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MassRayPer posted:Bischoff wanted to unmask Rey. Russo probably would have thought it was a good idea too though. Bischoff didn't think he could connect with the crowd through the mask, and thought he'd be a bigger star without it. The best part of this whole ordeal is Rey talks about right before going out to unmask Eddie comes up to him and says, "If you don't want to do this we'll loving leave right now" or something to that effect, Eddit had his back 
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maniacripper posted:The best part of this whole ordeal is Rey talks about right before going out to unmask Eddie comes up to him and says, "If you don't want to do this we'll loving leave right now" or something to that effect, Eddit had his back
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The only thing I remember about Chip Minton was him getting a penis suplex from Scott Norton.
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I posted:The only thing I remember about Chip Minton was him getting a penis suplex from Scott Norton. Got me beat, then. I remember absolutely nothing about he or Hail.
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I remember Jimmy Hart giving an interview saying he discovered Hail and he was gonna be a big star. He wrestled as The Machine against DDP and I think that was his only mach. Wikipedia says he died in 06.
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I looked into that a little further and some random website said 'after years of kid problems, Hail passed away in 2006.' Confused, I hunted around some more. Turns out he had kidney issues.
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Red posted:I mean, I guess, but... wasn't she originally Flair's nurse in a really moronic storyline? As I recall, Teddy helped the Undertaker learn the proverbial ropes when he first broke into the business. Later Taker got him a job as a referee and so on from there. Teddy Long has been an on air character for the WWE since 1999. Think about that.
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whatsabattle posted:Teddy Long has been an on air character for the WWE since 1999. Think about that.
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whatsabattle posted:As I recall, Teddy helped the Undertaker learn the proverbial ropes when he first broke into the business. Later Taker got him a job as a referee and so on from there. Teddy was a pretty established referee and manager before he came to the WWF. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if Taker vouched for him.
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LividLiquid posted:Was he a character before the white boy challenge? I thought he was just a ref. Close enough. Paper Jam Dipper posted:Teddy was a pretty established referee and manager before he came to the WWF. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if Taker vouched for him. Yeah but it's not like they made Bill Alfonso Smackdown GM for 400 years. Unfortunately. 
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You face'n tha undataka daddy
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Xerzes posted:Got me beat, then. I remember absolutely nothing about he or Hail. Hail was a giant hoss who was mostly on d-level shows like WCW Saturday Night. It was like someone dropped Warlord, a pile of bricks, and 70 pounds of HGH in a blender.
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Red posted:Hail was a giant hoss who was mostly on d-level shows like WCW Saturday Night. Hail was "The Machine", right? Sadly, I can no longer find the infamous video, thanks to WWE's goddamn crackdown on Youtube.
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Jan 22, 2013 15:32
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LividLiquid posted:This time he lost it to Kevin Nash so Nash could get his win back from the fluke win Rey got on him on a random Nitro that Kevin booked so nobody could whine to him about jobbing. I remember at the time being totally blown away that Rey beat Nash. Back before I was really smarky and into backstage politics.
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triplexpac posted:I remember at the time being totally blown away that Rey beat Nash. Back before I was really smarky and into backstage politics. Yep same here. Then rewatching it you notice how self serving it is. Nash treated it like a joke and it was just a fluke, then Nash destroyed Rey at the PPV.
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Hail wrestled in XWF too. I predict big things for XWF. It's going to be the next WCW. -Internet, 2001
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:Hail was "The Machine", right? Sadly, I can no longer find the infamous video, thanks to WWE's goddamn crackdown on Youtube. I thought you were confused with Doug Basham, but I looked it up, sure enough - Hail was also The Machine, which I totally don't remember. WCW sure liked copying ideas from movies.
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Red posted:I thought you were confused with Doug Basham, but I looked it up, sure enough - Hail was also The Machine, which I totally don't remember. What do you mean? 
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bobkatt013 posted:What do you mean? Is this ... thing supposed to be someone?
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Nilbop posted:Is this ... thing supposed to be someone? That's Kevin Nash as Oz.
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Nilbop posted:Is this ... thing supposed to be someone? Its just another example of WCW stealing from movies. Thank god OZ failed since Turner just got the rights to the Wizard of OZ and was planning on making wrestlers based off their movies.
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bobkatt013 posted:Its just another example of WCW stealing from movies. Thank god OZ failed since Turner just got the rights to the Wizard of OZ and was planning on making wrestlers based off their movies. I dunno, the MGM library has some possibilities. Citizen Pain Rack Butler with his finisher, the Don't Give A drat backhand Captain Bligh Nick and Norah Snarl Ben Hurt
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WCW was owned by Time Warner. Warner Brothers owns DC. The only superhero ripoff they ever did? Arachnaman. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6m5e3_arachnaman-vs-steve-austin_sport#.UQBPNaF2GuM
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Maxwell Lord posted:I dunno, the MGM library has some possibilities. Faction: The Mercury Theatre Wrestlers: Citizen Pain, the Magnificent Ambrosens, Papa Macbeth Shango
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LividLiquid posted:WCW was owned by Time Warner. Warner Brothers owns DC. The only superhero ripoff they ever did? Which is impressive since Spider-man is a Marvel character.
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bobkatt013 posted:Which is impressive since Spider-man is a Marvel character. 
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Maybe I'm just being a stick in the mud here, but Arachnaman never appeared for any WCW that Time Warner owned. Years before the company was sold. Or was that also ?
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LividLiquid posted:WCW was owned by Time Warner. Warner Brothers owns DC. The only superhero ripoff they ever did? The Crow?
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It's entirely possible that DC would've thrown a fit if they'd done a Batman or Superman ripoff. Don't assume that WCW would've been immune from internal politics just because they were part of the same company as DC.
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WCW had communications issues within it's own company, it's a pipe dream to think that they would be anywhere near talking to DC about these things.
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triplexpac posted:WCW had communications issues within it's own company, it's a pipe dream to think that they would be anywhere near talking to DC about these things. I feel compelled to post this again, just to emphasize how bad it was. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpnM7mx0dwE
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The Monkey Man posted:It's entirely possible that DC would've thrown a fit if they'd done a Batman or Superman ripoff. Don't assume that WCW would've been immune from internal politics just because they were part of the same company as DC.
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Supreme Allah posted:The Crow? The Crow was never published by DC. It was originally published by Caliber, later on by Image, I have the original graphic novel as a TPB from Pocket Books, and the current series is published by IDW. On a related note, the Thunder logo was done in the same style as Superman's 'electric' logo, during that phase when DC made Superman go electric. What bothers me is that I've never seen this discussed, even back in the day. If you're into graphic design and typography, check out the u, n, e and r, they're exactly the same as in Superman's logo.   Searching for this has lead me to a bunch of ancient Tripod pages, plus this match of Dale Torborg VS. The Maestro - this was completely blocked out of my memory. http://www.wwe.com/videos/wcw-thunder-october-7-1999-dale-torborg-vs-the-maestro-25025478
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They're actually not exactly the same. If you use a picture where you can actually see the letters in Thunder it's much more apparent. Similar, sure, but not exact.
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I found the picture you used as well, but I didn't post it because it's not a screenshot. It does, however, have some nifty Photoshop tricks involved like the mighty lens flare. It's not 100% identical to the Superman logo, but they were used at the same time, but I never found out if they were designed by the same person, or if the Thunder logo was basically a ripoff.
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In a related note, the country music station in my town uses the Thunder logo for promotional purposes and advertising. I'd say they're asking to be sued if I thought WWE would care. They're even called Thunder 101.5. Here's the website http://www.thethunder.ca/
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El Gallinero Gros posted:In a related note, the country music station in my town uses the Thunder logo for promotional purposes and advertising. I'd say they're asking to be sued if I thought WWE would care. They're even called Thunder 101.5. Here's the website http://www.thethunder.ca/ I'm glad to see Kevin Sorbo found himself a new career path
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El Gallinero Gros posted:In a related note, the country music station in my town uses the Thunder logo for promotional purposes and advertising. I'd say they're asking to be sued if I thought WWE would care. They're even called Thunder 101.5. Here's the website http://www.thethunder.ca/ That's almost awesome enough for me to want to move to Thunder Bay and work at a Country radio station.
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Rad R. posted:I found the picture you used as well, but I didn't post it because it's not a screenshot. It does, however, have some nifty Photoshop tricks involved like the mighty lens flare. It's not 100% identical to the Superman logo, but they were used at the same time, but I never found out if they were designed by the same person, or if the Thunder logo was basically a ripoff. They're definitely similar but I think there's plenty enough differences that they're not the same thing. The basics are the same but a lot of the edges and ends are clearly different so I imagine that's enough to make them different. It's probably not hard to imagine that they were coming up with the logo and saw the Superman thing and said "like that".
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VogeGandire posted:I feel compelled to post this again, just to emphasize how bad it was. The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Sports Argument Stadium* > Punchsport Pagoda > WCW: They FedEx'd me a package with nothing in it
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