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  1. PeteF3
    DDP has broken the house in a Vegas casino and won $13 million, proven by a photograph in an envelope with ridiculously oversized writing on it.
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    Yeah, "SOMEONE PLEASE CALL 911" over the PA would never work today. Good action with a terrific angle, as Snow fulfills his earlier promise to take Morton out.
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    Sort of SMW-by-numbers, but the use of spraypaint was fresh and new here, at least. Tracy has words for the "California trash" and promises the South will rise again. How inspiring.
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    What an awesome crowd. We don't get the full match, but we get a large chunk of it, with an awesome shine sequence, and a good heel control segment, too. Al is a great southern stooge but like a not-quite-as-good Candido he has an array of more modern spots that he can bring to the table, that add to the match without calling attention to themselves. Springboarding off the chair to hit Morton, the standing moonsault, etc. Chaotic finish with Morton reaching the glove but inadvertently knocking Snow on top of a prone Gibson to net the Dynamic Duo the tag titles. One of the better SMW matches you'll see.
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    Good action that we see, and a good finish with Rich getting involved just enough to make a difference, but not running roughshod over the guys in the ring. Rich ends up bloodying Dundee after the match, and naturally that leads to a First-Blood Match for next Monday. After the studio brawl, Dundee says he wants Rich in a loser-leaves-town cage match.
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    Sort of indie-riffic here. Kanemoto pops up from a superplex like a proto-Davey Richards douche and gets leveled from behind by a flying Ohtani dropkick in the funniest spot of the match. The action is good and well-executed, but aside from the Ohtani/Kanemoto hate there's not a lot at stake or a lot of psychology here.
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    Well. No telegraphing of a draw here. This is pretty balls-out all the way. I wouldn't quite call it an all-time great match for psychology--the work over Kobashi's knee is pretty awesome, but doesn't really go anywhere and isn't really sold at all in the latter half of the match. But as a 30-minute sprint it's fun to watch while also being truly impressive in how well they were executing their shit down the stretch. Really good contrast to the solid but dry Misawa/Taue draw.
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    1990 watching

    PeteF3 replied to JerryvonKramer's topic in 1990

    Parv hasn't seen the Unified title devalued yet. There are some beltholders in the mid-'90s who made Valiant look like Bruno Sammartino.
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    This had some real-life things going against it, as they had to work 30 minutes with Misawa having a broken orbital bone. But the opening control holds by Taue, while logical in a real sense since he can't just pound the shit out of Misawa, aren't that compelling. Now, this picks up in a hurry when Taue starts digging his forearm into Misawa's eyeball, raising eyebrows all across Japan, and there are a good number of holy-shit spots like Taue splattering Misawa's face on the turnbuckle and on the mat, which are sold great by both guys (Taue's body language even comes across as, "I can't believe I just did that"). And Misawa manages to avoid the nodowa off the apron, and come back from the Dynamic Bomb and nodowa on the floor, to the point where the draw feels like a win but at the same time it also feels like a win for Taue, too. Classic work and booking that elevates both guys. I guess I'm talking myself into liking this more the more I write, but as it stands it's the #2 match of the Carny for me.
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    Fucking Christ, how late is it? There are two Misawa-Taue matches and threads. Disregard the post above. Day later edit: So, okay, watching the actual match that everyone else was talking about, this is my running MOTY (I have a hard time believing 6/9/95 will be unseated by the time the year is out, unless another joshi bout surprises me, but that's ahead of us). This is the best combination of work and psychology seen all year. Taue tries to drop Misawa on the turnbuckle right at the start, but Misawa's ready for it this time, and thus Taue has to put the eye work in his back pocket until he can either get an opening or get desperate. It's what Loss has said about making you wait for the spot that you know is coming, but this is a new dynamic in that Taue is the heel. When he finally does hit the eye, it gets a huge reaction from an already-pumped crowd, and then things pick up big time. Misawa takes the nodowa off the apron, but his trusty elbows are enough to buy him some time and weather Taue's bigger moves. Taue gets in a fantastic kickout off a tiger suplex but goes down to the second one. Putting Misawa over in the CC was the right move, considering he was the ace but without the Triple Crown, and considering they did an excellent job of getting Taue over as a top singles star even with the loss.
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    It's late and I'm tired, so maybe this needs a re-watch with fresh eyes. I saw a fine match, but I didn't see a MOTY here. This had some real-life things going against it, as they had to work 30 minutes with Misawa having a broken orbital bone. But the opening control holds by Taue, while logical in a real sense since he can't just pound the shit out of Misawa, aren't that compelling. Now, this picks up in a hurry when Taue starts digging his forearm into Misawa's eyeball, raising eyebrows all across Japan, and there are a good number of holy-shit spots like Taue splattering Misawa's face on the turnbuckle and on the mat, which are sold great by both guys (Taue's body language even comes across as, "I can't believe I just did that"). And Misawa manages to avoid the nodowa off the apron, and come back from the Dynamic Bomb and nodowa on the floor, to the point where the draw feels like a win but at the same time it also feels like a win for Taue, too. Classic work and booking that elevates both guys. I guess I'm talking myself into liking this more the more I write, but as it stands it's the #2 match of the Carny for me.
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    Villano was another Warrior trapdoor victim, was he not?
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    Taue is both the 4th best worker and 4th biggest star of the AJPW Core Four. I don't think either position is even up for frivolous, much less serious debate. I get that it's a monstrously unfair handicap to be compared to Misawa, Kawada, and Kobashi. But when I hear somebody is the "fourth best..." of a particular group, I have a really, really hard time envisioning that fourth best something as a HOFer. Especially something more specific like '90s AJPW main eventers. I don't like the "doesn't FEEL like a HOFer" standard either. But that shoe fits for Taue, as far as I can tell.
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    1990 watching

    PeteF3 replied to JerryvonKramer's topic in 1990

    Well, I feel dumb now: I seriously did not know about that "arrange by Start Date" feature. I've been doing Ctl+F "Gangstas" (or whatever) entirely too much. And I don't care for the UWF or pre-'90s shootstyle either, and I didn't like that 2/27 match in particular. But ascribing ulterior motives to guys who do like it is a little over the top for me. Chalk it up as I did in the match thread to liking different flavors of ice cream.
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    Cactus compares himself to Izzy Stradlin and Terry Funk to Axl Rose, an egomaniac desperate to hang on to his spot. Cactus somehow makes a phone call to his mother sound threatening. Funk cuts a stock promo about making Cactus Jack mad, as he's short on guts and heart (though not stomach size). But stock Terry is still great.
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    Bye, Sabu. I look forward to finding a match of yours in a New Japan setting just for what-the-fuck value.
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    "HOW, NOW, BROWN, COW." "Hownowbrowncow" "Ooooh!" Regal suggests that Robert kneel and let him talk. Later at Buckingham Palace, Regal marvels at the job he's done transforming Robert. Eaton is knighted as "Earl Robert"--sadly, this is not the same Queen who predicted victory for the Warlord at WrestleMania 7.
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    I put the over/under on moves sold by Rick at 3. That said, he and Taz make for a good pairing, just two guys who know how to suplex motherfuckers left and right. I did count at least or 6 fully sold moves by Steiner here, so that was a pleasant surprise. Rick continues to show off the value of a University of Michigan education by chasing Public Enemy into the stands, allowing Taz to be double-teamed and pinned. The brawl continues afterward including an absolutely ghastly spot where Taz and Steiner are supposed to throw stereo suplexes and end up hitting each other. Rick looked legitimately fucked up by that. With 6 guys all going at it, this at least holds your attention, but PE are nothing once the ring entrance is over, so this goes off the rails badly when it's 2-on-2. It did work for the audience, though. PE comes back to win the tag titles--TWO arrogant pull-up covers leading to losses in one show is bad quality control.
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    There are some annoyances with the crowd, like the dumbfucks chanting "BO-RING" while Eddy and 2 Cold were tearing it up on the mat (most seemed appreciative, though). And there are a number of "FUCK SABU" chants that broke out, as happened all throughout this show (Sabu skipped town, I think to work in Japan). Eddy is starting to pull off his lie, cheat, and steal shtick with some phony handshakes and some strategically placed eye pokes, while Scorp brings the high-flying and eventually some heeling of his own. Scorp hits the Tumbleweed and pulls Eddy up at two, and Styles ever the clueless dumbfuck sells it as a gutsy kickout by Guerrero. Are you good for anything besides calling moves, Joey? Bobby Heenan was basically right--we can already see the moves, get the damn story over. Scorp's arrogance costs him as Eddy rolls him up for the TV title soon afterward. Anyway, peripheral annoyances aside this is a hell of a match, and evidence that ECW is starting to get its seven-course-meal approach to wrestling in order.
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    Beulah McGillicuddy is here, being antagonized by Stevie Richards--but only seemingly. Really good and well-done finish to this, with the Steviekick transitioning nicely into the DDT on the floor.
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    Austin's back with Parker now? The hell? Okay, at least Schiavone mentions it, too. Yeah, I didn't see the big deal with this either. This was solid enough, but that's it. I didn't think it was as good as Arn vs. Savage even if the high-end stuff was more advanced. It was pretty slow-paced before that, and not really in the good way.
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    Jimmy Hart's gonna tell us all about the Renegade! He does his Ultimate Warrior impersonation to Warrior knock-off music against a thunder & lightning green screen. That doesn't tell us anything, Jimmy! I think it's clear that those write-in questions wanted to know Renegade's likes, dislikes, his dreams, hopes, and his past disappointments.
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    Ric is positively manic here. Retirement must have been hell on the guy. Different sort of promo from Ric, but tons of fun. The only disappointment was not seeing Ric lay in some chops on the Hulk cutout.
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    I thought this was really good, but not as good as the ECW Benoit match as far as Snow matches, nor as good as Cactus vs. Candido and possibly not Gangstas vs. Southern Boys as far as SMW TV bouts. I do like the more meat-and-potatoes style from Al, who probably needed this stint to become a more well-rounded worker. ECW probably wasn't going to do it for him, despite what it did for Benoit. Snow unleashes some cool offense, from the bow-and-arrow/surfboard thing to an absolutely spectacular Asai moonsault attempt off the top rope that misses. This is SMW, of course, not Korakuen Hall, so it ends with Morton swiping a loaded glove and using it for the pin. A punch-drunk Snow complains about 3 or 4 people beating him with a lead pipe. No, wait, 15-20 guys, 3-4 with a gun and 5-6 with a knife. Thanks for clearing that up. We go off the air during another brawl.
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    Now an I Quit stipulation has been added to the big 6-man tag. Another fraidy-cat promo from New Jack. Undertaker has to go through D'Lo, Mustafa, and Killer Kyle to get to him, and the horrified reaction of all 3 guys to New Jack's declaration is fantastic.
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