JoeDirt

It's not old, but...

Unfortunately, last night's IWA show in Rensellaer got about 20.

Bret vs. HBK, Survivor Series 1992: http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1OQ8JK7...PL1PXMFYJWCF2IQ

Taker/HBK casket match from the 1998 Rumble: http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1K8ZJXS...AZ36V0NYTW8VMOM

A match that would have probably made WrestleMania IX less panned than it is right now. The question is though: Would they still have done the Hogan ending? Nah, he would have had to be content with his tag team title match. And they could have always had some heels attack Bret and Savage after a great match, and Hogan run down to make the save or something like that too.

ECW invades RAW in 1997: http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2B17U5K...920DOB2DXD7UEFO

Yeah, the Lords of Pain site always does this shit with Meltzer's PPV previews. So, so stupid.

Mine was probably Unforgiven 2003. Not the worst WWE PPV ever, but with crap like Kane/Shane and JR/King vs. Coach/Snow, a DEAD crowd for Jericho vs. RVD vs. Christian, a shitty Dudleys/La Res tables match that was worked as a normal tag match 95% of the way, and a decent Orton/HBK match with a lame finish, Test vs. Steiner, and Goldberg beating HHH in a shitty match I felt ripped off when the show was over. Don't know why I expected to get my money's worth though. It was good it was only $18 back then for webcasts.

Well nobody present would be stupid enough to trash him. But I agree that HHH works hard, is good in the ring with guys, etc. Just saying that I wouldn't expect a current roster guy to even THINK of bashing him in an interview. I'd say Lance Storm. He never really caught on with the mainstream fans, but I believe was really respected by everyone in the business for being a good, hard worker.

? Seemed like it was pretty obvious it would be Perfect / Luger from the moment Heenan "unveiled" Luger earlier in the show. Where did you hear about Perfect / Lawler? I just figured their interaction was a nod to the AWA / Mid-South fans. You're right, it's my fault. I THINK I read that a long time ago in a Scott Keith rant, and he's been proven to be wrong over and over again. Or maybe I heard it somewhere else. Oh well.

1 Rikishi 2 Goldust 3 Big Bossman 4 Bradshaw 5 Lance Storm 6 Al Snow 7 Billy Gunn 8 The Undertaker 9 Matt Hardy 10 Jeff Hardy 11 Maven 12 Scotty Too Hotty 13 Christian 14 Diamond Dallas Page 15 Chuck Palumbo 16 The Godfather 17 Albert 18 Perry Saturn 19 Steve Austin 20 Val Venis 21 Test 22 Triple H 23 Hurricane 24 Farooq 25 Mr. Perfect 26 Kurt Angle 27 The Big Show 28 Kane 29 Rob Van Dam 30 Booker T Final four: Austin, HHH, Angle, and Mr. Perfect: Austin tries to dump Perfect, but Angle comes from behind and takes out Austin and Perfect hangs on! Austin comes back and drills everyone with chair shots. Back up, and Perfect narrowly avoids elimination before hitting a Perfect Plex on Angle...but HHH dumps him. Angle then tries to dump HHH and thinks he wins, but HHH hangs on. Angle turns, and HHH does his gay little pose before charging and knocking Angle over the top to win. Highlights: -Undertaker enters at #8 and destroys EVERYBODY. The Hardy's come out in succession and reunite, but Taker beats them up, tossing them, and beats up Lita too. As they come back for more, the next man out Maven dropkicks Taker out for the most shocking elimination in Rumble history! -Taker proceeds to dump Maven illegally and take him through the arena, busting him open and beating the shit out of him. Maven never makes it back to the match. -Steve Austin eliminates everyone when he comes to the ring, and has time to bring them all back into the ring, hit stunners, and toss them a second time. -Godlust, Godfather, Val Venis, and Mr. Perfect all return for this Rumble! -HHH and Austin square off. Hurricane comes out and tries to double chokeslam them. They both look at each other as if to say "is he serious?" and then toss the superhero. -The crowd continues with Kurt Angle's music after it stops playing for about a minute, chanting, "You suck...WHAT?" -Mr. Perfect gets beat down by HHH and Austin and STILL manages to swat his gum out of midair! -RVD enters the ring with a five star, but gets pedigreed quickly by HHH and then dumped by Booker. They were supposed to have a feud (I think) leading to Wrestlemania, but things got changed to RVD/Regal and Edge/Booker instead of Edge/Regal and RVD/Booker.

I don't have a specific answer, but they probably just changed plans. I know Lawler was supposed to wrestle Tenryu at Wrestlemania 9, but that got scrapped too. I've got the 2002 Royal Rumble coming up next, which I know like the back of my hand.

1993 Royal Rumble: 1 Ric Flair 2 Bob Backlund 3 Papa Shango 4 Ted DiBiase 5 Brian Knobbs 6 Virgil 7 Jerry Lawler 8 Max Moon 9 Genichiro Tenryu 10 Mr. Perfect 11 Skinner 12 Koko B Ware 13 Headshrinker Samu 14 The Berzerker 15 The Undertaker 16 Terry Taylor 17 Damien Demento 18 Irwin R Schyster 19 Tatanka 20 Jerry Sags 21 Typhoon 22 Headshrinker Fatu 23 Earthquake 24 Carlos Colon 25 Tito Santana 26 Rick Martel 27 Yokozuna 28 Owen Hart 29 Repo Man 30 Randy Savage Final Four: Backlund, Martel, Yokozuna, Savage: Backlund dumps Martel, but then charges Yokozuna and gets dumped to a big negative reaction from the fans, who were getting into Backlund's long time in the ring. Savage hits some axehandles, but Yoko squashes him with a kick, belly to belly, and leg drop. He misses an avalanche, and Savage knocks him down and hits the big elbow...AND TRIES TO PIN HIM. Yoko shoves him off and casually tosses Savage over to win it. Highlights: -Backlund gets the longevity record for the time, with 61:10. Some say this was booked as a rib on Bob, who everyone thought was weird and goofy. -Giant Gonzalez debuts and attacks the Undertaker, taking him out of the Rumble. -Damian Demento actually lasts a while in the ring. -Lawler is eliminated by Perfect, and then helps others eliminate Perfect, setting up a feud for a match at Wrestlemania that was changed to Perfect/Luger instead. Very bland Rumble, 4/10.

Michaels over Edge: I want to think Edge goes over here, but I'll believe it when I see it. Heidenreich over Taker: Very hesitant to make this pick, but I guess they go towards the tag team match from Hell at Mania. We'll see. JBL retains. Duh. HHH retains over Orton, but with controversy. I'm guessing a Dusty finish, with Randy being announced as champ, it being over turned, HHH getting a cheap win, etc. That would set the stage for a three way at Mania. Predicted Mania card: HHH vs. Orton vs. Batista JBL vs. Cena Hogan vs. Flair Rey/Eddie vs. Benoit/Jericho Taker/Kane vs. Snitsky/Heidenreich Angle vs. HBK (maybe Edge in there? He's sort of an odd man out) And then some more stuff to fill it out.

I have to see this horrible movie for a few laughs.

Added three IWA-MS master tapes, plus WWF Judgment Day 1998 1st gen. Check it out and make me an offer!

Yeah, it's on PWTorrents for whoever wants it.

Don't they compete in Wildside too?

I just picked up my first ever Wildside show, Fright Night 2004. Is there anything I should know about the major feuds/characters/angles/stories and stuff going into it? What should I expect? I'll be watching it after I check out the latest IWA-MS Highland show. I'll try and post reviews here for both shows. Thanks!

Actually the main event is non-title I believe.

Wasn't Arachnaman from "Web City"?

There was something on the Wrestlingclassics board where Meltzer said he was skeptical because he hadn't heard anyone else reporting this story at all.

Here comes the Pain.

http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2PYT5SI...5S3HTBPM4BZQIK9 This is Scott Hall's Nitro debut. Here's an old Savage vs. Warrior match from when Warrior is IC champ. Don't know exactly what it's from: http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1PHJND8...IJ3QCKLQZ44DTI9 Mr Perfect vs. Shawn Michaels, when HBK was still in the Rockers, IIRC: http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3I62ERG...6U0NLP7VI8H2KFB

Without competition, you just can't have a moment like that. Though I would mark out of AJ Styles showed up on WWE TV, it would be nothing like four fucking WCW guys showing up on RAW. I'll put up some more stuff later.