cheapshot

WWF Sunday Night Heat May 5th, 2002

The burial of Honky Tonk was a joy.

1995 was useless as it totally killed Vader as a threat to Hogan.

Shocked at no mention of Uncensored 1995/96.

My first show: Mayhem in Manchester - Manchester, England - Nynex Arena - April 4, 1998 (18,514; sell out) Jeff Jarrett defeated Brakkus via submission with the figure-4 Henry & Phinneas Godwinn defeated Skull & 8-Ball in a strap match when Henry scored the pin with the Slop Drop Bradshaw pinned Marc Mero with the lariat; prior to the match, Sable was sent backstage by Mero Ken Shamrock & Owen Hart defeated WWF IC Champion the Rock & D-Lo Brown when D-Lo submitted to Shamrock's ankle lock TAFKA Goldust (w/ Luna Vachon) pinned Cactus Jack when, as Cactus attempted a suplex into the ring, Luna swept Cactus' leg out from underneath him and held it down during the cover; after the bout, Sable attacked Luna, with Marc Mero appearing and holding her back; moments later, after Goldust and Luna left ringside, Sable shoved Mero to the mat and left the ring alone The Legion of Doom defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Billy Gunn & the Road Dogg via disqualification when Chyna interfered and hit a low blow on Road Warrior Animal as the challengers prepared to hit the Doomsday Device on Road Dogg WWF World Champion Steve Austin pinned WWF European Champion Triple H (w/ Chyna) with the Stunner after hitting an interfering Chyna with the Stunner The Undertaker pinned Kane (w/ Paul Bearer) with the tombstone This was the first show after the WMXIV post RAW tapings and was the show where Undertaker had lost his luggage. To cover this, over the PA they announced DX had stolen it.

KarlPG and I were talking earlier on twitter regarding match ratings, and an interesting point came up: I've been at shows live and rated a match quite highly (lets say ****1/2) for example, I've then re-watched the match when it's been released on VOD/DVD and rated the match at ***3/4. Which rating is more valid? The one where I am in the building, feeling the heat and being caught up in the emotion; or the one where I am at home, being more clinical in my evaluation of the match? Like to hear others opinions on this.

You've been Roverted.

Preston City Wrestling has some fun stuff inc. some full matches e.g. Jushin Liger vs. Martin Kirby, Kevin Steen vs. Dave Mastiff etc. - https://www.youtube.com/user/tovus

My thoughts exactly. Was a nothing interview.

Watched Tony Scarlo vs. Dynamite Kid from 1977 for the first time the other day. A fun bout that's worth checking out if you haven't already. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2lnmrh

I thought they really need to work on the format of the show, as it looked so rinky dink by normal WWE standards....all of them on the stage clapping like seals wait for the ad break for instance. Saying that, I enjoyed Tanner and loved Daniel Bryan putting down the tall guys for just being tall. That and ZZ, for an 18 year old, has bags of potential.

Paying for Brent Kremen stories was worth it.

Let's be honest how much would people be paying for f4weeklonly without Metlzer? Me, before the merger - I think it was $5.99 p/m

I respectfully disagree Dylan. Whilst he's on main TV it brings down the product.

Heyman made ECW the babyface, the brand - I think the chants are a direct result of that.

I am glad I didn't stay up at watch that show live, without Cena / Owens II that would of been a big thumbs down for me. Joe Gagne said it best on twitter when he said "Cena vs. Owens not only carried the show, it's carrying the company right now."

Thanks for doing this so quickly, especially as everything was so raw.

I thought I'd create a thread where we can share anecdotes about being involved in shows. I'll start off - In 2006 I started working a new job, and on the same intake as myself was a guy who promoted shows in the Wigan area of Lancashire (Wigan, the home of The Snakepit) - we got talking, and soon enough I managed to get myself on some of his shows working as referee. Here I am in 2007 reffing a squash match for GPW: I enjoyed the experience, but being backstage, I couldn't wash some of the wrestlers attitudes, some thinking they were big stars, and calling the fans in attendance marks etc. Some of the GPW roster have gone on to bigger things since - El Ligero, Kris Travis, Martin Kirby and Joey Hayes to name a few.

Been watching a load of Dusty stuff this last 12 hours and I'd easily have him in my top 100.

AAA TV in 1995 was insanely good. Also ECW Hardcore TV in 1995 was a whole bunch of fun too.

Shocked. Got a call and took a second for it to register. RIP Dusty.

Brought back memories of Monkey Magic Wakita. Lots of coverage in the WO back issues.

Even better than Alice, Parv?

Really enjoying these Podcasts from Flair. So thumbs up from me. The Steamboat and Foley ones are my favourites so far.

Bob had a fun career overall. Worked WWO, JCP as a job guy, SMW and WWE. If you'd said in 1994 that he would headline a PPV eventually I would of scoffed at you; but in fairness he carved out a good run in WWE as "Hardcore" and is most famous for that, and bounced back well after the New MX deal as Bodacious Bob. No chance of making a Top 250, never mind 100.