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    Best WWE female worker is such a backhanded compliment to begin with. But quite frankly, the infamous Trish vs Mickie WM match was much better than any Alundra Blayze match that wasn't about her getting killed by Bull. And even then, I think Trish vs Mickie was much more interesting as a match. I'm not sure I would call Madusa a *good* worker anyway, never been impressed by her japanese work, and her US stuff isn't exactly stellar despite working with Bull and Hokuto. And Moolah's trainees were all vastly inferior to anyone trained in Japan, Moolah's style really sucks. So, yeah, Trish being the best woman worker in WWE history isn't very far fetched (I don't include the Jumping Bomb Angels, of course, who were outsiders). But it's not like it means much in the grand scheme of things. She worked a style that was good for what it was in the WWE setting. I would have been very curious to see her tour Japan a bit, just to see if she was any better than Cheerleader Melissa or Bionic J (who worked ARSION tours in 2002 or so). I think she would have done ok but would have also been exposed as a much lesser worker than she was pimped to be.
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    I forgot about the last one, but hey, that's true, that rumour was coming back regularly. Ah, to be 22 again...
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    That's one of the many reasons I can't watch the current product. I thought I would watch the Rumble just to get an idea of all the faces in WWE, but in the end I didn't even download it.
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    As a sumo fan, I thought it was godawful. I have nothing against him turning pro-wrestler obviously, but this fake-ass shit "sumo" match was eye-gouging to me.
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    I think the New Blackjacks are back actually... Plus Barry really looks like his father now.
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    What you said. It's funny that the only "exciting" stuff in WWE these days seems to be : Kevin Nash and Booker T showing up at the Rumble. Jerry Lawler probably getting a match at Mania. Speculation about Sting showing up in WWE. Well, that's the vibe I get as someone who doesn't watch the product but kinda follows what happens.
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    It's Seven.
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    I always enjoyed Disco as a worker and a character, and he really got a lot of milleage of what was a pure comedy gimmick at first. Good match there, and Disco best up to that point.
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    Yeah, I do like this match a lot, although I thought Dean wasn't at his best against Rey and grounded him too much at times. But yeah, Rey was allowed to shine by doing *his* stuff and got himself over like crazy. This is what was great about WCW, they let their guys do their own stuff, and this created an interesting mix and diversity. The opposite of the modern WWE philosophy.
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    The end of Yoko meaning anything anywhere sadly.
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    I remember that match. Man, Lawler could be hilarious. I wish he was used more back then.
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    I don't think so since she was pretty much on TV every week in late 96, only in useless roles.
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    It's kinda surrealistic to watch Angle in ECW 3 years before he debuted. The Taz confrontation is quite great too : "You maybe a great amateur.... but I'm a great professionnal". Taz could be so great at times.
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    Devil has been forgotten and overlooked after years of bitching about no-selling, not jobbing to the younger girls and the Super Heel in the late 90's. But Devil was an awesome wrestler all around, one of the best I've seen, no matter the era, territory or gender.
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    Awfully boring match. Taker really wasn't much of a worker at all yet, or just wouldn't work past the dead-man gimmick just yet.
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    This match also demonstrate how whiny the WWF workers were at the time. I believe both Taker and Shawn complained about Vader's stiffness, and it really ampered his aura there, while a 60 year old Inoki allows Vader to just kill him. And Vader was clearly not in good shape here, fat, in need of an operation I believe. Amazing match, what a Dome show match should be, it had no right to be that great. Compare that to the ass-half matches Vader had in WWF with Shawn and Taker in the months to come. Well... And it's not even a thing about US wrestling, as Vader worked über stiff with Sting and Dustin Rhodes in WCW (I'm not mentionning Cactus Jack because that crossed the line between stiff and stupid). Even the Bulldog allowed him to work his style there.
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    One instance where everything works exactly right.
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    Ahmed was over like crazy. He had the look, the intensity. An Ultimate Warrior 2.0. He could have become big. Well that's what he became, as seen in his short WCW stint later, but that's not what I meant.
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    Agree.
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    Bubba was ridiculously misused in WCW at this point, but he didn't fit the nWo. Rotunda was done. Yeah Bagwell and Nirton fit the mold, and it did wonders for Bagwell. Vincent was more than useless, I can't believe they actually paid this guy. And then in 98 you had Brian Adams, Horace Hogan, Stevie Ray... Guys like Henning or Scott Steiner didn't need the nWo to be strong heels.
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    I think it was Pierre actually. Yeah, it's sad I remember this. Luger wasn't on Superstar after his face turn, so yeah it was quite an event, but soon after, Luger was on TV every week squashing jobbers.
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    Getting Nash away from TNA is a favor to them more than aything else, really.
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    I loved these goofy moments with Stevie and Meanie.
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    Furnas throws RVD around like a bitch, which is probably why this is one of RVD's most enjoyable match. Kroffat & Furnas should have gone to WCW at this point, that would have been fun.
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    Always thought the Buried Alive matches were a terrible idea. And at this point, Taker vs Mankind was getting old. Not to mention the finish sucked with the introduction of Terry Gordy as the Executionner (a gimmick that screams "jobber" as soon as you see a guy in random black attire with a random mask). What was the point of bringing Gordy anyway ?
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