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    I think I liked this better than anyone else here, but agree that the result is pointless at best and extremely troublesome at worst. Still, I liked Kawada & Taue's opening flurry, the electric chair/chokeslam off the apron, and I *really* liked all the work on Kobashi's arm and Kobashi's sell. Also, Misawa's eye is still a problem for him, as he's immediately cut off on more than one occasion with a simple shot to the eye. It's not at the level of these guys' best, so maybe in some sense it's disappointing, but I still thought this was a hell of a good match. Still...all that aggressiveness from the Holy Demon Army is pretty much for naught, as they do the job anyway. No idea what purpose that served, and this seems like a perfect spot to pay off what we saw earlier in the year and have Taue get his first (?) pin of Misawa.
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    Unfortunately Sano would be poached by SWS very soon after this. They wouldn't meet again until the NJPW/UWFI feud in 1995.
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    It's all part of creating more brand awareness, the more people think about Jimmy Johns the more likely they are to buy Jimmy Johns. The target for advertising aren't people who never tried it, but more people who occasionally buy Jimmy John subs and trying to get them to have the product in their mind so they buy more often It also has you thinking of Jimmy John's--and not Subway, or Quizno's. I'm not going to go all Hail Corporate here, but I have to trust that these companies generally know what they're doing.
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    Roddy Piper

    PeteF3 replied to Grimmas's topic in Nominees

    Piper also worked All-Japan in '83. He and Slater had a tag title match with Baba & Jumbo that's interesting to watch.
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    Funk's very proud of Dreamer and sort of rambles for awhile, and talks about retirement #932. Dreamer's hairnet has something to do with the upcoming stip where Dreamer's putting his head on the line if something-or-other doesn't happen.
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    Pretty decent action down the stretch, with Savage doing a great job of selling the arm (ALL PART OF THE PLAN, BROTHER). Finish is a clusterfuck but it looked for a few seconds like they'd actually put the title on Luger. Then some intrigue as Hogan--on "probation" for clobbering a ref last week--puts his hands on Randy Anderson to break up the count. The crowd is once again not appreciative of Hogan's involvement but he's a little more justified this time--his buddy was down 3 to 1, after all. Then Hogan accidentally punches Sting(!) in the process of going after Luger--I had no memory of this so that got a big "oooh" from me. Once again we get the babyfaces bickering with each other. This is something that as mentioned, happens a *lot* on these early Nitros, but this is still pretty compelling stuff with guys being remarkably consistent from week to week (Hogan points out that it was Savage who had Luger pegged correctly from the start.) HUGE missed opportunity not to run the MegaPowers vs. Luger & Sting on PPV.
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    Yeah, even though nothing of note is said and Flair babyfaces himself to the crowd, this was just COOL, and legitimately helped make WCW look major league. (Bobby: "Didn't he used to play for the Globetrotters?"). I'm half-surprised SIr Charles never stepped into the ring.
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    Dr. Unger recounts the symptoms of post-concussion syndrome, and they sound quite serious, lasting for a few weeks to a few months up to 3 years. Meanwhile the NFL at this very time was trying to proclaim that concussed players were good to return to games, but that's a soapbox rant for another time. This is an incredibly frank and serious-minded piece, with Unger rather bluntly stating that it doesn't matter how resilient Shawn is--his brain isn't resilient, and that his wrestling career isn't a concern to him right now. Shawn isn't progressing, neurologically, and may not be fit to return to the ring at all. Best WWF segment of the year. Like I said earlier, it's the first emotionally charged angle that has registered in the WWF in God knows how long. Maybe the Savage-Jake feud, if not the Hogan-Earthquake feud. On another level, you kind of wish Vince & co. would actually have listened to themselves during this piece. 19 years later and it doesn't seem like they've learned much.
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    WE DON'T NEED MORE HITMEN IN OUR SOCIETY. Backlund also uses "finite" as a verb, which is fucking awesome and something I should start doing.
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    I liked this more than OJ but maybe not quite as much as Loss. Mostly low-key with Kansai doing a good job of methodically grinding Toyota down and Toyota having to pick and choose when she can get her offensive flurries in. And no tables! The ending worked for me--Toyota had already hit Kansai with the JOCS, her best shot, and failed to keep her down. Further, Kansai had hit the Splash Mountain and couldn't keep Toyota down. So it was going to take either a flash pin from Toyota or a Die Hard Kansai for either to win this, and we got the flash pin, coming off a big move in its own right. At points this got a little *too* low-key and meandering, and I agree that the 3WA belt was poorly booked thorughout the year. But this is a much nicer moment than Toyota's first title win.
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    Lawler doing his church-bulletin promo as only he can do. Sounds like a legit injury, a rarity for Lawler's career.
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    Jim Ross makes the mistake of referring to Mr. Backlund as "Bob." The result is the first time in his long career that JR gets attacked. Yes, this should have been a much bigger deal than it was.
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    Hey, it's the old (as in OLD) All-American Wrestling set-up. Did he just say PHIL MUSHNICK was secretly behind the steroid prosecution? Phil's kind of a belligerent old whiner but I think he'd find the accusation that he had that much power amusing.
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    Bill Alfonso is pretty confident after his win over Tod Gordon--and why not? To get to Fonzie, now you have to get through Taz. Stevie Richards has a nervous breakdown at the thought of having to face the Pitbulls, Public Enemy, and Tommy Dreamer 5-on-1.The Pitbulls make mean faces while Francine makes sexy faces. Public Enemy respond. A dapper Cactus Jack aims to calm the waters with the hardcore fans, trying to completely eliminate anything remotely cool or edgy about himself. Francine poses in leather. Buh Buh Ray Dudley can't finish his Michael Buffer intro. Big Dick Dudley grunts. Cactus demonstrates the difficulties of going through life with one ear. The Pitbulls talk about their stitches and Francine laments having broken a nail on Jason's eye. Cactus flosses with a mic cord. Beulah introduces the Dudleys to her box and walks off with a smooth-talking Buh Buh Ray. Tommy Dreamer has put his hair on the line to get a match with Raven. The Eliminators cut an extremely awkward promo. Sandman is politically incorrect and damn proud of it.
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    Dig those "technical difficulties" that interrupted the tape right before it was about to show Giant yanking Hogan out. What was the point of the mystery? To make Hogan look like an even bigger ass and a crybaby? Hogan's general conduct and Savage's treatment here were pretty disgraceful.
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    I think that was some time before the big Warrior push started.
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    When was the last time you saw a company like Chrysler buy time on WWF/E programming? Dig the New WWF Generation! Bruce Prichard coincidentally had gained more booking power right before this. While I'm reciting '95 Observer tidbits--this renewed Backlund mini-push was an apparent attempt by Vince (or somebody) to put the Clique in their place, or at least make a show of putting the Clique in their place. I think we all have heard the story through multiple channels about the Clique meeting with Vince and going over the roster one-by-one, and expressing their views on whether a guy should be pushed, kept where he was, released, etc. Backlund was one of the guys the Clique wanted depushed or gone.
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    Yeah, I don't know what the fuck that Luger turn at Havoc was about. He was already a compelling enough figure without that, it was a pointless move and an indication that WCW, as compelling as a lot of Nitros had become, was still winging it week to week. Pretty bad action. God knows why or how the One Man Gang lasted this long. Eddy Guerrero is also one of the final 10, which brings to mind an amusing story I just read in the '95 Observers of Guerrero somehow becoming the most over guy to work Center Stage, to the point where instead of having Sting wrestle the final match to keep the crowd there, they moved Eddy to that slot. Maybe that's why he lasted so long here. Hey, don't bother ringing the bell or anything at the finish, guys. Hogan has a far more legitimate beef here than he did at the '92 Royal Rumble, but here we just have a really shitty, cheap finish that makes the referees look stupid and incompetent, which doesn't improve the viewers' mood any. I wish Bobby were quicker to jump on Hogan for dumping Sting and Luger. We close out with a shameless plug to continue this story on Nitro.
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    Really fun match that shows just how far a well-done, mid-card storyline and a smartly laid-out match can take you. Kimberly's acting has gotten a ton better over the past few weeks, too. I don't think of either guy as a big tape-watcher (I don't necessarily know *why* I don't think that, I just don't) but this has a very Japanese layout too, right down to Badd sort of methodically breaking DDP down with a series of big moves to end it, rather than finishing with a big counter-sequence. Kim is shocked at the result, and I think they were starting to tease Kim turning on Badd before either the story was dropped or Badd left. Incidentally, Heenan and Schiavone were outstanding here. At times they even approached Brain-Gorilla levels of comedic bickering chemistry. A logical story involving a shameless scumbag like Page will do wonders for the announcing job, too.
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    Hulk sheds the Dark Side of Hogan, brother. Everyone pledges to be BFFs and damned if it isn't getting a little dusty at home right now. Okerlund freaking out over the fire in the face of this lovefest is pretty hilarious. Hogan declares the Macho Man's arm is perfect, and all part of the plan--even though it was a legit injury, and Savage tapped out to a Luger armbar during the PPV itself. THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A RAGSHEET, BROTHER. THE INTERNET'S GOT THE SCOOPS. Wow, if only the newspaper industry at large had listened to Hogan.
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    No subterfuge with the sheet this time--it's Ricky Morton underneath, to another squealing crowd pop. This match isn't as good as the previous night's, but it's still a competent match done by 6 professionals despite the state of the company. Cornette accidentally hits Gibson with the racket and Morton gets the pin, and all 6 wrestlers (plus Buddy Landell) gang up on Cornette afterward. Mark Curtis gets credit for the last pin in SMW history, a spot that wasn't by accident--Curtis was as responsible for anyone for making SMW go, and he gets a just reward in the end. We get a nice little post-credits scene with the Bodies heeling it up one more time, as they tease beating up on Cornette some more before deciding to help him back to the locker (though both guys visibly fight the urge to clobber him while he's hugging their partner). Fare thee well, SMW. You weren't as good at the end as USWA-TX was in '90, but you'll be missed all the same. If I had to rank the years in order, I think I'd go '94, '93, '95, and '92. But it was a remarkably consistent promotion considering the era and budget Cornette had to work with.
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    Cute reveal: the THUGs bring out a guy in a black sheet and declare that Cornette will have to reveal the mystery partner for himself. Cornette opts instead to bop the guy with the tennis racket first, but when the sheet comes off it's Flash Flanagan underneath. *Then* Ricky Morton makes his entrance to run the heels off. I like how they don't dance around the Morton/Smothers issue--Morton acknowledges it, but says that getting his hands on Gibson is a bigger priority. Good match follows with a lot of the same spots we saw on TV, but Morton definitely adds some energy to the proceedings. And Gibson is really a lot better worker as a heel than as a babyface, as crazy as that sounds. Cheap non-finish that comes awfully suddenly after the hot tag, but Cornette gets his after the bell at least.
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    A worthy end to Smoky Mountain television--a good, solid action-packed TV main event that gives you a tease of Heel Gibson without giving too much away for giving him any sort of comeuppance. Plus a little extra heat for the Armstrong-Gordy title program. Oh, and damn does Miss Texas throw a hell of a punch. Hey, Brad cuts a pretty good fiery promo. Maybe his problem in WCW was that he never seemed to be booked into any issues to get worked up about.
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    It is (though Shawn stuck around to argue with Martel afterwards).
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    Talk about it here.
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