Slam 1 highlights on '93 Yearbook. For. The. Win!
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    3x is not the charm for this Nyets fan. That KG jersey I bought is already the worst purchase I've made in forever. I was looking forward to this NBA season more than any in quite a while, including when we had season tickets, and now its just depressing.
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    I've got a fantastic Christmas lined up, one that will make my people proud -- disc 7 of the 1993 Yearbook, basketball and chinese food. To keep things on topic, this year I got the WWE Winged Eagle belt for hannukah. I may have had to order it myself, because how the hell is the wife supposed to know about that? Anyways its cool as hell and fun to have around the house. I've got no idea what to do with it, but I love it. Happy Holidays to all!
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    You don't believe TNA would do something foolish and fiscally irresponsible? Sounds plausible to me. I can believe a lot of insanity about TNA. But it is beyond implausible that anyone other than Hogan (and possibly Sting and Hardy) saw that kind of guarantee from them.
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    Finally finished the entire set. It closed out with a bang from WCW and was just an absolute blast from start to finish. From my notes I've got a pretty good idea of where I rank things but will probably rewatch a few that are close together before finalizing a top 25 list or so. Loved this!
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    My biggest takeaway from this is a need to see Steamboat vs. heel Liger in a singles match. Liger is significantly more over than Muto at Starrcade. Steamer's fire on the apron while Douglas was kicking out of near falls was superb. Awesome jobs by the Liger/Sasaki duo working Douglas' knee, including some great double teem heel spots. Liger with a figure four as we hear chanting for Flair. Steamboat in on fire after hot tag. Sasaki counters leap frog into a big powerslam. Liger then off the top in a modified version of the LOD finisher. Sasaki spike piledrivers Steamer while Liger holds him as finishing strech kicks into gear. Champs hit double dropkicks and then Hart Attack finisher on Douglas. Meanwhile Steamboat rolls up Liger with rolling reverse cradle while Douglas/Sasaki outside to retain. Watching this, there's a ton of combinations you want to see more of. ***3/4
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    Williams, Muta, Rhodes & Windham as final four. Couple Japanese photographers at ringside are a pretty good tell who wins this. Crowd is super hot for Muta, and somehow this didn't lead to anything other than a big win for him going into the Tokyo Dome and a long, not so hot match at Superbrawl. Muta skins the cat like HBK and wins by eliminating Windham with a couple dropkicks. Pretty anticlimactic. Should've resulted in something much bigger.
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    This was great but I still think I prefer the Bash match. No matter how many times I see their matches it always amazes me how well Vader bumps for Sting, who never looked like a better babyface than when in against Vader. I loved when Vader hit his splash off the ropes and Ross says he wanted to cover him but bounced so far away that he couldn't. Great match, just not quite up to the Bash or Superbrawl. ****
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    Really weird dynamic with with Windham very definitively serving as a heel in peril early on and then hot tagging Pillman. They meshed so well as a heel team here, and given Windham's strengths at the time before getting injured, may have had greater potential than Pillman & Austin as a unit. They work so well together, with Windham distracting Douglas on the top rope allowing Pillman to dropkick him off the buckle to the floor. They double team and cut off Douglas for a while, before Steamboat takes another page out of the heel book and takes out Windham with a chair. Steamer looked like he expected to juice after a posting by Windham but it was a no go. Really fun & hot match. ****
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    Rude talking about doctors not letting him challenge for the title, and potentially being stripped of US Title if he can't defend it by the Clash.
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    Early control by Flair, then Bret reverses a suplex and begins working the knee including busting out a figure-four very early. Typical house show spots with Flair using the ropes for falls and going through his heel routine. Solid, by the numbers match. Flair kicks away from sharpshooter, goes for the figure four and Bret small packages him for the win. Good but not great. ***1/4
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    No Sherri. HBK with pretty good heat by this point. Tons of stalling here, even if Savage tried to sell a bit. Shawn tries to walk, but Marty Jannetty forces him back to the ring area, where it’s a double countount. Unnecessarily long and nothing finish. **1/2
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    Pretty funny that ring entrances and music in Mexico are basically the same today as in 1992. Slow start with Fuerza/Eddy and then Lizmark/Estrada. Lots of exchanging holds on the mat with an amateur feel, with nothing having much impact. Santo still feels like such a bigger deal here compared to everyone else. The 2nd fall has a quicker pace and more intensity with an Eddy quebradora on the floor taking out Estrada, Lizamark/Fuera exchanging holds and tosses in a nice sequence with Fuerza doing his heel schtick in the face corner. Fuerza nails Eddy with a low blow he sells as death. Santo suplexes Eddy onto Fuerza in a cool spot. A little long but fun characters. ***1/4
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    One liners from various wrestlers. Some guys seem to know their partners, others don't. Then a Rude promo before Starrcade.
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    Tim Horner stole the SMW title belt. Not doing the company any favors. Promo with a sick kid. Much more exploitative than a lot of WWE stuff and just feels disgusting.
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    Music video for WWF Slam. Wade Boggs shows clips of Perfect as a perfect hitter.
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    Quite the contrast from Takayama-Kanehara, with this almost entirely mat-based. For the first time all year I get a sense of the little things that made Takada such a big deal -- his facials, quick strikes and ability to move around and carry himself like a star who earned his charisma and position rather than just letting the match come to him. He absolutely controlled how you appreciated this. Takada strong with the little things -- facials, movements that put him over as a big deal and star. Sano more than holds his own with a lot of nifty counters that seem to get him over as a credible underdog much like Koshinaka vs. Tenryu. ***3/4
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    Just look at young Takayama. Its strange to see him work submissions on the ground. Kanehara with a great northern lights suplex into a rear naked choke. Shoe said it best -- this really felt like a sprint version of a UWFI match with lots of bombs, suplexes and submission attempts. Takayamda gets in a huge German and a series of knees before tapping to a rear naked choke. I thought this was pretty damn good and on the higher end of shoot style matches for the year. I also recall Takayama having a rep as a poor worker until post-Frye. Was that considered the case here as well or only when he first moved to traditional puro? ***3/4
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    Simmons with a weird captain's hat on. Simmons just isn't strong on the mic here. Trying to build for a title match with Rude at Starrcade, but this isn't hiding your champ's weakness or emphasizing his strengths.
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    Cornette tries to rip a phone book before the match, but only ends up ripping a few pages out of it. This leads us into a 3 vs. 2 matches at Christmas Chaos. Then we get a a RNR promo, Cornette draws them into the ring where the Bodies come out and attack them with a Coke can and the racket. Good promo from Cornette & Bodies afterwards, but RNR are back to counter them. Finally we get to the match. Seamless editing by the yearbook producers on this one as one week's show ends and presumably the next begins without any real jump. Morton quickly goes into FIP mode, which is always a good thing. RNR get the pin when Studd Stable come out and their distraction of the Bodies backfires. Okay now I know its just me as Cornette at this point is batting a lot closer to .500 than a 1.000, and while this was fine, I really prefer it when the RNR and Studds are involved rather than just a Corny promo. That aside, I like where the storylines are headed here and with Smothers coming into the territory.
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    Studd Stable is frustrated they haven't gotten a title match. I like these guys.
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    Clips of Smothers in and out of the ring, on a boat, etc. Good job painting him as a babyface. Today this same thing would make for a great heel. We get photos of him as a kid, talking about his youth athletics. Solid start.
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    Lawler out saying he'll team with the Moondogs to face the Harris Brothers & Mike Miller, who are working for Mike Samples. I'd be up for Lawler teaming with the Moondogs as a twist here, but these heels are a bore.
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    Bushwhackers out in Santa costumes and singing a dumb Christmas song. Happy holidays!
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    Sousserov forces an early rope break with cross armbreaker, while Nagai's strategy is working leglocks on the ground . Nagai lands a big high kick for a pop but Sousserov follows with a quick takedown. Nagai sold damage to his leg while trapped very well. Nagai finally hits a couple close range knees and slaps to set up a big high kick for the win. Typically enjoyable shoot style but not stand out. ***
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