YouTube is the greatest thing ever, and you can find some pretty nice videos on there. Since my computer is a slow piece of shit, I can only do 1 match review at a time, depending on length, so this thread will be my on-going run of random match reviews from there. Following each match review will be a link to the video in question. And now, on with the first match...


But FIRST! A quick list of all matches added to the topic, for quick reference.

1. Sting & The Warrior vs. Hollywood Hogan & Bret Hart (9/98 Nitro)
2. Jerry Lawler vs. Hulk Hogan (1981 Memphis)
3. Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Big Van Vader (1988 NJPW)
4. Jushin Liger vs. Samoa Joe (BFG '05)
5. Tito Santana vs. The Undertaker (10/91 Barcelona)
6. (L-HW Title) TAKA Michinoku © vs. Christopher Daniels (8/98 Shotgun)
7. (Cage Match) Hulk Hogan & Goldberg vs. Sid Vicious, DDP, Rick Steiner (9/6/99 Nitro)
8. (Cage Match) Andre the Giant vs. Kamala (1983 MLG)
9. Lex Luger vs. Scott Hall (1/98 Nitro)
10. Antonio Inoki vs. Big Van Vader (1/4/96 NJPW)
11. The Hurricane vs. A.J. Styles (1/26/02 Metal)
12. (Tag Titles) Kane & Rob Van Dam © vs. Legion of Doom (4/03 Raw)
13. (Human Torch Match) Sting vs. Vampiro (GAB 2000)
14. Chris Benoit vs. Doink The Clown (7/03 Smackdown)
15. Johnny B. Badd vs. Terry Bronson (1991 WorldWide)
16. The Dragon vs. The Brooklyn Brawler (3/91 SuperStars)
17. Doink The Clown vs. Reno Riggins (1/93 SuperStars)
18. The Steiner Brothers vs. Cactus Jack & Abdullah The Butcher (1991 WCW)
19. Kenta Kobashi vs. Big Bossman (1993 AJPW)
20. (IC Title) The Ultimate Warrior © vs. Andre The Giant (10/89 MLG)
21. El Gigante vs. The Great Muta (2/18/95 NJPW)
22. (Inter'tional Title) Sting vs. Big Van Vader (Slamboree '94)
23. (1st Blood Match) Sting vs. Vampiro (4/00 Nitro)
24. Jushin "Thunder" Liger vs. Hayabusa (Super J '94)
25. Jerry Lawler & Jeff Jarrett vs. Bret & Owen Hart (1993 Memphis)
26. Arn Anderson vs. Steve Austin (8/92 NJPW)
27. Ikuto Hidaka vs. Alex Shelley (Zero-One MAX 2005)
28. (Inferno Match) Kane vs. Triple H (9/99 Smackdown)
29. (WWA Title) Sting vs. Lex Luger (WWA: Retribution)
30. Big Van Vader vs. Joe Thurman & Unknown (6/92 WCW)
31. Sting & British Bulldog vs. The Wrecking Crew (6/93 Worldwide)
32. Hulk Hogan, Kane, The Rock vs. New World Order (3/28/02 Smackdown)
33. (IC Title) Rob Van Dam © vs. Mr. Perfect (3/24/02 Heat)
34. Bret "Hitman" Hart vs. Sting (WCW Mayhem '99)
35. (NWA Title) Ric Flair © vs. Sting (Clash #1)
36. Great Sasuke & Gran Hamada vs. Jushin Liger & Kendo Ka Chin (NJPW)
37. Ultimo Dragon vs. Koji Kanemoto (Best of Super Juniors '04)
38. Essa Rios vs. Low Ki (3/24/01 Jakked)
39. Bret "Hitman" Hart vs. Haku (7/91 SuperStars)
40. The Road Warriors vs. Killer Khan & Animal Hamaguchi (3/8/85 Japan)
41. Juventud Guerrera vs. Blitzkrieg (Spring Stampede '99)
42. Terry Taylor vs. Sting (UWF 1987)
43. Ricky Steamboat & Eddie Gilbert vs. Ric Flair & Barry Windham (11/88 WCW)*
44. Marty Jannetty vs. Drezden (12/01 XWF)
45. Sting & Shane Douglas vs. Eddie Gilbert & Terry Taylor (9/87 UWF)
*-Non YouTube Matches

And now, for real, onto the first match...



- Sting & The Warrior vs. Hollywood Hogan & Bret "Hitman" Hart:
From an episode of Monday Nitro from the Fall of 1998. For those hardcore fans, this marks the reunion of The Blade Runners... yeah, I'm sure no one really gives a crap, but hey, I like making obvious comments like that. Sting and Hogan start the match after about 5 years worth of entrances and stalling from the heels, but not before Hogan does a little dance around the ring, which makes him look like a chicken. Lockup into the corner, and Hogan rakes the eyes after Sting gives a clean break. Hogan pounds away on Sting with big rights and chokes near the ropes. Irish whip... Sting ducks under a clothesline and comes off the ropes with one of his own. Sting with an inverted atomic drop, followed by some rights and stomping in the corner. Bret Hart tags in for the first time of the match. Lockup into the corner, and Hart misses a cheap shot. Sting hammers away more in the corner and adds some mounted shots. Hogan comes in to make the save for Bret, but ends up getting his clock cleaned as well. Hart manages to come back with a low blow, and drops a leg across the back of the head of Sting. Hart follows with an elbow drop and a headbutt to the midsection. Hart heads up to the second turnbuckle and comes off with his signature elbow drop for a two count. Hart taunts Warrior from the apron, since Warrior can't do anything in the ring worth a damn. Hogan sneaks into the ring and nails Sting with an unnecessary low blow. Hogan stomps on Sting and the corner and does some of his usual ugly choking spot. Hogan hammers away on Sting some more, then goes back to choking, this time with his boot, just to a change it up a bit. Hogan talks trash to Warrior now. Way to earn that $40,000 per night Warrior. Really doing a lot of work there [mocking applause]. Hogan and Hart double team Sting in the corner. Sting tries to go to his corner, but Warrior comes in to yell at the referee, allowing Hogan to drag Sting back into the heel corner. Hart comes back in without making a tag, and connects with a DDT for a two count. Hart with the side Russian leg sweep, followed by a quick leg drop. Hart tries for a suplex, but Sting blocks and cradles Hart for a two count. Hart quickly recovers and drops an elbow across the back of the head of Sting. Hart excellently executes a side back breaker and heads up to the second turnbuckle again, but misses an elbow drop. Hart tries cutting off the hot tag, but Warrior gets the tag for the first time all match... all four minutes of it. He still hasn't removed his entrance jacket! Warrior does his Warrior-Dance before coming off the ropes to nail Hart with a series of clotheslines. Well, that's pretty much half of his arsenal of offense. Warrior spends the next 30 seconds or so doing his posing bit. Hogan comes up from behind, which is one of the best surprises in the world, to beat on Warrior. $20 to whoever can guess no sold that... okay, so it's not a fair bet to begin with, unless Hogan magically hit himself or Hart because Warrior is invincible or some other lame shit he was doing back in 1998. And as usual with the WCW, the run ins begin with the Giant and other nWo losers rushing to the ring. The video craps out for the moment, but the Giant attacks the Warrior from behind to draw the Disqualification in favor of the Warrior and Sting at 5:40. * The stuff with Hart and Sting were passable, but Hogan was his usual WCW-Shitty 'self and Warrior's 20 seconds of involvement added nothing to the card.

Now for the post-match antics... Stevie Ray and Big Poppa Dump appear to be working Sting over while Big Show, Scott Norton, and the Huckster do the same on the Warrior. They live Sting be and now everyone stands around in the ring while Hogan gets some free shots in on Warrior. THE MAGIC CLOUD OF DOOM rises up from the ring, and we all know what that means... Warrior stuns everyone enough to escape the ring! I expected him to go through a trap door to be honest, but you take what you get I guess. Sheesh... even WARRIOR can't sell for 6 people? Who does he think he is, The Undertaker? Back in the ring, Sting has recovered enough to beat the shit out of some nWo flunkies with a bat, like Scott Norton and Vincent (a.k.a Virgil). Sting nails the Scorpion Death Drop on Vincent. Bret Hart shows he has more balls than everyone in the nWo by hanging around to watch the beating, but quickly realizes Sting has a WEAPON and leaves. Warrior has now magically recovered and beats on Hogan outside the ring and so ends another Greatest Night in the History of This Sport™.


http://www.youtube.com/w/Ultimate-Warrior-...rch=WCW%20Sting


Oh, and heeeeeeeeeeeere's Shockmaster!



http://www.youtube.com/w/Shockmaster%21%21...rch=WrestleCrap

Holy shit, I seriously don't even remotely remember this match even happening.

Me neither. When I searched for Sting stuff, I saw that and went "holy shit, they had a match?!" and had to watch that first. Figures that WCW would make it suck. :P

Judging by the next selection, you'd think this is going to be "Scrooge does Hogan" reviews, but I noticed it last night and just wanted to get it out of the way incase it was taken off by the time of this posting.


- Jerry "The King" Lawler vs. "The Incredible" Hulk Hogan (w/ Jimmy Hart):
From Memphis Wrestling, probably around 1981 or so. We're probably Joined in Progress here, or they'll be clipping it a lot. I can't tell who's entrance music it is, but it's one of the orchestra songs from the Rocky movies. I think it's from "Gonna Fly Now" or whatever, but I'm not 100% sure. Weird seeing Lawler as a face and Hogan pre-nWo as the heel, but Lawler is apparently God down in Memphis, so I shouldn't be that surprised. The entrances quickly cut to the opening of the match. Lockup, and Hogan's own momentum takes him into the corner thanks to the quick thinking of Lawler. Obvious Clip to avoid the huge amount of stalling. Lockup again, and Lawler applies a standing side headlock. Hogan escapes with the power of... oh wait, Hulkamania didn't start until he became a babyface in AWA. Okay, he escapes with the power of Thunderlips but scooping Lawler off the canvas and plants him on the top turnbuckle. Lawler fights him off with a thumb to the eyes (some babyface), then does some strutting to add insult to injury. Another clip it looks like, and Hogan is pounding away on Lawler. Irish whip, and Hogan puts the King down with a back elbow, followed by a scoop slam. TAKE THAT MEATBALL! Hogan bounces off the ropes and nails the atomic Leg Drop! Weird clip job as Hogan whips Lawler to the ropes and nails him with a big clothesline. Maybe it was the Axe Bomber? You decide, since I don't know the difference. ANOTHER weird clip job has Hogan choking Lawler in the corner. Irish whip across the ring is reversed, and Lawler catches Hogan coming out of the corner with a scoop slam. Somewhere along here, Lawler pulls down the strap, and you know he means business! Hogan begs for some mercy, but Lawler isn't having any of that. Lawler hammers away on Hogan with rights and lefts like he was a punching bag from Rocky III. Hogan finally goes down after taking such a beating, and Lawler continues beating the crap out of him with closed fists. More punching from Lawler, this time in jabbing formation, and a big uppercut knocks Hogan down like King Hippo in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! Thank God we don't get a shot of Hogan spread eagle like with Hippo. Weird clip again and the referee is knocked out. Lawler pounds away on Hogan until Jimmy Hart runs in and smashes a cane over Lawler's back. Hogan and Jimmy do a double beating on Lawler as the bell sounds at 2:57 (clipped from 14 minutes... BOO!), awarding Lawler the match by DQ. Lawler recovers the cane and beats Hogan out of the ring, then works over Jimmy Hart for good measure. Take that you scrawny little weasel! 1/2* The clippings hurt the match, but from what's here, it definitely is a unique match to view. Watching Hulk Hogan, minus charisma, any real heat, and pretty much lacking everything else that made him famous is really weird to watch, and seeing him sell so much kinda shows why he was booked to no-sell as much as possible for the last 20+ years. Anyway, from what's here, it's the usual you would expect from Memphis style main events, and with the crowd super jacked since it's Lawler.


http://youtube.com/w/1981-Jerry-%22King%22...%20vs.%20Lawler

I find that match hilarious. Not because of the match itself, but because it's Hogan vs. Lawler and the WWF stole the Lawler formula to make Hogan the star he became.

You mean the hero character?

Basically. Lawler came up with the idea that the WWF used in Hogan's first title run. Bring in heels, have them tour the country against Hogan........and then move them out or job them down the card.

1,000th post in Reviews and Columns! :P

Hurray!

I've been too busy to do reviews of shows in general (I'm still planning on taking you up on that Heroes of Wrestling offer, I just haven't had the extra cash... sad, I know) so maybe doing random matches on YouTube might be the anser. I assume you wouldn't be sad if I started my own YouTube thread B)

There is a great compilation of blown spots, fuckups, slips, and general hilarity of Professional Wrestling on youtube. Search Botch-a-Mania I believe. That highlight video will make me think people should stop trying Shooting Star Presses.

If I remember correctly, Warrior was standing on the apron reaching for the tag and saying "c'mon Sting...c'mon Sting" in his Warrior voice. That's the only vivid memory I have of the match....and Warrior's jacket.

You are correct good sir. At least he wasn't screaming "Bury me, Snake-Man!" over and over, but Warrior IS my inspiration of calling Rowe "Rowe-Man."

And go ahead. Random match review topics rule. :)

I was going to put off the next match until tomorrow, but the match I planned to do next (Ultimo Dragon vs. Jushin Liger) I already have on tape, so I can do that one whenever if there's any demand. There's actually two matches between them linked on the site, but I didn't want to waste my time on the one that's only 3 minutes, which really pissed me off when first watching it.


- Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Big Van Vader:
According to the web page where the video is linked to, this was taped from New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW for short, from now on whenever I review a match from that promotion) in September of 1988. I've always wanted to see a match between these two, and being in Japan, it might be better since there really are no limitations of what workers are and aren't allowed to do. This was fairly early in the run of the Big Van Vader gimmick, and Bigelow was fresh off his run in the WWF. No entrances are shown, but judging by the match length, it isn't clipped up either, so that makes me happy. Bigelow does some tumbling to avoid Vader's advances, and the crowd is solidly behind the Beast from the East. Lockup into the corner, and Vader with a nasty shot across the top of the head. Bigelow quickly applies a standing side headlock. Irish whip to escape, and a Vader pump-splash does nothing. They do a shoulder block test on each other, but no one wants to move. Vader with a knee to the midsection and some stiff shots across the chest. Irish whip, and this time to splash sends Bigelow into the ropes. Irish whip, and a criss-cross leads to Bigelow taking Vader over with an arm drag, sending him out of the ring in the process. Vader climbs back on the apron, and Bigelow promptly knocks him back off. Vader throws a table around to show he's fucking PISSED. The crowd chants for Bigelow, pissing Vader off even more. There's nothing worse than a pissed off Vader. Back into the ring, and Vader calls for a test of strength. They go through with it to my surprise, and Vader appears to be winning. Bigelow fights back up to his feet, which causes Vader to apparently squeal like a pig. Vader takes the shortcut by nailing Bigelow with a knee to the midsection, and a big right puts him back down. Short-arm clothesline by Vader, and damn, that looked painful. Vader chokes bigelow across the middle rope while pounding away on the back of his head. Vader continues beating the shit out of Vader. Bigelow applies a side headlock, but Vader quickly counters with a back suplex. Vader beats across the chest of Bigelow in the corner and nails an avalanche for a two count. Vader with a scoop slam, and he covers once again for a two count. Irish whip, and Vader sends Bigelow flying over the top rope and out of the ring with a charging clothesline. Bigelow rolls back into the ring, and Vader quickly puts him back down with a slam. Vader heads up to the top rope, and comes off with his signature pump-splash, sending Bigelow out of the ring once more. Vader follows out this time and beats him down some more. Bigelow manages to fight back and rams Vader into the ring. Back inside, and Bigelow beats on Vader with rights and headbutts. Bigelow hammers on him in the corner, and Vader returns the favor with more stiff shots. Somewhere in the havoc, the referee gets bumped. Vader and Bigelow tangle near the ropes, with Vader controlling by applying the CLAW~! Another referee comes in, and Vader keeps shoving him away as he keeps the hold applied in the ropes. Bigelow comes off the ropes with a diving shoulder tackle, and a clothesline sends Vader over and out of the ring. Bigelow follows and whips him into the security rail. They continue brawling, and Vader dives onto Bigelow in the crowd while laying around on a pile of steps. The bell sounds out of nowhere, so I'm guessing it's a Double Count-Out at 10:34. BOO! **1/2 Not a classic match that I was hoping it would be, but it wasn't at all boring, which is a plus, and both men exchanging brutal shots is always fun. I'm sure some people will get ticked off that I'm praising a match for being stiff, but thems the breaks. Despite the lack of being totally awesome, I say it's worth a download, wether or not you're a Vader and/or Bigelow fan.


http://youtube.com/w/Big-Van-Vader-vs.-Bam...g%20Van%20Vader



I might do Liger vs. Samoa Joe from TNA tomorrow, but I'll probably forget.

:lol: Freaking sweet.

I'll get mine started as soon as a match actually loads completely on mine. It takes forever.

I know... but it's worth it. Another 30 minutes, and Liger/Joe will be done. I can't wait to rip into this booking brainfart.

Yeah, go for it. That match was the most disappointing thing at Bound For Glory and they're lucky they didn't lose the crowd because of it.

I almost ordered the PPV based on that match alone. Thank God personal bias against Joe got in the way. :lol:

I'm sure a lot of people ordered it for that match alone :P The real kicker of that match is that even though it's only 7-8 minutes, it isn't even a GOOD 7 or 8 minutes.

Bound for Glory was such a mixed bag. On one hand there was Styles/Daniels and Monsters Ball... and on the other side there was Joe/Liger and Ultimate X.

Wait... it wasn't a GOOD 7-8 minutes? Oh... FUCK! I should've downloaded Andre/Warrior instead. At least I can rip that for a reason. I hate bashing Liger matches.

Yep. It was easily the worst Joe match I've seen in TNA.

Well, here's my review of Liger/Joe... :D


- Jushin "Thunder" Liger vs. Samoa Joe:
From Bound For Glory 2005, and a match I had anticipated enough to question ordering the PPV before backing out of that. Thank God I did... Joe has a rather unusual entrance, doing some sort of native dance that I can't quite put my finger on. Tenay helpfully points out what I missed. Liger I believe gets his REAL theme music, not some cheap knockoff WCW made for his appearences. The crowd even throws streamers into the ring... okay, they win points in my book for doing that. The NJPW President is in attendance, courtesy of a Mike Tenay plug. Lockup to start, and Joe shoves Liger down. Lockup #2, and this tiem Liger goes into the corner. Duel "Liger/Joe" chants by the crowd. Liger with a standing side headlock, but a shoulder block doesn't really do anything. Liger tries again, and goes down. A criss-cross sequence leads to Liger tripping up Joe and connecting with a basement dropkick. Irish whip is reversed, and Liger boots Joe in the face. Joe elbows him in the face, but misses a charge. Liger teases a plancha, but Joe moves out of the way. Liger boots Joe back into the rail and comes off with a plancha from the top rope. Back into the ring, and Liger jumps into the arms of Joe, and Joe connects with a Samoan drop. Irish whip to the corner, and Joe connects with a charging knee to the chest. Snapmare by Joe, and he nails a kick to the chest, followed by a knee across the chest for a two count. Joe applies a reverse chinlock. Liger fights free with elbows to the midsection, but runs into a powerslam from Joe for a two count. Joe goes back to the reverse chinlock. Liger escapes again with elbows, but Joe knees him to the midsection. Joe misses a charge to the corner, and Liger with a wheel kick into the corner. Liger actually takes over Joe with a snap suplex for a two count. Liger heads to the top rope and connects with a frog splash for a two count. Joe nails Liger with an enziguri out of nowhere. Joe sets Liger up on the top, but Liger comes back with a Powerbomb for a two count! Liger comes off the ropes with several open hand shot for another two count. Liger heads up top again, but Joe kicks the leg from under him and quickly follows up with the Muscle Buster. The Kokina Clutch finishes Liger off at 7:16. Well that finish sure did come out of nowhere. ** Good match for what it was, but Jesus, what the hell was that? You put Jushin Liger, the greatest Junior Heavyeweight of all time, and Samoa Joe, arguable the best worker on the Independent scene, in the opening match of the biggest PPV, and only give it 7 minutes?! WHO THE FUCK BOOKED THAT?! I'm no Joe fan, but what the fuck? Again, good for a short match, but this was a MAJOR disappointment.



http://youtube.com/w/TNA-Bound-For-Glory-S....%20Samoa%20Joe

Wow, Scrooge gave a higher rating to a Joe match than I would have given. First I'm overrating Kane matches and now I'm underrating Joe matches. What's next, will I give Viscera a ** rating?






Oh wait....


::Rips up smark card::

Despite my Joe bashing, I bash Joe for TNA's Booking. I don't care about him because all I see of him on Impact are 60 second squashes. Seeing him in a competitive match for once was a good thing... and my love for Jushin Liger boosted it about 1/2*. :D


Coming up next...

SOME MORE CRAP!

Sting vs. Lex Luger from WWA and Tito Santana vs. The Undertaker from a WWF show in Barcelona are next on the card.

Scrooge, you'd probably learn to love Joe if you saw more of his competitive matches.

Might I suggest his match against Chris Sabin from last summer or the Turning Point match with AJ Styles? Both are ****+ IMHO.

Suggest my ass. I'll enjoy someone if I feel like it.

(cries there's no Kane/Albert match from 2001) I finally saw the hurrikanerana though. :P

C'mon, at least watch the Turning Point match. I'll sell you my soul if you don't think it is even ***.

What can I do with your soul? Wash my ass for once?

I watched Joe's match from umm...the November PPV, I think. It's an "X Division Gaunlet Match". At the end, Joe freaks out and beats the holy hell (pun not intended, put appreciated) out of Daniels. The match was the typical X division trampoline/ballerina stuff, but the ending was fun. Joe gained 1 whole Cool Point from me.

Hey, if you had SamoaRowe's soul, you could say "you owe me one"... and do the short-lived Vampiro soul stealing angle from WCW in 1999.

Blech! Vampiro! (vomits)

Just for YOU, Scroogie!!
http://www.youtube.com/w/CM-Punk-vs.-Vampi...&search=vampiro

The Rasslin' gods have smiled up thee this day, lad.

Ew, C.M. Pink? Why has God forsaken me with awful and overrated wrestlers?!

- Tito Santana vs. The Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer):
Taped from Barcelona, Spain in October 1991. Commentary is done in Spanish, since I don't recall this match being released on any WWF tapes or broadcasted on TV, for the obvious reasons, which will be revealed later on. Santana was being phased out on television at this point, right before becoming "El Matador" Tito Santana. Undertaker tries a sneak attack, but Santana moves out of the way and hammers on 'Taker with rights. Santana rams Undertaker into the buckle and stomps away, but guess who isn't selling. Santana applies a wristlock, and manages to sell it more than the guy it's applied to. Irish whip to escape, and Santana tries a sunset flip, which doesn't work. Santana uses his speed to remain in control and goes back to the wristlock. Undertaker escapes with blows to the throat and a headbutt. Irish whip to the corner, and Undertaker runs into a boot. Santana with a clothesline from the second turnbuckle, followed by two more, sending the Undertaker out of the ring. Santana follows out and rams Undertaker into the ring steps. Back in the ring goes Tito, but he falls into the Undertaker's "hang him across the top rope" trap he does in every match. Undertaker controls now and chokes Santana across the middle rope. Undertaker heads to the top rope and nails the "Not-So-Old-School" clothesline across the back of the neck. Santana tries a comeback with rights to the midsection, but a slam attempt fails and Undertaker knocks him back down to the canvas. Undertaker hammers away on Santana on the outside and appears to bite on Santana's forhead. I guess he took the "act like a Zombie" direction a little too seriously. Undertaker with a choke lift and slams Santana back down to the canvas. Undertaker with a scoop slam, but the jumping elbow drop that always misses, misses. Undertaker tries his old school move again, but Santana throws Undertaker off the top to counter. Santana hammers away with more rights and nails the Flying Jalupeño, but Undertaker no sells. Santana nails it a second time, with a bit better results. Santana tries a third, but the Undertaker pulls the referee into the blow. Santana's revenge on Danny Davis! Undertaker takes back control and plants Santana with a side suplex. Undertaker calls for the body bag, since he has nothing to do until the referee wakes up. Undertaker tries zipping Santana up, but he summons the power of La Chicomañia! Santana with a series of blows to the midsection, and nails a piledriver out of nowhere. Undertaker sits up, so Santana nails a second one. Again, Undertaker sits up, and Santana puts him down with a third Piledriver. Undertaker gets up AGAIN, so Santana steals the urn from Paul Bearer, who is conveniently on the apron, and bashes Undertaker good. Santana covers...1... 2... 3?!?! Santana pinned the Undertaker at 13:57. Who the hell saw that one coming? *1/4 Match was your usual shit from the Undertaker, but it wasn't as bad as some of the other dog shit matches he was putting on at the time. I wonder what possessed the booking team to have Undertaker job to Santana. Sure, he's spanish, but he was a fucking Jobber at the time and Undertaker was set for a program with Hulk Hogan. No wonder this was never mentioned and/or seen on WWF Television. It would screw up everything!



http://youtube.com/w/Tito-Santana-vs.-The-...0Tito%20Santana

Wow. Chico pins Taker! I'm guessing that, perhaps, Chico was subbing for someone. The overseas cards were usually announced months in advance, so it's possible that Chico took Warrior's place. About 4 months prior, Warrior was booked against Undertaker ("Bury me Snake-man!")...and Rickey Henderson was patrolling the outfield in Oakland!

Oh yeah...and Chico's Mexican. But he SPEAKS Spanish :)

Actually, the Mexican form of Spanish IS slightly different from true Spanish ("vosotros" being a good example)...but I'm being too nitpicky.

Another Rickey Henderson reference... and totally out of context of the topic! I am in your debt... again.

And touche. I forgot Santana is from El Poco Loco or whatever the fuck in Mexico.

Time to watch a good match, so here we go, back from the Vault, with...



- WWF Light-Heavyweight Championship Match:
TAKA Michinoku © (w/ Yamaguch-San) vs. Christopher Daniels:
I have no idea on the exact date for this match, but Michinoku is the L-HW Champion and the scratch logo is being used, and he had already turned heel by this point, so I mark it around August of 1998, and it's from an episode of Shotgun Saturday Night, with Michael Cole and Jim Cornette handling commentary. Lockup, and Michinoku applies a side headlock, and goes into a hammerlock. Daniels escapes with a firemans carry and applies a wristlock. TAKA counters into one of his own, and Daniels sweeps the leg from under TAKA and connects with a belly to belly suplex for a two count. Irish whip is reversed, and Daniels takes TAKA out of the ring with a tiwling head scissors. Daniels tries a tope from the top rope, but TAKA sidesteps, and Daniels crashes into the wall. Back into the ring, and TAKA hammers away. Snapmare and dropkick to the back of the head by TAKA, followed by a basement dropkick to the face. TAKA comes off the ropes with a series of elbow drops for a two count. TAKA to the second turnbuckle, and he conects with a Tornado DDT. TAKA heads back up again, but Daniels counters with a powerslam. They exchange blows, with TAKA winning out. Irish whip, and Daniels surprises TAKA with a slingshot suplex into a powerslam for a two count. Irish whip to the corner, and TAKA runs into a boot. Daniels to the second rope with a sunset flip, but TAKA counters for a two count. TAKA counters a back slide, but Daniels connects with a modified Pedigree type manuever for another two count. Hurricanrana attempt, but TAKA counters with a powerbomb. Daniels surprises TAKA with a small package for a two count. TAKA comes out of nowhere with the Michinoku Driver, and that's all she wrote for Daniels at 4:26. **1/2 With a few more minutes, I probably would've broken the 3-star barrier for this. Lots of great chain-wrestling and high spots, but the lack of time was the difference, taking away any psychology, labeling this one as a spot-fest, with little selling and bang-bang-bang action. For the record, there's nothing wrong with that. I miss when the Light-Heavyweight/Cruiserweight division wasn't rendered to working the same style match as untalented muscleheads.

I remember that Daniels/Taka match..............WOW, that seems like such a long time ago!

It was... 7 1/2 years. Daniels still had hair! :lol:

Next up are a couple of quickie Cage matches, since I burned myself out downloading Disney cartoons and Count Duckula this morning. GUMMI BEARS! BOUNCING HERE AND THERE AND EVERYWHERE! Or whatever the lyrics are...



- Steel Cage Match:
Hulk Hogan & Goldberg vs. Diamond Dallas Page, Sid Vicious, Rick Steiner:
From the September 6th, 1999 episode of WCW Monday Nitro. Hogan had recently returned to being the red and yellow wearing, american flag hugging, babyface, and is the reigning World Champion, of course. I have no fucking clue what is going on here... DDP was siding with Bam Bam and Kanyon, Rick Steiner had reunited with Scott, and Sid was doing his Millennium Man crap. The camera work isn't too good here, as apparently the heels are doing a triple teaming on Hogan during Goldberg's entrance. Before Goldberg can make the save for Hogan, out comes Bam Bam and Kanyon out of nowhere, and they lay in a good beating on him, including bashing him face-first into the steel cage. Hogan continues getting worked over, but manages a few "ram opponent into the cage" spots before the numbers game catch up. While Steiner and Sid work on Hogan some more, Goldberg gets thrown into the cage and beaten up by DDP. Goldberg manages to no sell the double teaming from no longer than a few seconds ago, but Sid breaks up his owning of Page. Suddenly the crowd goes wild, and out comes the man called Sting. He takes out Kanyon and Bam Bam before entering the cage, then pounds the crap out of Page. Steiner tries making the save, but Sting cleans his clock for a little bit, too. Sting with several Stinger Splashes to DDP, and Goldberg connects with the Spear on Steiner. The action continues, as Hogan nails Sid with the big boot and puts him down with a scoop slam. Goldberg whips DDP into the boot of Hogan, and Hogan comes off the ropes with the big leg drop for the three count at around the 2:30 mark. -* I don't like handing out negative stars to matches this short, but again, what the fuck was that? Hogan and Goldberg team up in the main event of Nitro, and the match (which doesn't officially begin, by the way) is only a couple of minutes? And what was with the Sting run in during a Cage Match? And how did Kanyon and Bam Bam get beat up so quickly? Jesus, this was the very definition of a "cluster fuck."



http://youtube.com/w/WCW-Hulk-Hogan%2CStin...0Rick%20Steiner


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- Steel Cage Match:
Andre The Giant vs. Kamala (w/ Friday):
I have no idea when this is from, probably around 1983, and looks to be from the Maple Leaf Gardens, judging by the ramp leading up to the ring. Pulled from a Coliseum Video, and we're naturally Joined in Progress late into the match after we establish that Kamala isn't very comfortable inside of the cage and Andre pulls him around by his loin cloth. I'm guessing this is from the "Steel Cage" Video released in 1985, considering the "subtle" clip job. Andre has Kamala stuck in what looks to be the vulcan nerve pinch of doom! Andre hammers away on Kamala in the corner with big rights and a chop. Andre blocks a big chop from Kamala and nails him with a headbutt. Andre with a scoop slam with ease on the Ugandon Headhunter (which is used in the CV opening from 1985-86), and then follows with a butt-splash across the chest. That isn't enough for Andre, though... ANDRE heads up to the TOP ROPE and comes off with a super butt splash! Jesus Christ, that's awesome to see, considering the size of Andre and the fact this was 1982-83, and doing ANYTHING off the top rope was pretty cool. Friday tries keeping the cage door shut, but Andre busts through without much trouble to win the match at 2:24. 1/2* Match is too clipped to give an actual rating, but for the Andre spot alone with the butt drop, it's worth at least half of a star, which shouldn't be seen as me being generous. It was really fucking cool.



http://youtube.com/w/Andre-the-Giant-vs-Ka...e%20the%20Giant

Wow, I just watched that Andre 'match' and that is nuts. He could barely stand in one place without wobbling, so that fool has no reason even approaching the top rope. I'm suprised he didn't break something on his way down. And if I'm Kamala, I'm probably just gona roll the fuck out of the way so I don't die.

But yeah, it was cool as hell.

Just cause I'm browsing:

http://youtube.com/w/Dreamer-Piledrivers-R...84sw&search=rvd

Check out RVD taking this piledriver. Fuckin awesome.