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I understand that this thread is solely for reviews and, as this isn't one, I'll make this quick and to the point. If you guys are interested, I'm adding match / PPV / DVD / VHS reviews to my site. You're more than welcome to send some my way to be posted.

I'm actually looking for people to write reviews or send me already written reviews for my own website. I don't know if that's of any interest or not but if you need a place to post them, let me know and I'd be happy to include them along with what I have thus far. Nothing is up a the moment but I hope to start posting within the next few days. I've written a great many over on Epinions.com and I'm just looking to pool them together with reviews from others. Thought it might make for a nice addition to The History of WWE.

It was just for the match with Test the day after Owen died. Oh...thought that he used it against The Godfather for his Intercontinental Title win as well. He used Debra's women's title belt to get the win in that match.

It was just for the match with Test the day after Owen died.

WWF @ Ft. Lauderdale, FL - National Car Rental Center - April 10, 2000 Raw is War: WWF World Champion Triple H pinned Taka Michinoku (w/ Sho Funaki & the Acolytes) following the Pedigree at 5:53 after the Big Bossman & Bull Buchanon attacked the Acolytes

I dont' have it listed yet but after a Roma squash (he was the squashee, not the squasher), the Rockers came out for the next match and checked on Roma. Hercules came out to check on his friend / ocassional tag partner and he and Roma took exception to the Rockers being out there and jumped them. That was about it. The Jake turn was due to the Honky guitar shot but he had been getting pops for quite a while, which prompted the face turn. Piper and Orton kicked Orndorff out of their stable at the first SNME. Valentine got out of the Jimmy Hart camp after Hart accidentally cost him a few wins in early 91, hitting Valentine with the megaphone on more than one ocassion. Muraco and Orton started losing a number of tag matches to lesser teams in the summer of 87. After Muraco lost a match to Tito at the Boston Garden that summer, he actually shook his hand after the match. Orton didn't agree with that and the two argued their way backstage. There were a few miscommunications during TV tag matches which ultimately led to the two coming to blows. Muraco was the default face in that situation.

How did Ken Shamrock get ranked 10 in 95? I'm he was in UFC at that time, not getting a wwf contract until Feb 97? I'm sure he was working somewhere. Hell, as a complete nobody he lost to Barry Horowitz at a WWF show in 1989.

About a year too late there. Dusty and Dustin left the WWF right after the 91 Rumble, both jumping to WCW where Dusty began doing commentary for the pay-per-views. Dustin didn't do much other than help fuel the Dusty / Dibiase feud. He went over some of the enhancement guys but was beat around the country by Barbarian and some of the other midcard heels. Keep in mind, he was very young and still somewhat green at the time.

Go for those alone. The tag match stole the show last Sunday in Roanoke. The cruiserweights can go but their house show work isn't exactly PPV caliber.

The only match I haven't seen is the bout vs. Taker from NEC. If we get a feature on Bret's career with Bret and a handful of other guys adding their comments ... wow. Surprised there isn't any Stampede. I'm aware Vince doesn't own the footage (does Bruce?) but I would have thought something would have ended up there. Of course, the only Stampede "footage" on Benoit's DVD came from still photos.

"What, Nick Dinsmore is going to be playing a retard? OMG, that will never get over!" Considering Bucci was putting over Ludvig Borga, the Quebecars, and Adam Bomb in 1993 and hasn't done much else since, WWE-wise, I would think that a gimmick in itself would be a career improvement.

And this is why I don't post attendances on my website. Lord knows how badly some of those numbers are inflated.

I arrived early enough to see almost all the talent show up to the building and, while most at least acknowledged the small group of fans from afar, the only one to come over and shake hands, sign autographs, and take pictures was Rob Van Dam. A class act. Attendance was dismal, even for a small arena. 90% of the floor seats were taken but only 20%, if that, of the rest of the arena was full. I was able to move down 10 rows to a better seat if that’s a better indication of the turn out. Johnny Stamboli pinned Mark Jindrak at 7:11 when Nunzio, who came ringside mid-way through the bout, prevented Jindrak from holding onto the ropes to break a sunset flip attempt and Stamboli continued the move for the pin Kenzo Suzuki (w/ Hiroku) pinned Billy Gunn with the claw / leg sweep at 5:17 Hardcore Holly pinned Rene Dupree at 7:06 when, after Dupree avoided the Alabama Slam with a roll up, Holly reversed the cover and grabbed the ropes to score the pin; Dupree received the most amount of heat up until that point in the card; mid-way through the bout, he grabbed the microphone in a showing of desperation and said he didn’t have to put up with this and that he was leaving; as he approached the curtain, Billy Gunn came out and forced Dupree back inside the ring to continue the match John Heidenreich (w/ Paul Heyman) pinned Scotty 2 Hotty at 1:18 with a urinagi / sidewalk slam type move. Heyman came out first and ran down the crowd, which resulted in Scotty coming to the ring and stating that he came for a fight, not to hear Heyman talk. Moments later, Heidenreich ran to the ring and jumped Scotty from behind. Save for an opening burst of offense from Scotty, it was a complete squash. Luther Reigns pinned Charlie Haas at 6:06 by blocking a monkey flip and putting his feet on the ropes for leverage WWE Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Spike Dudley and Chavo Guerrero Jr. in an elimination match; Chavo pinned Spike at 6:03 when, as Spike went for the Dudley Dog, he accidentally hit Rey in the corner and Chavo was able to reverse the move into a back suplex for the pin; Rey pinned Chavo with the 619 and springboard splash at 9:02 Torrie Wilson and Dawn Marie then came out. After explaining that both, along with ring announcer Tony Chimmel, had been rehired following Kurt Angle’s firing, the two agreed to a “friendly” lingerie contest and did their poses to equally big pops. No winner was announced. Intermission Rob Van Dam pinned WWE United States Champion Booker T in a non-title match at 12:27 with a split legged moonsault after hitting the Van Daminator as Booker attempted to hit RVD with the title belt; Booker was not originally announced as champion but wore the belt to the ring; after RVD’s entrance, Booker had Chimmel remind everyone that this was a non-title contest and that Booker was the reigning champion WWE Smackdown! Tag Team Champions Billy Kidman & Paul London defeated the Dudley Boyz at 13:56 when London pinned D-Von after countering a suplex in the ring and hitting a superkick. The best match of the card, in my opinion. Kidman played the face in peril for much of the contest and even hit a sommersault plancha off the apron onto Bubba Ray during the closing moments. During the champions’ entrance, one person behind me asked, “Who’s the guy with Kidman?” While I didn’t hear any booing for the title holders, the Dudley Boyz were cheered by at least 70% of the crowd. WWE Smackdown! World Champion John Bradshaw Layfield pinned John Cena in a No DQ match at 12:05 with the Clothesline from Hell after Cena fought off an interfering Luther Reigns. Reigns could be seen standing in the shadows near the curtain for the first several minutes of the match before he actually involved himself. JBL cut a quality promo before the contest, commenting on Virginia’s lack of education, inbreeding, and the like. Cena was without a doubt the most over person on the card. After the bout, a giant brawl occurred involving London, Kidman, Cena, JBL, the Dudley Boyz, Rey, Scotty, RVD, and Booker. After the rest of the heels were sent backstage, JBL was on the receiving end of the FU, Worm, 619, and Five Star Frog Splash. Moments later, Cena cut a promo to send the crowd home happy.

Huntington is Monday. Roanoke is Sunday.

Dude, if they brought back DX with HBK, HHH, X-Pac and Edge... there is NO WAY they could possibly be heels. They would probably get the loudest pops of anyone on RAW just due to the namesake of the gimmick. At least you know there'd be a huge pop whenever "Are you ready?" hit the TitanTron... DX is dead and buried. Let's all keep it that way.

Putting the belt on Orton? That is ... well ... it's not THE dumbest thing I've heard all year but it ranks high. Is Orton over? Yes. Is Orton better in the ring than he was a year ago? Yes. Is Orton world title material? No. That's just poor planning to have someone drop the IC one month ... then turn around and win the belt at the 2nd biggest PPV of the year when he's not even perceived as a world title threat. Btw, when you're posting "spoilers" - don't just put them at the end of the post. If anyone wants to read the thread, they'll have to scroll down just to read the other posts and there's no way to avoid reading the spoilers.

GOLD!

I'd be interested to know if it's actually THE Kimberly Page or just A Kimberly Page. It's possible she could be using Page as her last name but if Hogan can go by Bollea then Kim can go by Falkenberg.

Those were the work comments, I assume. The way Cornette tells the story, Vince didn't even know who the ME were until Cornette showed him. Then afterwards, Vince said (in his classic enthusiastic-but-dumb Vince voice) "Hey pally, well why don't we make a new Midnight Express?" Cornette's response: ".....Huh?"

The man in the kabuki mask was Al Snow, who didn't want Bart Gunn beating Holly for the Hardcore Belt because he wanted to win it from Holly himself. While I thought Bart going over Dr. Death was an upset ... the real shocker, if only for me, was Bart going over Bradshaw in the finals. Bradshaw had just turned heel and it looked like he was going to make easy work of Bart, having the size, weight, and intensity advantage, until of course the knock out punch. From what I understood, that right there was when the WWF really became angry at Gunn since they had their money on Bradshaw and it seemed like he was in for a big push. On a side note, Jim Cornette still puts over Bob Holly for being the only man Bart couldn't knock out in the tournament.

There was no disagreement. I think it was more along the lines of Brother Love just didn't have the time to devote to Taker so he introduced Paul Bearer during an episode of the Brother Love Show as Taker's new manager. Brother Love was gone about a month later after Warrior beat him up and destroyed the set.

He also gave an excellent explanation for the premise of "the X-Files". Jericho's role on the "I Love the..." shows is one of the Explainer Guys, as he always has to do the set up while Hal Sparks and Michael Ian Black get all the best lines. Hogan was being typical Hogan with his comments. On Jesse Ventura becoming Governor in 98: "I knew we were all in trouble". He went on to say that if Jesse were to run for president, he would have Hogan's vote (yeah, right) ... but made sure to mention that the Hulkster could still beat Jesse in the ring (um ... because it would be a legit fight, right?). Sadly, he didn't mention the fact that it was his fault Jesse was fired in 90. Oh, and apprently Hogan sneaks into his office to watch Jerry Springer.

This is hilarious. I love how the WWF/E spins everything. Official news brief / press release: AMERICA ONLINE SYSTEM CRASH COINCIDES WITH RETURN OF WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION SUPERSTAR ULTIMATE WARRIOR DURING WRESTLEMANIA XII COVERAGE Stamford, CT - April 2, 1996 -- At approximately 9\8:15pm on Sunday, March 31st, America Online (AOL) experienced a major system error which resulted in members being unable to enter chat rooms or auditoriums and send or receive e-mail. This system crash coincided with the return debut appearance of the immensely popular World Wrestling Federation(WWF) Superstar Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania XII, the WWF's most popular pay-per-view event. WrestleMania XII's live online coverage on the World Wrestling Federation's AOL area included continual guest appearances and commentary from the WWF Superstars, who also took questions from fans around the world. The crash occurred immediately after a television shot of the Ultimate Warrior in WWF's online studio at WrestleMania XII. At the time, over 300 people were in the WWF's America Online auditorium. However, it is estimated that thousands of fans were trying to get in to the auditorium. Although no single thing can be blamed for the crash, except the Ultimate Warrior's phenomenal popularity, the Ultimate Warrior was visibly upset about not being able to speak to his fans. The entire AOL system was down for over two hours. Lee Barstow, Vice President, Marketing, TitanSports, Inc., commented on this not-so-coincidental occurrence. "We've been overwhelmed with positive fan response since the announcement that the Ultimate Warrior was returning to the WWF. Following America Online's crash, we were innundated with calls from fans wondering what was going on. We never expected such a huge online response, and we apologize to AOL and its subscribers for any inconvenience this may have caused." Since it was established last August, the World Wrestling Federation's America Online area has seen an amazing increase in paid accesses in just seven months. Reported paid accesses jumped from 102,282 in September of 1995 to approximately 450,000 form March of 1996!

Wright was somewhat over but the whole dancing thing got stale and even obnoxious after a while. I remember at the January 95 Clash, they had a music video put together on Wright which consisted of him dancing, beating jobbers, and more dancing. They were pushing him hard but after a while he was getting the same reaction as Rocky when he first came in as a super babyface. A heel turn at that point would have been smart. Flair and Arn Anderson put the kid over huge. Arn ended Wright's undefeated streak at Slamboree in a TV title defense but it was close and a MUCH better match than Arn / Renegade a month later. A great finish too as Arn goes to throw a punch, Wright ducks and lowers his head, DDT, 1-2-3. It was a perfect way to end the match since they were pushing it as the seasoned vet against the rising star. Arn just outsmarted him. Rookie mistake. Shortly after that Flair had at least two TV matches against Wright in which Alex came VERY close to pulling out an upset. Flair bumped like crazy for him IIRC. Then after the match, Flair argued with Arn for not helping him out which laid the foundation for their feud in the fall.

Kayfabe Memories message board had a few listed in the old school match results folder that I helped out with. It's a few pages back by now though.