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  1. WingedEagle
    Promo on Warrior. Nonsense.
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    Local promo for a show at Boston Garden on 6/6. I loved seeing these for MSG shows back in the day.
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    Takada looked great here, seeking out an armbar on the ground and delivering quick, crisp strikes. He also has legit superstar charisma. No question a huge part of that is Albright, who really was a great fit in UWFI and this style with a unique presence. I still haven't figured out scoring in UWFI and can get a bit thrown by how the points are moving, but it doesn't detract from this at all. Simple spots like a back suplex by Takadda after lots of grappling and striking get big reactions. Albright's strategy throughout was to maul Takada and take things to the ground. His dead lift German was great and another finishes it. ***1/2
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    I *loved* their match on the 80s All Japan set. One of my favorites there. This was not that match. Thesz's intros were biting and fun, and it was cool to see them go at it in 1992, but this is pure nostalgia. **1/4
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    While Hansen never quite clicked with Misawa the way he did with Kobashi or Kawada, I still thought this was a good match that told an excellent story. Misawa's focus on the lariat arm throughout the match was great and they never strayed far from this theme. Hansen back with elbows, chops and back suplex. Power bomb only gets 2. Misawa breaks out his frog splash, facelock and elbow but at this stage its not enough to overcome Hansen. While he doesn't get to kick out, Misawa escapes one lariat with a foot on the rope before a second one secures the fall. I liked this a lot. ***3/4
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    Hervey was truly awful. Good early stooging from Arn. Great work from Arn on Josh's arm in second fall after post shot, using an armbar/DDT-type takedown and hammerlock. When Ross brought up Gordon Solie & Lance Russell to Hervey you knew he shared your thoughts on his co-host. This wasy way too long, but Arn deserves a ton of credit carrying it as far as he did, though there was no reason to go this long and Hervey really made it rough. **3/4
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    Ross & Hervey again, which is unfortunate. Heyman cuts a promo on Steamboat for sexually harassing Madusa. I assume this coincided with some election campaign headlines at the time? Steamboat is out with his busted nose, which I believe was from an awesome angle where the DA smashed his face on the floor at Center Stage. Has that not happened yet or did it not make the yearbook for some reason? Just a weird angle.
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    Jim Ross interviews Windham with Hervey there. I like these interviews in concept but the presentation is bush league compared with WWF and guests like Hervey don't help. Heyman in costume heckles Windham. It seemed to be setting up a Dangerous Alliance attack but we didn't get that. Missy looked good.
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    The Bodies are in the finals of the tag team tourney at Volunteer Slam. Pritchard does a better job on the mic here than Lane.
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    Embry has the bandages off his eyes which are sporting some nice scars. Good, quick promo.
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    The title remains held up after Pritchard reveals the chain Christopher used in his tights. Good characters but nothing special here.
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    Crush isn't playing games. This promo sucks and so does Crush.
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    Martel with very un-pc comments about Tatanka smelling becuase he's an Indian. Martel sprays Arrogance in his eyes, but even more impressively sprays Tatanka's feathers which apparently made them quite the fashionable accessory.
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    Glad to see I'm not the only one who couldn't understand a word here. I like that the chyron identifies him as a a French luchador. Andre looks slimmer than usual, but not quite that slim.
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    This felt like a couple of wrestlers putting together a demo tape to show off what they could do, almost like an audition. While it was interesting for the time period its not something I'd want to watch again. **1/4
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    Norton gets to withstand some lariats better than most before eating the pin here. I know the Scott Norton of New Japan didn't bear much resemblance to the one in WCW, but he never did anything for me.
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    Most of the NJ heavyweight stuff on the set thus far has been perfectly acceptable. Nothing remotely bad or offensive, but at the same time nothing that stood out as anything more than good or memorable. That's exactly how this match started out, with Vader selling well for Hase's strikes and a suplex and bumping for Muto. Fun stuff, but nothing special. Then Bigelow rips off Hase's bandage, the blood starts flowing and we get some kind of awesome. I may not be an authority on Hase's career but this is easily the best I've seen from him. He eats all sorts of power moves from Vader & Bigelow, who also go hard after his cut including Bigelow gnawing at it. His comeback gets the kind of sustained response from the crowd it deserves. Just a great match and fun to see how quickly it turned from run of the mill to something special. ****
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    I love Savage/Warrior, especially given how well it holds up to this day. I don't care very much for Savage/Steamboat -- its perfectly acceptable with nothing offensive and yet is in no way special or memorable at this point. I'm also not a big fan of Savage/Dibiase and may in fact regard the Hogan match at 5 as third in the pecking order behind the Warrior & Flair matches at this point.
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    I was a big fan of the show as well well with Rock's promo the only key segment that left me underwhelmed. Call me crazy but between Heyman's makeup, Punk's antics and UT taking a beating I was completely sold on the close and finally looking forward to that match. Thought HHH/Brock could've used a face to face or a more physical visual if not interaction but if I'm able to watch HBK skip to the ring with his air pistols and some pyro on Sunday I'll take this nonsense.
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    A little backstory here that no one probably cares about but is absolutely relevant to this match for me. I was 11 in '92 and recently subscribed to the Torch. The Torch had a monthly column about Japan and one month pimped the hell out of this match to the point that I absolutely had to get my hands on it. I sought it out in their classifieds and got a comp tape featuring it. It may have been the first Japanese match I ever saw, but it blew me away then and still blows me away today. This is two weeks after their first tourney match where Samurai started things by slapping Liger prematch and winning in typical heel fashion using a low blow. Liger offers a handshake to start. Samurai spits in his face and the war is ON. Sammy immediately rips at his mask, cracks a beer bottle over his skull, delivers a tombstone on the floor, another in the ring and further rips at his mask. I'm biased but you've got tombstones on concrete, beer bottles and mask shredding 3 minutes in which already makes this the best light heavyweight match you'll ever see. Liger's transition comes with a big fist and he doesn't just go on the attack, he brings his own version of hate to the dance. Sammy eats a power bomb on the floor and then Liger starts working on his mask which eventually is just about completely ripped off and hanging like dead skin from his neck. Samurai takes a sick bump on a dropkick. Liger brings a ringpost moonsault and Samurai is right back with a tope con hilo. The stretch run is sick -- Liger gets a near fall out of a power bomb to counter a Samurai rana. After a DDT and back suplex off the ropes Liger wins it with a top rope frankensteiner. This wasn't just Jushin Liger showing his versatility in the ring and having an opponent who was more than game to rise to the occasion with him, it brought the hatred and violence of Flair/Funk, Austin/Hart or any other classic and applied it in a junior HW setting. ****3/4 I began the yearbook expecting this to be my MOTY and it didn't disappoint. Its possible the AJ 6 man tag from May surpasses it if i I can be objective, but we'll see what happens come ranking time. What eventually prompted Samurai's face turn and team with Liger? I wasn't paying keeping current with the scene at that time and don't recall the specifics.
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    I wonder whether Liger or Lawler should be most honored by that sleight of mind.
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    The crowd is amped for this before they even start. Misawa sold for the bulk of this, painting Gordy as a monster and doing a fantastic job of it. After trading strikes and eating a lot of Gordy's offense, which sets up some huge pops when Misawa reverses a suplex, power bomb and then kicks out of the 2nd power bomb. I liked the crucifix finish -- kind of a call back to 6/8/90 even if Misawa wasn't working as a LHW here. ***3/4
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    Lengthy interview with Nikita that I thought spent too much time on Luger. The clip of his babyface turn from years eaerlier was definitely the highlight.
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    Definitely didn't pick up on Pritchard channeling Piper here. Great local promo by Cornette.
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    Embry delivers an awesome promo from bed with both eyes bandaged up. He remains the runaway presence on the mic this year.
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