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Action here looked pretty good but I can't believe that Ace and Barton won the belts here. Of all of the gaijin tag teams in All Japan lore, this feels pretty low on the totem poll. -
WrestleMania vs. Starrcade Will is joined by Pete & Parv (Titans of Wrestling) and Kris Zellner (Exile on Badstreet) to compare the two flagship shows of the NWA and WWF. We run through the first decade of each show, decide which company had the better show each year and decide the best and worst shows of the bunch. http://placetobenation.com/good-will-wrestling-wrestlemania-vs-starrcade/
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This is one feud I don't really think off immediately as feud of the 90's but it may have a claim. The matches in 94, 98, and now 99 are great. I still have the 93 singles matches to watch but the build and tags up to that point have been nothing short of awesome. Here was an interesting worked match really worked around the strikes of each man but it was incredibly stiff and compelling. It feels like a stripped down war which is a natural progression from where the feud has been going. I havent really heard much of anything about Tenryu's 1999 before and maybe its just chalked up as another great year for him but he has had some incredible stuff and is one of the highlights so far. Hashimoto hits a nasty brainbuster after almost exclusive striking up to that point. Tenryu stops him dead in his tracks with a straight right. Hash responds with some great hooks of his own that seems uncharacteristic. Tenryu makes a run and hits a running chop ti win the match. The finish was a little anitclimatic but I was surprised at the result and loved the build to it. ****
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I was wondering how the whole match had been as Kanemoto has been great and Ka Shin has been a whole lot better than I figured even though he shouldn't really be in this position. Pretty short final overall only going 13 minutes in full. The clips we get here is fun with Ka Shin going after the arm and finally winning what I would consider an upset with a big cross arm breaker.
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Another classy tribute to Owen Hart. Japan's tributes this year have been top notch.
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Earlier we saw Mark Henry take a shit and now we get PMS talking about sex.
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Vince locking himself in seems like a smart strategy. Jarrett cracks him with yet another horrendous chair shot in 1999 and Vince picks up the duke with the ankle lock.
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Vince's horror at Steph dating a blonde haired wrestler is pretty funny in retrospect. Lots of stuff got kickstarted with this Raw.
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Vince's evil face and JR's response is great but this was a pretty awful choice given the build up and feels like an opportunity for WCW if they weren't doing something worse. Really this is in a lot of ways the first major mis step since the WWF upswing IMO. The immediate angle afterward did as good as they could to salvage the reveal but it still feels like a missed opportunity.
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The White Hummer has arrived. This was bad and what was Nash's objectives. Did he think he was really going to have a foursome with the ladies? This is so bad all around.
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What the fuck was this mess. On any other show, this would be the worst thing happening. Here, it is just a confusing segment. Piper buries Bagwell and WCW by not ever wrestling in the mecca of pro wrestling despite being in the biz for 8 years. I don't really know what giving the ball to him implies at GAB. Also, they are running Piper vs. Flair again???? WHY?
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So yeah, this angle has been awful and this is the crown jewel (or shit) of the whole ordeal. Savage gets one upped again and Bischoff's overbearing laugh may be my least favorite WCW moment yet. Did he even buy half of this shit? Anyway, the highlight was seeing David Crockett sell the sewage in the aftermath. This is honestly one of the worst things I have ever seen in wrestling to build a main event program.
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I was wondering how this got leaked. Well at least Bischoff was right in his guess here. This three men booth feels hollow and sad trying to hype the show.
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Something smells with savage. Maybe it is this angle (see what I did there).
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I didn't recognize this interviewer either. Anyway, the audio cuts out a bit but Austin wont reveal who the higher power is.
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Pretty weak Power Pro overall. Who put cory in the cage and why? Now that Tim mentions that is Lawler's other son, I see the resemblance. Match was ok for what it was and Smooth did some good bumps in there with Angle. *1/2
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JImmy had some Copenhagen in his mouth and when he kissed Cory, Cory stole it. No idea what that means or has anything to do with what is going on but It is Jimmy so I just go with it.
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Bad Booking in WrestleMania History Part 2: Will is joined by Pete (Titans of Wrestling) & Dave Musgrave (Wrestling Culture) to discuss the worst booking decisions in WrestleMania history. We take a look at Mania 16-30 and the matches that should have been booked and the ones we wished we never saw. We also have a heated discussion on the role of the World Title at Mania and compare Daniel Bryan to other past Mania main eventers. http://placetobenation.com/good-will-wrestling-bad-booking-in-wrestlemania-history-part-2/
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NIce pull apart here and this is by far the best of the top three programs going on right now.
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This is certainly not good. I don't think I have as much viscerally hate for this as others as I just view it as wrestlecrap worthy and not something offensive but it does pour away some of the goodwill WCW has gained throughout the year for me including stuff I defend to a degree like Flair for the Gold. Collette cast in this way was so stereotypical and the melodrama is too much.
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LOL the music threw me off too. THis would have been so much better with Parker just talking at Center Stage instead of the over production we get here. This was pretty poor.
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Foreshadowing of the Larry Z program already. This feels like an odd and dead gimmick on the surface especially with established Dundee in the role but they made it work well.
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The brawl was disappointing and probably the biggest mis - step in SMW this year. Morton's promo is one of his best as he is bloodied and all fired up and actually makes me care.
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Diesel has debuted and looks to have a gimmick he can work with. WE get some promos from Shawn and Crush about the KOTR match. That wasn't exactly a hot program overall.
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Im excited about Funk vs. Gilbert still but don't really like/get Paul E. interjecting himself.