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My recollection is Tito was a very early Flair opponent in MSG in late 1991. I thought he fit the Flair formula match really well. Sherri and Woman would easily make my top 3 valets so I'm thinking the Horsemen got the right women on their side. Brainbusters and Rockers is definitely a match worth seeing. Bulldogs & Demo should be a hot feud too. Wahoo as Tito's backup definitely works.

I like the idea of international stars flocking back to San Fran to take part in the revival. Puts it over as something big right off the bat.

Adonis challenging for the LHW title is great. Main would have been a wild brawl. Jacques and Owen have a nice rivalry going.

I am liking the heel turn of Iceman and the rise of Steve Doll. Bossman as Embry and Garvin's bodyguard (let's be honest here) is a great use of Traylor. The Funks as Super Ds angle should be awesome going forward.

Satanico standing by while Creatchman and Paul E.'s goons beat up Martel is good. Good save by the Roadies on that. Floyd & Paul feuding should be fun. Roadies going over in the main is good booking.

Missing Link getting frustrated is good. Hall is a really good developmental champ in 86.

There you go then. Two of the more recoginizable WoS guys having a great match. Three parts on youtube.

I liked how they handled the death of Tojo. Very classy.

Really good shootstyle match. Both guys kept up an incredible pace and sold the exhaustion well towards the end. Never heard of either and probably never will gain, but they put a good show on for 17 minutes in a way that is different from most shootstyle matches you see.

Always ready. You look like you are well-versed in WCW, so I won't go there. Any weak spots you need to address?

I run Wednesdays and a Saturday (rarely a Sunday) every 2 or 3 months. I don't really post house shows so I tend to act like they don't exist when loaning out wrestlers. I can spare you Bobby Jaggers and Dutch Mantell (two name guys that should be over just about everywhere) on non-Wednesdays and not on July 5th. The Rock 'n' Roll RPMs, Jonathan Boyd and Rip Morgan are also available on those days. Anyone on the roster really, but I went with guys who would be more of a fit for the area you'd be running. Boyd & Morgan I am not sure how long I have plans for. Jaggers and Mantell ould probably never be full members of any roster but PR as long as I am around . They were PR regulars. I have Steve Strong, who I truly have no room for right now and Brad and Bart Batten who fit that same bill. Strong is kind of like a Jim Powers with slightly more attitude. The Battens I would want to do a trade with the RPMs for down the road as they had a good run in PR. Thing is they only ran one babyface foreginer team. It went from Mark & Jay Youngblood to the RPMs to the Battens if I remember the order of it right. So I'll have the RPMs finish out their run and then swap them for the Battens if you want them. I'd honestly say the RPMs are an upgrade as babyfaces. If you work the dates out with rainmakerr you can bring in Bigelow and the Sheepherders as featured acts too.

All of the young gaijin get a chance to look good. I loved the Yamada/Owen match with a heel Owen. Liger was always better paying back a dickish heel than in any other mode. The 10 man elimination tag was indeed great and lived up to the hype. Facekickers getting the win is great because Kawada/Fuchi is one of those teams I wish we had gotten about a thousand more matches from IRL.

Could be that footage was easier to find in Japan.

Cooley and Johnson with a big win. I'm looking forward to Rheingans/Backlund too. Will it make Rheingans at the expense of Backlund or rejuvenate his career? Harley and Orndorff did not disappoint. Martel and Taylor cap off a great show with a show of respect after a great match. American Made is coming apart at the seams. St. Clair with a big win over Robinson but I think Robinson will have more to say about it. Rip Oliver coming to Paul Jones' aid is certainly a surprise for Valiant. Loved the main event and it's great to see Ted in a feud with Duggan right off the bat.

Reviewing Low Ki vs. Hotstuff Hernandez from IWA Midsouth 2004: I liked the opening with Ki establishing his strengths (quickness and the kicks) and then Hernandez catching him and going to his strength (power). It sets a really good tone that they carry through the match. I've read that Ki isn't big on selling, but he seems to keep the damage done to his back in mind most of the time as the match progresses. Good comeback by Low Ki but I thought the Kobashi chops were a little much. They get a little cute with the athletic spot exchange, but it stays within the confines of the story they are telling. Finish is a little odd to me. Was Ki really finishing with that running front dropkick at the time? Not my cup of tea, but they told a good story and stuck to it pretty well. It's a match I'd cal fun and watch again. RicheyEdwards I'll give you a match that you should enjoy. Akira Maeda vs. Tatsumi Fujinami from 1986 NJPW. If you have seen it I can certainly find another. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4u0xnm

I liked the Freebirds/Devastation match a lot. Midnights and RnRs!! Armstrong will not be happy with Fuller. I would agree Reed needs some backup. Baby Doll Is playing with fire. Magnum saving Martel from the cheap victory by the Russians would have sent the fans home happy.

Savage's interview was a real highlight for me. Really well done. Bad News and Sika making headlines is a good way to get some midcard talent over. The Harts should have a good run as tag champs regardless of opponent.

Leduc is looking really tough. Owen is up to his tricks even in Lutte. Sammartino getting the title shot should be entertaining. Oh my, the Killer Bees. Brunzell makes his return to Lutte.

I hope American Made can keep things together if they don't win that match. Race vs. Orndorff and Taylor vs. Martel should both be great matches. Johnson and Cooley have their hands full with the Stud Stable. St. Clair and Robinson has been a great feud and I expect it to stay that way. Snuka and Mulligan will settle their differences but I don't think it will be in Philly. Speaking of Philly, they get my favorite match of the bunch, Hansen vs. Duggan.

Midnights/RnRs for the titles?!? Count me in!! I am a sucker for anything those two teams do. Everything else was great, especially the Magnum/Martel/Koloffs staredown. Just that tag match is my number three pairing of all time.

Keith again proves he has been watching Owen work. Kokina has been great and I am looking forward to Leduc and Kokina. Satanico beats Gordy with unwitting help from Hayes. I wish Satanico a long reign, but I worry about the Hayes/Gordy relationship.

Some other stuff happened, and then the thing that SHOULD have happened in 1992 IRL happened. Awesome stuff and I'm happy to see Flair is the champ!

There are really only 2 DQ finishes, but a lot of wonky ones yes. Both DQs served a purpose. Bam Bam and Barrabas had been building up a while and something had to give. If you notice Barrabas hadn't done anything in the tag match and his team lost also. So he was feeling the need, but got it wrong. Again. And TNT hadn't lost yet, so as his manager would you rather have to talk about a submission loss or a DQ loss? Also, the fans got to see Profe get chased out of the arena by a vengeful Gama Singh. If you read the interview, it seems like Singh has more animosity towards Profe anyway. The other wonky finishes, most big name PR matches I have seen don't have superb finishes to them beyond the babyface going over at the end of a feud. Most Abby matches end with him retreating to the back as the babyface beats him up. for whatever reason the PR fans are rocking right along with it. A lot of matches end with both guys brawling outside the ring. But we do have a small sampling of PR matches from big shows. One big takeaway for me from the PR I've watched is that as long as the babyface is getting some shots in, be it a wonky finish, a DCO, whatever, the fans are still happy. They want to see good guys punching the bad guys, buckets of blood and the bad guy getting his one way or the other before they leave the arena. As an example of the crowds and Medico 1's awesome punches, which are the first offense you see. The Rougeaus play incredible heels and the crowd is spectacular even for PR.

I would agree. You gotta do what works for you. In Kevin's case he's running around the Memphis/Mid-South area and there are a ton of wonky finishes involving big names in Memphis. Also, it's the 80s. When big names hooked it up in the 80s you very rarely got a finish worth writing home about. I think we forget that due to the nature of modern wrestling.

I think bullshit finishes have a place. Modern WWE could use a lot less win trading. As long as they fit the character and the feud it works. 6-man was indeed awesome. But Black Irish vs. the Bullies would have stolen the show for me. Piper and Cactus would have been really good too. Blackman vs. Burke would have been a different kind of good, a little more comedy. I will agree that it's a huge show for a gym.