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  1. PeteF3
    Pretty crazy how the Franchise act eventually completely overshadowed the Dynamic Dude and the promising youngster Shane of the WWF. Big push of the belly-to-belly suplex as a finisher--when it's hit, no man can kick out. Yeah, we sure had that beaten into our skulls. Sarcasm aside, this was pretty okay as far as white meat babyface interviews go.
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    Eaton must be pretty banged up--not that that would be a surprise--because his contributions have been minimal in 1992. This is an okay match not on the level of the earlier 6-mans, but it's made by an absolutely molten crowd. Why kill each other with big suplexes and bumps when the crowd is going nuts for hip swivels? I never liked how the Dangerous Alliance just sort of half-heartedly faded away. Now Paul E. isn't even at ringside.
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    Bob Armstrong has declared DWB has gone one step over the line--what was last week, exactly? Cornette is fed up with the fallen Tim Horner taking up his interview time, so he makes his own time--he's got an INJUNCTION barring Bob Armstrong from setting a title match between the Heavenly Bodies and the Rock 'n Roll Express. Not while Dan Davis & Dixie-Dynomite and Joe Cazana & Pat Rose are out there deserving of title shots. I do love these overlapping segments with Cornette paying lip service to the other issues going on.
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    Horner cuts a decent promo discussing how it felt to be hanged. Tony, Ron, and Dutch are out to expose the fact that SMW CUT OUT the portions where Horner threatened to kill Ron Wright, thus explaining that he and DWB were acting in self-defense. DWB calls out Horner for sending in threats by tape instead of being at the arena, so Horner comes out and decks him. He's about to do the same to Wright, or teases it, when DWB breaks a beer bottle over his head. Ooh, a Mrs. Horner cameo. If they were squeamish about replaying the hanging, that's pretty hilarious because for months the SMW fundraising ad video prominently showed one of the Fultons getting hanged by a Russian chain. Good, clean, wrestling entertainment.
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    Replay of the Fuller vs. Moondogs match from about 11 months earlier. What prompted this quickie title change? Did something come up or is this the start of something with Jarrett?
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    The same Blackhearts from Abrams' UWF and All-Japan? I guess. Duggan and Memphis is such a perfect fit that I can't believe it took this long for it to happen.
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    A giddy Richard Lee Heyman is out to buy the WMC studio and make it LeeTV. Clips from the Memphis Fairgrounds of Lawler & JYD vs. the Moondogs with the Moondogs getting a tag title shot if they win. Lee supplies wonderfully obnoxious two-faced commentary, and the Dogs get the win with the help of a "scientific finishing maneuver" (a bone to the head). Jarrett's not arrived yet, so Lee has to wait for his title shot. Lee is still happy, because he gets to bring out his newest protoge, the TAZMANIAC!
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    This seems REALLY out of place considering what else the WWF was doing--the other company debuts this year included an ex-con, a voodoo priest, and a guy from Minnesota with a Cuban accent. Backlund's goal is to become WWF Champion once again--well, score one for him on that.
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    Bruno's gravitas is so evident every time you see him. He was surprisingly good calling Dustin/Jake, too.
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    I liked this a LOT, actually. Not only did Jake execute the phony knee injury well, the punch he levels Dustin with is spectacular--Michael Hayes-esque, I daresay. That fakeout gets a LOT of heat from the Center Stage crowd, and yet a few seconds later the "D-D-T" chants start. I think it's pretty awesome that Jake could draw that kind of reaction, honestly. I don't know if a finisher can get as over as Jake's DDT did, in a world of a bunch of slam variations and a few submissions finishing people off. Anyway, as everyone else said, this is basic, but it all works and all makes sense. Dustin makes a good comeback but bulldogs Jake too close to the ropes, and during his celebration Jake gets a kick to the back and levels him with the DDT for the clean victory. The way Dustin has been used recently, the "push a guy hard and then start jobbing him" method of booking isn't exactly a recent WWE invention. Best Jake match in a long while--it wasn't nearly as heated or intense but it may have been better worked than even the Savage bouts. Ths must be the TV taping that Butch Reed no-showed. Jake promises that Barbarian will have a partner.
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    The Stud Stable deserved a big WWF push at the time, the way they're promoting a drug-free lifestyle. They and Lawler could have formed a proto-Straight Edge Society. Tim Horner has been hounding Ron Wright more than any bill collector has! Caudle's reactions to Wright's ranting are hilarious, and I love how Wright goes from loud and angry to quiet and afraid as soon as Horner shows up. Tragically Wright's crippling arthritis has prevented him from signing a title match contract. Horner gets nailed from behind by the DWB, handcuffed, and wrapped in a NOOSE (!), where he's dragged to the ring. This is a semi-redo of the infamous Dirty White Girl black eye angle in Continental, but it's not quite as effective as that was. Robbie "The 'Stro" Eagle makes a cameo appearance trying to make the save, and Horner is spitting up blood! This is crazy as hell, and maybe more than a little desperate. If anything, it undermined what's to come with Brian Lee and the Master.
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    They're still acknowledging Jimmy Hart's suspension from the Mid-South Coliseum, which goes all the way back to his departing the territory in 1985! Let's see any other promotion pay that much attention to detail. The Howard Hughes Connection consisted of Mr. Hughes and Jeff Gaylord--I don't know where the "Howard" part comes in. You have not lived until you've seen Jeff Gaylord wrestle in a shirt, tie, and suspenders. Two goofs in facepaint--Screamer and "Brue"? Bruise? Brood?--are coming to Memphis with some Tony Rumble wannabe manager, who's angry about "something said at a social gathering." Holy shit, what a heavy issue to fight over.
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    What exactly was "Plan A" anyway? Evidently whatever they tried at SummerSlam didn't work, the way everyone's selling it.
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    This was pretty one-sided, with the Steiners basically asserting themselves over and over without giving much to the natives. Where this really picks up is with Sasaki trying to hang on long enough while Hase is out on the apron. Sasaki kicks out of a bunch of big bombs and eventually makes a stirring comeback and tag, leading to an even more dramatic sequence with Hase trying to put Rick away with flash pins. Eventually Scott comes in and the Steiners play divide-and-conquer. It would work really well but Scott tries a reverse Frankensteiner that's cooler in theory than practice, then almost kills himself trying to do one to Sasaki. Definitely a far cry from their 1991 Dome encounter, as that was tighter and better executed. Sasaki isn't great but he's a tremendous bundle of energy who puts everything he has into every move, and he and Hase really saved this down the stretch.
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    That was brutal-looking. They go almost immediately to the finish and do it in a better way than Austin and Owen did, but I don't know how. How much did THIS affect Chono at Halloween Havoc?
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    The opening was slow, but I think it's a little tough to say they were "laying around." It wasn't overly dramatic but Albright was working hard and long to lock in a kimura at one point. Great build to the closing stretch--Takada can't apply the cross armbreaker and that looks like the last bullet he has, but he manages to either avoid or withstand Albright's suplexes and keep him at bay with kicks long enough to take him down and apply it for the win. I wouldn't say this is the shootstyle MOTY but it was very good, even if it seemed like Albright was mostly leading the way.
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    SMH isn't a positive thing, though.
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    Flair mentioning "Atlanta, G-A!" couldn't have been a coincidence. His Warrior impersonation is a marvelous sight. Monsoon of course treats it like it's a foregone conclusion that the belt is going to Warrior, which is a great way to get this big main event over.
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    Sting will get to choose his method of execution at Halloween Havoc.
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    Dutch gets contradicted re: the Stud Stable, but it's sort of a subtle build to the three-way feud that develops. Match isn't as good as the house show bout but it's not a retread in the slightest--the tighter format and different story being told makes for a match worked in a totally different way, but still effective. SMW has the best tag division in North America, which the Big Two ought to be ashamed of.
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    I like how all the heels are focused on getting the bounty on Brian Lee. Orndorff is after him, as are Killer Kyle & Cornette. Then hype for the tag title match--this is quite the loaded episode.
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    Very good match for its length and setting, with some crisp offense by Horner and good heeling by the White Boy. Horner gets a small package for the non-title victory. Wright's pratfall out of his wheelchair is absolutely awesome.
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    Yeah, the announcer talking the towel up before the match starts pretty badly telegraphs this. If Garvin throws the towel out every night, why is he so attached to them? Oh well, there still aren't many guys who do a beatdown better than Mr. Wonderful. "IT'S A 1992 LYNCHING!" WOW. Garvin's delivery is good, but yeah, weird that the towel is getting more play than Garvin getting hanged. This is a promising feud from an in-ring standpoint. Orndorff talks up collecting the Brian Lee bounty then has to be prompted by Caudle as to who this Garvin guy is. Multiple storylines put over at once!
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    I didn't know they were still printing Spotlight in late '92. This is all poured on really thick. Okerlund and Vince completely gush over Savage and then Savage calls Warrior "the greatest friend I've ever had, or ever could have." Come on, REALLY? That's the kind of history-erasing that the WWF engages in that people complain about. Savage is out to target Razor Ramon while Warrior will be going after Flair's title. Warrior comes out and responds to Savage's OOH YEAH with a "Dig It!" The mutual admiration and gift exchange going on here is borderline homoerotic. I'm really, really glad this alliance ended as soon as it began. As bad as business got, I'm ready for the Bret Hart Era.
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    I think this is the second of the 3 hair matches. Not as good as '90, but an improvement over '91 as the falls were more credibly spaced out with some good false finishes in the primera caida, and the referee was less of a factor. Lucha referees as a rule generally aren't very good but the guy here (Roberto Angel?) is the best of the bad bunch that I've seen. Anyway, this is down and dirty and awesome, with some great wrestling mixed in as well. Good finish as Dandy tries a tapatia and Satanico falls back with all four shoulders on the mat. Satanico grabs the ropes and bridges and gets the pin to win the rubber match. But wait...Atlantis pleads his case to the Box y Lucha commission and this match MUST CONTINUE. Dandy absolutely levels Satanico with clotheslines, Warrior-style, then gets the Dandina for the real victory. I liked the ending's execution (both the false one and the real one) but I too would have preferred a longer post-restart, to give it that epic past-midnight push. Still a low-level lucha MOTYC.
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