Wrestling Results

Saturday, March 30, 2019

1994-01-08 Power Hour

This is the same show as the 1994-01-02 Worldwide with Terry Taylor instead of Jesse Ventura so I have just copied my thoughts here
Brian Pillman vs. Denny Brown

I like that Brian still has the Blondes trunks on
Tony and Jesse are our announcers and Jesse really didn’t care at this point and said what he wanted I think
Interesting to see the official with a bandage on his hand
I wonder if this is the same Denny Brown that was a lightweight champion in Georgia Championship wrestling
Wow Tony and Jesse are really knocking JR and talking midget clowns
This match is a little long in the tooth as Pillman shouldn’t be struggling against this guy as much as he is
Finally finishes it off with a flying splash that was not quite super

Interview: Thunder/Lightning

Mike Graham is an all-time great?
Put some paint on that Lightning guy and he would look a lot like Sting...
Boy wrestlers loved to tie those ropes on their arms

Tex Slazenger/Shanghai Pierce vs. Thunder/Lightning

The idea of having these tapings at Disney was interesting. The crowds were always loud which added to some of these matches
I always liked Tex and Shanghai. Liked them in WCW and then again in WWF as the hog farmers and I really thought Southern Justice was a good gimmick for them prior to Shanghai breaking his neck
Lightning later becomes Cobra and then nWo Sting, I don’t know what happened to Thunder. He seemed solid in the ring
A quick search of the googles didn’t give me any info on Thunder
A shocking victory for the Texicans especially considering we had the interview earlier!

Interview: Brian Pillman

Mean Gene is back to talk to Flying Brian
I didn’t really care for the Col. Sanders/Col. Parker storyline.

Shockmaster vs. Mike DiBacco

I think I have said this before but good grief poor Uncle Fred’s music was awful
Shockmaster was in pretty good shape at this point of his career, he always carried his weight well but looked really good. Perhaps it was not being in the singlet
I was just about to say this match was going to long and he locked in that weird bearhug slam for the win

Steven Regal (WCW TV Champion) vs. Scott Sandlin

Here comes the highlight of WCW for several years in my opinion, his Lordship
The fans either hate Regal, the UK or really understood the queue signs they had to cheer or boo.
Regal, much like Jarrett on other shows this week, made you actually think they were going to lose
Regal using the butterfly suplex for the win and as always looked great!

Max Payne/Cactus Jack vs. Paul Orndorff/Paul Roma

Three really good wrestlers and Max Payne
Payne just wasn’t good in the ring here and sadly he handled most of it
I wonder if Cactus was hurt during this time or had a nagging injury
I know people give Roma bullshit about being in the Horsemen, and with good reason, but he was a solid hand and was great for these few years are Pretty Wonderful
Hate the finish and I was glad when they got rid of the over the top rope rule. It was good to occasionally use it but it never made sense to me. Middle rope fine top rope match over.

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

1994-01-02 Worldwide

Brian Pillman vs. Denny Brown

I like that Brian still has the Blondes trunks on
Tony and Jesse are our announcers and Jesse really didn’t care at this point and said what he wanted I think
Interesting to see the official with a bandage on his hand
I wonder if this is the same Denny Brown that was a lightweight champion in Georgia Championship wrestling
Wow Tony and Jesse are really knocking JR and talking midget clowns
This match is a little long in the tooth as Pillman shouldn’t be struggling against this guy as much as he is
Finally finishes it off with a flying splash that was not quite super

Interview: Thunder/Lightning

Mike Graham is an all-time great?
Put some paint on that Lightning guy and he would look a lot like Sting...
Boy wrestlers loved to tie those ropes on their arms

Tex Slazenger/Shanghai Pierce vs. Thunder/Lightning

The idea of having these tapings at Disney was interesting. The crowds were always loud which added to some of these matches
I always liked Tex and Shanghai. Liked them in WCW and then again in WWF as the hog farmers and I really thought Southern Justice was a good gimmick for them prior to Shanghai breaking his neck
Lightning later becomes Cobra and then nWo Sting, I don’t know what happened to Thunder. He seemed solid in the ring
A quick search of the googles didn’t give me any info on Thunder
A shocking victory for the Texicans especially considering we had the interview earlier!

Interview: Brian Pillman

Mean Gene is back to talk to Flying Brian
I didn’t really care for the Col. Sanders/Col. Parker storyline.

Shockmaster vs. Mike DiBacco

I think I have said this before but good grief poor Uncle Fred’s music was awful
Shockmaster was in pretty good shape at this point of his career, he always carried his weight well but looked really good. Perhaps it was not being in the singlet
I was just about to say this match was going to long and he locked in that weird bearhug slam for the win

Steven Regal (WCW TV Champion) vs. Scott Sandlin

Here comes the highlight of WCW for several years in my opinion, his Lordship
The fans either hate Regal, the UK or really understood the queue signs they had to cheer or boo.
Regal, much like Jarrett on other shows this week, made you actually think they were going to lose
Regal using the butterfly suplex for the win and as always looked great!

Max Payne/Cactus Jack vs. Paul Orndorff/Paul Roma

Three really good wrestlers and Max Payne
Payne just wasn’t good in the ring here and sadly he handled most of it
I wonder if Cactus was hurt during this time or had a nagging injury
I know people give Roma bullshit about being in the Horsemen, and with good reason, but he was a solid hand and was great for these few years are Pretty Wonderful
Hate the finish and I was glad when they got rid of the over the top rope rule. It was good to occasionally use it but it never made sense to me. Middle rope fine top rope match over.

Thursday, March 7, 2019

2019-01-02 205

Segment: Drake Maverick

A nice rundown of tonights show to tell us what to expect

Kalisto vs. Lio Rush

How annoying is Lucha House Party and the same can be said about Lio Rush
At least Kalisto looks like a grown man where Rush looks like a high school freshmen safety
It is interesting that we see Kalisto wrestle on both shows. I think because it is believable that he can fight where Rush I wouldn’t believe fighting a high schooler
However, Rush is really good on the mic and being annoying
They should get a midget to ref Rush matches so the ref isn’t taller than him, hell throw Kalisto in that idea!
Damn that was a hell of a springboard move by Kalisto especially since I think Rush was in the wrong place
Was that a tornado Tomikaze? Wow!
Seriously? The noise makers are distracting him?
I like that Rush was trying to get Lince to hit him, such a sleazy move and he is sleazy!
Nice match and good win for Kalisto. I doubt him winning at the Rumble but the fans do enjoy the LHP

Interview: Drew Gulak/Jack Gallagher

Drew Gulak is so underutilized. I am shocked that Vince hasn’t brought him up to the main roster yet if as nothing else a mouth piece like Rush

Akira Tozawa vs. Drew Gulak

Is Tozawa still a member of Titus Worldwide? Does Titus Worldwide even still exist? I can’t remember the last time I saw Titus on TV
“You ask him if he can hear” - Gulak after ripping at Tozawa ear
I have to say I enjoy the noises Tozawa make as wrestling
Very different match then I expected here, much more ground and pound even when Tozawa was in charge
Both of these guys are good but every time I see Drew I wonder why he isn’t on Monday or Tuesday night
Tozawa is lasting too long in the Gu-Lock in my opinion. That is the kind of submission that should end it quickly once he locks it in
I think Drew needs to shave and go back to the suit wearing guy but who can go in the ring, kind of like IRS back in the day. Shoud even wrestle in suit and tie I think
A missile head first dive, nice from Tozawa!
I like that the announce crew has talked about how many times these guys have wrestled and how it is affecting the match
I like the story that Gulak tried something new and it cost him when he went to the top to try that superplex
Sad that Gulak isn’t going to get the shot however as he should get a run with the title

Saturday, February 23, 2019

1994-01-03 Raw

Segment: Paul Bearer/Undertaker

I always liked it when Taker spoke few words

Recap: Interview: Jim Cornette/Mr. Fuji/Yokozuna (WWF Champion)

I could listen to Corny read the phone book I think
Yoko had great facials for rarely speaking, you understood what he was thinking, something missing at times today

Yokozuna (WWF Champion) vs. Dan Dubiel

Johnny Polo was great at the “sound byte” that they loved back in the day
It is shocking that Yoko didn’t hurt anyone with that massive weight especially with the leg drops and Bonzai drop
Dear lord I think I would have soiled myself seeing Yoko coming down at me like that.

JIP: Lex Luger vs. Jacques (WWF Tag Team Champion)

Go back to my review of 1994-01-01 Superstars
But I love Polo being 1994 wrestling personality!

Interview: Lex Luger

What is with Flexy Lexy’s hair?!

Lex wasn’t great at interviews and it was weird he wasn’t sure where to look during this interview. Do I look at Vince or the camera?

Billy Gunn/Bart Gunn vs. Bam Bam Bigelow/Bastion Booger

I think I have mentioned it before but how did ANYONE think that Bastion Booger was going to get over?
How good was Bam Bam. I never understood why he isn’t included in the best of the big man conversation
Poor Mike Shaw, another big man who could move in the ring but never got a fair shot in the US
Not only did Shaw get a horrible gimmick it was then all about his “hump”
Billy and Bart get the win which shouldn’t surprise anyone but who thought we needed to see Booger vs. Bam Bam?

Jeff Jarrett vs. John Chrystal

I love first run Jeff Jarrett outfits with all the ribbons and streams and what not
They sure didn’t do much to get Double J over early on with him having issues with the enhancement talent

Segment: Marty Jannetty/1-2-3 Kid/Johnny Polo

I miss Polo, I think I liked that character better than Raven, and I really enjoyed Raven
Uggg, I have never liked Waltman’s voice and he just got worse over the years

Shawn Michaels (Intercontinental Champion) vs. Brian Walsh

Loved having Jacques on the phone during the match talking about the title match
How smooth was Michaels? I mean it is amazing!

It is so weird to see Raw mostly being squash matches. It wouldn’t be that way in about a year! For Raw to basically be an hour infomercial for the PPV is so interesting, things sure changed once Nitro started

Friday, February 22, 2019

Smackdown 2019-01-01

Segment: Xavier Woods/Big E/Kofi Kingston

I do love me the New Day but they are starting to get slightly long in the tooth
Steiner Math? Ha ha!
Now I want Lesnar to come out and take all three to Suplex City!
Those things are in his diaper!

Samoa Joe vs. Jeff Hardy

I do love me some Samoa Joe! It is too bad that his injuries seem to have caught up with him the last few years
I’d love to see a series of Styles vs. Bryan vs. Joe matches!
I know some didn’t like the storyline of Jeff’s demons but you can’t ignore that can you?
Jeff is loved by the fans but for me I just never got it personally
WHY ISN’T THE REF COUNTING!
Great finish to get that the Clutch is a threat by using it to beat a top guy like Hardy

Segment: Vince McMahon/Shane McMahon/AJ Styles

Interesting that they are teasing Styles vs. McMahon, hopefully they don’t go that direction

Interview: Rusev (US Champion)/Lana/Shinsuke Nakamura

Finally giving him the title here seems to be a little too little to late in my opinion. Mania is where it should have happened at the height of Rusev Day
Remember when Lana was the hottest thing in WWE? Yeah me neither
Interesting idea of hurting Lana to further to storyline

Naomi vs. Mandy Rose

I just don’t care about either of these two
I feel like Rose is a step back for the division
Wait, it is DeVille and Naomi, I do care about DeVille! I am a big fan of DeVille
Wait that pic in a towel upsets Naomi? The beach pics are more revealing

Segment: Randy Orton
Segment: Randy Orton
Segment: Mustafa Ali

All about the Fatal Five Way, I like that they are all after the title

Segment: New Years Resolutions

Was that Shelton Benjamin? Where has he been?

Segment: Samoa Joe

Again the title is what is important and I like that about Smackdown

Segment: John Cena

John Cena is slowly morphing into Ernest P Worell and JBL
I still can’t get over Cena’s hair! It makes his face expressions even goofier
I do enjoy Cena and his interviews and jabs at himself and others
IT’S THE MAN BECKY LYNCH!
For the record, even before she became the man, I have always loved me some Becky Lynch!
How great is Zelina!

John Cena/Becky Lynch vs. Zelina/Andrade Cien Almas

Why did Zelina have her gear on? She doesn’t usually wrestle
Much like the Rock, having Cena off TV made me miss him and want him back on TV
Also how great is Cory at the desk?
Almas is slowly growing on me. I’d like to see him in a true long term feud
I hate the “new” thing of running into one corner hard and then charging your opponent. If you can run yourself into the corner without pain why does it hurt if thrown in? Almas, Wyatt, Bryan all do it and I hate it
Love Becky’s character, why wouldn’t you want to be the best!

Segment: Shane McMahon/Miz

I am not sure about this idea of Miz becoming a good guy

Segment: Triple H/Asuka (Smackdowns Womens Champion)/Charlotte Flair/Carmella/Becky Lynch

Pointless segment building up challengers that we already knew

AJ Styles vs. Rey Misterio vs. Randy Orton vs. Mustafa Ali vs. Samoa Joe

I am not sure about the idea of pushing Mustafa Ali but I am willing see where they go
It is interesting to see a more aggressive Styles, even though I don’t think it fits him personally
These 5 really are good in the ring, like amazingly good
I hate the masks Misterio has been using lately with the stupid mohawk
Uggg, the Spanish Fly is such a stupid move
Love that it was without a finish, even if the 450 from Styles was slightly sloppy (not that I could do better mind you). While I love finishers the matches don’t have to always end it, just don’t kick out finishers constantly!

Thursday, February 21, 2019

1994-01-02 Challenge

Tatanka vs. Ton Devito

My copied joined this match in process but what you’d expect from this time, a complete squash
Gorilla and JR talk about Tatanka coming back from his recent injury at the hands of Yokozuna and Ludvig Borga
Devito was a good hand in the ring. If he was a little taller I think he could have a decent lower midcard run
I believe he ended up being one of the Baldies in ECW now that I think about as that lower midcarder
Tatanaka ended it with a chop from the top, not his usual finisher which was interesting

Special report is next and is all about the Royal Rumble

Alfred Hayes was such an interesting person to run this with his proper English voice and pronunciations.
I love that we would see some of the same segments on all shows since not everyone saw the same shows. It is interesting to see where wrestling was some 20+ years ago

Samu/Fatu vs. Russ Greenberg/John Crystal

Rikishi sure looked like his kids back during these days! US – OH!
I remember watching the Headshrinkers as a kid and thinking they were actually just beating these guys up. Always looked stiff in the ring. Believable!
Always makes me laugh when JR or Gorilla randomly say stuff about the enhancement talent, made it interesting

Face to Face

Time for some Face to Face. I actually liked this concept for when shows were going to be in the local area. Better than the event center but not as good as when Mean Gene or someone would just do standups
Diesel talks about the New York Royal Rumble and sure wasn’t the Nash that we have grown to love. He was just starting to come into his own.
Shawn Michaels also talks about the NYRR and he was good as that cocky heel....but you have to wonder was he acting or was he just being himself?

Doink vs. Duane Gill

I really liked the original heel Matt Bourne Doink. Then Doink became a good guy then we got Dink and I was over it.
One thing about however was in the Doink makeup they were always really good in the ring.
Good grief Dink was annoying!
Quick squash for the clowns

Interview time!

Yokozuna, Mr. Fuji and Jim Cornette interviewed by Stan Lane
I wonder how much fun Stan and Corny had together doing things like this. I was disappointed that they rarely referenced Stan’s career as a wrestler as an announcer
How bad was Stan’s hair?
Also how great was and is Corny?

Mabel/Mo vs. Reno Riggins/Louie Spicolli

I never got Men on a Mission, especially with Oscar
But the fans really loved them so who am I to argue
Neither were really great in the ring at this point, Viscera, as I will always think of him as, would get better
I think Riggins and Spicolli were better performers than MOM even though we never saw the late Spicolli in the ring

Video Package for Sparky Plugg

This video was HARDCORE! (get it...hardcore...holly....I am sorry)

IRS vs. Mike Khoury

I love the idea that he had Razors gold in the case even though he knows the camera will try to look into it!
How great was IRS in the ring?
I think Money Inc was one of my favorite teams
Second match this week that didn’t end with the stars usual finisher. IRS used a snapped belly to back suplex instead of the clothesline or samoan drop. Very interesting and I think I like it!

Royal Rumble Report

His weird little jabs at the guys still make me chuckle
“Mabel from MOM, Scott Steiner from his Mom”. Ha ha
“Fatu from the Headshrinkers, Samu from the Headshrinkers, Shamu from Seaworld”

Shawn Michaels vs. John Santana

Shawn has the IC belt but wasn’t recognized. This obviously was building toward the famous ladder match
Shawn was always so smooth in the ring till his back injury.
Interesting to see Shawn finish with the elbow from the top ala Randy Savage who was still with the company.
Yet another non-finisher finish even though he used the superkick earlier in the match
I don’t know if he was using Sweet Chin Music as his finisher her or still using the suplex

Face to Face

Crush and Randy Savage continue to build their feud here. Nothing special

This match reminded me how good the in ring action was at this time if the characters and storylines were great. IRS, Shawn Michaels, Doink, Gill, Spicolli, Riggins, Tatanka and DeVito were all good to great. Sad that this time isn’t remembered for the good in ring but instead for the bad gimmicks and storylines.

Sunday, February 17, 2019

1994-01-01 Superstars

Start off with Stan Lane and Vince McMahon but they throw it over to Jim Ross and Gorilla Monsoon for our first match
Start off with Stan Lane and Vince McMahon but they throw it over to Jim Ross and Gorilla Monsoon for our first match
Jacques (WWF Tag Team Champion) vs. Lex Luger

They are playing off Lex Luger knocking out Pierre prior to the Survivor Series
A little bit of stick time for Jaques before the match playing off the steel plate in Lugers arm
Jacques says he isn’t wrestling because there is no doctors note....but here comes Timmy White and Danny Davis saying otherwise
He comes Flexy Lexy in his Red White and Blue
I think Lex’s biggest problem was always his selling. He was fine on offense but when in trouble he just wasn’t always believable.
Same goes with Jacques, but it was more the more cartoony selling of the 80’s I think. Lots of floppying around
I haven’t mentioned Johnny Polo on the outside. As big as Raven became, I would have liked to see more Polo personally
Nice attempt at “twin magic” there but of course it doesn’t work
Pierre gets knocked out and counted out so it is over...wait Jacques is arguing and the match continues till he gets knocked out!
I think Polo is going to get one for good measure!
It's nice to see that the WWF always buried their tag champs for their top stars, I would hate to think that they weren’t constant in their thinking

It is weird to see PPV on days other than Sunday. Starrcade was on Monday and the Royal Rumble is on Saturday!
Face to Face is up which is local promos and they are doing a NYC Royal Rumble. I believe this is the one that Owen ends up winning
Razor Ramon telling me not to pollute my body....is that the definition of irony?
Time for the Headshrinkers to face Tim McNeany/Mike Khoury

Samu always looked wild....Fatu however was kind of normal
Stan Lane never really fit in as an announcer. Much like Terry Taylor he was okay but nothing great
Not a lot to say about this match, a typical squash with no offense from the enhancements

Next up Raymond Rougeau is going to interview Razor Ramon

This was all about Razor missing his chains, taken by IRS. I know that gets me excited about a match between these two!
Good grief I am going to have a birthday during this interview. If there was ever an interview that needed “What” chants this is it!

Bastion Booger vs. Tony Roy

Poor Mike Shaw, he could actually wrestle but how was this gimmick going to get over?
Another quick squash and again poor Mike

Its time for a Sparky Plugg promo!
Owen vs. Barry Hardy

Look at that hair cut on Barry Hardy!
None of the Hart Family really look like each other which is weird
How great was Owen, seriously I know I just wrote that but it is true. I actually would say Owen was better than Bret but that is me

Time for Todd Pettengill and the Royal Rumble Report
- Todd was annoying but he did seem legit excited anytime you saw him
- I miss Paul Bearer! I couldn’t understand a thing he said but you knew it was bad for Yokozuna!
Ludvig Borga vs. John Crystal

Borga should have had a bigger career in WWF. I am not sure exactly what happened with him
He ticked every box that Vince likes and he wasn’t HORRIBLE (wasn’t good either) in the ring either
Borga wins with the torture rack

Back with another Face to Face about Jarrett taking on Razor

A typical syndicated show with a little storyline movement with Lex Luger to continue his quest to get another shot at the title. Meanwhile we see the continued push of Razor Ramon who honestly from day one was a top guy but never THE guy.