Mother Fucking Regal

[MojoJsyn]

One of my wife's favorites. Whenever he pops up on screen and she happens to be watching a docu or Raw/Smackdown, she'll ask why don't they do more with him. She'd have him as world champ. She feels he is always entertaining no matter what they give him. Loves his facial expressions and can stand his matches and matches aren't something she holds very high to if she loves a wrestler. This is from someone who rarely watches wrestling since Eddie died and only watched it sparingly then.

 

He has been one of my favorites for awhile now. Loved him in WCW. Though it's been awhile since I watched his tv title run, I remember loving it at the time. His time in WWE has been great. Will always wonder what kind of push he would have gotten back in 2008 when it seemed he was on the verge of a main event push till the wellness violation.

[ohtani's jacket]

Steve Regal vs. Terry Rudge (Hamburg 10/7/88)

 

I've been waiting to see this for a long time and it didn't disappoint. Rudge was awesome during this period where he grew a moustache and worked the German tournaments. Regal worked from underneath but you'd expect that given that Rudge was one of the premier asskickers of the era and Regal was relatively inexperienced. I've been super impressed with how Regal looks in these late 80s handhelds compared to the bollocks TV matches he had with All-Star, but this was more of a Rudge showcase. That hammerlock spot was out of this world good.

 

Steve Regal vs. Tony St. Clair (Reslo 1988)

 

Tony St. Clair is a guy who've always said was a good foil for the top heels of the day, but this was the first time for me to really see him as a veteran. St. Clair controlled most of the match and it was pretty decent considering he was never much of a worker, but apart from a couple of flash holds it wasn't the most exciting match in world. Worth watching if you want to see early Regal but not outstanding.

 

Steve Regal vs. Robbie Brookside (handheld)

 

I think this is from early '88, possibly 1/8/88 at Gillingham. This was a fascinating look at what a long, non-televised houseshow match looked like compared to a TV match. Again, there was a stark difference between what the young workers were allowed to show on a houseshow and what they were meant to do at a taping. Regal looked amazing here. There was pretty much no difference between his work here and his work in WCW five years later. Match has a bit of down time since they're going long, but it's a well worked bout and a great look at how good Regal was even in '88.

[MojoJsyn]

Any of those readily available on youtube or dailymotion?

 

The Brookside match sounds fantastic.

[ohtani's jacket]

They're all from the same YT channel. I think they're from a Regal comp.

[MojoJsyn]

Found it https://www.youtube.com/user/LardStevenRegal/videos?view=0

 

Will be watching these tonight or tomorrow.

 

Thanks.

[goodhelmet]

Steven Regal vs. Ultimo Dragon (Slamboree 1997)

 

- Regal no longer wants to go by “Lord” and Dusty proceeds to call him Lord Regal. Weird dynamic since both guys are heels but if Sonny Ono wasn’t at ringside, you know the fans would cheer Dragon easily. I love watching Regal on the mat. He was doing a test of strength spot and casually pushes down on Dragon’s calf to get the advantage. When Dragon was in a pinning position, Regal puts his knee in Dragon’s face to try and get the pin. Beautiful. Dragon controls with a headlock and they keep it moving including Regal locking his hands together in order to put Dragon in a pinning position. Usually guys just grab the tights or roll over. When Dragon goes on offense, it was pretty nasty and Regal eats it better than anyone. Regal continues to go for the Regal Stretch and the announcers do a good job of playing it up. Another example of Regal doing the little things right…. He elbows Dragon in the knee!!! Hot finish with a nice Regal chant going, some nice nearfalls from Dragon, Regal going back for the Regal Stretch and even some fighting outside. Dragon hits the Asai moonsault and it feels like a huge victory for Dragon to finally hit that move. Interference from Ono backfires and he hits Dragon in the back of the head. As Dragon faces Ono, Regal kicks him in the head, throws him in the ring, hits a reverse suplex and finally locks in the Regal Stretch. Really great stuff here. Not the best Regal match out there but I am glad I watched it.

[goodhelmet]

Steven Regal vs. Bill Goldberg (Nitro 2/9/98)

 

- IN an attempt to let Goldberg squash his opponents in 30 seconds, this failed and I can see why Bischoff was pissed. As a wrestling contest, this was pretty awesome. Cravate takeovers, shooty headlock takedowns countered by a Goldberg head scissors. Fighting over armbars… good shit. I get the feeling if they would have let Goldberg with Regal in ten minute house show matches around the horn, Goldberg would have developed into a really good wrestler. Towards the end, it gets a little sloppy with Goldberg’s normally cool neckbreaker looking awkward and it looked like Goldberg was going for a spear but Regal turned his body so Goldberg had to settle for a shoulder block. Regal doesn’t sell much for the big guy and even hits Goldberg with a nasty headbutt before Goldberg ends it with a spear and Jackhammer. Regal still showed plenty of goods to show he still had it.

 

 

 

 

Steven Regal vs. Bradshaw (Heat 11/1/98)

 

- Regal’s a real man’s man here and Bradshaw just eats him up early on. Regal fights back with some European uppercuts and kicks but no real transition to Regal on offense. Bradshaw misses a big boot setting up the Regal plex for the pin. Nothing to see here from Regal. Not his best outing.

 

 

 

 

Steven Regal vs. Dick Togo (SSN 11/28/98)

 

- Early on, they feel each other out until Regal gives Togo what loks like a headbutt to the leg to take Togo down and then Regal just attacks the leg the entire match trying to set him up for the Regal Stretch. In between, Regal does some nasty stuff like a half crab while putting his knee in Togo’s back. Togo’s comeback doesn’t last long before Regal takes the leg out again and hooks it in for the Regal Suplex pin. Regal still has it even at the lowest point in his career.

 

 

 

 

Steven Regal vs. Kidman (Nitro 7/12/99)

 

- Kidman controls early but Regal bumps and sells for his offense so good enough. Kidman takes a huge bump to the floor where Finlay and Taylor just beat the shit out of him. Once inside, the next few minutes are an exercise in Regal torturing Kidman, twisting him up, applying surfboards, kneeing him in the face. Classic Regal. Sure enough, Kidman turns the tide on a powerbomb counter. The match looks like it was supposed to end with a shooting star press but Kidman botches the move and lasts nasty on his neck/head. Before the bad finish, this was really shaping up to be a great match.

[goodhelmet]

Steven Regal vs. Prince Iaukea (Spring Stampede 4/6/97)

 

- Some Larry Z level stalling by Regal to start. They work in and out of a Lrince headlock and Regal keeps it interesting going in and out of pins, turning the headlocks into wrist locks, and allowing Prince to get the better of heel Regal. Hell, after they engage into a test of strength and hooked into a knucklelock, Regal does some great shit before breaking the lock with a poke to the eye which Regal argues was a clean palm slap. Regal abuses him with signature uppercuts and even a full nelson but the Prince’s comeback spots aren’t very spectacular. Iaukea’s offense sucks but Regal bumps and sells for it anyway. Regal gets caught in a flash pin and loses the match but he still performed the Regal show well enough. He could have been in there with a broomstick because anything cool happening in this match was almost entirely due to Regal. A fun Regal performance but not a great match since his opponent doesn’t bring much to the table.

[ohtani's jacket]

William Regal vs. Kassius Ohno, NXT 3/21/13

 

This was a masterful selling performance from Regal and a pretty brutal match. I was actually a little uncomfortable with how violent it was, largely because so much of Ohno's offence was based on running kicks to Regal's head and somehow Regal made his face turn unnaturally purple, but for a studio TV match in a developmental territory you couldn't ask for much more from this. Regal fans will eat it up.

[WingedEagle]

Cosign, it was definitely uncomfortable at times but they got around that with some phenomenal storytelling and selling. Loved the work on the fingers and hand there. Like a modern day WMC studio match.

[Guest Andrews]

Match with Benoit at Pillman tribute show is in my top 10.

[ohtani's jacket]

Steve Regal vs. Indio Guajaro (10/15/89)

 

A few minutes worth of clips, mostly of both guys delivering body shots, but fun while it lasted.

 

Steve Regal vs. Rene Lasartesse (10/18/89)

 

This was over way too quickly, either by editing or by design, but I don't think it's much of a surprise that this was the first Rene Lasartesse match I've enjoyed in a while. Regal was already a talent here and his big uppercut based comeback against Lasartesse was the birth of cool. Wish we had this in full.

[JerryvonKramer]

I just read something about Regal that intrigued me. That when he won King of the Ring, he was still RAW GM and according to Wiki started having delusions "like King Lear". Is that true? And if so, is it as awesome as it sounds?

[Stiva]

I just read something about Regal that intrigued me. That when he won King of the Ring, he was still RAW GM and according to Wiki started having delusions "like King Lear". Is that true? And if so, is it as awesome as it sounds?

Totally. He had a big throne, Layla by his side and cut off a Raw broadcast in the middle of a Cena/HHH main event. It didn't last though since he failed wellness.

[ohtani's jacket]

Antonio Cesaro vs. William Regal, NXT 11/21/13

 

This was another excellent performance from Regal. I still find the intensity of his selling a bit unnerving at times, but at least he didn't turn purple this time. The early matwork was good by modern standards, in a year where I felt a lot of the great older mat workers started to slow down a bit. Cesaro had some nice offence, but I thought some of his legwork was a bit too "look at my psychology." The first half of the match was stronger than the second, which dragged this down a bit, and I wasn't into Cesaro selling both of his arms or the dramatic facial expressions he was making in the over wrought finish, but definitely a strong television bout.

[goodhelmet]

Steven Regal vs. Spanky (MCW 9/9/00)

- Early on, Spanky tries to lock up with Regal and Regal throws him to the ground like Andre throwing Hoshino to the ground. Spanky does some flippy shit so Regal just knokcs him on the ass with a nasty forearm. At one point, Spanky hits a hurrancanrana and it feels like a victory for him. More abuse from Regal but he does manage to escape a butterfly suplex with a flippy arm drag thing that looked neat. Regal is torturing this poor kid but it works because Spanky is pretty good at playing underdog getting his ass kicked. Regal puts Spanky on the top rope but Spanky gets a tornado DDT for a near fall. Spanky starts his offense and the announcers and Spanky don't believe he is in control. He goes for a frog splash and misses so Regal locks in the Stretch to end it. Really fun 5 minutes and Regal is still gold.

[Blehschmidt]

A couple new discs for Goodhelmets Regal comp, covering his stuff since the end of WWECW would surely help me better decide how I feel about him.....

[goodhelmet]

Thought about it but he keeps coming out with badass matches in NXT.

[Loss]

Regal fans should check out Regal/Eugene vs Christian/Tomko from New Years Revolution 2005. The heels work over Regal's bloody nose and he plays FIP in front of a very excited Puerto Rican crowd.

[Superstar Sleeze]

Lets see what all hubbub is about

 

William Regal vs Kassius Ohno - WWE NXT 4/10/13

There are wrestlers who when they are in a match it just becomes their match and it forces their opponent out of their comfort zone. When you watch a Regal match, you can't help but gravitate towards his performance. When I watch a Flair match, it is actually a pretty difficult for me to evaluate the opponent's performances sometime because Flair just does so much stuff. It is even harder for me in a Regal match because of how commanding he is in the ring. You will wrestle a Regal match. The only Chris Hero (he is Kassius Ohno for those of us who have trouble keeping up with the name changes as I know I do) matches I have are the live ones from ROH. To fully appreciate this match, I think I would need to have a better feel for Ohno/Hero. He did what he need to have a very great match. He zeroed in on his body part and he sold his body part well and uniquely. However, a similar complaint that I have with Cesaro at times (Cesaro isn't as bad and has more crowd-pleasing spots), he wrestles like no one is watching. There is just no interaction. Besides making some awful "mean", "intense" faces, there was just nothing. The manufactured intensity just feels so late 90s Nu Metal. It is lame. What makes it worse for Ohno is you have Regal giving a friggin' Emmy winning performance selling dazed and confused when he is on defense and I am going to fucking rip your fingers off when he is on offense. I wanted to get that out of the way because it is something that has been bothering me at times watching the WWE and watching the praise it gets. It still can feel too manufactured and sanitized. It is too damn self-aware is the real problem. Not to go off too much on a tangent, but I just watched the Wyatts/Shield from this past RAW in Chicago and for the first time since I can remember wrestling just seemed like wrestling. It did not feel self-aware, everything happened because two teams of three were trying to win a match. I am not saying every match has to be a chaotic, thrilling brawl where Rollins flies all over the fuckin place, Ambrose is an awesome lunatic and Reigns is Superman Punching bitches out of the sky, I am saying that WWE seems to be getting back to wrestling with interesting characters that motivated to win not have great matches. In this match, I think Regal proved you can have a very sound, "low-fi" match that can be a great match, but he just did not have the right partner to take this to all-time classic level.

 

We should all thank our lucky stars that they did not make Brad Maddox a color commentator. Apparently, this is not just a teacher versus student feud, this is a blood feud, but they don't really explain the personal element. Regal's shine was really well-done. He worked the mat convincingly. He threw in a fun spot I love where he is jawing with the ref while mule kicking his opponent in the corner. Just tremendous. Ohno gets a knee lift to turn the tide and a baseball slide to the head to cement his advantage. Thus begins the first part of the psychology, Ohno is going after Regal's equilibrium and follows up repeatedly with kicks to the temple. Regal breaks out of his full nelson like anybody who has been kicked in the temple, he is pretty pissed and proceeds to try to rip Ohno fingers from their sockets. Additional psychology points because Ohno's finisher is a cravat thus finger strength is essential to the move. This is one segment, I thought Ohno really excelled was selling here. You have to verbal sell during finger psychology and he did. Finger are like eyes people just don't want those things fucked with. I am guessing Ohno is double jointed in his fingers, but that did not make it any less gruesome when he popped them in out of place. Double jointed people still give me the heeby jeebies. Ohno is able to create space by attacking Regal's head a lot. I did appreciate the laser focus on Regal's head especially the kick against the post and stomp on his head. Ohno sold the inability to apply the cravat well. Regal was giving a master class in selling in there. I don't think I have ever seen someone sell "the lights are on, but no one is home" as well as that. Discombobulated Regal still manages to throw Hero, but elbows to the head rock him on the Regal stretch attempt. Regal, on instincts, kicks out of a back drop driver and a big boot to head (great false finish). Hero goes for the Roaring Elbow, but Regal catches him first and hits a knee lift to head to win, which is a great payback spot.

This is a great fundamentals match that features one of the all-time great Regal performances in terms of offense, selling and ring generalship. I am a sucker for body part psychology and thought each guy sold his body part well and uniquely. Ohno's performance lacked inspiration is my one quibble in a fantastic match. ****1/2

 

Am I the only one that liked Cesaro/Zayn III more than this match? It is nip and tuck, but I'd put Cesaro/Zayn over this.

[DGinnetty]

Steven Regal vs. Shinya Hashimoto 9/21/96 -This isn't as epic as the 1995 match but if that one was a war then this was the chess match. While I disagree with NL's assertion that Regal wasn't good at the big picture, he absolutely does the little things right in this match. You have to pay attention to every limb, to every joint, to every digit. At first, Hash is working a headlock but you are tuned into Regal's hands as he palm thrusts Hash in the stomach to break loose. Regal applies a wrist lock but you are paying attention to his knee scraping across Hash's face. At the end, when Hash starts breaking out the big moves, you feel he has earned the victory and guys like Phil and Eric should go out of your way to see this match. Those who aren't high on Regal to begin with, why bother?

 

All this. 100% agree. Regal channels "Fighting Spirit" as Hash nails him with repeated snap kicks to the chest. Regal fights his way back to his feet multiple times, and the crowd goes bananas for it!

 

Regal "gets it", and had the Japanese crowd eating out of his hand while he puts over Hashimoto.

 

Dan Ginnetty

co-host, Toukon Retsuden

[Sidebottom]

There needs to be more talk of his facials. He may have the best face in wrestling history.

 

 

Jokes aside, you're spot on, he is brilliant and conveying emotion.

[G. Badger]

I wanted to share some of my reviews/thoughts on Regal in '94 which was amazing. This topic is an oldie but a goodie.

Steven Regal (w/Sir William) (c) vs. Dustin Rhodes - Clash of Champions XXVI (26) (01/27) - I checked one of my alternate online sources and found the PPVs for 1994. There's some good stuff on there like this match. I'm going to put it here even though it took place January '94. Anyhow, this is a very good match where you can truly appreciate Regal as a complete worker. He's got his stretches & joint locks, his strikes but also his underhanded tactics, his chicken shitting & smarmy character work. He and Dustin work great pitting the working class man vs the posh lord. These two really gelled and since they are about the same build seem like natural adversaries. This was left off the 1994 Yearbook for some reason but, I suggest that you check it out!

Sting vs Steven Regal (02/05) WCW Saturday Night - Oh hohoho this was really good stuff. The thing that I like about Sting is that he always goes along with opponents and will work their match. He's keeping up with Regal (who is great making the Stinger look like a technician) and this gets better & better as it goes.

Arn Anderson vs Steven Regal (Super Brawl IV 02/20)  - A long match for WCW standards. However, these are two guys I could watch all day. Your mileage is going to vary based on the pacing (the go almost 30 minutes). Very good stuff...I saw this was given ****1/4 by Loss on the '94 Yearbook... I can't find any argument against that.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TWq5iuBnYMw&pp=ygUOU3VwZXJicmF3bCB3Y3fSBwkJhQkBhyohjO8%3D

WCW Pro 3/26/94
Steven Regal vs Brad Armstrong - PWO denizens will appreciate this match. Regal is grinding and stretching Brad's arm all match. Armstrong is barely able to find openings to fight back and it seems his only chance is to gets a pin fall from a quick reversal. This was a very good story match and really drew me in. 

Spring Stampede '94 April 17th 1994 PPV
Regal vs Brian Pillman - Oh yeah, they gave them time to work and it was very good wrestling. Good rope stuff, Regal stretching, Pillman was fiery...I liked this quite a bit. A good mix of everything here. Definitely a match for wrestling fans, I feel.

I had never heard of the Marquis of Queensbury series of matches that Regal & Flair had in 1994. It seems to be an attempt at European or at least British rounds based wrestling. What that means is a series of 5 minute matches where a score is given at the end if a pin or submission is not scored. Each round is a different week but from the looks of it, the first four round may have been on one day's worth of TV taping. The final round is unique (I mention why below). You can sorta consider this one match but it really feels like a series of 4 quick paced matches capped off with a full length match. It's a little clunky to explain but I actually like it. This little program takes place on WCW Worldwide.

Steven Regal vs Ric Flair - Round 1  (04/30) Hyper technical wrestling for five minutes. This was fantastic stuff.

Round 2 (05/07) - Another five minutes of purist match action. Judging from the ring gear, these were taped on the same day. 

Round 3  (05/14) - They both have haircuts but I'm feeling these were taped later in the day. Anyhow, this was another one predominantly on the mat.

Round 4 (05/21) -  This was actually more of their feet with Regal throwing his European upper cuts and Flair throwing his chops. 

Round 5 (05/28) - OK this one, the odd one out has Flair finally in different ring gear & Regal no longer has his thigh taped. This was a great match and a great conclusion to this series of bouts. They wrestled at a quick pace looking to get a win before the 5 minutes were up. When more time was given to determine a true winner, things really kicked up a notch. Bam! (Emeril joke anyone?)... Anyhow these two are fantastic here - technical & hard hitting. This Marquis of Queensbury series was a good way of pairing Flair and Regal up for TV and it delivered on what I had hoped for. It's over 5 different shows and from a fan perspective, it seemed easy to miss...let's be honest, these WCW Worldswide shows were hard to miss unless you were a devotee. And now you still have to track them down online match by match. Hope I have helped because, you definitely want to see these. Recommended!
 
Larry Zbyszko vs. Lord Steven Regal (05/22/94 WCW Slamboree) - Hahaha I love that ECW fans are here in Philly! Hell yeah! What's great from the start is Regal is jaw-jacking with the fans like a shit talking heel...just like Larry Z used to do! So many of his AWA on ESPN matches started like this and really helped me appreciate that aspect of pro wrestling. This really started cooking once Larry shouted "You aren't good enough!" to Regal. His lordship began laying in the European uppercuts and elbows and Zbyszko returned the favor. Very good match and they definitely have in store for us. I'm a fan of both guys, so I'm looking forward to more.

Larry Zbyszko vs. Lord Steven Regal (05/28  WCW Saturday Night) - What a great fucking match! The intensity & the pacing was out of sight! You don't need angles when the story is being told in the ring. It's two guys trying to prove who's better. And Steve & Larry had a master class in that type of wrestling. And this was shown the same day as the Marquis of Queensbury final...holy cow... Regal was peak technical wrestler for 1994 putting on two absolutely fantastic matches in the day (on TV at least). Note that you want to make sure you see the full match as the match doesn't end when the TV time does..so they show the conclusion the next week. Someone online has the regular version missing the end & another person has the match footage & ending & post match spliced into one video online.

By the way, WCW Saturday Night "won" the honor of Worst TV Show of 1994 according to WON fans...OK sure...What the actual fuck folks?

Larry Zbyszko (c) vs. Lord Steven Regal (w/Sir William) - Clash of Champions XXVII (27) (06/23) - Haha, Regal's got a powdered wig on! Yes! Anyhow, this is not your technical duel. These two are heated and they are beating each other up most of the match. But it's not that out of control way like Nasty Boys vs Jack & Sullivan... it's more like you'd see in NJPW or AJPW. It feels like competition instead of just a brawl for the sake of brawling. I really appreciate that nuance here. But don't get me wrong this was intense. Another great match.. I might say it was a near classic or more. These just keep ramping things up. 

Lord Steven Regal vs Larry Zbyszko (WCW Pro June 25th) - I wanted to save this one since I had a load of quality Regal work in the previous post. I thought I'd draw it out a little bit more And oh man this is a brawling and it is great!!! They are just beating each other for  8 minutes straight. Sir William of Dundee is fantastic here too. Unlike their Clash 27 match, this does feel like an out of control fight. They are unglued! Another fantastic match in their feud and by the looks of it, it's their final meeting. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED 

Lord Steven Regal vs. Mark Starr (07 30 1994 WCW Saturday Night) - Fun match where Starr got some good hope spots in. Actually there's some good stuff like his reverse of the butterfly suplex, a tornado DDT and a slingshot clothesline. Nice promo afterwards building to Regal vs Inoki. I want to include some less known versus the stars & this was a good sample.

TV Title Lord Steven Regal vs Brian Pillman Pro Aug 13th, 1994 - Good match but I've seen this same finish 2 times already (in different matches) this year...and honestly it didn't look great then and it doesn't here either. I get the impression they didn't know what to either buy at this time. Regal had Inoki coming up but that was more Bischoff/Inoki than what the booker man wanted to do. I think it was Flair at the time?

Lord Steven Regal (w/Sir William) vs. Antonio Inoki - Clash of Champions XXVIII (28) (08/24) - Picture in picture of Bulk Bogan while Regal and Inoki battle. Showing Heenan, Bockwinkel & Tony jaw jacking about Mulk Mogan. What a crock of crap! Anyway, this was an intense Inoki Strong Style match. This looks like a real fight compared to the other stuff on the show. It's puro in a WCW ring on TBS. I thought it was great! If you're A fan of both guys then you should check it out. Is it a full dream match fulfilled? No but it is way better than you would expect and is a legit great, hard hitting match. It's an absolute travesty that Steven Regal did not win Best Technical Wrestler in the WON for 1994.

Lord Steven Regal (w/Sir William) vs. Johnny B. Badd (WCW Fall Brawl 09/18) - Really good, all action match! This was a bit more traditional pro wrestling speed but Regal was calling the match. There were so many little things done right that made it seemed like they were doing more than they were. That's the type of stuff that I like. It doesn't have to be fancy to be good. I'm not opposed to Johnny B. Badd but I don't get his gimmick... haha just thought I'd throw that in there 😄

Hacksaw” Jim Duggan vs. Lord Steven Regal (10 01 1994 WCW Saturday Night) - Top shelf Larry Z levels of stalling from Regal. Stalling crowd work is underappreciated. It pisses everyone off - the casual fans, the marks, the smarks, the other wrestler (kayfabe)...it's great. Eventually, it irritates me which is great too 😄 This is a good match. I thought it was going to Duggan cartoon wrestling (WWF wrecked him) but Regal got nasty. Unfortunately we don't get a clean finish but it's a set up for the tag below.

Johnny B. Badd and Jim Duggan vs. Steve Austin and Lord Steven Regal (10 08 1994 WCW Saturday Night) - Thank goodness that the baby faces came to wrestle! This was a lot of fun and a very good match as a result. Regal vs Mero/Badd was the best pairing as they really had fantastic chemistry at this point. Duggan actually was on defense for some time and they worked a proper tag team match here. This is the final Steven Regal match for the project I think. He had a fantastic 1994 with the Flair & Zbyszko series of matches being the pinnacle of not just his year but WCW, in my humble opinion. The honor of wrestling Inoki is something he definitely earned even if Hulkamania over shadowed it

[Jetlag]

And just the other do, I was thinking of doing a blogpost specifically dedicated to Regals 1994... dude was an animal that year. Looks like you got me beat! There was also a match against Jungle Jim Steele of all people that I really enjoyed. And that Armstrong match is a gem indeed. Great work!

[ohtani's jacket]

That Armstrong match is great. Their match from the week before is also fun. Their best match, though, might be their Saturday Night match from August '93.