sydneybrown

Sorry, you're right. In fairness, that SNME was a GREAT match...

Somewhere Earthquake and Dusty get counted out. Warrior and Bravo get a double DQ. Perfect was still undefeated so it probably comes down to Hogan/Beefcake vs. Savage/Perfect. Zeus comes out, ruins everything and we get some weird beta-SS91 bullshit where everyone gets DQ'd except Mr Perfect. Keeping his perfect record intact.

I think they were testing things. He was still seen as a tag guy (Harts were champs at the time.) The crowd totally bought Bret though, and as a PWI Weekly dorkboy at the time, Bret was booked in more singles matches after this and almost never lost. Bret/Savage was two years prior. But Bret had a GREAT match with DiBiase on a 1990 PTW too which made this even more exciting.

Survivor Series 89 was a WEIRD show... Hogan and Jake Roberts were suddenly BFFs for no particular reason even though Hogan and Beefcake had been teaming for months prior (and reformed as soon as the show ended.) The Powers of Pain pin Demolition. Which leads to nothing. And the team splits up months later. Piper and Snuka were on a team and WWF was notorious for pretending the past never happened but even with this they had to acknowledge their feud five years prior. And Warrior ends the show main eventing against a guy who loses immediately because he can't go more than sixty seconds and a manager replacing someone else (Tully) who had been fired. And it was the first 4 on 4 show, so there was already on odd vibe going. 5 on 5 was the standard. I'd argue Bret Hart got more over losing at Survivor Series 90 than all of your examples combined though.

Glacier was literally Sub-Zero. And that's why they don't do those angles. Because they fucking sucked. And people who pitch Mortal Kombat angles don't realize, they DID. And they failed miserably. The problem too is, Glacier beats Wrath and Mortiis...then what? Mortis feuds with Hacksaw Jim Duggan? The heels are done.

I suddenly really want a Pro Wrestling Illustrated T-shirt. Apparently PWI forgot how to make the original design, because the options on their site are horrible. Just make the goddamn original shirt. And put up the 80s issues...I'd pay for that too.

It is bullshit, but he should have countered with a year's salary. And demanded it in advance.

I know NXT is the lame brand and all, I got a little emotional when HHH rehired Rockstar Spud. Motherfucker earned it, angle or no angle.

Pretty sure Lawler was promised an NWA title run in 1985 too. He had a whole "if I don't win the championship, I retire" angle going. And then it was dropped. And then he ended up losing a "loser leaves town" match anyway that killed business.

Oh come on, there's a reason almost every 80s Midnight Express jobber match had Mike Jackson as an opponent. And any one of those were better than any Steve McMichael match.

In fairness, Mike Jackson at his worst destroys Mongo at his best.

Ah, my excuse to post my favorite random Superstars match from the 90s...1-2-3 Kid vs. Pat Tanaka. I'm almost positive this is the first time in WWF that someone took a sunset-flip-powerbomb to the floor.

Ricky Steamboat getting the proper retirement could have been one of the greatest honors WWE had ever done. But of course Vince had to have the Nexus send him to the hospital legit and almost kill him. And that's how he goes out.

Not the answer you are looking for but the most memorable Konnan match in WCW was Rick Steiner vs. Konnan on the second to last Nitro. Either Konnan was selling well or Rick really was beating the shit out of him. And Rick MURDERED Lash LeRoux a few weeks prior, so I'm guessing the latter.

Power and Glory were a SUPER underrated tag team and would be better remembered if they lasted more than a year. Hercules was dead in the water and Roma's 15 minutes with Powers was long gone. But they clicked and had a bad-ass finisher. And then they got to squash The Rockers at SummerSlam '90 and they were made. Until Gorilla started this dumbass "He wants to be called "Romeo" Roma" shit. This is speculation but I would assume when the Rockers beat the Harts for the tag titles, it would have been a transition to Power and Glory, making the WM7 LOD match for the titles. Interesting Roma is now blaming Hercules, because ROMA has said for years that he was the one who was injured and just wanted to get it over with.

Superstars of Wrestling requires too much blurring over losing a copyright over the phrase "Superstars of Wrestling." And those banners are everywhere. They posted a few shows in the 24/7 days but they clearly don't feel it is worth the effort. Primetime is why you only get a handful.

I'll defend the Albano face turn because my all-time favorite tag team The British Bulldogs would NEVER have won the titles or gotten that push they did if Lou wasn't their mouthpiece. His "manager of tag champions" MADE them to the fans who watched because it was a fad and didn't know better.

Because JBL was so overpushed and forgettable, the only feuds and matches that he had that anyone remembers were the Eddie and Cena ones. And that's only because both men almost bled to death trying to get him over. The Cena match isn't even talked about all that much. And that was Cena's Muta scale moment.

I've watched this three times. I keep going back to the clip. Which I never knew about until now. Fucking disgusting. Owen died because Vince wanted to save some money. And I'm not going to single out one person, this shit was obviously dangerous, and NO ONE said, at least enough to matter, this is dangerous. And then they hire someone who doesn't know what they are doing. And apparently doesn't care.

In fairness, it wasn't like someone said "I'm from Canada" and everybody started throwing batteries at them. It was more of a "The USA is a terrible place, you people are horrible. Thankfully I'm from Canada, where good people live." It's the CM Punk "I'm Straight Edge, so I'm better than you." Never even realized until now that Bret's heel turn speech "I love my fans all around the world...but the US can kiss my ass" was the catalyst for all of that. That or Frenchy Martin's "USA is NOT OK" sign... One of those...

How disgusting is pro wrestling that Jerry Lawler's reaction to seeing a fellow wrestler die on air actually kinda pales in comparison to the fact that LAWLER actually DIED ON AIR years later during RAW? THAT's a Dark Side we'll never see.

I was at a PPV watch party. We were all in shock. We kept hoping for something positive. I think that the show kept going because they were hoping for the best. That's me at my most optimist. But after Ross announced he had died, the room became silent. And the show kept going. And I'll never forget my friend's wife (who hated wrestling) finally saying what we were all thinking during the main event: "Why this is shit still going on?" WWF can all go fuck themselves telling Jim Ross that Owen had died and to now tell us that. Jim Ross is literally Howard Finkel. The greatest man at his job and he was still treated like a piece of shit.

If you didn't watch the PPV live that night, you'll never know how fucked up the rest of the show was. Yes, Owen's blood was on the canvas the rest of the show. And they later FUCKING aired a pre-tape later showing Vince getting STRETCHERED OUT AND PUT INTO A FUCKING AMBULANCE. Because God forbid a death interfere with the storylines... I lost it when Martha said "And the doctor said...." and it took her almost a full minute to finish her thought.

I'm shocked Fred was 86. That puts him in his late 50's-60s during most of his mockumentary days and I would have pegged him at least a decade younger. Watching Best in Show now and he damn sure steals the movie. I seem to remember there actually being Oscar talk about it. "Wot Hoppen?" is always my random inside joke I make to people to see if they get it...

The match going 0-0 the whole time is why it is terrible. It was a good match watching it live because you didn't know. There's no reason to ever watch it now. You can literally just skip to the end and miss nothing (aside from the superkick on the floor.)