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Post by Joe Neglia on Oct 30, 2008 1:20:37 GMT -5
Found this on youtube just now. Seen it many times before but I really like the presentation the video editor did with this, very good job. This was a big deal at the time. To get an understanding of it, read this lengthy synopsis of the whole angle, which took DiBiase - who was the most hated guy in the Mid-South promotion at the time - and turned him into their biggest babyface in the span of one show. www.midsouthwrestling.com/The%20Greatest%20Angle%20Ever.htm |
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Post by humanoid on Oct 30, 2008 1:34:24 GMT -5
The grownup in me likes the story and the psychology.
The kid in my likes how everyone involved wore the same red trunks... [/miniwheats]
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Post by xlusciousxjohnnyx on Oct 30, 2008 2:12:00 GMT -5
Man thats good stuff. I sincerely wish wrestling was still like that. I've read about it and seen the match but I wasn't even alive when that angle played out; jeez I was born too late.
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Post by Mozenrath on Oct 30, 2008 8:52:01 GMT -5
I knew Dick Murdock did the Brainbuster, but on the freaking cement?! ECW, FMW and CZW, you were maybe a little late to the party on that one....
Anyway, this was one hell of an angle, and I think everyone played their part to a T. It makes me wonder if anything like that would really work in modern wrestling.
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Post by KEJB on Oct 30, 2008 12:25:51 GMT -5
I have loved this match for a while. Two of my favorites fight it out in the ring, and then Murdock brings the hardcore with the cement brainbuster. This match was ECW before there was ECW.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2008 14:24:47 GMT -5
I knew Dick Murdock did the Brainbuster, but on the freaking cement?! ECW, FMW and CZW, you were maybe a little late to the party on that one.... Funny enough, Murdoch had a brief stint in REALLY early ECW. |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Oct 30, 2008 18:30:25 GMT -5
I have loved this match for a while. Two of my favorites fight it out in the ring, and then Murdock brings the hardcore with the cement brainbuster. This match was ECW before there was ECW. Man, so much of Mid-South was ECW before ECW. It's a natural progression though - Mid-South is where Eddie Gilbert came into his own as a booker, and he taught a lot to Paul Heyman when they were together later. Now a lot of the stuff in Mid-South wasn't Gilbert's booking per se, but he grasped it while he was there and carried it on to Paul. |
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Post by Monster Under Your Bed on Oct 31, 2008 0:43:19 GMT -5
God, that brought the kid out in me. That's the sweet stuff that makes you cheer.
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Post by xlusciousxjohnnyx on Oct 31, 2008 13:30:16 GMT -5
I have loved this match for a while. Two of my favorites fight it out in the ring, and then Murdock brings the hardcore with the cement brainbuster. This match was ECW before there was ECW. Man, so much of Mid-South was ECW before ECW. It's a natural progression though - Mid-South is where Eddie Gilbert came into his own as a booker, and he taught a lot to Paul Heyman when they were together later. Now a lot of the stuff in Mid-South wasn't Gilbert's booking per se, but he grasped it while he was there and carried it on to Paul. word |
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