The SmarK Rant for Monday Night RAW – 01.23.95
It’s the night after Royal Rumble, and Vince McMahon extends an apology to Lawrence Taylor right away, letting us know that Scott “Bam Bam” Bigelow has been suspended without pay. Sounds serious.
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Live from Palmetto, FL.
Your hosts are Vince McMahon & 1995 Royal Rumble winner Shawn Michaels
WWF tag title match: 1-2-3 Kid & Bob Holly v. The Smoking Gunns
I do think that Kid and Sparky could have had a longer title reign than, you know, one day. Especially given where the titles ended up. It just makes no sense on any level. Billy works on Holly’s arm, but Bart comes in and gets caught in the Kid’s corner before fighting back with a powerslam for two. Dropkick gets two and Holly goes back to work on Bart’s arm. I should note Bob bitched about this title reign extensively in his book, noting that he made no more money off it despite being a featured part of the PPV. The Gunns double-team Holly with a double press slam, but Bob shoves them together and the champions double-suplex Billy off the top for two. And we take a break. Back with bitter Bob booting Billy. Kid gets a leg lariat for two, but Holly runs into a boot on a blind charge. He still manages to cut off the tag and Kid remains in control, dropkicking Bart off the apron. It’s kind of funny because on RSPW we’d trade tapes of Waltman playing heel in Japan or whatever, and it was like “OMG! 1-2-3 Kid is being a huge dick! This is so unexpected!” Now of course anything BUT Sean Waltman as a slimy heel is weird to see. Hot tag Bart and he drops a leg on the Kid for two, and the Gunns double-team him for two. Holly, bitching at the referee, starts to let some of his real personality through, and really you’d think that this team would be 100% more interesting if was cranky old Hardcore Holly and shithead X-Pac out there doing their thing. We take another break and now Kid is the face-in-peril as they trade roles, and indeed the Gunns were far more interesting as heels as well. Bart with a suplex combined with a Billy dropkick, but he stops to showboat and only gets two. They beat on Kid in the corner with more standard heel tactics, but Holly finally just bitchslaps Billy from the apron and Kid gets the hot tag. Dropkick gets two for Bob. To the top, but Billy gets his foot up and Bart comes in for the backbreaker into the Billy neckbreaker to finish at 21:18, and the Gunns win their first tag titles. Never really took off to the next level because neither team really wanted to play heel, but it was good action throughout. ***3/4
Vince McMahon interviews the now former champions, and Kid starts to complain about only having 24 hours notice, but Vince corrects him, and Kid cuts off Holly’s promo to foreshadow his heel turn.
Royal Rumble Report with Todd, as he recaps the Diesel-Bret match and all the other stuff.
IRS v. Buck Quartermaine
IRS now has the Undertaker’s urn, kicking off an endless feud with Dibiase over possession of it. IRS tosses the jobber and works on the leg while Roddy Piper phones in a coked up promo and puts over the Rumble and all the stuff that happened therein. IRS finishes with the lariat at 2:16.
Man Mountain Rock is coming, and he plays guitar. Who in their right mind would change a guy’s name from “Maxx Payne” to “Man Mountain Rock”? And Daryl Peterson already owned the rights to his name so it’s not like they couldn’t have kept it.
The King’s Court with Jeff Jarrett. So he’s now the IC champion and his outfit has somehow gotten even more gaudy. And now he wants Diesel’s title as well.
The British Bulldog v. The Black Phantom
The Phantom attacks Bulldog while he’s griping at Shawn, but Bulldog shrugs off his martial arts prowess and hits him with a delayed suplex. Bulldog with a chinlock while Vince RAGES against Shawn’s sneakiness in winning the Rumble. Shawn’s so paranoid about everyone coming after him, in fact, that he’s gonna find himself a new bodyguard. Bulldog finishes with the powerslam at 3:00.
Meanwhile, Bam Bam Bigelow is supposed to apologize for smacking LT around, but audio difficulties prevent it.
Next week: Mabel v. King Kong Bundy and Kid & Holly get their rematch!
Vince's logic behind the Kid and Holly randomly winning the titles, only to lose it the next night to the team originally planned to win the Tournament, still baffles me.
ReplyDeleteAgreed on the tag title defense being too soon. Have it at Wrestlemania and give it 20 minutes. Or, have a triple threat with Kid/Holly, The Gunns and Owen/Yoko, still keeping with Yoko being Owen's mystery partner. I realize WWF didn't do triple threats at this time, just saying it would've possibly made Wrestlemania XI a slightly better card.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I agree Maxx Payne would've been far better than Man Mountain Rock. Keep him heel, and maybe build him up as a challenger to Diesel at the first or second IYH.
I never got it, either. All I can figure is maybe someone was sorta, kinda being semi-punished for for something.
ReplyDeleteVince probably saw him up close and in his boisterous voice said "you're as big as a mountain and strong as a rock man...you're my Man Mountain Rock pal"
ReplyDeleteThey needed an out for why LT was laughing at Bigelow and he snaps. The loss gives them that
ReplyDeleteThis, unfortunately, is probably how it happened.
ReplyDeleteHaven't watched this since it aired... but if I recall correctly... didn't they tease the winner with the opening. Fink maybe was on the mic announcing, "Ladies and Gentlemen... the winner... of the nineteen ninety five WWF Royal Rumble...." and then Shawn's music hit.
ReplyDeleteThat's how I remember it anyway. We didn't order the Rumble that year, and I remember predicting Shawn would win because of all the entrants in the Rumble, he did the best in the '94 version. Probably the only time my mark logic worked.
But why not run with the underdog team for more than a 24 hour reign?
ReplyDeleteStill better than Verne putting some goof out on his tv show as Rocky Mountain Thunder. God that gimmick and the worker playing it were terrible.
ReplyDeleteThis show needs Nitro to debut in the worst way.
ReplyDeleteKid and Holly working so hard to win the titles in that tournament, and just losing it to the face team of the Gunns 24 hours later, reminds me TOTALLY of Mysterio winning that 8 man tourney to win the "temporary" WWE title, only for babyface Cena to get a title match and beating him THAT SAME RAW.
ReplyDeleteYup. Still don't understand why they didn't run Rey/Cena at Summerslam in a unification match, THEN have Punk walk out to Cult of Personality to end the PPV.
ReplyDeleteWe've had back-to-back-to-back shows with ***+ feature matches, and the rematch for the Tag Titles is equally good, if not better. It's better than what the Fall of 1994 was presenting.
ReplyDeleteNot to mention the fact that I don't think WWF upped its game immediately after Nitro started. It took them some time to realize that they needed to be better.
ReplyDeleteWhat were KId and Holly going to do with the tag titles? Just hold it until they jobbed to someone else. Whether it's 24 hours or 24 days they were still transitional champs that Vince had no intention of pushing.
ReplyDeleteAnyone know who's playing the Black Phantom by any chance?
the wrestling isn't the problem. Honestly, I don't think it ever was. The characters and stories are just not interesting.
ReplyDeleteProbably Dave Heath. He worked regularly as a jobber for them in the tail-end of 1994 under his old Blackhearts mask.
ReplyDeleteIs that Gangrel?
ReplyDeleteIt gets worse in 1996 with the departure of Diesel, Razor, and Bret's 7-month vacation, among other big roster moves that damaged the roster depth when it comes to top of the card names.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but everyone is "just holding it until they job to someone else". At least they could try to tell a story around that or something.
ReplyDeleteOr Christian FINALLY winning his first world title and then jobbing to Randy Orton.
ReplyDeleteThere was logic there?
ReplyDeleteIn 96 the problem was lack of top stars, but in 95 the problem is all of the top guys are working babyface. Bret, Razor, Shawn, Diesel and UT on one side. Sid and, and, and.........well just Sid working heel.
ReplyDeleteVince's logic is no logic... I have a headache just trying to make sense of that.
ReplyDelete"You play ROCK guitar? Know what else has ROCKS, pal? Mountains! You'll be MOUNTAIN ROCK. MAN MOUNTAIN ROCK, HA HA!"
ReplyDeleteKing Mabel isn't your cup of tea? What about Isaac Yankem, the wrestling dentist? Or... wow, how did I stick with WWF through all this.
ReplyDelete1996 brings us TL Hopper....The Goon....Freddy Joe Floyd.....Gladiator Helmet Faarooq. What the hell are you talking about?
ReplyDeleteI wonder the same, but then I go back to see what PPV tapes I had. There's a gap between SummerSlam '94 and WM 12.
ReplyDelete2 weeks later: "WHY THE FUCK IS CHRISTIAN WORLD CHAMPION??"
ReplyDeleteThings really pick up with the debut of The Stalker. I heard he's a young up-and-comer looking to make a name for himself.
ReplyDeleteIn this case, Vince didn't seem to have any plans for them so I see why he didn't bother. They weren't going to actually beat anyone or would just fluke themselves through title defenses. That doesn't help them or the teams they would be facing.
ReplyDeleteYou were better than me cause I didn't watch any wrestling in 95. I went back and watched all the ppv's in 98 or 99.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they could have held it and gotten hot wins over the rest of the teams until WM11 where Owen and his surprise Yoko took them. I still love that heel pop for the win.
ReplyDeleteI remember Barry Windham in his vignettes sneaking up on us like he's Predator or something.
ReplyDelete*whispering voice* The Stalkerrrrrrr...
Not much was missed, except for pretty good Survivor Series in 1995. The rest is so forgettable (Slam) or awful (KOTR, several of the IYH's) that there's little reason to go back and watch them.
ReplyDeleteI really didn't see Vince doing that. Let's say Yoko and Owen were always penciled in for the belts. That would tell me he wouldn't push anyone that was currently holding them.
ReplyDeleteOwen and Yoko obliterating an unprepared Kid and Holly would've been an excellent David vs. Goliath type of match. I liked the Gunns, but they had size on their side.
ReplyDeleteSeemed like a good idea at the time?
ReplyDeletePlus the visuals of Yoko and Kid in there at the same time... it would have been better than what we got. The Smoking Guns were the best tag team at the time, but they can suck it.
ReplyDeleteThat's how I feel about wwe today
ReplyDeleteWe see eye to eye on that.
ReplyDeleteI think Peterson owning the name is precisely *why* they changed it. I know the darker aspects of the Payne gimmick were dropped because they (either the WWF or Peterson, or both) felt it was too similar to the Undertaker.
ReplyDeleteI hate the name, mostly because it sounds so grammatically incorrect.
ReplyDelete96 is a little better because the WWF finally realizes they need to do SOMETHING different...but not *much* better, because they didn't really know what that something was, at least until November or so. So you get a lot of hamfisted and ill-conceived ideas like Pillman and his gun, and Goldust going way past the bounds of sanity. It's not all good but it's not necessarily boring, either.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget the Real Double J and "Diesel" and "Razor" returning.
ReplyDeleteJust the influx of guys that could work was good in '96. Golddust, Austin, and Mankind alone make for a very different WWE... and Austin was the least of those three until Bret made him in November.
ReplyDeleteI didn't watch 96 originally. I watched the ppv's in succession and it was easy to follow. Very NWAish booking with each show leading to the next. After Summerslam Vince didn't know what he wanted to do and just starting doing stuff. As you stated, it wasn't boring but it was head scratching nevertheless.
ReplyDeleteWhat exactly did he do to get blackballed?
ReplyDeleteThat whole filming the boys while they did drugs...he wanted to release a doc on the dark underbelly of wrestling.
ReplyDeletePhantom was often Gangrel Dave Heath
ReplyDeleteHated this episode mostly because the Smoking Gunns were super lame and Kid deserved a better title run.
ReplyDeleteIt was vince then (and now again) having no defined personalities to his cartoon characters. The Gunns' stunk because other than their OK wrestling, they were never given a chance to develop personas. See The Usos for the modern equivalent
ReplyDeleteDid he ever release it? I'm assuming Vince sued him out of the ass.
ReplyDelete1-2-3 Kid was probably the best underdog in the history of professional wrestling... and somehow was able to turn that into someone you wanted to see get the fuck beat out of him nightly.
ReplyDeleteHe played rock and roll music that was DETRIMENTAL TO OUR YOUTH!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLooks like it could have been really interesting if ever released. This seems like the kind of stuff that could get a man killed though.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I think he got off lucky just being blackballed.
ReplyDeleteThe gunns were heels at one point? I can't remember that - when was that?
ReplyDeleteFall of 96. something like that
ReplyDeleteAround mid 1996. I love how around early 1995, i had told myself, there are 4 guys who will ALWAYS be good guys no matter what. The 1 2 3 Kid, the Bulldog, and the Smoking gunns.
ReplyDeleteWithin about a year, all 4 were heels. OOPS!
Early to mid '96 with Sunny as their manager. In Daisy Dukes and a tied off at the waist flannel top. Welcome to Bonertown, Tammy!
ReplyDeleteSerious question: Was Sean Waltman just ahead of his time? As a pure babyface, nobody did it better, either in 93 or in 99 when he had that brief flirtation with the main event. I mean, Daniel Bryan kinda perfected that face act, but Waltman was on that level, wasn't he?
ReplyDeleteIt's funny .. the clique was so pissed but then they go and brag on EVERY shoot video about the partying and drugs they did
ReplyDeleteThat match at Backlash 99 against HHH doesn't get talked about much around here but man was he on it. The way Ross was screaming I swear the guy's neck was broken.
ReplyDeleteBut it's ok, because everyone at the time assumed that Christian would get rewarded for being a good sport and get a more substantial title reign in the future for being a good company guy.
ReplyDeleteBWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
It was incredible how she had that kind of incredible "cowgirl" outfit in one segment.. then later in the same show, a beautiful and classy gown to accompany farrooq. She was simply a perfect 10.
ReplyDeleteDon't think he was ever quite as over as db was. The height of Waltmans popularity though is still one of the coolest moments in recent history (showing up on raw to join Dx and cutting that awesome promo).
ReplyDeleteYeah, after they are all retired and rich. But while being in the prime of their careers, and not millionnaires yet, I could imagine them being a tad upset about it.
ReplyDeletePoor Christian being jammed into an awful heel turn afterwards..."[LOCAL SPORTS TEAM] SUCKS!" desperation every week.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't until recently i realized thay the idea with Stalker was to have him as some psychotic Rambo type vet out to hurt people. Having him wear camo and "stalk his prey" and have his hometown be The Environment just made me think he was supposed to be a hunter, which is a pretty dumb gimmick. Nit sure why they never fleahed out the Rambo aspect of the character, or ran him as a faxe instead of a heel.
ReplyDeleteLet's not forget that one of their own is the heir apparent to the future of wrestling. I'm sure that has a lot to do with the openness of the Kliq.
ReplyDeletein hindsight, it was a great 4 month storyline. And it did give Christian a quick moment in the sun or 2, compared to 0 title reigns, had Edge not been forced to retire.
ReplyDeleteThe Lonewolf was my #1 favorite wrestler in 1994 (despite being mostly a WWF fan). So i was very excited, then later extremely disappointed when The Stalker came for his incredibly uninspired run.
ReplyDeleteI know they spend every waking moment sucking off the military but a character with PTSD would be the shit.
ReplyDeleteSunny and then I ended up having a huge crush on Marlena when she debuted. Still had a thing for her as Terri Runnels up until about 2000, but not nearly as much as when she was Marlena.
ReplyDeletePillman and his gun was awesome.
ReplyDeleteMan, Polaco looks like such a dork with that yellow jockstrap over his face.
ReplyDeleteInstead he was just past his prime Barry Windham in full jobber attire.
ReplyDeleteI watched 95 Rumble and this show last night. I couldn't get past how pathetic the roster seemed, very weird considering my history with WWF that had talent galore. HBK won from #1, and I'm like yeah, he beat a bunch of jobber tag teams that never had a chance of winning. Even the live crowd seemed to notice that.
ReplyDeleteThe live crowd did not seem impressed by Dick Murdoch, no.
ReplyDeleteExactly. Only contenders in that much other than Shawn, were Bulldog, Luger, Crush, Backlund and Owen.
ReplyDeleteThat's true but it wasn't until.the mid 2000s that he shopped it around.
ReplyDeleteJust watched SummerSlam 1993 on the Network...will never stop being amused by the bus tour leading to a countout win and the postmatch celebration.
ReplyDeleteDid he just drop it or is it actually finished?
ReplyDeleteWere the Gunns heels or was Sunny a face? Really though, it's debatable whether or not Bart was ever actually a heel. Billy was the one Sunny put under her spell and Bart kind of knew what she was up to, but didn't really care as long as Billy was on board with keeping the gold. As soon as Sunny left Billy spent all of his time trying to impress her and get the titles back so he could get her back (typical Sunny storyline) and when neither could be accomplished, the team broke up. During that period though, Bart was the voice of reason and never played heel. It's a tough thing to judge... but I guess since this was 1996 WWF, if they wrestled faces then they were heels.
ReplyDeleteI heard it was party time, all the time with Lex on that bus.
ReplyDeleteYep, that is spot on. They had a rematch at "Buried Alive" against Owen and Bulldog, and Billy said something like "Tonight, we finally recapture our ultimate goal, what was ours all along, and that's SUNNY!" Then Bart immediately corrected him.
ReplyDeleteWith Heenan going on about what a loser Lex was with the American Hero music playing and the face roster lifting Lex up. All the main events in '93 were WTFBBQ.
ReplyDeleteThey matched where they dropped the belts to Owen and Bulldog was very confusing for someone just jumping in there. I think Bulldog and Owen were the ones working face, well they are the ones that got cheered.
ReplyDeleteYep, same here. Terri : #1 of all time, Jacqueline/Miss Texas: #2 of all time (So guess what, I loved Pretty Mean Sisters)
ReplyDeleteLex must've been on drugs the entire time dealing with being a superface...he's barely smiling during the classic "I'll Be Your Hero" music video, plus the PPV starts off with Lex's arrival at the Palace at Auburn Hills and Lex looks like he's got a massive headache barely slapping fives with kids, haha. Vince just didn't notice or care how much Luger hated being a face, I guess.
ReplyDeleteReally? But they found out about it and he got fired around 1995 right?
ReplyDeleteI'd wreck Jacqueline, or rather let her wreck me. I don't care what anyone says.
ReplyDeleteExactly, I remember as a 9-year-old thinking Heenan was right, "why are they celebrating like this," and how Luger blew his one shot, not even trying to get Yoko back in the ring.
ReplyDeleteshe was very hot, and had a perfect body... but it's her attitude that turned me on the most. You try to convince me that she is not an absolute freak in the sack. Don't waste your time, I WILL NOT BE CONVINCED.
ReplyDeleteTerri or Jackie?
ReplyDeleteJust like Bart was described, I felt that the Bulldog was still a de facto face, the crowd still respected him. So I think they were more cheering for Davey than the actual team.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I seem to remember Bart not acting like a heel at all, constantly warning Billy about Sunny, etc.
ReplyDeleteI always wondered, kayfabe wise, would Luger show up for Summerslam out of shape? I mean, i doubt there was a fully equipped gym in that bus.
ReplyDeleteYou and Daniel Bryan both. His face describing how he loved Terri's "huge fake cans" as a kid on one of the Countdown shows is great.
ReplyDeleteIsn't that always how it is? You trying to tell your brother about these no-good hoes and him ignoring you?
ReplyDeleteJacquie, but after hearing the New Jack gossip... BOTH. DEFINITELY BOTH.
ReplyDeleteWas he even healthy? That bike accident was serious stuff and I don't think he was happy with having to wrestle once the WBF flopped.
ReplyDeleteHer boobs/boobs in general were/are fine. But, I've always been about the ass, and Terri's was great.
ReplyDeleteEven Crush at that time wasn't what he was from a year or so prior when he was feuding with Savage. I hadn't seen him on Raw in months. I just assumed he had been released.
ReplyDeletePlus Terri had no reservations. She went out on tv and did was she asked to do very convincingly
ReplyDeleteThreesome!
ReplyDeleteI just glanced over Scott's review of the Rumble. Where in the hell did they find Rick Martel? I don't remember him being in any of these recaps.
ReplyDeleteThat's what made it so bad. I mean, if Lex had just won by countout, but immediately acted furious that he didn't get the belt, that would have been one thing. But to just jump in the ring and celebrate? Stupid. Scott has mentioned on here that Meltzer was saying at the time the company knew they were taking a huge risk in holding off on Lex's win, and that risk did not pay off.
ReplyDeleteAs soon as I posted I thought to myself even Crush might be a stretch, but I could still conceivably see him winning.
ReplyDeleteI guess wherever they found Dick Murdoch.
ReplyDeleteI doubt it. Luger was shit in the ring that entire year, loads of restspots and punches.
ReplyDeleteIt's like when my little league softball team got a medal for participating (despite us having a 2-20 record). 10 year old me was like, "Huh? Really?"
ReplyDeleteAlso, in Scott's 2000 Rumble review, he said Big Show won the Royal Rumble. That can't be true, can it?
ReplyDeleteDon't even get me started on shit like that. So stupid.
ReplyDeleteEventually, it was ruled that Big Show won the match.
ReplyDeleteAnother example of someone who should've been a heel opponent for Diesel. Have Lex be complete Total Package asshole.
ReplyDeleteYou ever tried to find a babysitter at the last minute? I imagine that's how this Rumble was booked. "Hey Pat, do you still have Dick Murdoch's number? You think he'd want to be in the Rumble? What if we paid him 800 bucks instead of 5? Think he'd go for that?"
ReplyDelete... even better with the Bella response afterward. I played that one back a few times, it's hilarious.
ReplyDeleteAnd Murdoch got a decent run, along with doing a dropkick that I was genuinely surprised by.
ReplyDeleteWell, I'll be damned. I've totally blocked that from my memory. I remember Rock and Big Show having the match at No Way Out to determine who got the title shot (which, of course, ended up being a moot point), but I completely forgot how they set it up.
ReplyDeleteHe was released due to injuries and he was having very open problems with pills, like spicolli.
ReplyDeleteWho was more of a WTF? moment. Murdock in '95 or Dory Funk in '96?
ReplyDelete"Yeah, but he's gonna ask for free food."
ReplyDeleteThey definitely should have turned him the moment Vince decided to go with Bret as the champ coming out of WM X.
ReplyDeleteWell I think technically it's still ruled that Rock won the match. But Big Show showed proof that Rock's feet hit first. Even still, Hunter and Steph didn't overturn the result of the Rumble--Rock still won. They just made him put his WrestleMania title shot on the line against Big Show.
ReplyDeleteWow, and his WCW finisher was actually called the "Pain Killer". Too easy.
ReplyDeleteThe Youngster Carlos Colon in 1993.
ReplyDeleteHaha
ReplyDelete1996 was even crazier. The Headhunters, Dory, Omori? Crazy. The Great Kabuki in 1994 was probably the weirdest, though.
ReplyDeleteHe worked sporadic shows through 94
ReplyDeleteMurdoch was so, so very good. It's too bad he didn't fit in the Golden Age of WWF.
ReplyDeleteNor with most of the partipants. Doink got a huge pop tho lol
ReplyDeleteBuck Quartermaine...talk a name that needs to be recycled.
ReplyDeleteShame that a ***3/4 could have been better but the Gunns were a VERY athletic team that did some cool shit when you looked past the cartoon gimmick they were saddled with (saddled with...get it? ;)
He was seriously something too new to the wwf fans of the time. They never had such a small baby face or have one work that way. Remember, most fans were used to the giant muscle guys, and even guys like bret were considered big next to Waltman. He was amazing in the ring though and deserves praise
ReplyDeleteYes. In 96 with sunny
ReplyDeleteThese are my Bloggers O'Doom
ReplyDeleteWon't be able to watch Summerslam until early Monday morning. If the Network spoils the result on the top page, I will cancel my subscription right then and there.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to wait and catch the replay tonight. Got a ton of family coming over. So I am officially in spoiler avoiding mode.
ReplyDeleteBecause they needed to sell Summerslam, and Cena vs Punk would sell miles better than Cena vs Rey, unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteBuyrate ended up being sub par though, right? I bet in hindsight, they do with they would have stretched it out a few months.
ReplyDeleteLuger did a WWF 1993 shoot with Kayfabe Commentaries, he describes the schedule he kept every day during the Lex Express...it does sound terrible, lol.
ReplyDeleteI assume this is a compliment?
ReplyDeleteI don't remember how the show did, but I get the thought process that Cena vs Punk was really the only marquee match they could have gone with for their second biggest show of the year. Especially after how incredible their match at MITB was. In a perfect world, of course I would have liked to see that whole deal stretched out more. I think everyone would have.
ReplyDeleteNeeded more HHH, Nash and Del Rio.
ReplyDeletePerhaps, but they were also in L.A. at Staples. Rey could've drawn a good portion of the Latino market at the gate and on PPV.
ReplyDeleteI really, really enjoy that match. The part where Owen does a chopblock & JR absolutely loses his crap & starts screaming about Owen being a "difference maker" makes me so happy.
ReplyDeleteKid could just go. His stuff so crisp and smooth. Watching just the final minute of this tag match against Yoko/Owen shows it.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ3nyhPjgcA
They could have salvaged this by having Luger claim to be the real champion, and having Yokozuna becomie increasingly frustrated until he gave him a re-match of his own volition. But once Luger was depressed and disappointed in the immediate aftermath, he was permanently painted as an idiot.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think that there would be some cool anagrams for a name like that. But nope, not a one.
ReplyDeleteClosest I could get was Unique Crab Market.
Love Scott Hall's RF shoot where he talks about seeing Waltman in GWF, and how he had the heel mannerisms and general dickishness down. He was in a match where they ran a 20 count outside the ring, and Waltman just sits outside all casual as if to say to the ref, "go ahead and count old man, I got plenty of time".
ReplyDeletecorrect rock is still considered the winner of that match
ReplyDelete"Tell him if he breaks out a dropkick he gets pizza."
ReplyDeleteOr, bologna and mustard sandwiches according to James Mitchell.
ReplyDeleteJackie and New Jack? Did she lose a bet?
ReplyDeleteA quick meat burner
ReplyDelete..... My cat's breath smells like cat food...
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