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  1. El-P
    So, no one is watching LU anymore ? This was clearly a lesser episode this week. A Puma squash, which is nice, and the confrontation with Hernandez was fine. Daivari really shows me nothing for now. I don't enjoy this feud at all, and I enjoyed Big Ryck as a babyface, so, this does nothing for me as a whole. The ladder match was good though, with an amazing dive by Angelico again. I enjoyed the way they actually teased spots instead of just going insane. Ivelisse getting the cake at the end while everyone is down was a nice touch, but I really can do without women getting punched in the face. The vignettes are still awesome though, and Dario Cueto remains da boss.
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    Seriously, I need to jump into this at some point, if only to listen to freakin' Roger Couderc. These are all the guys Eddie Carpentier was always talking about when he was announcing WWF Superstars with Guy Hauray. Great thread Dan.
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    Can't vote at this point. Both are N°1 contender to me. I would need to watch more 70's stuff and more Puerto Rico.
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    Interesting indeed. I picked Dustin for reasons already talked about by Matt & Dylan, mostly.
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    Agreed. I guess the whole indy mindset comes from there too. ECW and its "smart" crowds, the developping of tape trading and the aesthetic influence of lucha and puroresu all led to a new generation of workers being too self-conscious about what they were doing, too keen on getting the audience's complicity and approbation. Basically, working for snowflakes instead of heat. That is the real tragedy of the total loss of kayfabe. The whole self-conscious epic mentality derives from that as well, with the added negative of the over-formulaic idea of what a great nearfall is supposed to be. It's not supposed to be kicking out of a finisher. It's supposed to be believable in the sense you really feel it's over (and that's why I love me some Raven matches, because he could build to legit great nearfalls with his dog & pony show that still worked on me 10 years after the fact).
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    Warrior brought more to the table in the best matches he's been involved in (Rude, Savage), so he takes the cake for me. Sid can be funnier and could be a decent promo. But really, it's like choosing between aids and cancer.
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    Because guys with piercings listening to metal sure love to throw up on each other and pour hot wax on themselves. Don't they ? Yes, they sure do. Vince was so out of touch and fascinated with crass stuff. It made the Head Bangers look cartoonier than they needed to be. Well, they were still better than Rad Radford.
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    Dead crowd notwithstanding (yeah, I'm getting too much of Vince calling the action), this is a decent segment in which Austin cuts the best promo of the four, but nothing earth shattering.
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    Savio Vega/TNT

    El-P replied to Grimmas's topic in Nominees

    Interesting match for Savio is the one from Shotgun Saturday Night where he turns on Rocky Maivia. Works a good babyface match during the first half, then totally changes his style and showcase his heel work, with a lot of agression, building to Rocky's hope spots and comebacks, and bitchslapping him a bit too. Looks just as good in both roles (kinda remember that random Tito Santana vs Koko B. Ware from 91 or so in MSG where Koko all of a sudden worked heel).
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    I don't really keep track of dates and such anymore, but which one is that ?
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    I've seen every Hennig vs Rose matches, and I wouldn't put any of them above the 93 KOTR match, really. Bockwinckle was most probably Hennig's best opponent though. Well, he was the best opponent of a number of guys too.
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    1997 WWF TV. I haven't watched that stuff since it happened. Kinda makes me feel a bit old, but it's awesome revisiting this period which has been my favourite ever for the WWF (and watching wrestling as it happened), up until SummerSlam 98.
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    A match we'd get a gazillion times during the next two years, but it was still fresh and new at this time. The ending is chaotic and crazy, and the WWF looks like a hot promotion again. It's too bad they gave up on Vader, because he does absolutely look like he belongs here and brings legit star power to the main event scene.
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    Definitely. This feels like the beginning of something hot, juste like when Hall showed up on Nitro. I haven't watched that stuff basically since it happened, and not only it's great to watch it back because it brings back so much great memories, but it also looks even better with time compared to how things are today. That "jackass" line was classic Austin.
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    If you have to pinpoint where things really turned into the right direction, this is it. Classic promo from Bret, the first "I've been screwed by you" mention ever, Austin looking dangerously like the hottest thing in the company on the mic. And JR wearing his cowboy hat for the first time on RAW (he wore it on Shotgun the Saturday before). Yes, this is when RAW became hot.
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    Yet another feud that would have been interesting, 7 years after The Natural vs Stunning Steve. At this point Goldust basically works like Dustin. It's too bad he was de-emphasized in 97 after the face turn.
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    Insane promo from Funk who probably thinks he's in ECW still. He really doesn't give a fuck. Austin is great here, and we get a tease of what could have been an amazing feud. Yeah, it's too bad Terry didn't sign with the WWF, if only for that match alone.
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    Dixie and Russo deserve each other.
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    I've watched every Hennig there is to watch from the AWA and the vaunted Buddy Rose program from Portland (which was good, even very good). Bret still wins. Easily.
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    Interesting how slowly and organically the whole Hart Foundation coming together was happening at that time. Without being planned or even thought out at this point, really. WWF totally lucked out with so many things at this point, but it was so much more compelling to watch than the dull over-scripted product they've been delivering since the 00's. Rocky is still basically Rocky Johnson Jr. at this point. Yeah, in two years he'll be the biggest star in the business, that's amazing when you think of it.
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    Indeed. Shawn's promo is just blah, and he does look like he's actively reading off cue cards. Meanwhile, Sid does a very good promo in which he quotes Nietzsche. That has to be a first in a wrestling promo. The empty Alamo Dome echoing Sid's voice and the way he turned the camera around made for pretty cool visual and sound effects.
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    Including really stupid ones. Russo must have been somewhere behind this kind of crap.
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    Fuck yes. Plus Raven doing 1996 ECW is coming. The two I was most looking forward to in forever.
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    Agreed.
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    Tatsuhito Takaiwa

    El-P replied to Grimmas's topic in Nominees

    Boum, powerbomb, concussion. From what I remember, easily the lesser worker of the pushed NJ junior from the late 90's (not including Kendo Kashin of course). No idea what I would think about his work today though.
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