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  1. PeteF3
    Kimberly has always had a white-trashy hotness about her, but the Dirty White Girl in a business dress? I could go for a lot more of that.
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    Well, I'm sold.
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    Bischoff has gotten a haircut and dye job from when we last saw him on the AWA '80s set and is now the WCW Bischoff we know and love. Lee Marshall narrates highllights of a "Behind the 8-Ball Battle Royal." Curtis Hughes throws a nice dropkick. Two teams get points, and Bischoff promises another look at the 8-Ball Battle Royal--what the fuck did we just see, Eric? Larry Zbyszko calls out Sting and the Anabolic Warrior, and even takes a much-welcomed potshot at Chris Berman! The crack AWA production crew didn't bother to edit out any references to "Sgt.'s Snipers" in the highlight package or graphics, even though the Snipers have since become "DeBeers' Diamondcutters." The Russian Brute has possibly the worst look I've ever seen and as a worker makes Jeff Gaylord look like Jumbo Tsuruta. Hughes takes an absurd bump over the top from one uppercut from Johnnie Stewart. Verne Gagne supplies clueless, lost commentary having no more comprehension of the points than I do. The Trooper is the first guy in this segment to have any semblance of future star power about him. "The Unknown Soldier" who suddenly has spouted a moustache is the last one standing until Jake Milliman enters, to Larry and his team's objections. Verne and Lee do a pretty ridiculous job of dancing around who the Unknown Soldier is. Milliman tears the mask off as he's getting bodyslammed and then tosses DeBeers. Verne and Lee are clueless as to who's actually won the damned series until Lee remembers that the winning team gets 5 points. One million dollars to Larry's Legends. Milliman is genuinely amusing trying to get in on the post-match celebration. Every subsequent week of the AWA from SuperClash III onward got more and more depressing, reaching its final descent here. A dead sparse crowd, a ridiculous kayfabe payoff, ridiculous rules, a dumb masked switcheroo angle, and wrestlers working as though they're trying not to break a nail. The AWA was full of surprises in the '80s, even for quite a long period after Vince started raiding talent left and right. But it just didn't have the depth or vision to do a Memphis or World Class and survive into the '90s.
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    Akbar is still wielding influence over the Board of Directors even post-World Class, getting Lawler suspended for piledriving Tony Falk. Lawler promises revenge when he comes back and points out a crippling injury to Sweet Daddy Falcone as an example/warning. Lawler is 100% believable when he says that he's going to take Akbar out for good--he's a babyface but still a babyface with an edge. Quite a contrast to the goody-two-shoes Von Erichs. Akbar and Gary Young are presented with a contract for a hair vs. hair match with Jeff Jarrett. Young says that Jarrett without his locks will look like "Bart Simpson or some other cartoon character, maybe Babar the Elephant!" Ooo-kay then. Jarrett comes out not to fight, but to negotiate. Jarrett takes responsibility for Lawler's suspension and vows to get him out of it. Since Gary Young with a shaved head would be an improvement, instead of putting his hair on the line Akbar will get Lawler's suspension gets lifted. Jarrett signs, Young and Akbar will get back to us. Logical, effective booking all the way around. World Class/USWA-Texas at its best was one of the best possible "organized chaos" promotions ever. Things seemed constantly on the verge of completely breaking down or descending into "crap at the wall" booking, but the storylines are constantly going places and clearly the people in charge--whether it's Embry, Gary Hart, or Jerry Jarrett--have plans that they're putting into action.
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    Great hype job from Flair to set the stage for the next Clash. Ric makes challenging Luger for the U.S. Title out to be the most logical thing in the world, and he's sold me on it. Both guys really feel like they have something to prove with a win.
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    Somehow I think the "line" that's crossed in professional sports is somewhere well before you get to jumping people in parking lots. Standard babyface promo from both men.
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    Dirty White Girl is still pretty iffy as a talker but she's improved dramatically in recent weeks. Tessa rebuts the comments from the DWB&G but Dundee and the Dirty White Boy keep them separated. Tessa vs. Kimberly in a cage this Monday--I think it's about time to wrap this feud up. DWG tries to run in on Tessa's mic time and another separation. DWB has had enough of crybabies and demands that Lawler & Dundee man up. He then switches gears to a pretty chilling, Ole-level description of what it's going to be like in the cage. Gilbert is loving his topical references.
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    Champion is giving this as much as he can, I'll give him that. The dude was legitimately talented as a wrestler and a talker. Not saying this interview is any GOOD, or anything better than cringe-inducing. But Champion is a guy who should have gone farther than he did.
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    They are now attempting to make the Warrior into a full-blown cult leader, assimilating Little Warriors like common Borg. Yeah, this'll turn things around.
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    Duggan and Volkoff are very happy and thankful. Sarge cuts another on-location promo, but apparently this time it's on a satellite hook-up with Vince in the booth. Boy Scouts are little pukes! Slaughter will declare war at SummerSlam. Slaughter will be interviewed by a Real American at SummerSlam: Brother Love!
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    Sapphire has an expensive bracelet and necklace, and now a cruise around the world. Sapphire loves whoever is sending these...and so does Dusty?? Jesus, what a chump. Dusty says that in Austin, Texas they didn't have no kings and queens--who was it that he wined and dined with, then? Dusty promises to get SATISFACTION at the Macho King's expense at SummerSlam. I really have to express again what an endless fucking feud this was. I was absolutely beyond insulted that the WWF would have the nerve to expect us to pay money for a PPV that featured Sapphire vs. Sherri in a singles match.
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    Jeannie has more pictures of Chris, including what's definitely a picture of Sunshine (acknowledged by name) and what appears to be one with Baby Doll. And one with a piece of paper taped over his naughty bits. Toni goes after them but is quickly overpowered by Percy and hit in the bad ribs again by Jeannie ("You bitch!") before Chris breaks things up, and getting some licks in on Austin. Jeannie, Percy, and Austin are out again with a report from a private detective they've hired--he followed Chris to a fancy restaurant where he's meeting up with an attractive female with his wedding ring off. Jeannie is at her absolute best here. This seems to be quite the smoking gun, or so Toni believes. Adams yells at her for "falling for this set-up." Um, Chris, she's blowing in your ear and kissing you. Toni slaps Chris and storms off! Clips from Toni vs. Jeannie, Austin & Chris barred from ringside. Percy Pringle isn't, though, and waddles in for the DQ. Toni gets in some offense, including tearing off Jeannie's sports bra, but gets overwhelmed until Chris Von Erich makes the save. THAT brings out Austin who whales away on Chris--"An obvious mismatch" as Joe Pedicino candidly points out. NOW Chris Adams finally comes out, but too late to save Chris from an Austin/Pringle spike piledriver. Percy has a great look on his face as he tears a Chris & Toni picture in half. Austin references what's either the come-as-you-are street fight we saw or another one where Austin wore his football gear. Jeannie is getting better and better on the stick, giving a fabulously gloat-heavy promo. Percy cuts another scathing promo on Chris Von Erich, and he cracks me up with an obvious but still inspired gag by producing Chris' "first publicity photo"--a midget shot of the "Modern Day Smurf." Von Erich takes out Percy but yet another babyface makes a run-in into a war zone. The Other Chris quickly makes the save and it's a crazy scene at ringside. It's supposed to be Austin, Pringle, & Jeannie vs. Chris, Chris, & Toni on Friday night--but they tease that Toni won't be there. Chris and Chris make nice with each other and Adams screams that Jeannie is GOOFY! GOOFY! YOU'RE GOOFY! Von Erich makes nasty faces...sigh. He really, really tried. This is getting better and better, though Adams has always come off as a bit of a hotheaded dumbass throughout and his accusing Toni of more or less being stupid isn't doing him any favors either.
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    ORIGIN UNKNOWN: THE MYSTERIOUS PEARL. I'm trying to dispense with the sarcastic all-caps, but sometimes it's hard. Caudle trenchantly points out that he "must be an Oriental." White gloves + black and white mask + martial arts pose = Asian? Pearl runs through the throat slash, the handspring elbow, the power elbow drop, and the moonsault all spaced out over a squash that feels about 8 hours long. Did even the densest mark really buy that this was Muta?
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    A NUMBER TWO CONTENDERS' match. Is Snowman still even around? This is perfectly workmanlike and nothing actively bad at all, but it seems like its spinning its wheels until the inevitable run-in finish. It's DWB, but the 2-on-1 is quickly broken up by Lawler...until BUNDY THE GORILLA attacks from ringside. I approve of any rehashes of legendary Bill Watts angles. Bundy unmasks to reveal John Tatum, miraculously recovered from his horrifying, crippling neck injury. This stuff normally doesn't concern me, but I'm glad Loss brought up all the baseball bat shots. One shot of a bat--especially an aluminum one--will fuck you up, big time. I guess I'm selfishly more concerned about bat shots not meaning anything than influencing kids, but that's a legit problem as well. Even Sting tended not to swing it at people--most of the time he just threatened guys with it and that was enough. Gilbert and Tatum gloat over at the desk. Nobody makes a monkey out of John Tatum! We then get taken backstage to see the real Bundy the Gorilla gagged and tied up backstage. Great little attention to detail.
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    Gilbert's brilliant planning could save Kuwait! Great stuff from all THREE people--yes, Kimberly actually delivers a genuinely good promo. Gilbert begs her to strip Tessa naked. The promise of female nudity is getting way more play than the stretcher match.
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    The PHOTOGRAPHER who had his camera taken by Gilbert has turned heel and cost Lawler & Dundee the match at the MSC. Glorious--I'd have paid honest to God cash to see this angle run with Bill Apter somewhere. This sets up a stretcher match for this Monday. In addition, Tessa meets the Dirty White Girl in an 8-years-before-its-time first-to-get-their-dress-ripped-off-loses match. Tessa sends in a taped promo. Eddie Marlin has banned her from the studio on account of her promising to strip the Dirty White Girl the next time she sees her.
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    Brody's Winnipeg promo where he dances a jig to impersonate Greg Gagne >> any Sid promo, whether ironically or unironically enjoyed.
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    I'm definitely more towards Loss' views on this subject. My wrestling viewing now more or less consists of the '80s sets, stuff specifically pimped out/recommended to view on Youtube or DailyMotion, and now the yearbooks. In other words, stuff that was specifically noted by somebody after the fact as, "This is something you should watch." That pretty much requires you to go into everything with an open mind. A top 150 AWA '80s match involving Big John Studd? Jimmy Valiant working in 1990? 5-10 years ago I'd groan and FF but now I have to go in thinking, "Let's see why other people thought this was important to see." Obviously I have some preferences over others when it comes to wrestlers. But my Fav Five thread would change every other week and included guys who could hardly be considered "favorites"--just the guys like Angel Azteca I was most interested in seeing more of. My musical interests are nothing whatsoever like this. There are acts where I will absolutely swallow up every ounce of output I can get. Don't ask me to explain this.
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    No anger. That post deserved a smiley of its own.
  20. PeteF3
    So's DiBiase's career. Who the fuck cares how the state of kayfabe in 2012 relates to DiBiase? We can discuss that in the "John Cena: Brawler or Technician" thread.
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    "A running team" in football used to be the old three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust, grind-it-out, Woody Hayes offense--passing only when necessary. Now, particularly in the NFL, you're a "running team" if you rush on 50% of your plays. These things can happen. This is a performance art not a sport. Is this sort of how Nickelback became metal or something? My view is in that in pro wrestling perception is reality. DiBiase in kayfabe terms was a technician--so that's what he is.
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    "A running team" in football used to be the old three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust, grind-it-out, Woody Hayes offense--passing only when necessary. Now, particularly in the NFL, you're a "running team" if you rush on 50% of your plays. These things can happen.
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    The Puerto Rico match sounds interesting, but I thought Perez was a gigantic pile of shit in both World Class and Mid-South and other than that Abby match I have no desire to watch him again. He has a match with Tito on Prime Time that I thought was okay.
  24. PeteF3
    1. Jerry Lawler - Even though I used to think he was the greatest ever at being either a heel or babyface I'm now convinced well into the 1990 set that he was better as a babyface, and oddly better as a babyface champion than heel champion which is pretty backwards. That said, Lawler's high-end stuff is more versatile than he gets credit for and as the Snowman feud indicates the dude is full of surprises. Not everything hits (I really didn't like that Fujinami match at all) but you're always at least glad you saw it. 2. Terry Funk - See above, but more versatile. Would be a #1 GOAT if I had to do a ballot right now. 3. Steve Veidor - Really one of the all-time great babyfaces--sadly I don't think a ton more footage is going to turn up of him that isn't out there already, unless someone digs out the Inoki match that I think he had or that damned missing third fall from his match with Pete Roberts. Veidor vs. Gwyn Davies is still my favorite WOS match (or at least my favorite complete one) and it's about as epic as the style ever got. His matches that exist never fail to be less than awesome when he's not albatrossed by Haystacks and Daddy. 4. Stan Hansen - Not really a pick that I feel the need to explain. My plowing through of the All-Japan seasons died out at the beginning of '93, so what I really want to see are the last vestiges of Hansen as the aging, respected veteran. 5. Angel Azteca - Because I'd never heard of the guy before starting the 1990 yearbook and he's had a MOTYC that some people are calling a GOAT candidate and looked really awesome in the trios matches, too.
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    I mute or DVR-FF ads at almost every opportunity nowadays. But when I got my SNME set, I was positively giddy when a particular show still had the commercials.
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