Still Pretty Thin, But At Least A Well-Constructed Card
Despite being quite thin talent-wise, the WWE manages to structure at least a decently-paced card for the 1995 Survivor Series.
Of the three survivor tag matches, two are duds and two are pretty good. I think this is because the WWE chose to consolidate all the good talents in those latter two matches and sort of punt on the first two.
Bam Bam Bigelow and the new Goldust put on a pretty good show of a match. Bam Bam is always surprisingly adept in the ring, and Goldust's oddness at least represents the WWE taking a chance on a different caricature.
The Bret Hart vs. Diesel finale is pretty good as well. Probably the worst of the three major matches between those two, but Diesel had such major heat behind him (as did Hart, as usual) that it still "works". One wonders if the Diesel character (never billed as a good guy but usually cheered) planted the seed in Vince McMahon's mind for Steve Austin (coming soon).
In terms of the announcing, it was very nice to hear Jim Ross in the booth with McMahon and Curt Hennig. McMahon's over-the-top schtick really started to rub me the wrong way starting with this event, so I'm hoping there is more Ross to come in future events.
Overall, there isn't enough talent here to make this even an average event. That being said, at least the pacing of the matches and their positioning was better than the 2-3 previous PPVs. Progress, I guess.
Of the three survivor tag matches, two are duds and two are pretty good. I think this is because the WWE chose to consolidate all the good talents in those latter two matches and sort of punt on the first two.
Bam Bam Bigelow and the new Goldust put on a pretty good show of a match. Bam Bam is always surprisingly adept in the ring, and Goldust's oddness at least represents the WWE taking a chance on a different caricature.
The Bret Hart vs. Diesel finale is pretty good as well. Probably the worst of the three major matches between those two, but Diesel had such major heat behind him (as did Hart, as usual) that it still "works". One wonders if the Diesel character (never billed as a good guy but usually cheered) planted the seed in Vince McMahon's mind for Steve Austin (coming soon).
In terms of the announcing, it was very nice to hear Jim Ross in the booth with McMahon and Curt Hennig. McMahon's over-the-top schtick really started to rub me the wrong way starting with this event, so I'm hoping there is more Ross to come in future events.
Overall, there isn't enough talent here to make this even an average event. That being said, at least the pacing of the matches and their positioning was better than the 2-3 previous PPVs. Progress, I guess.
- zkonedog
- Feb 17, 2019