Are any of the Hustle shows good?

[JoeDirt 0]

I've been slightly compelled by the utter weirdness of this promotion...are any of their shows good?

[Guest Black Tiger]

I've never seen any of their shows either, mostly because almost no tape dealers sell Z1 stuff anymore with DSE cracking down.

 

Most of their shows probably aren't great from a workrate prospective, some of the openers with Spanky, Low Ki, Kaz Hayashi etc look very good. But its mostly just over top gimmicks and stuff, ala late 80's early 90's WWF.

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

The only full Hustle Show I've seen is the one headlined by Goldberg v Ogawa. The opener, a Jr Hvy Four-Way, with Low Ki and three others, one of whom was about 5'8" and looked to be 300lbs, was decent. The rest of the stuff ranged from horrible to average, with Goldberg v Ogawa being pretty decent, and even entertaining it its own way.

[Guest jobsquad]

also sombody on the dvd board had the hustle masks Vs the evil clowns match uploaded and that was lots of lucha style fun.

[JoeDirt 0]

What's the deal with "DSE cracking down"? Are they stopping trading/selling/bootlegging of their shows or something?

[Guest sean pyro]

There are some people selling DVD-R's of Hustle shows on the tape trading forums but the Highspot-like sites are prohibited from selling the products, the main reason other than the obvious is mostly because their still on the fence about bring the Hustle shows to the states via PPV or DVD.

 

Steve Corino says he has been pushing hard for them to bring it over but DSE is still questioning it if it's a good idea and Pride-USA wants nothing to do with it and feels even the slightest notion of Wrestling tied into Pride will kill the product here in the states.

[Guest Real F'n Show]

Low Ki and TAKA vs. Spanky and Kaz from Hustle 3 is good, but otherwise, avoid. Try getting that match on a comp or something.

[tekcop 0]

Low Ki and TAKA vs. Spanky and Kaz from Hustle 3 is good, but otherwise, avoid. Try getting that match on a comp or something.

That match kind of sucked. There's much better wrestling on that show.

 

I reviewed that show... let me see....

 

Well, I watched the whole show. It was kind of fun.

 

Hayashi & Spanky vs. TAKA & Low Ki: This didn't totally suck, but it definately wasn't all that good. One of those matches that's okay to watch once, but you'll never really want to watch it again. TAKA seemed to be wrestling a part-comedy match while everyone else was trying to be serious, plus he chewed gum thourgh the whole thing.

 

AAA Mixed Match: Take out the parts with the Trannies and this is pretty awesome. Mascarita Sagrada rules the motherfucking everything. His tope rope hurancanrana to a Mini Abismo Negro on the outside was just fucking beautiful. Boy got some real air on that one. Gran Apache really impressed me--really everybody in this match was pretty good other than Sevilla and the weirdos.

 

Foley/Monster Army promo was pretty cool. Foley pronounces Kawada's name wierdly.

 

We see Kawada warming up in a dressing room. He does some pushups against a counter and kicks some dude in the ass.

 

Rhodes vs. Cornio: The thrusting hustle chant thing is now officially annoying. This sucked. Cornio spent most of his time jawing with the crowd and the ref. At one point in the match he yelled "Hashimoto Baka!" and "D...D...T!" and did it then yelled "Ogawa Baka!" and "S...T...O!" and did one. Dusty got almost no offense in during this match and still won.... yeah.

 

A video is shown which seems to point out that Zebraman is on a losing streak. He does a promo with Hashimoto. Then they show him visiting the zoo. He stops to talk to a zebra and a panda. Dude's kind of like a Japanese version of The Hurricane with the campiness and all the posing.

 

Zebra Man vs. Tiger Jeet Singh: Singh gets a nice pop coming out. He goes to attack some of the oaudience with his wobbly little sword... and somebody's wearing an Austin "Fock Fear" shirt. Singh was a monster heel in Japan during the 70's, right? A very long, boring squash. Kind of like Dusty/Corino without the blood and the squashie actually losing instead of hitting an elbow drop and winning out of nowhere. Beatdown form TJS and Sabu ensues. Dusty does a Kevin Nash style walk in for the save and Corino's out after the baddies are run off. Funny bit as Sabu and some ring guys have to take apart a section of the railing so TJS can get out of the crowd since he can't step over it.

 

Adamonster vs. Choshu: Adamo's fat ass actually does the worm on the way to the ring. He's actually kind of cool. If he got rid of some of his comedy stuff I'd dig him in a tag team with someone talented. He has some fun samoan offense. Anyways, the samoan gets squashed. Sold the lariat like death on a plate.

 

Monster Army promo. Hall & Nash look very un Hall & Nash-ish. They don't know who Hashimoto & Ogawa are. They laugh when someone (Sakata?) refers to OH Gun! as Pork & Chicken.

 

Promo with Ogawa & Hash.

 

Mark Coleman & Dan Bobish vs. Ohtani & Wataru Sakata: I don't even know who Sakata is and I've never seen Coleman & Bobish wrestle. To say I came into this match with very low expectations is an understatment. And what the hell did Ohtani do to himself? He looks so... happy and Peewee Hermanish. Bobish works sort of like a hobo's Ray Traylor. Coleman, on the other hand looked pretty good. I could see him having a good match with someone really good. I'd say I liked this as much as the opener, if not more.

 

Pimpenella walks out of the ladies bathroom and hits on Bobish & Coleman and kisses the dude that went out to the ring with them.

 

Intermission. Announcers talk.

 

Two girls in bikini's dance and stuff.

 

Announcers talk some more.

 

Guy in a thong with sparkles on his head and eyeliner dances and tries to sing and dance. He does the Hustle thrust, like twelve times... you really don't want to see his package flying around like.... seriously.

 

Garbage Match: Kanemaru and two other guys have this elaborate dance routine thingy going on. He's also wearing a a bright orange football jersey or something. Sabu and Awesome come out to ECW's old theme. The one that starts off with some guy growling "Extreme!....." I don't know which is Karuda & which is Honma. The two guys that came out with Kanemaru are already pretty involved in the match. Y'know I don't want to sit through this--weapon shots, strikes, and a couple of dives here and there--for twelve minutes. Fast-foward, love me.

 

Ogawa comes out and does a promo.

 

Video package for the Triple Crown Titles and then for Kawada vs. Foley. They signed the Contract with quill feather pens. Mick says he's going to give his barbed wire bat to Kawada many times all over his body. Kawada disrespects Foley who gets pissed off and attacks somebody with Barbie.

 

Kawada vs. Foley It's sort of weird seeing Foley come out with no pop at all. Foley does a promo in the ring saying he's not going to use his barbed-wire bat. Kawada looks very bored for the first part of the match. He's doesn't really sell Foley's offense at all. Foley goes to get the bat and Kawada looks like he's about to shit his pants. He points to the ref to get it out of the ring. The tease spots with the bat are really good, but the match is really making Mick look like a total pussy. He can't beat Kawada with normal wrestling and has to resort to a weapon, but Kawada can always stop him with a kick or suplex. Good pop for Socko. Ending's kind of weird. Kawada hits his enziguri thing and Foley kicks out. Foley sits up and looks around, dazed so Kawada just punts him in the face and pins him.

 

Ogawa video package.

 

Hall & Nash promo. They talk about the NWO without actually mentioning it.

 

Outsiders vs. OH Gun!: Hall & Nash come out with ring girls... one's dressed like a nurse. Hall has the word "Kliq" on the back of his tights... heh. Ogawa's ring gear is fucked up. Look for RRR's sig if you haven't seen it. Outsiders do the whole rock, paper, scissors thing. Hall makes fun of Hash's weight and does the "sumo stance" thing. He taunts a lot. Throws the toothpick... Hall and Hash do a really crappy sequence where Hall outwrestles Hash and slaps him a lot. Shinya has the same look on his face as Kawada did during the begginning of his match. Somebody needs to tell Hall that when your being shown up by Kevin Nash you need to just give it up. Both way oversell on Hashimoto's chops.

 

Afterwards, OH Gun! cut a promo, are interrupted by Takada, and then bring a guy in a cowboy hat to the ring with them. They do the 1, 2, 3, Hustle, Hustle, Hustle! thing.

 

Personally, I love the Hustle shows. Some of the wrestling is good and it's usually a good show anyways.

[Guest thatdude21601]

also sombody on the dvd board had the hustle masks Vs the evil clowns match uploaded and that was lots of lucha style fun.

The opening to that match, the music, the angle, the evil giggles......was awesome.

 

The M-Bison outfit, and the evil heel music, and the dancing totally makes up for the shitty wrestling. I'm not sure how to feel about a Triple Crown match involving a sock puppet though.