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  1. MikeCampbell
    This is as good an example as any at why NWA and WCW never really tried any "sports entertainment" stuff like vignettes for debuting workers. At least "Badstreet USA" had a following and got a crowd reaction.
  2. MikeCampbell
    This looks totally thrown together, but it's better than it has any right to be, in spite of Bagwell screwing things up quite often. But, Pillman, Tracy, and Taylor are determined to push through, and that's what happens. I think
  3. MikeCampbell
    I honestly didn't think too highly of this, especially with Rude, Steamer, and Sting involved. But it was fun for what it was meant to be, which is continuing the whole Dangerous Alliance angle. I could watch Rude sell all day long, and Jesse was awesome getting all worked up when Sting and Steamboat would switch illegally to keep working on Rude. The dogpile pin on Austin was amusing, and the Rude vs Steamboat issue is further heated up en route to Superbrawl, but I expected more.
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    I always heard this praised to the moon, and when I first saw it I was unimpressed. I always figured because the bar had been raised so much by the business that I just couldn't appreciate it for the time frame. But no, the Moondogs vs. Jarrett, Fuller, and Lawler stuff KILLS this sixteen ways from Sunday.
  5. MikeCampbell
    I'm sorry if I sound like I'm just parroting him here, but Loss nailed it. Flair does this promo in his gear too, and it stands out so much to me that it's almost distracting. It really wasn't noticeable at the time to me, because I'd only been watching NWA/WCW from '89 onward. But watching it now, I can't help but constantly notice it. I'm hoping I get used to it soon.
  6. MikeCampbell
    I don't think it's quite that often, but yeah, it seems to come up semi frequently.
  7. MikeCampbell
    The thing that always struck me about this match was the fact that it was a rare case where size really wasn't a big factor. Hughes and Vader were bigger, but the Steiners knew how to offset that. Yes, Vader probably bumps more than he should have, but he was a few months away from being groomed as top dog, so it's not a huge issue.
  8. MikeCampbell
    This was a nice continuation from the prior trios match that also saw Kawada try to take the fight to Jumbo. This also reaffirms my position as Jumbo being the best of all time. Misawa never had a match like this when he was the top dog in AJ or NOAH. He'd let Sano, Morishima, Rikio, Mossman, etc. tee off on him left and right and take the bumps, but he didn't actually put them over anywhere near what Jumbo does for Kawada. It helped that Kawada was so fired up and was busting offense I haven't seen him use much.
  9. MikeCampbell
    I think he may be right, Jingus. Smackdown was supposed to become the WCW show, but UPN balked because they wanted the WWF and weren't smartened up apparently that Vince actually owned the whole thing.
  10. MikeCampbell
    Thank you, Will, for adding the Flair/Hayes promo where Flair reveals his draw before the match proper started. I really have nothing to say that hasn't already been said. Flair puts on a great showing, Heenan is priceless in the booth, and I'm at a loss for any other Rumble with such a stacked and talented roster. I do like that Hogan eliminated UT, symbolically closing the book on that feud before moving onto another with Sid. Sidenote: I'll never understand why they didn't run with Hogan/Flair at Mania (aside from maybe Hogan not being around afterwards). It's certainly fresh, and it's a rare case of a Hogan opponent who can pull his own weight with promos, and, if booked right, it'd certainly have drawn. Hogan/Sid, to me, reeks of Vince not wanting to leave his comfort zone of Hogan taking on monster heel. Looking at the crowd, you could definitely tell that at least a good chunk were elated when Sid tossed Hogan. And this is another case where Hogan makes himself look bad. He gets legit eliminated, fair and square, and when Sid won't take the bait on the handshake, he just grabs him and pulls.
  11. MikeCampbell
    The match itself is alright, nothing great, but the aftermath is outstanding. I forgot about the corny sound effect that went with the cattle prod.
  12. MikeCampbell
    I found this to be an interesting contest, with a pair of legends in Caras and Wagner, a pair of current greats in Los Cowboys, and a pair of future greats in Lynn and Waltman. I really dug the camel clutch reversal sequence between Caras and Wagner, and Kid's dive was amazing.
  13. MikeCampbell
    If this is any indication, much like Casas never seemed to find a grove working Japan (at least based on the matches of his I've seen) Benoit has the same issue in Mexico. Of course, it would also be another coupe of years before Benoit found his grove and became a bad mofo. But just watching Benoit, Casas, and Santo in the same match is somewhat surreal 20 years later.
  14. MikeCampbell
    This strikes me as a bit similar to an All Japan trios match, the finish really wasn't in much doubt with Bagwell's presence sticking out like a sore thumb to me. Rick Rude sells an atomic drop better than anyone sells anything else. Between the Jumbo/Misawa groups, the DA in WCW, and I'm sure there will several choice trios matches from Mexico on this set, it really seems like 1992 is the year for great trios matches.
  15. MikeCampbell
    Another crazy, and totally fun, brawl. Lawler having the camera zoom in on the kid's back was a great visual. Lawler's promo was great, Jarrett's not so much.
  16. MikeCampbell
    Nice recap of some of Hogan's major programs, with video footage to boot. Like I said about the "Update" with the Mountie title win, this is the sort of stuff you don't see on RAW anymore that I wish we could. Aside from perhaps a quick video clip from the week before or the previous night's PPV. Typical Hogan promo.
  17. MikeCampbell
    I miss these sorts of segments. It seems like everything that gets shown on RAW has to have happened right then and there. Decent promo from Rougeau.
  18. MikeCampbell
    This is awesome, although I was left wondering what happened to Robert Fuller. Just a wild and bloody brawl, with Lawler swinging the broom like he was swinging for a home run.
  19. MikeCampbell
    Flynn throws a bunch of kicks, and I like the fact that the enzuigiri is treated like a somewhat lethal strike, the way Sano went down from it and seemed to be dazed. Cool finish with Sano scouting the enzuigiri and getting a crab hold for the submission. It was rather fun to watch, but reminds me why I'm not a huge fan of shootstyle.
  20. MikeCampbell
    This has always been my pick as the best ECW match of all time. Raven had been pissing off the fans at every turn, holding the title by the skin of his teeth, all the issues with Dreamer and Sandman. And this is Raven's comeuppance. Raven had taken beatings before, but nothing of this magnitude.
  21. MikeCampbell
    I remember this like it was yesterday. Shawn is such an arrogant jerk the whole time, and Heenan is in his glory "He tried to jump through the window!" And the Shawn Michaels we know and love (and sometimes love to hate) has arrived.
  22. MikeCampbell
    I cracked up at the spot where Simmons tried the double lariat and Rude ducked, but Larry didn't, and Rude started posing. I've got to wonder how much, if any, say Heyman had in who joined the alliance, because the only one who hadn't really come into his own at the time was Austin. The finish was cool, I'm surprised that nobody has stolen that one.
  23. MikeCampbell
    Jarrett's promo wasn't bad or anything (except for him saying the match was no DQ, and then proceeding to explain how using tables, bones and chairs were OK, just in case nobody knows what a no DQ match means), but he's just vanilla. Fuller was outstanding, and those chairs were pretty bad ass.
  24. MikeCampbell
    I can only assume Flair was in gear to do something to distinguish him from the Ric Flair that everyone would have seen on TBS. I love Flair promos like this, where he's so "in the zone" that you almost think he's a minute away from fainting because he's so worked up.
  25. MikeCampbell
    This could have been a real treat. Lawler's bumping and penchant for exaggerated selling and facials seem like a natural match for Bob's deceptive strength spots and his unmatched ability on the mat. But not on this night. Maybe if this happened in 1982 instead of 1992. The fact that both of them would be in the WWF by the end of the year is more interesting than the match itself.
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