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    An extended squash with rounds, with both guys going to work after the bell. Aoyagi has Tenryu on the ropes at one point, but after kicking him one too many times Tenryu decides that playtime's over, clocking Aoyagi with a stool between rounds and repeatedly powerbombing him into oblivion.
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    A Hunter Q. Robbins III sighting! Not many people remember he was Sabu's original manager before selling his contract to Paul E. Crazy entrance as Sabu is wheeled to the ring chained to a gurney wearing a Hannibal Lecter mask. He takes out Taz, then starts heaving chairs all over the place as the fans run for their lives before Taz comes back. Styles: "OH MY WORD!" Oh, so close, Joey. From an execution and fundamentals standpoint this is pretty much a mess, but Sabu's appeal is undeniable. He takes some sick bumps on suplexes and some high-flying that North Americans didn't normally see. Then he tears a table apart after the win. How does Sabu even walk nowadays? The familiar ECW is pretty much here, quicker than I expected. A lot of the mid-'90s mainstays have been established including the first true face of the company, Styles is on the mic, and even though this is hyped as "no DQ, no countout" as though it's a novel stipulation, these types of matches are becoming the rule rather than the exception.
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    Some really random guys here--a pre-Abe Schwartz "MVP," Mabel but not Mo, the reigning Tag Champions, Jimmy Snuka (!), and Giant Gonzalez who'd barely been on WWF TV since SummerSlam. Mabel randomly deciding to work this whole match as a vicious heel is kind of fun. Long battle royal, as there's a big gap between the opening elimination of Gonzalez and the next guy to go. Just about everyone takes a big bump for their elimination. Huge heat for this by the end, with Ramon overcoming 3-on-1 odds to get to the finals.
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    Tony "Mike Wallace" Schiavone grills Shockmaster on his appearance change--it's out of respect for his blue collar roots. Gosh, could Dusty have been behind this? A kid is filling a balloon with powder for some reason. Shockmaster admits to being clumsy, but states that he's in charge once the bell rings. He gets overzealous blowing up a balloon and powder goes everywhere. This is a far cry from Up Close.
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    Finally Flair has a major issue to focus on, and is he ever fired up for it. A rematch is on for Halloween Havoc.
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    Good promo from Rude holding the vaguely-defined gold title belt.
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    Some hugely fat guy making fun of the phrase "Let me tell ya somethin'," Kentucky Thunder in a Mr. Wrestling II mask, and a black guy in a suit calling himself the Sandman. "Confident or crazy? It can only be the WCW Amateur Challenge!" Clearly their intention was to show their audience as being the biggest idiots possible, which is a great thing to sell to advertisers. I mean, they were literally TRYING to insult people with this.
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    Robert Gibson, underneath that cross-eyed mumbling redneck exterior, proves himself to be smarter than 99% of luchadores and southern babyfaces, as he actually WATCHED THE TAPE and realized the true story of Scott Armstrong and his chair. Good for him! Ricky and Dutch have a really good back-and-forth, with some good fire from Morton. Morton insists that the upcoming title match with the Armstrongs will be wrestled clean. The Steiners are coming to Smoky Mountain! They're even bringing back Arnold the Pitbull! Cornette rebuts--he's been talking with mailmen on how to combat him. Prichard warns the Steiners that it's not the WWF anymore. Cornette then brings out the Bruise Brothers and makes them watch a video of the Bodies taking out the Steiners.
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    You can believe the sun will rise tomorrow. You can believe the earth is round. And you can believe in the Macho Man, Randy Savage. Then some really weird shit about mufflers and electric razors. Not really one of Vince's better efforts, either. Ha, Lawler says exactly what I'm thinking. "He's talking about mufflers and razors, I don't know what that has to do with this match." He segues into discussing how Savage could shave his hair off, saving Lawler the trouble of burning it off. He AGAIN says what we're all thinking--"How long did that [savage promo] last, about 7 hours?!" A montage of Lawler fireballs follows.
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    Tatanka is not ONE ONE-MILLIONTH of the wrestler Randy Savage is, and neither is Lawler. Savage does try to fit a few too many catchphrases into this, and can't decide if he wants to win the title or if he wants to settle a personal score.
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    Fowler was a disaster. "Who has this guy beaten to call himself the King?" He beat you, Bret.
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    And the last traces of Gene Okerlund are gone from WWF television until 2001, as his "From the pages of the World Wrestling Federation magazine..." intro has been replaced. Shawn Michaels pulled a CM Punk and walked out on the company because of various disagreements. This led to a vacating of the Intercontinental title to be decided in a 20-man battle royal. This came too suddenly for Jack Tunney to film an announcement, so they just have Gorilla read a letter from the President's office. So starts a sharp decline for the WWF. I was just getting into insider info via Prodigy, and in rapid succession we had Luger's failure on top, the departure of Gene Okerlund, a walkout by Shawn Michaels, a suspension and then firing of Matt Borne, a suspension of the Steiners, the departure of Mr. Perfect, an extended suspension for Jerry Lawler, the departure of Bobby Heenan, and the Charles Austin lawsuit verdict. With the feds still breathing down McMahon's back. I seriously thought the WWF was on the verge of going under entirely.
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    Another decisive victory for Team Kawada, as they control most of the match before brutalizing Kikuchi into defeat. Probably the #2 6-man of the year for All-Japan.
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    The WAR Special hold is getting a huge push right now. It works, considering what a beating Chono took down the stretch. We see one of the first instances of the power bomb/reverse neckbreaker combo that would become a staple of Nitro-era WCW, at least until it almost killed a Villano. There are a few hope spots for Team NJPW after that, but they're quickly cut off. Nice to see Hara play such a big role here--he very nearly gets a credible pinfall on Chono and plays a key role in the victory. I like him better in these settings than at pretty much any point in '80s All-Japan.
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    Another awesome promo from Sullivan, with too many great lines to recount. Somehow despite talking about all his mental problems, hurting himself while locked in the basement, and raping Dorothy, this is a babyface promo all the way.
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    Joey Styles continues to put himself over at the expense of the match. Hey dumbass, if somebody can see this "any night on the streets of New York," why the fuck should people be paying money to see it in an arena? Big, sloppy, and stupid won't get the Headhunters nowhere. This is an admirable attempt, but both guys are really awkward on the stick. Hip-hop has been a cultural force for over a decade at this point, and so far the best representatives that the wrestling world has offered us are two skinny rednecks from Tennessee.
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    Sasuke acquits himself quite well in this garbage-brawl setting. He's already about 50 times the worker Ultimo Dragon is, since he's capable of things like sympathy and emotion and psychology and knowing what a heel and a babyface are. Super Delfin runs in and he and "Mr. Toyota" (Wally Yamaguchi) beat down Sasuke with a staff and a glove of barbed wire that Shinzaki used liberally throughout the match. The referee is okay with all this despite being abused himself, then calls for the bell after somebody gets put through a table. Nothing like consistent rules enforcement. Pogo was his usual bag of dicks here and Onita was completely wasted, filling a role that could have been filled by literally anyone. Yamaguchi's over-the-top act would be perfect for ECW at this time (which is not a compliment). In a highly amusing footnote, it sounds like Pogo and the heels break into the booth after the match and assault the announcers. Okay, that was cool.
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    What demographic were they courting with this commercial, exactly?
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    Good, but a little disappointing considering how much of a roll Hase was on going into this. This also had the drama of Hase having beaten Hash in the G-1 Climax going in, but the match didn't quite live up to that. And whereas the finish of Chono/Fujiwara came too quickly, this came off as sort of an anticlimax. Good way for the IWGP champ to avenge a "bad loss," but still...
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    Shaping up to be one of the all-time great Fujiwara matches, on a level with the best stuff with Choshu. And then...that. One Yakuza kick, when Chono had been on the defensive almost the whole way, and it's over. A quick fluky finish is fine in theory but it wasn't even executed that well. Before that this was stiff and gritty as fuck, the kind of match NJPW was doing better than anyone else. Fujiwara heels it up with chokeholds and working on a Chono cut, while Chono has to Hulk Up just to get out of danger. The post-match confrontation teases more between these two.
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    Mantell and Les Thatcher doing obvious post-produced commentary. The Heavenly Bodies cost Gibson the TV title and beat up on Ricky Morton when he tries to save. Scott Armstrong runs the Bodies off with a chair, but all Gibson sees is Scott standing over Morton holding a chair! Gibson comes off as heelish here, but I think the original plan was for the Armstrong boys to go heel and align with Cornette.
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    Dutch is absolutely distraught over his job prospects now with Cornette out of the picture, and he glumly sends us to another Sherri video making more threats at Tammy. Tammy delivers a hilariously over-the-top response, calling Sherri a gorilla and hoping Tracey Smothers is decapitated in a truck accident! Lee, now with requisite Evil Goatee, promises to take care of Smothers in the ring. Fytch also speaks for Mr. Ron Wright, and takes him to "go read" when he asks about where the Dirty White Boy is. Dutch: "Can I get impeached, too?"
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    Mantell was absolute gold during the Candido/Dark Secret bout. They're doing the most obvious "fake" match ever and Dutch is calling it like it's Kawada and Misawa in the Budokan. His shameless asskissing beforehand was great too, in response to Cornette appointing himself the referee. "Good move, Mr. Commissioner! Good move!" Tim Horner is confronting Cornette and Candido afterward when Les Thatcher comes out to deliver a letter from the infamous and oh-so-secret SMW Board of Directors. Candido is convinced it's a promotion, but it's an impeachment instead! "Jimmy, did that letter say anything about me?!" This may come as a little deus ex machina-esque, but I think this type of angle should probably be ended too soon rather than too late, so Cornette erred in the right side here. Commissioner Cornette, like Tirantes at his best, was around enough to make a nuisance of himself but not to the point of overwhelming the show.
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    Cornette has had a terrific week--days after becoming Commissioner, he's sent Bob Armstrong out of SMW entirely. After weeks of hype and teasing of Abdullah the Butcher or Yokozuna, Cornette's "secret weapon" is a dumpy-looking guy in all black. Really underwhelming. Two Black Ninjas conspire to pin the Bullet to a noticeable babyface reaction.
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    Oh, fuck off (said the Browns fan). Lawler does his standard church-bulletin promo, talking about Ole Miss and Browns football in the midst of plugging spot shows. Do the Titans come close to fulfilling Lawler's wish of an NFL team in Memphis? Survivor Series highlights from the MSC, as Lawler pins Tatanka in a really weak-looking finish that nonetheless gets a huge pop.
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