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  1. El-P
    I knew that was coming too. Eh eh !
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    Amazing. What the fuck? I drew 30.000 people to Kawasaki Stadium without having any TV. Who the hell is that cartoon guy ?
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    Apparently not:http://board.deathvalleydriver.com/index.php?showtopic=54186 Anti-japan bias. If Power Hall isn't the greatest wrestling theme ever, it sure is very close to it.
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    Aww shit... My interest goes down a notch. The double World title matches always made main eventing WM lesser than it used to be anyway. When will this nonsense stop ?
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    Interesting. Nash pretends he didn't book before Starrcade (read : "I didn't put myself over Goldberg"). It'll take me some will to go trough the rest of the year. Although I know some good shit with Eddie is coming up eventually.
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    The Meng push was actually kinda fun, but Road Wild was a pretty bad PPV. No build for the undercard, some really shitty matches (McMichael vs Brian Adams, Chavo vs Stevie Ray, Disco & Alex Wright vs PE). When did Nash begin to book exactly ?
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    I don't know if there was a booking commitee change around the summer of 98, or if Sullivan simply jumped the shark, but the product took a huge nosedive around that point. It seems like they totally forgot why their product was so efficient a few years and even months ago, stars on top and strong undercard with good matches. The strong undercard is gone, the shows are one nWo segment after another, mostly with guys nobody cares about, Norton, Brian Adams, shitty workers like Konnan or Stevie Ray, the same interviews each week... The Steiner/Bagwell vs Rick Steiner feud had so much potential, but they turned it into a complete joke with terrible comedy segments and not delivering the match on PPV. After being booked as something important, the TV title seems like an aftertought, probably hurt by the Stevie Ray debacle. The US title basically became meaningless once Goldberg got it, and although Bret Hart had a streak of good US title match, it doesn't seem like it's anything more than a prop at this point. The cruiserweight title, after being hot for most of the year, is kinda forgotten once Juvi finally gets it from Jericho. And god, they put Evan Karagias on TV, and this guy was rotten. Seriously has two of the worst matches of the year against super workers Kaz Hayashi and Juvi, he's just godawful. Add to that the Warrior debacle, which was as terrible as I remembered, no redeeming qualities whatsoever, not even in a "so bad it's good" way. Really, the only good thing on TV at this point is the Raven vs Saturn feud. And the tease of a Horsemen comeback delivers some excellent Arn Anderson promos. The rest of the product is either dull or plain terrible.
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    No shit. Put Marty Jannetty, Tammy Sytch and some youngsters in a house... Money...
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    Which is understandable. It's obviously the biggest match on the card. I mean, Cena vs Miz ? Seriously...
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    This Memphis stuff looks the most interesting to me from the whole yearbook. I know *nothing* about USWA.
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    Great angle and all. But Cactus getting stiffly powerbombed on the cement was just retarded and unecessary. You can work great injury angle without actually giving the guy you're working with a concussion. Foley wankery.
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    A reality TV show is where it's at. Put some of the boys and some of the divas in a house and roll that beautiful bean footage. Put some of the WWE legends like Iron Sheik and Dusty Rhodes in their own reality show and that's where it's really at. I don't get the appeal of batshit crazy Iron Sheik. This poor guy is pathetic at this point. I hope he works his gimmick to a point, but I doubt it. I guess he made some money out of milking his insanity, but still... But yeah, I agree a crass reality TV show is the logical evolution at this point. Put some young punks and some old cranky workers. And forget about PG ratings. That would be awful, but perversely entertaining.
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    Hilarity on my part. And really, what's to hope from such a match in 2011 ? Either HHH retires, which is way overdue, I don't understand how anyone would want to watch him in 2011 (well, I didn't understand it in 2001 either but that's another matter), either the streak is finally broken (which I don't think will happen quite honestly). Their match in WMX7 was really bad, so ten years later, as HHH is old and Taker is broken down, it probably will be ugly to watch. So the only real interest to me is to have a memorable result. If Taker just beats HHH and nothing comes out of it, yawn.
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    God I hated the finish, and I was a mark then. Hogan's character was so detestable, it's amazing people bought into him as a *face* during all those years. I think there's a social and political issue that should be discuted about it, but I guess it's better not to, because it would be opining a huge can of worms... Bret vs Yoko was as good as it could have been. As a 17 year old mark I kinda liked this WM a lot, because I loved the setting (I'm a mark for outdoor settings). And Luger's entrance.
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    I realized things got fucked up during the Attitude era in that infamous show where the NOA thrashed Cactus and Funk into a dumpster. They made it seems like a huge deal in the first hour, it was an awesome angle. Then Cactus and Funk got back during the main event to do a run in, and everything was ruined.
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    I forgot about Kudo vs Toyoda, which is a much better wrestling match, but I was more thinking in term of Onita deathmatch.
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    Don't give Russo any ideas. The Twitter Drop and the Youtube Death Shot should be used by both Hardy.
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    How can you employ a writer that has the worst track record in wrestling business history and has a proven failure for the last 10 years ? Same reason probably.
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    Greatest exploding deathmatch ever probably. Terry Funk milks every tease to the max, Onita takes a hideous bump into the exploding wire, all about selling, facials and body language. An amazing spectacle. Of course people raised on stuntfest and modern BJ deathmatch will get caught of guard. Onita wasn't all about insane bumps, but a lot more about selling and drama, and that's what this match is all about. An sick bumps to, of course, but sick bump that matter.
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    We'll all die eventually. Possibly from horrible diseases. Meanwhile, if I have to spend my life only eating vegetables and not drinking, and only doing healthy things, I think I might die from boredom already. I never did any drugs because I guess I'm the kinda guy who would easily get caught into it, and I fear I would like it too much for my own good, but I'm not giving up on fine wines, beers, cocktails, champaign and delicious junk food from time to time. I still wonder how Micheal Hayes ever got to that kind of position of power, since he's a southern wrestling guy with alcohol problems (not to mention the occasional racist remark). Doesn't strike me like the kind of guy Vince would get along with.
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    Like I said, in retrospect, all of this looks like it's out of 1995 WCW. God, mid-90's Hogan was unbearable.
  22. El-P
    Great fucking match, that's all. Double Inoue was an awesome team with a great dynamic, Kyoko the happy go lucky work machine, and Takako the bitch. Oz is pure gold, as always, and Cuty is very underrated.
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    Oh Loss, why the Raven hate even when Raven isn't around. Never saw Flamingo, but it sounds like a hoot.
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    It is so old school territory. Stevie Wonderful reminded me of a mix between DDP and Jimmy Garvin for some reason.
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    All this Kevin Sullivan SMW stuff sounds great.
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