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  1. PeteF3
    These FMW 6-mans don't quite carry the psychological depth of All-Japan's, but what does? What they're good for is pretty much non-stop action (though this one is JIP), and surprisingly well-executed action at that. For what's essentially an indy, FMW has amassed a decent amount of depth with regard to well-trained, versatile workers. There are some non-terrible Cpl. Kirschner matches in the WWF but this is the best he's ever looked, I'd gather, and Tanaka after being a supreme dick a few weeks ago plays a great underdog face in peril. The flash pin may be a little weak, but it did fit into the story of the match of Tanaka being a gutsy bastard who's physically overmatched but maybe just a bit craftier than his opponents. Plus it wouldn't have seemed believable at that point for him to make a superman comeback.
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    Rocco tries to explain an upcoming match between PE and 2 Cold & the Sandman, with the tag titles, TV title, and #1 contendership to the World title all on the line. Buh Buh Ray struggles with his name some more. Cactus Jack cuts a pre-CM Punk pro-straight-edge promo--living the hardcore life and hating every minute of it. Then he compares Terry Funk to Christopher Reeve.
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    Tod Gordon has challenged Bill Alfonso to a match at November 2 Remember, and is about to reveal a stipulation when he's taken out from behind by Alfonso with a chair! Beulah is pissed. Alfonso: "YOU KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF ME, YOU SLUT!" While that's going on, Tod has a chance to recover, and then Beulah jumps him, too!
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    Oh my God, the old Jimmy Hart is almost back! "While Hogan was makin' all those B-grade movies that wound up in a video store before they wound up on a silver screen..." Awesome. Hart, having power of attorney over Hogan's contract, inserted a waiver for the DQ rule into the Halloween Havoc contract. Okerlund brings out a member of WCW legal (and stunningly, does not refer to Lambrose as a "longtime personal friend"). Oh my God, Lambrose has the most hilarious voice of all-time. He sounds like someone doing a close but slightly overexaggerated impersonation of Kermit the Frog. Due to the "dubious nature" of the disqualification, the title has been held up to be determined at World War 3. Hart throws a fit. Okerlund: "Why don't you take this contract to the men's room? It won't do you any more good than that." This storyline doesn't make total sense and is a pretty shallow recreation of the Tuesday in Texas/Royal Rumble deal.
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    The usual Sting/Flair match, which I'm not a fan of. Nowhere near as good as Nitro's opening night despite the fact that that match had no real story or build-up behind it. Lots of no-sell spots, lots of Sting blowing off the work on the knee, lots of Flair by numbers. Not terrible but not good. The post-match is more intriguing, even if it seemed like Luger missed his cue or the timing was fucked up somehow. WCW really needed to run Luger & Sting vs. the MegaPowers on PPV in some form.
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    For the record--and I know Parv likes the Brisco match, even if it seemed like 90% due to the awesome commentary--Watts has never had a reputation for being a good worker, and he has a long-ish squash match from '60s WWWF TV that's really quite bad.
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    The fucking FUCK did I just see??
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    Good Lord, Landell as the surprise sub for the Wolfman is done in the most half-assed, least dramatic manner possible. Even Kessler and Thatcher can barely sound like they're bothered. This whole environment is depressing. Rich pretty much has nothing left and Landell, as great as his interviews have been, has been booked as a horribly ineffective babyface, worse than Brian Lee was--even with the surprise sub Rich manages to get the jump on him. Rich blatantly chokes out Landell with a rope and nothing happens. A Militia run-in and yet another heel beatdown. Sheesh, is this Smoky Mountain Wrestling or 1996 WCW? Butch Cassidy gets chokeslammed--"SOMEBODY BETTER CALL 911!" cries Kessler. Dang, that was almost clever. I know it's just a midget but it doesn't say much for Landell to hype up what a tough guy this friend of his is only for him to get his ass kicked on television after a week.
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    Butch is actually pretty good on the stick. What the hell kind of accent is that? Cornette rants about how much he hates shrimp--as enthralling as it sounds. We are a long, long way from Cornette going toe-to-toe with Bill Watts.
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    The action here is stunningly bad, more evidence of a promotion playing out the string. Gibson goes down and stays down from a routine ref bump spot, which is totally absurd even though you could conceivably buy it as "all part of the plan." Gibson ends up with the tennis racket, but whacks Smothers with it and fast-counts the Bodies to victory.
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    Landell wins this one but otherwise this is more of the same. The one highlight here is Tommy Rich biting Mark Curtis and busting him open.
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    More fun stuff from PG-13, who on all levels are pretty clearly the best tag team in the U.S. at this point.
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    First we see Skip training Rad Radford to be a BodyDonna, only to find candy in his pockets. Skip is not pleased. This is the beginning of the end for Bam Bam--he was so fed up with the broken promises and evaporated push that he asked to be let out of his contract early. Despite a promotional war going on, Vince agreed if he'd put Goldust over on the way out. Dustin is getting there, but he'd still need some tweaks to his interview style, look, and entrance before he hit his stride.
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    I really don't think putting the title on Mikey was the right move, at least at this time. I think Paul E. has said as much. Still a cool moment even if the match wasn't as good as their previous bouts. A video montage of the Sandman's reign follows to the only version of "My Way" that matters.
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    Austin gets in a number of funny lines and gets shots in on a lot of Bischoff's standard breathless hyperbolic catchphrases and lack of move knowledge. A Bottle of Geritol on a Pole Match! The scary thing is before Nitro went off the air we'd pretty much get the closest possible equivalent to that.
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    So begins the last true heel run of Ric Flair where he's actually over as such. Arn warns us to be careful what we wished for, with regard to a Horsemen reunion. Arn puts over Sting strongly while Pillman and Flair re-enact the tag and turn in a funny moment. An explanation for all this would have been nice, but instead it just feels like a big reset button has been pushed on things, just like in 1990.
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    Todd Pettingill does a Howard Cosell impersonation to hype this cross-cultural showdown as a rip of "Right Now" plays in the background. Epic. The Ross soundbite plays upon Horowitz's victory
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    Hogan didn't want the Giant to take the plunge, brother. Giant comes out and Schiavone and Heenan don't even attempt to explain what the hell is happening. The finish of course is one of the biggest clusterfucks in history. Jimmy Hart clobbers the referee to draw an intentional DQ, turns on Hogan, then Luger turns on Savage, which of course is missed because the YET-TAY is making his way to the ring to enact a scene right out of Wild Things. Three major turns on one show seems a LITTLE excessive and the Luger turn would be seemingly forgotten in a matter of weeks, but whatever. Heenan: "You will never see a pay-per-view like this again!" The most inarguable point the Brain has ever made.
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    One of the most hilarious moments in wrestling. Nothing else needs to be said.
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    No, the angle makes no sense, for the reasons Loss stated. But goddamned if this isn't one of the most glorious moments of the year. I forgot just how good of a match this was before the angle, and how agonizingly long they teased us with the hot tag to Flair. Just some masterful work on the part of Sting and Arn, with some good contributions by Pillman and Flair being a tornado working the apron. And it seemed to blindside the fans, as they seem genuinely pissed at this turn of events and litter the ring with garbage for the first but certainly not last time. Okerlund: "This is one of the most despicable acts I've ever seen." You ain't seen nothing yet, Gene. It should also be noted that Tony Schiavone was absolutely fantastic for all of this. Arn knocking Sting into Pillman was a great nod to history and Schiavone was right on top of it, pointing out that that was a favorite tactic of Ole & Gene Anderson. And I love his reaction to the turn--"This is beyond sick, this is DEMENTED." 1995 is a horrible year for announcers but Tony is clearly the best working a national stage.
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    Finishing stretch is pretty awesome with a ton of false finishes. Even the spots with Maxx Muscle are pretty creative with some neat teases and subversions of cliched spots, though the finish itself is a cliche.
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    I wish Benoit and Malenko had hit that power bomb/double-team thing they tried, but that little awkwardness aside this is a hell of a match. Malenko and Regal tearing it up together was awesome, and Benoit and Eaton provided a nice blend of scientific wrestling and big-move ass-kickery. Eaton's lost a step but still brings some awesomeness, like that backbreaker move that Parv loves so dearly and a sweet kneedrop off the top. Nicely done finish, too. I could probably watch these teams wrestle 50 times.
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    No. I was a very weird kid for knowing who he was. Even among the rather fringe celebrity-psychic community, he didn't have 1/10 of the presence and Q rating of Miss Cleo, who came along a few years later.
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    Smothers gets in some great lines while Anthony goes off on another gory rant before segueing into Dr. Tom Prichard's family. Everybody knows that Prichard's daddy is a wino and his poor old decrepit mammy is a streetwalker.
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    Yeah, "promotion on fumes" sums this up. Even Cornette, who NEVER takes a promo off, seems tired and half-assing it here. I imagine he was completely burnt out at this point, and probably welcomed the easy, carefree life of writing for Vince McMahon. Did the Smoky Mountain fans literally BUY a midget? Is this legal? Okay, in the last segment I said the "Landell has no friends" storyline needed to move forward. I guess the phrase "Be careful what you wish for" applies. I feel like the poor put-upon soul at the end of a Rod Serling/O. Henry plot twist.
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