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Hey, it's wrestling, it's all subjective. I loved the match to death, but I agree with the original poster that it's probably ****1/4-****1/2, not quite up to the Bret/Austin ***** that is probably my favorite match ever. But it tells a great story, HBK totally carries Taker, and it was a lot of fun to watch live. Sure, the Kane thing at the end is lame, but at least they had an angle back then and knew where they were going with it, and it pushed somebody new.

Thanks for the answers ahead of time. You guys rock. 1) Who was Techno Team 2000? 2) When Savio Vega replaced an "injured" Razor Ramon at KOTR 95, was this just an angle, or was Hall actually banged up? He ended up taking some bumps in the show anyways. 3) Any reason why Hakushi never got a bigger push? 4) This question doesn't specifically refer to 1995, but when the WWF would do long TV tapings that would include dark matches plus 4 weeks of shows, often adding up to 25-30 matches, how long would these shows run, and would the fans actually cheer the whole time, or did the WWF have to dub noise in? 5) Razor Ramon beat Jeff Jarrett in a house show ladder match in May, and lost the title back 2 days later - any reason for this, or just to try and show that anything could happen at the house shows? 6) Why did Jeff Jarrett leave the WWF right after the July IYH, return in December, and then leave again after that? 7) Chris Benoit worked dark matches for the WWF in 1995 and didn't get a job, yet they had friggin' Mantaur on the roster??? 8) Was Luger leaving the WWF after Summerslam 95 a surprise, and was it a reason behind the big push Bulldog got afterwards? 9) What did Ahmed Johnson do before coming to the WWF? 10) What happened to Barry Horowitz after his Summerslam 95 win? 11) Why was Vince pissed at Nash after the 10/95 IYH PPV? 12) What was the "RAW Bowl" match, and was it any good?

1) Where did HBK wrestle before signing with the WWF to be in the Rockers? 2) Given Vince's reluctance to push non-big-men, how did HBK get an IC title push and even a world title match against Bret Hart at Survivor Series in late 1992? 3) How close was HBK to leaving the WWF in 1993? 4) I read somewhere that the original plan in 1995 was to have a Diesel/HBK rematch at the first IYH after Wrestlemania, but then that was changed because Sid injured HBK with a messed up powerbomb. But the booking that night really seemed focused on setting up a Diesel/Sid match (with Diesel running out to save HBK), so was that ever the plan at all? 5) When did HBK start using the superkick as a finisher? When was it dubbed as Sweet Chin Music? Thanks!

Oh, another question - what was Chris Chavis' (Tatanka) background before coming to the WWF, when did he arrive, and why did he get the monster undefeated push, since he's not the typical huge guy Vince likes to push?

I was watching an old tape of the first Clash of the Champions, when I saw an ad for the "4 Horseman Top Performance System" - there were two different types for order, from $19.95 plus $4 shipping. I was curious as to what this stuff was - vitamins or something? Just one of those weird things you see when watching an old show taped off of TV.

How good was it? And the rest of the show?

Yeah, can you give a quick complete recap of what's happened so far?

Seems like a lot of angles tonight...only 3 matches announced so far.

Dutt deserves to be a big star in TNA, or ROH. His time will come very soon...he's friggin' amazing. If TNA doesn't want to use him, they're idiots.

This show should be...interesting. Hopefully TNA gets in a nice groove to start 2004.

1) Where did Rodney Anoia / Yokozuna wrestle? He obviously got a huge push in the WWF immediately because of his size, but did he wrestle much before they signed him? 2) Was there any particular reason Scott Hall didn't receive a push in WCW in his first stint? Did they just not see anything in him, and then Vince decided to push him to the moon? 3) Where did Owen Hart wrestle from 1989 (when he wrestled at WM5 as the Blue Blazer) to 1992 (when he wrestled at WM 8 against Skinner). Was he an active WWF competitor? 4) Why did Sid leave the WWF in late 95/96 and in 1997? 5) Who was in the Truth Commission? Thanks!

Couldn't they still have done Hogan/Flair and have it end with Hogan winning by DQ, Flair and Perfect and some other heel beating Hogan down, and Warrior returning? Then they could have had Taker beat Sid and Savage beat Jake in a career match. Just surprised they didn't go that direction, but I can see why they'd want the babyface to win the world title at WM. Thanks for the answers so far, BTW.

Okay, here we go. 1) Why didn't Undertaker wrestle at Summerslam 91? Was he injured? Was there just no room on the card? Seems strange, since he could just squash somebody, right? 2) Did Vince really apologize for KOTR 95 on a RAW after it? What did he say? 3) Why was Waylon Mercy (Dan Spivey) going to get a big push in 95 before he got injured? Because he was big? 4) Why was the Survivor Series 92 tag match booked as a DQ? 5) Was the original plan for WM8 to have Hogan vs. Flair, Savage vs. Jake, and Sid vs. Taker? When was this plan changed? 6) What was the deal on the RAW in 96 where they showed Warrior wrestling after he was gone from the company and voiced over some stuff during the match? 7) What's the biggest example of a "sure thing" title change that didn't happen? Luger vs. Yoko at SS 93? Another match, perhaps? 8) When did Sid leave the WWF in late 95/early 96, what did he do then, and how did they get him to come back in July of 96? 9) Who's neck did Marty Janetty break with the Rocker Dropper? 10) I read that Mr. Perfect was originally booked to win the 1990 RR. Was Hogan vs. Perfect the original WM6 plan, then, before Hogan decided he wanted to work with Warrior instead? Thanks!

I don't see why they didn't have the Flair/Perfect loser leaves town match on Royal Rumble 93. It would have helped a lackluster card a lot, IMO. Let's say Perfect beats Flair, but Flair does an interview and says he still has his spot in the Rumble, and if he wins that he's guaranteed a shot at WM even if he doesn't have a job - then he'll take the WWF title back down south. They could have had Flair enter early and tease him winning before Perfect finally eliminates him late in the match. Just an idea.

The run ins should come any second now...

Hey...think Jarrett might retain the title tonight?

Has Piper been on the show yet cutting some incoherent promo?

It's hard to do anything interesting with Low-Ki since he's stated his #1 priority is working Japan Tours. Okay, fine...but the point still remains.

Yeah...when was the last time they did something interesting with Sabin...or Daniels...or Ki...or other great workers they have. Why should the fans care about them? The booking right now is so upper card focused that no one mid card level or below has much semblance of a character.

What about Siaki and Ekmo?

So now we get to see Ki job to Michael Shane? Yay...

Okay, read about the matches that happened...what was the opening sequence with 3LK/AMW/etc?

So what's happening on the show?

Okay, I'll get bitch slapped for this, but I enjoyed the Taker/Mabel feud in 95. *awaits to get beat to death* Maybe it was just fun seeing Mabel get squashed in a casket match.

That was easy...Glen Jacobs can really shoot lightning out of his hands when he wants to. It's really quite amazing.