Merzbow Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Truly a bigger injustice than Starrcade '97. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeronimoJacksBeard Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 That was great. Seen that original, horrible Piper angle before and heard Stevie Rays story, but never seen the footage of the follow up with them in the kilts and Arns promo. The body language on Tenta there, you can tell he’s fucking pissed! Supposedly one of the nicest guys there was, reckon he’d do some real fucking damage if you managed to fuck him off though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Cod Eye Posted July 30, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 30, 2019 Has anything ever come out about Tenta and AA having any heat or anything? Just seems really off that he glares at Big 'Quake when delivering the "Amateurs" line, when there were to actual amateurs stood next to him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGIT Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Sgt Slaughter doesn't get the praise he deserves. Watching some early and mid 80s stuff, when he was a face. His selling and crowd working is superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted July 31, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 31, 2019 37 minutes ago, LEGIT said: Sgt Slaughter doesn't get the praise he deserves. Watching some early and mid 80s stuff, when he was a face. His selling and crowd working is superb. Can you recommend a couple of good matches? I love Sarge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGIT Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 40 minutes ago, Bellenda Carlisle said: Can you recommend a couple of good matches? I love Sarge. None that u don't already probably know about unfortunately. I watched a show recently where he has a shit match with Kamala, circa 85 I think. The match was poor, but I kept thinking how well Slaughter was selling and playing the crowd. I decided to watch his established classics. The street fight vs Pat Patterson, the bootcamp match vs Sheik and the tag cage match with Don Kernodle vs Steamboat and Jay Youngblood. If you haven't seen these, all are worth watching. I also really like his matches with Warrior and Hogan from Rumble and Mania 1991. Very underrated imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted July 31, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 31, 2019 There's some "Desert Storm" matches from Madison Square Garden shows in the run-up to that Wrestlemania as well, which are basically street fights with them gimmicked up in military garb. A little more hard-hitting than usual WWF fare at the time, and Slaughter is great fun in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted July 31, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 31, 2019 When I think of Sgt Slaughter it’s the traffic cone chin, that mad turnbuckle bump he’d sometimes take and calling people “pukes” and “maggots”. Good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted August 1, 2019 Author Moderators Share Posted August 1, 2019 6 hours ago, Bellenda Carlisle said: Can you recommend a couple of good matches? I love Sarge. Anthing from 84 vs Iron Shiek is a must watch and as a heel the Alley Fight vs Pat Patterson is amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted August 1, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 1, 2019 Cheers for the recommendations, ended up watching a bunch of Sarge v Iron Sheik from 1984, I couldn't believe how over he was, the atmosphere was amazing for those matches and people loved him. I remember the Pat Patterson match, it was great, will check out the others too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted August 1, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 1, 2019 6 hours ago, Bellenda Carlisle said: Cheers for the recommendations, ended up watching a bunch of Sarge v Iron Sheik from 1984, I couldn't believe how over he was, the atmosphere was amazing for those matches and people loved him. I remember the Pat Patterson match, it was great, will check out the others too. I remember someone saying that the biggest thing about wrestling culturally that non-US audiences would never be able to grasp is just how big a star Sgt Slaughter was for a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 On 7/24/2019 at 7:59 PM, Loki said: Earthquake in his 2001 tryout match I think. Still looks pretty good. A little bit of me died when I saw Joey fucking Abs suplex The Earthquake as if he was a cruiserweight. No struggle, no build, no fanfare, nothing. He's just accomplished something that Hogan couldn't even try without buggering up his ribs and back. No wonder the business is shot to pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dart Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Your point remains, but it's not Joey Abs. Whoever uploaded that to YouTube is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted August 1, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 1, 2019 It's Bushwacker Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Whoever the fuck it is, they shouldn't be slinging Earthquake over their shoulder as if he's some random cruiserweight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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