1994-02-12 Superstars

 

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2020-08-29, are going back to February 12th 1994 and checking out WWF Superstars.  We are on the road to Wrestlemania!  Will Randy Savage and Crush have an altercation?  What about the Hart Brothers?  I think we should go find out!

• I feel like Crush is underrated and often forgotten by fans
• Was he a ring technician?  No, but he was good in the ring!
• That head crush was a horrible finisher however
• The only thing worse was Slaughter's knuckle to the head thing
• Such a severe injury that he came out later in the Royal Rumble match.  Yep!
• Good grief, they are just ignoring the fact that Bret held Owen down his entire life!
• ITS THE ROCKET, AND FUTURE KING, OWEN HART!
• Worst guest ring announcer ever!
• I do not think that Brad is going to do the Anderson family proud tonight
• Brad is proving me wrong here, a decent showing 
• Triple B did not do a great moonsault
• Ah our weekly dose of WWF Cornette
• Owen Hart vs. Marty Jannetty?  Yes, please!
• Marty not only earns respect he will kill it!
• Two of my favourite enhancement talents!
• It is weird to think that Luke and Butch are in the HOF but Vader is not
• Is Jason even 18 years old?  He looks like he is still in high school!
• Shawn never lost the belt Toddy boy, so it is not a bogus belt!
• Why do Shawns shades have shades?
• How old was Debbie Combs at that point?
• Good grief who picked the ring gear Savage wore?  I realize he is wearing his Mania jacket but orange and neon green?  
• I do not think anyone goes over the top as good as Randy did
• This is a great old school match
• Martel is another forgotten guy by modern fans I think
• How did Savage not blow out a knee at least once on that double axe handle to the floor?

A good show.  That Savage and Martel match was good.  A great Owen promo.  A brief segment of Corny.  I really liked this show.  It moved the storylines towards Mania and still made a really entertaining show as well.  I miss these 46 minutes/hour shows, I really do

RESULTS

• Crush def. Jay P. Stryker via Submission
• Update:  Bret Hart
• Music Video:  Bret Hart
• Segment:  Owen Hart
• Bam Bam Bigelow def. Brad Anderson
• Face to Face:  Jim Cornette
• Luke/Butch def. Barry Horowitz/Reno Riggins
• Music Video:  Alundra Blayze (WWF Women's Champion)
• Ludwig Borga def. Jason Voltaire via Submission
• Recap:  Contract Signing:  Randy Savage & Crush
• Wrestlemania Report:  Shawn Michaels (Intercontinental Champion)/Razor Ramon (Intercontinental Champion)
• Randy Savage def. Rick Martel
• Face to Face:  Bret Hart
• Segment:  Paul Bearer

1994-02-12 SMW

 

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2020-08-29, I am going back to Feb 12th 1994 and checking out SMW.  I am not keeping up with what is going on as, unfortunately, life keeps me from a steady diet of wrestling so no preview here just jumping on in!

• Where did Corny find those suits?
• Candido did a hell of a piledriver!
• I cannot imagine a match with these two teams!
• Basically the Southern Version of an ECW match
• It is so basic what they did to continue the feud between the RNR and Corny

Not a lot to say about this show.  A recap of all the storylines going into Sunday Bloody Sunday.  Until next time Abyssina!

RESULTS

• Recap:  Chris Candido & Tracey Smothers
• Segment:  Chris Candido
• Segment:  Tracey Smothers
• Music Video:  Bruiser Brothers
• Recap:  The Moondogs
• Segment:  Jim Cornette/Tammy Fitch & Chris Candido & Brian Lee
• Segment:  Mike Furnas & Doug Furnas
• Recap:  Jim Cornette & Ricky Morton
• Segment:  Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. 
• Interview:  The Bullet
• History:  Dirty White Boy & Brian Lee
• Segment. Ron White
• Highlights:  Dirty White Boy def. Brian Lee
• Tammy Finch def. Dirty White Girl
• Segment:  Dirty White Girl
• Segment:  Tammy Finch & Brian Lee
• Interview:  Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson/Dirty White Girl & Tracey Smothers & Dirty White Boy

2021-02-26 Main Event

 

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry.  I am checking out today's WWE Main Event!  I am not sure what is on the show but we will surely recap the Elimination Chamber and talk about next weeks big Raw so I think we should get to the show!

• Mansoor was pretty good on 205 earlier this year when I watched
• Hearing Matt Striker on Impact makes me not like Tom
• Remember when Drew was getting a push....I miss that 
• So far the match is okay but feels like just moves not a match
• A fine match but it is sad to see Drew in the position he is in
• Remember when Elias was seemingly going to be a big star?  
• Remember when Dave Meltzer said Ryker was going to be let go?  Strange....
• Strangely fun match with the cruiserweight keep the bigger guys on their bikes as it were
• I do love Tozawa's screams
• Two matches and two standing moonsaults, not good agents
• BUBBA SLAM!

I am not watching the review segments here but the two matches were both fine for what they were.  Honestly Drew, Elias and Ryker deserve to be on Raw not on a show no one watches.  Tozawa is great on 205 and in the 24/7 segments.  Monsoor is still learning and on 205.  It is Carillo that is the odd man out and honestly, I just do see it in him.  I do not see what he brings that the fans are going to get behind.  Overall a forgettable show.  

RESULTS

• Mansoor def. Drew Gulak
• Raw Recap:  MizTV
• Raw Recap:  Womens Tag Team Title Match
• Raw Recap:  Ric Flair/Charlotte Flair
• Elias/Jaxson Ryker def. Humberto Carrillo/Akira Tozawa
• Raw Recap:  Braun Strowman/Bobby Lashley

1994-02-12 WCW Pro

 

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you found this entry. Today, 2020-08-17, I am getting in my way back machine to go to WCW Pro from the 12th of February 1994.  I have no idea what is going to be on the show so I think we should just jump right into it!

• Ah yes Flair and Vader and the bait and switch and bait again for the match
• Two very underrated guys here, Badd and Rogers
• If you do not follow Rogers on Twitter you should but it is NOT safe for work or young children!
• Both of these guys are fantastic and such great characters
• Its too bad Mero could not get a character in WWF that worked because he could have been a star I think
• Another guy that I think we looked down on back in 1994 but today would be a star.  Roma looks good and is smooth in the ring, but he was just average when he was active.  What does that say about this generation?
• Kendall is a little goofy looking
• Roma was just a generation too soon
• I always like Nasty Ned on these enhancement matches
• And Mick is Mick, how can you not like him!
• What is Payne wearing?
• Some miscommunication there between Mick and Tony....or Tony sandbagged him!
• I wonder if there are recordings of the old WCW Hotline, I would love to hear them
• 5 really strong wrestlers and Frankie who is that not bad at all!
• I do not understand how Brad was not a star at this point, just makes no sense!
• Orndorff went for a drop kick?
• Think about it, four of the six guys in this match should be in any Hall of Fame!
• Is Rude the perfect looking man to be a pro wrestler?  Tall, tan, muscular and so well proportioned.  As someone to draw a pro wrestler and it is Rude
• So weird it is Brad that is doing the selling most of the time
• I love that Terry just explained why Brad has been in the ring so much
• Look how happy Rude is in the corner!

A repeat show from Worldwide "last week" but all good matches.  WCW and SMW are the highlights of 1994 6 weeks in.  ECW and WWF (minus the Rocket King) need to step up damn it!  

RESULTS

• Recap:  Vader & Ric Flair (WCW World Champion)
• Johnny B. Badd def. Rip Rogers
• Paul Roma def. Kenny Kendall
• Superbrawl Control Center:  Steve Austin (US Champion)/Rick Rude (International Champion)/Paul Orndorff & Sting/Dustin Rhodes/Brian Pillman
• WCW Flashback
• Cactus Jack/Maxx Payne def. Nasty Ned/Tony Mella via Submission
• Steve Austin (US Champion)/Rick Rude (International Champion)/Paul Orndorff def. Mark Starr/Frankie Lancaster/Brad Armstrong

2021-02-23 Impact

 

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2021-02-24, I am checking out last nights Impact.  We are deep in the working relationship for Impact and AEW so I am sure that will play into things here.  I think it is time to go friend out!

• Interesting that Taya is still in the intro considering she is in NXT now.  
• Who is that horrible announcer?
• Is that Matt Striker?  
• Seriously who are there announcers?
• I think it is Striker, I am excited if it is!
• I am more interested in who the announcers are not the match and that is sad
• Something is going to get picked up by WWE in the future I believe as he seems to be a good-sized guy
• This has not been a horrible match but I am just not into it.  To be fair it is probably because I have not been following Impact closely so I do not know the story
• Uggg, they are putting in fake noise too.  It is just not overwhelming
• D-LO!  THAT IS D-LO BROWN!
• MOOSE!
• I feel like if Monty Brown was still wrestling he would be in this spot
• Scott D'Amore gets his own theme music?
• I do like the fire that Scott shows on camera
• You believe he believes
• Willie Mack is the only guy in this match that feels like a star
• Decay is still around?
• Is this Mantaur 2.0?
• So these guys are fighting to fight each other?  
• JESUS A POWERBOMB ON THE KNEE!!
• What was that by Alexander?
• I hope Willie is okay after that bad bump!
• Of course, the one guy that looks like a star is the one that takes the fall
• Wait...are they the death dealers or decay?  I am confused
• Tony Khan is SO bad
• Wow Ryan looks just like his brother and sounds like him too
• This is a HORRIBLE segment, it is sad that AEW is trying to get viewers from Impact
• I love the plugging by the Good Brothers
• Why Striker is not the lead announcer on Raw is beyond me!  The best announcer in the business now that he is back.  
• Larry and Acey can move for their size
• Well the one thing that made Larry special was his size and Doc already destroyed that with the throwaway slam
• While Acey can move he needs to lose some weight or he is in trouble in a few years
• Want to stand out in pro wrestling?  Do NOT get any tattoos
• Damn Gallows can throw a boot
• Finjuice is a HORRIBLE name
• Well XXXL can never be taken seriously after that basic squash
• This segment....that is one of the worst segments I have ever seen!
• New York titles?
• Sorry, Matt, Eddie is not in that conversation because he is in Impact
• Are they making fun of Stephen P. New?
• I wonder what is in Hernandez background that stops him from getting signed by WWE
• That is the best call, the way D-Lo is selling that apron spot
• That was really weird, Hernandez went up when Edwards was in a bad spot and then just sat there
• Jazz wears a mask now and a jail jumpsuit.  Okay
• Susan wears the jacket to wrestle?
• Stiff looking crossfaces
• I do not think ODB cares she was just kicked out
• Why did Kimber just sit there waiting for that blow?
• Susan seems like she is a step behind the rest of the girls
• Jordynne just could not get that float over after the spinebuster
• That move looks like it is an inch away from a broken neck
• That acting with Jordynne and Jazz was cringe-worthy
• I kind of like this Jake Something
• Damn it!  I hate that run into the buckles yourself as hard as you are thrown into them
• We just saw that leg trip spot in the Edwards match
• The turned up the crowd noise
• Three short clotheslines and nothing
• WHAT A HEADBUTT!!
• What a vertical by Moose
• Wait....is Moose actually selling the superplex even though he did the move?  He is my new favourite person!
• WTF?  RICH SWANN IS HERE!  SCOTT LIED!!

This was not a great show.  Not horrible but not great.  The best thing on the show was the announcing.  I love Striker.  He is over the top but I like that because he seems genuinely excited.  I also realize that there are a lot of green ladies in pro wrestling right now, which is not a bad thing but so many are rushed to TV sadly.  AEW and Impact are full of them.  Overall this is just...they need to cut this show down to 60 minutes and cut out things like the Casino segment or the backstage shit.  

RESULTS

• Jake Something def. Deaner in a tables match
• Segment:  Moose (TNA Champion)/Scott D'Amore
• Trey Miguel/Willie Mack/Josh Alexander def. Chris Bey/Ace Austin/Black Taurus
• Segment:  Trey Miguel & Sami Callahan
• Flashback Moment
• Segment:  Black Taurus & Rosemary & Crazzy Steve
• Segment:  Tony Khan & AEW Roster
• Segment:  Havok and Nevaeh/Tenille Dashwood
• Doc Gallows/Karl Anderson (Impact Tag Team Titles) def. Larry D/Acey Romero for the Titles
• Segment:  James Storm & Chris Sabin/Rohit Raju & Hakim Zane/Johnny Swinger
• Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson (Impact Tag Team Titles)/David Finlay & Juice Robinson
• Segment:  Eddie Edwards/Brian Myers/Mark Sterling
• Eddie Edwards def. Hernandez
• Segment:  Matt Cardona & Brian Myers/Scott D'Amore
• Jazz/Jordynne Grace def. Kimber Lee/Susan
• Segment:  Jazz & Jordan Grace/ODB
• Moose (TNA Champion) def. Jake Something for the Title
• Segment:  Moose (TNA Champion)/Rich Swann (Impact Champion)/Scott D'Amore