From: thack@antares.tymnet.com (Tom Hackwood)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: Royal Rumble Attendee
Summary: A different opinion!
Date: 25 Jan 93 04:50:18 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization

Yep.  I was there.  Section F8, third row from the ring.  If you look
at a tape of the match, look for the five girls in pink that are in
the front row.  Then look for a green Aloha shirt two rows back.  That's
me.  My buddy is wearing a Cowboy's shirt.

In article <1jvjde$ssq@agate.berkeley.edu> srubio@garnet.berkeley.edu 
(Steven Rubio) writes:
>Some comments after attending the Royal Rumble today.  I don't like to
>give *** ratings, but I'll pass on a few notes.
>
>Match before the PPV started was Doink vs. Jim Powers.  Doink won.
Not a bad match.  I was sitting three rows back from the ring, and 
all of us were yelling, "Doink!  Doink!"  ** (out of 5)



>
>Steiners drew ok heat.  First time I ever saw a frankensteiner in person,
This was on okay match.  Agreed about the frankensteiner, it is awsome
in person.  *** 



>
>Michaels vs. Janetty was better than the first match, though again I don't
>really think it will look like a classic on video.
Most of the people around me were yelling "MARTY" too.  But we had a good
chance to see Sharri.  It looks as if she lost weight.  And her dress was
something to look at.  Every minute, she was pulling the top of the dress
up.  Any lower, we would have a black bra and flesh city.  The match was 
*** 1/2.  



>
>Bam Bam vs. Bubba: waste of time.
Boring.  1/2 (Bam Bam was surprised... we were yelling for him.)



>Hart vs. Ramone: waste of time.  HitMan got the biggest pop of the day up 
>to that point, but for most of the match the crowd was real quiet.  I'm
>looking forward to watching my video to see if they tried to up the crowd
>noise here.  Very disappointing match, no better than average house show.
Not disappointing... just not up to the hype.  All in all, Bret & Razor 
put on a perfunctory (sp?) show  -- no real angles to play up.  Best thing
that happend: while Razor was crushing Bret, Bret BIT Razor's forehead! 
(From the angle we were, it could have been the nose.) *** 1/2


>
>Luger gets introduced.  We cheered.  His name is not "Narcissus" but
Boring.


>
>The Caesar & Cleo stuff was VERY stupid.
Yah, but Cleopatra was good looking.


>
>Then the Nature Boy came out, #1 for the Rumble.  This was the main reason
>I went, and I began 20 minutes of non-stop Whoo-ing, which leaves me still
>hoarse as I type. 
You, me and about 500 other fans.

>                    Backlund then came out to some cheers.
Alas, too many cheers for my taste.

>that I assumed for most of the Rumble that the "We want Bob!" chants were
>from people like myself who wanted him out of the ring.  But it became
>clear after an hour or so that people actually wanted him  to win.  I, for
>one, was stunned, and I rooted against him the entire Rumble.
I was shocked to hear the "We want Bob!" chant.  I wonder if it was Vince
playing with the speakers?  I looked over to my right where the chant was
coming from, and saw one guy waving his arms like a nut.  I don't know if
he was cheering the crowd (if he was, he needed his head examined) or
tellin them to shut up.  I guess I will never know.

My favorite moment of the RR was when Yoko eliminated Bob.  I was screaming
my head off when that happened.  When Backlund spent the better part of 15
minutes on the floor recovering, I was praying for a disqualification.
Watching BB closely, I came to the conclusion that Bob was a little sweatball 
that was always gasping for breath.  I have to take back everything nice I
might have said about him. 

El Gigante looked like Bigfoot.  He wrestled like a monkey.  I'm glad I saw
him; he is truely BIG. The Undertaker/Gigante thing will challenge the
Andre/King Kong Bundy match for the length of rest holds and general
slowness.  I can't say I am looking forward to watching UT/Gigante in the
future.  Worse yet, I can't see an HitMan/Yokozuna match.  Something has
to give.

The Rumble rating: ***.  Bad stuff: too much Backlund, not enough Perfect/
Flair, the UT/Gigante stupidity.  The good stuff: Yoko cleaning up, Yoko
and Quake, DiBiase and Rotundo putting in an incredible amount of work,
and the elimination of Backlund.


>Final notes: they have a 15-second clock so you can count down to the next
>rassler, but they don't have a 2-minute clock.  Never thought of it
>before, but of course that lets them play with the clock.
I actually timed a few wrestlers coming in.  The time varied from 1:45 to
2:08.  I came to the same conclusion.

The final rating: *** 1/2.  Maybe ****.  I had fun, and that's all that
counts.

Tom

This is not the opinion of             "I may be synthetic,
BT North America, nor is               but I'm not stupid!"
this personal opinion                  - by Bishop from the
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