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  1. ajtroma
    Dont get too worked up about racial overtones on this one, guys. Sid & his crew whipped the white job guys hard with the weight belts too.
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    Okay, here's the backstory on this one: ​They'd not only been feuding over the Unified title but various other personal objects. The story that Eddie was so obsessed with, not just being like the King, but being Jerry Lawler. Lawler's Lord of the Rings ring, crowns, and silver and black matching ring jackets that once had been worn by Lawler & former partner/manager/best buddy Sam Bass were among the cherished goods here. The story was that Tommy Gilbert borrowed the jacket from Sam one night and never gave it back. Lawler wanted it back. Of course, after this match, Eddie shreds the jacket with scissors. An infuriated Lawler fires off a "you son of a bitch" much to Dave Brown's consternation.
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    I just watched this today for the first time in years. "Bertha" (Bert Prentice in drag, brought in to be in the Lawlers' corner) chasing Toni Adams around the ring is rather humorous. Especially if you dont know the context of it.
  4. ajtroma
    I've always wondered that if Bret had gone to WCW in 1992, what would his finisher have been? The Sharpshooter and Scorpion Deathlock were pretty much the same thing.
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    It was just a quick sight gag. Nothing more. Nothing less.
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    The Moondogs in various forms were bouncing in and out of Memphis throughout 1993. At this point, the Moondogs in Memphis were Spike & Cujo while Spot & Rex were over in SMW.
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    Oh yeah, they rode together. Lots of fun was had by all.
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    I liked the local wrestling show being at the local 4th of July Celebration. It looked there was a nice breeze coming off the river, go see Kool and the Gang afterwards, then the fireworks. That sounds like a fun day out. However, you should have seen the Giant King Silva 3-on-1 Handicap squash match. Horrible is a mild way to describe it. The chokeslams our huge new Brazilian King gave truly were abysmal. Have to be seen to believed.
  9. ajtroma
    Hales cancelling and then shitting all over the idea of a Rip The Clothes Off Back Alley Brawl may be the most pure heel thing done in 1998.
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    Of everyone in this feud, I think Dave Brown comes off the best. He's in the spot where two mutual friends have a misunderstanding that could be hashed out easily if the other two werent so bull-headed and would just sit down and listen that just explodes out of control. Randy doesn't really say what Lawler did do these individuals, just a laundry list of people Lawler's pissed on over the years.
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    Sadly, that was the consensus on Hales. I'm not kidding. In the 80s, everyone who watched thought Hales was mentally retarded. The promotion looked very progressive in the people's eyes for hiring him.
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    Lawler really comes off more like the 1990 heel King than a babyface in this fued. I mean, he really was a spoiled, arrogant asshole. Hales doesnt come off too much better.
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    Uncle Paul is pissed at the King for that candid, "not supposed to air" interview that made Undertaker beat him up. Was this shot in the world's largest walk-in tanning bed?
  14. ajtroma
    This is one of the most grisly matches I've ever seen. Terry, doing a match like this a month after during 53, proves that he is both crazy and the toughest man who ever lived. ​At the very end, as the EMTs are trying to pry both of them out of that hellish barbed wire tangle they got themselves in, a camera man hops in the ring. Sabu, thinking quickly, tries to cover the camera with his foot in an attempt to maintain his character/kayfabe. Sabu, again, going that extra mile.
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    I have been watching the early days of ECW lately, and Matty....oooh. This guy just burns my ass up. One of the most absolutely obnoxious people I have ever seen in wrestling. His constant screaming and mugging, oh god. I wanted to throw something at my screen and have it, somehow, go through the sands of time and nail him in his smug, ugly, Howard Stern-knock-off-morning-DJ/low-level coke dealer face. He had to be investing money or something. ​I dont hate him as much as, say, Vince Russo or the Young Bucks but he's up there in the Todd Pettingill level of hate.
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    Nobody, at the time, could figure out why The Nashville Network took ECW. Looking back now, it's rather obvious it wasn't going to work.
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    I wasnt crazy about the term "faggot" being thrown about. However, the whole tirade did get real heat. The first time I saw this, a few months after it happened, I was sure a riot was going to break out. The security team deserves some kudos here. Also, first time I seen this, I thought it was obvious Balls was going through the flaming table again. He was wearing sleeves and soaking wet. I knew something was up. I was, and still am, a big Little Spike Dudley fan. I was so pissed off that stupid Nova got an ECW figure while Spike did not.
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    Bubba apologizes for going overboard a week before he screams the word "faggot" on pay per view. I know I shouldnt but I really loved the Dudleys vs Balls & Spike fued. Spike, in particular, really makes these for me.
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    I'm kind of surprised that only one person has mentioned Pit Bull's shoulder obviously way off the mat. That said Mikey was one of my favorite ECW characters. Willie "Scoop" Watts is doing the blow by blow here. Joey Styles left for a month since producing the TV show on Sunday took all day and he was useless at his day job on Mondays. BTW, "Willie Watts" is not the guy's real name. It was Paul E's rib on Cowboy Bill, naming a black guy after him.
  20. ajtroma
    This was a transparent (rather pathetic) attempt at controversy. Does anyone know if this bit even made air on their Boston affiliate?
  21. ajtroma
    The Rockin Rebel wore Sal out with chairshots to the head at Ultra Clash. Five years later at the ECW Arena, chairshots like those that put Sal out for two months would be the equivalent of a Balls Mahoney fart.
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    Of course, Madusa doesnt show up for the match with Sherri anyway, so this would ultimately be truly pointless as well.
  23. ajtroma
    Rockin Randy wasnt all that big himself, nowhere near the 260lbs they hyped. He'd done and would continue to do WWF TV jobs under the name Jerry Fox.
  24. ajtroma
    Yeah, Eddie was originally supposed to be Abby's partner here. This is when Paul E was named booker. Eddie thought that his best buddy Paul snaked the thing out from under him and I dont think they ever hashed that out. Eddie also stated that he'd quit when he'd heard that Jim Crockett was going to be involved. Doug was there to do that Scaffold Match and, sometime during the night, took a baseball bat to the backstage in a fit of anger over the whole deal. Eddie also, to the surprise of everyone, grabbed the house mic and said some line about not agreeing to a new contract, please continue to support this, Philly fans are great, yada yada.
  25. ajtroma
    This was supposed to be a Barbed Wire Bat Match but someone just plain forgot to bring the barbed wire. Such is life sometimes.
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