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  1. dawho5
    Jake claiming to be more evil than Undertaker was interesting. Was 'Taker a supernatural being yet by this point? Or just a big guy with that gimmick?
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    I didn't think Vader was that much of a heel right away. He offers Chono a handshake, which Chono refuses, and then decides against hitting Chono on a break when Chono had just hit him on the break. Thought it was kind of strange. I honestly thought the match would go a little shorter than it did when Chono hit an early backdrop. Bam Bam and Hash had a really good, fast-paced exchange early. I thought Hash looked great fighting back against Vader. It looked like Chono had to be manhandled out of trying for more offense a few times. Also looked like Vader and Bam Bam gave Hash a little more offense due to him being bigger. I did think the Vader dragon sleeper was an attempt by Vader to give Chono something after he had been manhandled earlier that Chono missed. Vader playing FIP in the late stretch of the match was better than you would expect it to be. Good enough match, too long and at times didn't seem like the tag team aspect was used much.
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    I was wondering why DDP had to talk about MVC. Either way, they are coming..or not..or...wait, what? These magazine shows kind of drive me nuts a little when it's Bischoff. Gene can carry them and make them seem semi-interesting. Bischoff not so much.
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    After reading the excellent book about Pillman by one of our own, I would say Pillman at this point hated steroids and the guys who used them. Also, he was a super over babyface, so it works.
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    Arn is the perfect guy for this. Not only due to a physique that doesn't scream steroids, or the fact that he was a straight shooter. Also, as mentioned above, Arn could make the phone book interesting.
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    I thought that was Jesse too! Really well done, but stuff like this is always super telegraphed. No way a heel like Rude isn't going to mess with Sting. So once he has the glasses you know how it goes down. Still, good way to set up a future match.
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    I had hoped for a better end for this. We knew Rogers wasn't going to be able to finish or Bob Caudle was going to catch him resting or whatever, but this seemed like a bad way to do it. I would agree that a confrontation of sorts would have worked better and poor Rip made his leg muscles that sore for a nothing reaction.
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    I was also relieved that Rip was making sure Horner couldn't cut his promo. This SMW taping has been really good for angles.
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    Those crowd shots were about perfect. An hour of squats would be impressive.
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    Corny killed me with the Deliverance line. Loving him too, SMW has been a gold mine so far.
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    What a great segment! Armstrong calling Wright on his shit was incredible and super over with the fans in the arena. Great stuff and I look forward to more of both!
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    Jumbo and Taue both came out of this match looking great, which says a lot for MVC. Speaking of the lengthy period of half crabs, we did get really close to super boring MVC when they were working over Jumbo with submissions. I thought both Gordy and Williams could have sold better for the Taue "hot tag", but we got what we got. Taue and Jumbo did a double team version of the atomic drop/backdrop, which was pretty awesome. Anytime Taue does a dive I am immediately happy, so I was glad he busted out the tope. Jumbo carrying the team to the win against the MVC was huge, and I actually liked the match as a whole despite my MVC bias. They are starting to remind me of the Choshu/Yatsu/Hara/Tenryu/Jumbo days of AJPW, but with more tendency to be super boring at times.
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    Gave this a rewatch the other day and it is still not my style of wrestling 95% of the time. But I am also not a big "action movie" guy when it comes to movies. I prefer a more involving overall story and good detail work. I still enjoy a well-done popcorn action movie now and again and to apply the metaphor back to this, this is about as well done as insane spotfests get. And I would argue that something like this has to be thought out to really small details given the logistics of moving 3-10 guys around at a time and having the flow that it did manage.
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    On rewatch I agree this did lack flow. Despite that I still really like it, I just don't expect great flow out of Tenryu matches with lower tier workers. I thought Kojima's comebacks were right, hit the big moves while you can because the old man is going to start beating the shit out of you soon enough. Good babyface fire too, so I am a fan of the match. The fact that it doesn't play out like an epic is one of the good points about the match for me.
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    I rewatched this and AKIRA really brought a lot of intensity from the start. I imagine he hadn't forgotten the earlier humiliation Kanemoto had put him through. I also enjoyed Koji resorting to punches after the senton, nice change-up to show he was starting to feel the need to up the intensity as well. The last 6-8 minutes really does hold up, with Koji's unfortunate no-selling still dragging it down a bit. It ends up being the small things (AKIRA's desperation counters, etc.) that make me love it more than the big no-selling bits make me hate it.
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    My schedule is weird, I'm always down for PR though.
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    If you haven't read "East of West: The Apocalypse" I would recommend it. Essentially it's an alternate real world where the Civil War dragged on until everyone got tired of it. The U.S. gets split into 7 territories that have this "Game of Thrones" style of peace with politicking going on behind the scenes. And the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse exist with a religion built around the Apocalypse itself. Not the best comic I've ever read, definitely one of the more unique though. And like GoT, it's hard to put it away because you want to know what happens next.
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    First things first, if only to get it out of the way. Yes, wrestling is way different than it used to be and people can interact with wrestlers far more easily than they used to. And thinking back to myself as an 18-25 year old you can bet I'd have been on that train if it had been available. And I would have been derailing threads like this more than likely due to it. I understand where it comes from. I don't necessarily agree that it should be expressed/used the way it is here. There have to be better/more constructive ways of using your knowledge and connections than this. I do agree that the WWE's success is largely corporate-based as Matt pointed out and wonder what that means for AEW and the wrestling business as a whole. WWE gets by on convincing corporate guys that what they do can sell airtime on their networks now. Cody and the Bucks speak to a portion of the fanbase as outsiders who are not part of the big corporate edifice. And still make money off of that same system. Which is all well and good until they want to be on TV that comes from one of those corporations. How long do the suits put up with the Bucks shit? How does AEW work without TV? Maybe there are big enough networks out there that want to spit in the eye of the bigger guys enough to keep that image going, who knows. I also recall WCW in certain years truly struggling due to the conflict between wrestling people/corporate. I'm sure Vince saw it too and that drove a lot of his methods behind making the WWE into what it is today. I question whether AEW will have that kind of business savvy behind it (even if I think that kind of thing kills wrestling).
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    That cassette tape did look pretty sweet. Do they still take orders? I was expecting some gibberish promo from Warrior but he stuck to pretty simple themes through the whole thing. Like his buddy Ho Khogan. The kids actually did seem legitimately excited to be there as far as I could tell also. This is miles and miles better than the Warior who failed as the champion.
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    I loved the match. Pure Memphis craziness. I was too busy thinking about the eventual coked up Embry promo promising unholy, violent revenge to really care about what was being said after.
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    I was impressed with Jarrett here. He delivered a really good "talk softly but carry a big stick" promo that fits the situation. And Lawler cleaned up with the fiery promo to cap it off. Good stuff.
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    Corny is always a treat and Stan delivers a surprisingly good promo here. Loving the Bodies so far.
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    Maybe it's just my dislike of the presentation of Flair in the WWF talking right now. I like this aggressive, dominant Flair who uses heel tactics when the opportunity arises, not as his only way of getting the upper hand. Good match in an unexpected way. I would definitely agree that this is "other" if you were going to categorize Flair matches. While I get that the formula works and that's why he stuck with it, I like matches like these to show his range.
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    Way too much in the way of filler here. Towards the end Kawada shows his Choshu roots and goes into the grounded headscissors spot to fill time when he doesn't know what to do with Rusher. Rusher was out of place for sure if he wasn't just there to eat the fall. Kawada and Misawa do come up with some interesting ways of working around him. I liked the opening match-up a lot with the harassment of Kikuchi to get him off his game and set up the beating he took. Kikuchi's offense really stands out for me in this one. He gets to show off more of his arsenal against Ogawa and I was thinking it was a shame there weren't more juniors for Kikuchi to get his offense in on in AJPW at the time. Once that first matchup is done the whole thing starts to unravel. Misawa can take down Jumbo but not an already beaten and battered Ogawa within 15 mniutes? Seems like we are stretching for time and it only gets worse from there.
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    After two years of opponents not quite ready for prime Liger or just not truly compelling to the audience (Honaga), we get an opponent that can challenge Liger on his own level and add in the heeling tactics that set him off/vex him. I'm all for it. As mentioned above Samurai's focus is solely on Liger's lower back and it adds to the match. The matwork somehow rises above the by-the-numbers juniors matwork that would dominate NJPW juniors as the decade went on. Liger and Samurai both impress with their dives, Samurai's being more suicidal by far.
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