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  1. drew wardlaw
    This is the best Sting promo I've ever seen. He actually comes off like a laid back surfer beefcake here, and he seems really cool. I'm into him wearing sunglasses to physical therapy too. This rocks.
  2. drew wardlaw
    I like the tags team workers in a singles match dynamic. Pretty even back and forth match. I'm not too familiar with the teams here, I know The Rockers are faces and I think the Hart Coundation was as well? I thought Jannetty was going to heel it up with the ref but it just broke down instead. I enjoyed this a good deal actually, neat piece of history.
  3. drew wardlaw
    The Z Man with Cornette in a sleeper is an absolute dream come true. Startling to see so little offense from the Midnights here, I don't care for that at all. I thought we were going to get the MX taking over after the rackett stuff which would have been cool to see a real even match like that, but it never came. That's too bad, I think that would have really done it for me.
  4. drew wardlaw
    The count out teases while Onita is in the barbed wire are excruciating because he's obviously moving very slowly to avoid gettin hurt, but he's got to move faster to beat the count, so thats really well done I thought. The finish is pretty unexpected with it not ending in a count out in the barbed wire, but that's cool, I was caught off guard but I enjoyed it.
  5. drew wardlaw
    Whoa this is awesome. Pullman is impressive here and stands up to Flair, so let's catch the match in the main event!
  6. drew wardlaw
    Really cool post. It's always interesting to hear, like your and Chad's stories, the emotional attachment and importance wrestling has in people's lives.
  7. drew wardlaw
    I reckon there's not a more antagonistic trios team in the history of the business than Lawler/Travis/Garvin. Can't wait for this match.
  8. drew wardlaw
    YES a new episode! This is a good day to go to work.
  9. drew wardlaw
    I just watched this, but I can't remember if this is one where the NWO is doing commentary for a Benoit vs Regal match and thy out both guys over pretty strong. Then Regal busts his head open hard way on a headbutt and they have to shoot the rest of the match from the hardcam pulled back. Regal bleeds a ton. It's very bizarre.
  10. drew wardlaw
    Did they kind of telegraph the outcome by mentioning throughout this and the Dragon match that Liger was challenging for the nine belts at the Dome? Anyway, I really enjoyed Liger's beating he delivers, and the shed to the outside is one of the gnarliest I've seen.
  11. drew wardlaw
    Malenko's tone-deafness generally doesn't bother me, and actually adds to some of his matches for me, but this is one where it really kills the momentum in a bad way. I thought he sold pretty well in the match, and showed some rare fire towards the end which was great, but what killed it for me was after he'd hit a big move there was a lot of downtime where he'd just walk around expressionless. Again, I like that a lot of the time, but I think with the crowd wanting to cheer for him so bad, that's where the hang up was.
  12. drew wardlaw
    Would Muta be considered too polarizing? Kind of an interesting case because peoples negative opinions of him are based more on his choice to use his abilities, rather than his lack of ability.
  13. drew wardlaw
    Rick Martel was such an underrated babyface. Underrated wrestler really, but he's a great heel here. I'm actually pretty unfamiliar with The Model character, but this is awesome. I hate is when commentators talk during promos, it never seems to add anything to the promo. I thought Vince was really annoying here. I've never worn cologne before, do people just spray it in the air and let it fall on them like that?
  14. drew wardlaw
    I was wondering if it was kayfabed or not. Like, they aren't going to expose the business for $40, but at the same time, what exactly could be on the tape? USWA in 1990 talking about increasing your income by becoming a pro wrestler.....
  15. drew wardlaw
    This whole presentation feels really sleazy (obviously).
  16. drew wardlaw
    Ole shines here, especially compared to the louder voices of Flair and Arn. Ole lays out the goods, Arn and Flair put the exclamation points on it. Good promo.
  17. drew wardlaw
    Yes, this is why I got the set. I had never seen this one before but knew the match existed because of the US tag tournament. For the life of me, I can't remember ever hearing Crispy on commentary before. 1990 was a great year for the Midnights, and for the NWA tag scene as a whole. Lots of great matches and one last run for both of these teams. Cornette "oozes into the picture like a rancid piece of meat."
  18. drew wardlaw
    LAWLER. I love a guy who is his own biggest fan.
  19. drew wardlaw
    Another stroll around the studio! The person he says set sex back 100 years may or may not have been a child. "Hey Dave where do you get these people?" is such a great line.
  20. drew wardlaw
    I'm going to go ahead and assume Robert Fuller made Lee hold his mic for him while he goes off. Fuller looks out of his element in a fancy robe, no cigar, and no bolo tie. Cool fired up promo though, Fuller is very good.
  21. drew wardlaw
    So how about George Takano huh? What's very cool about this match is on the surface, this is just a big bomber of an exhibition with guys trading big shots. And it is, but then you realize that Takano is in there with some of the best in the world and he's outmatched. So he goes for everything possible. And arguably, it costs his team the match. He goes for a spinning heel kick in the corner, misses and hurts himself as he goes to the outside, then get's chopped down to hell by Tenryu. I'm reaching a bit, but still, that's what made the match for me.
  22. drew wardlaw
    I can't remember if this was the first Stan Hansen match I saw, or the 2/28/93 Kawada match. Either way, Hansen's most famous match from a casual fan's perspective. When they fought in AWA, he was Leon "The Baby Bull" White, and now baby has grown up. Vader talks about how the start of all this was Hansen swinging his bull rope at him and knocking him in the head, which made Vader mad and that's what the opening exchange was about. Well, that doesn't happen here. Maybe it happens in the June match, but I've seen that several times and I've watched for that specifically. Oh well, this is a perfect foreigner spectacle for this show, and by the way, this 2/10 show is turning out to be a whopper. After Hansen hits the lariat and they go outside for the count out, you can feel the intensity heighten even more, and like this release. Hansen doesn't talk much about this in his book, but it's very interesting that he would allow Vader to take his lariat like that. Makes sense as he was the IWGP champion and this was essentially an exhibition, but still, Hansen was very protective of his finisher.
  23. drew wardlaw
    Re-watching this, Hogan looks like chubby Nick Hogan.
  24. drew wardlaw
    The focus that's put on the cage match makes the timing of their heel turn even more bizarre to me. Really the focus of the Clash is on Sting being kicked out of the Horsemen, and not on the actual match, so it seems like they should have been hyping up the show as a whole more.
  25. drew wardlaw
    When Austin first starts talking it sounds nothing like him, but you can sometimes hear traces of his voice peaking through, it's very cool. Really glad this is on here since I've never seen any of this. I'm excited to watch the whole feud and I'm really excited to see a one on one match with these two.
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