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  1. MikeCampbell
    Steve Keirn says it's not true that they're shutting down and that the WWE will be making a statement saying as such today. I personally think it'd be funnier if it was true, and they just hadn't gotten around to telling the boys at FCW yet. Of course it's not the first time it's been reported that the WWE is dropping their developmental league. Keller said the same thing back in '03, that they were dumping OVW to start one in New England.
  2. MikeCampbell
    http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/...-Cold-Truth.htm
  3. MikeCampbell
    I've got DDP's back, if for no other reason, then the fact that he talked about bringing the various diamond dolls to the AWA, with several accompanying shots of them.
  4. MikeCampbell
    See the bolded portion From all accounts, Andy loved wrestling and had HUGE respect for the business.
  5. MikeCampbell
    What I'd read was that Austin wanted Owen to drop to his knees, but Owen insisted that he was sitting out with it. It's Owen, so Austin figures he's just ribbing him about it. Then they do the spot, and Owen really did sit out.
  6. MikeCampbell
    I love that the one about Southern Wrestling was started with Joey Styles saying "I really have no business talking about this."
  7. MikeCampbell
    Shane Douglas from mid to late '96 until early '97. At Barely Legal the fans were chanting "Break his neck!" during his match.
  8. MikeCampbell
    John, you make that sound like a bad thing. I'm hoping to check this out soon, because I'm a big fan of Naito. Right now I'm making my way through last year's champions carnival.
  9. MikeCampbell
    I didn't love this match, but I liked it. What really brought it down for me was Owen doing some good work on Shawn's back to set up the sharpshooter, and Shawn taking some big bumps (the corner bump and powerslam on the floor both spring to mind quickly), but Shawn never sold the back all that well. Even worse was that after Owen had to break the sharpshooter, Shawn's first spot was a jumping reverse prawn hold. But I liked everything else, Shawn's bumping was great, and he sold the enzuigiri perfectly. I also enjoyed their early crowd play, especially Owen rolling to the floor to try high five the fans and he gets met with boos, and Shawn's hair pulling stuff driving Cornette nuts was great fun. Overall, I thought it was good, but not great.
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    I just watched this in full to review for 411, I gotta say I was pleasantly surprised by this. I'd always heard this match get absolutely panned, but I thought it was actually quite good, once you get past the early portion of UT trying to smother Bret. This is basically Bret working his type of match (wrestling based) and Taker working his sort of match, but it actually comes off pretty well. Bret is great at working over UT's leg, and it's probably as much as UT had ever sold up to this point. Bret works in some nice heel touches, and even the FIVE MOVES OF DOOM works here, with Bret using them trying to keep UT down, but he keeps sitting back up. UT had spent almost four years stuck working with monster heels (Kamala, Gonzales, Yoko, Bundy, and Mabel) where all he had to do was let the heel work him over and work in his basic spots, which is what he does here, only Bret is wrestling him rather than Mabel or Yoko throwing their weight around.
  11. MikeCampbell
    Looking over Graham's '86 results, it looks like Owen only worked the house show circuit, mostly in Canada. He dd work the final All Star Wrestling taping, but Graham's page doesn't indicate that the match aired.
  12. MikeCampbell
    This has been the best SMW thing I've watched since I picked up and started the 1992 season.
  13. MikeCampbell
    I rather enjoyed the Stallions/Rougeaus match from the 5/88 MSG show.
  14. MikeCampbell
    The ten man tag that got axed from 'Mania (because the heels couldn't decide who the captain was) and wound up being on RAW a couple weeks later.
  15. MikeCampbell
    The Ken Patera/Pedro Morales WWF IC Title change from MSG in December '80. Rougeau Brothers vs. Hart Foundation from Montreal in '87, the Rougeaus win the WWF Tag Titles before decision is reversed. The league match between Misawa and Taue from the '96 Carny.
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    I saw this for the first time a few months ago, and I was with Loss. I just couldn't understand the big deal besides Bret getting opened up and the finish wasn't typical of the WWF. I'm probably gonna watch this again sometime soon, so I'm hoping something changes for me.
  17. MikeCampbell
    So basically, Alvarez ranks him so highly because of a worked accomplishment and the fact that he was a bit player in an angle that's widely considered to a huge disappointment.
  18. MikeCampbell
    Tito/JYD vs. Valentine/Beefcake (before they officially formed the Dream Team) from April '85 is fun. In their backstage promo, JYD coins Brutus "Brutus Fruitcake" which I recall quite a few people stealing when doing interviews about him.
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    I mentioned a few pages back about the Owen Hart "Kicked your leg out of your leg" promo. I actually watched the '94 Rumble PPV for the first time the other night, and I think the whole segment should be earmarked. The video package with Owen and Bret's dissension, the match, and the angle and promo.
  20. MikeCampbell
    I'm pretty sure guys on Legends contracts can still work indies, but obviously the WWE's commitments come first. My local indy has brought in plenty of WWE legends guys over the last couple of years, Jerry Lawler has even done a couple of shots.
  21. MikeCampbell
    DISCLAIMER: It's been years since I've seen it. But I really enjoyed Steamboat vs. Beefcake from 5/26/85 (included on the Steamboat Coliseum Video).
  22. MikeCampbell
    Cena does the Super FU and Punk has done the Super G2S. I feel like Daniel Bryan has done some off the top throws as well. Angle used to be fucking in love with running up the corner suplexing his opponent off.
  23. MikeCampbell
    I'm just talking hypothetically here, although I'd love to sit down with a bunch of Flair matches and check it out, but couldn't one argue that Flair intentionally does things like that in order to lull his opponent into a false sense of security? They think they've got Flair right where they want him, and then Flair can pounce with the nutshot or roll them up and grab the tights/ropes and keep the title?
  24. MikeCampbell
    I couldn't tell you the last time I saw someone do the back body drop counter to the piledriver into a pinning position.
  25. MikeCampbell
    I don't get why they'd book Nash/Davey Boy in Canada in the first place. Heel or not, Davey is bound to have his share of fans up in Canada with his connection to the Hart family and history in Stampede.
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