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  1. WingedEagle
    Let's hope you're wrong. No money in setting up Henry as a monster who's overcome in this setting. I'm a believer in logic prevailing at Mania time so let's hope it pans out.
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    Harris Brothers were generally terrible. But they were at least booked as legit threats as Raven's henchmen vs. Dreamer & co. in ECW.
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    I always bet on simple when it comes to Mania, which means Rock retaining, Henry winning the Chamber since he has by far the most heat of any potential challenger, and ADR retaining to preserve a babyface vs. heel title match. I don't see the Shield winning unless its to set up a rematch at Mania involving Sheamus and Ryback. I don't see Orton winning as they seem really hesitant to avoid doing too much with someone with two wellness policy violations, and understandably so. He's fine in his role but too much to lose putting him in any more of a featured position.
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    Welcome back, King Race. I was afraid he was put out to pasture.
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    Corny gets the ball rolling in SMW talking about the big promotions turning wrestling into a joke and highlighting tag team wrestling as a feature from day one.
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    Nothing he's written is remotely compelling, interesting, or arguably even inoffensive to a wrestling fan. He's a hipster from Brooklyn crossed with a blogger and packaged as Grantland's attempt to be cool about wrestling. Fail.
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    Hansen vs. Funk, 4/14/83.
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    If they were serious about it you could have Ziggler about to win, then Henry does something so awful and over the line it turns Ziggler face for his come back. Now that'd be fun.
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    Swagger with Zeb may generate "more" coverage. But it will be negative coverage that doesn't add a dime to the show's bottom line. Henry is the hottest, freshest heel on the roster and a better fit vs. ADR than even Punk would be at this point.
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    Funk vs. Flair, GAB '89.
  11. WingedEagle
    The GOAT show and '96 Yearbook discussion were probably 2 of my favorites. Would love some more that are similarly broad.
  12. WingedEagle
    Great call on Hall. Never really shined at all in WCW as I'm not sure you could point to more than few above average outings, much less anything truly memorable in the ring.
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    The Moondogs attack Lawler in the studio which brings out Jarrett, Fuller and eventually Austin Idol in his sunglasses and with a suitcase, which is of course one of the weapons used here. Idol's promo afterwards talks about the dogs messing with his plane and accusing them of premeditated, attempted murder. Somehow this doesn't feel as absurd here as it would in just about any other promotion.
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    I know its Memphis, but this is beyond inappropriate for 1992. I don't think it would pass muster in '82 for that matter. Ware and Lawler are great though.
  15. WingedEagle
    I don't think I could ever grow tired of Embry promos. What a piece of work.
  16. WingedEagle
    What he said. Chairs, chloroform, masks and MOONDOGS.
  17. WingedEagle
    The Moondogs destroy a couple jobbers and Richard Lee is sporting a nasty scar from the fireball. More awesome Memphis.
  18. WingedEagle
    Sherri's makeup is ridiculous and you can't accuse her of not putting her all into the role. 12 year old me would probably pay $1.99 a minute for this.
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    Man it would've been something to see Butch Reed try and make this work. This felt like the trailer for a really, really bad Tarantino movie.
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    Love the layout with the champ center stage and the top 5 contenders seated across two tables. I wouldn't mind this kind of old school set up more often. We're probably well past it but its got more of a BCS / March Madness feel to it than something out of a comic. It also puts over the Mania title match as a big deal. The highlights after Flair & crew walked out were Sid's faces when he wasn't named top contender and Savage's over the top hand motions / gestures as he spoke. Just classic.
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    The following month I'd be at MSG for my first wrestling show. I was looking forward to seeing the LOD, Flair, Hogan, Savage, etc. Ended up with a big battle royal and no LOD. Before the show, I overheard some people talking about how the LOD dropped the tag titles to the Natural Disasters but it wasn't on tv yet. I may have been 11 but I wasn't about to just move on from that. I ask where this info came from and the guy shows me his copy of the Torch, which lead to a subscription there, which eventually lead to the WON, then online, and here we are about 21 years later. Good times. Interesting to see Bret work with this version of UT, and he did a damn good job of making this passable given Taker's gimmick at the time. You saw flashes of what Taker could pull of here but they weren't ready for him to work that way just yet. **1/2
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    Cien Caras is a dead ringer for Mark Cuban. Its remarkable. He's also got great presence and performs admirably in his role as Fuerza's second, even if Konnan isn't up to the task. Liked the submissions, liked the crazy plancha in the 3rd fall. Would've liked a finish but fun lucha nonetheless. *** 1/2
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    I'd completely forgotten this was a title change and thus popped pretty big for the finish. It may not be at the level of TC matches that would follow during Misawa's reign, but this was still Jumbo & Hansen doing their thing and that is always good. Hansen sold Jumbo's work on the lariat arm very well while withstanding all of Jumbo's textbook offense. Jumbo gets to kick out of one lariat before the second puts him away. ***3/4
  24. WingedEagle
    Villano's matwork and submissions early looked nice. Great finish with the missed senton and work on the back leading to the stoppage. ***1/4
  25. WingedEagle
    Hot opening with Kobashi & Kikuchi jumping Jumbo & Taue. Kikuchi really lived up to his punching bag role in this one, taking a ton of abuse including some stiff kicks & knees from Jumbo. They even let him kick out of a power bomb before dropping the fall to a back suplex. Run of the mill **** effort from AJ.
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