dopper Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I've only seen Jericho/Mysterio & Eddie/Chavo but on paper the card looks to have 5 potentially very good matches, Goldberg/Curt could have been good too, but matches 3, 5, 6 & 10 look wank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty LC Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I've only seen Jericho/Mysterio & Eddie/Chavo but on paper the card looks to have 5 potentially very good matches, Goldberg/Curt could have been good too, but matches 3, 5, 6 & 10 look wank.Giant v Greene was, IIRC, miraculously very decent - partly because Wight still had a bit of passion, partly because Greene seemed to have a real talent for this type of thing. Plus, Stevie Ray v Chavo wasn't much of a match: IIRC, Chavo tapped out on a hand-shake, avoiding the plans of his evil uncle Eddy to face the youngster once he'd been beaten up like a Fruit Booty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 (edited) I've only seen Jericho/Mysterio & Eddie/Chavo but on paper the card looks to have 5 potentially very good matches, Goldberg/Curt could have been good too, but matches 3, 5, 6 & 10 look wank.Giant v Greene was, IIRC, miraculously very decent - partly because Wight still had a bit of passion, partly because Greene seemed to have a real talent for this type of thing. Plus, Stevie Ray v Chavo wasn't much of a match: IIRC, Chavo tapped out on a hand-shake, avoiding the plans of his evil uncle Eddy to face the youngster once he'd been beaten up like a Fruit Booty...Yeah, that's exactly what happened. Eddie/Chavo, Rey/Jericho, Kidman/Juvie and Saturn/Raven were all pretty good. Giant's match and Bret/Booker were OK, typical Goldberg nonsense in the semi and typical WCW nonsense in the main. Not a bad show at all.EDIT - Don't remember a thing about Disco/Konnan. They had a pretty decent singles bout on PPV but that was a bit later on. Edited December 19, 2007 by Leicester Lantern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name_here Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 This has probably been asked already but does anyone know who the UK indy guys are at around the 3:40 mark in This video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Was HBK actually a proper commentator for a while (like JBL as been) or did he just do the odd match here and there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dopper Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 He commented for the entire show on 2 or maybe 3 Raw's around that time, that was all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herne's Son Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Okay does anyone know why Jerichos Lion Tamer has gone from being an original submission to just a boston crab? the pressure used to be put on the neck now its on the back!Also was the original UK Rampage in 91 the first time WWF had visited the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted December 20, 2007 Paid Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 No, they did two dates in October 89 (From thehistoryofwwe.com): Â WWF @ London, England - Arena - October 10, 1989 (sell out) Mark Rocco, Dave Finlay, & Skull Murphy defeated Dusty Wolfe, Al Perez, & Tim Horner Also included 2 other WWF vs. UK tag team matches Televised live on SKY ONE - the 1st WWF UK event: Koko B. Ware pinned Boris Zhukov (w/ Nikolai Volkoff) at 11:00 with a missile dropkick Dino Bravo (w/ Jimmy Hart) pinned Bret Hart at 16:09 with a roll over and using the tights for leverage (World Tour 1990) King Jim Duggan pinned the Honkytonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart) at 8:37 following the running clothesline; after the bout, Duggan cleared the ring of Hart and Honky with his 2x4 (World Tour 1990) Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty defeated Jacques & Raymond Rougeau (w/ Jimmy Hart) at around 23:30 when Jannetty pinned Jacques after Michaels hit him with Hart's megaphone The Brooklyn Brawler pinned Paul Roma at 6:11 by using the tights for leverage after the momentum of a high crossbody put the Brawler on top WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan (w/ Miss Elizabeth) pinned Randy Savage (w/ Sensational Sherri) with the legdrop at around the 14-minute mark (Hulkamania Forever) Â WWF @ Birmingham, England - NEC - October 11, 1989 Bret Hart vs. the Honkytonk Man Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty vs. Jacques & Raymond Rougeau (singles bouts) WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan (w/ Miss Elizabeth) & King Jim Duggan vs. Randy Savage & Dino Bravo Also featured 3 matches pitting WWF talent against UK talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burchybabi Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Okay does anyone know why Jerichos Lion Tamer has gone from being an original submission to just a boston crab? the pressure used to be put on the neck now its on the back!I've seen him state in a couple of interviews that it was because he was wrestling much bigger guys regularly when he got to WWE and it just didn't look as good so he decided to change it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan of Arse Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Without wanting to sound like sabumark I'm actually quite intrigued by one of his questions.When Beyond the Mat was released was it straight to DVD or was it given a theatrical release first?And if so how was it received critically and commercially? Ditto for Wrestling with Shadows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 He commented for the entire show on 2 or maybe 3 Raw's around that time, that was all.Was he any good? Was it a trial run? Were was the King? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dart Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 All 3 of them did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted December 21, 2007 Paid Members Share Posted December 21, 2007 (edited) He commented for the entire show on 2 or maybe 3 Raw's around that time, that was all.Was he any good? Was it a trial run? Were was the King?King was fired after quitting with Ms. Kitty. He well regretted that one, when she ran off with someone, a few weeks later.Probably wrong, should really read the questions fully. Edited December 21, 2007 by bAzTNM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted December 21, 2007 Paid Members Share Posted December 21, 2007 No, they did two dates in October 89 (From thehistoryofwwe.com):WWF @ London, England - Arena - October 10, 1989 (sell out)Mark Rocco, Dave Finlay, & Skull Murphy defeated Dusty Wolfe, Al Perez, & Tim HornerThis match, I think, would be absolutely tremendous. Anybody looked at it? Opinions? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted December 21, 2007 Author Paid Members Share Posted December 21, 2007 He commented for the entire show on 2 or maybe 3 Raw's around that time, that was all.Was he any good? Was it a trial run? Were was the King?King was fired after quitting with Ms. Kitty. He well regretted that one, when she ran off with someone, a few weeks later.Probably wrong, should really read the questions fully.Yeah, incorrect Baz, that was when Heyman came in. HBK did some commentary years before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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