Match # 73: DDP vs. Curt Hennig (Nitro 10/13/97) Regardless of what many people think of DDP as a worker or a wrestling mind, I have a dirty little secret. I always thought DDP worked his ass off from mid -1996 until the end. I liked the babyface character who bucked the NWO. I liked [...]
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Match # 70: Chris Benoit vs. Curt Hennig (Nitro 10/6/97) Benoit is definitely getting over as a Horseman and babyface by this point. He comes out to a pop. Hennig’s NWO entrance definitely has more noise, one way or the other. Benoit meets him in the aisle and it’s a brawl. Hennig pulls off an [...]
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Match # 68: The Giant vs. Curt Hennig (Nitro 9/29/97) Bischoff is on commentary and by this point he’s pretty bad. He was better as an in-ring promo with Hogan. The smarminess just sits there and he has little to say. This is not the Hennig I grew up with, this is “collect-a-check” Curt, but [...]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Match # 114: Jerry Lawler vs. Curt Hennig (Title vs. Retirement) (5/9/88) They built this up for a while as Lawler’s last shot at his quest to become the world champion. They even had voting to pick a ref (with Larry The Ax Hennig), and local area legend Jackie Fargo winning. This is for the [...]
Sunday, August 30, 2009
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