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  1. PeteF3
    Center Stage has been remade and Saturday Night (a new name at this point) has been altered into WCW's version of Prime Time Wrestling. Very good points from all about Sting's look--this never, ever would have happened in the WWF. Hype for Sting vs. Vader--that's a good way to make me forget about the production snafus plaguing this.
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    Maggs pushes his sore neck--attention to detail! Davis and Maggs got a victory over the Russians to set themselves up as legit contenders. Stanfield cuts a deadly serious promo regarding sexual harrassment at the hands of the fat cornfed women pawing them at arenas. I think this was a little late to capitalize on the Clarence Thomas stuff but still good work from Lane.
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    Jarrett ties in the battery acid angle to his father losing an eye. He's still stumbling a bit but this is pretty good by his standards. Lawler does a better job of hyping up Charlie Trapper, who I imagine had to be the drizzling shits in the ring.
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    Loss' description makes this sound cooler than it really is. This guy's accent makes him come across as one of the WWF Hillbillies rather than a fearsome hunter. Charlie Trapper rambles on about his ol' stick and the scent of the Moondogs.
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    He's in the background for most of this, but it is truly astounding some of the shots that Richard Lee takes here. Embry fits into all this perfectly--love putting a trash can over Cujo and whacking it with a board. And of course the requisite Memphis chain. Lee eventually gets squashed by his own Dog and pinned. Good way to finally give the babyfaces a victory while still leaving you hungry for a decisive win over the Moondogs themselves. Then the big post-match angle. Cujo carries a steaming cup of something and intends to use it on Jeff Jarrett, and when Embry tries to stop him he gets the whole batch of red liquid in his eyes. Embry sells this like death and the MSC goes dead fucking silent. PWI published a fantastic image of the red stuff flying at Embry and it freaked me out as much as the Jake/Arrogance stuff did. Angle of the First Quarter, probable Angle of the Year candidate. Such a dastardly fucker like Embry couldn't turn babyface just by teaming with Lawler for a week--something truly monumental had to happen for him to redeem himself, and this is it. A somber Marlin, Lawler, and Jarrett are out to address the situation. Marlin brings up Spike's hospitalization and how firing the Moondogs would open the USWA up to lawsuits, and also brings up that firing them would lead to them appearing on another wrestling program bragging about how the USWA wasn't tough enough for them. God, Lawler and Jarrett were MASTERS of detail. Incredible how such a fast-paced, angle-heavy promotion generally had angles that still made sense on the surface, and how hard these guys worked to preserve realism as best they could.
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    The thing I always wanted most was that cassette tape of entrance music. Young'uns may not be aware that getting "clean" wrestling themes was once a holy grail and not something you could find on iTunes or Youtube. A smiley, happy Warrior greets his Little Warriors, as they're trying to undo the mistakes of his previous run. Where's Amanda? So they replace it with another one--Warrior spends the first half of his interview kissing up to Ho Kogan. The ill-fated Warrior/Sid feud is pushed and they're clearly trying to position Warrior as the face of the company and #1 babyface, despite the title being on Savage.
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    Thought the first half of this bordered on actively bad--really slow pacing, and some weird miscommunication moments like Tenryu not being quite sure if he wanted to grab Ric Flair's leg, and Flair doing maybe the most delayed Flair flop in history. It got a lot better by the end--both guys looked like they'd gone through hell and Tenryu's rally out of the corner got a great reaction. Nonetheless, Tenryu is still coming off as a guy who needs a fire lit under his ass in the worst way. You'd think getting into the ring with Flair would be a natural remedy to that but I don't think he's quite there.
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    Watched this years ago and didn't think much of it. There's a novelty of seeing Rusher work with the '90s guys that lasts for about 45 seconds and aside from that there simply isn't much to this.
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    I think the Casas trio was still better as lucha MOTY, but this was really great with great spots combined with a strong overarching story. Misteriocito is actually the guy I wanted to see more of by the end--the dude looked tall enough that he could have passed for a Misterio/Virus-style standard-size worker.
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    I'm almost terrified of trying to count how many Samurai matches I've seen. (It's not zero...but I don't think it's been any since watching the '94 Super J-Cup, either.) This is an awesome match, and it finally, for the first time since Sano's departure, seems as though Liger has a natural rival who's truly on his level--instead of semi-desperate attempts to create rivalries with Nogami or Honaga (as much as I love him). Samurai comes off as a guy who can match Liger hold for hold and aerial spot for aerial spot, and he provides some rudo dickishness to go with it. Seeing all the hype in this thread for the rematch has me drooling.
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    Awesome match that, as mentioned, had everything in it. The technical stuff at the beginning was legitimately great and they built up to the highspots, and executed them, perfectly. Scorpio is a guy who should have gone way, way farther than he did. He got signed by the WWF at maybe the worst possible time considering what WCW was doing when he jumped.
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    Nice combination of lucha matwork and Japan stiffness. Still, it seemed Casas came away with a victory a little too easily.
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    Really good match. Shawn has long been criticized for his lack of offense but give him a limb to focus on and he brings the goods, since even the most pedestrian attack fits right into the storyline. Sherri was a monster on the outside, taking a sick bump off the apron and providing all kinds of neat interference spots. And yeah, that leg sell was pretty fucking spectacular. Very close to Bret/Piper for WWF MOTY for the first quarter and change. AGAIN Shawn gets to look strong against a top babyface, as he and Sherri lay Savage out after the match as well as several officials in a nice chaotic scene.
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    Hey, it's Tony Chimel. This is Flair by numbers, but fun to watch because it's so heated, with soccer-style chants for Davey Boy and big heat for Flair's low blows and cheating. Hardly balls-to-the-wall, but the closing stretch is laid out with two really good false finishes.
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    Great intro, with Pink Floyd's "Time" segueing into "Frankenstein," and we get the second poaching of a USWA wrestler as Dr. Tom Prichard makes his way across the state. This was an effective payoff to the video clips as the Bodies definitely stood out among the early SMW roster. Two good matches on one TV episode--the Bodies looked good in control and setting up the Battens' offense. Good move to throw them right into the tag tournament.
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    Hector and Dy-no-mite give asskissing promos about the SMW title tournament ("Little Firecrackers"...gag) while Orndorff stands by impatiently. Mr. Wonderful is insulted at being a mere wild card in the tournament--and he was already pissed at the ban on the piledriver. Nice solid TV match that sees Orndorff get a pin, allegedly with a tights grab, but I didn't see it. Great post-match as Hector eats a piledriver, as does a string of jobbers, then one more piledriver onto a chair for Guerrero. Orndorff is back in his natural role.
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    Prichard shows off a nasty cut as a result of the Moondogs attack earlier. Christopher eventually answers Prichard's insults with an impromptu challenge. Christopher focuses on the cuts but eats a backslide for the pin. Prichard celebrates with the belts to Christopher's protestations. Eddie Marlin disagrees at first, but eventually another USWA suit gets him to change his mind. Christopher gets his Southern title back and promptly takes advantage of having the belt back to clobber Prichard with it. He shoves Eddie Marlin to the floor to boot. Naturally this sets up a title rematch at the MSC. Fun, effective set-up for the arena card.
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    Well, you knew this run-in was happening. Lawler and Jarrett are helpless until Eric Embry makes the save with a sack of flour. Embry still hates Lawler, but is willing to fight with him to get rid of the Moondogs--since Fuller and Idol couldn't do it. Lawler demands that Embry agree to a stipulation that he leave the USWA if he turns on the babyfaces. I love Embry as a babyface as much as I love him as a heel, so I'm glad to see this.
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    They're starting to beat this into the ground, I think.
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    Moondogs steal another victory at the MSC with interference from Richard Lee. All the interchangeable Moondogs would tend to water things down, but I guess the upside is the matches don't lose anything when one member is swapped out for another. Eric Embry has been stewing while the video has been playing, and declares that Lawler & Jarrett need him as a partner. He calls both of them out and shoves over the desk in a blind rage, but Lawler tells him that he's on his own. Definitely the smart move to milk this over the course of a few weeks--Embry has simply done too much to turn in one week. This sort of attention to detail was a hallmark of the USWA and SMW, and in Memphis it's particularly amazing considering the sheer number of angles they ran.
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    Embry is still working heel during the match before he's swarmed by the Moondogs. I can't tell Spot and Cujo apart but one of them hits a tremendous splash off the turnbuckle and Embry eats some absolutely brutal weapons shots. It's going to take a lot to turn Embry babyface after his run over the past couple of years, and the USWA is clearly prepared to go all-out.
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    The opening of this featured a laughable sequence--Sid jumps Hogan before the bell, whips him into the ropes, drops down, and then pops up with Hogan standing behind him. Hogan levels him with punches and Sid bails out of the ring. Then after the bell rings, they run the EXACT SAME SPOTS in the exact same order. Just total fucking amateur night on the part of all involved. The ending doesn't go much better. Sid's kickout of the legdrop, a DQ for a manager standing on the apron, Shango standing there agape when the Warrior runs at him...it's a good thing (the noticeably thinner) Warrior's return was such a shocker that made us forget all that. Monsoon tries to push the original finish, that Sid was disqualified for Shango's interference. WM8 came off as a big show in a big setting, but it also marks the start of the WWF's Dark Ages. I know there will be good stuff to come but it will take the Monday Night Wars to get it out of the creative and financial rut to come.
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    Yes, all the suits harrassing Liz is absurd. Them all swarming Savage after the match almost as much. I think this is a very good match, and possibly MOTN. Still, it's not as great as it could have been in a JCP setting or in 1987-89 WWF either. There is still lots to like--the heat, the blood, and some really good near-falls down the stretch. However, Flair's first control segment kind of drags and the ending is a letdown. I also think putting the title on Savage was the wrong move at this point, as there was no money in rematches with Flair as a challenger. Better to have Flair steal a victory here, keep all the post-match stuff with Liz slapping him, and then have Savage as the chaser. Hell, I figured that was why the match was placed where it was on the card. Flair cuts one of his very best WWF promos afterward.
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    Luger has gotten even bigger than at SuperBrawl, if that's possible. I didn't know anything about Luger's contract situation with WCW or his inactivity, so seeing this live almost knocked me off of my couch. This is a very good promo, that rather presciently foreshadows the Narcissist gimmick. "You've found somebody more conceited than YOU are!" Bobby: "Thank you!"
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    Piper's back to being a happy-go-lucky guy, but takes passive-aggressive potshots at Bret throughout until Bret basically tells him to shut his yap. Bret tries to pull Piper's "I woulda had you" move, but Piper's ready for him. This doesn't reach the heights of the retirement match a year earlier--nothing could--but this is still a tremendous WWF sports entertainment match, but one with some pretty surprising hate and fire behind it. Even if it's just because of the blood, it holds up well in the face of the stiffer brawls elsewhere on the Yearbook. Terrific finish that would recur throughout Bret's career. This gives both Shawn and Bret upset victories over Piper in the span of a few weeks, which can be seen as a sign. And this is in a jumble of the top 3 Piper matches, along with 12/90 against Perfect and the dog collar match. Haven't seen the Rude match since watching the '80s WWF set but I think it's just below the other 3.
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