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    Gang is back and I always thought this gimmick with Sullivan was only a very slight step above Akeem in the dignity department. Gang makes goofy "crazy" faces while Sullivan rants, wearing eye shadow, red suspenders, and light blue pants. Simmons confronts OMG even though he really wants his hands on Reed, and dares Gang to enter the ring as we go off the air. Sullivan and Long make for a funny mismatched pair, with Sullivan doing his usual Satanic rant with Long as a one-man Baptist congregation.
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    Dundee wrestles a clean match against a Sgt. Slaughter ripoff, putting him out with the sleeper. Steve Austin jumps him afterward with the coal miner's glove while JC Ice Baby rants and gloats at ringside. Dundee cuts a bloody response promo vowing to take Austin out like he did the White Boy and Jeff Gaylord if that's what it takes to get his son back, before he gets Frank Sinatra'd out of his allotted time.
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    Jarrett and Gilbert are getting laid out in a Hell in a Cell-type cage by the Texas Boys. Doug Gilbert completes what's at least a quasi-babyface turn only to get spike piledriven twice on the floor. Finally Jackie Fargo makes the save, setting up the 8-man cage match Monday night. Eric Embry plans to beat Lawler's Tennessee brains out and retire him in the name of the United States of Texas.
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    Lawler runs down a multitude of personal appearances for later that day, and invites the Texas boys to attend one of them. That sounds like a killer angle that I wonder if they ever ran. Lawler runs down the women and the wrestlers of the state of Texas--another great promo that could air in Dallas and Lawler would be the most hated man in the state. Gilbert sort of sulks in the background until it's time for him to talk, which is a nice touch. Fargo is ready to have some fun on Monday night.
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    "That devious...that devious...MORON. What is his name?? That devious moron...that, that, that Japanese... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... GOOF! How can I be better off than having a Japanese goof in my corner??!" It's Funk, Embry, Prichard, and Tojo (or maybe just the first three) against...Lawler, Gilbert, and Jarrett, I would assume. Presumably Jackie Fargo will be on the opposite side.
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    Great-looking clips from the MSC, but I'm really sour on the finish. After going a relatively long time without the title it feels anticlimactic for Lawler to regain it with a crooked referee and a fast count. Embry and Prichard are incensed, then they bring out Lawler, who cuts a victory promo before getting jumped. Eddie Gilbert evens the odds temporarily, until the Texas Hangmen run in to make it 4-on-2, much to the chagrin of Dave & Michael at the table.
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    I liked that the real-life "Queen" was dressed in a tank top with a visible tattoo.
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    Standard war metaphor-filled Hogan interview. These are still better than last year's WM promos.
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    In fairness, that was how the Events Center was being run in the WWF after localized promos were done away with (for the most part). Mooney ran down the card, and the wrestlers cut generic green-screen promos on their opponent, which had to have saved untold amounts of time. That said, I'm guessing WCW's local show advertising wasn't even that smooth. I'm amused that Flair no longer even bothers using the Spanish name for the giant.
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    With apologies to JVK, the overdubbed Mooney/Hayes commentary kills my mood right off the bat--particularly when there are a ton of shots of Monsoon and Heenan at ringside that I really want to hear instead. This is okay-ish but clearly inferior to the other Rockers singles match we just saw, as there's just nothing much to Tanaka in control. He bumps great but all he has to show on offense in this role are martial arts strikes and headbutts. The finish was good and sort of out-of-the-box by the standards of the WWF style.
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    One of the better straight Austin matches in his career to this point--despite the Coal Miner's Glove stip there are a few token climbing spots and the rest of this is worked on the level. I doubt Young would have ever gotten above Rip Rogers levels in WCW, but you'd think he would have had something to offer even in that role. Smoky Mountain could have used him too, in fact.
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    This isn't a classic, but it's definitely ammo for those who like New Japan's variety over All-Japan's sheer vastness of "epic" matches. I can't fathom a '90s AJPW match worked mainly around a removed turnbuckle pad. Honaga barely even looks like an athlete but is a willing bleeder who projects "scuzzball heel" pretty well, though there are other juniors who did it better. Just when he looks down and defeated, Honaga utilizes a Hiro Saito distraction to come back and get a fluke pin. Didn't have problems with the finish myself, mainly because Liger is so fantastic at struggling to escape pin attempts--I could be entertained by attempted Liger kickouts all day.
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    Yet another great on-location vignette from DiBiase.
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    Michaels bumped like a total maniac here--not just the two bumps on the outside but even for stuff like Perfect's kneelifts and neck snap. Michaels' comeback is absolutely outstanding--he looked better offensively here than he probably ever did as HBK. Why was Heenan not out at ringside to start with? One of a few curious overbooking decisions in this match.
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    "A HUGE, MEAN ORIENTAL HAS HIT THE RING AND ATTACKED FRITZ VON ERICH!" --Lowrance describing the surprise World Class debut of Killer Khan, at the first DVE Memorial Parade of Champions.
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    Kroffat & Furnas vs. the Steiner Brothers. Especially if Danny gets carte blanche to lay the match out.
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    It's amazing how Jake is able to seamlessly blend his dark persona with gladhanding and bantering with the Brain and still come off as natural. His ability to work even what's probably a planted crowd comes through.
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    Our first tease of what's to come in the WM7 post-match. Savage and Heenan have pretty great heel chemistry together, just as they would as co-commentator adversaries later.
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    A stunningly intense brawl that's a credit to both guys--Larry Z for working hard, Sting for working hard and willing to give the old guy a bunch of the match, not to mention the win. There are ways for a babyface to get DQ'd that don't make him look like a complete buffoon like in that Eaton match with the Scorpion shit. Sting was a fucking maniac here rather than a dumbass.
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    Okerlund is still utterly without shame. The Bushwhackers are the first babyfaces at Toys R Us not to treat Mean Gene like dirt, which I guess is nice. Just as we can't pin WCW's Omni fetish on Bill Watts, we can't blame The Rock for bullying fellow babyface announcers.
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    Warrior really, REALLY needs a strong storyline to focus on to be presentable. That's the case here. Warrior brings up the Ultimate Challenge and the destruction of Brother Love in relation to WM7, which are nice touches. Then he makes threats to the Undertaker. Probably not the best Warrior promo but still an impressive one, where he's successfully able to weave together a few disparate storylines into something cohesive.
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    I think Flair was talking about getting pinned (unofficially) by Sting last week. This was classic psycho Flair, but yes, hyping a non-televised Omni show on national TV is sheer lunacy.
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    Paul E. gives an insanely hyperbolic intro to the Godfather, who claims he was whopping Ron Simmons with a belt "for all the brothers he let down." Wow! They're setting up a Simmons/Missy alliance that I don't think went anywhere, based on Missy being from Tallahassee. Okay-ish segment--I wanted to hear more from Teddy.
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    Nice finish, with Jarrett turning a crucifix into a sunset flip for the clean pin and held-up Southern title.
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    They're almost hedging their bets here with regard to Lawler's future. I don't think they were seriously thinking of a post-Lawler future, but the vibe is there, even if only to sell tickets this week. This would be the last week of wrestling at the Mid-South Coliseum until August, due to a dispute with arena management. I don't know if that played into this or not, but it makes it harder to verify if Lawler actually took time off or not.
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