TheOriginalOrangeGoblin

Yah this is my second shot at a review and hopefully this'll be as well recieved as my first. I had a poll with a few WCW events in it but I have decided to do this first. But soon enough(if this gets a good reaction I'll do Clash 23). Saturday Night's Main Event 1. March 1989 Rick Rude vs Brutus Beefcake Background: None. Just another chapter in the Heenan family vs every face in the WWF feud. The Good: Well I'm a huge mark for the way Rude sells atomic drops. I've seen worse from Beefcake. The Studd/Andre face-off is a pretty cool moment. Jesse's commentary. The Bad: It's Beefcake. Rude does a long resthold. The ending is overbooked by today's standards even with Jake Roberts, Andre the Giant and Big John Studd getting involved. Did nothing but add heat to the Andre/Roberts/Studd feud...which is made worse by the fact that none of the three are even in the match. Rude & Beefcake got absolutely nothing from the match. Overall: Usual crap for the time period. * Bad News Brown vs Hulk Hogan Background: Bad News was a pretty hot heel and Hogan was in the midst of the best angle in WWF history with Savage and Elizabeth. The Good: Bad News' finisher was NOT kicked out of. Hogan hit Bad News with a chair so Bad News went backsatge and got a shovel. No resting. The build towards which corner Liz would be in at WM5. Jesse's commentary. The Bad: Could've built up Bad News but didn't. The *weak* chair shot Hogan gives Bad News. The actual action in the match which consisted of mostly punches. Overall: Same category as Beefcake/Rude. *1/2 Ted DiBiase vs Blue Blazer Background: In the promo leading up to the match DiBiase introduced the Million $ belt. The Good: Owen does a lot of flips. Owen does an awesome plancha to DiBiase and wins over the crowd. Great selling all around. The Bad: A glorified squash. Owen barely gets any offense. Owen is pinned by a powerslam. In other words a squash. Overall: A squash, but a pretty fun one. ** since it's hella fun to watch. The Brainbusters vs The Rockers Background: The Rockers are a hot new team and the Busters are getting established in preparation for a tag title run. The Good: Look who's in it. Awesome double team moves by both teams. Very revolutionary stuff for the WWF(NWA'd been doing this for a while). The closest missed hot tag you'll ever see. Non-stop action, literally. No resting nothing, just action. Heenan getting ejected and argument that followed. Awesome match on all levels. Jesse's commentary. The Bad: The ending. Period. Also the heel beatdown segment could've been slightly longer. Overall: One of the best matches in SNME history featuring two of the best teams ever. ****1/4 Would've been much higher with a better ending and given a few more minutes. The Brooklyn Brawler vs Red Rooster Background: Rooster turned face on Heenan which led to a WM5 match. To soften Rooster up Heenan got a new protege, the Brooklyn Brawler. The Good: Uhhhhh. Jesse's commentary. The Bad: Everything. This wasn't as much of a much as an excuse to further the Heenan/Rooster feud...doesn't that describe most of the stuff on Raw these days? Overall: Crap. DUD After this to end the show we get Liz deciding which corner she'll be in at WM5. Ofcourse, in one of wrestling more famous moments, she picks the neutral corner. We close with a Mega-Powers video package(sort of) hyping the PPV. Final Analysis: Match quality isn't high but it isn't really on any of them, plus there's nothing really terrible. Still this one's worth getting for Rockers/Busters and the Hogan/Savage stuff. 2. November 1989 Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant Background: Through all of 1989 the Ultimate Warrior and Rick Rude had a hot IC title feud. Atfer Warrior won it branched off into this feud, designed to give Warrior the rub. The Good: The feeling you get watching this match you just don't get anymore. The feeling of giants clashing. Jesse's commentary(I'm tired of saying. Assume this is the best part about every show). The Bad: Look who's in it? Mucho resting. VERY bad offense. Generally terrible. And a cheap DQ ending. Overall: Well this feels epic but still blows. DUD Hulk Hogan vs The Genius Background: For a short while previous to this Mr. Perfetc had been hounding Hogan wanting a title shot cause of his perfect record. Genius is Perfect's manager. The Good: F'n awesome mind games. Mind games form the Genius drive Hogan insane early on and the Genius demonstrates agility that would get him over today instantly. Hogan seems motivated actually doing some wrestling and giving Genius some offense. The presence of Mr. Perfect at ringside. Genius not being beaten by the Hulk Up. You read right, after a Hulk Up Genius rakes the eyes(why didn't anyone else ever do that). Showed vulnerability(to mind games) on Hogan's part. GENIUS WINS!! The Bad: Weak whips to the post to Hogan. Vince getting way too pro-Hogan(almost to JR-Austin levels). Really nothing else. Overall: Amazingly good considering who's involved. *** Dusty Rhodes vs Big Bossman Background: What I got form the "Flashback" was that Bossman was torturing a jobber and Dusty made the svae for no real reason but whatever. The Good: I love Dusty Rhodes theme song. The first appearance of Sapphire(don't know if that's good or bad). The Bad: Look who's in it? Terrible match all around with Dusty cheating just as much Bossman. The first appearance of Sapphire(don't know if that's good or bad). Overall: Meh. DUD Red Rooster vs Mr. Perfect The Good: Pretty good technical start. Nice back and forth at times. A good view at Hennig at his peak doing all of his signature stuff. The Bad: Rooster got nothing from this and was gone soon after. Underwhelming ending. Overall: Very average. ** The Rockers vs The Brainbusters 2/3 Falls Background: The Busters lost the tag belts a few weeks prior and they had tension with Heenan. This was a rubber match from their previous encounter(covered in March 89) and another match which resulted in a double DQ. The Good: Great team work from both teams. After the first fall a great break-up between Heenan and the Busters. A CLASSIC Heenan promo backstage after he walks out. Excellent double-team stuff from the Busters and the Rockers. The Busters puttign over the Rockers clean like the pros they are. A pretty good way to go out for the busters(you'll see what I mean). The Bad: The first two falls are very fast. Given more time this could've been classic. The Rockers got put over big but never went anywhere. Overall: Sadly, this would be the Busters last ever match as a team and Tully's last big match in general. Could've been so much better but still awesome. ***3/4 And now one of the best moments in WWF history as backstage Mr. Perfect(called Curt Hennig by Okerlund) takes a hammer and destroys the WWF title. He literally smashes it into pieces and this is followed by a great Hogan promo. Final Analysis: Hmmm....2 *** matches and 2 DUD's. But this show is recommended for a) seeing Hennig at his peak b) seeing the WWF title get destroyed and c) seeing the last match from Tully & Arn as a team. OVERALL: Two historic shows both worth getting just for some of the storylines and to see how good the Rockers & Brainbusters really were.

"Vince/Nathan Jones VS UT/Hogan" We have a new candidate for worst match ever. LOL

To be honest I don't really like transcribing promos and some you have to watch to feel. As for the mind games, Genius stalls brilliantly, he outwrestles Hogan with armdrags and does standing back flips to annoy Hogan. It pisses Hogan off so much its brilliant. But thanks for the input, it will be taken under advisement.

Which brand is more hip hop, rap, funky? HAHAHA!!! That is just sad.

Jericho AJ Angle Eddie

Actually it's Tony Schiavone and not JR ocmmentating but I'll do the show next.

April 29, 1996 Sting & Lex Luger def. Harlem Heat; Tag Title Match The Steiner Brothers def. Fire & Ice Steven Regal def. The Belfast Bruiser in a parking-lot brawl The Giant def. Ric Flair to win the WCW World Heavyweight Title Pretty historically significant Nitro right there. It features a SICK brawl between Regal & Finlay.

April 28, 1997 Flash Funk def. Rockabilly The Legion of Doom def. Doug Furnas & Phil LaFon Owen Hart def. Rocky Maivia to win the Intercontinental Title Vader def. Jesse James Goldust def. Hunter Hearst Helmsley by countout The Undertaker def. Davey Boy Smith by DQ Best Raw on the list. Nothing beats Owen & Bulldog's celebration to Owen winning the IC title.

I don't think Rock/Goldberg'll be THAT bad. Goldberg's had decent-good matches with moret han just DDP. The Bret matchwas looking good before the concussion, Goldberg had a decent match with Scott Hall but it had a ladder, the Steiner match was good considering who's in it and I believe he had a decent match with Sid at HH99 but I don't have great memory of that. None as good as the DDP match but still watchable.

Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage & Hulk Hogan vs Paul Orndorff are two of the WWF's all-time best from a storyline standpoint. A really good but forgotten feud was Jake Roberts vs Ricky Steamboat from 1986 WWF. This could've easily carried through into WM3 had Roberts not turned face.

I'm not at all excited for Brock/Cena sicne we've seen it more than once. Only matches I have hope for are the SD tag match and MAYBE the 6 man if Nash stays out for the most part and Jericho & Book take up most of the match. No clue on Rock/Goldberg. Goldberg was never Hogan or Taker level of bad but I still doubt rock could carry him well enough.

I got these: Action(Very recommended for Austin/Angle, Book/Angle and Rock/Austin cage) Hulk STILL Rules(Best WWE DVD ever) nWo: Back in Black(Extras could've been better but the main feature has sweet Razor Ramon & Diesel stuff and the first few awesome nWo beatdowns) Rebellion 2001(Got it for Rock/Jericho which is an extra. But the show itself is decent) Survivor Series 2001 Best of Raw Vol 1&2(VERY recommended) No Mercy 2001 What?!(Good extras) Unforgiven 2001 Invasion 2001

Again I ask, who ISN'T in this movie? The king of spoof films, Leslie Nielsen, has joined the cast of Scary Movie 3. The movie will mark a reunion for Nielsen and director David Zucker, who teamed on the classic Airplane!. Shooting for the film has already started. Nielsen joins a cast that already includes Charlie Sheen, Denise Richards, Anna Faris, Eddie Griffin, Jeremy Piven, Anthony Anderson, Simon Rex, and Regina Hall. The film is due out on October 3rd. Credit: Variety I hated the second one but this one has promise. David Zucker directing, the cast including Charlie Sheen and Anthony Anderson and most importantly... Eddie Griffin and Leslie Nielsen in the same friggin movie. And before you ask I'm a huge Nielsen mark and loved Griffin ever since Double Take.

Promo/Interview: MyPick: Ric Flair Best Technical Wrestler: My Pick: Kurt Angle Best Finisher: My Pick: Vertebreaker or Magnum Driver Best Tattoo: My Pick: HBK's heart thingy on his arm Best Physique: My Pick: Ravishing Rick Rude Best Suplex (Wrestler): My Pick: Scott Steiner in 1991 WCW Best Submission Move: My Pick: Sharpshooter Best Up-and-Comer: My Pick: Brian Kendrick

I saw teh video a while back on VH1 and now I saw it again and I must say that the video and his version of the song(remake of NIN I believe) is masterful. If you havem't seen this video I highly recommend it. Has anyone else seen the video?

Thanks, I just found a lto of those by searching the name of the album instead of the songs individually.

Thanks for the recommendation Deacon but I can't find any of it on Kazaa. I've been searching for a while for "Hurt" but I only get the NIN version. I can't find the video or the song.

This is completely random but for soem reason at Wrestlemania 4, after the crowd sat silently for most of the night, Jesse Ventura gets up from the announcep osition and poses to the loudest reaction of the night. Don't even know why but him getting a louder pop than the actual wrestlers always makes me laugh.

*Shudder* I can so picture JR & Austin as tag champs...

Hart Foundation I too was pulling for the Brainbusters.

Damn Wild!!! And I picked them in round 1 and tehy don't repay me by lsoing to Vancouver.

I used to be in a fed called NCW((Northern Championship Wrestling). Had a VERY hot feud over a title and was on the way towards the top until political bullshit between the bookers shut it down in September of last year.

Nah Lalime was down hard. We all thought he was out cold. And Lapointe could have avoided him if he really wnated to.

Ok I just got back form the Sens game and it was fucking amazing. The eruption when they tied it was the loudest I have ever heard in my life and Lapointe should be shot for trying to take out Lalime. and everyone knows he did, Philly always likes to rough up the stars. For proof see Brashear on the nice for the last 2 minutes. But my boys won and the Sens are on their way to the cup.

WWE Title Match Brock Lesnar ©***** vs. John Cena - $500 The Rock vs. Bill Goldberg***** - $400 Triple H, Ric Flair, and Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Nash, Shawn Micheals, and Booker T***** - $50 World Tag Team Titles Match Kane & Rob Van Dam ©***** vs. The Dudley Boys - $50 WWE Tag Team Titles Match Team Angle ©***** vs. Los Guerreros - $50 WWE Women's Title Match Trish Stratus ©***** vs. Jazz - $50 WWE Cruiserweight Title Match Matt Hardy Version 1 ©***** vs. Brian Kendrick - $150 Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Big Show***** - $50 Sean O'Haire***** vs. Rikishi - $50 I'm betting $1350 of my $1800.