So this is it, huh? This is the terrible In Your House show that derailed the Diesel train and lead to Bret Hart winning the title the following month. And we’ll get to that show next week, but first… we gotta watch this show.
Category: Wrestling PPV Musings
WWF In Your House 3: Triple Header (September 1995)
Changing gears from the 2003 misery… by going back to 1995 and spreading the misery there. We’ll try and kill this in one week.
I want to go back to the third WWF In Your House event, since I already watched the first two events via WWE Network and I figure it’d make sense to continue from there. If nothing else, it’ll be a short two hour show that’ll probably suck, but I actually have a good feeling about this one. I’ll be watching the Network version of the show, but I do have the show on VHS tape from Coliseum Video and I remember actually enjoying the show for the most part.
So let’s give this a shot.
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ALL IN
So this past Saturday, Cody (Rhodes) and the Young Bucks (or Young Fucks) held their much-hyped self-financed independent wrestling show ALL IN, featuring a showcase of the very best that the independents had to offer as well as two World championship matches being contested. What seemed like a big gamble paid off considerably as the show sold out in 22-ish minutes and genuinely felt like a big deal going in.
This is the first wrestling PPV that I’ve bought in years and I was slightly pissed off because shortly after I paid the forty bucks for the show, NJPW World announced that they would have the show on their 999 yen per month streaming service. Not to mention there were some other minor issues with the live stream that I’ll get into after the break, but when all was said and done, I think I got my money’s worth and thensome.
So, I bought the PPV on Fite and had the page loaded Saturday so I’d remember that the show was on. 7:00 rolls around and I get a video error. Tried refreshing the video several times and gave up. Tuned back in about a few minutes later and the PPV was up and running, so sadly I didn’t catch the National Anthem being played or the card being run down by the announcers (including Don Callis – fuck me, this guy is suddenly everywhere all of a sudden.)
Unfortunately, trying to watch the video full-screen caused the streamer to stutter horribly, so I’m left watching the show on my television from a tiny window while the Young Bucks stare into my soul the entire time. Clearly, not a promising start to this first time running Fite.TV.
In any event, let us begin…
WWE Summerslam 2018
Yeah, well… I have a life, you know. I ain’t sitting down for a long-ass four-hour PPV every month just to fill up post count. I’ve got plenty of lazy doodles off my phone I could upload for that.
So I watched some of Summerslam, right up to the WWE Championship match and that’s probably the only way I could go on with this WWE PPV business if I remember there was a PPV going on. And then as the week went along, I’d watch the rest of the show… took me a couple shots to get through the whole thing, but I did it. This is probably the only way I could watch these long-ass shows going forward, but anyway, let’s get this over with…
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede ’88
Shifting gears here… going from a miserable year for WWE to what some claim to be a rather miserable PPV event brought to you by Dusty Rhodes, Jim Crockett Promotions, and the National Wrestling Alliance. Well, considering how miserable I’ve been watching the McSon-In-Law Reign Of Terror in full swing bit by bit, I’m fairly certain that this will… look, this is the first time I’m watching this show. I’ve heard so many horrible things about this show and despite this, I’d really wouldn’t mind giving a shot and seeing it for myself.
And I’m already regretting it… but why is that?
Did you not read the banner text?
WWF Summerfest 2018
So, I was debating as to whether I was going to see the big PPV yesterday, but figured why not? Nothing better to do on a Sunday night with massive stomach aches, so let’s begin, shall we?
WWF Summerslam 1992
Sorry about the delay… but I hid myself to repair myself over the past couple days… yeah, that’s it.
Anyway, we turn the clock back to 1992, where Summerslam is airing in England and we have an Intercontinental championship match main eventing the show, with champion Bret Hart defending against the challenger and hometown favorite, the British Bulldog. This is one of the few instances where an Intercontinental championship match closing out the show over the WWF title match makes sense; because it’s British Bulldog’s home turf, it’s going to be a hot match with a hot crowd, and it’s not a fucking Iron Man match.
WWE should watch more WWF shows.
Anyway…
WWE Summerslam 2010
You know, yesterday, I did a write-up on Summerslam 98. My first Summerslam. Man, that was a fun show. That got me in a good mood… And then my birthday happened… and everything went to shit.
So my misery is your misery… let’s look at Summerslam 2010… because I hate you all.
WWF Summerslam 1998
Well… we’d have to hit a Summerslam at some point. Might as well get it out of the way… on my birthday no less.
Fun fact; two Summerslams took place on my birthday. The 2004 edition, which featured Randy Orton defeating Chris Benoit for his first World title, and the 2010 edition, which featured John Cena single-handedly burying the Nexus and thus killing off any chance of making them seem like a credible threat. Since neither option was worth revisiting, I opted to go back to 1998, which would’ve been my first live Summerslam… on Pay-Per-View. This took place from the old MSG; somewhat appropriate considering the big news involving the current MSG just last week.
Anyway, on with the show… which used AC/DC’s Highway To Hell song as the theme for this show and they even teased the build to the main event as the highway to hell. Unfortunately, you’re not getting that song on the WWE Network, as it’s been scrubbed due to licensing issues. This isn’t a Network thing, as I had this on VHS once upon a time and they scrubbed it from there too. So, I guess we’re sticking with this truncated show that’s missing bits here and there or using shitty redubbed music.
WCW Road Wild ’99
“You’re my bitch and everyone out here can fight for sloppy seconds.”
When you have a line like that coming from the madness of the Macho Man Randy Savage in a match with Dennis Rodman where a portapotty comes into play, you’re on to something.
So, this is the Road Wild PPV, which would eminate from Sturgis at a biker rally of sorts. So what you have is this setting where you have a bunch of bikers watching this WCW wrestling show headlined by a literal cartoon character as played by Father Time himself. Much like the Bash At The Beach at an actual beach, there was no money made from live attendance and the crowd didn’t seem to be into the show all that much. So, from some business standpoint, this was a stupid idea… but because Eric Bischoff likes bikes, WCW held an annual event in Sturgis for FOUR YEARS.
I’ll give them this much credit; as bad as it might’ve been for business, at the very least, WCW holding a live Pay-Per-View broadcast from a biker rally made for a very distinct and unique atmosphere. And you remember that sort of shit. Please point to the last time you saw a unique WWE arena set-up at a pay-per-view event that is NOT a Wrestlemania or Overseas show.
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