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  1. TravJ1979
    Austin coming off like a bad ass fighting off the Nation and Savio, running into the lion's den and stunning Phineas and ducking back out. And for the icing on the cake his kicks a downed, prone Mark Henry in the ass on his way up the ramp. Austin is on fire during this era and it's exciting to relive. The only thing that would have been better is him giving a stunner to HTM. RATING: Austin at the top of his game.
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    A very good segment even if I don't like the darker feel of Attitude Era WWF. Obnoxious Shawn will be gone in a couple of months, but the downside is out will come even more obnoxious Triple H. RATING: Are you ready? No. Not at all.
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    I took the boos as being for Mike Tyson with Vince just acting like he's surprised that his idea may not be something the fans want. It all works out in the end though as the Tyson/Austin segment puts the death knell in WCW's coffin. RATING: A healthy dose of cliche VKM.
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    Luna looks adorable. JR's "You wanna talk about hardcore? There's your man, Cactus Jack." was such a great line I remember recording it on a tape recorder held up to the TV as part of a sounds of wrestling compilation I started in one of my early manic states. Knowing what I know now, I'm surprised Foley didn't dedicate a whole chapter in one of his many books about how Goldust padding his ass to make it look huge hurt his feelings. He sure loves that Ole/McGuire Twin reference. RATING: Take two stunners and call me in the morning.
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    Everything was great about this except Foley seemingly apologizing for Funk dressing up and calling himself Chainsaw Charlie. I marked huge when this first aired for the IWA Japan footage and made it a point to tell everyone what matches those clips were from. A newborn smark is the worst kind of smark. RATING: Was IWA KOTDM 95 tournament your first Japan tape as well?
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    JR cosplaying Mean Gene. Hogan at the Rumble? Never going to happen. RATING: To hot to rate here, call my hotline...
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    Yeah Jim proclaiming RNR as the best tag team just clashed with the programming of my brain. Luckily we are sparred a Harris Bros. match and just get the bullet points of the extremely short lived NWA revival. RATING: If you have Rock in your name, then the Rockers theme will work for you. Dodged a bullet there, Dwayne.
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    Luna coming out as a Dudette later in the show is a lot more attractive than Goldust here. Mero is an idiot and JR has to cover for him. In 1994, Dustin Rhodes was a top level wrestler having great matches. Four years later he is out of shape dressing in XXL lingerie. RATING: I wonder what Brock thinks of SableDust.
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    Pinnacle Austin. The bulls eye was a helluva touch. I wonder if Russo takes credit for that as well. A great build to the Royal Rumble match itself. Easy to see why WWF is about to take over from WCW for good. RATING: Oh. Hell. Yeah.
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    A 32 and 28 year old man being excited about "COLLEGE CHICKS!" is creepy and sad all in one package. Shawn does have the doucheist hairstyle here and Triple H comes off as the nerdy kid being giddy about getting to hang out with the cool kid. Interesting seeing Triple H mock Flair here. RATING: Man-children in a limo
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    At the beginning of the show we hear of the dissension between Savage and Hogan/Nash, but this picks up with Savage and Hogan getting along swimmingly at ringside. Nothing in this whole segment is entertaining or sensible. You can feel Savage wanting to attack Nash from the beginning, and of course it backfires. This breakup could have been executed much better. RATING: Starting to remember why 98/99 is my least favorite period of 90s wrestling.
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    Somewhat of a rehash of the small angle from when Flair arrived in the WWF in the summer of 1991. Instead of applying the Figure Four multiple times to injure the knee, he uses the ring post version to further the feud with Bret even more. Bret runs in and chases Flair for the save. That makes twice, the first being the run in at the Nitro after Starrcade he did during the Sting/Hogan match that I've noticed Bret runs awkwardly - It's like he runs as if he is being forced to do so while straddling a coffee table. RATING: Enjoying Ric while I can in 1998.
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    Funny how my favorite Jericho periods are exactly ten years apart. This from 1998 and 1999 and then again in 2008 and 2009. Jericho is a natural heel in this era and I'm glad that stopped trying to push the baby face. Jericho attacks Rey and Juventud comes out to make the save, but our hero fell off the ropes before making any headway. Juventud then decides to not be a hero, but rather an opportunist and makes quick work of Rey after Jericho had done damage to his back. RATING: That's one way to get your frustration out over blowing a move.
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    Short and convincing which is the best you can hope for with Goldberg at this stage. The faux MMA stuff really exposes Goldberg who should stick to power moves. It's as if he took one BJJ class and decided he was competent. Spear and Jackhammer ends it, which is all the people really want. RATING: Almost as exposing as Regal will make Goldberg look next month.
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    Flannel Nash downplaying any possible threat is so Meta-Nash. Included for continuity sake. RATING: NWO is just too cool for school.
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    Miles better than N2R 1997. Still I didn't like any of this pre-Sabu smashing his face into the guard rail. Sandman struck me as two parts Ian Rotten, one part Jeff the drunk from the Howard Stern show. He doesn't take bumps, he just falls down. He visibly balded on camera ... just terrible. I enjoy the blood and brutality in the finishing stretch, but the backyard style, benign 'hardcore' spots in the beginning and middle took me down too far to get back up to a level where I could enjoy this. RATING: A for effort, B for blading, C for clusterfuck
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    Pre-RVD being over like mad. It takes a half-naked Francine and Sunny to pop the crowd in any significant way. Bam Bam teases throwing RVD into the crowd which we all know is never going to happen. RVD does his flippy stuff. Nothing much to this at all. RATING: Sunny Days and a Full Moon.
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    Before the knee work I wasn't into this at all. Jason grabs Sasuke's foot too early, but he still gets in the Space Flying Tiger Drop. The finishing stretch was entertaining and it got me to thinking, was Great Sasuke even nominated in GWE? Looking he came in at #116, but I remember none of that. Anyway, the match turned out decent, but probably nothing I'd need to revisit for any reason. RATING: Justin Incredibly mediocre wrestling.
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    Hogan can not lose his heat. Hogan must not lose clean. His name was Robert Paulson. Seriously, the incompetence it takes to screw up a year long build to the most anticipated match in WCW history in just a matter of days. I blame Hogan 100%. Another 'can't miss Thunder' agenda with the showing of the Nitro match finish and Sting speaking. Little do the fans know that in a few weeks Thunder will be all Jerry Flynn v. Ciclope matches. RATING: Hogan should have retired from active competition after Starrcade 1997(at least until the WWE nostalgia run) and be a catalyst in the breakup of NWO from the sidelines.
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    A slightly less entertaining version of the tremendous Nitro face-to-face. Bret really is outclassed here on the mic and it kind of shows in his face as he walks alway that he knows it. Flair is more alive than he has been in a long while. RATING: An example of Flair 'Staying the man.'
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    Juventud wins with the 450 splash, not the Juvi Driver. The win was definitely to get over the 'importance' of Thunder on it's debut show. The finish is pretty much the whole clip although we do get a replay of a modified Asai moonsault where Ultimo's face hits more of the apron than his body does Juventud. RATING: Ultimo on his way down while Juventud is on his way up.
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    Oh, look, more Zbyszko. zzZZZZzzzzZZZZ RATING: Repeating to myself "It's almost over. Less Larry coming up."
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    Even eighteen years past the fact, Zbyszko seeming has to mention Shea Stadium as if it still means something to the average 1998 fan. Larry can bench 405lbs? I highly doubt that. I don't think I've ever seen a good Zbyszko singles match and he shoot thinks he's a legend just because the audience does their Pavlovian response of, "Larry, Larry" every Nitro. Rating: 891,980 reasons to never watch this again.
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    I was never a fan of Luger, but he screams his way through a decent and surprisingly logical promo countering what JJ Dillon says about Nick Lambros' mandate to maintain order. RATING: Luger is mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore!
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    After a loss, Hogan sure is determined to bury and undermine anything to make sure he stays on top. He mocks Bret's catchphrase oh so subtly, mimics a slow three count ad nauseam to beat it into our heads that he didn't really lose and obnoxiously praises himself. RATING: Maximum Insecurity
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