![]() Eddie’s in the midst of a feud with DDP over the SuperBrawl ring. And of course here’s Jimmy Del Ray, with his hat turned around backwards in the ultimate “Greetings, Fellow Kids” fashion. * Here’s that weird era of “Bland Babyface Eddie Guerrero”, as WCW uses him as a generic mulletted guy in a white & red singlet- it’s so odd seeing him smiling politely and slapping hands with the fans knowing how his entertainly-dishonest jerkwad character was what got him over. Rating: ***1/4 (simple, fun Hoss Match with a ton of great spots) The improvised Doomsday Device was awesome, since like… nobody in the world is getting FRED OTTMAN up on their shoulders right? So they do a more minor version after a big double-team, thus getting the pin. Doing power shit on the LOD popped the fans big-time, and that sumo spot was a thing of beauty. The “meat” of the match was just headlocks and clubbering blows, but frequent tags by the heels kept the action seeming more wild than it really was, and they threw in all kinds of crowd-pleasing spots. Quake tosses a chair into the ring and a victorious Hawk just one-hands it- hee.įantastic Hoss Match, as everyone had their working boots on. And then- oh, this is beautiful- Animal hoists Typhoon up in “Hart Attack” position instead of on his shoulders- DOOMSDAY DEVICE!!! That gets the pin at (9:13). Animal gets the hot tag but the Disasters double-team him to boos, leading to a BIG pop for a double-clothesline comeback! Quake still won’t leave, angering the fans, but Animal dodges an avalanche so TYPHOON takes the blow, then LOD charge in for a double-bodyslam on Quake, press-slam Jimmy out onto him on the floor, and hit Typhoon with a HUGE Double Backdrop Suplex. Typhoon keeps up the punishment, but finally eats a boot trying an avalanche and Hawk plasters him down. Quake hits one of his own, then dumps Hawk like a sack of shit through a ringside table. They tag out and Typhoon choke-lifts Hawk, impressing the crowd (you do NOT see the Road Warriors getting manhandled on their Japanese tours like this), then he catches him on a cross-body and hits his backbreaker. And again! Animal is stunned after the second, and goes down to a running tackle, but ducks a clothesline and hits a jumping one of his own to bring the big man down! Double-clothesline spot and they’re both down! So Animal looks around and friggin’ MIRRORS HIM- crowd marks the fuck out as they collide. ![]() Earthquake comes in to clobber Animal, but he shouldertackles Typhoon instead (inadvertent FAT MAN STAND-OFF!) and Hawk knocks the Disasters over with a Flying Double-Shoulderblock! And then, in the greatest spot in recorded history, Tenta comes in and goes into a SUMO STANCE (complete with stomps!), demanding Animal come at him. They finally lock up in the ring with Typhoon/Hawk, but grapples go nowhere and then Animal press-slams Hawk INTO Typhoon, who just catches him to the blown minds of the crowd (what’s Japanese for “HOLY FUCK!”?)- Animal dropkicks them over to be awesome. Animal pastes Quake with chairshots, so a furious Tenta just shreds a table in rage and takes a swing with a chair of his own- he misses and Animal clobbers him again. There’s a shoving match before the bell, so Hebner just calls for the start and everyone brawls outside. Like, Hawk & Animal ain’t small but Ottman has a couple inches on either one. Right away I’m astounded as the two teams square up and even Typhoon is MUCH larger than either man. Earthquake is of course known and respected in Japan as a former sumo (undefeated but quit over injuries and cultural rules and such)- he’s billed “Earthquake” John Tenta here. ![]() Even with the cartoon WWF red & black spikes it’s a totally different effect, as awesome as their WWF music was- this was BORN to be a wrestling theme. The Road Warriors are of course famous in Japan and here come out to their old-school theme, “Iron Man”, and HOLY SHIT is that a massive game-changer to their act. * Okay, this is a fantastic one I saw split up in two on YouTube. THE NATURAL DISASTERS (Earthquake & Typhoon, w/ Jimmy Hart): And I found a great grab-bag of weird stuff for the column today: Did you know that when the Truth Commission split up, Bull Buchanan and the other guy were paired up for a couple of weeks as a team before being sent away and repackaged? Yup- come see “Armageddon” take on The Quebecers! Also my “Best of Roadblock” series continues as he’s set up against a pissed-off, lethal Giant! More of Jimmy Del Ray’s weird run as “Jimmy Graffiti” as he takes on Eddie Guerrero during Eddie’s early babyface push! And we cap off with Al Snow and a very young, green Kane as “Unabom” up against… Matt Hardy and Joey Abs? God SMW was weird.
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