RonL21 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insidecradle Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 The results of that FMW Anniversary show confuse me with Cactus Jack being involved. Wasn't he under contract woth WWE by May 1996. If he was given the okay to finish up a commitmemt or something I still find it odd that he would be involved in such a dangerous match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLIK Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 The company still wasn't in a good financial state yet so were still willing to ocasionally let guys work Japan or other outside dates if the price was right. Undertaker worked M-Pro in 97 vs Shinzaki, Fake Diesel & Razor showed up in AAA in 97, Foley worked the 97 FMW anniversary show in a 6 man street fight, Vader & Shamrock wrestled on the big September 97 FMW show in a cage match, Windham & Bradshaw worked the 97 Tag League for All Japan, etc.... HHH standing on a tank wearing those trunks in that pose will be the stuff of nightmares. FUCK THAT. I just noticed the creepy face on the tank itself, that is what I won't be able to unsee now and will be having nightmares about tonight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I think Winger took most of the deadly bumps in the match. I couldn't get past this one: The Rock & Roll Express, Ricky Fuji beat The Crypt Keeper, The Boogie Man & Freddy Krueger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 FUCK THAT. I just noticed the creepy face on the tank itself, that is what I won't be able to unsee now and will be having nightmares about tonight You're right... I know who it looks like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 The results of that FMW Anniversary show confuse me with Cactus Jack being involved. Wasn't he under contract woth WWE by May 1996. If he was given the okay to finish up a commitmemt or something I still find it odd that he would be involved in such a dangerous match. WWE had a deal going with FMW at the time. They also loaned them Ken Shamrock and Vader. http://youtu.be/aTyiTu4uPto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Riverfront Coliseum (now known as US Bank Arena) was built in the late 1970s and featured that type of multicolored seating, which was designed to hide open seats in crowd shots. With that said, I do not think this is that building, but that pegs the time period down to 1975-1990. Now that you mentioned the seats, and I had a look at the green/yellow/white color scheme, I think it may be the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota. The time frame is right, and the color scheme matches the one they had for the North Stars. I've also seen that same area used in WWF segments (namely the one where Hulk trains Mean Gene and they run up the steps.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 The results of that FMW Anniversary show confuse me with Cactus Jack being involved. Wasn't he under contract woth WWE by May 1996. If he was given the okay to finish up a commitmemt or something I still find it odd that he would be involved in such a dangerous match. It was originally going to be Jack vs Matsunaga, but the WWF heard a rumor that Matsunaga had hepatitis so FMW pulled him and swapped in Kanemura. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I don't know if I've mentioned it before but Ambrose has always reminded me of Bill Hicks. How was that Undertaker/Shinzaki match? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Heard it was abysmal. Haven't seen W*ING vs. Cactus in a long time but I know Cactus did take some sick bumps in it, wasn't all Kanemura getting mutilated. This couldn't be pleasurable: Pro wrestling is horror movie gimmicks ...and pro wrestling is sometimes just a horror movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 How was that Undertaker/Shinzaki match? The match wasn't much, but the entrances were fucking insane. http://youtu.be/6oOWYS8PY6k 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Yeah the entracnes were cool but then you have 1990's not good yet Undertaker doing his slow motion shit against Hakushi doing his slow motion shit. Spoiler: There were rope walks. My advice is find the Hakushi vs. Great Muta match instead. What a crazy, bizarre spectacle that was. Only in pro wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I thought Undertaker started to get good around the period of the Mankind feud. He became vulnerable and thus turned up the tempo of his attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Yeah the entracnes were cool but then you have 1990's not good yet Undertaker doing his slow motion shit against Hakushi doing his slow motion shit. Spoiler: There were rope walks. My advice is find the Hakushi vs. Great Muta match instead. What a crazy, bizarre spectacle that was. Only in pro wrestling. And the Muta match is why Hakushi's covered in blood here, IIRC. Muta "killed" him, and he was resurrected to face Taker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Yeah the entracnes were cool but then you have 1990's not good yet Undertaker doing his slow motion shit against Hakushi doing his slow motion shit. Spoiler: There were rope walks. My advice is find the Hakushi vs. Great Muta match instead. What a crazy, bizarre spectacle that was. Only in pro wrestling. And the Muta match is why Hakushi's covered in blood here, IIRC. Muta "killed" him, and he was resurrected to face Taker. I know Pete had one of the magazines where Shinzaki went to that really big cemetery in Queens to bury his Hakushi gimmick. I forget if it was after the Muta match or the Taker match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Riverfront Coliseum (now known as US Bank Arena) was built in the late 1970s and featured that type of multicolored seating, which was designed to hide open seats in crowd shots. With that said, I do not think this is that building, but that pegs the time period down to 1975-1990. Now that you mentioned the seats, and I had a look at the green/yellow/white color scheme, I think it may be the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota. The time frame is right, and the color scheme matches the one they had for the North Stars. I've also seen that same area used in WWF segments (namely the one where Hulk trains Mean Gene and they run up the steps.) Assuming the arena is correct, and that it was a WWF show, it would likely be one of these... WWF @ Minneapolis, MN - Met Center - November 25, 1984 (3,000) Thanksgiving Day Tony Atlas defeated Mr. X Mad Dog Vachon defeated George Steele via disqualification Jimmy Snuka won a $50,000 "Turkey Tournament" steel cage battle royal by escaping the cage first; Bobby Heenan and Big John Studd were co-"turkeys" for being the last two in the ring Big John Studd defeated Curt Kumula Ken Patera defeated Ivan Putski via count-out David Schultz defeated SD Jones Bob Orton Jr. defeated Salvatore Bellomo Tito Santana defeated Moondog Rex Jimmy Snuka defeated Moondog Spot WWF @ Minneapolis, MN - Met Center - August 25, 1985 Cpl. Kirschner defeated Steve Lombardi Kevin Kelly defeated the Terminator Adrian Adonis defeated Lanny Poffo B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell defeated Bret Hart & Terry Gibbs (sub. for Jim Neidhart) Mad Dog Vachon fought the Missing Link to a draw WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & Paul Orndorff defeated Roddy Piper & Bob Orton Jr. in a steel cage match The Junkyard Dog defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Greg Valentine WWF @ Minneapolis, MN - Met Center - February 19, 1989 (10,000 paid) Ron Garvin pinned Boris Zhukov Big John Studd fought Akeem to a double count-out Rick Rude defeated Brutus Beefcake Mr. Perfect fought Hercules to a time-limit draw WWF World Champion Randy Savage pinned Bad News Brown in a streetfight Bret Hart defeated the Honkytonk Man via disqualification The Bushwhackers defeated Jacques & Raymond Rougeau Hulk Hogan defeated the Big Bossman in a steel cage match; after the bout, Gene Okerlund punched Slick, helped Hogan throw Slick into the cage, and then posed with Hogan At what point did they switch over to the big blue cage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Blue Cage came about in 1986. The Bossman/Hogan match was touring with the blue cage because I think they did the cage superplex on several points of that touring match (I'm fairly certain they did that at an MSG show and would later do that spot I think on a Saturday Night's Main Event(. I would guess it would be one of the earlier shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Re: Undertaker/Shinzaki match - Is that Bruce Pritchard as Undertaker's second? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Re: Undertaker/Shinzaki match - Is that Bruce Pritchard as Undertaker's second? I'm pretty sure it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 It's a bummer 'Taker and Shinzaki never got another chance at it. I bet they had a great match in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLIK Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Undertaker & Shinzaki had a few matches There's the 1 in 97 in M-Pro that's been posted and there's 1 in 94 on a WWF house show in Japan that the first few mins of are on youtube as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cool arrow Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I love that huge schmozz going on and Lanza (?) and Dos Caras completely ignoring it. For that matter, Blears doesn't seem particularly concerned either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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