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

1990-11-11 Challenge Review

Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, whenever it is you have found this blog.  This entry is another wrestling review and we are going into our way-back machine to 1990.  This was the year I got into pro wrestling and we are going to November 11th.  We are on the march to the Survivor Series at this point.  I have no idea what we will see but it should be Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan which means I will be entertained!  Enough guess lets go to the tape (mp4)!

• Oh yeah, this is when Bobby Heenan was bashing Boss Mans mom, great angle because it felt like something The Brain would do
• I would be lying if I did not say how much I loved this era of wrestling.  I know most people hated the early 90s but I loved them!
• Black Bart was a great hand as they say in wrestling.  Excellent in the territories and believable as a threat to a stars
• However, in this match, these two sure started off poorly
• Bart was such a throwback even in 1990
• Love that he used something other than the big splash and I miss these squash matches!
• Look how young Dustin is!  Also, how is it he looks almost the same nearly 30 years later!
• Dusty is in pretty good shape for 1990, I remember him much bigger
• Here comes Mr. Perfect!  He would be one of the biggest stars behind the scene if Curt was still alive.  I miss the Perfect One
• Shelton did not hip toss Perfect, he just went over on his own he is that good
• And now my favourite tag team Demolition!  That really is the perfect team!
• Oh, I miss the giant egg, we need more of this in wrestling!  
• Love that patch of hair on Slaughters forehead
• I miss these slower type matches.  30 seconds in now we would have 10 flips and 15 superkicks!
• Weird to see Sgt throw a dropkick
• What does it say when Kerry Von Erich is the most well-spoken on a team!
• Do you think Hawk will say.....weeeeellll
• Why does Warrior have his back to the camera
• Wait...Hawk did NOT say it?  I am so confused and scared
• I am surprised Rick Martel still is not in the Hall of Fame.  
• Also weird to think he only held the tag titles
• How long did Tito and Martel feud?  Are they still feuding now?
• Weird to see both wearing white trunks
• Maybe Martel is wearing those baby blue trunks, it is a transfer from VHS
• Ah yes, blind Jake Roberts.  Now he is just blind after drinking piss since he is the piss drinking champion of the world! 
• I hate Jake but he has a great voice
• Bunkhouse Brawl?  In the WWF?  So weird
• Did Roddy Piper feud with Earthquake?  Also, I miss Pipers interviews
• Uggg, how horrible was Saba Simba
• That kid LOVED Simbas music!
• I wonder what Tony Atlas thought when they came to him with that headdress and spear
• I love that Gorilla reminds me of my Grandpa, I think that is why we all loved Gorilla so much

I love these old shows.  It was all about getting the stars over and getting the fans to the arena.  I wonder if in 20 years people will look back at Michael Cole and company as fondly as we do Gorilla and Bobby and Jesse Ventura.  I hope so.  

This show was what you would expect, all about the survivor series...and randomly Saba Simba!  The Egg, the teams, the feuds.  It was great that they could build-up for months to see what happens with these guys.  Now three weeks and the feud is over and onto the next guy typically.  Looking at what they did with Strowman and Rollins and probably Rollins and Wyatt.  

Overall enjoyable for what it was.  The memories were great and if you watched it back in time you probably really enjoyed.  I still did now!