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I'm only familiar with an Andre/Warrior match from Europe (it was on a Coliseum tape), not that I think this MSG match will be any better... but it was pretty funny seeing Warrior almost knock Vince over backstage when his entrance began. Why did Finkel announce Andre as "Andre the Ultimate Warrior"?

As the Summer heats up, so does Match Jukebox in July! This month's selections are jam packed with several classics to satisfy even the most old-school of fans. But there's also a bevy of bloodfests that will bring a smile to every hardcore fans' face. In a Match Jukebox first, see one of the greatest WWE Champions of all time, Bruno Sammartino, in action against his arch nemesis, Ivan Koloff. Relive the classic rivalry between Hulk Hogan and the Nature Boy Ric Flair. See the Eighth Wonder of the World Andre the Giant in action against Ultimate Warrior. And if those matches aren't enough to satisfy the extreme fan, then you won't want to miss Terry Funk vs. Sabu in their infamous Barbed Wire Match from Born To Be Wired! Any way you slice it, this is an action-packed month on Match Jukebox! ECW - Bill Alfonso vs. Beulah September 20, 1997 | Approx. run time: 7 mins. Neither Bill Alfonso nor Beulah were full-time wrestlers in ECW, in fact, during this time they were just managers. But when the two got in the ring together, extreme chaos would ensue. Beulah may have been one of the hottest Divas in ECW history, but she was also one of the most extreme and she shows it in this brutal and bloody match against Bill Alfonso! ECW - Terry Funk vs. Sabu August 9, 1997 | Approx. run time: 25 mins. If any two competitors personify the extreme in Extreme Championship Wrestling, it would be Sabu and Terry Funk. These two have had some classic battles over the years, but perhaps none have been as extreme as their classic Barbed Wire Match at Born to be Wired. With the regular ring ropes replaced with barbed wire, you can't even begin to imagine the brutality that takes place. You'll have to see this match to believe it! AWA Superclash - Jerry Lawler vs. Kerry Von Erich December 13, 1988 | Approx. run time: 26 mins. If blood makes you squeamish, this match is not for you. In fact, this match could go down in history as one of the bloodiest matches of all time. Kerry Von Erich was the World Class Championship Wrestling Champion and Jerry Lawler was the AWA Champion. This match was to unify the belts. With so much on the line, it's no surprise that it turned into such a gruesome bloodbath. You'll have to order this match to see who emerged as the undisputed champion. WCW Nitro - Louie Spicolli vs. Juventud January 26, 1998 | Approx. run time: 13 mins. The late Louie Spicolli was best known for being an nWo lackey and trying to appease Scott Hall. This was Spicolli's debut match. Hall wanted to see what Spicolli had to offer and to see if he was nWo material, so he put him to the test against Juventud. Could Spicolli pick up a win over the current member of the Mexicools and earn his way into the nWo? WCW Halloween Havoc - Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan October 23, 1994 | Approx. run time: 29 mins. Hulk Hogan beat Ric Flair for the WCW Championship at Bash at the Beach a couple of months earlier. This time not only was the WCW Championship on the line, but both Superstars' careers were on the line as well. To add even more intrigue to this classic, it took place in the not-so-friendly confines of a steel cage and Mr. T was the special guest referee. Could Hogan make it two in a row against the Nature Boy, or would the Dirtiest Player in the Game send the Hulkster into early retirement? WWE SummerSlam - Power & Glory vs. The Rockers August 27, 1990 | Approx. run time: 8 mins. The Rockers were one of the most exciting tag teams in WWE history, but Shawn Michaels came into this match at SummerSlam with a knee injury. Power and Glory knew this and Hercules attacked HBK's bum knee with his trademark steel chain. With Marty Jannetty having to deal with Hercules and Paul Roma on his own, could he pick up a win for The Rockers? WWE New Year's Revolution - Elimination Chamber January 9, 2005 | Approx. run time: 51 mins. This was the third time ever that there was an Elimination Chamber Match, but it was the first time that no one entered the match as a champion. With the World Heavyweight Championship vacated, it was every man for themselves, trying to become the top dog on RAW. Shawn Michaels was the special guest referee, so there was no telling what could happen. Edge, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Randy Orton, Triple H and Batista laid it all on the line for one shot at glory. Who would achieve that goal? Order this instant classic and find out! WWE - Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff vs. British Bulldogs November 26, 1986 | Approx. run time: 17 mins. WWE Hall of Famers The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff won the World Tag Team Championship at the first WrestleMania. The British Bulldogs walked away from WrestleMania 2 as World Tag Team Champs. The Bulldogs put the gold on the line against the dangerous, veteran tag team. Could Davey Boy and Dynamite hold on to the belts, or would the future Hall of Famers regain the Championship? WWE - Bruno Sammartino vs. Ivan Koloff February 15, 1975 | Approx. run time: 12 mins. Ivan Koloff was one of the most hated men in WWE. After all, he was the man that ended Bruno Sammartino's nearly 8 year WWE Championship reign in 1971. Sammartino regained the championship in 1973, and Koloff was hoping history would repeat itself. There was a catch though - this time the match took place inside of a steel cage. Would Sammartino be able to escape with the gold or would the Russian Bear defeat him once again? WWE - The Snake Pit March 21, 1987 | Approx. run time: 5 mins. Jake "The Snake" Roberts was one of WWE's all-time greats inside the ring. But he also hosted one of the most entertaining interview segments of all-time as well - The Snake Pit. This edition of The Snake Pit was one of the most memorable. Jake's guest was none other than WWE Champion Hulk Hogan and it took place just one week before his title defense against Andre the Giant at WrestleMania III. You won't want to miss this emotionally-charged interview! WWE - Ultimate Warrior vs. Andre the Giant September 30, 1989 | Approx. run time: 13 mins. Ultimate Warrior was one of the most dominating Superstars in WWE history. The Warrior was in the middle of his second reign as Intercontinental Champion and he seemed unstoppable. But he hadn't been face to face with a giant yet - Andre the Giant to be exact. Would the Ultimate Warrior be able to draw enough strength from his little Warriors to overcome the Eighth Wonder of the World? Watch this match to find out! WWE - Roddy Piper vs. Paul Orndorff July 13, 1985 | Approx. run time: 14 mins. Just a few months earlier, WWE Hall of Famers "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff were tag team partners. But after WrestleMania everything fell apart. Orndorff was pinned in the duo's match against Hulk Hogan & Mr. T, and Piper blamed the loss on Mr. Wonderful. The tension between these two was so thick you could cut it with a knife, but which future WWE Hall of Famer would come out on top? WWE - Hulk Hogan vs. Ted DiBiase December 17, 1979 | Approx. run time: 14 mins. Hulk Hogan and "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase were bitter rivals in the late 1980s but that wasn't the first time their paths crossed. In fact, the first time they met in the ring Hogan was a rule-breaker and DiBiase was a fan-favorite. With the roles reversed, would DiBiase be able to overcome the mighty Hogan? WCW Collision in Korea - Ric Flair vs. Antonio Inoki August 5, 1995 | Approx. run time: 20 mins. Antonio Inoki is arguably the most famous wrestler in the history of Japanese wrestling. Inoki has had legendary battles with the likes of Bob Backlund, Hulk Hogan and even Muhammad Ali in addition to dominating the world of wrestling in Japan. This match against Ric Flair at Collision in Korea ranks right up there with his best matches. You won't want to miss this historic battle! WWE Ground Zero - Brian Pillman vs. Goldust September 7, 1997 | Approx. run time: 15 mins. This was Brian Pillman's last match on pay-per-view before his untimely death, and it was certainly a memorable one. Pillman squared off against Goldust in this one, but there was more than just pride at stake. Goldberg's manager and wife, Marlena, was on the line. If Pillman won the match, he would receive the services of Marlena for 30 days. Ironically, Marlena would play a large part in the ending, but who would her involvement end up helping? WWE SummerSlam - Demolition vs. Hart Foundation August 29, 1988 | Approx. run time: 11 mins. This was the first SummerSlam ever, so it's only fitting that it included a tag team classic. This match occurred on the heels of The Hart Foundation firing their manager, Jimmy Hart, but Hart found a loophole in his contract that allowed him to show up for the match anyways. Jimmy Hart and his trademark megaphone ended up getting involved, but would it lead to a win for Demolition or the Hart Foundation? WWE RAW - Ric Flair vs. Mr. Perfect January 25, 1993 | Approx. run time: 21 mins. Ric Flair and Mr. Perfect are two of the best technical wrestlers of all-time, so it's no surprise this RAW match became an instant classic. This was also a Loser Leaves Town Match, so the stakes were at an all-time high. Would Mr. Perfect perfectly end Flair's career or would the Dirtiest Player in the Game find a way to come out on top? WWE - The Barber Shop January 11, 1992 | Approx. run time: 7 mins. Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake was a former World Tag Team Champion and went on to have a very impressive singles career as well. But he's also well-known for his popular interview segments called The Barber Shop. The Rockers are the guests on this edition of The Barber Shop, and it has gone down as one of the most famous editions ever. Trouble had been brewing between long-time partners Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty, but no one saw this outcome coming! You won't want to miss this legendary moment! WWE SummerSlam - Demolition vs. Hart Foundation August 27, 1990 | Approx. run time: 18 mins. This was the second time Demolition faced the Hart Foundation at SummerSlam, but this time it was a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match. The Hart Foundation may have had better conditioning, but Demolition had greater power. It was a match too close to call. The Legion of Doom made a shocking appearance during the match, but would it lead to the Hart Foundation becoming new World Tag Team Champions? Watch this match to find out!

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So, without the Morgan/Tomko trade people were calling for, what happens? Does Morgan become Christian's problem solver and Tomko Carlito's bodyguard? Or do they just flounder about and do nothing?

No.

Maybe Regal could use his special people mentoring skills to help out Teddy Long... The man books a match for a title without realizing he may not need to (and it turns out he didn't), he willingly accepts Sylvain Grenier to be on his show, he trades 6 people for 5, and one of the 5 he got was a chick that doesn't even wrestle (yet he gave up 5 wrestlers). However, it could be assumed, though it's not true, that Hiroko was traded for Daivair. It balances out things to kinda make sense so I'll just go with that.

Unless the doubtful situation occurs where WWE remembers Kenzo and Dupree were not only a tag team but tag team champions (something that seemed to be forgotten a week after they lost the titles), I assume Conway/Dupree will re-team as the good version (relatively speaking) of La Rez. So who becomes Heidenreich's partner? Maybe they'll just use McCool.

Rene Dupree becomes the second

Going back to the above mentioned note about Zelda's never again mentioned jerk brother from Zelda II, would the never mentioned again Agahnim from Zelda III be considered an ancenstor / decendant / based on (however it works for all the Zelda games taking place parallel to each other's storylines) the simply named "Evil Wizard" from Zelda II?

The never again mentioned Prince of Hyrule (Zelda's brother) is a jerk. "Prince of Hyrule- The Prince of Hyrule was always a spoiled, and bad-tempered person. He had always dreamt of being king, so when his father died, he was overjoyed. He than talked to Zelda about the whereabouts of the Triforce. She refused to tell, and was beatn and tortured, even put into an eternal sleep by an Evil Wizard hired hy the prince. When the prince realized the horrid acts he had done, he vowed that all of the daughters of the royal family be named after Zelda."

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Said awesome NES Classics thread http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?...1&st=&p=entry Good times

I pimped this site like a year ago (around the time of that awesome thread about NES Classic games). It used to be way different though... it's since become part of a network and had a massive redesign. The problem with that is for some reason many commercials now have incorrect countries of origin given to them (the above Juiced commercial is a good example... I'm 99.9% certain THAT isn't from US TV) and searching for a specific console also doesn't work (a lot of NES commercials are branded NES and vice versa). Hopefully that all gets fixed over time. Edit: Well not quite a year ago... http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?...1&st=&p=entry

This is all great fodder for another excellent blog entry on Striaght Shootin

John Erwin, people! Sure, He-Man appearing wasn't a joke, but using original VA's is always cool for a random cameo of insanity, even with the lack of an actual punchline. Also Chris' "I'm in no mood!" to the monkey was pretty good.

The statement was true (as in "assumed by Meltzer") in May as he certainly would have done the legdrop against the "Kuwaiti-Americans" (his name for them on the Backlash DVD) if he was able to.

I knew you two would cross paths down the line and it was as good an encounter as I suspected.

False!

True. I intended (but forgot) to indicate that it was very likely for the feuds to end in big matches at the conclusion of the house show tour but with Warrior and Nailz it was not possible. Guess I'm just one of those dumbass idiots who shouldn't be posting because I don't know 100% what I'm talking about.

Before the advent of 12 PPVs, where something could be built on TV and then paid off in a match on PPV, Undertaker just seemed to run angles with people that never blew off on TV. This also happened with Ultimate Warrior, Nailz, Berzerker, and Mr. Hughes just to name a few. I could be wrong but I believe there were a few reasons for this: 1. In the case of Mr. Hughes, it was an angle basically killing time between WrestleMania IX and SUmmerSlam 93 for the Giant Gonzalez feud to end. 2. House shows were the business at this time. You do an angle for Warrior/Taker on TV, you tour them around North America in bodybag matches for a year. The Berzerker thing, I assume, also led to a series of house show matches.

As usual you make very good points that I enjoy reading despite my blind fandom to both Angle and the WWE. That's what's great about you!

This match is being advertised everywhere. It is a dark match.

The Best of Survivor Series VHS actually has (in clipped form) Michael Cole and Kevin Kelly doing commentary for one of those big 20 man tag matches as if they are there as it's happening... akward.

I was going to add the Mode 7 NCAA Basketball game for the SNES (my cousins and I always rented it and enjoyed making shots from half court) but checking reviews on GameFAQs seem to indicate the game was well received at the time.

I recall the NHL games getting a bad rap on the SNES (especially the later years in the series) even if only compared to the better Genesis versions that I never played, but I always loved playing them for my SNES every year. It was a bit old by NHL 96, though.