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anakha posted:Anybody know how many times El Generico and Kota Ibushi have faced each other 1 on 1? What would you say was their best match against each other? Their match from DDT last year when Kota came back from injury immediately spring to mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7fg8bI46Ew
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Junpei Hyde posted:So what does NXT stand for anyway?
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Oct 11, 2013 14:16
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NXT is secretly owned by Goldberg.
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MrBling posted:NXT is secretly owned by Goldberg. Adam Goldberg 
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Jerusalem posted:He'll be found grieving over Vince's body, declare that he must burn his own body, and disappear into the night on an ice floe. CobiWann posted:In a blaze of energy, Vince will regenerate into Bob Sapp. Writer Cath posted:Nonsense. When Vince dies, he'll have his brain surgically implanted somewhere on John Laurinitis' body, Krang style. Bigass Moth posted:I'm sure Meltzer or Alvarez would put one out, but I'd also expect insider takes from people like Cornette or the Huckster of varying quality. Onmi posted:For someone who claims that he doesn't give a gently caress, I don't think Cornette would put one out, or he would have done it while Vince was alive. sticklefifer posted:When Vince actually dies, we're going to think it's a work.
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I've been watching a lot of 80s WWF PPVs lately, and I'm wondering what the consensus as to the best announce team of that era was. I'll always love Monsoon/Heenan, and Bobby The Brain is the finest color guy to have speak into the microphone, but I think Monsoon/Ventura worked better as a team, if that makes any sense.
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TL posted:I've been watching a lot of 80s WWF PPVs lately, and I'm wondering what the consensus as to the best announce team of that era was. I'll always love Monsoon/Heenan, and Bobby The Brain is the finest color guy to have speak into the microphone, but I think Monsoon/Ventura worked better as a team, if that makes any sense. As a team, I preferred Ventura/Monsoon, but as a single unit, Bobby was the best. Ventura/Monsoon just played off each other so much better, with Ventura performing mental gymnastics to justify the heel's action, and Monsoon getting more and more annoyed with him.
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TL posted:I've been watching a lot of 80s WWF PPVs lately, and I'm wondering what the consensus as to the best announce team of that era was. I'll always love Monsoon/Heenan, and Bobby The Brain is the finest color guy to have speak into the microphone, but I think Monsoon/Ventura worked better as a team, if that makes any sense. There are so many reasons why each pairing is great, and really, it comes down to personal preference. Overall, I probably saw Heenan/Monsoon more often, and identify them as the top team of that era. If you want a show to refer to, to justify my preference of Heenan and Monsoon, however - watch the 1992 Royal Rumble.
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Heenan's performance on color for Rumble '92 is probably the best of the best. Just incredible.
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I remember Ventura being really good at giving faces credit for their strengths even when he hated them, like Chico Santana. Not so much with Heenan, although I loved how he single handedly added a dimension to Doink by going on about how he was a very good wrestler throwing people off with the clown act.
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nasboat posted:Heenan's performance on color for Rumble '92 is probably the best of the best. Just incredible. Him losing his poo poo when Flair wins is still so loving good. You can actually see him when the camera pans out going loving CRAZY.
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VogeGandire posted:Him losing his poo poo when Flair wins is still so loving good. You can actually see him when the camera pans out going loving CRAZY. Was it something like Flair was a last minute replacement for someone else as the winner of the Rumble and Heenan wasn't aware of the change?
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Oct 11, 2013 18:29
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The best thing about Bobby is his incredible consistency in hating the poo poo out of both Warrior and Hogan, and this was kept up across two different companies spanning about a decade.
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Ghostpilot posted:Was it something like Flair was a last minute replacement for someone else as the winner of the Rumble and Heenan wasn't aware of the change? There's hundreds of stories about it, but as much as anyone can piece together, as soon as they got hold of Flair in 91, he was always penciled in to win the Rumble.
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flashy_mcflash posted:The best thing about Bobby is his incredible consistency in hating the poo poo out of both Warrior and Hogan, and this was kept up across two different companies spanning about a decade. Price Check posted:The Triumph and Tragedy of World Class Championship Wrestling Speaking of which, who was the first guy to do that? Gorgeous George?
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Ghostpilot posted:Was it something like Flair was a last minute replacement for someone else as the winner of the Rumble and Heenan wasn't aware of the change? No it's "Bobby Heenan was a great worker before he stopped caring" (where him stopping caring was in about 1993).
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jeffersonlives posted:No it's "Bobby Heenan was a great worker before he stopped caring" (where him stopping caring was in about 1993). Although he did have one great moment in 93, entering WM9 backwards on a camel, looking absolutely terrified, because he was shitscared of the camel.
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VogeGandire posted:Although he did have one great moment in 93, entering WM9 backwards on a camel, looking absolutely terrified, because he was shitscared of the camel. He cared until his Monsoon kicked him out of RAW.
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I just saw a review of Ultimate Warrior vs Golddust from In Your House 7. Can anyone please explain how that came to be? 
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Two wrestlers with a gay gimmick, one of whom knows it. It writes itself!
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Ghostpilot posted:I just saw a review of Ultimate Warrior vs Golddust from In Your House 7. They didn't want their horribly homophobic gimmick to lose the IC title to the horrible homophobe, but at the same time they didn't want the homophobe to lose.
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Perry Normal posted:It's a little unsettling at moments. They talk a lot about how he's way the hell too obsessed with wrestling, but back then it was in a positive context. The really tragic part is that in the year before his death, Eddie was planning on taking time off to rest because his body couldn't handle his schedule, but instead he powered through it and kept going.
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MassRafTer posted:They didn't want their horribly homophobic gimmick to lose the IC title to the horrible homophobe, but at the same time they didn't want the homophobe to lose. Also, Goldust was injured.
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Why was Josh Mathews taken off of the Smackdown commentary desk?
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Rarity posted:Why was Josh Mathews taken off of the Smackdown commentary desk? Because there is a just and loving God.
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Rarity posted:Why was Josh Mathews taken off of the Smackdown commentary desk? why was anyone? the Smackdown commentary table has changed a ridiculous amount the past five or so years.
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I will also believe JR and Heyman was a team that couldnt be beaten! Heyman could sell ice to eskimos (except the ice would never show up)
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Die Laughing posted:Why the gently caress isn't Big E on TV? His main supporter in the locker room is Cena. Guess who hasn't been around for the last couple of months?
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Gaz-L posted:His main supporter in the locker room is Cena. Guess who hasn't been around for the last couple of months? He started showing up again a couple of weeks back so I thought maybe that story was bullshit.... and then they announced Cena was returning at HiaC.
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That doesnt make any sense though. Do they think Cena doesnt watch the show and would have no idea Big E wasnt around?
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Valeyard posted:That doesnt make any sense though. Do they think Cena doesnt watch the show and would have no idea Big E wasnt around? It's hard to campaign for someone when you aren't meeting with creative. It's not as if they pushed him so as to not anger Cena, usually friends get pushed because you have the ear of creative.
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Big E also kind of got screwed by the semi-short lived depush Ziggler received, the random semi-face turn AJ Lee received, and that they decided that rather than push RVD on the heels of his hot return, they'd fail to transfer his heat to midcarder with a world belt Del Rio. Langston got lost in the shuffle, and rather than induct him into midcard hell, they opted not to use him on screen.
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MassRafTer posted:It's hard to campaign for someone when you aren't meeting with creative. It's not as if they pushed him so as to not anger Cena, usually friends get pushed because you have the ear of creative. Given some of the things people say sometimes, I had assumed it was just to keep him happy, ah well cheers
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Valeyard posted:Given some of the things people say sometimes, I had assumed it was just to keep him happy, ah well cheers The only time I've heard of something happening to make Cena happy was when Brodus Clay was gonna get his dance cut at Wrestlemania and Cena just went "If he doesn't get to do his bit I'm not doing my bit." EDIT: And Kenn Doanne just apparently hating him so much. No idea what he did to piss that guy off. Except sleep with his ex-fiance.
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crankdatbatman posted:Is RVD still on TV/over? He's taking time off now. He was still over.
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Valeyard posted:Given some of the things people say sometimes, I had assumed it was just to keep him happy, ah well cheers I've never really heard any stories about them going out of their way to keep Cena happy.
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MassRafTer posted:I've never really heard any stories about them going out of their way to keep Cena happy. He made it clear leading up to one of the WM matches that he was not to lose before facing the Rock so people would buy him potentially winning. I also believe he had something to do with Zack Ryder's brief push.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:He made it clear leading up to one of the WM matches that he was not to lose before facing the Rock so people would buy him potentially winning. I also believe he had something to do with Zack Ryder's brief push. Source on the first and the seconds like the Big E thing. "Hey I think this talent could be big." I don't think he went "Push Ryder or I'm going to blah blah blah."
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