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  1. garretta
    I thought that Taue held his own quite well here with his focused attack on Stan's lower back. Still, there was never a sense of imminent danger like there has been in Stan's matches with Misawa and Kawada. At best, it seems like Taue was a one-off, with no real hope of a future Triple Crown program for at least the rest of this year regardless of who the champion might be. It's going to be interesting to see how he can possibly earn another shot sometime in the future.. I still can't get over how much Stan has improved his wrestling skills, or at least shown them off more for the Japanese audience. If he'd let himself wrestle more like this in the AWA when he was World champion, Verne might have felt a lot better about having him as champion. Then again, probably not.
  2. garretta
    This wasn't one of Atlantis' better days: he was crotched on the post early, had a piece of his mask ripped by Charles, was forced to submit the match (Charles got the win, to make matters worse), and then had his mask completely ripped off afterward. His humiliation makes for the story of the bout, which was three falls of craziness in which everyone looked good at least once. It picked up considerably once the tecnicos made their comeback at the start of the second fall. My only complaint was that the cameras didn't bother to pick up a lot of the action on the outside, which lad to guys seemingly appearing and disappearing from the match at random. I realize that these guys were absolutely everywhere, but you'd think they'd have done at least a little better job trying to keep track of all six of them. I guess someone who rips a mask in lucha has to tear it all the way off in order to be disqualified, because nobody did anything to Charles for ripping only a corner of Atlantis' mask.
  3. garretta
    Robert's right. The WWF had never done a face-face double main event before, and it was so far out of their booking wheelhouse that they felt they needed to center the Savage-Warrior match around Flair and Curt and the IC title match around possible dissension in the Hart family. Why they didn't simply run Savage-Flair if they felt this way and let Warrior blow off the Shango feud is beyond me. It's not like Flair and Savage were incapable of main-eventing a big stadium show; they'd just done it four months earlier at Mania VIII. The beatdown was pretty stiff for regular cable TV, and the Nasties looked thrilled to finally be doing something worthwhile. The only problem is, from the way Vince was overselling it Warrior and Savage should have been doing dual stretcher jobs instead of running Flair, Curt and the Nasties off. Nice to see Curt throwing chops, by the way. Vince was screaming and growling all over the place to the point where it was disgusting and his accusatory tone with Heenan may have worked if Bobby had been in so much as one promo with Flair and Curt since Mania. As it was, Vince just sounded like he needed a handy heel to blame and picked the one he was sitting next to. God help SummerSlam with this nut on play-by-play. As for the Brain, from the hat and coat reference I'm guessing they had him dressed like Sherlock Holmes on camera, though I'm praying not. Honestly, if I'd been him I'd have called it a career right about now. He's not really into match analysis (though he's better at it than he likes to say he is), and his jokes are only likely to get stupider and more infantile as they follow the WWF product right down the sewer over the next year and change. Why didn't the postmatch interviews make the set? They sound like they were pretty important to me from how Pete described them. Maybe parts of them are on the feud recap.
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    I've always wondered where they got the idea for Owen's King of Harts character. I agree with those who say that Owen did it with a ton more style than we saw from Bruce here. Still, the idea's planted that at least someone in the family's on Davey Boy's side so he isn't reduced to being just "Bret's challenger". It doesn't look like anyone else was contacted to throw in their two cents; I guess Owen was busy in Japan.
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    I'm not really sure what to make of the Warrior/Flair stuff. It certainly seemed like the crowd was rooting for Warrior to make a deal with Curt at the end, but the while thing doesn't seem logical. Why would Flair and Curt care who wins at SummerSlam if they firmly believe (as they do) that Flair will hold the belt by then regardless? By all rights, they should just let Savage and Warrior beat each other to death, then swoop in and pick up the garbage, as it were. That would mean that two top contenders, perhaps the only true threats to him on the roster, would be eliminated. This seems more like a rather flimsy reason for Flair to make the trip to London despite (inexplicably) not having a match. If I was promoting, I'd either find out what a triple threat match is or dream it up quick, because this is about as tailor-made a situation for one as has existed up to this point in time. If that's not feasible, what about making Flair the guest referee? Yes, it might make the match a bit of a circus, but who honestly thinks that we're getting any sort of clean finish anyway, considering who's involved? To go all the way to London, even with a full payday, just to stand at ringside and do nothing? If I'm in Flair's shoes, a return to good old TBS in Atlanta, GA is starting to look awfully good. By the way, did anyone catch Flair's reference to Warrior's big house in Phoenix? I guess we just found out where Parts Unknown is really located! The stuff with Helen Hart is only good because it formally acknowledges Davey and Bret as brothers-in-law. She's not bad, exactly, but it would have been more interesting if she'd sided with Bret, being that he's the one she gave birth to. Stu just sat there, saying nothing and looking like he wasn't even sure why the camera was there. No wonder everyone made jokes about him.
  6. garretta
    I think I had Ishikawa and Takahashi maxed up throughout the match. Be that as it may, I'm in Pate's camp. This wasn't really much of a match unless the viewer was into headbutts. These two forgot to try to score points, and most of the matwork, such as it was, led to nothing. Takahashi's half-crab was an effective finisher, though. Unless someone is really into shootstyle, this isn't a match I'd recommend.
  7. garretta
    This match was a mess from beginning to end. There was some good work, of course; how could there not be with the kind of talent involved? But between the lousy finish and the flat-as-a-pancake commentary, this wasn't half the experience that it should have been. First of all, I watched this match specifically to see how JR not only called a WWF-style match from this time period, but worked with Heenan to boot. Even taking into account that this was an overdub of a match that was almost a year old, he was bad here. Not just his attitude, but his whole approach to calling the match. He showed no interest in getting over strategy or informing us about the competitors, nor did he seem to have any talking points at all. And if you thought he's showed annoyance with Jesse at times, you haven't heard a blessed thing yet. He seemed actually repulsed by Heenan, especially after Bobby started the "She's my centerfold" routine about Sherri that we've all heard a thousand times by now. Bobby didn't help with some of the most inexplicable stupidity I've ever heard out of him, such as confusing the sternum with Sterno. (Yes, really.) I've gotten on Sean Mooney and Lord Alfred for their bad performances on these redubs, but these two were way worse. Maybe JR didn't like Heenan doing Oklahoma jokes, but if he'd seen the Brain for more than ten seconds, JR knew who he was and what he was, so it was his own fault if he couldn't handle it. With all of that said, Heenan actually got in more wrestling talk than JR did here. He put over the wrestlers more, talked about the moves more (his explanation of how a cheap shot to the nose actually does damage is unexpectedly illuminating) and kept the proceedings from falling flatter than they did. I liked his exasperation over Bret not tagging Savage when he had Flair in trouble late in the match (which was astounding, considering his allegiance to Flair) and he seemed genuinely impressed by the fact that four singles wrestlers could put together a good solid tag match. Speaking of the match, it's time to address the finish. Simply put, it was awful. I don't think Earl "lost control" of the match or "forgot" who was legal; I think he just realized they'd been in there long enough and counted the first possible finish that brought about the desired result. Maybe Bret and Flair missed a go-home cue of some sort and Savage and Michaels came in specifically to do the finish even though they weren't the legal men, although that wouldn't explain how Sherri was in perfect position to be knocked off the apron by Michaels. At any rate, something somewhere must have gone wrong, because bonzo gonzo finishes (a Kal Rudmanism for all four men in the ring) usually are more chaotic than this one was, and last longer too. Surreal moment of the match: Sherri pounding the holy mackerel out of Randy. Yes, dear hearts, the Kingdom of the Madness is indeed beyond reconstitution. Line of the bout: JR's reaction to Heenan claiming that Bret Hart's dad is really named Stewed: "You're stewed yourself!" And he probably was, too. Big save of the bout, broadcast division: Heenan starts to talk about what a great bout this is for four guys who've spent their careers relying only on themselves, then remembers the Hart Foundation and the Rockers and shuts himself up. What was Heenan's obsession with the time all about? You'd think he'd never seen a twenty-minute tag match before.
  8. garretta
    These things are starting to lose their steam a bit, but at least Hall's actually calling people out instead of just bragging about himself. It's a pity that we never see Razor feud with Taker or Warrior, but I'm looking forward to how he interacts with Savage. Didn't the whole "oozing machismo" bit start as a dig at the Macho Man? I know that the WWF machine can do wonders, but it's hard to believe from watching these vignettes that we'll be cheering Razor Ramon a year from now. .
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    Thanks to the Can-Ams wearing masks, I had no idea how to tell either team apart, and by the third fall I didn't care; I was busy wishing this was Rock 'n' Roll-MX, or Demos-Brain Busters, or anything else that wasn't this match. For one of the best teams in the world, Texano and Silver King aren't leaving an impression; I must have seen ten matches with them involved by now, and if you gave me a million dollars I couldn't tell them apart. In my private commentary, they're still Mexican #1 and Mexican #2. It's like watching a pair of nameless, faceless jobbers who are only in the ring to take a beating.
  10. garretta
    It seemed to me that Lee made up the loaded elbow stuff during the postmatch interview to cover up for the fact that he got coldcocked by someone smaller than he is. Seriously, if there was supposed to be a foreign object involved, they'd have made sure that the audience saw it even if Mark Curtis didn't. Les Thatcher brought up the heart attack thing on commentary right after the match when he accused Ron of pulling a Fred Sanford, so Ron didn't think of it himself first. It sounds like something he'd try to run with, though. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed Les on commentary during the SMW set until I saw this match. His line describing the outside interference was a classic: "Clothesline by whoever, whatever, whyever, or if ever." I also liked him comparing the mystery man to a genie who's been let out of a bottle. When people refer to the "Master" angle, is this when Kevin Sullivan comes in? He's another one I'm looking forward to seeing again in SMW. "Cancellation" sounds like a name Vince would come up with for a finisher from someone nicknamed "Prime Time". I think I liked Lee better as a heel with Tammy Sytch in his corner in '93.
  11. garretta
    One good demonstration deserves another. Corny wins the visual battle, but I have to give Bobby credit for guts; he calmly shreds that newspaper on the wire while going on without missing a beat about the Bodies being paper champions, and I don't think he (or Jackie) has gloves on either. Everyone involved in this match except for Stan are really into the promos for this match, and it really feels like the biggest match in SMW to date. What that says about the singles division I'm not sure, but regardless I can't wait to see this again! (I've already seen it on Will's SMW set.)
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    The demonstration is what makes this. Corny being the student of Watts that he is, it only makes sense that he knew how to do a segment like this better than anyone. One touch I liked was his constantly warning Dr. Tom not to squeeze the wire too hard even with his gloves on; it's so dangerous than one wrong move could have seriously injured his hands. This is another example of how Corny has grown as a promo guy from his days in JCP, when he would never have pulled something as serious as this off so well. Meanwhile, Lane stands off to the side and doesn't do much of anything. Magnum's right; he's been looking more and more disinterested as time has gone on, and I'm surprised Corny's putting up with it. Whatever's going on, it's about more than a stupid toupee (at least I hope so).
  13. garretta
    I thought this was much more effective than the standard yell, scream, and threaten session we tend to get from Fuller and Golden. Those two are the best two examples I can think of as the stereotypical screaming Southern heel that makes wrestling seem like a joke (and I'm actually a Fuller fan most of the time). Speaking of whom, I think I'm one of the few people who like the Stud better as a Memphis face than the heel that he was for most of his career. The best thing about this was that Golden kept his mouth shut except for one line. We also got the blossoming of the friendship between Dutch and the Stud Stable, which will pay dividends later this year and into '93. I loved the mutual admiration society between Fuller and Dutch.
  14. garretta
    This didn't change tag team wrestling as we know it or anything, but it wasn't bad. Ace fit in well, and Stan got his chance to brutalize two of the top contenders for the Triple Crown. Misawa and Kenta showed more continuity than they did against Jumbo and Taue, for what that's worth, and they both took their beatings like champs. It may be surprising that Stan seemed to beat Misawa clean, but keep in mind that he and Ace douibleteamed Misawa for most of the last few minutes after Ace took Kenta out with that suplex on the floor. This didn't do much to harm Misawa's upcoming Triple Crown challenge; if anything, it gave the fans hope for what Misawa might be able to do once he got Stan in the ring one-on-one.
  15. garretta
    I decided to watch this match as if I was one of Vince's lieutenants, charged by him to help decide whether a match like this could co-main event SummerSlam in Landover instead of holding the event at Wembley Stadium with Bret-Davey as the card-topper. My answer is no. Oh, they worked hard enough, and no one can ever accuse Shawn of being afraid to bump, particularly after the whopper he took off the ladder to end the match. But things got off on the wrong foot for me when Mike McGuirk either wasn't given an explanation of the rules or forgot to include it in her introduction. I'm assuming that Finkel would be doing SummerSlam, and no one explains the rules of special stip matches quite like Howard. Srill, this was a terrible mistake for a tryout match, because you're asking at least some of the audience to go in cold, expecting them to react to a match they've never seen before without even telling them what's going to happen. Plus, on pay-per-view, we're going to have Vince and Heenan, neither of whom are going to want to work hard to get over match stipulations and strategy instead of screaming about what a great event SummerSlam is, goddamn it (Vince) or making jokes and talking lewdly about Sherri (Heenan). Next, I can understand why they set up the ladder in the ring or had it underneath the ring for future matches. Asking the guys to sprint halfway back to the locker room to get the ladder may create drama, but it also makes it impossible for part of the audience to see what's going on. Plus, there's always the chance of an unplanned finish if Bret trips over the mat or something running back to the ring while Shawn sets the ladder up, which we saw Shawn do about halfway through the bout.. Then what? Does Shawn stop climbing and look like an idiot, or do we have a title change no one wants? Third, what if the ladder breaks in the middle of the match and is rendered unusable? When they did these matches on pay-per-view, I'm guessing that they reinforced the ladders, particularly since 290-pound Scott Hall was one of the guys doing the climbing. Had they thought of that back in '92? Probably, but why take a chance on an accident when you have a guaranteed feel-good title change in your pocket if you go to Wembley? And that's the bottom line, as Stone Cold would say. The minute someone thought of Davey-Bret at Wembley, I doubt this had much of a chance. The idea of the hometown boy scoring his biggest win as a singles wrestler in front of 80,000 of his countrymen and beating his brother-in-law to do it was a story Vince simply couldn't pass up. I know I would have told him not to. This match was good, maybe great for a Coliseum Home Video release. But it needed more work and the lack of a better idea in its place in order to make the big time. By the way, what got into Gino, saying that Sherri might outweigh Shawn? Michaels was far from fat, but he wasn't that skinny. Gino's starting to get into "I'm set for life, so who cares what I sound like?" mode, and that's a shame. The WWF booth needs an energized and committed JR in one hell of a hurry.
  16. garretta
    Knockdown aside, I felt this was Shamrock's bout from the start. Flynn tried hard, but he simply wasn't in Shamrock's class. The submission seemed a bit quick to me, but that only made Shamrock's victory more decisive.
  17. garretta
    If the feud had ended here, or at least cooled off for a while, I would have had no complaints. But since Lawler in particular has no long-term use for the tag belts, they have to get back on the Dogs someway, so the result of the MSC rematch is a foregone conclusion. That's too bad; I was waiting to see a bald-headed Richard Lee! I liked the tease of dissension if Lee didn't agree to the match. They needed to remind the audience that the Dogs are still wild and uncontrollable unless things are going their way, and that even Lee only controls them for as long as they allow themselves to be controlled. Nice "unscripted" moment with Lawler talking to Lee from ringside instead of the announce table, which meant that Dave's microphone could only pick up bits and pieces at first. Studio wrestling needs things like that to avoid the feeling of being too sterile. I wasn't paying close attention to the fans' reaction, but it was nice of Lawler to throw some of the money to them, even if it was only the dollar bills. For a second, I thought Lawler and Jeff were going to agree to the rematch and drop the belts right then and there, which would have ranked among the stupidest decisions in wrestling history under the circumstances. Lee's completely regressed after a promising first set of interviews. His spot could be taken by anyone with a southern accent without the angle missing a beat. The search for Jimmy Hart's true replacement continues after seven and a half long years.
  18. garretta
    If Curt had been able to wrestle, the obvious match would have been Savage/Warrior vs. Flair/Perfect, but he wasn't. The only face singles wrestler that I can think of for Flair to go against would be Duggan, and that wasn't much of a match by this point. I'll have to see how the hype shakes out before I can really answer the question of what else I'd do with Flair; as it stands now, it just may be that Vince did the only thing he could possibly do, as unappealing as it might have been for some of us.
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    The first part was a nice little verbal faceoff between Warrior and Savage, their first since Mania VII. The history between them wasn't exactly glossed over, but it wasn't explored in depth either, mostly because they wanted to keep both of them babyfaces and not bring up Randy's heel past. Of course, not being able to openly talk about their previous feud outside of a few passing references didn't leave much for them to do except out-weird each other, which is why Flair and Curt were needed. I can see where the whole "whose side is Flair on?" stuff started, because it looked like Warrior knew that Flair and Curt were coming to the ring. Notice how he got Mean Gene out of harm's way before they even appeared, and also notice how Savage was their main target, with Warrior only an afterthought. Randy apparently thought this way as well, which is part of what led to the pull-apart between him and Warrior. It's a standard part of the buildup for WWF face vs. face matches, but it usually happens a little later than five weeks before the card. I loved Flair referring to his past of beating up guys with facepaint, and Curt's imitation of Randy was awful and hilarious at the same time. Flair's all the way back to his Crockett self, and Curt isn't exactly a better manager than JJ Dillon, but he's more effective in a "partner in crime" kind of way, as you see by his assistance in the attack on Savage. He's apparently not cleared to take any physical contact, though, as Warrior knocks Flair for a loop but Curt bails before he can be touched. I can understand wanting to run Warrior-Savage as a comparatively fresh main event (or semi-main, if you consider Bret-Davey Boy the real main event) at Wembley, but leaving Flair off the card completely as a wrestler was inexcusable. Do you mean to tell me that there was no one on the roster that he couldn't have gone over to keep himself strong? They couldn't even bring Piper out of retirement (he made an appearance on the card, but didn't wrestle) or bring Bob Backlund in a little early? I find that extremely hard to believe. I've never seen the card, but his appearance in the title match had better be something truly memorable to justify flying him all the way over to England and not letting him wrestle, even if he got a full payoff anyway (which I hope he did). The video quality on this was so bad that the audio was affected in several places as well. Wasn't at least some of the buildup on home video in better quality than what we saw here, and if so, why wasn't it used for as much of this segment as possible?
  20. garretta
    I was about to say that this was good for what it was, but Nikita ruined the whole thing by throwing Rude over the top and getting himself disqualified. Mind you, a face getting DQed like that isn't necessarily a bad finish in and of itself, but they could have at least made it look like an accident and generated some heat and controversy. Instead, Nikita just decides "The hell with the match; what I really want to do is invade the heel dressing room and get my ass kicked by half the roster!" All of this after Tony blithered about how the US title means freedom, equality, and apple pie for the man from Lithuania. The brawl itself was suitably chaotic, and I liked how the faces didn't waste any time getting in there to help Nikita. Most of the time in brawls like this, the face gets beaten half to death by the entire heel roster for at least ten minutes before one of his friends dares to poke his head in the door. They're starting the women beater stuff again, this time with Nikita taking Steamboat's place. If this is the only way they can effectively use Medusa, get rid of her and put Heyman in Rude's corner full time. This is beyond ridiculous, and what makes it all worse is that Nikita actually adds fuel to the fire by grabbing Medusa when she tries to interfere as if she was a man. Maybe they are trying to make violence against women (or at least against Medusa) seem perfectly acceptable. After all, Sherri got clobbered by Hogan and others every time she turned around for years, and she was a former wrestler, just like Medusa. Either Jesse needs to stop arguing with the play-by-play guys or they need to learn how to take it from him and give it back. Did anyone else catch the annoyance in Tony's voice he and Jesse were talking about thumbs to the eyes? Tony says that one slowed Nikita down, and Jesse says, "No, it stopped him, Schiavone." Tony then huffs, "All right, it stopped him" in the infamous "Stop trying to be the bad guy and let me call the greatest match in the history of our sport" tone that he and JR use with Jesse far too often. Watts really needs to clean this up before it detracts from a much more important match than this. If he's unsatisfied with Jesse, then he should get rid of him and be his own lead color guy (which he's eminently qualified for).
  21. garretta
    There wasn't enough here to really get a feel for the match, though the pop for Vampiro's win was as insane as advertised. I'd really have to see this in full to have any further comment. I wonder how many pirates ever sailed the Seven Seas bald-headed like Pirata will be going forward?
  22. garretta
    The footage here was so impressive that the interview segment wasn't really needed. I've never seen Andre take a beating like that from anyone, even in his declining years. I've heard that he really liked Ronnie, so maybe that was why he agreed to do it. If I'd seen Ronnie mowing down guys like he did in this footage, I'd need heart pills too. Even though it's obviously close to twenty years old at this time, this has to be one of the most impressive video montages in wrestling history. As I said, Tony and Paul stand no chance having to talk after that, but they try their best. Ron fakes a heart attack like only he can, and even Dutch is taken aback. My favorite line is when he starts a question "I hate to play devil's advocate....." and Paul interrupts, "Then don't!" I got a big laugh out of Paul trying to blame modern technology for trying to alter footage that's close to twenty years old. Still. what else could he do after what we'd all just seen? Ronnie's promo was all right, and he somehow got away with referring to George Foreman as a "fat boy" (emphasis mine). Maybe it's because it was so obvious that there was nothing racial about the remark, but that's still pretty dicey territory for 1992. I don't think this match made the set even in part, which is a shame because I'd especially liked to have seen Ronnie and Paul mix it up.
  23. garretta
    I'd have liked this a lot better if it had been a little more formal. At least keep a ref in the ring and put a time clock on the screen, since Barry beating Austin in five minutes is the whole point of the segment. Dustin ended up counting the pin, and by my unofficial clock it was just at five minutes or a little over, so the point was still made. Going for covers didn't seem weird to me under the circumstances, especially on Barry's part. The lumberjacks were a bit much, though. Have Barry pick one guy (presumably Dustin) to stay at ringside and send the other two back to the locker room. Watts can still get it done on commentary, and I wonder if he didn't at least flirt with the idea of doing color on Clashes and pay-per-views himself to save money. As much as I like Jesse, JR and the Cowboy in the booth together for special events would have been tremendous. I've talked before about how WCW had to hype Omni cards during national telecasts because TBS was also their local Atlanta affiliate, but this is definitely one time that I sympathize with those who hate that arrangement. As I've said in other threads, if they were going to make such a big deal about the Omni events, they should have taped them like the WWF did their big arena shows for years and shown the finishes the following weekend so those across the country who couldn't go to the Omni could see what happened. Line of the segment: It's already been mentioned, but Watts' "Sometimes your alligator mouth overloads your tadpole fanny" is a legitimate classic.
  24. garretta
    Nice job portraying Paul as an unbiased official right to the end. I figured that he and Ricky would hug after the match, since Ricky had just won the Unified title, but you couldn't tell that they were father and son until after the attack started. That's superior attention to detail. Why was Lauren holding Ricky down when he was already handcuffed to the ropes? I guess she had to have something to do. I'm surprised that someone like Eddie doesn't slap the taste out of Corey's mouth. There's something overly aggressive in the way he gets on the heels that would earn him a trip to the hospital if he wasn't protected as an announcer. It's not what he says; it's how he says it. Come to think of it, Lance toed that line a time or two himself, but he looked so frail that he got away with it more easily, plus it wasn't an every week kind of thing; you really had to go some to get the Lancer's dander up. Gilbert was the perfect arrogant heel; he truly doesn't care what he has pay in fines or who he has to go through to get his belt back. It's at times like these that people like Marlin really aren't effective; how can you punish someone who truly doesn't give a damn, who you can't fire because your champion wants him back in the ring, and who can knock you flat with one shot? I loved Dave telling Eddie that he'd introduce him however he (Dave) wanted to after Eddie instructed him to introduce him (Eddie) as the King of Wrestling.. Only Dave could get away with it, and only he could pull it off as well as he did here. I thought Tony was one of Eddie's lackeys not too long ago. I guess he's seen the light! I loved Ricky's promo, but I get why they didn't use the stip that he talked about. Once it become known that Ricky was leaving, they would have had to have him do a stretcher job for Eddie, and it's risky to do that with a hometown boy, especially one whom you may want to work with again someday. It was better to do the screwy finish they did and keep Ricky hot for a potential return, even if it was a couple of years down the road (as it ended up being, courtesy of the USWA/SMW feud). I can't wait to see the full-length studio match between these two from a couple of weeks before so I can get an idea of how well they work together. The MSC clips are nice, but it's tough to really get the flavor of a match from just a minute or two.
  25. garretta
    I'll say this for Lauren; she can take a bump. That's twice now that they've worked the "wrestler gets pushed/knocked into female manager" routine with her and Eddie, and people don't take that bump more than once unless they can do it well. This is the first time I can think of that a ref ever took a bump courtesy of someone flying over the top rope to the outside like Neighbors did here. Score one for innovation! Doug's interference took far too long. They should have had him at ringside before the finish somehow rather than force Eddie to hold on to Ricky so the spot could work right. It'll be interesting to see if they line up another challenger for Eddie or if it's time for him to drop the belt back to Lawler already. My vote is for the former; I notice that Dundee's coming back, and I'd love to see him take Eddie on for a little something different.
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