Before Goldust ever wrestled a WWF match, nine-year-old me was already wondering what the hell I was looking at. Thirty-one years later, Dustin Rhodes’ bizarre transformation still stands out as one of the strangest—and most successful—gimmicks of the New Generation era.
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Federation Fridays #7: Stinger revisits the night Shawn Michaels sent Marty Jannetty through the Barber Shop window and ended The Rockers for good.
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Federation Fridays #6: Stinger looks back at Bret Hart's IC Title win over Mr. Perfect at SummerSlam 1991, his all-time favorite wrestler, and the rest of a hit or miss card.
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The night after WrestleMania XI, Sid called Shawn Michaels a stupid little puke and powerbombed him, turning HBK face and igniting a summer-long war with Diesel.
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This week on Federation Fridays I look back at In Your House 2, which had one of WWF's best matches of 1995 in Shawn Michaels vs Jeff Jarrett for the Intercontinental Championship. The main event was wild Lumberjack match with Diesel defending the WWF title against Sid.
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The WrestleMania X ladder match gets all the glory, but Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon at SummerSlam 1995 delivered something just as special. Here's the case for it in this week's Federation Fridays.
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This week on Federation Fridays, Stinger looks back at WWF Royal Rumble 1995. It was the first one he ever watched live via PPV. Michaels from number one, Kid and Holly winning the titles, and Pamela Anderson at ringside. It still holds up.
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The WWF Championship match from RAW on July 11, 1994 is still the best television match I've ever seen. Bret Hart and The 1-2-3 Kid made me believe at eight years old. They still do. Read all about it in the debut edition of Federation Fridays.
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