Hulkamania tour 11-26 in Brisbane

By Nathan Spurling



It was really a one match show, as you'd expect. Everyone was there for Hogan v Flair and were vocal for it. Everything else was pretty bad, people heckled a lot of wrestlers they had no idea who they were. When introducing wrestlers like Nick Dinsmore and Sean Morley, they had to put photos up on the big screen so people could realise who they were.. even then, most were met with a lot of "Whose that?"

Pimp Fatha beat Heidenreich in a short, bad match. They botched the roll up finish too.

Shannon Moore and Spartan 3000 went to a time limit draw. The best match on the card, but that's not saying much. The crowd cheered Spartan due to the movie '300', but he was the clear heel. They teased a ladder match after, but Spartan bailed, setting it up for the Sydney show.

Sean Morley beat Nick Dinsmore. Morley did his 'hello ladies' shtick. Dinsmore was total Eugene, even his old WWE costume. Morley won after ripping up a stuffed Koala Bear, Dinsmore got upset, then punted in the head. Morley's out of shape.

They did a very lame Bikini contest with the 3 women. No idea who they were. Lacey didn't do it.

INTERMISSION

Second half was a lot better. Mr Anderson and Brutus Beefcake beat Umaga and Orlando Jordan. Anderson worked most of the match, and despite earlier reports, wasn't in too bad of shape. Beefcake did nothing.

A 4 on 4 elimination match saw Rikisihi, Brian Christopher and Nasty Boys beat Rock of Love, Vampire Warrior and Black Pearl. A clusterfuck. First Christopher was pinned quickly. Then it broke down. Nasty Boys were DQed for brawling outside with Rock of Lobe. Then Rock of Love were counted out, leaving Kishi against the other 2. Kishi pinned Black Pearl and won, even though Warrior was never pinnned. Just retarded.

They did a backstage bit where Warrior and Pearl attacked Kishi and Brian setting up a match Sunday in Sydney.

Main event.. Hulk pinned Flair in about 10 minutes. Hogan didn't take any bumps.. bled right away ( and some idiot fan, after he bladed, wiped his hand over Hulk's forehead to see if it was real). Flair bladed eventually. Brawled a lot around ring. Lacey was with Flair and got involved, Hulk dropped her, Flair fell in her crotch etc. Umaga, Jordan did run ins. Funniest bit was Flair chopping and punching Umaga to fire him up. Hulk eventually used Jimmy Hart's megaphone to knock Flair out and win.

Crowd loved Flair and Hulk.

Overall, a dud show besides the main event, which was purely for nostalgia reasons. Both are out of shape (first time Ive seen Hulk really sag in stomach and chest area), and was kind of sad to see them wrestle in front of a bad crowd, this out of shape.

I can see why people left early in Melbourne.. if I had to pay the 350 for the ticket I got, Id be very upset at wasting that kind of money on this event.