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Really good stuff again. Luger must have been so thrilled to get back in WCW, getting big money and being used as a superstar again. Luger vs Savage was one feud they could have easily done in WWF but WCW got it right, another sign of the times.

Yeah, Pillman joigning Arn really came from nowhere, but Pillman badly needed the heel turn, his new babyface character with awful hard FM music and ugly trunks wasn't going anywhere. I always thought Pillman's promos as the Loose Cannon often sounded a bit forced though. Arn was excellent here, as usual.

Brotha, dude, brotha, dude, brotha, dude, machine against machine. Hogan was unbearable. The heel turn was so much needed.

Amazing mullet tha Lex was sporting at the time. Solid promo. Lex has always been good in this sort of things.

Dusty back on the mothaship !

Great segment, and it's striking how much lively this looks compared to the tired "one guy in the ring / one guy on the ramp" or over-scripted and badly acted "backstage vignette" format that has become the standart since the late 90's/early 00's. Flair is awesome here, and Sting is very efficient too. No trust, no shit.

Hogan banging against the door of the monster truck while Giant is doing his evil laugh is a riot.

You forget the best part : Flair making the save wearing his wrestling boots, tights and kneepads on the beach ! This is why I love pro-wrestling. "The Devil has lost it !". Ah ah ah !

Really good piece. Hey, maybe that's why they showed Brie "without makeup" in the morning in that Total Divas video, because I guess that way she appears "ugly"… (well, she looks much better natural to me than with tons of makeup).

Sean Waltman.

The first fives minutes with Shark vs Sting was actually pretty good. But then we get Zodiac, Kamala… So yeah, pretty bad, but not as eye gouging as the 98 and the 00 one. Really the cartoon version of Wargames. Gotta love that Hogan entered the cage and immediately threw powder in the eyes of everybody. Still the shittiest babyface ever. Damn, Paul Wight looks like he's 19.

Well, I did rewatch it in context that time, and I agree with a lot of things Loss said now. I don't know if I would go so far to say I thought it was great, but it was the best Flair matches in ages and yes, I thought the cliché spots looked fresh (as much as they can) in this context. I enjoyed this match so much more this time around. Really good stuff. Arn was pretty fantastic especially during the first half, and I enjoy older Ric throwing a hundred stiff chops like he's Tenryu.

Fuck me, the work after the restart was really terrific. Pillman was the glue, but Mero was game as all hell. I still love this match.

Yep, what a awful, boring match with a hundred resthods and sloppy work. Sherri's boots and legs are the only things worthwhile here.

DDP bumping around couldn't save it. The Renegade was even worse than the original.

Oh, I remember that "love" scene from Thunder in Paradise…

Funny, I had no recollection of this match at all. Hey, Flair moves pretty quickly compared to 2001, and he does a lot more stuff ! That being said, it's basically the same match. And it's also the same match they had in 1990. Sting is probably one of my least favourite Flair opponent, and they always work in auto-pilot it seems. Luger showed up from nowhere is just amazing. His fashion sense is just so mid-90's it's hurting my eyes. Norton and Savage had a pretty fun match the following week.

Pastamania brotha !

I'm so watching this taking a drink every time Roma says "fuck".

I vote for Raven and Nobuhiko Takada.

Nah, Zbyszko was tons of fun and a really solid worker.

Triple H. Because he was not only boring, but he was boring in looooooooooooooooooooong main event matches for a looooooooooooooooooooong time.

With the amount of profanities and insults I've been throwing around, I kinda doubt I could. I dunno. So, there is a list of the matches I've basically enjoyed the most. These aren't all *good* matches. There are some comedy stuff, some squashes, some angle-driven matches, some stuff that was just decent but refreshing in context. (some dates may be slightly off, especially for the C-shows matches, and I didn't put the PPV names. Yeah, I'm lazy.) 1999 : 01/04 : Chris Benoit vs Barry Windham (Thunder) 01/11 : Scott Steiner vs DDP (Nitro) 01/11 : Ric Flair vs Curt Hennig (Nitro) 01/17 : Norman Smiley vs Chavo Guerrero Jr 01/17 : Mike Enos vs Chris Benoit 01/17 : Lex Luger vs Konnan 01/17 : Barry Windham & Curt Hennig vs Ric Flair & David Flair 01/21 : Booker T vs Norman Smiley (Thunder) 01/23 : Hector Garza & Lizmark Jr. & Super Calo vs Juventud Guerrera & La Parka & Silver King (Saturday Night) 01/25 : Scott Hall vs Bam Bam Bigelow (Nitro) 01/25 : Meng & Barbarian vs Fit Finlay & Dave Taylor (Nitro) 01/25 : Hulk Hogan & Kevin Nash & Scott Steiner vs Ric Flair & Chris Benoit & Steve McMichael (Nitro) 02/01 : Barry Windham & Curt Hennig vs Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko (Nitro) 02/01 : The Cat vs Scott Norton (Nitro) 02/04 : Barry Windham & Curt Hennig vs Brian Enos & Bobby Duncum Jr. (Thunder) 02/08 : Blitzkrieg vs Rey Mysterio Jr. (Nitro) 02/13 : Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Juventud Guerrera (Saturday Night) 02/15 : Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko vs Fit Finlay & Dave Taylor (Nitro) 02/15 : Blitzkrieg & Juventud Guerrera & Psychosis vs Super Calo & Hector Garza & Dandy (Nitro) 02/20 : Fit Finlay vs El Dandy (Saturday Night) 02/21 : Outsiders vs Rey Mysterio Jr. & Konnan 02/21 : Barry Windham & Curt Henning vs Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko 02/21 : Scott Steiner vs DDP 02/22 : Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Kevin Nash (Nitro) 02/22 : Mike Enos vs Jerry Flynn (Nitro) 02/25 : Hak vs Damian (Thunder) 02/25 : Juventud Guerrera vs Blitzkrieg (Thunder) 03/01 : Bret Hart vs Chris Benoit (Nitro) 03/01 : Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Bam Bam Bigelow (Nitro) 03/01 : The Cat vs Jerry Flynn (Nitro). 03/04 : Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Juventud Guerrera (Thunder) 03/06 : Barbarian vs Meng (Saturday Night) 03/08 : Raven vs Hak vs Bam Bam Bigelow (Nitro) 03/08 : Goldberg vs Ric Flair (Nitro) 03/14 : Mickey Whipreck vs Kidman 03/14 : Kevin Nash vs Rey Mysterio Jr 03/14 : Barry Windham & Curt Hennig vs Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko 03/14 : Jerry Flynn vs The Cat & Sonny Oono 03/15 : Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Kidman (Nitro) 03/15 : Hulk Hogan & Kevin Nash vs Goldberg & Ric Flair (Nitro) 03/18 : Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Juventud Guerrera (Thunder) 03/20 : Barry Windham & Curt Hennig vs Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko (Saturday Night) 03/22 : Ric Flair vs Rey Mysterio Jr. (Nitro) 03/22 : Raven vs Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko (Nitro) 03/25 : Scotty Riggs vs Jerry Flynn (Thunder) 03/29 : Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko vs Rey Mysterio Jr. & Kidman (Nitro) 04/05 : Raven & Perry Saturn vs Rey Mysterio Jr. & Kidman (Nitro) 04/08 : Hardcore Hak vs Mickey Whipreck (Thunder) 04/10 : The Cat vs Norman Smiley (Saturday Night) 04/11 : Raven & Perry Saturn vs Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko 04/11 : Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Kidman 04/11 : Hulk Hogan vs Ric Flair vs DDP vs Sting 04/11 : Kevin Nash vs Goldberg 04/11 : Scott Steiner vs Booker T 04/12 : DDP vs Scott Steiner (Nitro) 04/15 : Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Juventud Guerrera (Thunder) 04/17 : Barbarian vs Jerry Flynn (Saturday Night) 04/19 : Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Juventud Guerrera vs Blitzkrieg vs Psychosis (Nitro) 04/19 : Goldberg vs DDP (Nitro) 04/22 : Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko & Kidman vs Rey Mysterio Jr. & Raven & Perry Saturn (Thunder) 04/22 : Goldberg vs The Cat (Thunder) 04/26 : Sting vs DDP (Nitro) 05/01 : Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Kaz Hayashi (Saturday Night) 05/03 : The Cat vs Buff Bagwell (Nitro) 05/06 : Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Kanyon (Thunder) 05/08 : Barbarian vs Jerry Flynn (Saturday Night) 05/09 : Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko vs Raven & Perry Saturn vs Rey Mysterio Jr. & Kidman 05/09 : Kevin Nash vs DDP 05/09 : Charles Robinson vs Gorgeous George 05/15 : Kanyon vs Silver King (Saturday Night) 05/17 : Raven & Perry Saturn vs Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko (Nitro) 05/17 : Ric Flair & Charles Robinson vs Randy Savage & Madusa (Nitro) 05/17 : Hak vs Fit Finlay (Nitro) 05/22 : Jerry Flynn vs Juventud Guerrera (Saturday Night) 05/27 : DDP vs Chris Benoit (Thunder) 05/31 : Konnan & Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Curt Hennig & Bobby Duncum Jr. (Nitro) 06/05 : Fit Finlay vs Brian Knobbs (Saturday Night) 06/07 : Ric Flair & Chris Benoit vs DDP & Bam Bam Bigelow (Nitro) 06/12 : Juventud Guerrera vs Psychosis (Saturday Night) 06/13 : Curt Hennig & Bobby Duncum Jr. vs Rey Mysterio Jr. & Konnan 06/13 : DDP & Kanyon vs Chris Benoit & Perry Saturn 06/13 : Hak vs Brian Knobbs 06/14 : Ric Flair & Roddy Piper & DDP & Kanyon vs Chris Benoit & Buff Bagwell & Dean Malenko & Perry Saturn. (Nitro) 06/17 : Barbarian vs Booker T (Thunder) 06/21 : Eddie Guerrero vs Juventud Guerrera (Nitro) 06/21 : Rey Mysterio Jr. & Konnan vs DDP & Kanyon (& Bam Bam) (Nitro) 06/24 : Chris Benoit & Perry Saturn vs Fit Finlay & Dave Taylor (Thunder) 06/26 : Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Barry Windham (Saturday Night) 06/28 : Chris Benoit & Perry Saturn vs Steven Regal & Fit Finlay (Nitro) 07/08 : Chris Benoit vs Kanyon (Thunder) 07/10 : Barry & Kendall Windham vs Rey Mysterio Jr. & Konnan (Saturday Night) 07/11 : DDP & Bam Bam Bigelow & Kanyon vs Chris Benoit & Perry Saturn 07/15 : : The Triad vs West Texas Rednecks (Thunder) 07/15 : Mickey Whipreck vs Kidman (Thunder) 07/19 : Fit Finlay vs Jerry Flynn (Nitro) 07/22 : Brandi Alexander vs Miss Madness (Thunder) 07/26 : Chris Benoit & Perry Saturn & Dean Malenko vs Ric Flair & DDP & Kanyon (Thunder) 07/26 : Vampiro vs Rey Mysterio Jr. (Nitro) 08/02 : DDP vs Chris Benoit (Nitro) 08/05 : Buff Bagwell vs Scotty Riggs (Thunder) 08/05 : Curt Hennig vs Perry Saturn (Nitro) 08/09 : Kevin Nash & Rick Steiner & Sid Vicious vs Hulk Hogan & Goldberg & Sting (Nitro) 08/15 : DDP vs Chris Benoit 08/15 : Perry Saturn & Shane Douglas & Dean Malenko vs Curt Hennig & Barry Windham & Bobby Duncum Jr. 08/16 : Chris Benoit vs Disco Inferno (Nitro) 08/26 : Barry & Kendall Windham & Bobby Duncum Jr. vs Rey Mysterio Jr. & Eddie Guerrero & Kidman (Thunder) 08/26 : DDP vs Chavo Guerrero Jr. (Thunder) 08/30 : Eddie Guerrero & Rey Mysterio Jr. vs La Parka & Bliztkrieg (Nitro) 09/06 : Eddie Guerrero & Rey Mysterio Jr. & Kidman vs Juventud Guerrera & Psychosis & Blitzkrieg (Nitro) 09/11 : Norman Smiley vs Disco Inferno (Saturday Night) 09/12 : DDP vs Goldberg 09/12 : Vampiro & ICP vs Eddie Guerrero & Rey Mysterio Jr. & Kidman 09/13 : Eddie Guerrero vs Perry Saturn (Nitro) 09/13 : Chris Benoit vs Dean Malenko (Nitro) 09/13 : Hulk Hogan & Bret Hart vs Sting & Lex Luger (Nitro) 09/20 : Sting vs Chris Benoit (Nitro) 09/20 : Ric Flair vs DDP (Nitro) 09/27 : Kidman vs Psychosis (Nitro) 09/30 : Mona vs Brandi Alexander (Thunder) 09/30 : Juventud Guerrera & Psychosis & La Parka vs Silver King & Villano IV & V (Thunder) 10/04 : Chris Benoit vs Bret Hart (Nitro) 10/07 : Chris Benoit vs Brian Knobbs (Thunder) 10/09 : Norman Smiley vs The Cat (Saturday Night) 10/09 : Kidman vs Devon Storm (Saturday Night) 10/11 : Ric Flair vs Curt Hennig (Nitro) 10/11 : Perry Saturn vs Rey Mysterio Jr. (Nitro) 10/11 : Perry Saturn & Dean Malenko vs Rey Mysterio Jr. & Kidman (Nitro) 10/14 : Perry Saturn vs Rey Mysterio Jr. (Thunder) 10/21 : Juventud Guerrera & Silver King vs Kaz Hayashi & Blitzkrieg (Thunder) 10/23 : Jamie Howard vs Kid Romeo (Saturday Night) 10/24 : DDP vs Ric Flair 10/24 : Bret Hart vs Lex Luger 10/24 : Goldberg vs Sting 10/28 : Berlyn vs Jerry Flynn (Thunder) 11/01 : Curt Hennig vs Disco Inferno (Nitro) 11/06 : Villano IV & V vs Steven Regal & Dave Taylor (Saturday Night) 11/13 : Jamie Howard vs Devon Storm (Saturday Night) 11/15 : Goldberg vs Curt Hennig (Nitro) 11/15 : Lex Luger vs Sting (Nitro) 11/18 : Chris Benoit vs Buff Bagwell (Thunder) 11/21 : Bret Hart vs Chris Benoit 11/21 : Jeff Jarrett vs Chris Benoit 11/22 : Bret Hart vs Jeff Jarrett (Nitro) 11/27 : Juventud Guerrera vs Villano IV (Saturday Night) 12/02 : Jushin Liger vs Chris Benoit (Thunder) 12/06 : Goldberg vs Jeff Jarrett (Nitro) 12/11 : Chris Benoit vs Devon Storm (Saturday Night) 12/19 : Chris Benoit vs Jeff Jarrett 12/19 : Jeff Jarrett vs Dustin Rhodes 12/19 : DDP vs David Flair 12/19 : Sting vs Lex Luger 12/23 : Chris Benoit vs Bret Hart (Thunder) 2000 : 01/06 : Konnan & Kidman vs David Flair & Crowbar (Thunder) 01/08 : David Flair & Crowbar vs Steven Regal & Dave Taylor (Saturday Night) 01/16 : DDP vs Buff Bagwell 01/16 : Vampiro vs David Flair vs Crowbar 01/17 : DDP vs Kanyon (Nitro) 01/17 : Kidman vs Psychosis (Nitro) 01/31 : Crowbar & David Flair vs Mamalukes (Nitro) 02/10 : Jeff Jarrett vs Scott Hall (Thunder) 02/14 : Terry Funk vs Lex Luger (Nitro) 02/14 : 3-Count vs Norman Smiley & Lane (Nitro) 02/17 : Big Vito vs Crowbar (Thunder) 02/20 : Terry Funk vs Ric Flair 02/20 : Norman Smiley vs 3-Count 02/20 : Mamalukes vs David Flair & Crowbar 02/26 : Mamalukes vs PG-13 (Saturday Night) 03/04 : Jung Dragons vs Jeremy Lopez & Villano IV & V (Saturday Night) 03/06 : Ric Flair vs Curt Hennig (Nitro) 03/13 : Hulk Hogan & Curt Hennig vs Lex Luger & Ric Flair (Nitro) 03/16 : Jeff Jarrett vs Booker T (Thunder) 03/19 : Brian Knobbs vs 3-Count 03/20 : Jung Dragons vs 3-Count (Thunder) 03/25 : Jung Dragons vs PG-13 & Frog (Saturday Night) 03/27 : Ric Flair & Lex Luger vs Sting & Vampiro (Nitro) 04/01 : Jeremy Lopez & Tommy Rogers vs Los Fabulosos (Saturday Night) 04/16 : Terry Funk vs Norman Smiley 05/01 : Crowbar vs Norman Smiley (Nitro) 05/07 : Hulk Hogan vs Kidman 05/07 : DDP vs David Arquette vs Jeff Jarrett 05/07 : Ric Flair vs Shane Douglas 05/07 : Mike Awesome vs Kanyon 05/07 : Terry Funk vs Norman Smiley & Ralphus 05/08 : Mike Awesome vs DDP (Nitro) 05/11 : Chris Candido vs Crowbar (Thunder) 06/01 : Terry Funk vs Chris Candido (Thunder) 06/11 : DDP vs Mike Awesome 06/15 : Scott Steiner vs The Cat (Thunder) 06/22 : Jeff Jarrett & Mike Awesome vs Scott Steiner & Kevin Nash. (Thunder) 06/26 : Goldberg vs Jim Duggan (Nitro) 07/03 : Lance Storm & Kidman vs Rey Mysterio Jr. & Juventud Guerrera (Nitro) 07/09 : Juventud Guerrera vs Lt. Loco 07/09 : Kanyon vs Booker T 07/10 : Booker T vs Mike Awesome (Nitro) 07/18 : Mike Awesome vs Lance Storm (Nitro) 07/27 : Rey Mysterio Jr. & Juventud Guerrera vs 3-Count (Thunder) 07/31 : Shane Douglas vs Kidman (Nitro) 08/07 : Lance Storm vs Booker T (Nitro) 08/10 : Sanders vs Norman Smiley (Thunder) 08/13 : Shane Douglas vs Kidman 08/13 : Jung Dragons vs 3-Count 08/19 : Rey Mysterio Jr. & Juventud Guerrera & Disco Inferno vs Jung Dragons (Worldwide) 08/21 : Filthy Animals vs Natural Born Thrillers (Nitro) 08/31 : Rey Mysterio Jr. & Juventud Guerrera vs Mark Jindrak & Sean O'Haire (Thunder) 09/04 : Rey Mysterio Jr. & Juventud Guerrera vs ICP (Nitro) 09/04 : Goldberg vs Shane Douglas (Nitro) 09/07 : Shane Douglas vs Crowbar (Thunder) 09/17 : Goldberg vs Scott Steiner 09/17 : Kwee-Wee vs Elix Skipper 09/17 : Jeff Jarrett vs Mike Awesome 09/21 : Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Juventud Guerrera (Thunder) 09/18 : Mike Awesome vs Vampiro (Nitro) 09/18 : Shane Douglas & Torrie Wilson vs Kwee-Wee & Paisley (Nitro) 09/25 : Lance Storm vs Sting (Nitro) 10/05 : Scott Steiner vs Jung Dragons (Thunder) 10/09 : Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Elix Skipper (Nitro) 10/16 : Shane Douglas vs Booker T (Nitro) 10/21 : Kwee-Wee vs Chris Daniels (WorldWide) 10/23 : Scott Steiner vs Mike Awesome (Nitro) 10/29 : Scott Steiner vs Booker T 10/29 : Shane Douglas & Torrie Wilson vs Konnan & Tygress 10/29 : Boogie Knights vs Mark Jindrak & Sean O'Haire vs Rey Mysterio Jr. & Kidman 11/02 : Boogie Knights vs Rey Mysterio Jr. & Kidman (Thunder) 11/06 : 3-Count vs Jung Dragons vs Mark Jindrak & Sean O'Haire (Nitro) 11/16 : Lance Storm vs Booker T (Thunder) 11/20 : Goldberg vs Kwee-Wee & Mike Sanders (Nitro) 11/26 : Jung Dragons vs 3-Count vs Jamie Knoble & Evan Karagias 11/26 : Scott Steiner vs Booker T 11/26 : Shane Douglas vs The Cat 11/26 : Jeff Jarrett vs Buff Bagwell 11/27 : Rey Mysterio Jr. beats Jeff Jarrett (Nitro) 11/30 : Lance Storm & Elix Skipper vs Jung Dragons (Thunder) 12/07 : Team Canada vs The Cat & Jung Dragons (Thunder) 12/15 : Jung Dragons vs Karagias & Knoble vs 3-Count (Thunder) 12/17 : Lance Storm vs The Cat 12/17 : Crowbar vs Terry Funk 12/18 : Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Lance Storm (Nitro) 2001 : 01/11 : Rey Mysterio Jr. & Kidman vs Lance Storm & Elix Skipper (Thunder) 01/14 : Terry Funk & Crowbar vs Meng 01/14 : Big Vito vs Reno 01/14 : The Cat vs Mike Sanders 01/14 : Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs Shane Helms 01/14 : Jung Dragons vs Evan Karagias & Jamie Knoble 01/18 : DDP vs Jeff Jarrett (Thunder) 01/31 : Mamalukes vs Sean O'Haire & Chuck Palumbo (Thunder) 02/05 : Rey Mysterio Jr. (as El Nino) vs Chavo Guerrero Jr. (Nitro) 02/14 : Chavo Guerrero Jr. & The Wall vs Rey Mysterio Jr. & Hugh Morrus (Thunder) 02/18 : Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs Rey Mysterio Jr. 02/18 : DDP vs Kanyon - DDP vs Jeff Jarrett 02/18 : Evan Karagias vs Jamie Knoble vs Kaz Hayashi vs Yang vs Shannon Moore vs Shane Helms 02/18 : The Cat vs Lance Storm 02/26 : Scott Steiner & Lex Luger & Buff Bagwell vs DDP & Booker T & The Cat (Nitro) 02/28 : Kwee-Wee & Mike Sanders vs Jung Dragons (Thunder) 03/12 : Jung Dragons vs Elix Skipper & Kid Romeo (Nitro) 03/18 : DDP vs Scott Steiner 03/18 : Kwee-Wee vs Jason Jett 03/18 : Rey Mysterio Jr. & Kidman vs Kid Romeo & Elix Skipper 03/18 : Shane Helms vs Chavo Guerrero Jr. 03/18 : Kanyon vs The Cat 03/18 : Jeff Jarrett & Ric Flair vs Dustin & Dusty Rhodes 03/21 : Elix Skipper & Kid Romeo & Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs Rey Mysterio Jr. & Kidman & Shane Helms (Thunder) 03/21 : Jason Jett vs Cash (Thunder) 03/26 : Rey Mysterio Jr. & Kidman vs Kid Romeo & Elix Skipper 03/26 : Sting vs Ric Flair

Thanks again guys, really. So, before Will locks and pins this one, I will post a list of the matches I actually enjoyed months by months, so to end on a more positive note.

Well thanks everyone. I'm sure glad you enjoyed it. No idea what will be next. For now, I'm taking a break.