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I'm going to try to post a new classic match every day. This is one of my favorites of the recent era. TLC 2 at Wrestlemania 17
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Savage vSteamboat WM III
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Good shit, man. Those TLC matches were insane. And of course, Savage vs Steamboat, classic stuff!
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Good shit, man. Those TLC matches were insane. And of course, Savage vs Steamboat, classic stuff!
Tbh, I always thought Savage v. Ricky was a little overrated. An awesome match, but not the best all time like some would call it. I know people like it though, so that's why i put it up.
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Tbh, I always thought Savage v. Ricky was a little overrated. An awesome match, but not the best all time like some would call it. I know people like it though, so that's why i put it up.
I think it was great for it's time. Remember, at that time all the big stiffs were top of the card (Hogan, Andre, and the like). So to see these two guys do arial moves, was pretty impressive back them.
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BTW, I would NEVER call this the best match of all time. No way. It might make a top 100 list....
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I remember seeing a great match between Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko at a WCW event in 1996.
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I remember seeing a great match between Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko at a WCW event in 1996.
any thing with those two was always good
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any thing with those two was always good
I've just found it, it was Hog Wild 1996.
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Brian Pillman v Jushin Liger Superbrawl II
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Ric Flair v Terry Funk I Quit Match 1989. Very "hardcore" for its time.
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Chris Jericho vs Chris Benoit Ladder Match Royal Rumble 2001
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Ric Flair v Terry Funk I Quit Match 1989. Very "hardcore" for its time.
Now this was a hell of a match. The one where the arena was empty was good too and hard to do.
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Dynamite Kid v Tiger Mask 1983
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Very nice I had never seen that. Thanks for posting it.
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wow the dyn kid,found some good cycles soon enough huh,he was ripped and pretty thick with davey boy.
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wow the dyn kid,found some good cycles soon enough huh,he was ripped and pretty thick with davey boy.
I have heard lots of bad shit about him. He can't even walk now. karma is a bitch
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Terry Funk v Sabu Barbed Wire Match
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that is so bad ass. I'm a huge Sabu fan
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Hey Karl, got any of the Flair/Steamboat classics?
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Hey Karl, got any of the Flair/Steamboat classics?
Mass might post some up I hope . They were great matches
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Flair v Steamboat Wrestlewar 1989. The youtube video had horrible quality.
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/ric%2Bflair%2Bvs%2Bricky%2Bsteamboat%2Bwrestlewar%2B1989/video/x245ln_ric-flair-vs-ricky-steamboat-wrestl_sport (http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/ric%2Bflair%2Bvs%2Bricky%2Bsteamboat%2Bwrestlewar%2B1989/video/x245ln_ric-flair-vs-ricky-steamboat-wrestl_sport)
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/ric%2Bflair%2Bvs%2Bricky%2Bsteamboat%2Bwrestlewar%2B1989/video/x246so_ric-flair-vs-ricky-steamboat-wrestl_sport (http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/ric%2Bflair%2Bvs%2Bricky%2Bsteamboat%2Bwrestlewar%2B1989/video/x246so_ric-flair-vs-ricky-steamboat-wrestl_sport)
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In honor of the Royal Rumble, my favorite 1992
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That my favorite too
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Macho Man v Ultimate Warrior WM 7
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the ending on this match was great that fast macho went fro mheel to face. Great moment in wrestling. I loved how Hennen sold it too. Good post Mass
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the ending on this match was great that fast macho went fro mheel to face. Great moment in wrestling. I loved how Hennen sold it too. Good post Mass
good match for most part,u could tell as it war on,warrior couldn't wait for it to end,he needed breaks in action,i remember match seeing it then,forgot it lasted that long.heenan and gorilla were great .
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Rick Martel v Nick Bockwinkel 1983 AWA Championship
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Bret Hart v Mr Perfect KOTR 1993
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anything with those two
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Shawn Michaels vs Marty Jannety IC Title Raw 1993. I loved Vince the announcer
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Curt Hennig vs Nick Bockwinkel
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Curt Hennig vs Nick Bockwinkel
I have this on the AWA DVD .
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Owen v Bret WM 10
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I have heard lots of bad shit about him. He can't even walk now. karma is a bitch
He lives about 20 miles away from me in Wigan. He has become a bitter and twisted fucker. The guy was an absolute genius in the ring and was years ahead of his time but a complete bully and bastard out of it.
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He lives about 20 miles away from me in Wigan. He has become a bitter and twisted fucker. The guy was an absolute genius in the ring and was years ahead of his time but a complete bully and bastard out of it.
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Steiners vs Road Warriors
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Midsouth Wrestling footage. Lots of matches
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Midsouth contd..
Cool Dibiase stuff
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DDP v Goldberg Haloween Havoc 1998
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Freebirds v Von Erichs World Class Championship wrestling
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Not sure if Mass is going to post one today, but this is a great match.
Lance Storm VS Chris Candido
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Shane McMahon vs Kurt Angle Street Fight
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Shane McMahon vs Kurt Angle Street Fight
Awesome match! I've always liked Shane's commitment in the ring. It would've been easy for him to stay behind the scenes, but he got in there and gave it his all.
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Awesome match! I've always liked Shane's commitment in the ring. It would've been easy for him to stay behind the scenes, but he got in there and gave it his all.
I agree. He always puts on a good show
Michaels v Angle WM 21
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Rey Mysterio v Eddie Guerrero Halloween Havoc 97
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSgYTOhiX_Y (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSgYTOhiX_Y)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN4eqF7mAu4&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN4eqF7mAu4&feature=related)
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It want let me watch it. You might just have to post the link. It's a great match though I have seen it before.
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I've just watched the Vault match on Smackdown. They always choose an average match, most of the time not including all of it. What's the point? It seems like just a way of filling time. I think Mass should start choosing their Vault matches for them!
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It want let me watch it. You might just have to post the link. It's a great match though I have seen it before.
Sorry. Fixed
Mike Awesome v Tanaka Heatwave 98
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These guys had some great matches.
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I have met Tanaka before - real cool repectful guy, the matches that he had with Awesome were fantastic.
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Taker v Michaels HIAC 1997
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Great Sasuke v Benoit 1994
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I have seen this match, but it has been a while. Thanks for posting it.
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Bret and Owen v The Steiners
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Hogan vs Undertaker This Tuesday in Texas 1991
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Ha ha I remember that. Thanks for posting it.
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Stan Hansen and Bruiser Brody v The Funks
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Austin-McMahon Cage Match St. Valentines Day Massacre 1999
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Two Out of Three Falls Hair vs. Mask Match: Eddie Guerrero & Art Barr vs. Octagon & El Hijo Del Santo - AAA When Worlds Collide, Promoted In Conjunction With WCW (can't embed)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KJ3jqqVRBs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KJ3jqqVRBs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGOteZXephk&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGOteZXephk&feature=related)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRMH_4B59I4&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRMH_4B59I4&feature=related)
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Jeff Hardy v the Undertaker Ladder Match RAW
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Mega Powers v Mega Bucks Summerslam 1988
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Man it's been so long since I have seen that. Thank you so much for posting it.
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HHH V Batista WM 21
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Time I contribute to this thread
SABU & RVD vs HAYABUSA & JINSEI SHINZAKI
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Rick Martel v Shawn Michaels Summerslam 1992
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123 Kid v Owen Hart KOTR 1994
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Maybe two of the very best to ever lace up a pair of boots. This is a great technical match that guys don't even know how to have today. Great arm drags too by the way.
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Bob Backlund v Sgt Slaughter
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Dynamite Kid vs Davey Boy Smith
Great Match
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One of the best God damn wrestling matches I have ever seen.
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Owen Hart v HHH WM 14
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Wow I am disappointed in myself for forgetting about that match.
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Flair v Savage Superbrawl 6 Cage Match
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Taker v Michaels HIAC 1997
That was the best hell in the cell match I have ever seen along with Undertaker/Mankind.
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Mankind v Shawn Michaels Mindgames 1996
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Mankind v Shawn Michaels Mindgames 1996
IMO Mick Foley's greatest match ever.
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Vader vs Bam Bam Bigelow New Japan
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The incredible 1995 Ladder match between Razor Ramon and HBK. Razor is amongst my favorites of all time...one of the first heels to be truly over with the fans.
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Nash v Goldberg Starcade 98
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TRIPLE CROWN: Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi 10/31/98
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Jimmy Snuka v Don Muraco Cage match
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Jimmy Snuka v Don Muraco Cage match
i've mentioned this before on a thread,unreal ending.
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The twinks at youtube have taken down a lot of matches. Dailymotion has more matches so i'm going to link from there.
Bret Hart v Randy Savage SNME
http://www.dailymotion.com/search/Savage+Hart/video/x3h72f_macho-man-randy-savage-vs-bret-hitm_sport (http://www.dailymotion.com/search/Savage+Hart/video/x3h72f_macho-man-randy-savage-vs-bret-hitm_sport)
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Misawa v Kobashi
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Saturn v Jobber. Saturn stiffs like cazy after a botch
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Saturn v Jobber. Saturn stiffs like cazy after a botch
I love Terri Runnels :)
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Punk vs Joe ROH
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Punk vs Joe ROH
Is it just me or is that ring really small?
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Flair v Sting Clash of the Champions
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Flair v Jake Roberts Mid South
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Bam Bam v Tazz Heatwave 98
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Matt Sydal v AJ Styles
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NJPW.02.18.07 Tomko & Bernard vs Nagata and Angle
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I love Terri Runnels :)
Man thats one guy that was NEVER used to full potential right there in perry saturn.
Shame shame
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Pat Patterson v Sgt. Slaughter Boot Camp Match
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Bob Backlund v Bret Hart WWF Superstars
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NJPW-The Great Muta vs. Hiroshi Hase
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Sting v Rick Rude COTC
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Ultimo Dragon vs. Rey Mysterio
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Austin v Benoit Smackdown 2001
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Dean Malenko vs Ultimo Dragon Starcade
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Cena v Umaga Last Man Standing
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Jericho v Jeff Hardy 2003
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Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mitsuharu Misawa AJPW 1990
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I was never a mark for either of these guys, but this often overlooked match had some strong spots, told a good story, and had an entertaining ending.
They took some hard bumps as well, considering they were only working on a thin little mat.
Lawler’s commentary was also priceless.
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"Angle vs. Benoit" Mania match:
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AJPW. Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Tiger Mask II & Shinichi Nakano
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AJPW. Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Tiger Mask II & Shinichi Nakano
Good find Mass! The Rock N Roll Express were a phenomenal tag team. If you like traditional tag team wrestling they are the team to watch. Good stuff.
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RVD VS. Jerry Lynn Living Dangerously 1999
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Hart vs Steamboat Boston Garden
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Andre vs Big John Studd
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Windham v Luger Chitown rumble
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Flair vs Race Starcade 83
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I'm including this because it is the best 'fro vs. 'fro match ever seen, and it's one of my favorite juice shots ever caught on film.
Check out when Brody kicks Superfly in the head at 4:25.
While selling on all fours, you can see Snuka ditch the blade in his trunks - which isn't bad at all.
It's when he gets up at 4:34 and the blood just "squirts" from his head and literally sprays across his brachial & anterior delt.
Even Tarantino could never recreate the perfection in that shot with all of Hollywood's magic!
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I'm including this because it is the best 'fro vs. 'fro match ever seen, and it's one of my favorite juice shots ever caught on film.
Check out when Brody kicks Superfly in the head at 4:25.
While selling on all fours, you can see Snuka ditch the blade in his trunks - which isn't bad at all.
It's when he gets up at 4:34 and the blood just "squirts" from his head and literally sprays across his brachial & anterior delt.
Even Tarantino could never recreate the perfection in that shot with all of Hollywood's magic!
F**k Mont, how the hell do you catch this shit? I'm still trying to catch Orndorff Blading in his cage match with Hogan back in December of 1986. You have a good eye, man. :)
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F**k Mont, how the hell do you catch this shit? I'm still trying to catch Orndorff Blading in his cage match with Hogan back in December of 1986. You have a good eye, man. :)
A lot of guys from the 60's-80's used tiny pockets that were sewn inside the waistband of their trunks as a means of disposing a dirty blade after the act.
Suffice to say that, anytime you see a wrestler with his hand down his pants during a match (unless it's Pat Patterson), that's probably what he's doing.
I've also seen footage of guys stuffing them into their (or their opponent's) trunks, kneepad...even a turnbuckle pad, although I can't recall at the moment exactly who that was.
Triple H once juiced during a match and simply kept the blade in his closed fist.
I'm not sure why; it looked kind of strange that he kept his fist clenched for the last 3-4 minutes of the match.
In the match where Curt Hennig defeated Nick Bockwinkle for the AWA title, you can tell Bockwinkle stole (retrieved) his blade from the tape on his wrist.
The camera didn't catch the steal, but a lengthy end of the tape was left dangling; a dead give-away as to the blade's origins.
Even worse was that, as Nick was cutting himself, a fan towards center frame noticed the act and began signaling in no uncertain terms to EVERYONE in the audience - and watching at home - that Nick was doing the deed.
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A lot of guys from the 60's-80's used tiny pockets that were sewn inside the waistband of their trunks as a means of disposing a dirty blade after the act.
Suffice to say that, anytime you see a wrestler with his hand down his pants during a match (unless it's Pat Patterson), that's probably what he's doing.
I've also seen footage of guys stuffing them into their (or their opponent's) trunks, kneepad...even a turnbuckle pad, although I can't recall at the moment exactly who that was.
Triple H once juiced during a match and simply kept the blade in his closed fist.
I'm not sure why; it looked kind of strange that he kept his fist clenched for the last 3-4 minutes of the match.
In the match where Curt Hennig defeated Nick Bockwinkle for the AWA title, you can tell Bockwinkle stole (retrieved) his blade from the tape on his wrist.
The camera didn't catch the steal, but a lengthy end of the tape was left dangling; a dead give-away as to the blade's origins.
Even worse was that, as Nick was cutting himself, a fan towards center frame noticed the act and began signaling in no uncertain terms to EVERYONE in the audience - and watching at home - that Nick was doing the deed.
Christ, that would be pretty dangerous. Imagine they took a bad bump with that blade in their trunk pocket hole and it stabbed themselves inevitably.
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I may have mentioned this in another thread, but…
IMO, the “safest” (while not always practical) way to blade is to use a somewhat newer method:
The dangerous part is completed prior to going out.
Using a mirror, good light, a freshly sanitized razor, and other amentities not available in the ring, you carefully cut your forehead in the desired location/manner.
You next apply a dab of New-Skin liquid Band-Aid over the incision.
If you want, you can even put makeup over the New-Skin to really touch it up.
Now, you go out, get hit, and - while selling - you simply open the wound, which is quite easily accomplished using the base of your palm, or wrist, etc.
It’s nice for use in a promo or early in the match, but may not hold up to wrestling for a substantial length.
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I may have mentioned this in another thread, but…
IMO, the “safest” (while not always practical) way to blade is to use a somewhat newer method:
The dangerous part is completed prior to going out.
Using a mirror, good light, a freshly sanitized razor, and other amentities not available in the ring, you carefully cut your forehead in the desired location/manner.
You next apply a dab of New-Skin liquid Band-Aid over the incision.
If you want, you can even put makeup over the New-Skin to really touch it up.
Now, you go out, get hit, and - while selling - you simply open the wound, which is quite easily accomplished using the base of your palm, or wrist, etc.
It’s nice for use in a promo or early in the match, but may not hold up to wrestling for a substantial length.
I wonder if anyone in the WWE has ever bladed this way. Seems easier rather than doing it in the ring with an actual blade for a lesser experienced guy.
Hey Mont, In the Savage vs Hogan match at WM5, do you think Hogan really bladed himself? If you watch the match, he was already cut prior to bending over and getting kicked in the head where he sold the cut. I couldn't catch Hogan actually blading there so i'm wondering if maybe it was an accident.
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I'd have to watch it again.
I've got a second generation VHS of it somewhere in my basement, but I've never really "studied" any Hogan matches - no offense to the "big dude upstairs." :)
The forehead is very vascular & thin-skinned, so it‘s quite possible that Hulkster was legitimately busted open.
Sometimes, an old cut would inadvertently open on a guy during a match, but I doubt this was the case here since blading was not common practice in WWF - even house shows - at that time.
A few years later, it seemed like a lot of guys got juice during their high-profile matches.
Hogan bladed during his Mania feud with Slaughter, Bret juiced in his Mania I-C match with Piper, and Flair got LOTS of color that same night against Savage (they also got hell for it, too, afterwards).
If you have the WM5 footage handy, watch it again and pay close attention to maybe the last 2 or 3 things the camera caught before the blood was noticeable.
Oftentimes, you can catch it, but not always.
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I'd have to watch it again.
I've got a second generation VHS of it somewhere in my basement, but I've never really "studied" any Hogan matches - no offense to the "big dude upstairs." :)
The forehead is very vascular & thin-skinned, so it‘s quite possible that Hulkster was legitimately busted open.
Sometimes, an old cut would inadvertently open on a guy during a match, but I doubt this was the case here since blading was not common practice in WWF - even house shows - at that time.
A few years later, it seemed like a lot of guys got juice during their high-profile matches.
Hogan bladed during his Mania feud with Slaughter, Bret juiced in his Mania I-C match with Piper, and Flair got LOTS of color that same night against Savage (they also got hell for it, too, afterwards).
If you have the WM5 footage handy, watch it again and pay close attention to maybe the last 2 or 3 things the camera caught before the blood was noticeable.
Oftentimes, you can catch it, but not always.
I heard that Bret was legitamtely busted open at WM8 but Flair's was a blade job.
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I heard that Bret was legitamtely busted open at WM8 but Flair's was a blade job.
Okay, maybe I’m mistaken.
I thought that, in his book, Bret confessed to blading in his match with Piper.
IIRC, he was quite pleased with himself because his juice looked legit and only Flair & Savage were reprimanded afterwards.
This was during one of those times when WWF brass was very much against blood in matches - moreso than usual.
Quite interesting that ECW alumnus Steve Austin had never done the deed until his Mania submission match with Bret a few years later.
Austin was so green about the whole thing that Bret supposedly did everything from concealing the blade to the actual cutting.
And, to answer your question from two posts ago, I believe that Hogan used the New-Skin method in a WWF promo shortly after his first post-WCW comeback.
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You've got to log a lot of hours watching matches to get good at spotting things like blading.
It's probably best to start with "slightly" easier instances like this:
;D
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What say you about this match?
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You've got to log a lot of hours watching matches to get good at spotting things like blading.
It's probably best to start with "slightly" easier instances like this:
Thats how I would probably do it.....haha
Man, Snuka had one of the best physiques ever in wrestling.....even his quads were very good and the guy could move too.
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Thats how I would probably do it.....haha
Man, Snuka had one of the best physiques ever in wrestling.....even his quads were very good and the guy could move too.
The physique of c. 1982 Superfly was phenomenal!
I suspect a lot of that look was from hormone use, though, because his build fluctuated quite dramatically within fairly short time spans.
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I posted this in another thread last Dec, but it really deserves to be in a sticky.
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I posted this in another thread last Dec, but it really deserves to be in a sticky.
This was a good find Mont!
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I posted this in another thread last Dec, but it really deserves to be in a sticky.
I saw that awhile back, love it. Hansen was a bad mofo.....always enjoyed his work. Vader proved that he ain't no joke in the toughness dept either.
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Thats how I would probably do it.....haha
Man, Snuka had one of the best physiques ever in wrestling.....even his quads were very good and the guy could move too.
early on rickey the dragon steamboat beat the superfly for mr carolina.
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early on rickey the dragon steamboat beat the superfly for mr carolina.
Cool. Mr. Nobody that posts on here competed against Steamboat in bbing back in the day too.
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early on rickey the dragon steamboat beat the superfly for mr carolina.
No shit?
I knew that Snuka competed, but never heard that about "The Dragon."
Do you have any pictures?
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Snuka vs Steamboat Bodybuilding
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WOW!!
Thanks for posting that, man...AWESOME!!!!
I had no idea that footage existed.
I've often wondered what guys like Steamboat & Snuka would have looked like in contest shape with max effort.
Superfly looked phenomenal, but I noticed they didn't give a measurement for his waist onstage.
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Tony Atlas, funny thing is Snuka and Atlas looked better as Wrestlers than BB'ers.....
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Snuka vs Steamboat Bodybuilding
Awesome find !!!
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Was the Masked Superstar the same guy from Demolition, Bill Eadie?
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Was the Masked Superstar the same guy from Demolition, Bill Eadie?
yup
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Andre blades for Hogan:
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For any of you young bucs who are aspiring wrestlers-in-training, this is one to study:
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No shit?
I knew that Snuka competed, but never heard that about "The Dragon."
Do you have any pictures?
no, i read about it in tony atlas's book too much too soon.
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Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood vs Slaughter and Kernodle
**last part is a little choppy
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I can't believe this is the first time I've seen this little gem...
Truly a thing of beauty...
A solid match between two of my favorite workers:
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Lex Luger v Mean Mark GAB 1990
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Hart Foundation v Steve Austin, Undertaker, and Dude Love. Flag Match
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Don't know how I didn't notice this thread until today; so much for my powers of observation. Now that I've found it, work suddenly seems a whole lot less interesting. ;)
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AMW v Triple X Turning Point 04 What TNA used to be...
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Wahoo v Magnum TA for NWA US title
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Does anyone have footage of Haas/Benjamin vs. "Kings of Wrestling" from ROH's Glory By Honor IX?
I know it's available via DVD; I was wondering if anyone's come across it on daily motion or YT.
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Does anyone have footage of Haas/Benjamin vs. "Kings of Wrestling" from ROH's Glory By Honor IX?
I know it's available via DVD; I was wondering if anyone's come across it on daily motion or YT.
Not me but I will say that those two are amazing performers with a phenomenal NCAA wrestling background. Stupid move by WWE letting them go. They would have been a great cocky heel team IMO. Didn't they sign with TNA?
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Not me but I will say that those two are amazing performers with a phenomenal NCAA wrestling background. Stupid move by WWE letting them go. They would have been a great cocky heel team IMO. Didn't they sign with TNA?
I kept hearing that they wanted to...
Then, they were supposed to...
Then, they were close to...
But - although I haven't watched a show in several months - I still don't see their names on the TNA roster.
I can't BELIEVE neither of the "big two" has picked these guys up!!
The old man keeps Kofi fukking Kinsgston, but glances over these two.
Kings of Wrestlig aren't no slouches, either.
It's been many years since I've seen a tag match like this one looks...and, that's just going from the highlights:
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I kept hearing that they wanted to...
Then, they were supposed to...
Then, they were close to...
But - although I haven't watched a show in several months - I still don't see their names on the TNA roster.
I can't BELIEVE neither of the "big two" has picked these guys up!!
The old man keeps Kofi fukking Kinsgston, but glances over these two.
Kings of Wrestlig aren't no slouches, either.
It's been many years since I've seen a tag match like this one looks...and, that's just going from the highlights:
WWE already had Haas and Benjamin (aka "Team Angle).
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I'm aware of that.
Thank you.
I still cannot understand why neither organization is utilizing such excellent talent.
Angle was supposedly licking his chops at the possibility of working with them again in TNA.
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I'm aware of that.
Thank you.
I still cannot understand why neither organization is utilizing such excellent talent.
Angle was supposedly licking his chops at the possibility of working with them again in TNA.
Lol....are you being "corrected", Mont? Like the rest of us?
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I'm aware of that.
Thank you.
I still cannot understand why neither organization is utilizing such excellent talent.
Angle was supposedly licking his chops at the possibility of working with them again in TNA.
They (at least WWE) have already utilized it. Benjamin won the tag titles and the IC title at least twice. He was the official crash dummy in the WrestleMania Money-in-the-Bank matches. And his 2006 feud with RVD, culminating with a "Winner-Take-All" match (RVD's Money-in-the-Bank briefcase vs. Benjamin's IC title) was great.
Haas won another tag title with Rico (the gay thing with those two ran for a little while). Having Haas mimick other wrestlers was also hilarious.
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That's not the point, dude. They could have done more with them. They are both really good performers. They released them because creative "had nothing for them".
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That's not the point, dude. They could have done more with them. They are both really good performers. They released them because creative "had nothing for them".
Instead WWE found other really good performers: John Morrison, Sheamus, and one of my new favorites......
ALLLLLLLLBERRRTOOOOOOOOO OOOO DEL RIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
;D
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Check out this match between Rick Rude & Randy Savage.
Not a whole lot of wrestling going on in the first few minutes, yet - in that time - they generated more heat and emotion than today's 15 mins. of rehearsed highspots and novel-length, scripted promos.
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Check out this match between Rick Rude & Randy Savage.
Not a whole lot of wrestling going on in the first few minutes, yet - in that time - they generated more heat and emotion than today's 15 mins. of rehearsed highspots and novel-length, scripted promos.
Ah, the lost art of storytelling..... crowd was in the palm of their hands.....and notice no stupid signs....fans on the edge of their seats the whole time.
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Ah, the lost art of storytelling..... crowd was in the palm of their hands.....and notice no stupid signs....fans on the edge of their seats the whole time.
Show, sorry if you've already answered this, but were you exposed to Memphis Wrestling (at least, part of the time) growing up?
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Show, sorry if you've already answered this, but were you exposed to Memphis Wrestling (at least, part of the time) growing up?
Not a lot. since we lived in western NC, i did have a friend who picked up Tenn TV stations, but he wasn't much of a wrestling fan. i would watch when I could.
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Check out this match between Rick Rude & Randy Savage.
Not a whole lot of wrestling going on in the first few minutes, yet - in that time - they generated more heat and emotion than today's 15 mins. of rehearsed highspots and novel-length, scripted promos.
Very good find here. :)
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Not a lot. since we lived in western NC, i did have a friend who picked up Tenn TV stations, but he wasn't much of a wrestling fan. i would watch when I could.
Gotcha.
I swear that the Carolina’s were the best place to be a wrestling fan in the 80’s - being exposed to all of those different products between Georgia, Florida, Memphis, etc.
The Northwest/North-central was also a hotbed with AWA running their shows and the strong crossover of realistic Canadian workers.
I was caught in the middle: the NorthEast.
My region was the original WWWF territory, and so by the time Vince Jr. took over, the WWF was pretty much all we had.
Eventually, we found NWA and AWA on some of the cable stations.
And I think somebody picked up Todd Gordon’s Eastern Championship Wrestling, but it was on at some goofy-ass hour.
For a long time, my primary exposure to life outside WWF-land was through the wrestling mags.
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Gotcha.
I swear that the Carolina’s were the best place to be a wrestling fan in the 80’s - being exposed to all of those different products between Georgia, Florida, Memphis, etc.
The Northwest/North-central was also a hotbed with AWA running their shows and the strong crossover of realistic Canadian workers.
I was caught in the middle: the NorthEast.
My region was the original WWWF territory, and so by the time Vince Jr. took over, the WWF was pretty much all we had.
Eventually, we found NWA and AWA on some of the cable stations.
And I think somebody picked up Todd Gordon’s Eastern Championship Wrestling, but it was on at some goofy-ass hour.
For a long time, my primary exposure to life outside WWF-land was through the wrestling mags.
Same with me with the addition of Stampede Wrestling for obvious reasons. They only aired Mid-Atlantic stuff at 3am in the morning over here. I think it was in 1986 that they finally started airing AWA and NWA / Mid-Atlantic product on saturday afternoons here.
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Same with me with the addition of Stampede Wrestling for obvious reasons. They only aired Mid-Atlantic stuff at 3am in the morning over here. I think it was in 1986 that they finally started airing AWA and NWA / Mid-Atlantic product on saturday afternoons here.
Wow!!
I believe you, of course.
I'm just really surprised you didn't get Verne's show sooner, being so close to AWA "HQ."
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At one time, I would watch Mid-Atlantic on Sat at noon for 1hr......Georgia at 6:05 until 8:05 on TBS.....then at midnight there was another Mid-Atlantic show on.... and that was with some occasional WWF or AWA at a friend of my dad's who had a dish, thrown in.... I was a junkie.
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Wow!!
I believe you, of course.
I'm just really surprised you didn't get Verne's show sooner, being so close to AWA "HQ."
Yup, it would have been nice. Right now I get Classic Wrestling once in a while on one of the channels on the Bell Express view satellite dish and sometime you get some good classic stuff. Barron Von Rachki matches, older Road Warriors matches, Stan Hansen matches, etc.
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Very good find here. :)
I forgot how athletic a young macho man was back in the day. Very nimble
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I forgot how athletic a young macho man was back in the day. Very nimble
Lanny, too - used to do some bad-ass stuff off the ropes for that time.
It seems like he was always overshadowed by stupid gimmicks, and a very underrated ring talent.
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Lanny, too - used to do some bad-ass stuff off the ropes for that time.
It seems like he was always overshadowed by stupid gimmicks, and a very underrated ring talent.
I used to get a kick when Lanny would read a poem abouthis opponent and then his opponent would kick the crap out of him. ;D
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I used to get a kick when Lanny would read a poem abouthis opponent and then his opponent would kick the crap out of him. ;D
What's funny, though, is that despite being basically enhancement talent for most of his career, Lanny is better off financially than many guys who worked much bigger programs and made more money.
I think his biggest run was as "The Genious," and it sounds like most guys didn't want to work with him because they thought it would relegate them.
I don't know if Hennig was one of those people, but I always wondered why they paired those two.
Curt benefitted from having Heenan - as did anyone - but I don't think he needed any help getting over from guys like Lanny and The Coach.
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What's funny, though, is that despite being basically enhancement talent for most of his career, Lanny is better off financially than many guys who worked much bigger programs and made more money.
I think his biggest run was as "The Genious," and it sounds like most guys didn't want to work with him because they thought it would relegate them.
I don't know if Hennig was one of those people, but I always wondered why they paired those two.
Curt benefitted from having Heenan - as did anyone - but I don't think he needed any help getting over from guys like Lanny and The Coach.
Bullseye
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Karl Gotch was VERY proud of the fact that he trained these two:
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Hulk Hogan and Mr T v Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff Wrestlemania
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ANd notice how when Mr>T tried to do a manuver, Piper would front facelock him and bring him to the ground. ;)
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British Bulldogs v Dream Team Wrestlemania 2
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A few observations:
- I've understood more and more over the years just how close Beefcake & Hogan were as friends.
- LOL @ Gene claiming Ozzy's body was "shaking" at 1:29 in clip 2. I never caught that before.
- Dynamite had a good build, but horrible ILS.
- Ozzy had no lats at all.
;D
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Steiners v Headshrinkers WM9..Very underrated IMO
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Piper v Adonis Hair vs Hair. WM3
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Piper v Adonis Hair vs Hair. WM3
I remember watching that Mania at my cousin's house.
From the memoirs of an 8 year-old:
Rick Martel & Tom Zenk opened the show against two Canadian guys who didn't have action figures.
The midgets all turned on Bundy in the mixed tag match.
Hacksaw Duggan & Iron Scheik set up an awesome feud that was sure to last until WM IV.
Steamboat's throat was all better, and he beat that asshole Savage.
The Predator trailor that indicated Jesse Ventura would be the next Arnold for sure.
Hulk (gasp) beat evil Andre, and at 8, I really thought several times he might not.
Who the fcuk is Bob Uecker?
As a kid, that's what I remembered from & thought of WrestleMania III.
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I remember watching that Mania at my cousin's house.
From the memoirs of an 8 year-old:
Rick Martel & Tom Zenk opened the show against two Canadian guys who didn't have action figures.
The midgets all turned on Bundy in the mixed tag match.
Hacksaw Duggan & Iron Scheik set up an awesome feud that was sure to last until WM IV.
Steamboat's throat was all better, and he beat that asshole Savage.
The Predator trailor that indicated Jesse Ventura would be the next Arnold for sure.
Hulk (gasp) beat evil Andre, and at 8, I really thought several times he might not.
Who the fcuk is Bob Uecker?
As a kid, that's what I remembered from & thought of WrestleMania III.
lol. Ive watched that ppv countless times, and not to sound like a fanboy but there had to have been at least 90,000 people there. It's overwhelming. I can't imagine working in that atmosphere.
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lol. Ive watched that ppv countless times, and not to sound like a fanboy but there had to have been at least 90,000 people there. It's overwhelming. I can't imagine working in that atmosphere.
Yeah, they claimed 93,173, and from some of those shots, I believe it.
Supposedly, Joey Marella said to Hogan & Andre during the match something to the effect, "Can you believe this? This is incredible!"
I'm really surprised Vince ran that stadium again for - what was it - WM 23?
He had to have known he wouldn't sell the place out that year.
During the Attitude years, maybe/likely, but not when he did.
WrestleMania is SUPPOSED TO SELL OUT...period.
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Yeah, they claimed 93,173, and from some of those shots, I believe it.
Supposedly, Joey Marella said to Hogan & Andre during the match something to the effect, "Can you believe this? This is incredible!"
I'm really surprised Vince ran that stadium again for - what was it - WM 23?
He had to have known he wouldn't sell the place out that year.
During the Attitude years, maybe/likely, but not when he did.
WrestleMania is SUPPOSED TO SELL OUT...period.
I remember a Jake Roberts interview where he said riding to the ring, Alice Cooper was gasping for air saying he's never been in an atmosphere like that. 23 was at Ford Field. According to Wiki the attendance was 80,103 which was a record for that place... It's wiki so take it for what it's worth.
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I remember a Jake Roberts interview where he said riding to the ring, Alice Cooper was gasping for air saying he's never been in an atmosphere like that. 23 was at Ford Field. According to Wiki the attendance was 80,103 which was a record for that place... It's wiki so take it for what it's worth.
Okay, I must have been mistaken.
I thought Vince booked another WM at the Silverdome, or whatever it's called now.
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lol. Ive watched that ppv countless times, and not to sound like a fanboy but there had to have been at least 90,000 people there. It's overwhelming. I can't imagine working in that atmosphere.
You and me both. It was the craziest crowd I have ever seen. Even Jesse was looking around and said to Gorilla, "Look at all these people". There will never be an era like the late eighties boom. No way Jose. Monty stated that WM is supposed to sell out, period. He's right, and WM3 was a HUGE sellout.
What don't understand is why the hell did they have WM4 & 5 back to back in the same venue?
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Nice match - I especially love the way Saturn sold for Chyna.
Check out the bump at 3:16; landing on a gym mat is a lot different than the center of a wrestling ring.
Eddie & Saturn had quite a few entertaining spots overall here:
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Riki Choshu vs Curt Hennig AJPW
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Nice match - I especially love the way Saturn sold for Chyna.
Check out the bump at 3:16; landing on a gym mat is a lot different than the center of a wrestling ring.
Eddie & Saturn had quite a few entertaining spots overall here:
Saturn was awesome. How does the WWE repay a talant that was not their creation? They give him a mop.....wow....
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Saturn was awesome. How does the WWE repay a talant that was not their creation? They give him a mop.....wow....
I thought the Radicalz was a GREAT angle, and I looked so forward to where it would lead.
I became disappointed very fast.
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I thought the Radicalz was a GREAT angle, and I looked so forward to where it would lead.
I became disappointed very fast.
You and me both. I thought that was a great faction. What an awesome score for WWE. Bringing in Saturn, Benoit, Guererro and Malenko from WCW. All phenomenal wrestlers in their own way.
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Aside from having some of my favorite workers, this match stands out as being one of the BEST examples of why Tony Shiavonne sucks hairy sack as an announcer.
Listen to his commentary at 0:55
"You know what’s been great about this match, guys, is we have seen these two teams repeatedly try to win the match."
Really, Tony?
Really?
I’ve never seen a match in which anybody tried to WIN!
How unusual.
You don't see matches like that often.
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NJPW - 1996-10-20 - Great Muta vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
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W.A.R. - 1993-05-25 - Great Muta vs. Great Kabuki
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Hart Foundation v Twin Towers
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Hart Foundation v Twin Towers
I think that George Gray was an overlooked worker.
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I think that George Gray was an overlooked worker.
I liked the Twin Towers. Bossman was so athletic and got even better once he dropped some weight.
(http://cache-images.pronto.com/thumb2.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.pronto.com%2Fimages%2Fproduction%2Fproducts%2F54%2F26%2Fyourda1ed95ae14753adf6d67cb57bdf-1260019214_200x198.jpg&wmax=200&hmax=198&quality=80&bgcol=FFFFFF)
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great match
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great match
Yeah.
Kurt turned out INCREDIBLE! I really had doubts as to how well he would transition; not many "real" fighters do.
And, if you can look past the whole double-murder/suicide thing, Benoit was one of the greatest to ever lace up a pair of boots.
These guys had some phenomenally classic matches.
Some observers prefer their Royal Rumble match to this one, but this remains my favorite - especially the beginning.
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From the 1993 Super J Cup:
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Kevin Nash/Diesel wins the WWF Heavyweight Title from Bob Backlund in an eight-second non-televised match:
While you can't really see it in this fan-shot footage, Backlund performed the ultimate display of class in putting over the new champ: after taking Nash's power-bomb, Backlund sold the move by literally crawling back to the dressing room. In interviews years later, Nash would fondly recall Bob's performance that night, expressing his gratitude for what Bob did for him.
I wonder how much Nash appreciated it at the time.
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Dammit - they took down the Candido/Storm match I linked.
Well, until I can find another copy, here's another gem with Lance:
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Dammit - they took down the Candido/Storm match I linked.Well, until I can find another copy, here's another gem with Lance:
Great match !!
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Great match !!
This one, or the Storm/Candido match at the top of the page?
I hope you got to see the latter before Youtube removed it.
I'll scan Dailymotion.com to see if it's there.
I swear that "stinger81" has posted every third match taken place since 1988. (lol)
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What stands out to me in this match is how these two teams actually look like teams, i.e. they look like they've extensively trained and worked together (because they have).
My point is, they function as a well-oiled unit as opposed to two random guys being paired up because "creative" doesn't know what else to do with them.
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As was the norm for that time, the Cruiserweights had some of the best matches in WCW.
I forget the name of the package/roll-up Ultimo uses at the end, but it's a pretty little move to watch, and he executes it with great timing:
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Nothing needs to be said about this match.
Just watch it:
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From 1995 - the final match of the IWA King of the Deathmatch - Funk vs. Cactus:
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Some rare footage for you Mid-Atlantic fans:
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Being that Steamer suffered his career-ending back injury not long after this match took place, this may be the last encounter between he and Flair:
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Okay, "matches" of the day - two excellent ones, in fact, between two of my favorite workers from two very different parts of the timeline:
from the Japan WAR tour of 1995:
from the WWE-produced ECW One Night Stand of 2005:
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USWA 7/6/1991:
and, almost ten years later...
AJPW 03-03-01
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This is how you work a fucking match right here.