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We have our biggest event of the year next week, so, as usual, I'm resourcing myself this week-end. I'm watching "old" stuff. Mostly wrestling from the 90's and mid to late 80's. That's the best period to find ideas and details to add to a match to make a good match, a great match. My opponent next week will wrestle his first show since he broke his ankle, so I'm trying to find things to work on that. You know, when somethings real and you can slip it in the storyline, people a buying it and are way more into the match.
So, I was watching old Bret Hart matches. I saw him fight Owen Hart (now dead) and Davey Boy Smith (now dead), Dynamite Kid (now in wheelchair) .
Then, I watched Jake The Snake Roberts fight Ravishing Rick Rude (now dead).
Then put on old stuff from Eddy Guerrero (now dead). What struck me, was the very first match I saw on the DVD. It was on the "When Worlds Collide" PPV in 1994. All 3 major mexican pro-wrestling (lucha libre) uniting for one night, for a memorable PPV. One of the best of all-time. MLL, AAA and IWC, the PPV was supervised by the WCW.
So the match, Eddy Guerrero (dead) teaming with Art Barr (dead) and Louis "Madonna's Boyfriend" Spicolli (also dead). You see where I'm going?
Even if today was great and I found out many things I want to do next week and how I want to tell the story of the match, I feel a bit nostalgic and depress to see how all my teen idols are all dead. They all died before the age of 45, I think Rude was the oldest of the bunch when he died, at 43. Barr died not too long after that PPV, he was 30 I think.
I just needed to share it. So sad.
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