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Wildwood wrote:

> Finally...  Michael  has come back to
> rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated...
> 
> 
>>Ebon Bear wrote:
>>
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>>>"Wildwood" 
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>>>>Finally...  "Ebon Bear"
 has come back to
>>>>rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated...
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>>>>
>>>>>>>>Brock's moonsault at WM 19, also a
>>>>>>>>glancing blow at best, was promptly
admitted to be such.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>That was a shooting star press but yes, he came
up well short although
>>>>>
>>>>>Kurt
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>tried to cover for him by rolling away as he landed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Quick thinking on Angle's part.  I'm still kind of
surprised that Brock
>>>>>>didn't kill himself on that move.  That was one
wicked landing.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thing is, I've got footage of him hitting the shooting
star perfectly in
>>>
>>>OVW
>>>
>>>
>>>>>from a much bigger distance. Maybe the big day nerves got to him?
>>>>
>>>>It was probably just being worn down.  He was primarily a tag
>>>>wrerstler in OVW, wasn't he?  How many intense 15+ minute singles
>>>>matches did he have where he hit the SSP from so far?
>>>
>>>
>>>Well, the distance shouldn't have been a problem, I've got footage of him
>>>covering similar distances but yeah, Brock in OVW mainly wrestled tags or
>>>quick-fire demolition jobs (much like his very early WWE work)
so he might
>>>well have been exhausted.
>>
>>Plus he hadn't done the move in something like a year.
>>
> 
> 
> But, he had practiced it all week every chance he got, and supposedly
> hit each one picture-perfect.  :-/

Missed that bit of info.  Of course, by the time he did it at WM who 
knows how much sweat, oil, and who-knows-what was on the top rope.

Michael


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