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[1995-01-22-WWF-Royal Rumble] 1-2-3 Kid & Bob Holly vs Bam Bam Bigelow & Tatanka


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Sean Waltman is a miracle worker. Bigelow looks good, but Waltman is the one carrying the other three. The match keeps wanting to fall apart, but he won't let it. I don't love this match. There are things in it that don't make sense, but literally every single good thing about this match is the result of something the Kid did.

 

The post-match angle with LT is hot, but not in a Wrestlemania main event type way.

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I'd have to go back and watch as it's been a while but I don't remember this being a 1 man show atleast. Never was a huge Holly fan but I thought he had a good run around this time, same with Tatanka. Remember those 2 having a fun singles match either the week before or week after the Kid/Bam Bam match that's earlier on this set as part of the buildup.

 

Never gave it much thought before but this was quite the card, weak Rumble aside.

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I thought Tatanka sucked--out of shape, lazy, and just a bad heel all-around. Holly was just there, but wasn't a fuck-up or anything. Kid and Bam Bam were on another level. I have to disagree on the one-man show part, too. Bam Bam kept up with the Kid just as much as he did on TV, and was doing just as much to hold this match together. Kid wasn't working with a crash test dummy when he did that cool huracanrana spot, after all. All those miscommunication and timing spots could have made for a mess, but Bam Bam was in perfect position each time. This is a refreshingly southern tag layout all around with all the double-teams and distraction spots and hot tag teases--it just needed a better Ricky Morton than Holly and another heel who was stronger than Tatanka, and it'd be one of the better WWF bouts of the year. As it is, it was still pretty enjoyable with half of the participants turning in excellent performances.

 

The big angle of course comes afterward, as Bigelow shoves down a laughing LT. This might be the first "shoot angle" the WWF ever ran, as the booth goes silent and you (at least in the original broadcast) faintly hear Lawler say, "Vince is not here, he's gone off headset" as though the situation were legitimately out of control. Then we awkwardly (by design) go to a video recap and come back to a somber apology from Vince. Kind of out-of-the-box stuff.

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