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  1. WingedEagle
    Cautious trading of kicks early. Probably too cautious as it felt slow for a while. That's followed by a neat sequence of attempted submissions. Flynn scores a knockdown with an offense heavy on kicks and strikes before Shamrock secures the tap with an armbar. Not bad for the style but nothing stellar. ***
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    Really stiff strikes by Takahashi on the ground. Brutally grinding his fist and forearm on Ishikawa is great feels a lot more violent and different from other stuff on the set. Ishikawa's eye is noticeably bruised and after delivering that beating Takahashi secures a half crab for the win. I haven't seen any of Ishikawa's modern stuff but am definitely intrigued. ***1/2
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    Cornette out w/ Bodies to deliver a quick promo setting up Barbed Wire Match. All of this makes it seem like a big card finally coming together. Best thing from SMW yet as far as building a show.
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    Gibson sets up Ricky Morton as his partner for the RNR return, and hopefully business is picking up in SMW. Fuller is one of those guys I always love no matter what he's saying.
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    JIP, Rude makes Nikita look very good, bumping for him and painting him as a threat. Awesome piledriver from Rude. Nikita is DQ'd for throwing Rude over the top in a really bad finish. The brawl continues in the dressing room where all the heels pile on Nikita before the faces eventually come for the save. Was there ever a payoff for this? **1/4
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    Ventura talks about Vader winning the title at the Blast, which is beyond embarrassing. Otherwise a good heel promo from Vader.
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    Lauren Davenport & Doug Gilbert interfere to give Eddie the win.
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    Great presence from both Savage & Warrior here, even if one of them was spewing some mindless nonsense. This feels like a huge match but Warrior's speaking doesn't help much. Flair & Perfect are out to say that Flair's better than both and then Perfect delivers a dumb impersonation of Savage, who attacks and is jumped by Perfect. Warrior saves and picks up the belt, and they're eventually broken up by officials. Pretty long angle for Superstars and definitely seemed effective in building the PPV.
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    Ramon promo on the beach in Miami. I always loved when they built up new characters for a while before the debut.
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    Some nice early spots working around the ladder, including Hart bumping his shoulder, but this wasn't as good as the earlier Coliseum Video match between the two. Interesting to look at this as a precursor to ladder and other gimmick matches. ***1/4
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    This reads like a '99 Nitro main event. And unfortunately it was about as good, even though the talent level here was off the charts. We've got our first JR appearance in the WWF on the yearbook. Some nice slaps by Savage on Flair early. Flair, Michaels & Sherri look to be trying reasonably hard, Perfect is a zero at ringside, Savage doesn't do much and Hart is a bystander much of the way. Savage pins HBK after bumping Sherri. **1/2
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    Disasters win the tag titles after a briefcase shot by IRS misses and hits Dibiase. Pretty big pop. Disasters moved well for big guys.
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    Flair & Perfect put heat on Jack Tunney for being left out of the Summerslam main event and promises he'll be WWF champ again soon.
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    Robert Fuller is in the building! Love me some Fuller. Hot, violent attack with his boot and belt.
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    Armstrong announces a barbed wire cage match with Cornette barred from ringside at Fire on the Mountain. Cornette protests and the Fantastics counter with allowing him at ringside but Armstrong is the guest ref. Cornette throws a great hissy fit selling it, but I can't get into Armstrong as the territory's top babyface.
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    Morton ducks a punch with chain and rolls up Gilbert to win Unified title. Afterwards Gilbert handcuffs Morton to ropes and destroys Paul Morton with a chain & piledriver. Lawler & Jarrett save and Gilbert bails. Definitely a hot angle. Eddie Marlin fines Gilbert $5K, and he dismisses that as nothing before Morton attacks him during a squash vs. Tony Falk.
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    Razor pushes some guy in a fountain, talks about taking what he has coming to him -- the WWF and everything in it.
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    Bossman is back for revenge on Nailz. The crowd actually looks ridiculously hot for this.
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    Great segment previewing Summerslam at Wembley, including BBC clips. They announce a main event of Savage vs. Warrior.
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    The heat here is off the charts and cool to see. Nothing wrong with a haircut.
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    This really didn't do much for me. They clearly work well together but it felt pretty slow and basic. The 2nd fall had a couple nice dives and a neat submission finish. Didn't love the finish in the 3rd though. **3/4
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    Everyone worked hard here to make Ace look like he belongs, but only with so much success. Loved Hansen brutalizing Kobashi with the chair outside and seeing this take place almost a year before their classic with its spots on the floors. I didn't expect this finish given that Ace & Kobashi were involved, but it makes sense given the booking and what would happen next month. ***1/4
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    Han throws Kopylov down and secures a leg lock, which leads to a great counter out of it and Han quickly back working for it again. Great struggle here on the ground. Han with a great, seamless transition from armlock to choke and even sells how close it is when Kopylov gets to the ropes. Han in with spinning backfist, kicks and punch for knockdown. Han with jumping takedown into leglock that they roll for control of before Han is back up with more offense and another knockdown. After Han dominated much of the way with his offense, we get the surprising finish of Kopylov taking him down and finishing with an ankle lock for a big upset. ***1/2
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    Finish of the tag tourney with Doc & Gordy winning the NWA tag titles. Not bad but nothing great and crowd was dead, which shouldn't be a surprise having to follow Sting/Vader. Rhodes & Williams looked good.
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    1997 Hype

    WingedEagle replied to Loss's topic in Pro Wrestling

    Agree on keeping Shawn/Austin at KOTR, though at over 20 minutes, you could probably JIP if it means keeping additional Hart/HBK/Austin promos from that time, which are probably more memorable and a bigger part of looking back on that era.
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