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  1. Migs
    Great shirt, though.
  2. Migs
    Corino wasn't there until February or March of '99 - he'd certainly have been more entertaining for 2000 than Justin, but c'est la vie. I'm actually interested in Van Dam - he's a fresh subject (I don't think he's done a shoot since '97) and might have some good perspective on the booking in 1999. He's certainly a more interesting choice than New Jack.
  3. Migs
    This is one I've seen a million times but never really tire of - great big spots, tells a great story both in-match (classic David v. Goliath, and the dynamic really helps Van Dam get over) and with the storyline (the issues with Sabu are a very natural outgrowth of their ongoing friendship and rivalry).
  4. Migs
    I thought Taker having to hook the leg on Kane was a nice way to put Kane over in the loss - Taker never had to do that.
  5. Migs
    "Shades of gray, baby!" - Vic Venom
  6. Migs
    Yeah, they are selling a library, much moreso than a network. But they don't get that and we're a long way from them getting it.
  7. Migs
    I actually think the build for Douglas v. Snow was pretty interesting - shame that Douglas was too hurt to have a decent match to blow it off.
  8. Migs
    This was very NJPW Juniors influenced - the northeast indy style really took off when they incorporated some strong-style influence into the matches to give it a more physical base. Very curious to watch that aspect evolve.
  9. Migs
    Trying to remember how the whole PPV thing went down - in NYC, with Time Warner, I know I was able to see Barely Legal, and then not able to see the last two in 1997. But I know I saw Living Dangerously live, so maybe that was a temporary deal with Time Warner before the long-term one. I lived in Queens and loved ECW, but somehow never went to the Elks Lodge until 2001, for an indy show that had a lot of ECW guys on it. Not sure why that was. I was in high school at the time and I'm guessing I could have talked my dad into at least one show if I tried, but I never did. I spent a lot of time at some pretty odd indy shows at the Elks trying to get the ECW live fix I never got in '97-'00.
  10. Migs
    The build to this had some nice energy to it, but this was really dull until the Savage double axehandle from the top. This was an awful finish to a PPV.
  11. Migs
    What's with Sting doing crotch chops? The announcers weren't doing Sting any favors - they made it seem like such a shock that he won. Great sell from Mark Curtis.
  12. Migs
    This felt like an ECW match from '96, although a good one. The "use my sign" bit was such a blatant self rip-off, though. Quite a year Benoit has had on PPV so far.
  13. Migs
    Yeah, I had the same thought - since when did Gene do anything like that?
  14. Migs
    Kayfabe Commentaries teased a big name for one of the remaining ECW timelines... my money would be on Dreamer, or maybe Tod Gordon.
  15. Migs
    I'm with Childs on this one. I liked the effort, but the ending sequence just kept going and going, and there was no logic to why it ended when it did - it wasn't like Hayabusa used a significantly bigger move than the ones that had failed to end the match before.
  16. Migs
    This was good, but it was a bit shocking to see the athleticism drop from these two over just a couple of years - this was not close to the May '96 match.
  17. Migs
    Not sure I'd go ****, but this was really fun. Candido and Storm did arguing tag partners better than most.
  18. Migs
    Is this his first use of Jerichoholics? Either way, this is such a great example of a guy getting himself over with just a little but of TV time to build his character.
  19. Migs
    This was cute.
  20. Migs
    It's a real shame that injuries destroyed Douglas' working ability around this time, because the character still had a lot of legs.
  21. Migs
    Hoping Monday Night Wars debuting means they'll get back to showing Raw (and add Nitro) next week.
  22. Migs
    The difference between ECW and early 90s WCW is that the building in Asbury Park is full. I agree with shoe's point about the slowness of the second half, but I think the big bump still works and feels like a moment, even all these years later. Loved the meta-ness of seeing Paul E producing the show on the air - it's a look behind the curtain without saying "this is fake." Of course, that Sandman-Sabu match was not nearly violent enough to justify the hype.
  23. Migs
    Sting is just not dynamic at this point; part of that may be the style Hogan wanted to wrestle, but you guys are right that he's not doing anything that makes him feel different.
  24. Migs
    I also think there's absolutely a good story in either Ambrose or Wyatt being the only one crazy enough to wrestle Lesnar.
  25. Migs
    They had me with that F5 - felt like it'd be a brilliant bit of booking.
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