From: robert@askinc.ask.COM (Robert McMullen)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: CoC Comments
Date: 3 Sep 92 23:56:22 GMT
Organization: ASK Computer Systems, Inc.

It was really funny to read Bill Lack's comments about the Clash last
night, and I guess that two people can have such RADICALLY different
perspectives on the same thing (ie, were we watching the same show?) is 
one of the things that makes the world and the net great...

The Clash I saw was GREAT (ie, demolished SlumberScam) for these reasons:

1.  Really classy touch getting the old-timers together in such a way.
    I expected to maybe see Solie, Andre and Ole, but got Sammartino (way
    to drill Vince, Bruno!), Solie, Andre, Ron Simmons' wife, Tim Woods
    via satellite, Bullet Bob, Lance Russell, Thunderbolt Patterson (why?),
    and some neatly put-together video snippets of past history.  Of course,
    the WWhiFf would never do this because they don't recognize past
    history.  NEVER would WWF recognize an unwanted past champion, such
    as The Iron Sheik, in a special, while WCW bit the bullet and knowing
    full well that Flair was the new WWF champ, showed him over and over
    again.

2.  Once again, no screw-jobs.  Unless, of course, you count Brad getting
    stripped of the lt.heavy belt, but this was more valuable at creating
    the angle (Pillman heel turn--is he now "Cryin' Brian"?).  If anyone
    felt ripped off about not getting Van Hammer v. Dallas Page or the
    Scotty Flamingo vs. whoever match for the sake of nostalgia and/or
    better matches getting to go longer, I don't understand what you like
    about the sport.

3.  On direct comparison with the SlumberScam matches, WCW looks way more
    physical and, as far as pacing, on fast forward.  Not much resting
    or stalling here, folks!            

4.  Barry Windham jobbing for The Barbarian.

5.  The good guys get demolished in the four-man elim tag match, but it's
    not one of the Steiners who do the job, it's Sting getting pinned clean
    by Jake Roberts, leaving Rude and Roberts standing.  We really thought
    Scott or Rick would do embarassing, hard-to-believe jobs (like on WCW 
    Saturday Night last week), but Scott destroyed everyone and was elim'ed
    by DQ, and Rick was counted out but only after suplexing the shit out
    of Vader and getting "Awakened" from behind on the concrete.  Vader
    splashing Rude and Sting was cool, too--I wonder if this is to set
    up a long-range angle between Vader and Rude (remember, Rude challenged
    Vader *twice* on TV when Vader was champ, but never got a shot.  Once
    it was just in an interview, right after Vader won the belt [when  
    everyone--even Buddy Lee Parker (okay, kidding)--did an interview saying
    he wanted a piece of Vader]  The other time, of course, was in Baltimore
    the night Simmons won). 

Anyway, it was good to see no happy endings on a show dedicated to TBS'
20 years of wrestling programming (I wasn't rooting for Steamboat...).
I wonder how many little kids cried when they saw their big, bad heroes
go down.  Now, of course, the big, bad heroes will kick ass, but hopefully
not until they take more abuse.

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