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  1. Superstar Sleeze
    "Boss Loss" made reading this thread worth it. "Tommy Wiseau of PWO" is a close second. Shodate keep on keeping on brutha.
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    I have lived a crazy life and one of the weird fun facts of my life is that I as in attendance for Hulk Hogan's last ever match in WWE (Summerslam 2006). The year 2006 was the year WWE officially made nostalgia their business model. Hulk Hogan was just one example, the main storylines revolved around Mick Foley, the reunion of D-Generation X and resurrection of ECW. I think ever since 2006 WWE has had one foot in the past and one foot in the present. Check out this year in review of WWE in 2006. http://ridingspacemountain.blogspot.com/2018/03/wwe-in-2006.html?m=1
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    The Brainbuster vs The Young Stallions - MLG 12/6/88 This made the original DVDVR WWF Set and it is a pretty nifty little tag match up in Toronto. This is right after the Buster debuted in WWF and right before their program with The Rockers. Just classic Arn & Tully wrestling here. The babyface shine is so Southern. So much stooging so much bumping and so much feel good wrestling. This must be where Paul Roma caught Arn's eye. What makes the Tully & Arn team work so well is their characters. Tully is that firebrand. He may be getting his ass kicked must once Arn gets one up on their opponents. He is spitting and looking to get under everyone's skin: opponents, announcers and the fans. Arn is the muscle looking to bail Tully when his mouth is cashing checks that his ass cant. Tully was about to take a Headscissors when Arn comes in and blasts Roma. Roma has one more chance, but SPINEBUSTER cements the advantage for the Brainbusters. Then it is classic Busters wrestling positioning the ref & Jimmy Powers to best take advantage of 2 on 1 opportunities on Roma. They are great at always double teaming, but notice when it comes down to one on one that's when Roma gets his hope spot. The heels need that 2 on 1 advantage. Sound babyface/heel psychology. Tully goes for the slingshot suplex but Roma blocks twice by instepping his leg and ultimately sends Blanchard up in the air for a suplex. Jimmy Powers has a pretty routine hot tag. Blanchard gets a sunset flip from the top and Arn blasts Roma with a clothesline and Blanchard picks up the win to a big chorus of boos. Powers was pretty useless, but Roma was a solid white meat babyface that type that two pros from Carolina know exactly how to maximize his potential. Anderson & Blanchard put on a clinic here. ***1/4
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    Rick Rude vs Jake Roberts - MSG 10/24/88 For such a famous angle (Rude hitting on Cheryl Roberts), the follow up matches are never talked about. Why is it that they did not wrestle at Summerslam 88? Why did they only have one match at MSG? The feud seemed to be used to draw in LA which WWF was running a lot in the summer of 88. I thought this was a good match. The pre match stipulation stated the first person to hit their finish (DDT vs Rude Awakening) would win. Rude did some good stooging early on in the wristlock. High stepping, going over the top rope just to be dragged in. I liked the tease of the DDT early. I thought the transition to heat was weak. It was an eyerake then an atomic drop then a post shot. Roberts threw some wild punches Rude knocked him down. Rude goes for the Rude Awakening, but Jake bites the hand! Good transition back to Jake for his comeback. Roberts made his comeback with some good kneelifts. They did some good ribald humor by showing Rude's ass, which got a big pop. Roberts misses a kneelift hard. Instead of trying to win, Rude taunts Cheryl Roberts, she goes for the slap, but he catches her. BANG! DDT! It was a little too sudden so the pop was not massive. Jake goes for the pin 1-2-3 for the emphatic victory and gets more of a pop. I don't know if the pinfall was ad-libbed to give this a bit more finality or if Roberts forgot, but I liked it better than the match just ending with the DDT. Cheryl gets her licks in and they throw Damien on him. The finisher psychology was solid and they mixed in Cheryl well at the end. It was just nothing special just a very solid match. It is not surprising then that this feud is not fondly remembered besides the great angle at the beginning of the feud. ***
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    Rick Rude vs Koko B Ware - Primetime Wrestling 4/11/88 Sometimes it is just refreshing to watch really basic pro wrestling. Shine->heat and just watch a couple pros go at it no bells no whistles. Rude has not been pushed just yet. He is wearing bright tights with ugly gray boots. He looks like he has star potential, but is not totally there. Within the month, they would begin the Rude Awakening Kiss Segments leading to the big Cheryl Roberts angle and his airbrushed tights. Koko is such a great babyface. Rude is caught posing one too many times and Koko starts headbutting him and some good jabs. Great Memphis babyface that Koko B Ware. Rude was just a great body that posed a lot and talked a good game. Koko misses a charge in the corner. The heat segment is basic but good selling from Koko. I liked the cutoffs from Rude but too reliant on the chinlock. This was during The Brain's obsession with kidnapping animals, Bulldogs chase him off before he can kidnap Frankie. Rude runs to the back to help Heenan. Koko wins by countout. Perfectly acceptable pro wrestling.
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    1981! Bob Backlund vs Sgt Slaughter in a Cage! The belt is held up against Greg The Hammer Valentine will he win it back and stinkin up the joint against Don Muraco. And of course THE ALLEY FIGHT! http://ridingspacemountain.blogspot.com/2018/03/alley-fight-wwf-in-1981-bob-backlund.html?m=1
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    I will be honest I was waiting for someone to make the ridiculous argument that he is the best of his generation in a cakewalk so that I could jump in when AJ Styles is clearly a better pro wrestler in almost every regard than Daniel Bryan. AJ is far better at everything I care about in pro wrestling. He constructs more interesting narratives with actual payoffs instead of just more highspots. AJ incorporates selling of both himself and his opponent better than Bryan. Bryan consistently blows off selling to get his shit in. He respects size differential better than Bryan. I don't normally care about this as much but AJ is far superior at execution. AJ is better at flying than Bryan and has more interesting highspots. The one thing Bryan is better at is the ground game, but AJ has really improved his game. AJ also was REALLY GOOD in 2002 also. I did a thread back in 2013 reviewing a lot of his TNA work showcasing that AJ was already insanely talented from that get go. I think because TNA marketed him as a flier he did not get his just due. He was able to convincingly brawl with Abyss but in a smart fashion respecting Abyss' size and coming up with creative ways to gain advantages. His work with Samoa Joe showcased how brilliantly he incorporates fatigue selling into his matches. There is a crazy random Bobby Roode match where AJ Styles puts on an Oscar winning knee selling performance that may be the greatest individual selling performance of all time. AJ Styles layers his matches so that his spots come across organically and is really good at making his bouts feel like two opponents STRUGGLING to win a match. Plus AJ Styles clearly has the better punch, which we all know means he is the better pro wrestler. Look, if you think Daniel Bryan is better that's fine. It just really gets my goat (pun fully intended) that people are still asserting this ridiculous notion that he is far and away the best of his generation. It is just point blank not true. AJ Styles has been in the conversation this whole time not just since 2014, but since 2000.
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    Nope this one is the strongest one ever because Mark Fucking Henry is being inducted! OH HELL YEAH!
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    Fixed that there for you, bud. Unless Bryan changes his style I don't care. I hope he is safe that is for sure.
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    WWF World Champion The Rock vs Mankind - WWF RAW 1/4/99 On one of the most influential nights in pro wrestling history, Mrs. Foley's Baby Boy owned it. While New Japan and WCW bombed with disastrous angles on this night, WWF delivered one of the all time great feelgood moments in pro wrestling history. Mick Foley is a truly great underdog story that really does make you believe that any dream is possible. To do it on a night where WCW openly called out that he would win the championship ahead of time and actually causing a ratings spike for WWF is a testament to how great a story it is. The match in of itself is oddly constructed. The Rock basically kicks the shit out of Mick Foley and whats weird is that he doesn't cheat at the start. He is just beating him up. Like there was no big transition. The Rock just starting kicking him. It was odd. Foley takes the ring steps bump, suplex on the floor, smashed in the face by a bell and Rock Bottomed through the table. The Rock did his mid-match commentary which I believe was the first time he did it. Some damn good trash talk. I thought the lack of shine hurt the match. The pops for the kickouts were not that great. It was a pseudo-lumberjack match with D-X and Corporation there but they did not get that involved. D-X even let Foley get hit in the head with the belt and kick out. I feel like there should have been more interactions with the wrestlers outside. Let me take this opportunity to say how big a mark I am for the Corporation. Vince, The Stooges, The Rock, Shamrock, Bossman and a coerced Kane is a very underrated stable and it is too bad it got merged with the Ministry of Darkness. Shamrock gets involved and now D-X vs Corporation goes down. Then it happens. The single loudest pop in history. Austin's music hit and THE PLACE ERUPTS! It is not just the noise, it is the visual of every single person standing putting there arms in the air. Austin wallops Rock with a chairshot and Mankind wins. Great celebration coupled with Vince being pissed and Austin flipping him off. This match defies ratings. It is a classic.
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    You may have misunderstood my point. 95 is bad because it had trifecta of poor drawing, poor booking and poor work rate. I agree of the three the workrate was the least of their concerns but still Bret was having GOOD just Good matches in the mid card. Shawn had long dry spells of nothing. Besides Shawn & Bret, it was really just Owen that could be relied on. I much prefer 1993 as a dark horse for great under the radar WWF workrate.
  12. Superstar Sleeze
    I remember being so spooked by "Lord of Darkness" Undertaker. Totally freaked me out as a 9 year old. To this day, I have a soft spot for this stuff.
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    In the running for one of the most important angles in WWF. It launched not just the Triple H-Stephanie angle but their eventual real-life marriage. I love wrestling weddings. Test is such a horrible name for pro wrestler. I mean who the hell was supposed to buy someone named Test as a main eventer. He comes out to his entrance music. LOL! I want entrance music at my wedding now. He is introduced as Test too. Vince & Steph were great. What I was surprised by was how respectful this Attitude Era crowd was. They did not boo "Together", which went on forever. They chant Asshole at HHH on cue. Attitude Era crowds were not all that bad. HHH's drugs and married Stephanie in a cheap ass drive thru chapel. Stephanie screaming "I hate you." is so good. Amazing angle.
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    Al Snow is pissed at The Rock for obvious reasons that The Rock is a pompous ass but he is the People's Pompous Ass. The Rock acts like he doesn't know who Al Snow is. Al Snow does a great job in the background. Rock finds out his name is Al. Then acts like Al is not present and tells Mick to tell Al some hilarious shit. Really funny.
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    This was a great angle. Vince was crazed! He was out to kick some ass. It really put over the severity of the bullshit that D-X had been pulling. Having watched a lot of wrestling, it is hard to get me pissed off. There was something about HHH knocking Vince over while he was handcuffed and that little part shot to the balls that really pissed me off. That really made me want to see Hunter get fucking destroyed. It is good that part of me still exists and I have been numbed to everything.
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    That was fucking hilarious. The Rock declares that Poontang Pie is his favorite pie. He knows someone has never tasted the sweet, sweet poontang pie and that is Michael Cole. I somehow fell for "Tell us how your first experience with poontang pie was." and he says "It doesn't matter..." that was so funny. This is a good time to tell one of my favorite stories. It was probably this Smackdown that first introduced me to the term poontang pie because I know I didn't watch the This Is Your Life segment live. It was either the next Thanksgiving or the Thanksgiving after that my Aunt asked me what my favorite pie was. At the time I was between 10-12 years old, I was like I know the answer to this question! The Rock has told me that everyone's favorite pie is poontang pie. So I boldly declare that POONTANG PIE IS MY FAVORITE PIE! My mom was mortified and my Dad was howlin'. So thanks Rock for that one!
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    I love this storyline so much. The Rock is pissed at how Mick Foley talked to him the last time he talked to him, BUT mentions that he didn't throw out his book and then quotes the book Chapter 37 proving he did read the book! Mick Foley is over the moon. Foley ends up being his mystery partner against the Bossman & Albert. I cant believe Bossman was the No. 1 Contender to the WWF Championship in December of 1999! Mankind gets a big pop for coming out.
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    This is some dark, twisted shit. D-X making the McMahon family believe they at the very least kidnapped if not raped Stephanie. In a way Stephanie turning heel takes some of the bad taste out of my mouth because then she was in on it and really comes down to Stephanie wanting revenge on her father. Between this and Jericho's torture porn segment some really dark shit in WWF at this time.
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    I did not think it was a very convincing performance by Jericho. He should sounded more like a lunatic. He was too coherent. Chyna actually did a great job. Pointing out she would just be lying and she did a great job selling the hammer shot. Pretty big misfire here. Jericho has the guts to try crazy things so I give him props for that.
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    One of the few segments that really stuck with me from this era. Just incredible Trash TV!
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    Best fuck up of a Southern accent I have ever heard. I laughed so hard. There is some controversy over whether when Vince hit Shane with the belt if that was an accident. D-X claims Vince as their new member. Vince says he would rather join the Girl Scouts but the mic is fucked up. So he tries again and this time he says I would rather join WCW to a huge pop. Good line.
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    There it was right in the front row of the Providence Civic Center. Was that the Place to Be Boys? Austin Fears Misawa in all its glory. I just skipped to the end. I forgot how they got D-X back together so that HHH has a super heel group for backup. I guess at this point Chyna is probably going to split off on her own as a babyface which leaves a slot open for Steph to be the lead female heel with Hunter.
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    Even with injured ribs and Foley not participating, I didn't believe in the Hollys. It was HHH's Pedigree that did Rocky in. Austin attacks HHH. Great moment when Austin flips off Rock to stop him from People's Elbow and then Stunners Helmsley.
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    You guys are pretty harsh on Rock. I think it is all in good fun and he is quite entertaining, but Mick putting him in his place was glorious. Foley just absolutely rips into him. the Grow Up at the end was great.
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    Al Snow finds the book in the trash. Tells Mick. At first Mick thinks Rock has lent it out and Rock's generosity knows no bounds. Then he thinks Al Stole it and Rock will be hot. Al tell him where he found it. Mick is crushed.
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