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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Oct 3, 2014 23:21:55 GMT -5
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* Why can't Joel Gertner come back do heel ring introduction? I mean, besides not being PG, he is freaking perfect at his job.
* Can someone tell me if there ever was a terrible ECW PPV because I haven't seen one.
* Forgot that Living Dangerously 1998 was the show where Jenna Jameson showed up.
* When Mikey shows up, turn away because Nicole Bass does have a wardrobe malfunction.
* That spot through the freaking ring with Taz & Bam Bam Bigelow is still freaking awesome.
* Still sad to remember that Bam Bam Bigelow is no longer with us, because for a year and a half, I also lived in Asbury Park and he was easily well known there.
* Yes, even in storyline....ECW will still say "F*** You" to the censors.
* Not sure if the whole the censors didn't want us to show that match was code for "That match kinda sucked so we have to give them some reason to watch."
* That upside down camera was bad.
* Enjoy when people throw the mannequin heads.
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Post by 67 more on Oct 4, 2014 13:30:17 GMT -5
Tag opener was bad. FBI spent far too much time doing their Italian chin wag thing, Lynn and Chetti were the whitest of white meat babyfaces. Dynamic Jerry Lynn sucks as a name, too.
Tanaka vs Furnas had some truly miserable botches, mainly with Tanaka running at Furnas and forgetting what he was doing or vice versa, which really made the roaring elbow finish really flat. Tanaka runs in, I think for a tiltawhirl, but Furnas forgets and just goes "f*** it, I'm hitting a Ganso Bomb". Which looked sick. Mr Wright sucks too.
RVD vs Scorpio. It was Ok, there were some cool moves but there was zero psychology. Scorpio gives us our second Ganso Bomb of the night, RVD takes two nasty-looking powerbombs and Scorpio busts out an awesome slingshot 450. Sabu's interference should have ended it, rather than ending it on a rollup. Sandman looks like he really f***s his shoulder up on the Heinekenrana, as well as Sabu f***ing his back on the edge of the table.
That three-way dance was trash. I'm really sick of that In The Ghetto dub track as well. Spike takes a wicked backdrop suplex, though. And Balls got hit with a NES, so it wasn't all bad. Spike put Balls down with a tornado DDT so Bubba comes in and breaks the pin? In an elimination match? The balcony dives looked very scary.
The promo packages really don't work when they're completely drowned out with generic music. I want to hear Heyman hype the feuds up, dammit!
2014 Joey Styles really hates Jenna Jameson. Tommy's mandatory get-crotched-on-the-guardrail is insane in this match. I did not need to see Bass Boobies. Also, did Mikey kick her straight in the vag? WWE does a really bad job dubbing over Tommy's theme, as they need to hear Joey's promo, you can still hear Man In The Box. This is every Tommy Dreamer match you've ever seen.
Taz vs Bigelow, always a fun brawl. Bam Bam has the worst moonsault I've ever seen, though. Even Funk's got a better one. Nice mitigation for Taz with Bam Bam being too fat for the referee to see him tap. Cool to see the hometown fans so behind Bam Bam. Love Heyman screaming at Styles to buy them some time by showing Sabu/Sandman (intelligent way to fix the ring, edit whatever needs to be edited from Sabu/Sandman and go "f*** you, censors!") and Styles screaming back at him it's been banned and refuses to take any responsibility for it.
Great switcheroo with RVD. Love Sandman's complete surprise at being hit with planchas from Sabu, what did he think was going to happen? Way to no-sell the triple jump moonsault, Sandman. RVD charging down with the most dangerous kick I've ever seen, could have been terrible for everyone there. ECW sure loves their crooked refs. Meh match, which makes it a great Sandman match.
The cameraman got punked out by Joey Styles. Then again, so did Bradshaw.
Never seen a ring cordoned off with police tape. That's new. 2014 Joey tells us "Here's the music we're so familiar with." I don't think so, Joey, don't act like this isn't a dubbed job (unless you were being sneakily sarcastic). Sunny uses domestic violence for a strategic advantage? Never mind, she uses it for the lamest baking tray shot in existence on Storm then falls down the dangerous pit. Also, how stupid is Lance Storm? Why not bring out Snow straight away and not be put in a camel clutch forever? f*** this inverted camera. Oh, now Douglas fell down the dangerous pit. And Al Snow pins the world champion. All the heads being thrown in are cool, though.
That show was, for the most part, trash. Shit. There's a few amounts of sweetcorn greatness sprinkled in, though.
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Post by 67 more on Oct 10, 2014 14:25:03 GMT -5
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Oct 11, 2014 8:11:44 GMT -5
You really could tell with this PPV that a lot of them probably knew WCW was not going to make it.
Also, hate to say this, but Chavo vs. Helms may have been one of the most boring (yet not extremely offensive) Crusierweight Title matches I have ever seen.
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Post by 67 more on Oct 12, 2014 3:35:58 GMT -5
Kwee Wee vs Jason Jett was a fine opener. Only thing I can't forgive it for is Jett, the face, using two low blows blatantly in front of the ref. Where's the f***ing DQ? That top rope frankensteiner looked super scary as well.
CW Tag match was good. Scott Armstrong looks miserable to be reffing this. Kidman's shooting star plancha was fantastic. Skipper tried for an Orton backbreaker but Rey stumbled so it turned into an inverted headlock takedown. Rey's senton bomb looked like shit because Romeo was the wrong way around. Kidman had a blatant low blow to Skipper, again, where's the DQ? Great finish with Romeo catching the moonsault and turning it into an Emerald Frosion. Romeo's music is amazing, though. HEY HEY HEY, ROMEO!
Stasiak vs Bam Bam. Stasiak's Fatboy Slim ripoff somehow managed to survive. Stasiak hits the fourth low blow of the night. Bam Bam hits the fifth. Where's the f***ing DQ? Stasiak wins off hairspray and a f***ing neckbreaker. Trash. Bam Bam sucks and so does Stasiak.
Storm/Awesone vs Konnan/Morrus. Morrus went back to his slave name, apparently. Lance Storm's theme is fantastic. Hugh Morrus's Scorpions ripoff survives (trivia, Awesome used a cover of The Zoo as his ECW theme for a while). Blatantly missed dropkick gets a 2. Stupidly safe piledriver from Awesome looks horrendous (but it's a blessing that Awesome is that safe on any move). Storm does a terrible Flying Nothing. Awesome delivers a safe-ish Awesome Bomb as well. Terrible match.
Helms vs Chavo. Vertebreaker is a terrible song. Beautiful T-Bone from Chavo. Chavo then uses the Regal Stretch as a rest hold, which I don't approve of. Pumphandle suplex by Chavo now. Curtain Call into a driver by Chavo, impressed by these moves I've never seen from Chavo. Wicked plancha from Helms. Helms wins off the Vertebreaker. Shame this match had no heat, but I enjoyed it.
Tag title match. While I enjoy overconfident heels getting punked out by faces in a few seconds, leave it for TV, not PPV. O'Haire had the gentlest senton I've ever seen.
Cat vs Kanyon. I feel how even Cat was like "Get rid of this dubbed shit". Scott Hudson calls Kanyon a fruitcake, which I won't comment on further. Scary electric chair. I love how pleased Kanyon is with his Fameasser. Shitty Alabama slam, it least Kanyon turned it into a crab. A shitty crab. Cat wins it off the Feliner, meh match.
Booker vs Steiner. Since when was the scissor kick called the Ghetto Blaster and what did Bad News Brown have to say about this? Oh great, a Shane Douglas run-in. Yippee. Booker T's soundbite at the start of his theme sounds so stupid. Meh match.
Jarrett/Flair vs The Rhodes. Jarrett's dubbed theme also makes me sad. Oh God, I didn't realise Jimmy Hart did an updated version of Dusty's theme (it sounds terrible!). Why bring Animal out if you were going to eject him immediately? Also, how terrible a shape must Flair be in here? Oh look, another low blow! And another! Oh, and there's the third of this match! The f*** was that meant to be, a small package? Oh and Jarrett takes a low blow now. And a Dusty stinkface, great. The f*** did I just watch?
DDP vs Steiner. Good to see they're still pissing money away on Michael Buffer. Always cool seeing DDP go through the crowd, even if they dubbed out Dog with an instrumental version. Hello, plant Paul London. In order to use the ropes for leverage, Steiner had to put zero weight on the shoulders. Low blow in front of the ref where the match is actually no DQ? What is this, sensible booking? For f*** sakes, Nick Patrick, don't count a DQ for a ropebreak! Hell, it's falls count anywhere, there shouldn't even be ropebreaks! Why are you now using ref distractions?! It's falls count anywhere! And that was the lamest check-of-the-arm in history, Nick Patrick. f*** this match's booking.
OK PPV overall, miles better than when I watched Sin. Still not great though.
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Post by cjh on Oct 17, 2014 20:08:13 GMT -5
DDP's theme on Greed was not changed by WWE. I don't recall if he always used a version of "Dog" with no lyrics, but he did at Greed.
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Post by 67 more on Oct 24, 2014 4:34:24 GMT -5
God, Heenan looks absolutely miserable to be here.
Why this sudden change on a PPV? And what happened to Jimmy Jam Garvin? He looks so wrong. Was Hayes really injured or was this just for shits and giggles? How can Bockwinkel forcibly book a retired man?
This opener is shit. Who the f*** are Thunder & Lightning? Hearing the Heat called Kane & Kole is so jarring. What a weak way to get pinned, at least let Stevie do the rollup so Booker can do an axe kick in that position. If Booker was doing the axe kick back then, of course. Least the crowd were into it.
Oh f***, it's Evad... no, sorry, the Equalizer. The Everglades are not a jungle. A wrestler called Jungle Jim? Was Tita Totta busy? The Steele Trap? It was just a f***ing Thesz press. I take my previous comments back, the tag match was a five-star classic compared to this.
No, it was not fair, Mean Gene. Steamboat looks terrified in this promo. I love how Gene is internally screaming at Bockwinkel to wrap things up.
You are no Kimberly, love. Gary Glitter ripoff still fine, apparently. Did Cappetta announce Taylor being from Virile Beach? Feral Beach? *looks it up* OK, it's Vero Beach. A cross armbreaker in 1994, wow. Good-looking legsweep from a cobra clutch. Heenan does a good job explaining how it's hard to pin someone off a cobra clutch. Amazing right hand from DDP. Basic match, really, but I enjoyed it.
No offence to Mr Muffler (Big Johnny, my muffler fell out) but why are we wasting time on this?
Man, Garvin looks haggard. It's blatantly obvious that Heenan knows very little about Garvin at all. Shit ref Nick Patrick with the fastest count ever as Garvin tries to stall for heat. I've always hated the top rope sunset flip, you're basically giving yourself a back body drop at that height. Babyface Badd tries to attack a wheelchair-bound man. Garvin with a stunner! I'm assuming Hayes really was hurt as he does not leave the chair at all.
I love Gene's fear of Vader.
Regal vs Arn? I think a little bit of wee just came out. What, an actually decent introduction from Buffer? Amazing. Damn, this match has gone on too long. A lot of TV title matches go this way, stalling with restholds until the last minute. At least Regal won like a true heel. Not a bad match, just far too long.
Nastys vs Cactus/Maxx. LOL at Heenan ragging everyone on being shit wrestlers (true for three-fourths of this match). I can't place what the Nasty theme is a ripoff of. And why isn't Payne playing the national anthem on an electric guitar for me? Jesus, that German was scary. I expect a lot of recklessness this match, especially aimed towards Cactus. Jesus, that uranage! Payne looks like a beast. Blatant headbutt to the dick doesn't get a DQ. Knobbs deciding halfway through the missed legdrop to take a back bump instead of an arse bump. Horrible bump for Cactus to take. Jesus, Payne, just hit Knobbs, don't drag Cactus there. How did Knobbs not just break his neck on that belly to belly?! Payne grabbed for a side belly-to-belly rather than an overhead one, stopping Knobbs from completing the flip. Knobbs suffered a legit dislocated shoulder. Guitar DQ save the titles for the Nastys.
6-man Thunderdome match. Last match I watched from Orndorff, he stung himself with his own piledriver. Tags in a cage? Piss off. Haven't watched this match in about six years, since the Pillman DVD. Pillman with a painful-looking hardway or the weediest bladejob known to man. Orndorff taking suplex lessons from Maxx Payne with a nasty back suplex on Pillman. Rude's counter to the bulldog must have sucked for Dustin. Sick crotch-spot by Austin on the cage. Rocketlauncher pins Austin but Rude gets revenge on Sting with the cage door and the neckbreaker. \Good match.
Flair vs Vader main event. Scott Steiner?! Oh, it's just Bossman. Also, Vader's WCW theme sucks. Wimpiest chairshot ever combined with the frailest chair ever. Vader landed on his feet from a moonsault! Would Bossman actually be able to DQ Vader for Race's cage choking? Are there DQ's in this cage? Oh, Vader's knee went straight into Flair's head on that superplex. Vader, you idiot, you can't win the title if the ref's handcuffed to the cage. Oh, Heenan's confirmed that this is no-DQ, so why even bother with the ref distractions? Arn with a loud SHIT right by the camera. Oh and Bossman magically breaks the cuffs off-screen. Crooked babyface ref Bossman calls for the bell with Vader clearly shaking his head “no”. The Albany Screwjob! Nonsensical booking.
Good PPV in whole but the booking in that main event makes my brain stop working.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Oct 24, 2014 22:30:13 GMT -5
Did not like Superbrawl IV
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Oct 25, 2014 18:13:12 GMT -5
Other than the Ding Dongs, I kind of liked this Clash of the Champions.
And dammit, give Jim Ross a Coors Light. He is practically begging for one.
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Post by andrew8798 on Oct 25, 2014 19:27:29 GMT -5
Also at that same show JR said the building didn't have no AC said it was hot as hell in there
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Oct 25, 2014 19:33:45 GMT -5
Also at that same show JR said the building didn't have no AC said it was hot as hell in there Yeah, and besides a few mentions of it, they didn't seem to care.
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Post by 67 more on Oct 29, 2014 4:21:56 GMT -5
God damn does it look hot and why can't they get a single nameplate to actually work? Freebirds vs Dudes was a good basic tag match. Amazing Freebird ripoff. Ranger Ross vs The Terrorist, WTF? Talk about gimmicks that wouldn't fly in 2014. Ross's superkick couldn't knock out a butterfly. The missus was appalled at this and Norman. Not only do the Ding Dongs gimmick suck, so did their wrestling. Botches galore. Feel for the jobbers who have to bump on their discarded bells. Express vs Samoans was good. Loved Cornette mocking the fan run-in at the start. Gordy vs Williams was bad. There was no miracles in violence here. Norman vs Mike Justice. Enough said. Varisty Club vs The Steiners. Jesus Christ, Scott's back, so unsafe. Why is a Satanic wrestler being re-gimmicked as a college amateur wrestler? Great match, though. Seeing Scotty in yellow trunks is weird, though. Irwin vs Sting was bad. Freebirds vs Express. Express's dub theme changes into a completely different song this time. Meh match. Funk vs Steamboat, excited for this. Fun's splash to a doubled-up Steamboat is weird. LOL at Funk's fumbling around outside just leaving Steamboat stuck on the top rope. How is that bodyslam over the top not a DQ? Oh, so Steamboat can break the over-the-top rule but Funk can't use a microphone? Crooked ref Patrick. Oh great, a Luger promo! WHAT A HEEL! And JR just wants beer.
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Post by 67 more on Oct 31, 2014 14:54:32 GMT -5
Updated. People taking part have plummeted so am going to consider the vote for next week's PPV to see if it's worth even continuing this.
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Post by 67 more on Nov 6, 2014 5:39:07 GMT -5
Cool opener but f*** Jay Leno.
Someone thought Meng vs Barbarian would be a good opener. Piledrivers and belly to belly superplexes early but they mean nothing. Meng wins with the Tongan Chin Stroke. 54-year-old Jimmy Hart with a weak splash he had no business doing, at least we get Morrus's moonsault. Meng no-sells everything, Duggan comes to the save, both men work out that King business from ten years prior.
Here's Disco to save this PPV! Oh and he's teaming with Alex Wright to face Public Enemy. Lots of biker skanks enjoying this. Das Wunderkind is nowhere near as cool as Disco. This is not Ini Kamoze, the Hotstepper is not coming tonight and I don't think Public Enemy ever even met Rico. What's the point of Alex Wright's repeated kip-ups? Surely one would be sufficient. This isn't a no-DQ, even Schiavone is confused. You can't change a match stipulation in the middle of a match-up! Shut up! Why is Disco agreeing to a street fight? You mean it wasn't a street fight before?! Idiotic booking! End this match! That was the worst see-saw ladder spot I've ever seen. Disco gets killed, those tables only caught Rocco's fall. Magnum with a shit splash save, hits Disco, this match is over. Thank God.
God, that's jarring hearing Raven come out to his WWF music, guess the Nirvana ripoff couldn't get cleared. You'd think they'djust put his ECW dubbed theme in. Hey, it's Cesaro! No sorry, it's Saturn. And here's Kanyon with some sort of weird piano riff. Mis-timed 3D-B by Saturn and Kanyon. TOTAL ELIMINATIONNNN! Kanyon using the Moss Covered Three Handled Family Gredunzel, that's where Saturn got the move from. The thief. I hate raised ringsides, just because of what happened to Rick Rude. And someone has a vuvuzela, great. That's not asphalt, Schiavone, that's clearly a wooden ramp. Piledriver on the stage, I'll bet it'll barely be sold. Apparently, this is falls count anywhere, no one made that clear. Raven hitting dropkicks on the stage, psychology! Tower of Doom, the X Division has a lot to answer to. Oh, and a triple 10-count KO in a falls count anywhere match. Horrible bump for Kanyon off the scaffold there, what a trooper. Failed Horace interference leads to Saturn winning off the Attitude Adju.... err, Death Valley Driver. Garbage match but fun.
Rey Mysterio vs Psicosis (I refuse to use WCW's spelling) in a Cruiserweight #1 contender match. Psicosis using the crossface as a resthold, I'm sure Benoit was over-the-moon with this. Don't wrestle a technical match in front of these drunk bikers, do lots of high spots to make them ooh and aah, otherwise they won't care. Ocean Cyclone suplex by Psicosis, that was cool. Half crab of apathy. Psicosis with a shit super frankensteiner, has no heat. Psicosis takes a nasty bump over the ringpost, looks like he really f***ed his hip. Mysterio with an adjacent springboard rolling seated senton, looks awesome. Modified twisting fameasser thing by Mysterio followed by an Arabian moonsault. Mysterio wins it with a botched West Coast Pop, Psicosis failed to flip over and gets spiked bad. Bad match, chose the entirely wrong sort of match to wrestle here.
Stevie Ray vs Chavo Jr, Pepe refuses to come along. Just read up that Stevie won the belt by power of attorney. I'm sad that I didn't get to see that. Chavo suffering from alien hand syndrome, can only be remedied through handshakes. God, Stevie sucked. The Pedig... the Slap Jack! Sort of a Tiger Driver 91, I like it. Only thing I like about Stevie Ray, though.
STEINERIZED! XD at Scott Steiner overselling his chair injuries. Loud BULLSHIT chants, loving it. Damn, the fans were really looking forward to Steiner vs Steiner. JJ Dillon has the healing touch, he just needs to ban people from wrestling for life! How does Dillon have the power to enforce that over WWE or ECW?
Crush w/Virgil vs Mongo. I can't hold in the excitement, truly I can't. Had no idea that Hak had the same theme as Mongo. Oh Jesus, what a shitty DDT, after the failure of running the ropes. Love Schiavone calling Virgil an idiot. Wonder how many tenners he'd took from people today. Very nice back suplex by Mongo, actually. Mongo bumps off a choke then mule kicks the ref in a piledriver attempt. Failed Vincent interference, Crush should get his tenner back. Mongo wins with the tombstone. Thank God, it's over.
Juvi vs Jericho for the Cruiserweight title. Juvi's theme sucks, so does this demo version of Jericho's theme. I want the Pearl Jam ripoff, damn it! Shitty camera angle misses Malenko shoving Jericho. Juvi f***ing his knee with his super plancha. Press slam into a cradle tombstone by Jericho, that was cool. Great double powerbomb. Juvi Driver gets a 2. Malenko refusing to play along with Jericho's theatrics, you can see Jericho getting pissed. Wait, Malenko is a special referee, but doesn't end up taking a 5-minute ref bump?! Amazing! There should be so many DQs in that finish, but at least Juvi wins it with a cool frankensteiner. Malenko punches Jericho for good measure. OK match but not great.
WCW Champion Goldberg vs nWo Hollywood vs nWo Wolfpac in a battle royal. Title's not on the line and I don't think the winner gets a title shot. What's the point of this match, exactly? God, Scott Norton looks like such a chump. Sting looks like a complete f***ing goober, f***ing Lobster Sting. LOL at Hennig failing to get any reaction out of Goldberg. Why didn't Nash just go through the ropes? Why did Giant do a back suplex when he could have just dumped Goldberg over the ropes? I haven't seen spears this gentle since Edge. Jackhammer to the Giant and... a pinfall? WTF?!
I've watched the main event before, we all know what's going to be said about that, so screw that.
Terrible, terrible PPV.
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Post by cjh on Nov 6, 2014 12:34:59 GMT -5
Regarding Raven's music not being "cleared", it's nothing like that.
Since the Network started, they've started replacing certain WCW themes that are rip-offs of actual songs, even though they never dubbed over them on WWE Home Video releases or Classics On Demand.
With the exception of Jericho's Pearl Jam ripoff theme (which is from a stock music library), they were all done by Jimmy Hart. He stated soon after WWE released a bunch of his WCW music on iTunes that he wanted Raven's theme to be included, but WWE chose not to use it, I guess because they suddenly are pararoid Nirvana might sue them.
What's even more nonsensical is the inconsistency:
Sid's 1999-2001 theme, written by Hart and a blatant ripoff of "China White" by the Scorpions, is left intact on the Network. Public Enemy's WCW music, also done by Hart, is dubbed over on the Nitro episodes but is intact on PPV events and the January 1996 Clash of Champions. DDP's theme is dubbed over everywhere on the Network depsite WWE using it for years.......except on Bash at the Beach 2000, where it's heard loud and clear as Positively Kanyon's theme. Chris Jericho's "Evenflow" ripoff is intact on the "Best of Nitro" show in the Beyond the Ring section.
It seems like different people in WWE production editing different shows results in miscommunication and music being changed when it is not needed.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Nov 6, 2014 12:44:37 GMT -5
Yeah, the Road Wild 1998 ppv was freaking terrible. Awful booking particularly in the Public Enemy vs. Dancing Fools match.
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Post by 67 more on Nov 11, 2014 6:13:42 GMT -5
Thoughts on N2R 97.
Rogers vs Candido. Weird seeing Rogers in ECW. Boring match until the improptu tag match is made. Good have done without Candido basically no-selling a low blow in order to hit a Hart Attack with Storm. The Tomikaze looks amazing, best Unprettier I've ever seen. The tag match was alright.
Credible vs Mikey, I oddly like Mikey's Loser wannabe theme. Enjoyed it, top rope Whippersnapper looked cool and I always enjoy seeing Jason being hit in the nuts.
Taz f***s the Pitbulls out of ECW, Taz calls Brakkus a steroid user and we get Taz "shooting" on a security guard. Meh.
4-way tag title match. Gertner's intro is great as always, Gangstanators leave pretty early so we don't have to hear In The Ghetto too much, top rope Bubba Cutter looks great, powder spot was great. Sadly there's heel ref bullshit, but what you going to do? Match was far better than it should have been.
Dreamer vs RVD. Didn't particularly like it, you can tell Dreamer's f***ed. Super-bounce piledriver looked great, but ending this shit in a no-contest was not needed.
Sandman does not care about Tommy Dreamer, he wants all of Enter Sandman to play. Sadly, it's the Network version so it's replaced with Cave Rat, so we're robbed of Sandman's entrance to boot. Sandman is so stoned and screws up so many spots it's not funny, much to the ire of Sabu. Sabu, on his end, completely Hogans his fireball. Sabu pole-vaulting the ladder down onto Sandman didn't work. Sandman tried to bump on the ladder before the seesaw spot even happened. Sandman tries what I can only describe as a ladder suplex plancha and it looks like shit. Sandman nearly kills himself trying a senton bomb from the ladder in the ring to the table on the floor. Just absolute garbage, possibly the worst ECW match I've seen.
Douglas vs Bigelow comes directly after the match that killed my love of wrestling. Boring match. Ech. I don't care. The ending belly-to-belly looked good, though.
OK PPV in all but Jesus Christ that Sabu/Sandman match.
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Post by 67 more on Nov 14, 2014 14:02:42 GMT -5
Updated, 4-way tie so Badd Blood won by random.
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Post by chronocross on Nov 15, 2014 12:22:31 GMT -5
Thoughts on N2R 97. Rogers vs Candido. Weird seeing Rogers in ECW. Boring match until the improptu tag match is made. Good have done without Candido basically no-selling a low blow in order to hit a Hart Attack with Storm. The Tomikaze looks amazing, best Unprettier I've ever seen. The tag match was alright. Credible vs Mikey, I oddly like Mikey's Loser wannabe theme. Enjoyed it, top rope Whippersnapper looked cool and I always enjoy seeing Jason being hit in the nuts. Taz f***s the Pitbulls out of ECW, Taz calls Brakkus a steroid user and we get Taz "shooting" on a security guard. Meh. 4-way tag title match. Gertner's intro is great as always, Gangstanators leave pretty early so we don't have to hear In The Ghetto too much, top rope Bubba Cutter looks great, powder spot was great. Sadly there's heel ref bullshit, but what you going to do? Match was far better than it should have been. Dreamer vs RVD. Didn't particularly like it, you can tell Dreamer's f***ed. Super-bounce piledriver looked great, but ending this shit in a no-contest was not needed. Sandman does not care about Tommy Dreamer, he wants all of Enter Sandman to play. Sadly, it's the Network version so it's replaced with Cave Rat, so we're robbed of Sandman's entrance to boot. Sandman is so stoned and screws up so many spots it's not funny, much to the ire of Sabu. Sabu, on his end, completely Hogans his fireball. Sabu pole-vaulting the ladder down onto Sandman didn't work. Sandman tried to bump on the ladder before the seesaw spot even happened. Sandman tries what I can only describe as a ladder suplex plancha and it looks like shit. Sandman nearly kills himself trying a senton bomb from the ladder in the ring to the table on the floor. Just absolute garbage, possibly the worst ECW match I've seen. Douglas vs Bigelow comes directly after the match that killed my love of wrestling. Boring match. Ech. I don't care. The ending belly-to-belly looked good, though. OK PPV in all but Jesus Christ that Sabu/Sandman match. I think they knew the match was godawful as they booked a return bout at ECW House Party 98, a month and a half after, which was better than the previous Sabu/Sandman bout. I wish they would've had RVD/Dreamer end with a conclusive finish. Why did Stevie leave ECW so quickly after the PPV? I remember him being on one other ECW arena show against Chris Chetti and that was it.
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