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Post by doguncle on Dec 8, 2019 16:13:23 GMT -5
It would have been interesting to see a Disasters-Steiners match. The Steiners' moves worked best against smaller opponents and Quake wouldn't take any steiner shenanigans.
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Post by MiLB Fan on Dec 8, 2019 16:37:11 GMT -5
SummerSlam ‘92 was my first time watching wrestling on TV, and 9-year-old me got a kick out of seeing these two big guys throw the Beverly Brothers around like rag dolls.
One of my favorite teams, for sure.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Dec 8, 2019 18:01:23 GMT -5
I was really annoyed and confused by their use in the 1993 Royal Rumble - turning on each other may have been a way to sell the 'every man for himself' angle, but it just didn't make any sense that these guys would do that. For years I've wondered what the plan was here. Earthquake comes in, goes straight for his own partner and dumps him out but I don't remember anything leading up to or or following on from it. If anyone knows any more I'd love to hear it?
Earthquake ended up leaving shortly after so I guess maybe they used that to explain them splitting up. Then again it doesn't make sense that they would have Earthquake get the better of the exchange when Typhoon was the one sticking around. I guess it may have just been as simple as them putting over the every man for themselves aspect of it. Either way it was pretty weird.
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Post by dangerousdanpotato on Dec 26, 2019 12:27:50 GMT -5
For years I've wondered what the plan was here. Earthquake comes in, goes straight for his own partner and dumps him out but I don't remember anything leading up to or or following on from it. If anyone knows any more I'd love to hear it?
Earthquake ended up leaving shortly after so I guess maybe they used that to explain them splitting up. Then again it doesn't make sense that they would have Earthquake get the better of the exchange when Typhoon was the one sticking around. I guess it may have just been as simple as them putting over the every man for themselves aspect of it. Either way it was pretty weird. In retrospect, I think that's exactly what it was: 'Quake went for biggest threat in the ring, which was Typhoon. It just didn't come off like that, or perhaps commentary didn't sell the moment properly. I remember the excitement of realising the Disasters were going to be in the ring at the same time and figured they would clean house... and then the total disappointment and bewilderment of what happened. One of the earliest instances for me of bad booking taking me out of the moment, rather than drawing a response.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Dec 26, 2019 13:09:28 GMT -5
Aways enjoyed the Disasters as a kid. They weren't "big epic match" wrestlers but they were badass and fun characters. Without them there'd be no Viking Raiders, Heavy Machinery, etc.
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Post by auph10imitated on Dec 26, 2019 14:42:35 GMT -5
They had such a weird thing going on post 1992.
Earthquake left in January while Typhoon stuck around until July, he then goes to WCW for the awful Shockmaster thing, Earthquake then returns in Feb 1994 and lasts until May, they have him leave after injury from Yokozuna and Typhoon then returns in his place while Earthquake heads to WCW. It’s like they kept missing each other it was really odd.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Dec 26, 2019 17:59:57 GMT -5
They had such a weird thing going on post 1992. Earthquake left in January while Typhoon stuck around until July, he then goes to WCW for the awful Shockmaster thing, Earthquake then returns in Feb 1994 and lasts until May, they have him leave after injury from Yokozuna and Typhoon then returns in his place while Earthquake heads to WCW. It’s like they kept missing each other it was really odd. It was like they were two Disasters passing in the night. Seriously though what's funny about it is that the commentary would bury always bury the Disaster on the outs with the company during the other member's match. Like for some reason they put the Disasters title win over Money Inc. on a home video release in like late 93, over a year after it happened. It's one of those matches where they have Jim Ross and Bobby Heenan on commentary pretending like they're calling the match live even though Ross wasn't even in the company at the time. Typhhoon was in WCW at the time while Earthquake was about to make his return, so of course the whole match they put over how tough Quake is and how he's the stronger half of the team while burying Typhoon as being a clumsy oaf (a nod to the Shockmaster's "shocking" debut). However months later when Quake left after disputes with management and they brought Typhoon back, they would talk about how Typhoon was the better half of the team during his matches while burying the departing Quake. I kind of felt bad for Typhoon when they brought him back as I don't think they really wanted him back and I don't think he himself wanted to really go back. It was clearly just to get them out of a jam after Quake left. I think in his shoot interview Typhoon said "he felt like a scab crossing the picket line" or something to that extent when talking about coming to take Quake's place in his feud with Yoko.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Dec 27, 2019 8:22:20 GMT -5
Earthquake ended up leaving shortly after so I guess maybe they used that to explain them splitting up. Then again it doesn't make sense that they would have Earthquake get the better of the exchange when Typhoon was the one sticking around. I guess it may have just been as simple as them putting over the every man for themselves aspect of it. Either way it was pretty weird. In retrospect, I think that's exactly what it was: 'Quake went for biggest threat in the ring, which was Typhoon. It just didn't come off like that, or perhaps commentary didn't sell the moment properly. I remember the excitement of realising the Disasters were going to be in the ring at the same time and figured they would clean house... and then the total disappointment and bewilderment of what happened. One of the earliest instances for me of bad booking taking me out of the moment, rather than drawing a response. I wonder if they did that because they thought that if both Disasters were in the ring at the same time and couldn’t eliminate Yokozuna that it would make them look bad. I was very young watching that show live and I remember being so frustrated with Earthquake for doing that. I already thought Yokozuna was gonna win because he was just so fat, but after this happened I was sure Yoko was gonna win barring a surprise entry by Hulk Hogan.
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Post by auph10imitated on Dec 27, 2019 9:32:40 GMT -5
They had such a weird thing going on post 1992. Earthquake left in January while Typhoon stuck around until July, he then goes to WCW for the awful Shockmaster thing, Earthquake then returns in Feb 1994 and lasts until May, they have him leave after injury from Yokozuna and Typhoon then returns in his place while Earthquake heads to WCW. It’s like they kept missing each other it was really odd. It was like they were two Disasters passing in the night. Seriously though what's funny about it is that the commentary would bury always bury the Disaster on the outs with the company during the other member's match. Like for some reason they put the Disasters title win over Money Inc. on a home video release in like late 93, over a year after it happened. It's one of those matches where they have Jim Ross and Bobby Heenan on commentary pretending like they're calling the match live even though Ross wasn't even in the company at the time. Typhhoon was in WCW at the time while Earthquake was about to make his return, so of course the whole match they put over how tough Quake is and how he's the stronger half of the team while burying Typhoon as being a clumsy oaf (a nod to the Shockmaster's "shocking" debut). However months later when Quake left after disputes with management and they brought Typhoon back, they would talk about how Typhoon was the better half of the team during his matches while burying the departing Quake. I kind of felt bad for Typhoon when they brought him back as I don't think they really wanted him back and I don't think he himself wanted to really go back. It was clearly just to get them out of a jam after Quake left. I think in his shoot interview Typhoon said "he felt like a scab crossing the picket line" or something to that extent when talking about coming to take Quake's place in his feud with Yoko. I don’t think I’d noticed the burying of them, but I’m going to watch some matches now. I did think it was odd they took Typhoon back post Shockmaster. I believe Quake needed to go to WCW because it was more money and he was a Hogan guy. I guess poor Typhoon was just drafted in data later to fill the dates. I do remember there was either a clip or photo shown of the Quake injury at the hands of Yoko & Crush from a house show
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Dec 27, 2019 16:05:31 GMT -5
It was like they were two Disasters passing in the night. Seriously though what's funny about it is that the commentary would bury always bury the Disaster on the outs with the company during the other member's match. Like for some reason they put the Disasters title win over Money Inc. on a home video release in like late 93, over a year after it happened. It's one of those matches where they have Jim Ross and Bobby Heenan on commentary pretending like they're calling the match live even though Ross wasn't even in the company at the time. Typhhoon was in WCW at the time while Earthquake was about to make his return, so of course the whole match they put over how tough Quake is and how he's the stronger half of the team while burying Typhoon as being a clumsy oaf (a nod to the Shockmaster's "shocking" debut). However months later when Quake left after disputes with management and they brought Typhoon back, they would talk about how Typhoon was the better half of the team during his matches while burying the departing Quake. I kind of felt bad for Typhoon when they brought him back as I don't think they really wanted him back and I don't think he himself wanted to really go back. It was clearly just to get them out of a jam after Quake left. I think in his shoot interview Typhoon said "he felt like a scab crossing the picket line" or something to that extent when talking about coming to take Quake's place in his feud with Yoko. I don’t think I’d noticed the burying of them, but I’m going to watch some matches now. I did think it was odd they took Typhoon back post Shockmaster. I believe Quake needed to go to WCW because it was more money and he was a Hogan guy. I guess poor Typhoon was just drafted in data later to fill the dates. I do remember there was either a clip or photo shown of the Quake injury at the hands of Yoko & Crush from a house show Yeah after Quake beat Yoko in the sumo match they announced Quake against Owen in a KOTR qualifying match for the following weeks Raw. However Quake was gone by that point so they replaced him with Doink and showed a clip Yoko and Crush injuring him from a house show to explain his absence. I wonder how they would've booked Quake against Owen? Obviously Owen was booked to win the tournament but I have a tough time seeing Quake job for him. I would say a count out after Yoko interference but they already did the same finish in another qualifying match Crush causing Luger to lose by count out to Double J.
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Post by auph10imitated on Dec 27, 2019 17:44:24 GMT -5
I just read the WO from that time and Meltzer speculates that Yoko would cost Quake the match, then in the following issue it says Quake was unhappy about jobbing clean to Yoko on the two following HS’s and left, they did the injury angle there too. They booked Typhoon pretty much straight away in on the following weeks loop to replace Quake who was advertised against Yoko again. Apparently they didn’t bother to change the advertising though (or didn’t have the time or means too since this was the days before the internet)
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Post by petef3 on Dec 27, 2019 19:02:44 GMT -5
And the WWF was just in chaos in general, with the trial either ongoing or coming up and the company bleeding money. I was at one of the advertised Yoko-Earthquake house shows and Typhoon showing up as the replacement (they did a mini-angle at the start of the show to establish this) was a complete surprise.
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