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  1. PeteF3
    Okay, so this is announced as parejas incredibles, hence the funky teams--I've got that part. Then Satanico and Caras team up to beat down Aguayo while Konnan stands on the apron. Then Konnan slugs Aguayo. And that pisses off Satanico for some reason and *they* go at it--well, they technically are opponents. Konnan works over Satanico and works "rough," choking him against the ropes and spitting at Pepe Casas for trying to break that up. Then Aguayo and Konnan go at it, with Satanico getting more licks in on Aguayo. Crowd boos Konnan. So this is the Konnan heel turn but damned if I have any clue what's really supposed to be happening. Aguayo was the one acting like a whiny, pouty bitch from the start, not wanting to enter the ring. He and Bret Hart need to join a Selfish Tag Partners group therapy session. This turns into a sort of Dusty-Ole cage situation with Aguayo getting beaten down by everyone else. Until Caras makes the save (??) and gets attacked by Los Payasos (?!). Oh wait, they're Eddy, Art, and Black Cat. Well, that was cool, and the rudos laying waste to the technicos as people try to make the save is very territories-meets-NWO. The other rudos then debate whether to help, and soon Fuerza, Psicosis, and the whole gang is in, which is a cool way of getting Los Gringos Locos over as total outsiders. Looks like the When Worlds Collide build is in full force.
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    No point system in play here, enabling these guys to go all-out with as many knockdowns, counts, and rope breaks as they want. Pretty epic fight in front of an absolutely nuclear crowd, probably the crowd of the year. Great teases of the cross armbreaker that Takada never quite gets to apply, having to stick to stand-up kicks to inflict his damage. But it's not enough, as Vader power bombs him through the canvas and while that probably should have been the actual finish, it at least serves as the de facto end for Takada. Lou Thesz awards Vader his original world title belt--ironic, as I'm pretty sure Thesz ended up disassociating himself from UWFI because of this result.
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    Funk compares the Public Enemy's "'hood" to Vietnam, where a cousin of his lost two legs--yeah, score a debate point for Terry on that one. Cactus feels offended at being left out of PE's promos. "TERRY FUNK *LIKES ME* AND HE DID THIS!" while showing off a shiner above his eye.
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    I don't get the finish either, but this might have been the best free-TV match of the year for the WWF. Not as balls-to-the-wall as KOTR but maybe more psychologically sound, between Owen's work over the back and the use of his enzuigiri. They also throw in an insane spot where Kid gets suplexed to the floor, with Owen going down with him. Good beatdown afterward, too--Owen, ever the heel, makes sure to yank on the ropes while he has the Sharpshooter applied. I approve.
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    ANOTHER chair-throwing scene--I didn't know there were two. This one is quicker and bigger than the first one. It's a pretty insane sight, and Rocco getting up and heaving chairs into the crowd is just as crazy/stupid.
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    Gaylord is so untrustworthy on the stick that he has to have a local doctor cut a promo for him. I wonder if Sid vs. Gaylord was better or worse than Gaylord vs. Snowman. Sid describes some "retarded" Memphian and Dave Brown, amazingly, doesn't freak out. The inevitable Lawler/Sid clash is being built to really well.
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    Christopher has to find a partner he's never teamed with before to face Doug Gilbert & Tommy Rich. They don't try to hide Budro's past--Christopher recruited him because he wanted somebody nasty. Landell actually sells this match on $30 for a fan belt and actually comes across as believable while doing it. Goddamn, Landell needed to be hired by the WWE years and years ago to teach the boys how to sell any, and I mean ANY, issue. That shampoo endorsement contract match between Booker and Edge could have been the Feud of the Century.
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    Cornette unconvincingly tries to convince us that Yokozuna is absolutely not scared of the Undertaker. Michaels weirdly turns babyface during this segment, egging Cornette on. I question Cornette's declarations that he never, ever did scripted promos besides his 1997 "rants," because this sure comes across that way. This is some of Cornette's least convincing acting ever.
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    "I was at the poolside, trying to catch some Rays..." ::knocks Ray into pool:: "Sorry, Ray." That was a legitimately ZAZ-worthy gag. This is the best of the Nielsen vignettes, and as a whole they're an improvement over the Undertaker sightings. Not that either statement is saying much.
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    Wow, I didn't realize that a.) PWFG was still around, and b.) that Funaki wrestled there. Fun little match with all-action matwork in a better atmosphere than the usual PWFG crowd.
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    There may not be a man, woman, dog, parakeet, or child that Mikey can beat...but he can beat Jason.
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    I didn't actively dislike this as much as the Hase match but I sure didn't think it was anything special. Koshinaka is a less-smart Bunkhouse Buck, or a less bump-crazy Shawn Michaels: good at taking offense from his opponent, not as compelling when in control and working a "straight" match. Hashimoto is busting out all kinds of new offense--butt drops, elbow drops from the turnbuckle, the brainbuster, etc., and all Koshinaka has to offer is power bomb after power bomb after power bomb. This got better as it went along, thanks almost all to Hash, but they telegraphed the draw pretty early on. '94 has been a very disappointing year for New Japan. It's still very good compared to what's going on in the U.S. but for the first time in a number of years, All-Japan feels like the clearly superior in-ring promotion.
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    Another good match between these two--not as good as the gimmick matches but serviceable for a TV main event. Buck is better as a punching bag than he is on offense, but Dustin's broken arm gives him a nice little target to focus on. REALLY awesome post-match scrum--I loved Arn coming on-screen out of nowhere and the post-match confrontation between Dusty and Meng amidst a sea of babyfaces was cool, too. Loved the shaky camera seemingly caught in the middle of it, and Meng apparently trying to headbutt the lens.
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    PhotoShop promos, before Jericho and Cena made them passe. This is the match that killed Johnson City for Smoky Mountain--if you can't deliver on either Ricky or Tammy shaving their head, don't book the damn stip.
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    Dory sounds like a recorded voiceover for an exhibit in some wrestling museum. Dory Funk, Sr. was 240-0 in Texas Death Matches. This is less about personal family animosity between the Funks and Armstrongs and more about Terry and Dory defending the honor of the Texas Death stip.
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    New Jack makes some more references to recent events and for some reason "Rodney King" and "Reginald Denny" get bleeped. Jack calls out the Rock 'n Roll Express, the Thrillseekers, and the Dirty White Boy and complains about the travel arrangements required to get to this redneck town. And unlike Martin Luther King, New Jack won't turn the other cheek!
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    Spike Huber is juiced to the gills here, to the point of absurdity. Yeah, the use of black jobbers in this is probably something that should have been avoided. Gaylord is his usual self but the injury angle itself is pretty well-done, and sold tremendously by Lance & Dave. Memphis was never a "big move" territory outside of the piledriver, so it feels fresh for a move like the spike power bomb being put over as deadly.
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    It seemed like the booking of this feud was ass-backwards. Why do you not book an ambiguous clusterfuck of a finish in the regular match and *then* run your classico, one-on-one bout for the mask vs. mask blowoff? A lot of La Parka's interference spots are fun, but there are too many of them. Then we get a late-'90s, Patterson-Russo run to the finish with multiple ref bumps and Tirantes being his heelish but pouty and arrogant self. You can't fault Pena for creativity but the bullshit, while entertaining at times, was piled too high. The post-match celebration is really fun, and Sagrada's win is treated as a huge deal despite its on-the-surface cheapness.
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    Another good match between two guys who know how to work--except Fujiwara is so much more dynamic and so much more of a threat than Yatsu at this stage. Very shoot-style ending as Fujiwara just gradually wears Choshu down until he has to tap to an anklelock in yet another surprise finish. This was really good on its own, but in the face of the rest of the G-1 it seems like yet another shortish match with a surprise-for-surprise-sake finish.
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    Great performance by the Bodies, busting out all kinds of sick double-teams. And a fine performance by Jericho, who actually works pretty well with one arm. The one-armed bodyslam was downright impressive. Storm's strikes are absolutely laughable, stuff that would have Bill Watts seeing red, but as a FIP he's okay. Then the hideous blade job that turns this into more of a snuff film, or a deathmatch bootleg, than a wrestling match, to the point where it almost defies a traditional star rating. It was pretty compelling, as the Bodies are just total dicks in working over the cut, and you start to legit wonder how long Jericho can hang on. By the end Mark Curtis' shirt is half-pink and Jericho's prodigious blond hair looks like spaghetti in marinara sauce. Finish is wonky at best and would have been even without all the blood, but they accomplished what they set out to do. Sadly this is it for Jericho in SMW.
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    Jim Ross is here! Back, more or less, in his original element. He points out that the Gangstas' interviews will be accompanied by disclaimers separating their views from that of Smoky Mountain. New Jack rants in response about how "they" have silenced Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers, and now...Arsenio Hall! Truly that one was the last straw, though I guess Arsenio has ended up with the last laugh. Then he focuses in on the Gangstas' goal: the Rock 'n Roll Express, who've never been in a FIGHT. Another great, heated promo from New Jack full of audacious statements but also hyping up the wrestling issue at hand.
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    A W*ING match (or an IWA match at this point, I guess) in CMLL. Odd. These guys certainly went all-out to have a great match, and their reach probably exceeded their grasp, as this did go on for awhile. You can't fault them for effort, though--the Headhunters' flying bumping is always fun and the Puerto Ricans have a few nifty moves of their own, and some neat double-teams down the stretch. If this had been pruned by 5-10 minutes this really could have been something. As it is, I still liked it fine.
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    Okay, I thought this was total fucking dogshit. A flashback to those '80s juniors Koshinaka matches, which is absolutely not a compliment. The working of holds sucked and the stretch run starts off pretty hot, but then just went on, and on, and on, with so many kickouts that none of them meant anything. The climactic power bomb felt less like a true climax and more of a...well, a subdued surprise, was my reaction, since I thought this was going to a draw. It sure didn't feel like Kosh was reaching down with a big move to put Hase away, it just felt like an arbitrary finish. Unless Koshinaka is working a heated bloody brawl or multi-man, I have absolutely no time for him. He and Ultimo Dragon need to take a long walk off a short pier together. Good for them for entertaining the crowd, but Tiger Mask did that in a lot of his matches, too. Working to the audience matters but it's not a get out of jail free card either.
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    Another solid match, but just that, with another fluky upset finish. I like this return of the spry, vigorous Yatsu, and one who heels it up at that. But this is an underwhelming G1, with all the upsets serving to make everyone look mediocre instead of making getting everybody over.
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    Good match from two guys who know how to work. I was expecting to see a reanimated corpse in place of Yatsu, who's disappeared off the map since SWS, but he looked to be his old 1986 self. Match isn't as good as it would have been in '86 but it was fun.
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