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  1. Matt D
    One thing that impressed me so much about the 93 memphis I saw was how they were able to spin one week's match into the next and keep adding or shifting stips to bring the fans back every Monday night, and they'd been doing it for years and years. I love the idea that a hair match leads immediately to the fans being screwed out of seeing the newly bald heel due to a mask.
  2. Matt D
    who announced in OVW when Al Snow was booking it? (AKA did Al Snow ever announce?)
  3. Matt D
    So.. how was Vic steamboat?
  4. Matt D
    Look at the match that you linked me to I can't imagine the earlier one is better, but I'll check it out later if I can find it.
  5. Matt D
    Oh hey, I think I saw the follow up match and wrote that up. Oops. Loss linked me the wrong match! Still. I enjoyed THAT a lot at least. I'll have to track this one down too
  6. Matt D
    I think DK vs Shawn is actually pretty interesting. I actually feel like Shawn is a better tag worker for a completely backwards reason. DK was REALLY good at getting as much offense in a match as he wanted, whether it was to the detriment or benefit of the match. Shawn before his singles run, was not. He couldn't bully people and tended to back down and I think that made his tag matches actually much better, as they weren't so littered with Heel In Peril BS.
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    Piper: Energy, obviously, but also a sense of outrage. When the heels were doing something really nasty you could sense him frothing, especially with anti-american stuff, and yes, while that was, in part, to put himself over, it carried over and helped the heel get more heat. I really believe that. He also worked in topical issues outside the usual WWF bubble. In 98, it was REALLY dated on promos. In 90-91, however, it stood out and usually in a good way. Ventura used to do it but he was always more hollywood focused. Sometimes he'd also bring an honesty to the proceedings like when he flat out admitted he had no idea what the hell Warrior was doing at Summerslam 90. I don't think he was great at actually calling the action though. Note I haven't seen much of his GA (or was it crockett) Commentary. As for Larry, he was good at the SUPER Big picture stuff. Getting over wrestling as a game of human chess and all that. i feel like he made things more legitimate somehow even if he didn't add a ton to specific matches.
  8. Matt D
    Thoughts on Shane Douglas? Personally I love Johnny Polo with Monsoon but I wouldn't call him GOOD by the terms we're talking about. Just highly entertaining. Actually along similar lines, Matt Striker?I thought at FIRST he added a ton to 2009 ECW. I think he ended up going a little overboard though.
  9. Matt D
    I think our feelings on dusty as an announcer is a great sign that as a community we've all lightened up in the last fifteen years.
  10. Matt D
    I think Hennig did a good job in 92. He was a very good partner for Vince. Piper had pros and cons. How do people feel about Dutch Mantell?
  11. Matt D
    Jake was awesome on that one wcw sn
  12. Matt D
    I wrote that up: http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?show...p;#entry5489506
  13. Matt D
    I could go on for about an hour about how frustrating the build to the Butcher match is. No one wants me to do that though.
  14. Matt D
    To be fair, I'm pretty sure he didn't lose a single match in Europe that year!
  15. Matt D
    Important to note that a lot of traditional big man spots (Which is what you'd use in a Duggan vs big man match generally) were held off because they were saving them for Sting vs Tenta later in the night. It pushed this closer to a brawl and made it ultimately more interesting.
  16. Matt D
    Honestly, I don't think anyone on this board would have a problem with me saying that I'd rather watch 1992 John Tenta than 1992 Shawn Michaels, and if I explained why and gave examples, people would listen. It's a revisionist board, but it's also an EXTREMELY reasonable one most of the times. So long as you explain yourself and listen to what other people have to say, you can argue anything/
  17. Matt D
    There are a FEW singles matches in 91 that made tape. There's the 3/15/91 Kato MSG match (aired 3/26/91 PTW), the 3/17/91 PTW Mr. Perfect Match, the 12/16/91 Flair PTW match, a 1/29/91 Crush match that made a CV release. And of course, the Dibiase match in 90. I swear there was a Roma match too but that could be Jannetty. To me, the most interesting 92 Michaels match is the Snuka one from MSG (1/31/92). Not the best but the most interesting. Everyone should watch that. It's very early in the heel run and VERY late in Snuka's run.
  18. Matt D
    Tito vs Windham is super fun too.
  19. Matt D
    http://board.deathvalleydriver.com/index.p...all&st=1860 Better than HHH!
  20. Matt D
    I can't even imagine having this discussion with someone who doesn't admit how good Dustin was. There wouldn't be enough middle ground to even begin to have a useful discussion. It'd just be frustrating for all parties. Which doesn't mean you don't have a point. It's not what we're doing here, however. I think even the strongest Michaels supporters in this note respect Dustin's abilities and matches.
  21. Matt D
    I want to talk about the build to WM IX at some point, but I was going to do it on Jae's 1993 WWE note on DVDVR (http://board.deathvalleydriver.com/index.php?showtopic=54630). I hadn't seen it before and it really surprised me since I HAD seen the show before and I didn't realize just how deeply some of the undercard was built. But I think i's great how the feud was Heenan using Luger as his replacement Flair.
  22. Matt D
    Honestly, Hennig's initial WWF run is hampered by the fact he's forced to work 1990 Kerry for a huge chunk of it. The Rooster match is good, the Piper match is borderline great, the Hart match IS great, and he's super broken down there. Also, around 90 a lot of the secondary footage (Boston, Toronto, Philly) dries up so there are less matches available than there would be otherwise.
  23. Matt D
    Honestly, 3 more Superstars type matches a week is a good thing
  24. Matt D
    I freaking love heel Rich in memphis while Lawler was out in 80-81. I know the babyface turn is sort of classic, with his mother and all but the heel stuff is just great.
  25. Matt D
    Seriously, Vader got a video game pop. The kids knew him from the game. Sid hasn't been in one of the WWE games.
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