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  1. soup23
    Wanted to chime in that I started with the April 88 Windham/Tully match since it may be taken down anyday now. I haven't watched the 1/88 match in quite some time but I thought this match was great. 16 minutes of all action, Windham killing himself by throwing himself into the guardrail twice, and some of the best delayed selling I have ever seen from both men. I also liked the finish since based on JJ's interference during the match, they ran through the gambit of predictable finishes but each one got neutralized leading to a satisfactory finish. I never will understand why Windham turned as the trio of him/Luger/Sting along with the last ride of Dusty going against the Horseman seems like the perfect ready made feud of 1988
  2. soup23
    I probably align mostly with childs on this one. Early 10-15 minutes were pretty ho hum with a lot of instances where i thought Fujinami looked actively bad. Then Flair bladed and this turned around big time and the ending stretch was pretty hot. Finish is dumb as hell. Good show overall though with 4 matches at least flirting with 3 stars.
  3. soup23
    My distaste for the Steiners is pretty well known by now so I was not expecting much from this. It actually may have been better than I would have thought going in as I thought it was a very good all action type match. MOTY is pretty lol worthy but I think we all could have predicted that coming in already.
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    I agree that the psychology was a little wonky for this match and not a ton made sense at time but there is just something about these two in the ring together that always feels like a comic book coming to life. This is nothing that I would call great or even good but it certainly was fun to me and I think these two together are a great special attraction match for a card.
  5. soup23
    Liger is 2 for 2 so far this year with me. I thought this was really good stuff with some nice body work and Liger being resilient and throwing some nasty offense to put him away.
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    I was wondering the same thing about the motorcycle injury. Great stuff all around and this feels like the third most important match for mania ahead of the IC and Tag titles. In fact, I don't know how much there was to it but Nasties vs. Harts based on yearbook footage was around #6 on card importance.
  7. soup23
    Yeah Bearer and Taker mentioning Warrior in passing is a good way to set up future stuff but him coming out here felt odd and diluted especially since not a peep is made of it for WM 7. Good stuff from Savage again as he put his all into making this angle work.
  8. soup23
    Had the Hogan and Roberts buddies myself. One of my favorite toys as a kid.
  9. soup23
    Weird trio and not an angle I could get into. I also found it odd that they chose to close the show with this.
  10. soup23
    Good insight into how good Dundee could be as a studio worker as this was three minutes but featured some nifty work. Dundee blades from the Austin beatdown to put it over and he gets the Oscar treatment getting his promo cut off.
  11. soup23
    This looked like another hot match and is a primitive set up for the 8 man tag coming up on Monday.
  12. soup23
    Man lawler makes the rounds today. Lawler's fired up promo is great stuff. I must disagree on his assertion of best looking fans but he says it with conviction. Gilbert also delivers some good stuff and I have really enjoyed his face run.
  13. soup23
    Quite the promo from Funk. Completely off the rails at points and on point at others. Fun stuff.
  14. soup23
    Kings gear in the MSC match is terrible. I feel conflicted with the Fargo stuff because it does pay off Funk's promo but it does cheapen the unified title since as I have commented before, Funk has actually stabilized. Funk throwing everything was sick. Match overall looks at least to be a great spectacle like their first two matches we have. Finish pissed me off and didn't set well since it didn't feel as much like Funk got his comeuppance as he was screwed. This honestly should have been Lawlers biggest win since he beat Von Erich. Brawl back in the studio is a good one and this was a fine way for the Hangman to make their presence known.
  15. soup23
    I remember the knighting of Hennan so vividly. Pretty fun reveal of the Queen with Hennan.
  16. soup23
    Ok, time for something to start happening with these.
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    Time for Hogan to pump the last bit of hype in Mania and it seems weird seeing Hogan in a live setting as most of his stuff has been in the green screen. I also liked the lack of interaction Hogan and Slaughter had with each other besides the Main Event stuff. I still havent found this angle as tasteless as the hype it receives.
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    I liked this promo and do wish one of these cage matches would surface. This felt more like some 80's big time Ric than most of his stuff since he lost the belt to Sting at GAB 90.
  19. soup23
    Pretty blah stuff. I think this match looks real bad coming right off the heels of Liger vs. Honaga because that was a simple match but executed much better. Tanaka is a guy in general I feel Im lower than a lot on.
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    Young as a face still seems weird to hear but he does garner a good response from the crowd. Austin is pretty much in his WCW gear by now with the robe and all. I thought this match was solid for a show opener but nothing I will remember a year from now. Pritchard has really established himself as a big name.
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    Along with the consensus that this was a nice find and if it is the first of things to come, I welcome it. Honaga started the match off hot and remained focus on his attack of Liger. They also did a great job in making the upset seem logical but not predictable. Bolsters the case that there was some variety in 1990 New Japan junior matches.
  22. soup23
    Really memorable stuff from Ted here and his treatment of the limo driver was great.
  23. soup23
    I didn't like the opening boxing exchange at all and thought the punches looked weak. Then Michaels takes that crazy bump and this match turns around. Perfects work was pretty good and focused. Finish was pretty crappy and overbooked but did help advance storylines heading into Mania.
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    I would throw Benoit into this category to from around 1996-1999. He was getting consistently very good to great responses that rivaled main eventers from Great American Bash 1996 on. Yet, he didn't main event a PPV until November 1999 and even in that match with Bret Hart, he was treated like an up and comer on the brink of stardom.
  25. soup23
    I think most of the hate from the Freebirds results from the fact that most people posting on message board's today are not that familar with their Texas stuff and just have a working knowledge of their feud with the Von Erichs. Even though they still had some good matches, The Freebirds from 1989 was one of the lamest and most dated wrestling acts I can remember.
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