Back In My Day, We Didn't Have "Bangers", We Just Had Damn Good Wrestling

[Peter Popoff]

I only remember seeing this match when it originally aired, but it was really good. Hennig & Valentine kept it simple, they were just two guys trying to physically dominate their opponent and win the IC title. Neither man was just doing moves for crowd approval; both guys were actively trying to win, and the match was a lot more believable because of that.
Even though there was a little bit of Jimmy Hart silliness, this was a prize fight and both men sold it like they had been in a scrap. Good stuff from 4 legends!

Wrestlers lost the art of being technical. Focusing on breaking an opponent down, talking shıt, taunting.

Back in 98', I would skim over the flippy shıt and luchador trash in the cruiserweight division of WCW to watch more technical opponents like Dean Malenko, Raven, Beno..., Regal, etc... Even the GOAT Eddie Guerrero would incorporate technical with some flippy shıt without overdoing it.

There's guys like Gunther and Reigns that figured it out. I'm also starting to like Bronn more.

 

[Rollie Forbes]

Wrestlers lost the art of being technical. Focusing on breaking an opponent down, talking shıt, taunting.

Back in 98', I would skim over the flippy shıt and luchador trash in the cruiserweight division of WCW to watch more technical opponents like Dean Malenko, Raven, Beno..., Regal, etc... Even the GOAT Eddie Guerrero would incorporate technical with some flippy shıt without overdoing it.

There's guys like Gunther and Reigns that figured it out. I'm also starting to like Bronn more.

 

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[DaHNIC82]

Steamboat\Rude 92 Beach Blast
Bret\Davey Boy II

 

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

Samoa Joe vs. Necro Butcher where Joe issues some receipts for Necro Butcher.



And for more on the backstory on why this match was so brutal...

 

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[Rollie Forbes]

We don't talk enough about how good this feud was:

 

[Rollie Forbes]

S/O to Jesse Ventura for wearing the Malcolm X cap.

 

[CBoz]

S/O to Jesse Ventura for wearing the Malcolm X cap.

Also Vader coming out in the Durag

Man after seeing how Sting won that, Vader was really susceptible to power slams. It's how Ron Simmons won the World title from him.

 

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[Rollie Forbes]

So many legends came out of the AWA.