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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2014 18:41:13 GMT -5
I have a soft spot for Mania IV,mainly cause it was my first Mania I got on PPV, I thought the Tournament concept was unique for the show and the stakes (this was before WCW was available here,so I had never seen the Crockett Cup at the time), and I'm a huge Demolition mark,so there was that. that said,it is a long,tedious,sometime quite boring affair. it took WAY too long to get to the finish line. WrestleMania V was much better in this respect,as the pace was quicker,and you didn't really get bored. plus,it had much better matches than IV. Trump Plaza,however,was NOT a conductive environment for a wrestling card,much less the biggest one of the year! Hogan said Vince must've cut a hell of a deal with Trump,because Mania IV,the talent was not happy because it didn't have that WrestleMania vibe to it,and the crowd wasn't die-hard wrestling fans,but mostly hotel guests, casino high-rollers,and Trump's buddies and their families. so they were all happy when it was over and they were done with the place... til Vince announced they were going back there the next year! WM3 was my first. I loved WM4 as well! The tournament was so awesome. In the WWF magazine that came out during that time they had it all laid out with blank spots. I remember filling mine out with Bigelow taking home the title. Boy was I wrong! |
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Post by mikey1974 on Jan 13, 2014 20:12:36 GMT -5
I have a soft spot for Mania IV,mainly cause it was my first Mania I got on PPV, I thought the Tournament concept was unique for the show and the stakes (this was before WCW was available here,so I had never seen the Crockett Cup at the time), and I'm a huge Demolition mark,so there was that. that said,it is a long,tedious,sometime quite boring affair. it took WAY too long to get to the finish line. WrestleMania V was much better in this respect,as the pace was quicker,and you didn't really get bored. plus,it had much better matches than IV. Trump Plaza,however,was NOT a conductive environment for a wrestling card,much less the biggest one of the year! Hogan said Vince must've cut a hell of a deal with Trump,because Mania IV,the talent was not happy because it didn't have that WrestleMania vibe to it,and the crowd wasn't die-hard wrestling fans,but mostly hotel guests, casino high-rollers,and Trump's buddies and their families. so they were all happy when it was over and they were done with the place... til Vince announced they were going back there the next year! WM3 was my first. I loved WM4 as well! The tournament was so awesome. In the WWF magazine that came out during that time they had it all laid out with blank spots. I remember filling mine out with Bigelow taking home the title. Boy was I wrong! holy s#$t!!!LOL! I also picked Bigelow to win it all! in kayfabe terms,that match was such a ripoff! Bigelow falls over the top rope to the floor because of Slick pulling down the top rope. then,when Bam Bam tries to get in the ring,the Gang won't let him in and keeps hitting him,yet the ref keeps counting Bigelow outside the ring,even though the correct protocol would be to put a 5 count on the Gang for not backing up and allowing Bigelow the chance to enter! that ref was a slimy bastard! I forgot his name,but he just looked scummy,and there'd always be some weird calls when he was doing a match. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2014 0:01:04 GMT -5
WM3 was my first. I loved WM4 as well! The tournament was so awesome. In the WWF magazine that came out during that time they had it all laid out with blank spots. I remember filling mine out with Bigelow taking home the title. Boy was I wrong! holy s#$t!!!LOL! I also picked Bigelow to win it all! in kayfabe terms,that match was such a ripoff! Bigelow falls over the top rope to the floor because of Slick pulling down the top rope. then,when Bam Bam tries to get in the ring,the Gang won't let him in and keeps hitting him,yet the ref keeps counting Bigelow outside the ring,even though the correct protocol would be to put a 5 count on the Gang for not backing up and allowing Bigelow the chance to enter! that ref was a slimy bastard! I forgot his name,but he just looked scummy,and there'd always be some weird calls when he was doing a match. Is that the Gordo ref who always looked like he never bathed? His hair was NEVER combed either...Yeah he was scummy. Looked more like a New York cabbie than a ref. |
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Jan 14, 2014 20:57:09 GMT -5
That Bigelow match at WM4 was a definite letdown. I think I read years later that Bam Bam was hurt and probably not in good enough shape to work a match, but they wanted him on the show so they booked around it.
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