PPV/Supercard Talk #4: The Wrestling Classic

PPV/Supercard Talk #4: The Wrestling Classic



1) What do you rate this event? (1-5, 5 being the best): 2

2) What were you looking forward to or most excited to see at this event?: Seeing the first ever wwf ppv(this was their first ppv right?)

3) What did you like most about this event?: The tournament

4) What did hate most about this event?: A lot of the weak matches

5) What could/would have made this event better to/for you?: Have better tournament matches


a) best match: Savage vs Steamboat

b) worst match: Dynamite Kid vs Nikolai Volkoff

c) fav match: Savage vs Steamboat



**Final Thoughts**: I like tournaments, but the matches were mostly weak. Hogan vs Piper wasn't that great either.

1) What do you rate this event? (1-5, 5 being the best): 4
Not the best WWF event but they were still in the "infancy" portion of PPVs so it's forgivable how bad the show was. WrestleMania 2 was pretty similar to this one and I don't think it was until WrestleMania III that they really put everything together and made it work. Big Event really helped in laying ground work for a show like III.

2) What were you looking forward to or most excited to see at this event?:
So many different wrestlers. I liked shows like KOTR, Survivor Series or Royal Rumble especially shows with more lower cards guys like this one featured. You mentioned not having a lot of bigger names but what could they really do with them? Andre can't look weak but you can't have his opponents look weak if they were trying to do something with them. The non finishes or crazy finishes work with lower card guys but not always with guys you're looking to build.
I wish KOTR had seen more tourney matches on the PPV like this one did.

3) What did you like most about this event?: Again, having lots of lower card guys and different gimmick guys. And also, getting to see some of the newer wrestlers on a bigger stage than the regular TV shows.

4) What did hate most about this event?: The backstage silliness. They could probably have made the matches a little longer or had a tag match or a six man match or something instead of having some random model (was she a regular WWF employee) and I'm sure in typical "hahaha gotcha!" Vince McMahon fashion she knew nothing ahead of time about Lord Alfred Hayes trying to come on to her. I see Wrestlevision on the Coliseum Video and I remember Vince mentioning it (well, "russle vision" IIRC) but did it ever go any farther than this one show and what was it supposed to be?

5) What could/would have made this event better to/for you?:
Nothing in particular. Again, this was one of the first PPVs) for WWF so they were just getting started, working things out. I would've liked to have seen entrances if they even exist on film outside of Coliseum Video chopping them off.

a) best match: Any Macho Man match. His first PPV and you could tell just how good he was and how far he would go based on his talents and based on the promotion knowing his talents. It get if he left WWF because they weren't doing anything with him but his entire 9 year run was so special.

b) worst match: Any match that lasted less than a minute, except for Dynamite. It really did no one any good especially not fan favorite Junkyard Dog. If anything, it helped pushed Macho Man as a bigger star and better athlete compared to Dog at the end.

c) fav match: Dynamite v. Nikolai. For as short as it was it really showcased just how good Dynamite was and how quick he could do something so spectacular.


**Final Thoughts**: [/quote]
I think every wrestler but Spot and Ivan Putski had an LJN toy so definitely a great amount of talent on this show. I know Macho Man would win the IC title just a few months later but hopefully the commentators (most likely Jesse) would put Macho over even harder due to this event.