Your Blog of Doom schedule tomorrow is a lot of fun: Scott looks back at the 1993 Rumble, we have a Hardcore TV recap from March 1995, and the Joshi Spotlight looks at Zenjo Ignition!
Me? I’m taking as much of a media break as I can, so I’ll be back in a day or two. Sorry, y’all.
Enjoy the night.
January 28, 1995
From the Memorial Coliseum in Corpus Christi, TX
Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Jerry “The King” Lawler
The show starts off with Vince voicing over a video package hyping the 1-2-3 Kid & Bob Holly as underdogs who made their way to the Tag Team Title Tournament Finals and we then see still photos of how they won the titles at the Royal Rumble only to lose them 24 hours later on RAW to the team they replaced in the tournament, The Smoking Gunns.
This week, we will get highlights of the Royal Rumble PPV.
It was another loaded week at the North South Connection Podcast Network….here’s what dropped!
The Year That Was…….1999: Aaron breaks down the WWF PPV Year:
https://northsouthconnection.podbean.com/e/the-year-that-was-1999/
Ruthlessly Aggressive Podcast: Jake Williams & Shawn Kidd cover the go-home RAW & Smackdown as we get ready for Backlash 2002:
https://northsouthconnection.podbean.com/e/the-ruthlessly-aggressive-podcast-4-41502-41802/
Fighting Spirit of ’06: Chad looks at ROH Hell Freezes Over and TNA Final Resolution 2006:
https://northsouthconnection.podbean.com/e/fighting-spirit-of-06-4-january-14-15-2006/
Extreme Three Way Dance: JT, Jenny, & D’Amato break down Return of the Funker 1995:
https://northsouthconnection.podbean.com/e/extreme-three-way-dance-24-return-of-the-funker-1995/
No Holds Barred: JT & Aaron do a retrospective podcast on Aaron’s look at the WWF PPV year of 1995:
And be sure to subscribe right here!
Maffew’s ECW posts have shows featuring plain old boring Vance Archer in his 30s, before he became chokeslamming/water spitting/making kids cry Murderhawk Lance Archer in his 40s.
My question is are there any other wrestlers who had a career peak in their 40s/50s whilst being low/mid tier in their 20s/30s? The only others I can think of are PCO and maybe Suzuki. Mr Brodie Lee potentially as well I guess?
The SmarK Rant for WWF Superstars – 01.23.93
Taped from San Antonio, TX
Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Jerry Lawler & Randy Savage. Lawler and Savage bicker about which one is going to win the Rumble, but ironically, it’s the third man in the booth who is the only one to go on and actually pull it off.
Smackdown
Date: December 30, 2005
Location: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut
Commentators: Michael Cole, Tazz
We’re finally finishing up the year with this one, as the road to the Royal Rumble begins. There are a few things to wrap up first and hopefully we go out with some of them being finished off. I’m not sure what we’ll be covering tonight, but maybe things can work out better than usual for a change. Let’s get to it.
We’re in Orlando, Florida to continue the road to ECW Homecoming (while the brand continues down the road to the knacker’s yard).
Good evening!
WWE has banned the buckle bomb after Kairi Sane’s head injury at a RAW taping in April. Probably wise.
Tonight is another UFC, which is pretty much just a show.
Tomorrow we return to WWF Superstars here on the blog for the Royal Rumble go-home show, and then….well I guess we’ll have to redo that one, too!
Spoiler, I already redid it and I’m posting it on Monday. Just trying to build some suspense.
Have a great night.
January 23, 1995
From the Manatee Civic Center in Palmetto, FL
Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Shawn Michaels
The show starts with a somber sounding Vince in front of the ring. He extends an apology to Lawrence Taylor and his family over the actions of Scott “Bam Bam” Bigelow. Vince also lets us know that Bigelow has been suspended without pay.
Hello You!
Let’s close out Great American Bash. Sadly I don’t expect the overall match quality to be as good in this one as it was in Part One, mainly because we’re now moving into the Bischoff Era, where WCW’s trademark essentially became hot under cards with Main Events that couldn’t live up to what came before them.
The Bash actually took a break from 1992 to 1995, so there are no 93 and 94 Bash events. I’m not sure why they decided to get rid of it, especially as it had traditionally been such a big event for the company prior to it getting side-lined.
Anyway, less chatter, more chuffing wrestling!
Read moreMike Reviews Every WCW Great American Bash Main Event Part Two (1995 to 2000)
Here is a question that I don’t think was ever asked.
Let’s say Vince did sell, what do you think the number would be? Ufc was sold for 4 billion. I am assuming they go higher than that correct?
The SmarK Rant for WWE Network Old School – Boston Garden 02.07.87
Kind of assuming most of this was on Prime Time around this time, but we’ll give it a look.
Taped from Boston, MA
Your hosts are Gorilla Monsoon & Killer Ken Resnick
Read moreThe SmarK Rant for WWE Network Old School – Boston Garden 02.07.87
Smackdown
Date: May 29, 2020
Location: WWE Performance Center, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Michael Cole, Corey Graves
We’re very slowly closing in on Backlash but tonight is all about the Intercontinental Title tournament. That means a pair of semifinal matches and one of them is actually interesting. It’s AJ Styles vs. Elias and Jeff Hardy vs. Daniel Bryan, where I’ll leave it up to you to figure out which is the interesting one. Let’s get to it.
We made it!
Hey, this weekend I start a project for my guys at CRAB Wrestling in Maryland. Don’t wanna give anything away, but you will see what it is. So that’s why this is rushed — need to do research.
Tomorrow, Mike returns to review WCW Great American Bash main events! Pray for him.
In the immortal words of time-traveler Rufus, “Be excellent to each other.”
ENJOY THE WEEKEND!
Footage of Jerry Lawler throwing a fireball in Mabel’s face at the recent Mid-South Coliseum show is played.
Lance Russell and Dave Brown are handling commentary and they are coming to us from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee. Brown notes that the USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship is held up due to referee problems in Brian Lee’s matches with Brian Christopher.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – April 15, 1995