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Dutch & Rogers deliver pretty standard promos as SMW establishes its characters. I know SMW picks up in the months ahead, but Memphis was clearly on another level at this point.

Embry delivers a promo outdoors on Pat Tanaka on the upcoming stips. Memphis was really an afterthought for me when I picked up the yearbooks but thus far I'm loving how different it is from everything else -- yet another example of the variety that makes these sets so great.

Kimala interferes for the faces and we get a few minutes of standard, top shelf 1992 Memphis brawling.

Hogan promoting Children's vitamins. I absolutely wanted these back then. Thanks, mom and dad.

Mickey Jay was clearly not on the juice. He was clearly concerned about taking the bump off the stretcher.

"Elizabeth was mine before she was yours." What a money line. You could see it clicked with him right away that he'd found his hook for this program's promos. Gene's overreactions throughout this were great as well.

Not just people. Remember who's calling the shots.

I'd love to see Moondogs vs. Steiner Brothers, Hansen & Tenryu and MVC.

WWF @ Boston, MA - Boston Garden - March 8, 1986Televised on NESN - featured Gorilla Monsoon & Lord Alfred Hayes on commentary: All American Wrestling - 5/11/86: Sivi Afi pinned Rene Goulet with a flying bodypress at 11:06 All American Wrestling - 4/27/86: Jake Roberts pinned Jose Luis Rivera with the DDT at 10:30 The Crush Girls (Chigusa Nagayo & Lioness Asuka) defeated Judy Martin & Donna Christianello at 15:33 when Asuka pinned Christianello following a giant swing Jim Neidhart (w/ Jimmy Hart) pinned Scott McGhee with a powerslam at 5:59 Prime Time Wrestling - 7/28/86: Ricky Steamboat pinned Bret Hart (w/ Jimmy Hart) at 15:08 when the momentum of a crossbody by Hart put Steamboat on top; during the bout, Jimmy Hart briefly joined the commentary team at ringside (The Hart Foundation, The Bret Hart Story: The Best There Is, Was, and Ever Will Be) WWF IC Champion Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) defeated Tito Santana via disqualification at 7:17 after Santana shoved referee Danny Davis to the mat Velvet McIntyre & Dawn Marie defeated Bull Nakano & Dump Masamoto at 8:27 when Velvet pinned Nakano with a victory roll Cpl. Kirchner pinned Iron Mike Sharpe after hitting him with his own forearm at 9:56 Ted Arcidi defeated Barry O via submission with a bearhug at 3:13 Prime Time Wrestling - 10/21/86: WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & the Junkyard Dog defeated Terry & Dory Funk Jr. (w/ Jimmy Hart) when Hogan pinned Terry with a clothesline at 11:32 as the Funks were hanging JYD over the top with their bullrope Yes, totally bizarre. Wow. Any footage of this show available?

Amen.

Correct, they closed it with that rather than Sting vs. Cactus or Steamer/Rude. I wonder if they had to guarantee the MVC a couple main events as part of bringing them over.

Just got back from vacation and planned on plowing through this at the end but got caught up in an 800 page bio that's just about done. I may have to return to work tomorrow but I've got a week's worth of material on here to catch up on before then and absolutely looking forward to it.

Couldn't you argue that Goldberg's promos (basically the silent walk) are still superior as far as building the character?

Most of his matches sucked. A few memorable garbage affairs in ECW and some of his work with DDP & Benoit was good as well. I haven't rewatched any of it in years, but as little as he may have done in the ring, the Sandman and Dreamer feuds were awesome spectacles. Whether that was due to the performances of the wrestlers in the ring, on the mic or the production of the feuds, there was some awesome storytelling and moments presented there.

vs McGuiness from Unified.

Really. Apparently it puts me in the minority but Sheamus does absolutely nothing for me. Why would Sheamus and Orton just forget about the three guys who have beaten them and attacked them over and over? The good guys are holding a grudge and they got to strike back a little. If Shield always comes out on top, it'd be NWO all over again. And Orton and Sheamus are top level guys, it's not like Zach Ryder and Santino got one over on them. No one is arguing The Shield always come out on top. They should probably lose at Mania. But I don't think The Shield should be used as a vehicle to get Orton back into the upper tier. I think Orton is pretty well locked into his current slot unless he gets a reset under the wellness policy. As for The Shield, any definitive defeats they eat should be used to further their character and transition into a new program, not provide happy ending #4 on the PPV.

Agreed, but logic booking also used to mean putting guys over strongly. Not this even steven nonsense. The Shield boys have been on a nice roll and I'd hate to see their momentum cut short so shrek and mr. two strikes can have their smiling wrestlemania moment.

The crux of my point is that without Austin WWE may only be the name of the company and not also its stock ticker. Do Raw ratings, PPV buys and merchandise take off to the levels they did that enabled a second tv show, rewrote certain revenue streams in ink rather than pencil and allow the company to go public? Maybe. But I wouldn't bet on all of it transpiring that way without him.

This. I was pretty intrigued to see how they'd line them up for Mania and a rerun of what they've done recently was not what I hoped for. On the other hand, its a pretty solid backhanded compliment that they needed to find something for their "stars" in Sheamus & Orton and are comfortable pairing them up here again. Just hope they don't rush a happy babyface ending at WM. I actually plan on rewatching Cena-Punk tonight because I've gotta clear the DVR before vacation anyways, but thinking about some of what they pulled off it really was a great, great match. Kudos to them for delivering something like that before their super bowl.

The rana stood out and thought I saw a couple others but its really picking nits. I loved the hell out of it. Punk absolutely needs a hiatus after this run.

That was one hell of a tv match. Couple blown spots and the STFU's were the STFU's, but damn that was great.

I don't think that's quite fair. Hogan built that house. Austin completely gutted it and redid all pipes, electrical and aesthetics. All that remained of Hogan's house were the structural elements.

I haven't watched this in ages, but when I was younger I thought this was the funniest match ever put on.

While I'm not hot for seeing HHH do much of anything, I will not object to Lesnar bleeding, or smiling while admiring his blood.

This place was a hell of a find for me. Literally none of my friends have had any interest going on about 15-20 years now, while I've only become a bigger fan and sought out more and new material as I've gotten older. Having a place like this that exposes me to tons of new/old footage through the yearbooks and other comps? While also having a community of folks talking about who simply do not troll? Awesome.