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Saturday, 4 December 2021

Pay-Per-View Rewind of: WWF/WWE Survivor Series 24/11/1988 Match 4/Part 4/Conclusion by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Pay-Per-View Rewind of: WWF/WWE Survivor Series 24/11/1988 Match 4/Part 4/Conclusion by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/an element man on woman violence

Match/Stipulation: Co-Captains; Akeem "The African Dream" [with "The Doctor of Style" Slick] & The Big Boss Man, The Heenan Family's [The Red Rooster & King Haku with Bobby " The Brain" Heenan] & " The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase [with "The Bodyguard" Virgil] vs. The Mega Powers ["Macho Man" Randy Savage & Hulk Hogan with Miss Elizabeth,] Koko B. Ware [ with Frankie the Parrott,] Hillbilly Jim & " The Mighty" Hercules: 5-on-5 Survivor Series Elimination Match

Match Attributes:

Match Quality: 6/10

Match Storyline: 7/10

Crowd Participation: 10/10

On Commentary: Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse "The Pilgrim" Venture 8/10

Satisfying Conclusion: 7/10

Recommend Watch: 7/10

Match Total: 45/60 - this match is good

Comments: this match is solidly good, Monsoon and Venture are providing excellent commentary it when a team is very much over celebrating an elimination or in the world of kayfabe in short taking too long to pin an opponent [I know breaking kayfabe; it is designed to give predominantly the performer taking the move time to recover] and this is a blooper when Savage and Hogan shake hands later on in this match, this in itself is a tag. But on looking at this again on replay The Referees [Earl Hebner - inside the ring and Jim White - outside of the ring] are dealing with a elimination from their opponents team [that will give you a rough place to look for,] but it as far as I'm concerned this is a tag match is still going on and their palms touch so Hogan is the legal man, but in fairness and balance there is an expression in wrestling " the referee or in this case the referees can't call what they don't see."

This pay-per-view receives: 8/10, this pay-per-view is excellent; now after everything is said and done and taking everything into consideration, I do believe that this is the right mark for this pay-per-view, this pay-per-view has two good good matches with two excellent matches, so in hindsight I would have given this pay-per-view 10/10 based on having a clean sweep of positive matches and based on its all-round experience, but however everything to do with Match 2/match slot/interviews is just too much which does derail this pay-per-view throughout this section of this pay-per-view, but after this; this pay-per-view gets back on track and a special mention has to go out to the crowd for being on the whole lively and enthusiastic, like they have said or something to the effect of I know they go quiet now and again but when it matters they give everything.

The highest ranking match on this Card based on Attributes that we see would be: Co-Captains; Jake " The Snake" Roberts [with Damien the Snake] & "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Ken Patera, Tito Santana & Scott Casey vs. The Heenan Family [Co-Captains; "Canada's Strongest" Man Dino Bravo" Dino Bravo with Frenchy Martin & André the Giant with Bobby " The Brain" Heenan, Harley Race, "Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig & "Ravishing" Rick Rude:] 5-on-5 Survivor Series Elimination Match with 47/60.

The lowest ranking match on this Card based on attributes: Co-Captains; the WWF World Tag Team Championships Demolition [Ax & Smash with "The Devious One",] The Conquistadors [Dos & Uno,]  The Bolsheviks [Boris Zhukov & Nikolai Volkoff with "The Doctor of Style" Slick?,] The Brain Busters [Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan] and The Fabulous Rougeaus [Jacques Rougeau & Raymond Rougeau with "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart] vs. Co-Captains; The Powers of Pain [The Barbarian & The Warlord,] The Young Stallions [Jim Powers & Paul Roma,] The Hart Foundation [Bret "The Hitman" Hart & Jim "The Anvil"  Neidhart,] The Rockers [Marty Jannetty & Shawn Michaels] & The British Bulldogs [Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid:] 10-on-10 Survivor Series Tag Team Match Elimination. [Additional information; if one member of a tag team is eliminated they are both eliminated] with 40/60.

 

 

Thursday, 2 December 2021

Pay-Per-View Rewind of: WWF/WWE Survivor Series 24/11/1988 Match 3/Part 3 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Pay-Per-View Rewind of: WWF/WWE Survivor Series 24/11/1988 Match 3/Part 3 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects

Match/Stipulation: Co-Captains; Jake " The Snake" Roberts [with Damien the Snake] & "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Ken Patera, Tito Santana & Scott Casey vs. The Heenan Family [Co-Captains; "Canada's Strongest" Man" Dino Bravo with Frenchy Martin & André the Giant with Bobby " The Brain" Heenan, Harley Race, "Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig & "Ravishing" Rick Rude:] 5-on-5 Survivor Series Elimination Match

Match Attributes:

Match Quality: 7/10

Match Storyline: 8/10

Crowd Participation: 10/10

On Commentary: Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse "The Pilgrim" Venture 7/10

Satisfying Conclusion: 8/10

Recommend Watch: 7/10

Match Total: 47/60 - this match is excellent

Comments: as I have always said this match is excellent; if or when you come to watch this match, I know at some point or points the crowd goes quiet, but on the whole it is another situation where it would be incredibly harsh to give them anything less than 10/10 and the match storyline on reflection deserved another mark, because it uses a narrative which excellently with everyone involved. I know this is the Spoiler Alarm Version, but I am not going to tell you this based on the fact it spoils the conclusion of this match/match slot, but everyone comes out of this situation looking strong, good and well protected.

Basic Result: The Heenan Family [Co-Captains; "Canada's Strongest" Man Dino Bravo" Dino Bravo with Frenchy Martin & André the Giant with Bobby” The Brain" Heenan, Harley Race, "Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig & "Ravishing" Rick Rude] pick up the W.

Background information: after this match Monsoon and Venture takes less through the recap, they discuss it and then Monsoon hands things over to "Mean" Gene Okerlund to interview  Co-Captains The Big Boss Man & Akeem "The African Dream" and their team; they are heading down to the ring on leaving this interview area; then things get s sent across to The Ring-announcer Howard Finkel

Now it has to be said this entire section [match/match slot and interview] is all-round much cleaner and fluent in every way shape and form, don't get me wrong this match goes on for roughly 30 minutes and this interview segment roughly goes on for roughly under 2 minutes, I know in the previous sections we had a long match with interviewers, but now experiencing both of these outlays as it relates to this pay-per-view, maybe they should have taken off the ones that they could leave out or break them up, because I prefer this section of this pay-per-view then the drawn-out one from earlier, which in fairness and balance I get it; I get its purpose but everything was as I have already said or something to that effect it was just too much.

Now sadly James "Hacksaw Jim Duggan” Duggan Jr. recently has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, so I would like to send him my best wishes on a speedy recovery and he has got this anyway, but here is to a speedy recovery.


Monday, 22 November 2021

Pay-Per-View Rewind of: WWF/WWE Survivor Series 24/11/1988 Match 2/Part 2 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Pay-Per-View Rewind of: WWF/WWE Survivor Series 24/11/1988 Match 2/Part 2 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Warning/Disclaimer: there is flashing effects/colourful effects and Disclaimer; I am not or never likely to be a professional wrestler.

Match/Stipulation: Co-Captains; the WWF World Tag Team Championships Demolition [Ax & Smash with "The Devious One",] The Conquistadors [Dos & Uno,]  The Bolsheviks [Boris Zhukov & Nikolai Volkoff with "The Doctor of Style" Slick?,] The Brain Busters [Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan] and The Fabulous Rougeaus [Jacques Rougeau & Raymond Rougeau with "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart] vs. Co-Captains; The Powers of Pain [The Barbarian & The Warlord,] The Young Stallions [Jim Powers & Paul Roma,]  The Hart Foundation [Bret "The Hitman" Hart & Jim "The Anvil"  Neidhart,] The Rockers [Marty Jannetty & Shawn Michaels] & The British Bulldogs [Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid:] 10-on-10 Survivor Series Tag Team Match Elimination. [Additional information; if one member of a tag team is eliminated they are both eliminated.]

Match Attributes:

Match Quality: 5/10

Match Storyline: 5/10

Crowd Participation: 10/10

On Commentary: Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse "The Pilgrim" Venture 10/10

Satisfying Conclusion: 5/10

Recommend Watch: 5/10

Match Total: 40/60 - this match is good

Comments: I am going to explain the question-mark against Slick; I am just being observant about this and it is a blooper; The Ring-announcer [Howard Finkel] announces Slick with his tag team The Bolsheviks [Boris Zhukov & Nikolai Volkoff,] but however he clearly isn't anywhere to be seen and based on the fact he is an African-American and the only African American here, he would be incredibly easy to spot wi and yes it has just come to me that Finkel could just be reading this off a card, but it still is a blooper.

Venture makes reference to every team with the WWF World Tag Team Championships Demolition [Ax & Smash with "Devious" Mr Fuji,] has a manager and Monsoon basically confirms this which physically isn't true on this night as we have already discussed.

If you are wondering what we had before the leg slap [being more popularly used by today's standards,] we had the foot stomp sound effect, where performers like to make a foot stomp or feet stomping effect on hitting somebody [speculation/educated guess which I could still be wrong; but I think there was a sound system or something like this under the ring to make this sounds louder] and usually I would give you an example or examples of this but there is plenty of it from Demolition [Ax & Smash] and you will see what I mean, I am not picking on them it is just they are the easiest examples to spot, I mean if you are off the younger generations it isn't something that once you have seen, picks up or learn you can spot it easily.

Pinning attempt by Kid on Raymond Rougeau; Kid goes over Raymond high in the corner and hooks is feet to do this sunset flip pinning move; but the thing is it does look clunky, in fact [this is just an excerpt] Monsoon  says: he didn't completely but enough to take him over but he couldn't hold him down."

Another pinning attempt [small package] this time by "The Hitman" on Raymond Rougeau this also looks clunky in its execution.  Monsoon: What a tremendous move the man who has excellent of execution The Hitman." This is something for you to hear out for roughly around this spot and as I have already alluded to it was hardly well executed.

Now Venture and Monsoon for some reason these two point out that this opponent is making it easy for their opponent to tag out and Monsoon points out; Blanchard tags out without making contact with his opponent first [Barbarian] I didn't know of this rule back then; Blanchard tags in Volkoff [ I will discuss this again later on.] This is why I gave basically 10/10 on these two and the crowd participation, because they were in the case of the commentary team; they were really on the ball and yes you know that I know the commentary team have to sell things with a positive twist if they can and slightly moving on to the crowd let's just say they were there for this match/match slot; like the previous match/match slot they do go quiet for a little bit now and again, but like the commentary team here, it would be extremely harsh for me to give anything less; unless there is some concrete evidence and that is not the case here.

Venture questions a pinning attempt and unlike the previous match he has a very good reason to question it; it is between The Rockers [Marty Jannetty & Shawn Michaels] performing this double team and what Venture is questioning is the legal man and the reason why I have said he has a very good reason to question it; is because after replaying it many, many times; if you are paying attention because if you don't you will miss it; you can see this little tag as he tags himself in, so yes Ventura got it wrong but he had solid evidence to go on and in short Monsoon confirmed it Jannetty is legal.

Barbarian performs this power slam on one of The Conquistador and the ending section of this move just looks too loose and sloppy and a very short time later Barbarians head butts this Conquistador into the other Conquistador which should make this Conquistador the legal man, but the first Conquistador tag in Blanchard after being touched by his tag team partner and after that it gets taken out of the ring by his tag team partner.

Blanchard performs this cross body off the top turnbuckle onto Neidhart and I can only describe it as this; Blanchard keep your feet on the ground and stay with what you know and what brought you to the dance. I mean it doesn't look that bad but you know stay with what brought you to the dance, moving on Ventura questions another pin attempt and this time he got it right, quickly followed by an excellent executed Tombstone Powerdriver with a very similar pinning combination which it happened being best associated with this individual yet [The Undertaker on-screen debut at WWF Survivor Series 22/11/1990; I wonder what ever happened to the guy.]

I don't like how The British Bulldogs [Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid] get eliminated; it is sudden and unbelievable unless wanted to make Smash look incredibly strong, if this was the case I get it. But I don't have to like it and on another observation on The British Bulldogs [Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid's] graphic before this match there is Matilda the Dog, but likewise with Slick and his situation they don't come out with Matilda.

This match slot including interviews after this match goes on for way too long roughly before the next match/match slot you looking at 56 minutes. Which to be fair reflects in my attribute marks; the easy tags escape minus Blanchard [the one I have already made reference to,] extends this match longer than what it maybe should have been. Okay have a very small amount, but when we have Monsoon sounding a little bit frustrated by this and if anyone knows anything about this man; he is/was a well built but placid individual, you know it may be a little bit much. So in hindsight they should have not been given these easy chances to do these easy tags out so much, maybe it would have given this match a better and more consistent get up and go and just for the record this match itself goes on for 42 minutes.]

Basic Result: Co-Captains; The Powers of Pain [The Barbarian & The Warlord with "The Devious One",] The Young Stallions [Jim Powers & Paul Roma,] The Hart Foundation [Bret "The Hitman" Hart & Jim "The Anvil"  Neidhart,] The Rockers [Marty Jannetty & Shawn Michaels] & The British Bulldogs [Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid.]

Background information: after this match/match slot; I will keep this brief.

Ventura and Monsoon take a look at the video replay and discuss it.

Monsoon hands things to Shawn Mooney; interview with Bad News Brown; in short he talks about what he did tonight and he wants a WWF World Heavyweight Championship match against the reigning WWF World Heavyweight Champion "Macho Man" Randy Savage "Mooney sends it back to Monsoon and Ventura they discuss that and then Monsoon sends it to "Mean" Gene Okerlund to interview The Powers of Pain [The Barbarian & The Warlord with "The Devious One" Mr Fuji] to find out what happened out there. Okerlund sends it back to Monsoon and Ventura they discuss that and then they talk about the next match graphics on-screen and they do the same again for the main event. Monsoon sending back to Okerlund to have this interview with The Heenan Family to discuss their 5-on-5 Survivor Series Elimination Match against the Co-Captains; Jake " The Snake" Roberts [with Damien the Snake] & Jim " Hacksaw" Duggan and their team [which is coming up next on this pay-per-view card;] Okerlund handed back to Monsoon and Ventura they discuss that and then Monsoon hands it back to Mooney which he interviews  Co-Captains The Meg Powers [the WWF World Heavyweight Champion "Macho Man" Randy Savage & Hulk Hogan with Miss Elizabeth] and their team as they go up against Co-Captains The Big Boss Man & Akeem "The African Dream" and their team in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series Elimination Match Mooney hands it back to Monsoon; Monsoon quickly talk about it with Venture quickly asking Why doesn't Mooney never throw it back to me Gorilla. Which Monsoon just carries on by saying let's go up to Howard Frenkel.

 


Wednesday, 17 November 2021

Pay-Per-View Rewind of: WWF/WWE Survivor Series 24/11/1988 Match 1/Part 1 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Pay-Per-View Rewind of: WWF/WWE Survivor Series 24/11/1988 Match 1/Part 1 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Chosen by: You; well after my first question on social media didn't get any votes, some days later I tried again with this:so you have roughly about 100 minutes to tell me what brand pay-per-view I am reviewing next? From these options; WWF, WCW, ECW or WWE/NXT; reply for W or N. So with 100% WWF gets chosen by somebody, thank you for your participation whomever you are. So I quickly came up with the idea as we are coming up to Thanksgiving and this year's WWE Survivor Series 2021 [Date: 21/11/2021] I would choose this pay-per-view.

Warning/Disclaimer: there is flashing effects/colourful effects and Disclaimer; I am not or never likely to be a professional wrestler.

Background information: we get welcomed by Monsoon into this pay-per-view and saying [Description; this grey logo of the WWF Survivor Series[ In this light brown rusty look] and place name Richmond Coliseum in yellow text with Monsoon talking about this and then on-screen saying "Happy Thanksgiving" and then he introduces Venture has Jesse "The Pilgrim" Venture [dressed up as one to so I went with that name as well;] Venture I give thanks basically in a short dialogue building up this pay-per-view giving this there is no other place I would rather be than [enter place name here] little promo/speech.

Match/Stipulation: Co-Captains; Brutus " The Barber" Beefcake & the Intercontinental Champion The Ultimate Warrior, The Blue Blazer, Sam Huston & Jumping Jim Brunzell vs. Captain; The Honky Tonk Man [with Mouth of the South Jimmy Hart,] "Dangers" Danny Davis, Greg " The Hammer" Valentine, " The Outlaw" Ron Bass & Bad News Brown: 5-on-5 Survivor Series Elimination Match

Match Attributes:

Match Quality: 7/10

Match Storyline: 7/10

Crowd Participation: 10/10

On Commentary: Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse "The Pilgrim" Venture 8/10

Satisfying Conclusion: 7/10

Recommend Watch: 7/10

Match Total: 46/60 - this match is excellent

Comments: to begin with we have the crowd participation/reaction being mostly on maximum from The Ultimate Warrior's entrance music hitting [on a little bit of research track title Unstable by Jim Johnson.] The crowd go a little quiet, but they are still there, you know it is one of those occasions where they need a moment to have a breather and get some energy, but it would be extremely harsh of me not to give 10/10; on a quick side note briefly it was a stroke of genius to have The Ultimate Warriors come out first. I'm not disrespecting any other of his teammates but however if you want to begin your pay-per-view with a very loud bang and to get your crowd instantaneously engaged and pumped up The Ultimate Warrior gives you this; with a limitless supply and generally speaking it should set the tone for the rest of the pay-per-view.

Next a botch, in short you are looking for The Blue Blazer performing a leapfrog on Valentine and let's just say he just about gets over Valentine, to cover my back again I should just point out it is an easy spot so I am not being too critical here, because even Monsoon makes reference to it on commentary this is just an excerpt "Whoa just about got over the top of him, that could have been disastrous."

Finally the confusion; Venture tries to push the narrative that someone didn't cover the legal man [yes usually I would take an excerpt of this between Venture and Monsoon,] but and I know this is the Spoiler Alarm Version, but this seems like one of those rare occasions where it is unnecessary for me to give it away, you know usually there is something here for me to discuss of substance. The Referee Inside the ring Earl Hebner; everything goes according to plan. [A quick mention; the Referee on the outside of the ring is Joey Marella] and I know Venture is a Heel or in that mould so he is doing what he is meant to do here. I have replayed this myself a small amount of times just in case Venture has/had a genuine point and now I am ready to pass my verdict; I can now reveal Hebner is innocent; his decision stands. But briefly in fairness and balance after Monsoon handed things over to him to talk us through the replay of the closing stages of this match, he is professional. They move on to the next match with a image or images on-screen and they talk about who is involved

Basic Result: Co-Captains; Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake & the Intercontinental Champion The Ultimate Warrior, The Blue Blazer, Sam Huston & Jumping Jim Brunzell pick up the W.