WWF House show 02/26
Wakko Warner
Well, the WWF hit Edmonton for the first time in quite a while, and for
some reason I decided to go. Mainly to see the Quebecers, I think. This
will likely be my last WWF house show after witnessing the brain dead fans
who filled up the seats tonight.
Jim Powers v. Adam Bomb - This was actually not too bad an opening match,
with Bomb up to his usual level of effort (ie zero) and Jim Powers selling
everything. I figured something weird was happening when Adam drew heat
like nuts from the fans. I wrote it off to opening-match excitement...but
no, I was wrong. 1/2*
Quebecers v. Smoking Gunns - Again, an okay match for the tag belts.
Johnny Polo was absent, unfortunately. The fans BOOED the Quebecers,
however. I mean, these guys are supposed to be heroes in Canada, and the
fans booed them? I hardly think Jacques' opening monologue ("I had lunch
with Peter Pocklington the other day...") should be enough to make the
fans hate the Q's. Interesting note: When the teams did the ol' "Faces
get the apparent 3-count, but the heel was up at two" bit, "Blind" Dave
Hebner actually counted three, then tried to pan it off as a two-count.
The crowd was going nuts, and it took a few minutes for them to realize
what was happening. More on this later... Rating: **
Razor Ramon v. IRS - This match blew goats. Razor chases IRS around the
ring for two minutes, ties him to the post with his tie, and gets the COR
victory. DUD.
Randy Savage v. Crush (Lumberjack Match) - God, Savage is getting old. I
really hope he doesn't win the WWF belt this Monday. I really like the
heel Crush, and the marks really hated him. Look for big things from him.
Some decent work in this one, or at least as much as Savage can muster
these days, and a pretty wimpy chairshot on Crush lets Savage get the pin. *
(Nachos and beer break)
Bob Backlund v. JJ - Dear God, kill me now. Here's the match summary:
Backlund duck-walks around the ring for 2 minutes, asks Jarrett to shake
hands for 1 1/2, gets beat up for 3, gets put in an armbar for 7 (!) (I am
not making this up, to quote Dave Barry), and finally reverses it, only to
get pinned by the ol' foot on the ropes trick. RETIRE DAMN YOU! GETTING
LAUGHED OUT OF THE ARENA IS NOT A GOOD SIGN! This is truly sad to
watch... Rating: DUD and a half.
Lex Luger v. Kwang (subbing for B0rga) - In the ultimate sign of the
mental retardation of the crowd, they chant "USA" at regular intervals.
Sigh. I'm desperately waiting for the NWA tapes I got from Herb to arrive
after watching Lex drag his knuckles around the ring for 10 minutes. Just
to top off my disgust at Luger's total degeneration, he gives the sign for
the "Human Torture Rack" and NO ONE GETS IT! He then puts Kwang in said
hold for the submission. 1/2 * (btw, Muta does the green mist thing a
million times better than Kwang...)
Yokozuna v. Tatanka - I had this one pegged before it even started. Yoko
pounds the shit out of Tatonto for 5 minutes, and JUST as he's about to
hit him with the salt bucket, the referee conveniently drops dead of a
stroke. Okay, so I lied about that, but it would have been more
exciting... Anyways, Tatanka covers him for the 3-count and wins the
title...WHAT?!? Oh, the World's Stupidest Referee has just screwed up
AGAIN, and again desperately tries to convey the two-count to Tatanka
while the crowd parties down. Whilst they drink in celebration, Yoko hits
Tatanka with the belly-to-belly for the real pin. * (Note to Yokozuna:
monster heels AREN'T supposed to be smiling during their matches...)
So while I won't take the Vow of Herb and never watch the WWF again, I
think I'll just stick to PPV's from now on. Herb, please say that Bash 88
and the rest of the tapes are on their way so I can see actual wrestling
again...
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Curtis `Chewbacca' Desjardins
Wakko Warner <ske...@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> wrote:
>
>So while I won't take the Vow of Herb and never watch the WWF again, I
>think I'll just stick to PPV's from now on. Herb, please say that Bash 88
Actually, it was the Chewbaccan Vow, and Herb just agreed.
The vow doesn't prevent me from watching the WWF, but I won't
be giving fuckhead^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HVince one red fucking cent
for quite some time.
C.
Andy - Patrizio
>In article <skeith.7...@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>,
>Wakko Warner <ske...@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> wrote:
>>So while I won't take the Vow of Herb and never watch the WWF again, I
Shouldn't that be the Vow of Andy? I made it first, as I was storming out
of the Providence Civic Center.
>Actually, it was the Chewbaccan Vow, and Herb just agreed.
>The vow doesn't prevent me from watching the WWF, but I won't
>be giving fuckhead^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HVince one red fucking cent
>for quite some time.
I'll do you one better: I won't watch *ANY* WWF ever. Think you
can take that vow?
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Bob Rusbasan
> >So while I won't take the Vow of Herb and never watch the WWF again, I
> >think I'll just stick to PPV's from now on. Herb, please say that Bash 88
No, never watching the WWF again is the Patrizio Vow. Making sure you
never give the WWF your money, but watching something for free if you
want to and can, is the Rusbasan Vow.
> Actually, it was the Chewbaccan Vow, and Herb just agreed.
> The vow doesn't prevent me from watching the WWF, but I won't
> be giving fuckhead^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HVince one red fucking cent
> for quite some time.
Chewbaccan Vow? I don't think so...
I might note that I haven't actually watched any WWF since the Bumble,
but I know someone that will get WM10 and let me watch it for free, so
I'll probably see that eventually, just because it *is* WrestleMania 10.
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Herb Kunze
Andy - Patrizio <a...@shell.portal.com> wrote:
>math...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Curtis `Chewbacca' Desjardins) writes:
>>Actually, it was the Chewbaccan Vow, and Herb just agreed.
>>The vow doesn't prevent me from watching the WWF, but I won't
>>be giving fuckhead^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HVince one red fucking cent
>>for quite some time.
>I'll do you one better: I won't watch *ANY* WWF ever. Think you
>can take that vow?
Sure I can, but it would cause some grief when I type up my weekly
article. It helps to watch the stuff, however unattentively, in that
regard. But I won't be spending any more money on Vince. If, by chance,
something good does happen on a big show, I can rent the video on $0.99
Tuesday. ;-)
With the three of us being so pissed at Vince, I'm reminded of part of
the Jim Cornette interview from SMW fan week. In it, he was asked what
he would say to Jim Herd. I'll keep his answer, but change the question:
What would you say to Vince McMahon right now?
Well, first we'd need an "English to Dumb Shit" dictionary... ;-)
Herb...
Curtis `Chewbacca' Desjardins
Bob Rusbasan <rrus...@nyx10.cs.du.edu> wrote:
>
>but I know someone that will get WM10 and let me watch it for free, so
>I'll probably see that eventually, just because it *is* WrestleMania 10.
Yup. WrestleMania 10 -- the 10th Anniversary of WrestleMania!! ;-)
C.
Evan Schlesinger
>some reason I decided to go. Mainly to see the Quebecers, I think. This
>will likely be my last WWF house show after witnessing the brain dead fans
>who filled up the seats tonight.
>
>Backlund duck-walks around the ring for 2 minutes, asks Jarrett to shake
>hands for 1 1/2, gets beat up for 3, gets put in an armbar for 7 (!) (I am
>not making this up, to quote Dave Barry), and finally reverses it, only to
>get pinned by the ol' foot on the ropes trick. RETIRE DAMN YOU! GETTING
>LAUGHED OUT OF THE ARENA IS NOT A GOOD SIGN! This is truly sad to
>watch... Rating: DUD and a half.
What is truly sad is that they can't even put Jarrett over cleanly.
EVAN
No taglines necessary.
David P. Hagan
like we all do, we get someone who almost loses to a jobber every week.