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    Solid yes, but a little disappointing because I was hoping for something on a level above the Arn/Taylor series and this wasn't quite it. Closing stretch was really hot, and while I wasn't a big fan of the slow start it did have me thinking "oh, time limit draw." Then they swerved me with an actual pinfall, screwy as it was.
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    Decent promo from the babyfaces, with Sting giving some lip service to how WarGames works, Pillman making a bunch of war metaphors, Rick popping into camera, and Scott alluding to puncturing Sid's lung in a particularly sapient nod to history. The Horsemen minus Sid are much more collected.
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    I'm envisioning an alternate universe in which Tunney's intense deliberations lead him to another decision and Hogan is relegated to doing commentary for Haku/Barbarian vs. the Rockers.
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    I wonder how intense Jack Tunney's deliberations really were. Other than referring to Hogan and the Pukeamaniacs as "infidels," Sarge dispenses with any Iraq references overt or otherwise, and Adnan is also dressed much more low-key than usual. Pressure from NBC, maybe? It's a refreshing departure from Slaughter in any case, as this is essentially where the "Slaughter Rules" stuff is born and I recall that being pretty good stuff. "At WrestleMania VII, me and Sgt. Slaughter are going to war, brother!" Oh, Jesus. Hogan manages to tie this crap back to pro wrestling, bringing up how Sarge is protected by the freedoms he's supposedly fighting against. Effective and well-done promo but it completely ruined whatever good vibes had been built up by Sarge's performance in the ring and on the mic.
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    Sarge's miracle run continues as from the last few minutes this is stunningly intense, with Slaughter taking some crazy bumps even by his standards and even Duggan taking some nasty shots. This makes for at least two occasions when Sarge dragged something good out of post-Mid-South Duggan which is one of the most amazing feats I can think of, wrestling or otherwise. I like Sarge immediately cutting off Hogan's attempted save. Yeah, Hogan sort of blows off selling it once Slaughter leaves, but eh, that didn't really bother me. Sarge would get in a much better beatdown on the Superstars & Stripes Forever show. By the way, the version of this show I have has a cut-in from Garrick Utley at NBC about a development in the Persian Gulf, either during or immediately after this segment. Contrasting with the angle here, it unintentionally served to just completely bludgeon any self-discerning viewer over the head with how distasteful this WM build-up has been.
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    BUY WRESTLEMANIA VII OR THE TERRORISTS WIN.
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    Skandor Akbar is sitting in providing surprisingly straight-laced color commentary. Billy Travis gets the endurance mark here, such as it is, and looks awesome throughout. That's one long ad break they take the second time--the first one had no time elapsed and after the second one there's three new guys in the ring. This is a pretty thin roster for a 10-man Rumble, but the top guys all work well and even Awesome Kong is utilized okay. Jarrett and Steven Dane trade some good near-falls but would anyone really buy Steven Dane winning this? The ending actually has the first-ever clever twist on the "ref kicks the hand off the ropes" spot that I normally hate with a passion.
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    I had fun doing the one show I was on, but Tuesdays and Fridays both are going to be a bastard for me for the next few weeks. I think there'll be a bit more to discuss when we get to '85-'86 anyway.
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    Is that the no-holds-barred match from MSG (w/ Hogan in Kamala paint) or the Spectrum match with Orndorff disguised as Kimchee? The NHB match was everything you'd expect out of Hogan/Kamala and more. It's kind of a throwaway spot, but the injured and limp Hogan dragging himself away from the corner as Kamala is climbing up for the top-rope splash is one of my favorite sells Hogan has done.
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    Rotunda was already gone by this point (Taylor aligned himself with York on this show). More standout WCW quality control.
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    Hiro Matsuda is introduced as a New Japan representative as we get hype for the Tokyo Dome show. El Gigante, too--yay. I wonder what a ranking of the frequency of Flair's color schemes would look like. His gold number here has to be his most rarely-seen outfit. I'm talking about everything except the match because holy shit is this a snoozefest. Flair bails a million times to stall in not that interesting fashion, and Scott is pensive himself. If someone wants to criticize Ric with a "Flair by numbers" formula then this is a match to point to. Gary Cappetta may as well be in another city because his time calls have absolutely no bearing on what the wrestlers are actually doing. No Jim, Flair was not "saved by the bell," either. The Scott Keith-perpetuated idea that Steiner was going to be handed the title tonight is completely laughable if you actually watch the match. He was nowhere near as ready for such a push as the Warrior was.
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    Rhubarb Jones gets the biggest intro of his life, and they bring in some arm-wrestling champion to officiate this. Fantastic. Big pop for Missy removing the jacket, and Dusty puts it perfectly: "He had a couple of things on his mahnd bethahds ahm-wrasslin'!" Funny payoff to a funny little undercard angle.
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    This is well-done on the part of both Schiavone and Hansen of making this match seem like a big deal. I guess we can say that the NJ/WCW alliance is in full force.
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    Another green screen promo that probably isn't warranted. Dusty REALLY IS home again, cutting a strong promo in support of the troops and President Bush. That's how you acknowledge world events on a wrestling program.
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    Dusty is home again. Big heat for the finish of this, as Sting is left alone against Doom when Dan Spivey puts a beatdown on Luger outside the ring, but a miscommunication spot by Doom eventually leads to a DQ. Copout finish but the strong run of Doom continues, and yeah, this pending break-up seems way premature.
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    Love is hilarious here in his most overt religious satire yet, as he establishes himself as an early champion of the Make-a-Wish Foundation, granting Brother Paul's wish to see and walk. Who knows what the fuck the point of all this was, but I guess this was relegated to Prime Time for a reason.
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    This would have been fine if not contrasted with what was going on in the WWF main event scene. They were already backing off on references to Iraq and the implication of Hussein actually being in cahoots with Slaughter at this point, I believe.
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    Tsuruta's teased Hulk-Up, cut-off, then actual Hulk-Up as Kawada is wailing away on him is one of the major highlights here. Amazing that one angry facial expression was able to draw such a crowd reaction. Kawada is shoved into accidentally clotheslining Misawa off the apron, leaving him more or less alone against Jumbo and Taue. He's about to pull a miracle powerbomb finish when Jumbo lariats him in the back of the head--irony! Taue uses a powerbomb of his own to pick up a needed victory. Your usual great AJ 6-man that puts Kawada on another level for the body of the match and Taue on the same level for getting the pinfall on him.
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    This is one of the greatest pieces of production business WCW ever did and I'm convinced someone had this promo in mind when they started doing the NWO vignettes. The black and white and camera-cuts and handheld camera are all there. Arn talks of spitting the silver spoon out of the Horsemen's mouth and invokes America's fear of gang warfare, while Windham talks of how the '80s were about lies and deceit and the '90s will be about truth. I hesitate to call any wrestling promo "deep" but this might be the closest match for that description.
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    Paul E. invokes Martin Luther King, Jr. in the name of that most oppressed of all peoples: the white American male. I'd pay money to see Dutch recite this promo on Raw. Missy bench-presses to melodramatic music that suddenly gets cut off.
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    The dreaded security concerns. No, that's not a jab at the WWF. I'm not sure if CNN Center was actually thought to be a target or if someone realized that in the midst of a war it needed to be utilized for other things. Steiner cuts an awful, blithering, marble-mouthed promo. Flair is Flair and is awesome.
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    Hot post-match angle from the MSC. Keirn whacks Lawler and does a tremendous little jig before doing the same to cornerman Jeff Jarrett. Lawler kicks out and makes a comeback, but Dundee goes nuts with the racket and gets the babyfaces DQ'd. Dundee gets the Pillman treatment with the racket to the throat after the match and then gets hanged in the ropes while the Fabs and Cornette triple-team Lawler. Jarrett, after getting picked off with the racket a few times, finally recovers to make the save. Dundee accuses Cornette of pulling the strings for the Fabs to do all the dancing. Jackie Fargo is invoked, which will become important. Cornette and the Fabs are sending in a pre-tape so as to avoid assault from the fat cornbred women on live television. Sadly, taking out Dundee isn't worth any money to Terry Funk, so this coming Monday it'll be bounty money vs. the tag titles. Keirn's promo is almost as good as Cornette's. Lawler and Jarrett are out to take the tag titles, and then Lawler promises to get nasty after the match when he can't be disqualified. More great stuff from Memphis. This promotion has lost 1990's Heel of the Year and hasn't missed a beat.
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    Terrence Garvin has given Bruno a makeover--Uptown Bruno is now dressed in a tux and a top hat. Lawler makes a Woolworth's crack just to remind us what year this is. Hey, a Scott Bowden sighting! Epic stallorama from Garvin, constantly diving to the floor and complaining about Lawler's closed fists. Garvin comes back with a chain and a piledriver, but Lawler gets somebody to throw him a pair of scissors and that sends Garvin flying out of the studio. As fun as you can get with Terrence Garvin involved, and a testament for working smart bullshit over working hard.
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    Crowd goes into a noticeable hush when Taue gets spiked headfirst into the mat. Nasty as fuck. I've watched the entire 1991 TV run for All-Japan but I had no recollection of this match at all, to the point where I had to ask after the fact when the TD '91 occurred. I'm sure the match was by no means bad but that doesn't quite speak for the match as a whole.
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    There was some surprisingly nasty offense here, including clothesline and punch flurries from Embry, who even attempts a dropkick at one point. Having gone back to the dyed blond hair Embry is possibly the sleaziest-looking babyface in history--he makes Buck Robley look like modern-day WWE material. Young gets a foreign object from Akbar and conks Embry to steal a win and advance in the Texas State title tournament.
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