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    I liked when a heel would have the face down then would put his foot of the faces forehead and do a little pirouette. You dont see that much these days but it looked like such a painful and heelish move.
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    But it's blocked in the UK. It's like MLW don't want me to see their shows!
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    Im a (and forever will be) a WCW guy. I really got into wrestling when my parents recorded late night WCW on ITV back in the run-up to Starrcade in 1989. My favourite period as a fan remains, despite its failings, WCW from 1989 through to Hogan arriving in 1994.
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    Go90 is only available in the US. I'm still trying to figure out how to watch MLW Fusion in the UK. It doesn't seem to be popping up anywhere!
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    Frankly, I doubt if there will be a lot of noticeable difference. Bruce rarely had much negative to say about the WWE, The McMahons or HHH as it was, and indeed was actively defensive about it a lot of the time. Just because he doesnt bad mouth certain people doesnt mean he cant be insightful.
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    In a democracy you are free to formulate your own political opinions and vote as you please. The downside of that is, some people will formulate different opinions and vote differently. That is ok, and, dare I say, a good thing. If you dont agree with a person or organisations politics and wish to boycott them, thats fine. If you arent that bothered or even agree with them, thats fine too. I dont think it is right to call on everyone to support or boycott anything because of politics. It is everyones free choice. Personally, in the back of my mind, I know wrestling is, and always has been, full of dodgy characters who get up to all sorts that I dont approve of. I just let myself forget about it all and enjoy watching.
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    It doesn't matter. You can tell from the pictures that there was a lot of people there.
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    A really weird match. I thought it was booked cleverly with Funk not joining in until 15 mins and Sabu and Funk both getting a rest at different points throughout. I also quite liked the first 15 minutes of Sabu vs Shane with Ssbu going after Shane's arm injury. Unfortunately it all just gradually fell apart. It just felt like they were filling an hour and at no time were any of the three actually trying to win. Probably part of the problem was any time they settled down into some holds, they got the ECW arena "boring " chants so if they were to avoid that they had to keep moving doing 'stuff', just none of them had the stamina or 'stuff' to fill an hour. The lowest point was when the Rottens came out and Styles couldn't explain why the match was still continuing For all Heyman gets credit for hiding weaknesses, I've never been seen any of this three more exposed.
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    The finish was amazingly well done. While they purposely didn't film their feet, it really looked like it was extremely close. Otherwise, it was a pretty dull Rumble as others have mentioned. One thing that really annoyed me is that ages went by with nothing happening and then Marty Janetty comes in, gets right into it with Michaels, the crowd pops as much as they did in the whole match and while this is going on, the cut backstage to do the Savage vs Crush angle. It's not like there weren't really slow patches in the match that they could have sacrificed instead.
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    I was actually surprised how much I was enjoying the Yoko-Taker brawl before all the heels came out. Yoko was both far bigger and far more mobile than I remember at this point. I agree it was disappointing that Yoko didn't really take part in the beat down. If he did the big leg-drop and a few banzai-drops, it would have made him look better and the Undertaker's 'death' seem more plausible too.
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    This was a really good match. The angle was brilliant however. The one thing that let the angle down though was the ref doing the stoppage so suddenly. It would have worked better if he had seemed like he was checking Bret earlier and seemed conflicted about whether to let it go or not. One point in the match I reall liked was where Bret does a roll up on Jacques who pushes him off straight into Pierre. I thought that was a really clever, simple tag team transition.
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    I thought, while nowhere near his best, Rude looked much improved here compared to his 1993 form and I enjoyed the last few minutes with Sting. I was reall surprise see a clean finish too. The Flair - Vader angle was good in that they really made it look like Glair's Starrcade win was a fluke and he would kill Flair and take the belt back at SuperBrawl.
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    I finally got round to rewatching this for the first time since the 90s. I really did enjoy it, and thought they did really well keeping the face-face dynamic interesting by taking turns being a little bit heelish. The way they did that made the ending where it all broke down somewhat forgivable. It may have been cheap but it fit the story they told in the match.
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    Sandman is a really good answer for this. He was so entertaining. He had a weird charisma that made him very likeable despite doing very unlikable things.
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    It was really good to hear you guys again. Hopefully the gap before Beach Bash is a shorter one! I have to say I agree with Chad regarding 1993 WCW. It gets remembered for the mini-movies, Horseman Roma and The Shockmaster but on the whole, it really isn't that bad of a year. The top of the card is very good - a totally stacked roster. Sting, Vader, Flair, Rude, Rhodes, Steamboat, Windham, Scorpio, Arn, Austin, Pullman, Regal, Davy Boy, Orndorff, Cactus and co make up one of the better upper card rosters in history. When you consider how successful WWF was in 1998 with a really thin roster, it really is amazing. Even Sid, who was never the best in competitive matches was good this year. He was able to have his trademark squashes and then have his shortcomings hidden in tag matches.
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    When I think about it, it's surprising how little my tastes have changed over the 27 years or so I've been a fan. I've matches I loved as I first watched them throughout the early 90s on WCW and WWF tapes are still matches that I go back to now. The first video I owned was Great American Bash 1990. The first match on that tape was The Midnight Express vs The Southern Boys. I loved it at the time and it remains perhaps my favourite tag team match ever. Nostalgia probably plays a part, but watching it with as critical eye as I can muster, it still holds up to me. More than my tastes changing, I have gone through phases. There was a spell in the mid 90s when we got Galavision on Sky that Lucha aired on a Saturday afternoon. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. That was a phase which passed though. Now, aside from the occasional match, I don't enjoy Lucha much anymore It's a similar story with ECW, early ROH, TLC matches and others. There were spells where I thought my taste had changed and I was 'into' the new thing. In the end though, I went back to the same things I always loved. So, I don't think my tastes have changed a lot. What I like is a good story, logic, hot crowds, what I would call 'meaty' action and a bit of blood when the situation is right. Same as ever.
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    I've long being curious what is in the Village Green section. I just assumed it was by invitation only, and that I didn't have the type of seniority to get invited!
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    Interesting list. I'd add Haku/Meng and Mean Mark/Undertaker off the top of my head.
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    I, for one, would definitely be interested.
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    I enjoy the show and find Conrad and Bruce both quite likeable. I'm not sure what that says about me.
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    It's like with any sort of media really. You watch different TV news or read different newspapers and they'll give you the same basic stories but with slightly different political slants. The Observer is no different. The factual reporting is what I take from it. The opinions I can consider and agree or disagree with however I please.
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    Conrad's in the mortgage/ financial service business for his shoot job anyway so I'd expect he's more interested than most about how much guys were making. I really don't mind him at all.
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