It was just like Mao's on any given day. Notice where the blade touched the ice, and completed the rotation on ice. The exact same thing Mao does every time.
No, you're delusional. Orser's 3A was excellent. As was Boitano's, Petrenko's, Browning's....pretty much EVERYONE from 1988 had a better Triple Axel than the so-called 2010 Olympic Champion.