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The SmarK Rant for WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event XXXI
Well, this fits perfectly into the timeline with Superstars right now, and it’s short. This was the second of the FOX specials to be produced, and was such a bomb…
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The SmarK Rant for WWF Championship Wrestling – 01.04.86
The SmarK Rant for WWF Championshp Wrestling – 01.04.86 Gotta say, I was really torn between starting this project and doing Superstars 89 instead. Maybe I’ll do both, I dunno. …
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The SmarK Rant for WWF In Your House IX: International Incident
Live from Vancouver, BC, drawing a pretty staggering 14804 but a really bad 0.37 buyrate. Also the Canadian dollar was in the toilet so they probably didn’t even break even…
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The SmarK Rant for WWF In Your House VIII: Beware of Dog – 05.26.96
So we come to this one again, one of the biggest disasters in WWF PPV history, although only some of that was their own fault. Although presented as “Beware of…
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The SmarK Rant for WWF In Your House VI
WWF In Your House VI Rant Live from Louisville, KY, drawing 5500 and a 0.75 buyrate Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler This is the last In Your…
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The SmarK Rant for WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event XVII
Taped from Baltimore MD on 10.25.88, a rare four day turnaround time! No attendance listed but it did an 8.7 rating for the “season premiere”. Your hosts are Vince McMahon…
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The SmarK Rant for WWF Wrestlemania VIII – 04.05.92
The SmarK Rant for WWF Wrestlemania VIII – 04.05.92 This one was due for another look, given the buildup in the Superstars 92 rants. I’m using the PPV version for…
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The SmarK Rant for WWF March to Wrestlemania VIII – 03.29.92
The SmarK Rant for WWF March to Wrestlemania VIII – 03.29.92 “A Tribute to Hulk Hogan” Well, goodie. Another show I never knew about because we didn’t have the USA…
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The SmarK Rant for WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event XII
Taped from Hershey, PA (on 09/23), drawing 9000 and a 9.7 rating. That’s actually a pretty fast turnaround for these, since they were normally a month behind. Your hosts are…
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The SmarK Rant for WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event XI
Taped from South Bend, IN, home of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish! That team name has always confused me, since the school name is French. Plus it’s kind of stereotyping…
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The SmarK Rant for WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event IX
Taped from Hartford, CT, on 12.14.86 and drawing 10,000 and a huge 10.6 rating. Although Vince makes sure to call it “20,000” people during the show, because that’s close enough.
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The SmarK Rant for NWA Power Hour – 11.03.90
The SmarK Rant for NWA Power Hour – 11.03.90 REVIEWING UPDATE: I got a whole shitload of stuff done and ready for later posting during my vacation, including the remainder…
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The SmarK Rant for MSG – 01.31.92
The SmarK Rant for MSG – 01.31.92 This was, I believe, one of the final shows to air on MSG. Looks like Richard Land got it off Classics on Demand…
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The SmarK Rant for Pro Wrestling This Week – 07.25.87
The SmarK Rant for Pro Wrestling This Week – 07.25.87 Skipping ahead another couple of weeks with this one. Doesn’t matter, this show is always chicken soup for the wrestling…
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The SmarK Rant for Coliseum Video presents Invasion 92
The SmarK Rant for Coliseum Video presents Invasion 92 Lord save me from this Co-Pilot shit that’s in Microsoft Office now. Why can’t the rich corrupt old white men ban…
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The SmarK Rant for Coliseum Video presents Hottest Matches
The SmarK Rant for Coliseum Video presents Hottest Matches Another one from the fabulous WWE Vault YouTube channel. Hosted by a very overheated Sean Mooney, released in late 1990.
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The SmarK Rant for WWF Prime Time Wrestling – 02.06.89
The SmarK Rant for Prime Time Wrestling – 02.06.89 New on THE VAULT, it’s an episode of PTW which is already on the Network, but can now be shared for…
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What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – September 11, 1993
Happy New Year to all of the readers of the Blog of Doom! Vince McMahon, Jerry Lawler, and Randy Savage are in the booth, taped from White Plains, New York. …
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The SmarK Rant for Pro Wrestling This Week – 05.30.87
The SmarK Rant for Pro Wrestling This Week – 05.30.87 Back from my mini Christmas vacation, although I don’t really have time to review Dynamite tonight so I’ll probably get…
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The SmarK Rant for WWF Survivor Series Showdown 1993 – 11.21.93
The SmarK Rant for WWE Network Hidden Gems – Survivor Series Showdown 93 – 11.21.93 (Working late tonight so I'll review Survivor Series tomorrow afternoon. For now, they added the…
