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  1. dawho5
    The match itself shows how limited Taker was at this point and how good Hogan is at playing FIP and putting over an opponent's offense. Taker does really well at playing the zombie big man and wobbling but not falling. Finish is overbooked and silly but it's a Hogan match so color me surprised.
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    The match itself was absolutely great. Everything was fought for and had meaning. Jake's promos topped it and I'm not sure there are 5 better heel promos out there than the post-match. The post-match also topped the match with the notable exception of bulllshit official interference causing Savage to take the DDT but doing nothing about the aftermath. I hate that so much, but it doesn't ruin easily one of the top 10 WWF/E angles ever. Edit: Sean Mooney telling Macho he was "just as angry as you are" should have earned him a KO.
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    So much oddness about this match. Flair is overly generous, but Shawn's offense rarely ever looked this good. I normally don't care for Hayes on commentary but really liked him here. The finish was goofy as Hell with Janetty tossing a KOed Shawn back into the ring with no attempt at trying to wake him up. There is good work here in the technical sense. Shawn looks better than Hogan did against Flair. But none of it makes sense.
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    I'm pretty sure I'm going to be in the arena after that TV as well. Every one of those matches mentioned is a must see.
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    Really big show in Norfolk. The last 5 matches were freaking great and could have mained a TV.
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    Those last three matches on SNME would have all brought the house down. Windham having knee problems doesn't look good for Tito. Teddy vs. Hogan will be huge. Fuji walking away from the Mercs will have consequences.
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    The Rockers miscommunication has seemingly replaced the once-flawless teamwork. Vince doesn't seem all that interested, but I did like the way Heenan handled it. I think these two need to go to the barber and talk it out.
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    Great promo by Sting with JR holding up his end really well. I like the more reserved Sting here.
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    Good effort by both, but Hogan's offense looks pretty weak. Flair's selling of said offense seems a little over the top due to this. Perfectly done Hogan-wins-no-he-doesn't moment. This felt like a first meeting that was designed to leave fans wanting more and it did work.
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    Great main event with Pritchard being opportunistic afterwards. I like how you left the Roop stuff open-ended after the match. Setting up Robinson vs. St. Clair using the footage is the way to go. The 8-man brawl, the Horsemen stuff, Harley vs. Wahoo, so much great stuff going on in MACW.
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    Good segment and I always like Eddie getting violent (or threatening to) with Embry. Pritchard vs. Embry is a battle I can always get behind and I hope we get clips.
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    Strange first big gimmick for Sandman. I would like to see him against Sting though...
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    I'd call Missy beyond useless, but she is annoying enough to make herself a heel.
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    Jake and Savage deliver amazing, intense promos and I'm pretty sure people who have never watched wrestling would want to see this match. I actually agree that Calloway could have pulled this off himself. He's good enough talking so far that we don't need Percy doing his talking for him.
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    Really good beatdown by the Moondogs on Fuller. Jarrett bringing in the chair after the match to get rid of the Moondogs was a nice touch, shows them to be tough when even Jarrett has to resort to using a weapon.
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    The bad: Konnan. I've never seen him look actively good in a wrestling ring. Wait, he did throw a nice dropkick here. That's as much good as I have to say about him. Rayo de Jalisco is about as bad a comedy worker as you'll find. His punches don't look like shit, so why is he doing this fucking gimmick? Maybe he is limited enough that it's all he can do, how do I know? The good (and better!): Pirata Morgan is a great bumper with some great stooging spots. His backwards crawl out of the ring is really impressive and I liked what the tecnicos did with it in caida 2, very creative. And that ringpost bump he did to himself was really big. Satanico and Dandy fighting again!! LOVED this. The end of caida 2 with Dandy backing Satanico around the ring only for all 3 Infernales to again go to work on Dandy was such a great touch. Loved how the finish played off of the hair match because the ref wasn't going to fall for it again, but the tecnico ref wasn't having it. That bit went on a little long for my tastes, but I suppose it worked. I'd say it was a really good match with some warts (named Rayo and Konnan) that are mostly ignorable.
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    One thing that gets overlooked in this match is how the opening moments were really good. Kawada hits an early powerbomb and Jumbo breaks it up. Then after Kawada's ribs take the beating they do, Misawa comes in hot and knocks Jumbo off the apron. Wouldn't you know it, but Kawada pays back Jumbo after he powerbombs Misawa and Jumbo takes an opportunity to knock Kawada off the apron after a tag later as well. Saving the eye for later was such a great choice. Just adds so much to an already great match and becomes the most memorable part. I think part of that is how the anticipation of it is built. The cameraman gets a generous look at Misawa's eye pre-match and you're waiting for Taue and Jumbo to attack it, but it never seems to happen. Great, great match and top tier for 1991.
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    No problem there. I am a fan and seeing him in different settings is fun.
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    Migs gave me a tag from 1991 WCW The review is here. http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/41094-sting-bobby-eaton-vs-cactus-jack-abdullah-the-butcher-wcw-saturday-night-102691/ I liked this as a fun look at guys (Abdullah and Eaton) who are out of their element here. Don't get me wrong, Bobby is fine as a babyface and Abby can do this kind of match, but they clearly perform better in other roles/settings. These kinds of matches are fun to watch just to see how they are handled by the workers. Also good ways of comparing and contrasting workers, because everyone has matches like these where the promotion has them in roles they aren't necessarily going to shine in. And to be fair it was a fun 7 minute WCW tag with big name guys mixing it up. Edit: Also, you get to hear Jim Ross put over Gordon Solie and Lance Russell. I just found it novel that JR would put over other announcers on-air, even if they are two of the all-time greats that I'm sure Ross truly respects.
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    Got this for the Secret Santo project, a fun TV tag. Starts out with Sting and Eaton rushing the ring to brawl for the shine. Cactus takes a nutty bump down a ramp at Center Stage. Only thing about Center Stage I like as a wrestling venue so far really. Eaton does a quick FIP (match is something like 7 minutes) that is good for the time it gets. Abby does some unexpected quick stuff like running across the ring to getting between Eaton and Sting after a tag that I wish would last the whole match. Eaton doesn't take any particularly nasty bumps to try and top Cactus, might be something that he does as a heel moreso than a face. He also uses mostly punches as offense. And as good as Eaton's punches are he has so much more offensively. Again, maybe something he does as a face and saves his more varied offense for when he is working heel. Have seen this in other Eaton matches from around the same time as well, so maybe he just didn't care for where he was after Corny and Stan left. Hot tag is fine, but Abby kind of bogs it down. Not sure he's worked enough of this kind of match to really know where to be when, because Sting has to track him down and get some token attacks in just to make things look good. Finish seems rushed and it's really odd that an Abby throat thrust would put anyone down for the three. Either somebody came up with the idea of enough attacks to the throat = finished (which would be a smart way of looking at things) or it's just lazy booking and/or wrestling. I'm leaning towards the second. Fun TV match but it's hard to get into PG-rated Abby matches for TV when he can be so great in his element. Cactus is good, Eaton is not at his best but still good as the plucky FIP. Sting is kind of an afterthought besides all of the brawling with Cactus and a few brief moments after the hot tag. I did like getting to see Bobby play FIP and Cactus do his thing though.
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    Great card top to bottom. Magnum vs. Benoit is an intriguing matchup. Charland vs. Wahoo would have been fun too.
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    Yeah, if nobody else has him on the roster...
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    Stellar promo from Jake. There's not one part of it I would want different. Jake is such a ruthless, evil, horrible bastard and the worst part of all of that is the enjoyment he gets out of being that.
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    So did he cut himself sitting on all of that broken glass? Why didn't somebody in the house wake up? Can a guy besides Flair debut in the WWF without being some other profession? Is "The Real World Champion" in fact a profession? All things I ask myself while this is going on. I'm sure that's what they were going for.
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    Flair with his best interview yet in the WWF. Could the man be any happier that he just helped kill Hulkamania? I liked the threat that continued blurring of the belt would mean more casualties. Great stuff and it makes me think maybe there is something besides laughing at Flair to this run.
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