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Post by The Brain on Jan 31, 2018 14:34:06 GMT -5
Mr. Perfect vs Papa Shango- It's a Shango match so don't expect a mat classic. Perfect was great in the selling department to make the voodoo man look like a threat. Perfect with his signature Perfect Plex for the win at about 8 minutes with only 5 shown due to a commercial. Overall nothing special but watchable.
Next up we have a video promo on the 1st inductee in the WWF HOF and it's none other than Andre the Giant. The HOF started in 93 so they made the right choice with this inductee.
Money Inc. Vs Jeff Armstrong/ Scott Rich- Just a squash match to hype up their title defense against The Mega Maniacs at WM IX. Side note: this match was taped at RAW in the Manhattan Center.
Mean Gene next up with the WrestleMania IX Report. Don't wait till the 11th hour order now!! Love these reports.
Ico-Pro and WWF Hasbro ads. Memories.
Owen Hart vs. Bobby Young- Squash here with Owen winning with a crossbody. Giant Gonzales comes in right after for a brief promo hyping up his match with Taker at WM IX.That body suit is still horrible 25 years later.
We then get a retort from the man from the dark side The Undertaker and Paul Bearer!! I miss these old studio promos.
Tatanka vs Reno Riggins- Another squash taped at Raw. Tatanka with the Samoan drop for the win.
Hard Rock Cafe charity promo
Doink Vs Larry Sampson- The clown with the stump puller for the easy win.
We end the episode with a Bret Hart tribute video to the tune of Aretha Franklin's ''Respect''
Overall if you are a fan of this era give this show a look as it hypes up Mania well. The matches? well that's another story.
Feedback is welcomed/appreciated. I plan to do more of these reviews in the future. Thanks for reading!!
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Feb 1, 2018 3:41:39 GMT -5
Interesting that you started with Mania from 93 because I am in the middle of going through Wrestling Challenge episodes from 1993. I am in the month of September now.
The Owen Hart match with Giant Gonzalez coming in to the ring right after?? I am sure that was on Wrestling Challenge too because I remember seeing that and Owen leaves the ring after doing a black flip I wanna say.
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Post by The Brain on Feb 1, 2018 12:00:21 GMT -5
Interesting that you started with Mania from 93 because I am in the middle of going through Wrestling Challenge episodes from 1993. I am in the month of September now. The Owen Hart match with Giant Gonzalez coming in to the ring right after?? I am sure that was on Wrestling Challenge too because I remember seeing that and Owen leaves the ring after doing a black flip I wanna say. Yeah for now I'm going to do random shows but who knows maybe down the line if this pick up steam I'll go in order.
It was an awkward segment as Gonzales just walks in and stands there confused until Owen leaves the ring. Would've made sense for him to attack em like he did to Taker at the Rumble.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 12:38:46 GMT -5
Do you take suggestions? How about 9/24/88 Superstars? One Man Gang becomes Akeem.
Where did you watch the Mania episode? Burned DVD?
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Post by The Brain on Feb 1, 2018 14:28:17 GMT -5
Do you take suggestions? How about 9/24/88 Superstars? One Man Gang becomes Akeem. Where did you watch the Mania episode? Burned DVD? Absolutely. I was going to go with voting but suggestions/requests seem like a better idea.
I just picked a random show from my collection. This episode is on YouTube however if you wanna check it out.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 14:52:29 GMT -5
I have a big collection of burned discs(as do you I take it?). I have the entire season of 1991 wwf superstars in its original form. When wwe puts them on the network they won't be original so I don't need to look forward to that.
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Post by The Brain on Feb 1, 2018 15:43:51 GMT -5
I have a big collection of burned discs(as do you I take it?). I have the entire season of 1991 wwf superstars in its original form. When wwe puts them on the network they won't be original so I'm in don't need to look forward to that. Yep. My collection is extensive to say the least. Boxes and boxes full of goodness. |
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Feb 1, 2018 17:01:52 GMT -5
So I know this has nothing to do with the review of Mania, but I just watched the craziest thing for its time frame.
On Wrestling Challenge on a September 1993 episode, the Headshrinkers were wrestling. Samu laid out a jobber on the floor, and Fatu jumped off the top of the turnbuckle down to the floor splashing him!! Jim Ross and Bobby Heenan marked out huge over it, and so did I!! That was so unheard of in 1993 and I am shocked it wasn't talked about.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 17:32:48 GMT -5
Also around the same time there was a match between 123 Kid vs Bastion Booger that had a funny ending. 123 Kid dumped water on the blue mat outside the ring. Kid got in the ring and Bastion was going to follow him, but kept slipping on the water and got counted out! A lot of people say 1993 was a bad year, but I grew up on it and thought it was classic. Early 91 until early 01 is gold to me.
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Post by The Brain on Feb 1, 2018 18:34:42 GMT -5
I enjoyed 93 myself. Bret vs Lawler is a big highlight for me that year.
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Post by Zincdust on Feb 2, 2018 13:41:08 GMT -5
Was this the Riggins/Tatanka match where Reno looked into the camera and said "I ain't got no *reservations* about beating up an Indian!"?
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Post by The Brain on Feb 2, 2018 13:52:20 GMT -5
Was this the Riggins/Tatanka match where Reno looked into the camera and said "I ain't got no *reservations* about beating up an Indian!"? LOL no but I do remember em saying that in one of their matches together. |
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Post by The Brain on Feb 2, 2018 21:59:10 GMT -5
Per @anthony18's request, WWF Superstars 9-24-88 will be the next review!! look out for it in the next couple days.
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Post by Patrick Bateman (original) on Feb 3, 2018 23:59:30 GMT -5
Are these on the network? Or do you have VHS tapes?
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Post by The Brain on Feb 4, 2018 10:00:03 GMT -5
Are these on the network? Or do you have VHS tapes? Majority of my collection was on VHS tapes but I have since converted them all to DVD. |
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