ClassicFan2
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Post by ClassicFan2 on Apr 24, 2021 12:03:06 GMT -5
Springtime always has me remembering this event as we didnt really get many in april/springtime back in the day. An underrated event as a whole IMO. Had some great matches!
obviously, flair/steamboat is an all-time classic
sting and rude had another tremendous bout
steve austin vs muta is match many dont remember but was very good as well
we had a bunkhouse match with dustin/bunkhouse buck that was entertaining
1st match between vader & big boss man (the Boss), kinda a wwf vs wcw big man match
nasty boys & cactus jack/max payne had a wild chicago street fight match
steven regal & pillman had a great technical match
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Post by The Brain on Apr 24, 2021 12:09:28 GMT -5
This event is great.Really not a bad match on it.Was fun reliving it last Spring on RWN.
This and Slamboree that year are my fav ppvs from WCW in 94.
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Post by Grenouille on Apr 24, 2021 17:13:37 GMT -5
I remember this being one of the rare WCW VHS tapes available at department stores. I just about wore it out watching it so many times.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Apr 25, 2021 0:05:34 GMT -5
All the PPVs in early 1994 were great. Super Brawl IV, Spring Stampede and Slamboree all solid WCW PPV events.
Then that all changed once Bash at the Beach happened and we had the Hulk Hogan era of WCW.
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Post by whydontyoutellme on Apr 25, 2021 19:14:13 GMT -5
Really strong card. I watched that ppv last summer and enjoyed it thoroughly. Yes, even the bunkhouse match.
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Post by MKSavage on Apr 26, 2021 0:47:49 GMT -5
This event is great. Really not a bad match on it. Was fun reliving it last Spring on RWN. This and Slamboree that year are my fav ppvs from WCW in 94. WCW was really starting to come into their own at this time, a lot of the young talent was finally maturing and becoming great and matching up well with the veterans. 1992-94 were some good times to be a WCW fan, each year they seemed to get better. Too bad they really went to the hooky stuff after Hogan arrived, I think the style that WCW had in 1992-94 could have been great with the additions of Hogan and Savage. The Dungeon of Doom stuff is hard to watch. I think they shouldn't have gone straight to the Hogan/Flair matches right away, they should have built up to it sort of like they did with Sting/Hogan in 1996/97. If they could have held out, I would have had Hogan beat Vader for the WCW World Title (Replacement Title) and Flair beat Sting for the WCW International Title (Big Gold Belt) during the build, then a year after Hogan arrived have a PPV centered around Hogan vs Flair unifying the belts. Shame Rude got injured just before Hogan's arrival, I think Rude and Hogan could have had a great feud too. Savage and Rude as well. |
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ClassicFan2
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Post by ClassicFan2 on Apr 26, 2021 11:17:35 GMT -5
This event is great. Really not a bad match on it. Was fun reliving it last Spring on RWN. This and Slamboree that year are my fav ppvs from WCW in 94. WCW was really starting to come into their own at this time, a lot of the young talent was finally maturing and becoming great and matching up well with the veterans. 1992-94 were some good times to be a WCW fan, each year they seemed to get better. Too bad they really went to the hooky stuff after Hogan arrived, I think the style that WCW had in 1992-94 could have been great with the additions of Hogan and Savage. The Dungeon of Doom stuff is hard to watch. I think they shouldn't have gone straight to the Hogan/Flair matches right away, they should have built up to it sort of like they did with Sting/Hogan in 1996/97. If they could have held out, I would have had Hogan beat Vader for the WCW World Title (Replacement Title) and Flair beat Sting for the WCW International Title (Big Gold Belt) during the build, then a year after Hogan arrived have a PPV centered around Hogan vs Flair unifying the belts. Shame Rude got injured just before Hogan's arrival, I think Rude and Hogan could have had a great feud too. Savage and Rude as well. totally agree. wcw went too hokey with everything after hogan. the shark, the booty man, dungeon of doom, etc. wcw had more of old school style going on and it was awesome. for this reason alone i wish hogan never left wwf. mayb both wwf & wcw would stayed the same type of promotions we all loved. sure the attutude era was great and fun for a bit, but it was like getting too high and partying too hard and then we had nowhere to go after that. i could have lived if the attude era never happened. heck we may still have both wwf/e & wcw still today. |
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Post by MKSavage on Apr 26, 2021 11:20:31 GMT -5
WCW was really starting to come into their own at this time, a lot of the young talent was finally maturing and becoming great and matching up well with the veterans. 1992-94 were some good times to be a WCW fan, each year they seemed to get better. Too bad they really went to the hooky stuff after Hogan arrived, I think the style that WCW had in 1992-94 could have been great with the additions of Hogan and Savage. The Dungeon of Doom stuff is hard to watch. I think they shouldn't have gone straight to the Hogan/Flair matches right away, they should have built up to it sort of like they did with Sting/Hogan in 1996/97. If they could have held out, I would have had Hogan beat Vader for the WCW World Title (Replacement Title) and Flair beat Sting for the WCW International Title (Big Gold Belt) during the build, then a year after Hogan arrived have a PPV centered around Hogan vs Flair unifying the belts. Shame Rude got injured just before Hogan's arrival, I think Rude and Hogan could have had a great feud too. Savage and Rude as well. totally agree. wcw went too hokey with everything after Hogan. the shark, the booty man, dungeon of doom, etc. wcw had more of old school style going on and it was awesome. for this reason alone i wish Hogan never left wwf. maybe both wwf & wcw would stayed the same type of promotions we all loved. sure the attitude era was great and fun for a bit, but it was like getting too high and partying too hard and then we had nowhere to go after that. i could have lived if the attitude era never happened. heck we may still have both wwf/e & wcw still today. I think the attitude era still needed to happen, maybe not to the extent it went to, but wrestling needed its edge back. Funny, I could see the Stonecold Steve Austin character happening in WCW if they let him do the ECW style interview while still in WCW, raging against the powers that be. Would have been interesting to see. |
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Post by jason1980s on Apr 26, 2021 11:36:01 GMT -5
WCW was really finding their footing at the time. I know bringing Hogan in saw their great success, two years later but it's almost a shame they couldn't find someone to make their major star at the time other than Hogan. Sting and Flair were still great as the big two you could always count on but they have been depended on for so long that you really needed to try and find a new star.
My personal favorite memory of this time period is Barry Windham coming back at Slamboree to Arn Anderson's amazing 1995 music. I can't believe they let that music go for a year and a half without being used.
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Post by cordless2016 on Apr 26, 2021 20:39:27 GMT -5
I’ve always felt that 1992-early 1994 WCW is super underrated. Spring Stampede 1994 is a great example of this. I always loved the Rude/Sting feud and it’s a shame Rude’s career ended shortly after this. I’ve always wondered how he would have factored into WCW’s plans once Hogan came in shortly after this.
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Post by The Brain on Apr 26, 2021 20:52:00 GMT -5
A Rude/Mach feud in 95 wouldve been  |
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Post by cordless2016 on Apr 26, 2021 21:24:09 GMT -5
If Rude never got hurt I’ve always felt he would have eventually gone back to the WWF once Hogan got there. Part of the reason he left the WWF in the first place was because he was sick of being a midcarder (on top of a pay dispute). I could see Rude leaving WCW pretty quickly had Hogan pushed him to the back of the line for his own cronies (Beefcake main evented Starrcade that year for Christ sakes). Though Rude/Macho would have been great stuff.
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Post by JokerFC on Apr 27, 2021 5:37:05 GMT -5
I've been looking for something to watch & this fits the bill nicely. It goes on after work tonight 👌
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