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  1. El-P
    Well, watching in context so I care about booking and standing too. The Boss Saturday Night match is the exception. Rude wasn't the same guy when he came back from injury in 1993. Cut back on offense (which was never his strong point to begin with), cut back on bumping (which was his strong point). I would say I'm beginning to wonder if Dustin had not already plateaued in 1992, because I really haven't seen him being that good again afterward thus far. Sure, he wasn't helped by booking (working with shot Rude for a long time, working with Orndorff with all the focus on Dusty and Assassin) but I really haven't seen a strong performance by Dustin in 1993 nor in early 94. In 1992 he looked awesome, but he was also surrounded most of the time by great workers. I still enjoy him a lot, but I wonder if wasn't pimped a little bit too much these previous years. I'm really curious to see the rest of his WCW work in context. I want more from Dustin that what he gave me since the beginning of 1993. Maybe the Bunkhouse Buck matches will hold up well, I'm rewatching Spring Stampede tonight (haven't watch this in 6 or 7 years).
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    They were disapointing because Rude was shot and the Austin one was poorly booked (with the ridiculous match at Starrcade which was cut off just as it was getting really good), but as far as standing goes, it was much bigger than Dustin being beat up by Bunckhouse using Erik Watts trophy that was stollen by Slazenger/Pierce.... I remember enjoying the Dustin vs Buck matches in the past, but watching Golden in SMW really dropped his stock with me and I fear it won't hold up. I never cared for the Buck gimmick anyway. I know it will eventually culminate in the War Games match which I used to love, but it's another one I'm really curious to rewatch in context as the Nasties have been pretty unwatchable thus far, way worse than I remembered them to be around that time.
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    Anyone remembers Bad Attitude ? Me neither. Steve Keirn at 42 looked older than dirt. He looked better in the Skinner gimmick than with this embarrassing Fabulous Ones look. On the more positive side, Paul Diamond is doing the masked japanese gimmick (Haito instead of Kato, how creative), and he's looking damn good. This guy should have gotten more work in the 90's, he was still pretty good in ECW in 97. Seems like we're getting some sort of Orient Express reunion, which is cool. (TV gets a bit better as they're closing on Spring Stampede, mostly because they actually make some effort to build Flair vs Steamboat now, but the undercard clearly isn't well structured at all. Pillman playing stereotypical patriotic babyface against Regal is disheartning, he was so much fun as a Hollywood Blonde)
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    Finally some build for Flair vs Steamboat. The "satellite" interview is good, but the Flair squash angle is excellent, Flair is just too much here, wrestling in street clothes. Great slap. Heenan sells it like only he can. Better late than never.
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    Yep. And it's even more obvious in the video : 1991 WCW Timeline trailer (there are some stuff that make me raise an eyebrow already)
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    Flair is already a total heel there. He's really good here, too bad the focus is obviously on Hogan and not on Steamboat. This PPV must have done great numbers...
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    Great Vader video, he looks like what he exactly is, a monster who kills people.
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    Brutus Beefcake in the background, serving no purpose, as usual. This guy sure made a career out of carrying bags.
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    I enjoyed them last time I watched them, but still Dustin gone from feuding with Rick Rude and Steve Austin to feud with Jimmy Golden doing a gimmicky redneck brawler just doesn't carry a sense of going forward. Meanwhile, Steve Austin is preparing for his match with the Great Muta (wait, what ? they got Pillman away from him for this ?) by facing "japanese" wrestlers each weeks on TV. First week, Braddy Boone doing a Battle Kat gimmick, second week, Pat Tanaka (who else but Pat Tanaka ?), don't tell me, I'm betting the third week will be Paul Diamond under a hood... Col Parker is deadweight behind Austin. The more I watch week to week TV booked by Flair, the more Shane Douglas's speech about him seems right to me. Dusty wanted to push Austin & Dustin to the top. Made sense (not pushing Pillman didn't, but 2/3 isn't that bad). Flair only pushed himself against his friends building toward Hogan. Austin was doomed way before he jobbed to Hacksaw Duggan.
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    Steamboat getting a PPV main event was really Flair giving his friend a cookie and nothing much. The booking was clearly going into the direction of Hogan already. The undercard is totally boring. Well, hopefully Loss is right, this early 1994 WCW doesn't do much for me, and Flair getting the book is not making things better at all.
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    Because I remember enjoying some PPV's a lot, I was under the false assumption that the first half of 1994 in WCW was really good. Infact, the TV is quite boring, with nothing happening on the undercard, and a really unimaginative, uninteresting booking all over the map. Not much in term of good match either, although it's not as bad as the horrible mid-1993 period. What I didn't realize is that Hogan was already the clear focus of the promotion in a way, his interviews from the Thunder in Paradise shooting being sold as the highlights of the shows. Austin has quickly been put back in the undercard by Flair, just like Pillman who ends up even lower, and old feuds are revitalized on top : Flair vs Steamboat, Sting vs Rude. Then you've got Dustin Rhodes wasted in a feud with Bunkhouse Buck, which showed me nothing in SMW the year prior, and whose gimmick sucks. I'm really not a fan of Col Parker character, the only thing I enjoyed from him was the Chicken suit angle. Paul Orndroff who I enjoyed a lot in SMW and most of his first year in WCW finally shows sign of slowing down, not working as hard anymore, although he's still decent. Not feeling his team with Roma will deliver much of anything after a promising debut. Another thing, was Gene Okerlund that annoying in WWF too ? It's been so long I've watched old WWF I can't remember if he was always that way or just became an annoying prick in WCW. The new format of the Main Event hosted by Gene & Heenan just doesn't work for me. Anyway, SMW TV murders WCW TV at this point.
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    Current WWE

    El-P replied to Smack2k's topic in WWE

    WrestleMania's drawing power the last few years is arguably based on brand and nostalgia : Flair's last match, Shawn's last match, Rock coming back, Rock coming back again, Taker's yearly epic which soon be his last too. Soon they'll run off of old guys from the late 90's, and it will only depend of the WM brand self-hype.
  13. El-P
    I liked how Flair was showing some heel maneurism at this point, but in a subtle way, and Steamboat is showing good fire and seriousness. Yeah, Gene is such an annoying Hogan bitch at this point you can't help but dislike him somewhat. I miss Jesse...
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    Hogan is not yet in WCW and he's already hogging the spotlight, pretty annoying. Later you got Tony selling the next Nitro, I mean Saturday Night, as "the most exciting Saturday ever on TBS", because Hogan is gonna give another interview. Feel the pain already ? You can feel Bischoff fingerprints all over this way of doing things.
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    Actually Ross had been ironically stating that he really was wondering who were under the hoods for a while, so they really didn't play it like it was any surprise.
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    And although I did comment on it in the yearbook thread, I just wanna reiterate, Cornette's promo after Bluegrass Brawl II with the Bodies walking off is one of the greatest moment I've ever seen in pro-wrestling. One of the greatest promo ever from Cornette, and just pure gold with the Bodies walking off in the blur with the song in the background. Awesome.
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    Okay. Some of Cornette's booking I'm not a fan of. The TV format of SMW can be frustrating at times with the lack of regular really good matches. Too much Cornette can get tiresome no matter how good he is. But godamn what a MOTHERFUCKING AWESOME PROMO this man is. I knew beforehand, but he really peaked in SMW, and this one is simply jaw dropping, putting all the pieces of the history together and conceiding the victory to his lifetime nemesis while on the verge of crying. This is the point where you actually feel for the bad guy you love to hate. The Bodies walking off in the blur is the icing on teh cake. The entire segment is pure gold. Maybe my favourite SMW segment too, and I would seriously put that one against anything in any company ever. Just great great stuff.
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    The Yetay !!! Sorry.
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    That Bruiser Bedlam, he sure looks like a killer...
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    They sure pushed the hell out of the Seekers. There's a problem when Lance Storm is more likeable and personable is every one of this videos than he end up being anywhere else in his career. Maybe he missed his calling as a goofy smiling babyface. I actually genuinely enjoy those videos, yeah it's cheesy but in a good way, considering the context.
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    Bluegrass Brawl II had to be the best SMW show ever, with two legit MOTYC back to back, culminating in a great moment after a similary great build. I guess it's the apex of the company.
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    And there you go, the ladder match ends up being the second best match on the show. Just a tremendous match, just about perfect. Love the heel in peril segment with Prichard, as he's amazing at it, bleeding a gusher, taking hilarious bumps, showing tons of awesome nody language of desperation and pain. The Rock'n Roll are great at controlling this segment, showing sweat tag team strategies. These guys still look quick and smooth. Then of course the Ricky Morton show, with the Bodies delivering tons of good offense and keeping the fast pace. There are several fake finishes, which is pretty rare in the US at this point, and it build the intensity to a formidable climax. MOTYC, like I said before, just about perfect.
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    I'd have to rewatch it back to back with Razor vs Shawn, but it's at least just as great. The wrestling here is better than at the MX match, which was more gimmicky (although not nearly as much as the awful 00's ladder matches will), and although it was a bit shakier at times, I'm guessing it was although way less rehashed. I love Candido's overbumping, I'm a complete mark for it. It's as great as Terry Funk's. They do less with the ladder, but some of what they do look really brutal. The missed huricanrana from the top by Candido looks really dangerous. Tracey is awesome here, the best I've seen him. MOTYC, obviously.
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    I thought this worked pretty well to establish who these guys were, and Lance comes off as actually likeable (shocker) while Jericho already has that obvious heel feel to him. That being said, I like that it was again a reality based interview that allowed fans to know the young guys from a more personnal standpoint. And then it comes. the BLOW-JOB section of the promo, where they say tahy are actually singles, and while Lance oretty much kills his gimmick at this point saying he wants someone to be quiet at hime with (Thrillseeker ? Really ?), Jericho goes all out saying he'll fuck any girl in the territory, no matter if she's hot or ugly. You can blow him, come to SMW shows. Well, he didn't say that but that was the spirit. What a trooper.
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    Dutch and Caudle have an awesome chemsitry at this point. Dutch getting a bodyslam I really didn't see coming.
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