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  1. WingedEagle
    Got it. Never sensed he was quite that close with Flair.
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    Also Dave had a terrible week in his personal life as he explained on the board. What happened?
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    Its stupid. But also brutal and cool. And should not be permitted.
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    Paul E rants against K. Allen Frey for trying to destroy the DA. He's awesome, but the focus shouldn't be on Frey.
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    DWB lost a loser leaves town match and DWG wants people to write in and get him reinstated. She's better off not speaking.
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    Gilbert arrives with GWF Title. I don't remember the details but assume Gilbert walked out on Global? Gilbert looks big time with the suit and his presence on the mic. When Pritchard comes out we've now got GWF, USWA and SMW representation on tv all at once. Gilbert agrees to put the GWF title up against Pritchard and then wants a USWA title shot. 21 years later this works for me.
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    Another great promo from Embry, this time with his back to the camera.
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    Happy Mother's Day from Slaughter. Mountie is out set there setting up a near execution of Slaughter for what feels like an eternity. Slaughter took an awesome bump out of the ring on an Irish whip. **3/4
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    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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