Taking Legends of WrestleMania for a Spin

[johnandryan]

Took Swarm's Legends of WrestleMania cards for a spin this evening. It has been a long time since I played, much less posted. Here's what I got:

Ultimate Warrior pinned Demolition Smash.
Warrior is very strong and dominated the match. He won in 5 rolls with the BIG SPLASH. Not sure how I plan to use Warrior over the long-term. Thinking of building him up very slow. Like the fact the match was over pretty quick. Pretty much how I envisioned.

Honky Tonk Man pinned Jake "The Snake" Roberts.
Honky takes a fantastic beating! End comes when Honky hits the finisher, and I decide to let him roll for the GUITAR SMASH. He hits it and the Snake's lights go out - Damien stays in the bag.

Ricky Steamboat defeats Ric Flair by countout
I was looking forward to this. I have never used Flair in his '91 real world's champ persona before. Much back and forth between the two. End comes when Steamboat tosses Flair outside, brawls with him on the floor and beats the count back in. A very nice match. Could be a very good series.

Hulk Hogan pins Andre The Giant
Andre is a freaking beast. He dominates the entire match. Hogan gets a flurry on offense from time to time, but constantly is getting reversed. He managed to wear Andre down, who took 4 fatigue tokens, before hitting the LEGDROP. One thing I plan to add to Hogan's card is the Superman comeback (2-7) as an optional feature if the opponent his the finisher. That's just me though - as a huge Hogan fan, I can't imagine playing with a version of him from 1987 and not having it.

The Hart Foundation defeats Evolution by DQ
This was the match I really wanted to play out - HHH, Batista and Orton vs the Harts and DBS. Match was 3 rolls but sets up a sick feud. HHH and Bret Hart in the ring, HHH tosses him outside and piledrives him on the floor. chaos ensues; Evolution scatters and we are off and running.

These are just my initial thoughts. More to come of course as I try to develop some sort of fed out of this. I don't want to copy Swarm's or KB's though - both have put a lot of work into theirs already. I will just do my thing this way, much like a SOM replay.

-J

[johnandryan]

Card # 2
Arena: Erie Civic Center, Erie, PA
Ring: blue mat, red, white and blue ropes
Ring Announcer: Mel Philips

1. Bruno Sammartino defeats Mr. Perfect
A solid opener. Perfect ends up taking 3 fatigue tokens and Sammartino ends it by locking in the backbreaker rack (3 straight rolls). Perfect held on as long as he could before submitting.

2. John Cena defeats Paul "Mr. Wonderful" Orndorff by DQ
A very fast paced bout from these two. Every move Orndorff locked on, Cena matched him. Cena hit the FU twice, but Orndorff kicked out both times. Feeling frustrated, Orndorff tossed Cena from the ring and right into the ringpost in front of the referee to earn the DQ.

3. Superstar Billy Graham defeats The Rock by DQ
I could only imagine how great the pre-match promos would have been here. Graham comes to the ring first in tie-dye and gets the crowd all riled up, until Rock's music hit, and The Great One decided to layeth some smacketh down. Graham's strength was formidable, as he kicked out from two Rock Bottoms. Graham and Rock fell over the top rope as they brawled, and Rock looked to tweak his knee on the fall. Graham was able to beat the count.

The house lights dim and flash twice - MAIN EVENT TIME.

BONG!

4. The Undertaker pins Brock Lesnar
I am lying if I say I don't want Taker to win. I do. handily. Lesnar can take a tremendous amount of punishment, as Taker had him up to 6 fatigue tokens. The finisher mechanic is also a tough one, as Taker lost a point from his LAST RIDE. Taker wore Lesnar down and pinned him with a flying clothesline. Somewhere "Shocked Undertaker Guy" smiles.

-J

[johnandryan]

Da Back Yard & Holy Smokes BBQ & Erie Times Leader presents:
WWF Legends of Wrestlemania
Erie Bayfront Convention Center; Erie, PA
Attendance: Literally hanging out of the rafters

Commentators: none, as this is a house show
Ring Announcer: Norm Kimber
Referees: Joey Marella; Dennis Mitchelson
Interviews: Mike McGuirk


1. In the opening contest, “Terrible” Terry Gibbs pinned Brady Boone after a hangman’s neckbreaker. Three 13-year old girls in the front row held up a sign that said “The Brady Bunch.” It is unknown if he fathered these girls. Gibbs piledrove Boone on the floor twice and knocked him cold. He then rolled him back in and hit a kneedrop to the face for good measure. 6:36.

Post-match, Gibbs rolled out of the ring and tore up the girl’s sign. Seeing this, Sam Houston, who was in the next match, ran out and chased Gibbs off, then took some selfies with the lucky ladies.

2. Sam Houston defeated “The Duke of Dorchester” Pete Doherty by count-out. Houston’s speed was too much the for Duke, and after taking a bulldog, Houston hit a clothesline kayoing the Duke over the top to the floor. Doherty hightailed it back to the dressing room to live to fight another day as Mitchelson’s count reached 10. 7:05

3. In a huge upset, Paul Roma defeated Killer Khan. Khan who is billed from outer Mongolia, menaced the Erie crowd, and brawled with the popular Roma, but a flying fist from Roma finished him. 16:11. Post-match, Khan spit the green mist in Roma’s eyes.

Backstage, The Can-Am Connection were being interviewed by Mike McGuirk, when Demolition burst onto the scene and the teams carried the brawl to the ring.

4. Demolition defeated the Can-Am Connection when Smash pinned Rick Martel after the decapitator. The Demos kept Martel in the ring for the entire match, and hit him with two Decapitators. The first one, Tom Zenk made the save. The second he didn’t. 9:15

Ring Announcer Norm Kimber invited everyone to the show tomorrow night at the Millcreek Mall, and encouraged the crowd to head to try some holy smokes ribs, on sale for the main event at half-off.

5. The Big Red Machine Kane defeated Mankind by disqualification in a match that never really got started. 1:06. The two didn’t reach the ring and brawled as soon as they saw each other. Mankind rammed Kane’s head into the ringpost and then took a fan’s baby-back slab and hit Kane in the head. Saucy. Post-match, Mankind challenged Kane to meet him in the mall tomorrow night.

[johnandryan]

Varner’s General Store & Varner’s Lumber Yard presents;
WWF Legends of Wrestlemania’s Brawl at the Mall
Millcreek Mall, Erie, PA: Att: 1,206 standing room only

Ring Announcer: Joe Pedicino
Referees; T.D. Steele & Bobby Dee
Backstage Interviewer: Boni Blackstone

Ring announcer Joe Pedicino welcomed the crowd to the first ever Brawl at the Mall, slated to become a fixture here in Erie every Thursday night. The ring is set up in an abandoned storage room right beside the food court, where the smell of Sbarro’s fills the air. Let’s get to the action!

1. Iron Mike Sharpe defeats Siva Afi by pinfall with the piledriver.
As the strains of “SUPERFLY” barreled through the mall’s antiquated sound system, a young boy was overheard asking his dad, “Jimmy Snuka’s here?” Well, not really, no. Just a look-alike, who was no match for Sharpe, who is now calling himself “Erie’s Greatest Athlete.” A face rake and a back-elbow drop set Afi up for the piledriver and the three count for TD Steele. 9:07

As this match ended, Mankind came running to the ring, screaming for Kane. You’ll remember that last night’s bout only went a minute, and Mankind is ready for more tonight. Kane strolls down to answer his challenge, with remnants of barbecue sauce still on his mask.

2. Kane defeats Mankind by disqualification
This was a crazy brawl. Kane was pummeled with a running knee to the face and a double armed DDT before getting caught in the mandible claw. Instead of submitting, Kane tossed Mankind to the outside, where Mankind got disqualified as he picked up a chair and walloped the Big Red Machine. 12:12. This feud is just getting started.

3. The Powers of Pain defeated the Conquistador and Scott Casey.
Back to the young boy, “Dad, didn’t Demolition just wrestle last night.” Son, this is no Demolition – this is the Barbarian and Warlord making their debut, polishing off the Conquistador and Casey in 10 minutes, after a gut wrench slam by the Warlord to Conquistador.

Backstage, Boni Blackstone announced the card for Monday night’s event at the Erie Insurance Arena: fans will see the debut of Bam Bam Bigelow, who will be making his first appearance; Owen Hart will attempt to get revenge for his brother Bret when he goes one-on-one with “The King of Kings” HHH and in the main event, the Honky Tonk Man teams with Andre The Giant, to battle Jake “The Snake Roberts” and Hulk Hogan!!! Tickets go on sale right after the show.

4. The Wild Samoan Sika pinned Tiger Chung Lee
The Chunger bravely battled the Samoan savage, hurting him early with a leaping knee, but the Samoan battled back with a huge slam and a diving headbutt and it was all she wrote. 11:04

Boris Zhukov walked to the ring to a chorus of boos for the main event. As he stood in the ring with red jacket and Cossack hat, the “Stars and Stripes Forever” came over the PA and it could mean, only 1 man, well maybe two, okay, not the guy you are probably thinking of.

5,. Corporal Kirchner pins Boris Zhukov
Kirchner fought off Zhukov’s heavy headbutt and neutralized the Russian with a butterfly suplex. A flying leap off the ropes, and Kirchner hits the samoan drop for the 1-2-3! Flag in hand, Kirchner thanks the fans for coming and leads them all in a chant of USA!

We’ll see you Monday night from the Erie Insurance Arena!

[joebreakdown]

Hi

great read! Really reminded me a small kid, watching video tapes of Wrestling Challenge (used to be on about 3am in the UK)

Anyhoos, I see you MUST have cards for Duke Of Dorchester, The Conquistador(s), Sam Houston and Brady Boone! Jobber heaven!!

Would you mind sharing please?! I'd love to get my hands on 'em!

Joe

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