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oldpainless posted:I BELIEVE it was mostly JR's idea as a way to get Steve Williams over as a bad-rear end, so it was a legitimate boxing/wrestling contest with filled with mid-carders and they earned points for take-downs and such or you could knock someone out. It was JBL's idea since he was and is a UFC mark.
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Twin Cinema posted:Probably one of my favourite promos ever. The Austin & Rock singing to each other: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKcc_7KInyg&feature=related This was fun. I also loved Heyman calling back to Heenan's "But who's side is he on?" line from when Hogan joined the nWo when Jericho came in at the end.
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Sometimes I wonder if the unpredictability of 2001 and 2002 is why the WWE went to trying to script every little detail. But it's likely just Stephanie think she's the best soap opera writer EVAR.
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Lone Rogue posted:It's kind of why when people say the crowd was hot for Rhodes vs. Bryan I kind of sit there and say, "Really?" and it's because I remember when Road Dogg would wrestle Droz in 2000 and the crowd would explode in pops and boos. If the Road Dogg wrestled Droz in 2000, I'm sure he got nuclear heat.
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Rusty Shackelford posted:If the Road Dogg wrestled Droz in 2000, I'm sure he got nuclear heat. Oops, wrong year. I was honestly just trying to think of a match up that didn't sound anywhere near as impressive as Cody Rhodes vs. Daniel Bryan that got a poo poo ton of more crowd reaction. Gillberg vs. Christian might have been better.
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Rusty Shackelford posted:If the Road Dogg wrestled Droz in 2000, I'm sure he got nuclear heat. I remember it as a squash. Droz rolled right over him.
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Moose Bigelow posted:I remember it as a squash. Droz rolled right over him. Not really fair to slag Road Dogg for losing a handicap match.
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Lone Rogue posted:Oops, wrong year. I was at a Smackdown taping in 2001 in Toronto and Perry Saturn got a raging pop before squashing some jobber.
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Whatboy posted:Classic British wrestling certainly does and some promotions still run with it. Here is a sample of that with Sheamus. A lot of other promotions are now influenced by the WWE and American wrestling though, so its starting to fade away. Wow Sheamus looks better with less body mass, and he looks really good in that environment.
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LordPants posted:Wow Sheamus looks better with less body mass, and he looks really good in that environment. Is it just me or does it sound like Macho rapping while Sheamus was posing?
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^^^^^ More like House of Pain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYrEG1d_TzkLordPants posted:Wow Sheamus looks better with less body mass, and he looks really good in that environment. You should track down some of his old matches with Drew Galloway (McIntyre in WWE) from IWW. They had some pretty good matches there. Lloyd Van Buren fucked around with this message at 00:58 on May 30, 2011 |
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I am always amazed by WWE's ability to turn an interesting worker into a boring one. 
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In WrestleMania 17 there was a competition to do a version of Limp Biscuit's album cover or something. The kid who won, his entry was so shockingly bad. What was the deal here, did nobody else enter? Also what's up with the ending to Taker / Flair at WM18? ZoDiAC_ fucked around with this message at 18:10 on May 30, 2011 |
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ZoDiAC_ posted:In WrestleMania 17 there was a competition to do a version of Limp Biscuit's album cover or something. The contest was before people really knew how to use things like photoshop. I would also have to assume that the number of entries was low yeah. as for flair vs taker. flair was too old to take the last ride taker started to do it on instict (as he hadnt done the tombstone for some time during that american badass gimmick. they decided on the fly that it would be easier and safer if he tombstoned flair. AkumaHokoru fucked around with this message at 19:19 on May 30, 2011 |
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Also, Flair doesn't take flat back bumps, so the last ride would have been a horrible idea.
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Hmm weird, you'd have thought they'd have planned the finish out at least.
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Lone Rogue posted:Oops, wrong year. FACT: More people in attendance = a much more audible reaction 
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chazburgr posted:FACT: More people in attendance = a much more audible reaction No, not really. Lots of factors besides attendance contribute to crowd noise.
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They could have Wrestlemania in Michigan Stadium, draw 120,000 fans, and it would be one of the quietest Wrestlemanias because of the acoustics. Also it would probably snow.
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AkumaHokoru posted:The contest was before people really knew how to use things like photoshop. chazburgr posted:FACT: More people in attendance = a much more audible reaction
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LividLiquid posted:Photoshops and the internet were around LOOOOONG before that PPV. I think he meant that Photoshopping images was a new thing at the time on the Internet. Nobody knew how to make great photoshops until years later. I mean, just look at SA photoshops from around WM17: if those were made and posted today people would be banned.
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Dr. Video Games 0055 posted:I mean, just look at SA photoshops from around WM17: if those were made and posted today people would be banned. I'd actually say they've gotten worse.
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Chilly McFreeze posted:They could have Wrestlemania in Michigan Stadium, draw 120,000 fans, and it would be one of the quietest Wrestlemanias because of the acoustics. Also it would probably snow. Which makes the crowd noise at Wembley Stadium for Bret/Bulldog or the Pontiac Silverdome for Hogan/Andre all the more impressive.
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Speaking of Bulldog, in the 'One Night Only' mess, the fans tried to stop Hunter/Chyna/Rude from hitting Davey's leg with the barrier gate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e37q6Q7Xrhs Has anything happened before/since like that, where the fans try to physically assist the face, but without an idiot running into the ring or trying to take a swing at the heel?
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Shiki Dan posted:Which makes the crowd noise at Wembley Stadium for Bret/Bulldog or the Pontiac Silverdome for Hogan/Andre all the more impressive. The Silverdome was loving loud. Indoor with an inflatable roof. Michigan Stadium is mostly a giant flat bowl.
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Did the Macho Man ever beat Hulk Hogan cleanly? I only seem to remember a count out victory in the WWF.
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Perigryn posted:Did the Macho Man ever beat Hulk Hogan cleanly? I only seem to remember a count out victory in the WWF. I don't think so and I think this goes for WCW too, where he got a couple of DQs I think?
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Who has turned on Sting? I want a complete and comprehensive list.
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DEAR RICHARD posted:Who has turned on Sting? I want a complete and comprehensive list. Everyone.
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bobkatt013 posted:Everyone. Even me?! 
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Rarity posted:Even me?! Yes if you team with Sting is a law that you must turn on him.
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bobkatt013 posted:Yes if you team with Sting is a law that you must turn on him. So if I don't team with him... that means I should be ok, right?
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Rarity posted:So if I don't team with him... that means I should be ok, right? No it will happen anyways. Its like the sun coming up or Russo having a swerve.
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Even Robocop turned on Sting.
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bobkatt013 posted:No it will happen anyways. Its like the sun coming up or Russo having a swerve. Eh, I'll deal. It's only Sting. He deserves it anyway. ...Oh God, it happened!
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Rarity posted:Eh, I'll deal. It's only Sting. He deserves it anyway. Do not worry he will forgive you, so you can do it again and again! I am pretty sure Ric Flair and Lex Luger turned on him at least 10 times each.
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Can someone give me a quick explanation of the bag making GBS threads story?
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Alex_OA posted:Can someone give me a quick explanation of the bag making GBS threads story?
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Flameingblack posted:Randy Orton was being immature and poo poo in a model's bag. Maybe. I believe the woman in question later said Orton opened lotion or something she had in the bag, and poured it in. Sean Waltman, though, there was a guy who loved to poo poo in bags.
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Alex_OA posted:Can someone give me a quick explanation of the bag making GBS threads story? A diva (I forget which) left the company and then alleged publicly that Randy Orton had defecated into her gym bag. This is not an unheard of prank in wrestling (I think at one point members of DX took a poo poo on Jerry Lawler's crown) and probably happened.
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