To The Max: AEW Fyter Fest 2019 Review

Saturday, June 29th, 2019
Ocean Center
Daytona Beach, Florida

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We get a Double Or Nothing highlight package to kick off the show. 

Christopher Daniels vs. Cima

Since I was so critical of the announcing team at Double Or Nothing, I can already say that they are off to a much better start here so far. Both guys get a couple of minutes of offense to start. Daniels hits the Arabian moonsault and then starts wrenching back on the neck of Cima. Cima comes back and hits a Backstabber. Daniels comes back and hits Angels Wing, but Cima is able to kick out. I don't know how common that is for people to kick out of that move, but this match doesn't seem like it is worth having someone kick out of it. Cima hits a running powerbomb and a package powerbomb for a 2 count. Cima goes up top and hits a Meteora for the victory. This was pretty basic match for this era. 

Match Rating: **1/4

Riho vs. Nyla Rose vs. Yuka Sakazaki

Nyla plays the monster role, taking on both opponents. She hits a double suplex and then puts on a double Camel Clutch. Yuka hits a headscissors on Rose, sending her outside. She then hits a shaky looking springboard dive on both opponents. She hits Riho with a missile dropkick back in the ring and gets a 2 count. Riho starts getting some offense and hits a 619 on Rose. Rose now gets her turn again and hits a delayed vertical suplex on Yuka. She hangs Riho on the ropes and hits a top rope knee to the head, which wakes up the crowd. Rose doesn't go for a cover and instead climbs the turnbuckles. She misses with a senton and Riho goes for a top rope crossbody, but Rose catches her. Yuka tries too and Nyla catches her too. We get a pin attempt out of it, but no victory. We almost get victories from Yuka and Rose, but Riho is able to use some knees to break up both. Rose hits a Death Valley Driver for a nearfall. Riho is able to pull off a cradle and picks up the surprise victory over Rose. This one started off a little bit sloppy, but the last few minutes were solid. 

Match Rating: **3/4

Kip Sabian joins the announce team, as he will be taking on the winner of the match. 

MJF vs. Jungle Boy vs. Jimmy Havoc vs. Adam Page

MJF cuts a promo before the match just making fun of the crowd. Jungle Boy is such a dorky gimmick. Especially since they advertise that he is Luke Perry's son. Speaking of dorky gimmicks, Jimmy Havoc has one too. Page and Jungle Boy get most of the shine in the early going. MJF fakes a dive and lets the crowd have it. Jungle Boy hits a scary looking back somersault but seems to be okay. We get the obligatory tower of doom spot, but it ends up with MJF getting hit by his opponent. Jungle Boy hits a reverse rana on Havoc and then Page levels Jungle Boy with a lariat. It finally gets to MJF and Page, who are clearly the main attractions here. MJF goes for a Sharpshooter and mocks Bret. Page pushes out of it before he can turn it over and puts the Sharpshooter on MJF. he quickly gets to the ropes. Havoc hits an Attitude Adjustment on Jungle Boy, throwing him into Luchasaurus. Page gets MJF out of the ring and hits Deadeye on Havoc for the win. Havoc felt like he didn't belong here, so he felt like the obvious choice to take the pin. This was fine. 

Match Rating: **1/2

Darby Allin vs. Cody Rhodes

From the little I have seen of Allin, I haven't been a fan, so we'll see if anything changes here. He shows off some solid wrestling skills and that frustrates Cody, so he slaps him. Cody sends him through the top two ropes and he goes spilling to the floor with a Mick Foley type bump. We get a mostly slow-paced match here, which I know Cody likes to have. The pace quickens after my "I'm too cheap to pay for Max without commercials" commercial break. Cody hits a suicide dive and then we get an announcement that there are only 5 minutes remaining, telegraphing where we are going here. Cody hits a reverse superplex from the top rope. Allin has Rhodes on the hardest part of the ring and goes for a Coffin Drop, but Cody moves and Allin goes splat. Cody then puts Allin in a body bag and hits him with a Disaster Kick. He rips him out of the bag and pins him for a 2 count. We are down to a minute remaining, so Cody starts hitting him with a belt. He goes for a Cross Rhodes and Allin counters out. He gets him back and hits it but runs out of time. After the match, Shawn Spears comes down and hits Cody with a steel chair to the head, which was very controversial and still is. Just a terrible decision by all involved in 2019. Rhodes is bleeding like crazy here. This was a pretty dull match overall and the finish just put a black cloud over it.

Match Rating: *3/4

Laredo Kid & Lucha Brothers vs. Kenny Omega & Young Bucks

We get a dorky Street Fighter entrance that is definitely not for me. I apologize in advance that I won't know the names of probably 15 moves in this match. Excalibur seemingly takes over the play by play here, so I guess JR is in the same boat as I am. We get a way too early 3-man dive spot with the Elite being kind enough to just stand there while the luchadores ham it up. It kind of feels like they are moving in slow motion here so far. To be fair, their slow motion is more than most average speed. JR doesn't like Omega's haircut, for what it's worth. These guys are hitting some big moves, but it kind of feels like they are going through the motions here early on. There just isn't really much to mention here. As soon as I say that, one of the Lucha Brothers gets launched over the top and to the floor onto Omega. Everyone hits a superkick and then we get more dorky Street Fighter stuff. The Elite hit a triple powerbomb and none of them are able to win with it. Nick Jackson hits a 450 splash on two opponents draped on the middle rope. Omega hits a V Trigger that may have been the best looking move of the match so far. We get an extremely telegraphed move that leads to a Spanish Fly to the outside on Jackson. Omega hits a Tiger Driver, but it's not enough. Omega then hits a One-Winged Angel and picks up the victory for his team. This was really disappointing to me. There was no drama in this one for me at all. Kudos to Omega for meeting with all of the front row fans after the match. 

Match Rating: **3/4

The announce team tries to hype us up for the main event, but it sounds like they are ready for bed. To be fair, so am I and it's only 8:00 as I watch this replay. 

Unsanctioned Match
Joey Janela vs. Jon Moxley

They quickly move out into the crowd and then back to the outside of the ring. Janela sets up a table and uses a prosthetic leg from the crowd. Moxley is already bleeding around his eye. Janela misses with a senton and goes through a chair. Moxley pulls out a chair wrapped in barbed wire. He sets it on Janella and stomps on it. Janela comes back and hits a top rope hurricanrana slightly onto the chair. Janela hits him in the back with the chair for good measure. Janela pulls out a second table and puts this one in the ring. Janela grabs Moxley and they both go through the table on the outside from the apron. Back in the ring, Moxley drives Janela through the table in the corner. We get the barbed wire board and Janela gets Moxley into that one. Out comes the ladder and Janela dives and hits Moxley through the table. We eventually get a back body drop over the top rope and through the barbed wire board by Moxley onto Janela. Now we have thumbtacks and Janela gets tossed into those. The thing that made Mick Foley so special was that when he did this type of chaos, there was typically a story being told. This is just moves. Moxley hits the Paradigm Shift into the tacks and that's it. This was a SportsCenter type match. When you watch the highlights, it looks like a great one, but there wasn't much in between those highlights. I mean really the entire point of this was to remind us that Moxley is crazy and not that "PG Dean Ambrose". 

Match Rating: **

After the match, Omega attacks Moxley. They brawl up to the stage area and into some drums that are set up. Moxley gets helped up the ramp until he shoves the refs to the side. Out comes Omega and attacks him with a trash can. Omega hits a Paradigm Shift onto the trash can. We go off the air with Moxley in pain. 

This was a really dull show for me. Nothing was terrible, but it just felt flat for me. I was really disappointed in the 6 man tag, but I'm sure most probably loved it. The Cody match was also really slow and plodding. I really want to enjoy this, but so far, I would say they are 0 for 2. 

Overall Rating: 43%

WCW Monday Nitro 10-30-95 Review

Monday, October 30th, 1995 
Hara Arena
Dayton, Ohio

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Eric Bischoff promises us footage of Halloween Havoc "as soon as it arrives". Bobby Heenan and Steve McMichael try to tell us how good that turd of a show was. Bischoff tells us that Randy Savage was supposed to be here, but due to injuries sustained last night, it will be Eddie Guerrero taking on Sgt. Craig Pittman instead. 

Sgt. Craig Pittman vs. Eddie Guerrero

They let us know that World War 3 is coming up on November 26th. Pittman is just not someone I want to watch wrestle. Pittman works on the arm of Guerrero and hits a suplex. Bischoff lets us know the footage is on its way. This is all just so exciting. Guerrero hits a springboard reverse crossbody for a 2 count. Pittman comes back with a gutwrench powerbomb, but then Guerrero is able to hit him with a pin out of nowhere and pick up the win. I love Eddie, but he couldn't even drag a good match out of Pittman here. 

Match Rating: 1/2*

They show the background of Shark and Scott Norton that lead us to this match tonight.

Shark vs. Scott Norton

They go right at it and Shark gets the best of it, hitting an elbow drop. Norton goes up top and hits a shoulder block. Norton hits a body slam to wake up the crowd. They hit a double clothesline and they show Heenan with Sonny Onoo at a table with a candle and food. These two are up and start brawling outside and I think you know what's going to happen here. They both get counted out as they keep brawling up the stage. They take turns throwing each other into the solid steel WCW sign. They immediately go to Heenan and Onoo again. This match was nothing.

Match Rating: 1/4*

We go to Tony Schiavone in the ring and we get still photos of the Sting/Ric Flair vs. Arn Anderson/Brian Pillman match. Schiavone then brings out Flair, Anderson and Pillman. They hype up the Horsemen being back and that there will soon be a fourth member. 

Sabu vs. Disco Inferno

Sabu catches Disco with a right hand off the bat. He hits a springboard dropkick for a 2 count. We do get a "Sabu" chant from the Dayton crowd. He hits a somersault leg drop over the top and he picks up the victory. We're not getting much in the way of wrestling this week. After the match he dumps Disco out of the ring and he hits a dive and it almost looks like Disco powerbombed him, but that's not the case. Sabu then runs and throws a table at him. Sabu sets him up and goes for a somersault dive, but Disco moves and Sabu lands on the table. Sabu is mad and starts throwing around the steps. There was more action after the match. 

Match Rating: 1/2*

Lex Luger & Meng vs. American Males

After last night's events, Luger is now with Jimmy Hart and Kevin Sullivan. We get a commercial break right after the bell rings. When we come back, we get an illegal double team showing off Meng and Luger's teamwork. Meng catches Riggs and Luger hits him with a forearm. Bagwell finally gets the hot tag and hits a bunch of clotheslines and a dropkick. He has Luger for a pin, but Hart distracts the ref and the heels take advantage. Meng hits a superkick and Luger puts Bagwell in the Torture Rack for the victory. This was fine. 

Match Rating: *

Bischoff tells all the kids to be careful while trick or treating. McMichael then sprays Heenan with silly string. We've got the footage of last night and here it is. Ya know, it probably would have made more sense to show this before having Lex Luger wrestle as a heel, don't you think? I promise you, that this footage was no better the second time. They have the Dungeon of Doom in the ring and Giant is wearing the WCW Championship belt. Hart says that when Sullivan was alluding to evil living in Hogan's house, he meant Hart. Giant says that he will defend his title against anyone willing to stand in his way next week. Schiavone doesn't even ask how he can defend a title that isn't his. The good news here though is the real Jimmy Hart is back. He's running circles by the end of this and that makes me happy. This was the highlight of the episode. 

This was not a very strong episode, which is no surprise coming off a bad show in Halloween Havoc. This wasn't awful or anything, but it was just not exciting at all. 

Overall Rating: 35%

Monday Night Raw 10-30-95 Review

Original Airdate: Monday, October 30th, 1995
Keystone Centre
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

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We get Todd Pettengill doing a Dracula voice for the intro hype video. Vince McMahon is dressed up as a prisoner, how fitting. Jerry Lawler is dressed up as a doctor. 

Savio Vega vs. Goldust

I absolutely love the pumpkin WWF logo used for this Halloween edition. Goldust's music is still a classic. Goldust attacks Savio and gets the upper hand. The old ring attire for Goldust is still kind of weird. Goldust ducks too soon and eats a boot. Goldust hooks himself on the ropes so Vega misses the dropkick and then throws his shoulder into the ring post. There are 4 guys in the crowd dressed up as Goldust fans. He continues working on the shoulder and we go into a commercial break. Savio makes a comeback with some clotheslines and Vince says that Goldust's TV debut is going to be a flop. Savio misses his spin kick and Goldust hits a big boot. He pins him by yanking on the injured shoulder and picks up the victory. This was a pretty good debut and from what I remember, these two had good chemistry with one another. 

Match Rating: **

It's time for the Survivor Series Slam Jam and Dok Hendrix has his face painted. He announces that the Diesel vs. Bret Hart match will be no countouts, no disqualifications and no time limit. 

We get Barry Horowitz taking on Hakushi in Karate Fighters and Horowitz wins. 

Marty Jannetty vs. Joe Dorgan

Jannetty hits his usual high notes here. Minus the part that he's not a good guy, he is a valuable wrestler to have on the roster. It's a shame that he chose to ruin his potential. He hits the top rope fist for the victory. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

Next week on Raw, Bret Hart teams with former enemy, Hakushi, to take on Isaac Yankem and Jerry Lawler. Plus, Marty takes on British Bulldog. They were really making Marty earn his paycheck on this taping, huh?

British Bulldog, Jim Cornette, and Clarence Mason are in the ring with Vince. They aren't happy with what happened at In Your House. He wants Diesel and he wants Bret Hart. He brings up that the contract said that the "winner" of the Diesel/Bulldog match would take on Bret at Survivor Series and Bulldog won the match by DQ. They are demanding a match with Bret and that the Wild Card match is unfair. They then say that Jannetty is just a stepping stone and out comes Jannetty to jump him from behind. The segment was a little long and I'm not sure the crowd was really buying it, but it wasn't bad. 

Smoking Gunns vs. Scott D'Amore & Otis Apollo

We see some highlights of the finish and aftermath from In Your House. We then hear from 1-2-3 Kid and he apologizes for what he did at In Your House. He wants a rematch and they better do it soon. Kid was just so weak when it came to promos. The Gunns hit the Sidewinder and pick up the easy victory. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

We hear from Bret Hart and he talks about the rules being into his favor and that he will be the new WWF Champion. 

Intercontinental Championship Match
Owen Hart vs. Razor Ramon

In case you didn't know, Karate Fighters is a sponsor. The first big move of the match is Razor catching Owen and hitting the fall away slam. He then knocks Cornette off the apron and goes back to work on the shoulder of Owen. Yokozuna and Mr. Fuji are on their way out now and we go to commercial break. Razor gets dumped out of the ring and then Owen hits a nice running dropkick through the ropes and knocks Razor into the guardrail. Nice sell by Razor there as well. Owen hits a spin kick that looks like it may have connected more than he would have liked there, but I think it was just two pros making it look good. Owen hits a reverse neckbreaker and then a top rope elbow drop that looked amazing. Razor kicks out at 2 and we go to another commercial. During the break, Razor was able to counter out of a sleeper hold by hitting a back suplex. Razor goes for the super back suplex, but Owen counters and then Razor rolls over for a double counter and gets a 2 count. Razor hits a clothesline and we get yet another commercial. Razor has Owen up for the Razor's Edge and in comes Yokozuna to interfere for the DQ finish. Yoko hits a leg drop and Owen stomps away. Out comes 1-2-3 Kid to try and make the save. Now out comes Ahmed Johnson to make his debut. Yoko doesn't see him, but when he turns around, Ahmed hits a body slam to a good pop. Out comes Bulldog and he wants nothing to do with him as we go off the air. The match was good, but the commercial breaks hurt the flow.

Match Rating: ***

That was an improvement over last week with a little bit better flow, despite the squash matches. Owen and Razor put on a good main event. Ahmed got his big spot too that they will use to continue his hype. 

Overall Rating: 52%

Halloween Havoc 1995 Review

Sunday, October 29th, 1995
Joe Louis Arena
Detroit, Michigan

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After the hype video, we are with Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan. They show Giant and Hulk Hogan in their monster trucks. They also let us know that Ric Flair has been attacked. 

We get the hype video for the opening match, which is the lamest story ever. 

WCW Television Championship Match
Diamond Dallas Page vs. Johnny B. Badd

Badd sneaks from behind on his entrance and we're underway. We get a double noggin knocker with Page and Max Muscle. The brawl spills out in the crowd and Badd gets a bucket from somewhere and puts it on Page's head. We get back in the ring and we go back to standard wrestling. Page dominates for awhile until Badd sneaks in a few pin attempts. Muscle distracts the ref and Page uses some tape to choke Badd. Badd makes his comeback, hitting an inverted atomic drop and throwing some right hands. Badd hits a top rope double ax handle and Kimberly gives Badd a 10. Badd hits a sit-down powerbomb and gets a 2 count. DDP comes back with the Diamond Dream. He goes for the Diamond Cutter, but Badd is able to hold on to the ropes. They battle in the corner and Page spills to the floor. Badd hits a standing somersault dive onto Muscle and Page. He leaps back on him in the ring, but Page kicks out at 2. Muscle grabs Badd, but it backfires and Badd rolls him up, but again Page kicks out. That was a great false finish. We get another double team that backfires and this time Badd wins to become the new Television Champion. The last few minutes were really a lot of fun there. 

Match Rating: ***1/4

Zodiac vs. Randy Savage

A fan is in the ring right after the bell starts, so Savage and Zodiac go outside. Zodiac misses with a second rope splash and then Savage hits the top rope elbow drop for the easy win. What was the point of this? Why not just have him wrestle Luger? 

Match Rating: 1/4*

The WCW Hotline is sizzling tonight, folks. Gene then talks to Badd and he starts his motivational speaking career here with his speech. 

We see the video footage of Kurasawa breaking Hawk's arm in August. 

Kurasawa vs. Road Warrior Hawk

Hawk unloads right away and hits the shoulder block. Hawk misses in the corner and hits his shoulder on the ring post. Kurasawa tries to get his arm, but Hawk basically no sells and hits a body slam. Hawk hits a powerbomb, but then Col. Parker grabs his leg. Kurasawa goes up top and misses with an elbow drop. Hawk clotheslines him over the top rope and then hits a leaping clothesline on Parker. Kurasawa throws Hawk into the ring post. Kurasawa hits a Samoan Drop and picks up the victory when Parker holds Kurasawa's leg on the rope during the pin attempt. What the heck was that? I've seen this show before and I still can't comprehend how stupid this match was. 

Match Rating: 1/2*

We go back to Gene and he's with Savage, who accuses Gene of having a crooked moustache. 

Mr. JL vs. Sabu

Sabu is with the Sheik. Sabu hits a springboard moonsault to the floor and accidentally hits his uncle too. Sabu misses with a dive off the ring steps. JL then hits a top rope dive to Sabu. They are definitely attempting to maximize their minutes. Sabu leaps up to the top, but this time misses the moonsault. Mr. JL tries one and his connects for a 2. Sit-down powerbomb by JL and again a 2 count. Things get a little disjointed and Sabu gets dropkicked off the top to the floor. Back in the ring, Sabu hits a springboard moonsault and gets the win. Immediately after the match, Sheik throws a fireball at JL for good measure. If you like moonsaults, this one was for you. The effort was there, but there was just no psychology. I know that is shocking for a Sabu match.

Match Rating: *1/4

We hear another nonsense promo from the Master and Kevin Sullivan. This is absolutely insulting to everyone's intelligence. 

Just in case we aren't getting enough Hulk Hogan tonight, now he gets to help give away a free motorcycle. No one cares. 

Meng vs. Lex Luger

Meng's mask that he's wearing to the ring is certainly a choice. This one's gotta be better than the Savage match, right? It's kind of crazy to think that if Meng was a wrestler now, he'd probably be involved with the Bloodline angle and a monster heel. I still don't quite understand why he wasn't able to do more than he did. We get mostly standard stuff here. Luger finally gets some offense in with some clotheslines. Meng gabs the gold spike out of his boot and hits him with it. The referee doesn't see it and Meng covers him. Sullivan comes in during the pin attempt and kicks Luger, to give him the disqualification. Meng is confused and Sullivan tries to explain to him. This wasn't bad or anything, but really felt like filler. 

Match Rating: *1/4

Mean Gene is with the Giant. He yells. 

Arn Anderson & Brian Pillman vs. Sting & Ric Flair

Flair is not out to start the match as a result of the reported attack. Heenan does a good job of selling how much it would take for Flair not to be out here and the crowd is chanting "We want Flair". It's all Sting in the early going and he's making it look easy. Just as the momentum shifts, out comes Ric Flair in dress clothes and a bandage on his head. Sting tries to come back and make a tag, but Arn is able to pull his tights to avoid it. The crowd is very much into this match and rightfully so. It's the only good story on this show. Sting gets close again, but this time Pillman comes around and distracts Flair to get him out of his corner. I can't say enough of how good of an announcer Bobby Heenan is. His WCW run isn't his peak in terms of humor, but when he is locked in on the story, he is just an absolute master. I do not think anyone will ever top him. They play the game for quite awhile here, with Sting just not able to make the tag. Sting is finally able to make the tag and Pillman tags in Anderson. Flair comes in and hits Sting with a sucker punch and the three men attack him. This gets a huge reaction and Flair rips the bandage off and throws it in the crowd. Heenan loves it and Pillman gives us the 4 Horeseman signal. This is one of the matches where the angle is part of the match for me and it will be reflected in the rating. 

Match Rating: ***1/2

Mean Gene talks about the moment for a second and then tries to convince us to call the hotline to talk to Hawk. Flair grabs the mic and is fired up. Someone throws a Coke cup and it lands right in between Flair and Arn, which is pretty amazing. They leave and Gene wants an update on Sting and is upset that he hasn't heard yet. Schiavone and Heenan try to figure out if what happened at Fall Brawl was all part of the plan and Heenan said that he didn't even know about any of it. 

We go to Mike Tenay and Lex Luger. Luger says he's not 100%, but when he hears that bell rings, he'll be all over Savage. Get a room, pal. 

Now we get a lengthy Hogan/Giant video package. We now go to Bobby Heenan, Eric Bischoff and Bob Chandler. Apparently, Bischoff must be the expert on monster trucks. They talk about Hogan's truck a little bit and now it's time to go up to the roof of Cobo Hall. Words can't describe how terrible this is and it hasn't even started. I love that we're supposed to buy that both Hogan and Giant know how to be monster truck experts here. Hogan finally wins the battle, but it gets worse from there. They both are out of their trucks and Giant grabs Hogan and they battle, which leads to Hogan pushing him off the roof and allegedly into the Detroit River. I have been a wrestling fan for a really long time and have seen so many stupid things in this business. This is really high up there on that list. They go back to the announce team and Bischoff and Heenan are trying to sell this, while Chandler has no idea what to do here. Meanwhile, you can hear vendors selling things in the background. 

Lex Luger vs. Randy Savage

This is also where booking matters and where WCW didn't always do a good job. Obviously, they have to sell this Giant injury thing, so why would you book this match to follow it? Schiavone even apologizes to both competitors that they have to figure out what happened to Giant. Within seconds, Jimmy Hart is out at ringside. Luger gets a mixed reaction to his initial offense and by mixed, I mean mostly boos. Heenan is screaming trying to get an update. Jimmy Hart has the ref distracted and then Luger tries to cheat with pinning his feet on the ropes, but the ref doesn't see it. Savage shoves Luger into Hart, hits the top rope elbow drop and wins. This was a Nitro match at best. Right after the win, Heenan goes right back to what happened. 

Match Rating: 1/2*

Schiavone is at the point where now he's not even selling it and talking about how exciting the monster truck battle was. Heenan is still livid and talking about how far he and Giant's "father" go back. They replay the whole segment, just in case you didn't remember how terrible it was. Heenan gets on his knees to beg for someone to give them an update. Heenan says the reason they haven't heard is because it's bad. The best part of all of this, is that it's somehow going to get even worse. 

WCW Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Giant

Hogan comes out with no expression on his face. He grabs the mic and says that the Giant wasn't supposed to take the plunge, brother. He's then interrupted by the Dungeon of Doom music and it's the Giant and Sullivan. Giant has no signs of injury. I still can't believe they booked this. Hogan tries to to body slam him, but instead just gets his fingers up Giant's butthole. Giant goes into late 80s heel offense, but the crowd is mostly still into this. Giant is noticeably not the wrestler you think of during his prime. Giant misses with an elbow drop and Hogan starts hitting the usual crap. Hogan clotheslines him over the top rope and to the floor. They start walking to the back, which makes no sense. Hogan goes after him and throws him in the ring. Kevin Sullivan really adds nothing to a match as a manager. It just makes you appreciate the good ones so much more. Giant slaps on my favorite move, the bear hug. They are starting to lose the crowd a little bit here. Hogan finally fights his way out of it after seemingly 25 minutes in it. He gets out, but then runs into a chokeslam. You'll never believe it, but Hogan kicks out at 2. Hogan hits the big boot, but Giant is still on his feet. Hogan rakes the eyes and hits a body slam. He hits a leg drop and goes for the pin and the camera misses that Jimmy Hart hit the referee. Hart hits Hogan in the back of the head with the belt. Hogan is livid and then Giant puts him in another bear hug. Are you kidding me? Out comes Luger and Savage. Most importantly, here comes the YET-AY! He comes from behind Hogan and has him in a compromising position. Luger then puts Hogan in the Torture Rack. He then puts Savage in the Torture Rack. Heenan says that we'll never see another pay per view like this again. If only that were true. They announce that Giant is the winner by DQ, but the title does not change hands. This is absolutely one of the worst main events I can think of. To anyone who says Diesel/Mabel is terrible, I submit this as something that is a million times worse. 

Overall Rating: 0 Stars

This is an all timer when it comes to bad shows. The opening match is fun and the Flair/Sting stuff was well done. Everything else is terrible and the main event along with the monster truck stuff is among the worst I have ever seen in my 35 years of watching wrestling. Absolutely atrocious. 

Overall Rating: 18%