[The Clique87]

That earlier Bret work you reviewed (Andy) all looked like some quality stuff to own, I may have to look into getting a couple of those myself.

[Andy3000]

Originally Posted by McQueen

More Bob backlund please!

Shit, man, you know it's only a matter of time before one of us starts that awesomeness again . I actually have a Backlund/Hogan match from 1980 on my computer that I haven't watched yet. The screen is like 2 inches though and it's pretty hard to watch . It's Backlund though so I'm sure I'll manage.

Where the fuck you been anyway?

Clique, I could probably find links for most of them, plus, a lot of them are on dailymotion as well. Like, just about all of them actually.

[McQueen]

Work. I'm ready to quit lol.

I just got a Best of Bob Backlund in Japan tape from IPV in the mail yesterday. Only 4 matches (vs Dusty, vs Stan "The Man" Hansen, vs Tatsumi "The Dragon" Fujinami, vs RIKI CHOSHU) all from 1980. Not a fan of Duthtay but looking forward to seeing how Backlund works with Hansen's brutishness, a technical clinic with Fujinami and Choshu's.... Choshuness?

Also been really getting interested in Ted DiBiase, might have to pick up his Mid South stuff of Wrestletapes and see if Corey has his WWF stuff (which i'm pretty sure he does).

[stinger-splash]

Great WM X-7 review HBK. I have only seen the ME: Rock vs Austin ****-****1/4. Maybe my expecations were too high but this wasn't a 5star-classic wrestling match like some say. Maybe I should rewatch it though. The ending was disappointing.

[McQueen]

I thought the ending to Rock/Austin II was the best part, it certainly was a shock. The rest of the match was good but didn't think it was over **** 1/2 myself.

[HBKBretHart]

WWF WrestleMania 12 Review




1. Lex Luger and The British Bulldog vs Jacob and Eli Blue
All you need to know is that Luger and the Bulldog carried the blue brothers throughout the match and got the victory. Just another way to give Luger something to do until his contract expired.




Rating: *1/2




2. Razor Ramon vs Jeff Jarrett
Even though the first few minutes of the match started off with Hall throwing punches at Jarrett, the match ended up being a good wrestling match. Jarrett focused on Razor's bad knee but also used some good technicial wrestling. Not saying Hall didn't use any but Jarrett put on a better performance. The match was fairly good. Should've been the opener for the show.




Rating: **3/4




3. Undertaker vs King Kong Bundy
The whole storyline was the urn that Bundy stoled from the Undertaker at the Royal Rumble. The match was very slow and contained a very stupid ending. I like the bodyslam Taker gave to Bundy. After the slam, Taker waited for Bundy to get up and delivered a flying clothsline for the victory. WOW, no tombstone or chokeslam!?!? The only real entertaining part is the angle where Dibiase and the Kama reclaimed the urn after Taker snatched it from Dibiase at the start of the match.




Rating: *




4. Smoking Gunns vs Owen Hart & Yokozuna
Before the match Owen was giving a chance to have a mystery partner for his match, Owen revealed Yokozuna. Oddly enough, Owen never won a title up to this point despite scoring an upset victory and a classic match with his brother Bret at the previous Wrestlemania. The Gunns worked over Owen throughout most of the match until Yokozuna came in and that team pretty much dominated the rest of the match. Yoko hit the Banazi Drop on a young Billy Gunn but got attacked by Bart Gunn. Yoko was able to fight back and make a tag to Owen who teased us with a sharpshooter attempt but decided to just pin him for his first championship gold. I'm glad that Owen finally got his due, but the match sucked and Owen didn't really get to do much. The WWE decided that YokoZuna's days as a heavyweight champ are over and now he's stays in midcard hell for the rest of his life. In fact, The Smoking Gunns carried them throughout most of the match. I think it's sad that it took 4 years for Owen to get a title despite his classic bouts with his brother and being a KOTR a year ago.




Rating: **1/4




5. Bret Hart vs Bob Backlund Piper As Special Guest Ref
I don't know if was just me but this match did not hold my interest hardly at all. Match was full of rest holds and was just too short which was unfortunate considering how good their feud has been and the fact that they had a much better match at the 1994 Survivor Series. Hart oddly enough made Backlund surrender to his hold the Crossface Chickenwing. Backlund then does the stupid "I'm running for President" angle for the rest of the year. Other than some of Bret's great wrestling, Piper's officiating were the only high points to the match.




Rating: **1/4




6. HBK vs Diesel
This was the time when WWE finally gave Shawn Michaels a big push that he had deserved for quite sometime. HBK quickness and agility vs the raw power of Nash made a great main event match. The action was fast paced, moves were accurate except for Nash's powerbomb, and it held the crowd's interest all the way through. Even though Shawn was the heel, the crowd was behind him which is probably why WWE made him a good way a few weeks later. The bad parts of this match were some of the restholds and a few deadspots. Shawn had Nash beat with the sweet chin music, but the referee sprung his ankle when he jumped off the apron to break up the action on the outside of the ring. Nash would recover a few minutes later to hit the powerbomb to retain his title.




Rating: ****1/4




7. Lawrence Taylor vs Bam Bam Bigelow
For those of you who are not familiar with the setup for this match, let me give you the story. At the Royal Rumble, Bam Bam Bigelow lost in a tag team match and ended up getting pinned. After the match, Bam Bam was able to leave the ring until he noticed LT was in the first row laughing at him. Bam Bam was offended and ended up shoving LT to the ground. Bam Bam issued a challenge to fight him and he accepted. The match got alot of great publicity but the concern was on wither or not the match would be worth seeing. The match ended up being a pleasant surprise. Although Bam Bam carried the match, LT actually showed us some decent wrestling moves. LT wins with a flying forearm from the top rope. Bam Bam was soon kicked out of the Million Dollar Corp. for this match. Rumor has it, Bam Bam was supposed to get a huge push after this but the clique (Hall, Nash, HBK, Waltman) protested and convinced Vince to give them their pushes without Bam Bam interfering. Match wasn't anything spectular but Bam Bam deserves some props for putting LT over.




Rating: **1/4




Overall Rating: 5.5/10
WM 11 is not a good show. I'm glad Owen finally got a title even if it was just a tag title and Bam Bam got to do something useful in his WWE tenure but to job to a football player in the biggest show of the year was not good for his career. No one took him seriously after that. The only thing really worth checking out is the Heavyweight title match b/w HBK and Nash. Hall vs Jarrett was okay but they've had better matches and Bret's match doesn't hold a candle to his wm matches against Piper, HBK, and Austin. You'll probably be spending most of the time fast forwarding the tape than watching it.

[bigcal]

I have Rock/Austin WM 17 at ****1/2. The emotion, intensity, crowd, action and shock ending all come together to get that rating from me. I don't see how people can rate it at *****, but if they do, its their opinion and that's fine with me.

Nice WM 11 () review, HBKBretHart. While the event sucks as a whole, it has a spot in my all time favourites, simply because it was the first WrestleMania I ever saw.

[Seabs]

Austin/Rock ****3/4 imo. Rock/Austin always put on a great wrestling match together and the climax was brilliant.

[McQueen]

Wrestlemania 11 is one of the most terrible cards of wrestling i've ever seen, and I like that show better than WM 12 tbh.

[Undertaker777]

Survivor Series 2007

3-way - ***1/4
Team HHH vs. Team Umaga - ***1/2
Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton - ***3/4-****
HIAC - ****

Really good show.