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  1. WingedEagle
    Arn's stooging and his and Eaton's bumping really made the early portions of this match. They're just such pros. Zbyszko eats the first fall and instrumental in Arn losing the third, though I don't recall any big payoff to his taking all this heat. Unlike most weekly main events, the 2/3 falls stip served a purpose in the story. This group had better matches earlier in the year though. ***1/4
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    Freebird Enterprises! Michael Hayes deserved his paycheck.
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    Somehow in going through the month's threads I skipped over the likely MOTY to this point. Not a ton to add here as most has been covered quite thoroughly. I thought this match featured some of the better heel work that I've seen from Jumbo & co., as they dialed up the antics here quite a bit -- i.e. during Misawa's extended FIP run, Taue ramming Misawa against the turnbuckle and then quickly tagging in Fuchi like a third down sack specialist to brutalize a dazed QB, grinding his boot into him. On the other side you had Kawada flipping out, staring down and raising a middle finger at Jumbo's squad when he's in there. His performance here solidified him as one of the year's standout individual performers along with Negro Casas. The finish was great and felt huge too. Try me tomorrow and I may go full monty on this one. ****3/4
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    DDP is out to interview Paul E. and reveals that Paul paid women to make allegations against Steamboat. This brings out Steamboat and leads to a big brawl with the DA and other faces.
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    Eric. Embry. He delivers a great promo before working a nice little studio match with Christopher that's interrupted by the Moondogs before a larger brawl breaks out. Good stuff.
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    Way too much going on here before Pritchard is sent packing for SMW. Billy Travis is out afterwards to cut a promo and confront Christopher.
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    We can definitely get a good idea of what guys in UFC make short of precise headline bonuses, but can't begin to speculate on the costs associated with their training camps and related expenses.
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    Gilbert delivers an awesome promo against Lawler & Jarrett, looking like a big deal main eventer. He's a Gilbert and that's why he wins and dominates. Great stuff.
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    Warrior doesn’t look much taller than Gene. here Warrior's promo about Shango & his voodoo is interrupted when his head starts oozing and he walks off. Pretty memorable.
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    Flair & Perfect are at a picnic with a chick, with the theme music playing from a boombox. Perfect plays a voice message from Liz. Wait for the whoo and the beep. Now that was funny.
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    Highlights of the Warrior/Shango angle. Okerlund had a knack for these segments. Backstage Warrior is projectile vomiting all over a paramedic. You stay classy, San Diego.
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    Clips of the title match with Lee bloodied. Orndorff goes for banned piledriver but its reversed. DWB is out to interfere and Lee wins the title by DQ. Awful finish and storytelling. SMW is the the most underwhelming thing on the set so far.
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    Not a whole lot to add here as Loss not only gave a great summary of the match, he really made it feel like an all time classic. Gary Michael Cappetta reading rules beforehand made this feel extra big. The Windham/Austin opener was great, set the tone and started the blood which was flowing the way it should in a violent culmination like this. Hats off especially to Austin and Rhodes for their juice jobs. So many great, memorable spots, from Steamboat coming in on fire, Arn absolutely cleaning out upon arriving and being part of a double crab on Steamer. Sting climbing the cage to counter Madusa was a great visual, as was Paul E working with his diagram of the ring. Nikita's trust spot with Sting and Larry being part of the finish capped off a great half hour of brutality and storytelling. Just a phenomenal spectacle. Probably my WCW match of the year, but we'll see if Sting/Vader has anything to say about it. Only mark against it is that the camera basically missed the finish. ****1/2
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    For some reason they're not using the same ring as Pillman & Zenk. Maybe because they were told to work with a fresh scene for the CSIs? The stiffness begins with a lariat by Scott to Fujinami. Iizuka Then Rick breaks Iizuka's face with a knee from the top while Scott holds him up. Just a brutal spectacle that may be uncomfortable at times but is still riveting pro wrestling. You'd hope to see bullies like this get the favor returned but how often does that happen? ***3/4
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    I imagine most folks on here at a level of fandom such that they find his schtick unreadable at best and insulting at worst. Interestingly, I sent a couple friends who came to Mania to read his stuff as they're casual fans at best and they found it interesting and informative. Go figure.
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    I'd love to see something like Liger & Daniel Bryan vs. Eddy & Samurai.
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    Zenk seems like a natural heel with the way he carries himself here. They tell a good story early on playing off each other as former partners. After working on Zenk's leg for a stretch we get a nice run of high spots with Pillman eating a kick as he comes off the top my favorite. ***1/4
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    Savage talks about Liz and Flair's new allegations on that front as well as the title. Says the belt was his before it was Flair's, calling back to Flair's line on Liz. Nothing special.
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    Why do we have an English ring announcer here? Slow matwork to start with a focus on Choshu's knee, including a long figure four spot. Choshu's backdrop suplex gets a pretty big big crowd pop. Muto's hot stretch sees him break out a a moonsault and dive, pulling out all the stops against the champ. Nice finish with Muto withstanding one lariat but not a few. Reminiscent of a low-rent Misawa-Hansen in that regard. ***1/4
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    Rude with a good heel promo saying Steamboat can't get through him, but no mention of their PPV main event.
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    Steamboat is out with bruised eyes and a busted nose so apparently we missed the angle where the DA smashed his face into the floor. Steamer stumbles over calling Rude his "nemesis" and we get zero mention of War Games, that PPV which is a week away.
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    Lawler is out with with a handicapped kid talking I presume about a charity softball game.
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    Embry is out with a garbage can & weapons, and pretty soon Lawler/Jarrett and the Moondogs make their way out. Lawler wants Guy Coffee to give them a 6 man tag. Embry closes going nuts about his eyes, Texas, just about everything. Love it. Liger/Samurai may be the best in-ring feud of the year but this is a blood feud.
  24. WingedEagle
    Love the Mr. Hughes! Super underrated, he really bumped and moved well and carried himself strongly enough that the gimmick didn't feel like a joke.
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    I don't doubt he had more than his share of less than shining moments. But I wouldn't want to hold those involving Brody against him anymore than I would hold Flair responsible for working with El Gigante or the Black Scorpion.
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