From: robert@askinc.ask.COM (Robert McMullen)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: The Royal Fumble (PLUS Who is Colon/Tenryu...)
Date: 25 Jan 93 21:52:26 GMT
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In article <1993Jan25.131105.1@ualr.edu>, AJSMITH writes:
>        Well, once again it was time for the WWF to put up something to fill
>the coffers at Titan megacorp.
>        I did NOT pay the $24.95 in my area to watch the Royal Fumble but the
>scramblers in my area are not very good, therefore I got most of the picture
>and all of the sound. (Monsoon and Heenan would suck as radio announcers)

Sounds like you got your money's worth, then!   ;-P   Actually, I got it
on an impulse buy at the last minute and was slightly disappointed, but then
again after SlumberScam I said I'd *never* get another WWhiFf PPV...

>        My thoughts on the Royal Fumble.
>        * Shocked that the WWF left Backlund in there for 1 hour plus. 
>Number 1 in Number 28 out. Could this be to try to win the marks heart over
>so they would actually start rooting for Bob? (btw I didn't see it did 
>Backlund and Flair shake before the match?)

Backlund offered his hand, so Slick Ric acted like he was about to shake,
then pulled his hand away and fluffed his hair with it.  Typical Flair
psych-out move.  BTW, I agree that they left Backlund (who did hardly
anything except get his ass kicked) to get him over w/the marks.

>        * Earthquake outs Typhoon, interesting.

I saw Tenta *throw out* Typhoon--didn't see any references to Typhoon
now being openly gay, though...        ;-)   ;-(    ;-P

Anyone catch Heenan's fuckup when Tug--er--Typhoon hit the ring?  Yep, the
Bobster called him "Tugboat...er, Typhoon...er, whatever his name is".

>        * Final showdown Yokozuna (#25) and Randy "Nacho Man" Savage (#30) yeah
>right, Macho could have arm splashed him ALL NIGHT, you still have a problem
>moving 505 pounds of BEEF (or sushi whatever) over a rope that is what 4 or
>5 feet off the gound (yeah right!) Yoko"ono"zuna could have SAT in the middle
>of the ring and won just by everyone giving up moving him. (Yokozuna distant
>cousin to Street Fighter II's E. Honda? hmmm)

What, pray tell, will the reason be given by Mc$ and Savage for having
Randy try to *pin* Yokozuna at the end?  Did he "forget what match it
was" or something?  Or was this just to get Yokozuna over more, since he
basically bench-pressed Savage completely out of the ring?

>        * Who the hell is Carlos Colon and Tenry, Hashu, Daugo (Ghesundhiet!)
>whoever that Japanese dude was? 

CARLOS COLON is probably the most popular Puerto Rican professional wrestler.
He's been around for years.  Incredible bloodbaths with Abdullah the Butcher,
among others, are what I consider his forte.  His son, Carlitos, is also 
popular (in fact, Meltzer said it was Carlitos coming, not Carlos...).

GENICHIRO TENRYU is the Japanese "dude".  I couldn't fathom what the hell
he was doing at the Rumble.  He didn't do much the whole time he was in--
looked uncomfortable, no heat with anyone, and I didn't see *one* Tenryu power
bomb (one of his major moves).  The only cool thing was seeing him beat
on heels and babyfaces alike, especially when he went to town on Backlund. 

I think Tenryu's current involvement with the WWF is due to the fact that his
old promotion, SWS, is defunct, but he may have been contractually bound to 
future appearance(s) w/Vince.  

Tenryu is currently associated with Japan's WAR promotion, mainly battling New 
Japan heel group "The Skinheads" (Shiro Koshinaka, Kabuki, Akitoshi Saito, 
Kengo Kimura) in a running cross-promotional "feud".  His WAR associates 
include Masao Orihara, Koki (formerly Tatsumi) Kitahara, and Ultimo Dragon 
(Yoshihiro Asai).  Tenryu, also a former All-Japan star, is hot on the heels 
of top Japanese wrestling/business/politics legend Antonio Inoki after winning 
a shot at him by beating Riki Choshu on 1/4 at the Tokyo Egg Dome.

Tenryu has wrestled in the states before, too.  I have an old AWA SuperCard
tape which has a really shitty 6-man between Tenryu, Jumbo Tsuruta and Giant
Baba vs. Larry Zbyszko and the Irwin Brothers.  He teamed with Koji Kitao two
Wrestlemanias ago to defeat  Demolition.  He also beat Randy Savage at a 
SWS/WWF Egg Dome show either last year or two years ago--it's on one of the 
r.s.p-w tapes and it was obvious at that point that Randy had never taken a 
power bomb bump before.

Tenryu has wrestled in the states as "The Great Tenryu".  I wonder if this
is what "Genichiro" means...

>        * all in all The Royal Fumble gets oh say 2 stars. RassleMania 9 must

Agreed.  Out of five.  **

============================>Robert McMullen<============================

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