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  1. PeteF3
    This definitely built up well to the closing stretch, though it's definitely not a match I'll ever feel like revisiting.
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    GAY SEX ABUSE IN THE WORLD OF WRESTLING. Involving juveniles! Donahue's deadly serious delivery of the "1.7 BILLION dollar" statement makes it all the funnier--he even gets out of his chair to emphasize that. "More revenue than the NFL," Jesus Christ. Vince comes off horribly to start, as O, Hodgson, and Hankins all take turns demolishing him, all with details as specific as they can get in the setting. Still, Hodgson definitely comes off as a guy cutting a promo rather than a guy trying to make a change. He does it very well, though. Still, even with hindsight the conman underneath can be seen. Graham is in even bigger promo-cutting mode, but sinks himself when he admits to not actually having seen the acts with Tom Cole. And possibly I'm horribly naive or ill-informed, but was the WWF REALLY employing "13 to 20 year old boys" to take the ring up and down? Isn't that a child labor violation waiting to happen? I saw kids/teenage types take wrestlers' ring gear at house shows, so maybe there's something to it, but Graham on the surface doesn't come off as credible. Vince fires back with the Mike McQueary accusation, which is the best and most effective point that he's made. O, along with Bruno (and Meltz, doing his best to be Switzerland), is so far the most credible guy with the most believable story. Even-handed, and just tells his story and remarks that it was evidence of a front office culture. The kid who brings up the firing of David Sammartino was a definite highlight, as was Bruno's reaction. He doesn't really answer the accusation but his "Maybe when you grow up you'll understand" got him a victory in the eyes of the audience. I think it's fantastic that apparently what Vince himself took away from this appearance was what a great promo Hodgson cut on him. Fascinating stuff all around, and like some of the others I wasn't ready for this to be over.
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    Piper is out in street clothes (!)--he only wears his kilt when he's ready to fight. And yeah, they're clearly trying to push Bret Hart as being younger than he is. Piper wants to back out of the title match at WM8. Bret insists that if that happens, he wins the IC belt by forfeit. That sets Piper off--he wants one handshake, and after that he's going to hate Bret's guts until April 6. As Bret turns to leave, Piper sets up to whack him with the belt, but he only wanted to make the point that "I woulda had ya." There's a great payoff to that in the WM8 pre-match interview that I hope gets left in. Awesome performance from Piper, going from the cheesy gladhanding commentary Piper to being very low-key and serious by his standards.
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    Yeah, I liked this just fine, too. Maybe it wasn't the fast-paced encounter that was ideal for a light heavyweight match--rather, it was like the first half of a NJPW juniors match--but it was a solid enough bout. Morton working as a scuzzy heel is still enough of a novelty for me that I'm enjoying watching it. Armstrong was good on commentary, too. This was a period where they were pushing all the light heavyweights as being against each other, almost like NJPW did. Pillman had decked Johnny B. Badd at the PPV when Badd planted one of his fake lips on him and Badd had actually interfered and cost Pillman a match against Morton a few weeks earlier. It didn't last, but it was an interesting booking move.
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    Even in February I can't fathom anybody unseating Mantel for the Best Commentator Award. And this is probably Caudle at his best, too. Rogers is still milking his marathon-man gimmick while Dutch goes on a hilarious rant about the old women of the town they're taping in. Solid match, though not at the level of Rogers' best WCW matches. It's a shame Rip didn't stick around, because between this and an arguably better match with Paul Orndorff, he was early SMW's singles highlight.
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    Great timing. I'm sure there were markets in the area that got both shows, too. Ron Wright will be out of his wheelchair in no time!
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    Anthony is almost ready to come back from injury (which I think was a tour of Mexico). Kimberly is looking mighty good. Embry comes out and is such a fucking shitstain. I love it. Embry forces himself on Kimberly and takes her slaps and resistance as "she liked it!" Kim runs off and a disgusted Dave Brown refuses to engage with Embry any further.
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    I question the legal proceedings that allowed someone of the state of mind of Nailz to be set free. Maybe there was some subtle political campaigning on the WWF's part going on--"This is what will happen if you vote Clinton." Kelly's voice and delivery are ridiculous. Watching all the DiBiase and Heenan promos regarding the Boss Man from the past two years, it seems likely that they were sitting on this idea for some time.
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    Odd setting for an interview with Gene. Well, it's not odd at all, it's a standard studio backdrop--that's what makes it so odd for the WWF. Follow me? Jake hits the same notes as the live interview the previous week. Only Jake could talk about gold medaling in seal-clubbing and sound like a dangerous psychopath instead of a moustache-twirling cartoon character. "You say you know Satan so well, then you won't mind BURNING IN HELL." Jake just gets heavier and heavier. Probably too heavy for his own good, as there's no way the WWF would have let him continue down this road from a promo standpoint.
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    Okerlund is such a shit disturber. "I really don't know what to say" before continuing to talk for another 30 seconds.
  11. PeteF3
    That Flair/Hogan didn't come off at WM is a ball-dropping of monumental proportions and there's no adequate substitute for it. That said...this is as perfect of a storyline for Flair as you could ask for in the WWF, and this angle done with either Flair or Rick Rude a few years earlier when the WWF was hotter would have been absolutely huge. Like, possible mainstream media penetration huge. Vince's disgust at dinner with Flair is hilarious. Ric is absolutely awesome in this setting--no, it's not a Hogan feud, but it's a better use of heel Flair than just about anything WCW had done in Flair's final year and a half. "We're not going to talk about that!" "We're gonna talk about anything I want to, I'm the WWF Champion, have you forgotten?"
  12. PeteF3
    Solid is the best way to describe this. All the basics are done well and the match is psychologically sound. Just never hits that second level. And maybe it wasn't really meant to, because this seemed to be booked to establish Vader & Bam Bam as nigh-unstoppable monsters. Hash and Chono get some good spots in but it seems more like they're fighting just to keep their heads above water rather than getting either guy in legitimate danger. Much less wanton suplexing and tossing around of the foreigners than in previous bouts. I do love Bam Bam's somersault senton--I don't think he ever busted that move out Stateside. He also debuts the double underhook backbreaker which gets a pop and which Chono sells like death. Bigelow scores the pinfall on Chono, which seems to be an indication that he's meant to be more than just the Spivey to Vader's Hansen.
  13. PeteF3
    The dude in white's "let me jump over the guy I'm trying to clothesline" move is about the worst fucking thing I've seen in the past few days. Not worse than Davey Richards popping up from a German suplex to do a double stomp, but not far behind.
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    Too bad that Jake's time with the WWF is winding down. I'd love to have seen what the supposed Bret/Jake post-WM8 feud would have been like. Jake talks about foreplay, seal-clubbing, walking hand-in-hand with Satan, crushing the Undertaker's skull, and roasting UT and Bearer in a gas stove, and sending them to Hell. Freaky as hell.
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    The spin doctoring and fingerpointing and damage control are all out in full force. Stay off of steroids, or you may end up too bulked-up to successfully defend your World title despite being the hardest-hitting opponent Sting has ever faced.
  16. PeteF3
    I'm guessing that most of this is what those Japanese wrestler press conferences are like. Good, authentic setting that sets up the angle. Sting refuses Rude's request for a celebratory drink and gets the glass thrown in his face, and the brawl is on! The whole DA gangs up on Sting until a big bald man in a white dinner jacket helps him out. It was very rare indeed for WCW to pull off an angle in a non-ring setting that comes off this well. Usually there's some sort of set, sound, or acting disaster that gets in the way. There was none of that here.
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    I don't know if Arn was clean or not, but you definitely want somebody who at least LOOKS that way to deliver such an announcement.
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    Fairly realistic-looking post-match press conference setting, with Sting discussing the pre-match vibe in a low-key, down-to-earth manner. Fascinating that Frey was one the one spearheading the signing of Gordy & Doc. Yeah, that seems like it would have had Watts' fingerprints all over it. Bischoff discusses the potential arrival of the MVC in a rather bizarre manner right before interviewing DDP. That was fairly contrived. "They're not gonna come--NOT!" Yep, it's 1992.
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    I actually thought Caudle was the highlight of this, playing his role perfectly as the naive-or-is-he-really commentator. Neither Horner nor Rogers really react to this strongly enough to resonate. Rogers goes right back to squatting when I'd have preferred to see him throw a shitfit instead.
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    Cornette's tag team would financially ruin the entire area as a result of its men packing up and leaving. Having watched the first several weeks of SMW television, things are rather haphazard due to the staggered nature of the tapings and various wrestlers being unavailable for weeks at a time, but they were about as effective of an introduction as you could hope for in terms of establishing characters, rules, and pecking orders.
  21. PeteF3
    A "Hollywood" Bob Holly sighting. Ron Wright has a valid manager's license but no one to manage yet, so until he does, Bob Armstrong has him BARRED from ringside. Ron Wright is in disbelief that Armstrong would mistreat a poor, crippled old man. There are some people that Wright can "feed that malarkey to," but not Bullet Bob. These two are great together. Still, it's pretty self-defeating that Commissioner Armstrong is easily the most effective babyface on the roster.
  22. PeteF3
    Rogers is another guy who should have been bigger than he was. Horner doesn't offer much.
  23. PeteF3
    Those reaction shots are priceless. With those kinds of womanly charms attending shows, how could Storm and Jericho have resisted?
  24. PeteF3
    Embry is outside and shirtless, cutting a promo for an anything-goes match against Pat Tanaka. Embry talks up implanting Tanaka's "China-lookin' head" onto a shovel, and then promises to reveal to Tony Anthony behind-the-scenes rumors involving Tanaka and the Dirty White Girl. It's Illicit Affairs Week in wrestling, apparently.
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    Kamala fits right in with this bunch, going nuts with what's either a door or a big sheet of cardboard.
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