Comments on: The SmarK Legacy Rant for Monday Night RAW – June 28 1993

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Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:22:13 +0000

[...] don’t want to sound nostalgic, because that road leads to thinking that 1993 WWF**** was better than anything ever. That said, it’s kind of sad that they don’t exist [...]

By: Haha555

Haha555 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:13:01 +0000

I think the Crush change in push had more to do with marketing than anything else. With Hogan about to leave the WWF at this point (Hogan was still doing WWF Shows in Europe after KOTR) maybe they figured Crush wearing a yellow outfit might remind the marks at the time that Crush was nothing more than a Hogan clone. Therefore they switched to Luger instead. Any story could be the case if you factor in Bret/Hogan was supposed to headline Summerslam that year.

By: PeteF3

PeteF3 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:20:34 +0000

Kerry Von Erich and Hulk Hogan got decent matches out of Kamala, too. It’s not really that difficult.

By: bignasty96

bignasty96 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:09:00 +0000

It could be Vince realized that Crush was a horrific worker. Look at Doink, Matt Bourne version…he had awesome matches with Marty, Perfect & Bret, was very over, had an awesome character…but the evil version could never get the stink from the WrestleMania bomb with Crush off and they turned him babyface.

And Crush also had the anti-classic with HBK at the King of the Ring, which I always felt was the end of Crush’s main event potential. It’s like Perfect/HBK where they were trying to hit *****. Crush/HBK was barely one star, if that. If you can’t hit * going 10 minutes with HBK…I don’t know what to say.

I thought his perfect role came with Kronik in WCW, where he could just be a tag team guy, hit some power moves and get over on the look.

By: zackarcher

zackarcher — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:32:27 +0000

There never was a promised Yoko defense. At the end of the 6/21 show, Vince said he would be there for a “special interview.”

These were the days where having one champion on television was a pretty big deal. Having two champions simply appearing on one show was something people would get excited about. Two out of three in one night truly was a “Night of Champions” in 1993. Oh, how I miss those days.

The differences between HBK/Kamala & Crush/Booger were night and day. It’s pretty obvious why one man went on to superstardom, and the other…well, didn’t.

By: bignasty96

bignasty96 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:22:55 +0000

I was thinking the same thing. Where were the Steiners?

By: Johnny C

Johnny C — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:42:37 +0000

All the Champions were there in the one Night. That doesn’t necessarily mean there’d be all the belts on the line.

Anyone who grew up during the Hogan era knew that even having the World Champion in the building was something special.

By: Barbarash

Barbarash — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:27:27 +0000

Night of Champions when only one belt was defended?

Where was the promised Yoko defense?

By: Johnny C

Johnny C — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:51:32 +0000

Well, Crush had just lost a feud to Doink The Clown. Come to think of it, he was losing as much as he was winning at this point. Back then people cared about wrestler’s win-loss records and stuff. It’s doubtful Vince would have pushed a guy who had been staring at the lights a lot lately.

That’s part of the reason Luger got it. He was still undefeated in the WWF at that point, had gone over Perfect, and it made more sense.

And many people still thought of Crush as “the guy that ruined Demolition”.

By: jmfabianorpl

jmfabianorpl — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:50:58 +0000

Yep…which was actually why Crush returned with the convict gimmick (Russo wasn’t booking yet though…despite the REAL LIFE = SHOOT = RATINGS! premise here)