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  1. PeteF3
    More of the same. In addition to the subject, these are just a little too similar to what they were doing for Ron Simmons.
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    I love how Anthony essentially cuts a babyface promo garnering sympathy--it's only a heel promo because of what we know DWB and Wright have done. Anthony goes to the ring to egg Horner on some more, and for the second week in a row Horner surprises DWB when he thinks he's not in the building. TOMMY YOUNG is sighted! He and Armstrong cut Horner off from the ring, but when DWB goes back to the interview set that allows Horner to run over and make his attack. As over-the-top as parts of this feud have been, and for as much as they've repeated themselves, I officially want to see this title match.
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    RIP Stan Lane's hairpiece. Cornette declares, "You can't just have a picture of somebody and show it on TV!" Cornette is so incensed at the reveal that he signs a title match to get the Rock 'n Roll Express into the ring. Yes, Cornette and the Bodies are what really save this.
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    The standard WWF presentation was that these guys didn't exist outside of the wrestling bubble--no lives, no families unless it was convenient to the character. So to say this is a departure from that would be an understatement. And the stuff with Backlund and his co-worker talking about the comeback while building a house is even weirder.
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    The Ultimate Maniacs join on this avalanche of acclimiation for the Excellence of Execution (through shades of maniacism). Oh, come ON--Savage and Warrior decked out entirely in red and yellow? I feel really bad for saying this about Savage considering how much greatness he's provided, but I'm ready for both of these guys to go away. I'm now convinced that Vince shunting Savage to commentary was the right move, at least for the short-term. Between the Ultimate Maniacs there is a bond that will last FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER. That's hilarious in hindsight. WHy in God's name is Flair smiling and giggling??! Even as someone who's not always a fan of that side of Flair, Ric should be ripping his robe off and dropping elbows on it. Total mess of a segment, which shows how much the WWF Machine struggled with big, last-minute booking changes. Granted, they'd improve on this aspect very, very soon.
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    I don't know what this says about me but I did a double-take when Bret thanked God among the others. I didn't think Bret was anywhere near ready for this at the time and he probably legitimately wasn't, but I still would have preferred this to another Warrior title reign. And once Made in the USA Lex Luger was getting shoved down my throat I was begging for Bret to come back to the title picture.
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    This was a mess at points and I thought Hamada was mostly useless here, which holds it back from being a luchy MOTYC, but it's another feather in the cap of Los Cowboys as a working tag team and there were some great intricate spots here after some standout matwork to open. Black Power is this Yearbook's version of the Scorpion--the person I've never, ever heard of who's completely awesome and who immediately has me wondering what else is out there (eastern European shootstyle guys are exempted from being considered).
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    Oh, so THIS is Jumbo's last appearance. Not much to say about this--Jumbo actually doesn't do a whole lot, as Taue and the juniors get most of the face time. There's a budding Taue/Kobashi rivalry apparent here that I'm anxious to see continue, and Taue gets another win--not as big as pinning Gordy, but he quickly shuts Kikuchi down without any kind of teased comeback or struggle. Fare thee well, Jumbo. But I'm excited as I head into the AJPW stuff that I haven't seen a lot of, with new match-ups and rivalries.
  9. PeteF3
    More of a historic match than great, but there's nothing wrong with it either--no obvious spots where these two weren't on the same page. Just sort of WWF Flair by the numbers, though Bret's victory is refreshingly decisive and a pretty good chill scene thanks to the crowd reaction. I can't even describe the feeling of disbelief I had opening up PWI Weekly and seeing that Bret had won the Heavyweight title--this was SUCH an out-of-the-box move by WWF standards that I don't think younger fans can fully grasp it.
  10. PeteF3
    More awesome build to Halloween Havoc. Cactus Jack wants to make a deal, so he spins the wheel as the cobra bites off his foam microphone cover.
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    Erik isn't quite the speaker his father is. As an Ohio State fan, Watts in that Louisville game they showed still haunts me to this day.
  12. PeteF3
    These are pure Watts. I love it.
  13. PeteF3
    Big hype for the "Spinner's Choice" stip, which didn't come up in either of these two matches.
  14. PeteF3
    This is a sterling promo from Watts but I can't help but wonder what the WWF could have done with this, production-wise. I know it was harder to do in 1992 but some video with Watts talking over it would have put this over the top. I thought Spin-the-Wheel was the coolest gimmick ever when I first saw this, and I wish it could have stuck around (no, "Raw Roulette" doesn't count).
  15. PeteF3
    Tim Horner has gotten his title match, in the toughest way possible. White Boy is incensed that $2500 that was going to go to Ron Wright is now going to SMW, and he aims to take that out on Horner. Ricky Morton promises a surprise for Jim Cornette next week. I don't think this quite going to live up to the hype.
  16. PeteF3
    Crazy action, even by the standards of this feud. Lawler is about to piledrive a Moondog, but Paul Neighbors tries to stop him even though this is supposed to be no-DQ. So Lawler gives Neighbors a piledriver instead. That gets the match thrown out--weak sauce, but if this is part of the Neighbors turn at least it's going somewhere.
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    Easily the best AAA match so far, nothing else is int he same stratosphere, and seems to be an easy top-5 lucha MOTY pick. Astro's tope en reversa seems like a move that's better in concept than in execution, but he finds a way to hit it on the nose every time from a multitude of positions, and make it look like it hurts. I knew Astro as a shticky guy who could provide some great flying despite his body shape, but this is a great exhibition of him as a more complete wrestler, which was refreshing.
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    Jumbo is filling out some more now. He looks better than he did upon his comeback, when he seriously looked like a recovering chemo patient. As a worker he doesn't seem to have missed much--you definitely wouldn't peg him as being "done" just by this match. Anyway, this was awesome--the MVCs work as hard as they ever have and they work very quickly. When they grab holds, they grab some new ones we haven't seen much of and don't lay in them for very long. Really awesome closing stretch too, and TAUE PINS GORDY! This really was the Akira Show for most of this. As the final significant match of Jumbo's career it's a worthy finale, and there's a bit of serendipity that Taue scored the biggest pinfall of his life to that point (I would assume) in such a match, even though that surely wasn't the intention.
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    Does the definition of "idolized" include Mr. Electricity Steve Regal? I suppose not, but I've never heard much of anything against him until the '80s project started.
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    This was a step down from the awesome JWP stuff on the earlier Yearbooks, as this got a little closer to the unfocused go-go style. It got better down the stretch and the stuff was well-executed, but...I didn't much care about anything that was happening, the "stuff" wasn't as spectacular as AJW, and there were some eye-rolling moments like Ozaki & Suzuki doing like four double-teams in a row while Kansai is on the apron picking her nose and the opening flurry where Suzuki unleashes some of the worst strikes I've ever seen. This makes it sound worse than it really was, but this was kind of a disappointment.
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    It didn't register in the Malenko match because Joe's not a tall guy, but these Russians are fucking towering. It's shallow but these guys are honestly way more intimidating-looking than the NJPW Soviets. Chabadze throws Fujiwara down with suplexes, but Fuj establishes himself with a fucking incredible shot to the mouth that drops Zaour instantly. Chabadze has Fujiwara tied up but leaves his heel open for Fujiwara to hook it for the submission. Great big vs. little man match-up. I can deal with these bite-sized shootstyle matches, even in bunches.
  22. PeteF3
    These two work really well together, but I agree the January match was better. Still some great kicks and suplexes, but there was more time to develop stuff in the earlier match.
  23. PeteF3
    This is okay but I'm kind of glad it was as short as it was. Malenko takes it with a submission that I recognize out of FirePro but can barely describe.
  24. PeteF3
    Interesting contrast to the previous 6-man. That was very shticky and broad but made by a red-hot crowd. This is very gritty and hard-hitting but Doc & Gordy are not over in the slightest. Now, they do eventually win the crowd over so that they're into things by the end of it, and the finish is very good and really comes off as a monumental upset. And babyface locker rooms emptying to celebrate title wins are always awesome. This was well-done but I wasn't as high on this as everyone else. Dustin got the winning move, Windham got the pin, and Windham takes all four belts and takes credit for his superplex getting the win. The seeds are sown.
  25. PeteF3
    I like this tandem and I like Barbarian, but dsepite Watts' best efforts it was way, way too soon for him to be challenging for the World title.
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