NWA - 1990-01-02 - Great Muta vs. Arn Anderson (Part 2)

[mdhotstuff]

Thanks for posting.... This was a fun ride... the Four Horsemen's 1st run in WCW

[jackiedegracia]

How could anyone watch the shit they have on now? JR and Cornette on commentary for a Muta/Anderson match...gold.

[ThatsMrTimex2You]

"DDT's What's goin' on!!!"

[JapaDC]

What Hell?

[YAGERBOMBS101]

Its sad if you think about it. Wrestling today compared to wrestling of yesterday. Arn Anderson and the Great Muta are 2 of the greatest!!!! Wrestlers like these make it look sooooooo much better and dare I say "realism"

[jackiedegracia]

@YAGERBOMBS101

They need to bring back jobbers. I'm telling you, that's all they need to do for a vast improvement. Have one star vs. star match in the Main Event like the old days on TV. And cut back on PPVs. The reason why the artform is dying and cynicism is at an all time high is because it's become too much about marketing and too little about building characters and storylines. You can make even Ted Dibiase Jr. look like a million bucks if you put him over jobbers week after week.

[jackiedegracia]

In stead, poor dude IS the jobber. After all that time invested in him and for what? So he can be future endeavored eventually? Bigger stars can still beat him on PPVs and Main Events/House Shows. Build up little feuds with him here and there and he'll progressively get better. The old days weren't magical, things were just done the right way. Now, it's a bunch of soulless corporate bullshit. I didn't order the PPV, I watched NWA on youtube. How sad is that?

[shizzle5150]

AA's spinebuster was the shit!

[DojoEDM]

Muta eventually came back and won the NWA world title during the time WCW had two world championships which is what you see currently in WWE. I wish during his 1st run, he would've did an angle with Brian Pillman. That would've been a great match! 

[jackiedegracia]

@DojoEDM

See, back in the day there was so much potential it was easy to miss such opportunities. And still, it's just classic after classic.

[eslubin]

What a great great match. House show level quality!

4:22 the most brutal forearm shot off the top in history!

5:17 the greatest non-jake DDT in history!

[don417]

how stunned could he be if both his legs were up off the mat.

[paladindarknite]

i saw this match too! love it as a kid love it today!

[MrLikeSkateboarding]

Muta lose???????

[TheEndKing]

I love the comic discussion in the beginning. That's kind of cool!

[SillbeSidney]

Two guys i respect and learn so much from.

[ebonyroundass]

many of the wrestling moves used by AA in this match is awesome, I hardly see any of this moves in WWE nowadays.....what a shame.....

[BigHippiePat]

Despite Arn Anderson being a heel, I could never hate or find myself disliking him in any way.

[gtz1975]

20 Years Ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cbass222]

i remember being at a party in high school and making them put the power hour on so i could watch this.****

[satyran]

When I saw this as a kid, I was thinking no way, then the ending happened and I was in shock. Not really happy or mad, just in shock. Isn't it amazing that almost twenty years later this match still holds up? Muta's still kicking ass too.

[RawwestHide]

great muta was undefeated for a long time

[tiatrips]

@RawwestHide Almost a year if I remember right.

[beeteep60]

Arn Anderson's the MAN

[HowItsDoneRight]

when cornette said "sting is too soft, he want to take vitamins and talk to kid" anyone think that was an indirected toward hogan

[joola27]

Classic match!!

Thanks Great Muta!!

[Lionheart218]

Nice match. I haven't seen this since it originally aired. Thanks. Muta is a god.

[Madams1977]

I agree, I did catch this a while back when someone else posted it though. I remember this match very well, it was Muta's first defeat!

[future9mm]

why ary match the great muta is looning

[biloretard]

cause nwa/wcw is racially bias

[Madams1977]

Um, what is it that you are asking, man? And ignore that idiot below that said WCW was racist.

[therealmccullough]

I wouldn't say WCW is racist but they did have a "Good Ol Boy" network where certain wrestlers weren't given the opportunity to shine. Just ask Ron Simmons Scott Hall Kevin Nash and Steve Austin.

[beefmong]

What? Ron Simmons became World Champion just 2 years later during the "Good Ol Boy" era, and Steve Austin held the TV title from June '91 to September '92

[therealmccullough]

Dude I'm just saying what they said. Ron Simmons said he would have hurt someone if he could because they took him off TV and wasted his prime years for years and Steve said every idea he had about main eventing was greeted with "thats not for you". You can research on youtube multiple wrestlers say this.

[DefLeppardVanHalen]

@beefmong Actually, there was a month break between Steve Austin's TV title reigns, as Barry Windham defeated Austin on April 27, 1992 (match aired on Saturday Night on May 9), but Austin regained the title from Windham on May 23, 1992 (the match aired on Worldwide on June 13).

[Spidrax]

I like Arn Anderson. To me, Anderson is the true "Dirtiest Player In The Game," but NWA/WCW should have put Muta over Anderson. Actually, I think WCW would have made serious money if they made Muta the World Champ. With J-PEX in Muta's corner, Muta would have created major heat and more people would've tuned into TBS and bought PPV's to see someone finally defeat Muta. Instead, The Great Muta's talents were wasted. WCW didn't have sense enough to put him over anyone with a name.

[krazyzark]

definitely would've been great to have seen Muta get a big belt, though, at the same time, Arn Anderson deserved more than what he got too. loved the Spinebuster and DDT in this match. both looked exceptionally good.

[satyran]

Totally agree that J-Tex Corporation had alot more to offer WCW, but Gary Hart was on his way out and Muta was just getting ready to start fulltime with New Japan. They did have a really good main event with Flair & Sting though. That cage match still holds up as awesome.

[RealbillyTV]

@Spidrax WCW ruined the Great Muta by letting him lose 3 straight in one night at Starrcade 89.

[eslubin]

@Spidrax he won battle bowl

[Madams1977]

@Spidrax I think the reason they put AA over Muta was because the Horsemen were "good" guys at the time. If it would have been the other way around Muta probably would have went undefeated longer than Goldberg did in my opinion.

[jackiedegracia]

@Spidrax

I was a kid at the time, booed the heels and cheered the faces...but I loved Muta. He was just too awesome looking and the moonsault was new to me.

His best work was in New Japan in the mid-nineties imo.