Scott's Blog of Doom

It was someone's bright idea to schedule a 14-man tournament for the Heavyweight title. Unless that guy's name was "McMahon", I'm sure he doesn't work for the company anymore.

This was one of the perils of the old days and the two hours of WWF television (four if you were lucky enough to have the USA Network and a little more if you had USA and MSG), they couldn't par the 14-men down to 8 or better yet four because you just don't give that many good matches away on free TV.

In hindsight six would have worked perfect -- Andre, Hogan, Savage, DiBiase...who else, maybe keep Steamboat and Valentine. This way you had Steamboat-DiBiase and Savage-Valentine in the first round, still do the Andre-Hogan double DQ in Round two and have the same final.

Now there's room on the card for Rick Rude and Jake Roberts to have better match and probably boost up that Cheryl Roberts-centered feud. Could have still booked One Man Gang vs. Bam Bam Bigelow for some clash of big men. It wasn't that the tournament idea was bad, it was just boring because common booking made sure that the first round matches were wrestled conservatively because every guy wanted to preserve their energy.

Anyway, time to move on.

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The SmarK DVD Rant - All Singing, All Dancing!

No, I'm not reviewing the new Fame DVD. Thank god. Even I have some standards. However, both selections this time definitely tie into the musical theme.

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I stumbled upon Sting vs. DDP circa Nitro shortly after Spring Stampede 99 - awesome match right? Link: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRjAsdlwPU4&feature=related>  Dub Cee Dub was still doing fine at this point I believe - Spring Stampede 99 was a HOT show.  I thought DDP was a great white trash/ cheating/ heel champion and I don't think I'm alone.  The Mach (Savage) was still on hiatus and on his way back.  DDP should have kept the title until Mach came back and they could have re-ignited their '98 feud and Mach would have came away with the belt - AND THAT would have been the last time anyone over 40 held said belt - because Goldberg was on HIS way back - Macho could of held on to the title until he and Goldberg had it out - and I mean had it out- perfect scenario - WM VII style - they could do a little revamp of the Warrior and Mach battle because Goldberg had that superman aura about him.  The point of all this - I declare that end of WCW TRULY started NOT with Hogan/Sting Starcade, NOT with the finger poke of doom, BUT with lazy face world champion Nash.    

That is a hell of a match right there.  They were also nuts for doing that double switch on the same show, though, and stuff like that killed them just as surely as the Fingerpoke or anything else did.  It’s really not fair to just pin it on Nash.

http://www.heavy.com/post/smark-rant-ufc-21-return-of-the-champions-3449

And we get closer to Shamrock v. Ortiz.  The awesome one.

The guy looks more like Tobey Maguire than Jason Schwartzman, but the joke still works.

And now, your bit of culture for the day, via my inbox...

Written while I should have been working:

Flippin’ through the channels back in nineteen-eighty-eight

I spied a badass freak in leather pants, a bandana and shades

He was agitated, tense, most certainly a head case

But he looked awesome on that stage with that gold belt ‘round his waist

It came to pass his name was Savage, and his conduct proved costly

He was braggin’, posin’, boastin’, roastin’ Ted Dibiase

When suddenly a Giant struck, but when all seemed lost, he

Called upon his friend the Hulkster to come bolster his posse

And with good reason; I concede Elizabeth was fine

But soakin’ wet that southern belle weighed maybe one-twenty-nine

They called themselves the Mega-Powers, and without even tryin’

They made all their foes retreat like their receding hairlines

Then the inevitable heel turn, as Savage turned jealous

Convinced that the Hulkster was a bit overzealous

In his affection for Liz, his need to dom’nate the biz

And we fans were left to plead, “How could it have come to this?”

But little did we know that that was only the start

A DeLorean flash-forward to break your little mark heart:

Elizabeth is dead and Hulk Hogan is a dick

Randy Savage is a paranoid-ass hip-hop trick

Many others ‘mong our heroes are now dead like Liz

Bam Bam Bigelow and Big John Studd and Davey Boy Smith

Mr. Perfect and the Earthquake, but the worst part is

Twenty ‘Manias later, Vince McMahon still lives

Thanks again for your help with this, here's the latest.  He's more up your alley.  http://bit.ly/dyS4Xq
Best,
Gordon

 

Definitely more in line with my tastes, although I’d consider Thrillseekers v. Heavenly Bodies from SMW as his best match ever.  Really though, that was mostly Jericho’s broken arm and blood, so I can see the Summerslam match getting consideration.  Which begs the question:  Did Lance Storm really have a definitive greatest match?

This wraps up my rants for the rest of the weekend and will give me a chance to relax and enjoy the Super Bowl.

Have a great weekend guys. Be careful.

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Michael's Impact Review #5

February 4, 2010

Orlando, Florida - The Impact Zone

-  Apparently a little bit of hate and a few mistakes, on my end, during last week's recap.  "Needed Nash"?  Really!?!? 

"THE BREAKING OF THE BAND"

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Hey Scott.  Since you didn't redeliver on the "special surprise" that
was promised inside of the Royal Rumble 1988 recap, would you mind
reposting your rant for the 22nd anniversary of the epic Andre vs
Hogan "The Main Event" match held on February 5th, 1988?

 

22 years is a long time.

Here’s what I’m going to do because I dislike the original rant.  I’m going to post both the original version, plus the versions from the more recent DVDs, so people can have both.  Since it’s basically a two match show anyway.  

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