i-Generation Superstars of Wrestling: Rodman Down Under (2000 PPV)

Date: July 30, 2000
Location: Sydney SuperDome, Sydney, Australia

What? You thought we were done with the Australia-themed wrestling shows? You foolish people, you.

So 1999 saw Heroes Of Wrestling, which was an unmitigated disaster which featured a bunch of old guys (known today as “wrestling legends” and “WWE Hall of Famers”) and a somewhat-not-sober Jake Roberts stroking his snake. And while Heroes of Wrestling didn’t get a follow-up for obvious reasons, 2000 saw some other company attempt the same thing, but with “lesser” name talent. How much “lesser?” Your main event for the evening was “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig defending some “World” title against Dennis Rodman. Now if THAT doesn’t get you excited, then you have far more sense than anyone booking this show.

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WWF King Of The Ring 1993

So, in a vain attempt to try and beef up some content, I’ve been spending whatever time I could doing little write-ups on. For this week, we’ll do the first seven King Of The Ring Pay-Per-View events from 1993 to 1999. Though there have been other King Of The Ring tournaments prior to ’93, this is the first to be on PPV and for a time within WWF/E canon, all those other tourneys never existed.

Also, I’ve never seen those tournaments, so I can’t really say much.

So, we begin with the quarterfinal matches of the tournament and for the sake of brevity, I’ll keep these short and sweet. I suppose I could dwell deep into the mechanics of each match like a proper review would, but then there’s a reason why I call these wrestling musings and not reviews.

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WWF Backlash 1999

Pulled this one out of the archives and had a chance to watch this one via very old VHS recording transferred to DVD-R. Consider this a bonus of sorts; seeing as I’m posting the first In Your House musings, we might as well toss in the final In Your House-branded WWF PPV, which just so happens to be the very first Backlash event.

Context: this PPV follows Wrestlemania XV, which saw Steve Austin usurp the Rock to win his third WWF Championship. The next night on RAW, Austin gives Vince back the Big Eagle because he wants his Smoking Skull belt back… except now the Rock has said belt. And so we have the rematch where Austin holds the “proper” title while Rock has the trophy belt. Also on the card is a Boiler Room Brawl between Mankind and FUCKING BIG SHOW, who debuted in WWF back in February and has already pulled off a dozen turns in his short time with the company. Brilliant.

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DTM House Show – Birthday Blowout-Ish (August 15th, 2015)

This one took a while… Yes, this is your YouTube offering and pretty much the only post for the day as I’ll be busy salvaging what little there is of a happy birthday. Expect Sunday’s load to be quite heavy with about FIFTEEN different items, including a major Dailymotion special or two. The usual posting checklist will follow…

WWA: The Reckoning (2003 Australian PPV)

Auckland, New Zealand
June 8, 2003 (Taped May 25, 2003)

And so we come to the final WWA PPV show, as shortly thereafter the company would fold and be a forgotten footnote in the annals of wrestling history. As such, this PPV is about unifying the WWA titles into the various NWA-TNA titles. With this in mind, the NWA-TNA champion wins. This much was spoiled on an edition of the NWA-TNA weekly PPVs where they showcased a brief snippet of NWA champ Jeff Jarrett beating WWA champ Sting to unify both belts. Way to kill off any reason for people to want to buy this one last PPV, guys.

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Capcom Remaking Resident Evil 2

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/12/resident-evil-2-remake/

Because why make crappy new games when you remake and fuck up your old ones? I mean, seriously… how badly have things gotten when the few games most people are looking forward to remakes of the old ones? And how much will disappointment set in when, beneath the shiny graphics and “remastering” of stuff, the game turns out to play like absolute shit and why did they remake a classic, etc. etc. etc.?

Good for them that they’re doing it, I guess… but shit, what’s the point?

WWA: The Retribution (2003 PPV)

Glascow, Scotland
December 06, 2002 (aired February 9, 2003)

This was a surprise to me when I first heard about it because by this point, you already had NWA-TNA (that’s the original moniker for Impact Wrestling, kids) and that was the “cool” alternative to WWE. So it was easy to assume that once TNA became a thing, the World Wrestling All-Stars tour would be nothing more than a distant memory… and yet here we were in 2003, the overall fourth Pay-Per-View event under the WWA brand. And in even more of a surprise, you actually have some TNA talent on here, including then-reigning NWA World Champion Jeff Jarrett. So that’s something.

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