Matt D
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WCW had so many hours of TV at that point that he had to be announcing something. I wonder if he announced on any of those right after that show. Dusty Rhodes NWO hypeman sounds pretty great.
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I actually like the second of the three matches better than this. It has more solid limbwork and selling and less outside distraction.
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Ken Patara for WON HOF
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I didn't see much 2007, but I did see 2010 and it amazed me the way they dealt with Cena in Fall 2010. It'd be little things. Like when Wade Barrett would order Cena to FU Orton, they'd go out of their way to NOT do that. He'd get him up and then Barrett would tell him to put Orton down again so he could do it. I found that really striking and endemic of the entire angle. The way he'll give up title shots to guys like Ryder or Ryback. There are a thousand little things that are completely intentional. They can't not be.
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Really, he's more like Wristlock Holmes. He wants to get to the bottom of the mystery!
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Like how I'm worth having despite all my drawbacks for what I bring to the table, like an understanding of "for all intents and purposes" which i used to think was "for all intensive purposes" before someone yelled at me on DVDVR a few years ago and I got embarrassed.
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It was also in the presentation. Pillman wasn't just a football player, he was a walk on, spirit award winner. Ron Simmons was a stand out star at Florida State. It's also about the demographics of both mid-south and WCW. There are few things I care about less than football but it matters a hell of a lot to the great majority of people down there.
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I think it has something to do with Nova.
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"He's ambitiously stupid" - Why Scott Keith's new book is scary bad
Matt D replied to Bix's topic in Megathread archive
What interests me there are the references to spots and action, which does sound like early Dave to me. -
"He's ambitiously stupid" - Why Scott Keith's new book is scary bad
Matt D replied to Bix's topic in Megathread archive
Did dave actually come up with those descriptions? -
I was curious if one could make the argument as someone in there for what he did in WCW, though since my question was about finding supplementary evidence, obviously not.
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These bored the crap out of me as a kid. Yeah, Rude beat him in 89, whatever. Warrior was a mythical being at this point. He was supernatural and they're tossing Rude at him? As a kid who started watching wrestling in 90, I had no reason at all to care about this and a bunch of goofy weightlifting skits weren't about to make me. They went "legit" when they should have gone goofball.
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I think Dusty would have worked in that role. Or Duggan.
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How did Sullivan draw in Florida? And for how long?
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I bet Arn has a run like that at some point.
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Dave sees Edge in the same light as Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit, as a super worker with multiple **** matches while working on top. While we shit on Edge, Dave praises those same matches. Ironically, it is one of the reasons I think that Buddy Rose should be in. If you are going to push guys as HOFers because they are super workers, nobody deserves to be in more than Buddy Rose. Isn't part of the issue that someone who would consider Edge a super worker likely would not consider Buddy Rose one?
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85 WWF is something of a blind spot for me. Valentine still had the IC belt into July, right?
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Dream Team came together in summer 85, no?
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It's so weird to me that they put Albano with him in 84.
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Vince in 1984 makes for damn boring radio, i'll tell you that much.
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Adonis always reminded me of Belushi.
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Win if you can, lose if you must...
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[1990-02-23-WWF-The Main Event] Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage
Matt D replied to Loss's topic in February 1990
Is this true, though? Tyson was a huge wrestling fan. He was also a much bigger name than Douglas and much more of a personality. WWF was banking big on Tyson obviously and they certainly got a huge rub from him years later. would it have mattered here? -
I never understood why they did the angle first and the match second. Yes you get the visual of Sting climbing the cage to get revenge, but the promo done in the cage, after the Horsemen win the match would have made way more sense.
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[1993-04-24-WWF-Barcelona, ESP] Bret Hart vs Bam Bam Bigelow
Matt D replied to Loss's topic in April 1993
I can totally see why Bret would think this is one of his best, actually. The early armwork is a lot of fun and set up and continued and even paid off very well by Bam Bam. The backwork is focused, makes the suplex reversal seem like a miracle, and there's a good amount of foreshadowing and set up here. The usual fun finishing stretch. I'm surprised more people didn't have more to say about this.