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Ghostpilot posted:What are some of your favorite signature moves (excluding finishers)? The two that immediately come to mind for me are Savage's hair-pull hangman and Ted DiBiase's fist drop. What are some of yours? Undertaker - Over-the-top-rope Plancha Super Nova - DDT-Stunner-Leg Drop combo Tajiri - Tarantula & Buzzsaw Kick El Generico - Between the ringpost DDT
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sticklefifer posted:I miss Punk's Super Combo. Punch-Punch-Kick-Spinning Backfist! Punk lifted that from KENTA, along with the GTS. His moveset was basically all puro stuff when he first debuted in WWE, which was odd. I kinda dig his ugly elbow drop. Then again, I also like Kojima's, which is also clumsy-looking and gets no air, because it seems like a reasonable move to stun a dazed opponent with.
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Perigryn posted:Wonder how the updated version Alvarez has been working on will be like... I think I remember him acknowleging them, blaming some of them on something, and mentioning that he's fixed them, but I'm not positive.
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MassRafTer posted:Tell us of Lex. Tell us any Lex stories he may have, no matter how insignificant they may seem. Following up on this my dad was at a trade show in Ohio in 93. He went to get more papers for his booth when Lex pointed at him, started flexing, and did the bar bending motion. He was just playing up to the crowd obviously but that's pretty much the best interaction.
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Bret running chest first into the turnbuckle. I know it's really stupid and dangerous, but as a kid who loved Bret I would get really sad and worried that he was getting beat up so bad he couldn't even flip around.
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Tokelau All Star posted:Bret running chest first into the turnbuckle. I know it's really stupid and dangerous, but as a kid who loved Bret I would get really sad and worried that he was getting beat up so bad he couldn't even flip around. God yes. Especially when the cameramen were canny enough to have a camera on the turnbuckle he was running into. Because he loving NAILED those turnbuckles.
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Was it Christian who did the baseball-slide to uppercut on a first-rope-hung opponent? That's a pretty sweet middle-match move. Also, Foley doing the 2nd/top-rope hangman on himself was pretty sweet, of course until those pesky German roadies messed up Mrs. Foley's Baby Boy's good looks by tightening the ropes too much 
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Halloween Jack posted:Okay I have a pseudo-poll question of my own: There are plenty of stellar workers with boring finishers, but what about less-than-great wrestlers with a great finisher? First one that comes to mind is Gangrel's DDT. Kizarny's weird rolling double-arm DDT was cool.
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What were the best seats you have had at a wrestlemens show?
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CapCityGoofBall posted:What were the best seats you have had at a wrestlemens show? I had first row for the raw where Lawler came back last year
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CapCityGoofBall posted:What were the best seats you have had at a wrestlemens show? EDIT: I had to look up the WWF card, holy poo poo is it dreadful other than the main event: quote:Brakkus defeated Dr. X Cromulent fucked around with this message at 02:20 on Nov 21, 2013 |
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Eh, the Furnas/LaFon vs New Rockers might've been OK?
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Halloween Jack posted:Okay I have a pseudo-poll question of my own: There are plenty of stellar workers with boring finishers, but what about less-than-great wrestlers with a great finisher? First one that comes to mind is Gangrel's DDT. Lash Leroux's "Whiplash 00'" was a pretty cool face lock/russian legsweep combo that I always dug, especially with the rollover pin that followed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xma7_W_TmtQ (jump to :50 in the vid)
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CapCityGoofBall posted:What were the best seats you have had at a wrestlemens show? I was third row Luger's 2nd last WWF house show before jumping to WCW> WWF in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada - Sept. 1, 1995 posted:Hakushi def Duke Drose Got to slap Michaels on the back.
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CapCityGoofBall posted:What were the best seats you have had at a wrestlemens show? front row ringside to a bunch of ROH shows and 2 smackdowns
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First row of a second section opposite the Ovaltron Smackdown set's ramp at the Tacomadome when we killed the invasion dead. I was close enough to yell to Kanyon and he yelled back. It was rad. I also saw Billy Kidman win the cruiserweight title and I was a bit of a Kidman mark. Wait. That doesn't make any sense, 'cause the invasion-killing show was a Raw. Maybe I went to two shows.
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Second to last row in the nosebleeds for No Mercy 2004. Also first row at some random NJ indie show when I was 11. I went to give Balls Mahoney's a high five after his match. He told me to go gently caress myself.
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I had second row at a WCW house show that ended up being Jericho's last or second to last show with the company. I think he and Benoit tagged vs. Mysterio and Kidman, but it may have been slightly different it was so long ago. I think the main was DDP vs. Sting. Yep quote:Event Data
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CapCityGoofBall posted:What were the best seats you have had at a wrestlemens show? Second row for Joe/Kobashi.
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I was on camera nearly the whole show for a back to back Thunder taping. The way they filmed it, it made no sense watching later.
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Bigass Moth posted:I had second row at a WCW house show that ended up being Jericho's last or second to last show with the company. I think he and Benoit tagged vs. Mysterio and Kidman, but it may have been slightly different it was so long ago. I think the main was DDP vs. Sting. I was there! Our group popped huge for Doug Dillinger, and he gave us a little wave and nod. I had floor seats for a July 2000 Thunder taping, you can imagine how great that was. The taping was marred by technical difficulties (besides Judy Bagwell being booked) and was pretty awful. Still have some of the shiny glitter that fell when TAFKAPI entered, somewhere. I may or may not be vaguely visible, depending on the stellar WCW camerawork. I should look.
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Cromulent posted:
Gee, and people really wonder why the WWF almost went bankrupt during this period? 2 years before or 6 years afterward Shawn/Goldust might have been okay, but they really never had much chemistry. Anyway, my 2 best seats were luxury box seats  given to us for free by my stepdad's boss (Mercedes-Benz dealership owner), the first:quote:
Yes, I certainly never expected to see Benoit's last match ever in person  I remember the Matt Hardy/Finlay match being pretty good. It certainly held the very non-Smark crowd at attention for the 20 minutes (before the brand split, Charlotte crowds were almost always at least 50% old-school NWA fans there to worship Flair and boo whoever the kids liked...this show was at least 80% Cena marks). My stepdad attended with me and left after the opening Flair segment, satisfied. quote:Date: Mon, Nov 26th 2007 Oh my god did this show suck poo poo. RAW from late 2002-2003 pretty much ended my hardcore TV-watching fandom but RAW in 2007 was so bad it killed my hardcore wrestling fandom for good. Notable for being Jericho's original WWE return after a 2 year absence...which bombed pretty hard initially because the crowd of 80% Cena marks apparently had no idea who he was. He got a pop for the Cookie Monster in his "Me Want Title Match" promo and went he hit Santino with the Codebreaker, but otherwise nada and he seemed genuinely bothered by the lukewarm reaction. On the plus side though, we actually got a fully-catered buffet in the box this time and no less than RON SIMMONS visited our box to shake hands and give autographs (still have his written on my cocktail napkin). I'll never forget shaking his hand and telling him what a honor it was to meet the first Black World Champion. He seemed genuinely touched that I said that, since the Cena mark crowd seemed only to know him as a walking  meme at that point  I went with my sister and at least she (as a casual fan throughout the 90's) knew him as "Faarooq". I'm glad I had that once-of-a-lifetime opportunity to meet Ron and lift his spirits because otherwise this show was a waste of an awesome free buffet. Shiki Dan fucked around with this message at 17:08 on Nov 21, 2013 |
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ProFight DB posted:Jeff Jarrett Def. (Pin) Booker T. "Bunkhouse" What the hell is a Bunkhouse match?
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ICE TRAIN was still on WCW Television in the last year of its existence?!!  What's wrong with me that I consider that even more insane than Judy Bagwell wrestling???
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Memento posted:What the hell is a Bunkhouse match? A Bunkhouse Brawl is just a hardcore falls-count-anywhere match except it's in the south. Usually it involves at least one of the following: multi-man teams, Dusty Rhodes, and someone wearing kneepads over their jeans.
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Solomonic posted:A Bunkhouse Brawl is just a hardcore falls-count-anywhere match except it's in the south. I believe the kneepads over the jeans is what makes it a Bunkhouse Brawl. Possibly also if you wear cowboy boots.
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I was present for David Arquette winning the title. Like 30 rows back, but since it was a minor league hockey arena there aren't many bad seats and I was elevated so I could see over everyone. Also this show, I was 7 and on the entrance aisle, which was less then 10 feet wide, so I was super close to all the wrestlers. I believe second or third row from the ring. The Nasty Boys and the Rockers brawled on the outside and when Shawn had Knobbs against the guard rail and I covered his face up with my program so Shawn could hit him more. Knobbs grabbed it, turned around, ripped it in half and threw it back at me. Then he yelled in my face and Shawn took him back to the ring. WWF @ Syracuse, NY - War Memorial - November 17, 1991 (matinee) Chris Chavis pinned Skinner The Undertaker pinned Davey Boy Smith after hitting him with the urn The Beverly Brothers defeated the Bushwhackers Roddy Piper (sub. for Sid Justice) defeated Jake Roberts WWF IC Champion Bret Hart defeated the Barbarian (sub. for the Warlord) after about 15 minutes The Big Bossman pinned IRS with a roll up; IRS had originally won the match by holding onto the ropes but the referee had the bout continue The Nasty Boys defeated Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty after using a foriegn object I was loving pissed The Rockers lost, even after I helped.
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CapCityGoofBall posted:What were the best seats you have had at a wrestlemens show? I was third row at a WCW PPV in 1998; I forget which specific one it was, but the opening match was ICP and Vampiro against Kidman, Rey, and some other guy. It may have been Fall Brawl. I was second or third row for the NJPW show in Philly, and you can see me in the crowd during the Rhyno/Makabe match.
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That was Fall Brawl 99. 3.25 stars!
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The American Dream posted:The Nasty Boys and the Rockers brawled on the outside and when Shawn had Knobbs against the guard rail and I covered his face up with my program so Shawn could hit him more. Knobbs grabbed it, turned around, ripped it in half and threw it back at me. Then he yelled in my face and Shawn took him back to the ring. You simply causing a Nasty Boy to get smashed in the face a few more times makes you a hero enough for me. 
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Okay, while I started watching WWF wrestling when I was a kid in the heydays of Hulk Hugan and Jimmy Snuka (when I was six I got these huge not-really-bendy figures of Andre and Snuka for xmas), and I watched up until right after the Ultimate Warrior got slammed into a casket, stopped for a few years, then got back into WWF when Smackdown hit network TV, my first wrestling show was actually a Jersey All Pro Show in Rayway, where I had bleacher seats. I don't remember much about the card, but that's where I first saw The Osirian Portal and became a fan of them for life. I got front row seats for Evolve 2 (where I first saw Chuck Taylor) and Evolve 3. Year after that, I saw TNA on tour first in bleacher seats, then second row the second time around. Finally saw Smackdown at the Prudential Center in 2012 about 10 or 12 rows back from the ring, then Raw that year in East Rutherford (about the same amount of rows back I think) with friends, then 3rd row seats for the first 2 nights of King of Trios. Last year, I saw Chikara once at Wrestlecon, twice in Easton, and front row for Wrestling is Cool twice. The neatest wrestler interactions from my seat were both at Wrestlecon where I got a victory high-five from Jushin Liger, and Tim Donst shutting down my "Booo! You LOST, Donst!" with a "I may've lost the match, but YOU lose at life!" 
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First card WCW @ Des Moines, IA - Veterans Memorial Coliseum - May 14, 1999 Chris Adams defeated Vampiro La Parka & Silver King defeated El Dandy & Super Calo Hugh Morrus defeated Jerry Flynn Raven defeated Hak in a hardcore match Konnan defeated Disco Inferno WCW Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio Jr. & Billy Kidman defeated Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko Sting defeated Ric Flair I remember this show being awesome but I was 11 so that might not be the case. Sting and Flair wrestled for awhile and Sandman and Raven beat the hell out of each other.
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May 9, 1996 Bob Holly defeated the Brooklyn Brawler The Smoking Gunns defeated Samu & the Tahitian Warrior (Billy Gunn's return from injury) Justin Bradshaw defeated Barry Horowitz Jerry Lawler defeated Razor Ramon; Mr. Perfect was the guest referee for the bout Marc Mero defeated Mankind via disqualification WWF Tag Team Champions Skip & Zip defeated Henry & Phinneas Godwinn The Ultimate Warrior pinned Vader Weird. I'd said for years that Warrior was gone by this show, but apparently I was thinking of the Goldust/Vader match from the other WWF show I saw. July 27, 1997 Savio Vega & Miguel Perez defeated the Headbangers Rockabilly defeated Flash Funk Brian Pillman defeated Jesse Jammes Henry & Phinneas Godwinn defeated Blackjack Windham & Blackjack Bradshaw Ken Shamrock defeated WWF European Champion Davey Boy Smith via disqualification Vader defeated Goldust WWF IC Champion Owen Hart defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Mankind when Hart pinned Mankind Steve Austin pinned Bret Hart WWF World Champion the Undertaker & Legion of Doom defeated Farooq, Kama, & D-Lo Brown gently caress yes I saw Austin/Hart. Also there was a Thunder taping in 2000. It was at least as bad as that sounds. Vampiro/Crowbar was a decent match, at least. And I saw Terry Funk! With his pants around his ankles for some reason. Oh, and my seats for each one sucked.
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I was at Backlash 2000. I had lovely seats. I was looking over the card and it's a drat shame that I remember almost none of it. I was 14. I mostly remember Big Show coming out as Hogan, and the burnt DX express. And Bob Backlund and Billy Corgan in the halls.
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Rebellion 3/11/2001 Intercontinental Title Steel Cage Match Edge (c) defeats Christian (12:49) Singles Match Scotty 2 Hotty defeats The Hurricane (8:55) Singles Match The Big Show defeats Diamond Dallas Page (3:15) WCW World Tag Team Title Three Way Elimination Match The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley) (c) defeat The APA (Bradshaw & Faarooq) and The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy) (12:01) - The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy) eliminateThe APA (Bradshaw & Faarooq) (5:28) - The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley) eliminateThe Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy) (12:01) Singles Match William Regal defeats Tajiri (5:55) Chris Jericho (c) defeats Kurt Angle (14:55) Tag Team Match (Special Referee: Trish Stratus) Lita & Torrie Wilson defeat Mighty Molly & Stacy Keibler (4:16) WWF World Heavyweight Title Match Steve Austin (c) defeats The Rock (22:09) There was a dark match of The Impact Players vs Billy and Chuck that I remember being awesome.
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First show and also best seats (not counting small local indie shows) where I was front row for the following: WWE (Raw & ECW) @ Newcastle, England - Metro Radio Arena - November 9, 2006 Cryme Tyme defeated Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch following the G9 Hardcore Holly pinned Rene Dupree with the Alabama Slam Mickie James & Torrie Wilson defeated WWE Women's Champion Lita & Victoria when Torrie pinned Victoria Sabu defeated Kevin Thorn via submission with the Camel Clutch WWE Raw Tag Team Champions Ric Flair & Roddy Piper, Robbie & Rory McAllister defeated Kenny, Mikey, Nicky & Johnny when Flair scored the pin after the Highlanders hit the Scot Drop WWE IC Champion Johnny Nitro defeated Jeff Hardy, Shelton Benjamin, and Carlito Caribbean Cool by pinning Benjamin after Hardy hit the Swanton on Benjamin and was thrown to the floor Test pinned Tommy Dreamer with a boot to the face and the TKO WWE World Champion John Cena, Triple H, & Shawn Michaels defeated Edge, Randy Orton, & Umaga when Cena pinned Edge with the FU Pretty average show wrestling-wise, was good to see Piper, the IC four-way was a drat good match, but the memory that stands out most for me is holding my hand out to high-five Trevor Murdoch after his match (I was a Murdoch mark), who proceeded to spit into his hand and high-five me. Some fantastic (if slightly disgusting) heel work there.
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This was my first card. I don't really remember poo poo about it but now I wish I did. WCW @ Hampton, VA - August 14, 1994 (3,500) Brian Pillman defeated Bobby Eaton WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal defeated Brad Armstrong The Guardian Angel defeated Tex Slazenger (sub. for Vader who was on a Japanese tour) The Patriot & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated WCW Tag Team Champions Paul Orndorff & Paul Roma in a non-title match Dustin Rhodes defeated Arn Anderson via disqualification WCW US Champion Steve Austin defeated Ricky Steamboat at around the 30-minute mark Sting defeated Ric Flair
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The worst show I ever went to was this. Horrible from top to bottom. http://www.profightdb.com/cards/wwe/king-of-the-ring-3902-137.html I haven't been to a live event since. So jaded.
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RHX posted:First show and also best seats (not counting small local indie shows) where I was front row I go to the UK shows every April but no matter what site I use (ticketmaster, seetickets etc) I've always been offered tickets in the same place (lower tier, facing the camera, with varying rows). Can't ever seem to find tickets for anywhere else no matter how early I look!
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