Hidden Highlights 02.11.08: Issue #128

Hidden Highlights
By JP Prag

Issue #128

Hello everyone hoping that today everything turns out OK, and welcome back to Hidden Highlights!!

Hidden Highlights, they are about the little things that make the product great. They are about showing the positive motions all those involved in wrestling do to make a better show. William Regal may bend his opponent’s hand backwards just a little bit harder to dish out the pain. Christian Cage may reference a piece of obscure history. Tazz may bring realism to the product by describing an abdominal stretch in detail. The camera operator may take a low shot looking up at the Great Khali to make him look like a true monster. These are all examples of what Hidden Highlights is about.

Every week this article spotlights Hidden Highlights from the biggest shows on television (RAW, ECW of SciFi, iMPACT, SmackDown!, and a PPV or television special if there is one), delves into the past to find the ones never recorded before, and goes beyond to small shows, live events, tapes, and the indy scene to see what no one else sees. This article may have an author, but it is just as much written by the readers and true fans of professional wrestling—those who love what they watch and want to tell the world what they have found.

I am JP Prag, and I bring you Hidden Highlights with one goal in mind: to appreciate all those little things that make a huge difference.

JP: I’d love to come up with a snappy intro, but today is not really good day. I’m dealing with a very important family situation that’s really taking all of my attention. So I turn you over to someone with lots of snap, the ECW recapper extraordinaire: Michael Bauer. Mike?

Bauer: And not only do I have lots of snap, I must have the pop in my head. I mean, who gives up going out on their 25th birthday to cover ECW?

JP: The same type of guy who is about to tell you it’s time to get on with the Hidden Highlights!

Monday, February 4, 2008 by JP

JP: Being the king of positivity, I can usually find something good in any show or segment, no matter how… intolerable… it may be. Take for instance the Mr. McMahon Kiss My Ass segment that went on 15 minutes. Do you know what I got out of it? Fast forwarding! I really didn’t have a lot of time this week, so getting back 15 minutes of my life was great! Thanks Mr. McMahon!

(3) Where’s mine?:

About halfway through the show, the tag team of the Latin-Language Vowels (Santino and Carlito) took on the former WWE Tag Team Champions Brian Kendrick and Paul London. As Santino and Carlito came out on the ramp, Maria blew Santino her traditional kiss. At that moment, you could just read Carlito’s lips as he said, “What the hell? Where is mine?!” Classic Carlito moment that makes me hope he actually gets a push for signing that extension.

(2) Wait for it… wait for it… WHAMMY:

Yes, I stole that from Jeff Small. Of course, here in Hidden Highlights we’ve had Dan Hamilton edit our banners so everything fits.

Anyway, early in the show, five of the six competitors in the Elimination Chamber came out to run each other down… and make fun on Snitsky. Among them was JBL, who came out forth. At that moment, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, and Jeff Hardy were already in the ring. JBL showed how smart he was by walking up the ramp and standing on the outside as he ran down his competitors and invited out Umaga. Why would JBL get in the ring and stand getting the change of being beat up when he could do it all from the outside? As a matter of fact, JBL did not get in the ring until Umaga did, and then he stayed behind Umaga the entire time. Now that is a man who knows how to stay protected.

(1) That’s flexibility:

If you’ve been watching the WWE the past few weeks, you’ve most likely noticed that there is a whole new set that is used for all the shows. One of the key elements of this new set is that it is much more adjustable to suit each individual arena. This week on RAW was the first time I noticed that flexibility being put to use. If you saw, the WWE logo and all of the “background” screen images were moved from stage right to stage left, although the entrance door seemed to stay on stage right behind the curve. It is very interesting to see the stage mobility in action, and makes me wonder what it was about the arena that made the WWE production team need to reverse the setup.

Bauer: Carlito sure is the character. Maybe he should have been nicer to Torrie.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008 by Michael Bauer

Bauer: Well, it was ECW again on Tuesday Night being dominated by CM Punk taking on Chavo Guerrero again, but this time it was the first ever Gulf of Mexico Match. Then you had the other usual stuff, like the Colin “Whipwreck” Delaney saga and Kofi Kingston continue to confuse me while putting me to sleep. Oh well, at least the Divas match was hot… outside of the in ring action.

(3) Tazz might be too hyped up:

What am I talking about here? Well, I keep thinking over to Tazz and how much is super trying to put over Kofi Kingston. Tazz’s exact words this week were: “I love how he just smiles as he kicks your ass.” Well forgive me Tazz, but tell me something. Who’s ass has he exactly kicked? Hell, if I’m wrong then tell me, but Kofi hasn’t done much of anything yet and almost got a boring chant in his face this week. That ain’t much to be smiling at.

(2) So that’s what CM stands for?:

This is a stretch, so follow me. During the open segment, Chavo was going on and on about his fiesta last week. So much that he called CM Punk a crazy mariachi. Punk quickly jumped on him, saying everyone has been asking him with the CM stood for. Maybe it was crazy mariachi after all. But then I got to thinking. How many have asked the question? I know John Morrison has, but who knows how many others truly have asked what CM Punk stands for. Great continuity and very funny all in one.

(1) Chavo, he said come as you are:

Armando Estrada gave the rules for the Gulf of Mexico match and told both Punk and Chavo to come as you are. Well, there is no doubt CM Punk did, as he looked exactly the same a half hour after the opening promo. But Chavo decided to go back and take off his street clothes, changing into something totally different. Hey Chavo, you gotta listen to the jefe, he said come as you are. You didn’t hombre.

JP: I believe we covered that in Issue #1 of Hidden Highlights where it was a street fight between Matt Hardy and Edge and Edge came dressed in street clothes while Matt came dressed to wrestle. Maybe it was all part of Matt Hardy’s five-part plan? And when are we going to get chapter 4 and 5, anyway?

Thursday, February 7, 2008 by Michael Bauer

Bauer: It’s the go home show for the Pay Per View this weekend and shenanigans were definitely in play, especially for the Christian Cage / Kurt Angle saga. Meanwhile, I got sick of hearing how the X Division might die while rolling my eyes at the very concept of a Rat on a Pole Match. At least the tag scene… ah, forget it.

(3) Striking fear into the hearts of men:

She’s menacing, she’s nasty, and no matter what Masked Melisa says, she ain’t peaceful. She’s Awesome Kong and she strikes fear into just about every Knockout on the TNA roster… and apparently some of the men as well. As Kong made her way into the ring, I noticed that the referee bailed as Kong was walking towards him, striking her bad ass pose. He didn’t just walk back to clear a path, he literally jumped out of harms way. It’s little things like that to make Kong such a scary, dangerous force.

(2) You’re my partner, so?:

In a tag match this week, two of the strangest TNA personalities teamed up, as Curry Man and Shark Boy joined forces against the Rock N’ Rave Infection. During the match, Shark Boy tagged in Curry Man and they did some double team stuff, leading Curry Man to start up his dancing. Shark Boy looked up and just shook his head before leaving the ring, blowing off Curry Man. I guess this plays into blows concepts. One being that Curry Man is strange to those who tag with him. The other being Shark Boy’s new attitude. Either way, it worked for me.

(1) A symbolic toss:

So Johnny Devine gets his title defense against Homicide, with the possibility of it being his last. Forget the obvious of Devon stumbling around for the late DQ, because the true symbolism comes after that. After beating down Homicide and threatening Salinas, Hernandez came in to save the day. Team 3D bails, leaving Johnny Devine victim to a border toss from Hernandez. But Hernandez actually chucked Devine over his tag team partner, who is an X-Division wrestler. The moment I saw that, I started thinking “Wow, isn’t that ironic that he gets thrown over an X-Division guy, kinda like he has been for the past two months.” And then he comes crashing down, possibly like he will this Sunday. Sometimes symbolism is so hard to find, but important at the same time.

JP: You’re first one got me thinking: did you see who else bailed from the ring this week? Christian Cage! When Abyss came down, Christian got the heck out of dodge and only came back to the ring when Abyss had left. Why would Christian be so afraid? Oh, maybe because Abyss tried to drown him last year! Christian Cage never forgets an attempted homicide (although apparently Batista does since he’s willing to team with Finlay).

Friday, February 8, 2008 by JP

JP: When we started out the show with everyone participating in the Elimination Chamber, I was so afraid of seeing a repeat of RAW. Sometimes, when the shows have parallel things going on, they are booked exactly the same. Thankfully, outside of the six-man tag set up for later in the night, SmackDown! remained its own show and pushed ahead its own storylines. Plus, they showed a Hamilton Ave Journal-worthy segment about the WWE’s office in China. What more could you want than that?

(3) Ah, the memories:

During the opening contest, Shelton Benjamin took on Kane in a rematch from ECW the week prior. During the match, Michael Cole kept on pestering Coach about what each hit may feel like and what each man had to do to win. Coach then turned around and said, “Hey, you don’t know what it’s like to be in there. I do. I’ve been in the ring with both of these guys. I don’t know how to beat them, but I do know what it’s like being in there with them.” Nice bit of history and truth from the Coach there, not to mention the nice self-referential humor. See kids, if you listen to Jonathan Coachman, you may discover that you like what he has to say!

(2) The voice of reason:

We sometimes get to talk about the audience, and I always like to point out how they can make or break a segment or a show (see more in the Reader Write-in Section). During the Chuck Palumbo vs. Jamie Noble match, there was one kid in the audience who absolutely made the fight for me. First off, after Chuck and Jamie fought outside for the first time, the kid was screaming, “You suck Chuck Palumbo! You just suck!” That was followed up when Chuck made threatening advances at Michelle McCool the kid went, “Don’t do it, Chuck! Don’t do it!” Then, after the match when he beat up Noble, the kid was screaming, “How could do it Chuck?! How could you?!” I don’t know if the kid was playing or was 100% kayfave, but man that made me enjoy the segment that much more!

(1) Hop, skip, and a… stop:

During the semi-main event, Jimmy Wang Yang and Shannon Moore took on the Rmy of Ryder and Hawkins. Towards the end of the match, Yang was on the outside about to go for some top rope maneuver. At that moment, Ryder started running at him from the outside. Yang was already in the air, and realized that Ryder could have pulled him down and dropped him then and there. So Yang managed to stop himself in midair and then land on his feet. Smart thinking there by Yang, not letting himself get caught by Ryder. Of course, he spent too much time looking at Ryder and got hit by Hawkins inside the ring, but that’s a story for another day!

Bauer: This is why I still wish Jimmy Yang was in the Ring of Honor. I can’t watch him on Smackdown.

Hidden Highlights are not just about what was written above, but about what you have seen as well. This article strives to not only spotlight the best Hidden Highlights, but to engage you, the viewers, and make you the best audience in the world.

JP: What an eclectic bunch came in this week! So, *GENERAL WARNING*:: some parts of the following Reader Write-in Hidden Highlights may be edited for grammar, spelling, and English translation…

We’ll kick it off with Cyrus Krapf-Altimare and last week’s SmackDown!:

Something caught my eye this week that I think would make a good addition to your always packed column. This week on Smackdown when Michelle McCool came out, she was wearing a shirt that said “faith” on it. I found this interesting as the question to be answered had a lot to do with faith, specifically her faith in Chuck Palumbo as he tries to apologize for his outburst the week before. Also, the question in her faith in the once dastardly Jamie Noble is in there somewhere. I’ll let you handle the analysis, as I just don’t have the time.

JP: I actually think it may have something more to do with either religious or “spirituality” convictions, although I don’t know much about Michelle’s particular “faith”. Speaking of faith, although I had none in this particular segment TheBigFig happen to get something good out of it:

On this past Raw during the Kiss My Ass portion, a fan yelled out “My eyes, my eyes” which clearly sold McMahon’s buffing his rear to make it shine enough to blind anyone. Even the fans bring out hidden highlights, even in the less desirable moments.

JP: Fans can easily make or break a show! Do you think Rock vs. Hogan I would have been anywhere near as good a match without that fan reaction and the Rock and Hogan changing their entire game based on it? Internet Jesus isn’t concerned with that, he has his own questions:

Equipment Malfunction, or Orton Mindgame?

When Randy Orton called out John Cena in the opening segment, they zoomed in on the WWE Championship belt with the spinning WWE Logo askew.

Cena came out and stared at the belt, and Orton fixed the spinner’s logo, as if to say it’s HIS belt now. No spinning for you.

I don’t know if Randy did that on purpose, but it sure added to Randy’s character.

JP: I noticed, too, that the belt was crooked when the close-up was on there and thought, “Why would Orton let his belt spin that little bit?” I like your reasoning, and I’m going to stick with it! Just like first timer here Tom John:

Looks like Cody has finally learned to respect old bob. As they were both about to enter the ring, Cody gave him the “you go first” gesture. Nice touch, showing respect between generations.

JP: That, and Holly probably give him chops across the chest after the match for every little slight.

Also, During the Kiss my ass club segment, Finlay comes out, and instead of grabbing a mic, he just screams at Vince instead. Good way of showing anger and tension because he wanted to say it straight away instead of getting a mic first. And that fan screaming “MY EYES MY EYES!!!!” was hilarious.

JP: Maybe I should have watched that segment. It seems like y’all got something out of it.

A retro one for you here. I remember back in the Alliance days William Regal having a match with some jobber. While pinning him, he shoved his forearm in his opponents face. That’s a hidden highlight there, because he wants to still inflict pain. But the true HH comes when Tazz brings up some random fact about British wrestling saying (don’t quote me on this) it’s done to “rub salt into the wounds”. Nice only by Tazz, giving a nod to Regals time on the British wrestling scene

JP: I’m not sure I totally follow, but I’m glad you liked it! Speaking of things we are unsure about, Alex DiGiacomo saw something that confused him:

I’m not sure it’s a Hidden Highlight, but it’s bizare.

When Estrada was introducing the Gulf of Mexico match, he was wearing two watches. He had one on each wrist.

I have no clue why.

JP: Because he makes that much money, baby! Estrada is all gold! Regular Nick Noel checks in with a whole bunch this week:

RAW

It’s A Can Of Ass-Whip! – As ridiculous as the whole thing was, I had to laugh when Mr. McMahon asked for a dollop of ass cream, the “professional ass buffer” grabbed a tin of cream that actually had “Ass Cream” written across the side of it!

JP: I’m glad you found the positivity during that segment. I was ironing my shirt.

ECW

HD Really DOES Make Things More Obvious – Haha, I never noticed this before but the R’s in John Morrison’s Titan-tron entrance have stars as the gaps instead of the regular shape. Guess it’s more a production HH but it certainly fits his character perfectly, as well as a nice throwback to his MNM days as a red carpet superstar.

JP: Morrison is a walking Hidden Highlight. That guy is crazy good, and so is the production that goes around him.

It’s EXTREME RULES – And it’s definitely the first time I’ve ever seen a ref who, after starting an “Extreme Rules” (No DQ, whatever) match, just went ahead and slid out of the ring to get out of the wrestlers’ way. Nice work!

JP: Well, not only that, but the match only ended when someone was thrown into the Gulf of Mexico. So why should the ref even be around the ringside area? He should be ready at the gulf once the match actually starts! By the way, why were guys out fishing at 10pm in total darkness?

TNA

AJ Styles, Royalty – Haha, AJ’s intro video uses part of the iMPACT intro video! Funny stuff. Plus, AJ’s gold tights are AWESOME. He truly is the prince of TNA.

JP: I wonder if the payoff is that eventually AJ reminds everyone why he is the only three time Triple Crown winner in TNA history?

Product Placement – TNA advertises on their ring apron! Gotta say, that is pretty financially savvy (Although I’m sure JP will correct me on that in The Hamilton Avenue Journal. Saturdays, right here at 411!). And there’s the website address on the ring post covers.

JP: They’ve actually been doing this for a while. Sometimes there are also ads on the ringside railings. But the winner of product placements always goes to WCW who had Surge bottle on the announcers desks (facing forward!) and “Little Caesar’s” on the turnbuckles! Sell every bit of space you have, I say.

Gotta Give Props To Judas – I read Bruce Campbell’s autobiography recently (If Chins Could Kill: Confessions Of A B-Movie Actor) where he talks about the solid white contact lenses, similar to the ones Judas Mesias wears. In his book, he mentions how uncomfortable, and even painful, it is to wear them for extended periods of time. Just thought it’d be appropriate to point out how much Mesias suffers for his character.

JP: I noticed two weeks ago that the contacts are not solid white, but actually more like bug eyes being white with little holes. Either way, contacts just gross me out. It’s one of those things that I just can’t stand to look at.

Like Father Like Son – Nice touch tonight as the “father and son” James Mitchell and Judas Mesias wore the same shade of purple. Hope it’s something they keep up while we suffer through this asinine storyline.

JP: They’ve been doing this for a few weeks, though I am confused by Judais Mesias liking purple in the first place. Conor O’Boyle takes us back to RAW for a minute here:

I notice on Raw past Monday night, when they were showing the video package of the Elimination Chamber, did you see anything strange about it? It only shown clips from the 1st two chamber matches (Survivor Series 02 and Summmerslam 03).They didn’t show any clips from the New Year Revolution PPV or that classic ECW PPV in December 06. I just wonder why that was?! Maybe cause some of the matches featured you know who, plus the one in the ECW PPV had Bobby Lashley who is not in the best of terms with the company right now. Just wonder if anyone else seen that.

JP: Also because it is the same video package they have been using for a while. I’d say they just didn’t want to waste time building a new video when they already had one that worked. I know your second one was about the one with Maria, Santino, Carlito, and the kiss, so no need to repeat that here. Instead, we’ll move on to Matt Lake and SmackDown!:

Smackdown! opened this week with Batista hyping up the Elimination Chamber match at No Way Out. He then proceeded to list the competitors, but something didn’t quite look right. After rewinding, I noticed that they had to overdub and insert “Big Daddy V”, as Batista had mistakenly called him “Viscera”. I’m not sure I would have noticed if not for HD and my HH training, but nice work by production to try and clean up a fairly big and potentially noticeable mistake by the talent.

JP: That is pretty good there! It reminds me of the time they spliced in a different SmackDown! when Batista’s pyro didn’t quite go off right. Someone wrote in about it because Batista’s trunks changed in between each cut. Speaking of cuts, here are four e-mail from Hidden Highlights Reader Write-in Finalist Trevor Alexander merged all together in one long run:

We saw a glimpse of Mackie James thong during her tag match and surprisingly it matched her pants. It was purple just like the fabric on her pants on the waistband and her legs. I’m sure she didn’t expect it to be visible during the match but she color coordinated it anyway.

JP: Ok, fine, I’ll admit it. I usually color coordinate my underwear to my shirt, too. Geez, are you happy?

When London and Kendrick made their entrance they didn’t do their normal back flip into a handshake for the first time… ever. It makes sense since Paul London was making his return from a foot injury.

JP I wonder if he was ready for action considering the lack on in-ring time and the general shortness to the match?

J.R. and the King still don’t remember the name of y2j’s finisher for the second week in a row. Even though Jericho told them in his second week back at the commentators table that it was called The Code Breaker.

JP: Well, he needs to go back over there and remind them again. I mean, they are old!

Kane is in the ECW opening, even though there has been no official trade or mention of it. I think this makes Kane the only superstar in the opening for two shows (ECW and Smackdown).

JP: I’ll have to watch all the intros this week to be sure, but you may be right!

At the end of the Morrison & Dreamer match John Morrison kept checking out his reflection in his title belt, nice little touch to his narcissism.

JP: See: everything I already said about Morrison above.

After Kong hit the awesome bomb instead of just holding Ms. Brooks by her waist she actually reached her hands up and pressed down on her shoulders as well.

JP: You can’t trust Traci’s chest to keep her down, no matter how heavy it may be!

Slick Johnson stopped the count in the X-Division title match before team 3-d hit the ring. I have never seen a ref stop a count before the interference happened.

JP: There was a little bit of a timing issue on that one! But Mike Tenay did use it as an example about how we are going to get more screw finishes because titles don’t change hands on a DQ.

Everyone says that it is Christopher Daniels under the mask of Curry man and one thing that I noticed when he came out was the fact that he had hair under his mask (you could see it when he took his hat off and they did a close up shot). Since I have never seen Christopher Daniels with hair I think it’s a great addition to throw the fans off who don’t read the news sites like 411.

JP: Honestly, I had never heard of “Curry Man” before reading about it in the commentary section, so I’ll have to agree that withouth 411, I would never know!

Michael Cole Shelton Benjamin never wrestled on Smackdown before… I guess the whole World Greatest Tag Team/Team Angle era never happened.

JP: Nope, never happened. What are you talking about? Actually, I think Cole meant to say Shelton had not wrestled on SmackDown! since leaving RAW, hence why he was undefeated on the show.

When they showed clips from the previous week when they returned from a commercial break and it’s sponsored by a company (like the AutoZone clip) for the first time I can remember they didn’t have any music with any of the clips. (Except for Raw Rebound)

JP: It was super serial!

Finlay came out to Hornswaggle’s music in the 6 man tag but came out to his own earlier… wtf.

JP: I guess that means Hornswaggle is the bigger draw! Well, now that we got that all done, up next Fixxer315 takes us on a little trip down memory lane:

Here’s a new highlight, plus a bunch of classic ones from the HBK DVD.

First, from Raw, I took note of how Kennedy was making fun of Flair. The true HH was that when Kennedy did the strut, but limping, he made sure that the limp was on the left leg, which was the same leg that was attacked on SD.

JP: Oh Kennedy, always giving the little details just as you are about to lose again!

In the Rockers/Hart Foundation match, I found it amusing that the ref was really focused on the tag ropes, making sure that the wrestlers were holding them at all times. This was even more the case after one of the ring ropes broke and thus Jannetty was holding the tag rope, even though there wasn’t a top rope nearby.

JP: The Rockers were the heels in that match, right? Gosh I hope so, because that is too classic!

After the ring ropes broke, I noticed Bret do his usual sternum first charge into the corner. However, instead of taking the move on the top turnbuckle, Hart goes down and hits sternum first on the middle turnbuckle. If Hart was using that bump on a regular basis while still a tag wrestler, this was a nice heads-up move to make sure that the top rope didn’t suffer any additional stress.

JP: I can’t believe Hart would still charge with the sternum after he broke it! Or did that happen later? No, no, I’m pretty sure it happened earlier…

During the HBK/HHH match, I noted how the announcers at one point talked about how the ref was letting the closed fists go because of the importance of the title match. This was an interesting thing to note, considering that we’ve seen the usual bare-knuckle brawling in many major matches, and that it had been forever since anyone commented that fists were supposed to be illegal.

JP: As you know, I like when rules are enforced because it actually makes it look like an athletic contest. On the other hand, if you are not going to enforce the rules, I like their to be a reason why not and an explanation thereof.

Also, at the end, I liked how Bischoff came down and substituted for the ref without doing anything cute like wearing a ref shirt underneath his regular close or taking the shirt off the unconscious ref. He did what any GM in his position would do—take over with minimum hassle or bother, and in the end, he made what was more or less a correct decision (although it should have been announced as a draw, rather than HHH retaining).

JP: It’s no secret around here that I am a huge Bischoff mark, so anything that guy does is gold to me!

We will finish it off this week with Chris Jacobs and a Hidden Highlight from the UFC(!):

Brock has an Achile’s Heel, or Achile’s ankle per say. Brock has only ever tapped out in WWE/Japan/and now UFC to one move, and one move alone, The Ankle Lock!!! Kurt and Mir are the only two to tap Brock. Think of this, Brock’s arms are too strong for submissions, Brock doesn’t even have a damn neck to choke, so the legs are the best bet. Kurt did so, and tapped Brock to win the WWE world title, and the IWGP world title. So what does Mir do… the SAME THING, continuity people. In a real fight Brock’s arms are too big, he has no neck, but his Ankle was just right for the pickings, and the Ankle Lock proves once again to be Brock Lesnar’s downfall…

JP: I have to say that is pretty incredible. Is it life imitating art, or did art look at life first and say, “I think we should do this as well”. I may have to go back and watch those matches between Kurt and Brock with a new light. Perhaps even back then Kurt was thinking about how a shoot fighter (or even an Olympic-level wrestler) would defeat Brock.

Bauer: Maybe he was just thinking of how he would beat a follow former amateur wrestler when the rules are plenty different. I mean, think about it. Most wrestlers in the college and Olympic levels are pretty tough to deal with from the waist up, so you just lock in that angle lock and you got it covered.

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JP: Well it was a rough day for me, but hopefully a good one for you. Thanks again to Michael Bauer for picking up my slack, although we’ll work on some positivity points next time.

Bauer: Anytime but remember, I don’t just do it for you. Don’t forget, I’ll be covering Wilcox on this week’s Thought from the Top Rope. And my thoughts are a doozy.

JP: I can’t wait to read the commentary telling you that you are douchebag. That was my favorite comment this past week! Made me feel all tingly inside.

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