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MassRafTer posted:The real best quote from the 9/23/96 Observer: I liked this one: quote:Speaking of Swiss cheese booking, the WCW world title will be declared vacant after Havoc once again with the belt going to the winner of another 60 man three ring Battle Royal at World War III. The working plan (subject to change) is to declare the world title vacant every November and make the Battle Royal an annual event. We can only hope for good matches on the undercard. Having watched WW3 a couple weeks ago. This is the worst loving idea. That match was terrible and impossible to follow. I'm actually surprised they didn't go through with it
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Wouldn't surprise that once 1998 was over they stopped doing World War 3 for that very reason. I think it was one of their least popular pay-per views.
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World War 3 is like the Royal Rumble if you took out all the good parts of the royal rumble. Just a clusterfuck of faceless people ramming into each other.
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The whole WW3 concept is one of those sounds cool on paper, 3 rings, loads of wrestlers but then in execution the visual isn't as good and as mentioned you cannot follow really whats going on.
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I usually don't look at recaps of Nitro before we watch them, but I am glad I did. Tonight's episodes are crazy! Two Regal matches that get time, including one with Dean Malenko. Dean Malenko is also in two matches, one is with David Sammartino of all people. Think that's weird? Well, 911 debuts in WCW (no he doesn't wrestle against either Big Bubba or One Man Gang) Mr. JL wrestles Rey, Chono wrestles Jericho, more nWo members are revealed and the Sting saga continues! These shows look to be legitimately really good, so I am excited.
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The Croc posted:The whole WW3 concept is one of those sounds cool on paper, 3 rings, loads of wrestlers but then in execution the visual isn't as good and as mentioned you cannot follow really whats going on. When I was a kid, WW3 was one of those things I had never seen but read about in magazines and stuff. Sounded like the *coolest* thing ever. When I got back into wrestling & started DVD trading/collecting, I finally got my first WW3 event to see what it was all about, and man, It was the coolest thingholyshitthatwasnotwhatIexpected. Garbage
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It looks like in march wwe is going to release a best of wcw ppv matches. What does everyone think will be on it or want to see on it? I'm hoping for one ww3 match just so I can finally see it
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MassRafTer posted:Two Regal matches that get time, including one with Dean Malenko. Dean Malenko is also in two matches,
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Halloween Jack posted:That is the sound of me saying "Sorry honey, Breaking Bad is canceled tonight." this could be grounds for divorce, you know.
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We're not married yet, but the mental image of her stuffing her clothes into her suitcase, crying hysterically, throwing the high heels I bought her at me, shrieking "If you love Ciclope so much why don't you marry him"
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Lots of people in this thread wanting to see what a world war 3 match looks like, so here I've decided to put up this reasonable facsimile: Of course, I had to use WWF gifs because no one ever made a gif of a WCW battle royal. The WCW cameras didn't have nearly those good of angles.
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The American Dream posted:It looks like in march wwe is going to release a best of wcw ppv matches. What does everyone think will be on it or want to see on it? I'm hoping for one ww3 match just so I can finally see it Monster truck match.
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pathetic little tramp posted:Lots of people in this thread wanting to see what a world war 3 match looks like, so here I've decided to put up this reasonable facsimile:
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My cousins and I listened to the audio of World War 3 '98 over the cable scrambles and it sounded like the most exciting thing ever. A few days later we watched it on a friend's VHS recording and were tremendously disappointed by the triple split screen. I can't believe I thought that Kevin Nash winning that debacle was incredibly cool.
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Tokelau All Star posted:My cousins and I listened to the audio of World War 3 '98 over the cable scrambles and it sounded like the most exciting thing ever. A few days later we watched it on a friend's VHS recording and were tremendously disappointed by the triple split screen. I can't believe I thought that Kevin Nash winning that debacle was incredibly cool. Listening to scramblevision was the only way you could be fooled (other than being a WCW announcer) into thinking that the fake Sting that night was Sting.
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I actually watched a WW3 PPV (must've been either '98 or '99) for free at a friend's house because he had a de-scrambler. I kinda vaguely remember still wanting my money back afterwards for some reason. That GIF up above is a good representation of the complete chaos and confusion that took place.
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I've always wanted to see a WW3 match live. At least that would have to be pretty cool, right?... Right??
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haljordan posted:I actually watched a WW3 PPV (must've been either '98 or '99) for free at a friend's house because he had a de-scrambler. I kinda vaguely remember still wanting my money back afterwards for some reason. That GIF up above is a good representation of the complete chaos and confusion that took place. But imagine instead of hard cameras they use ringside handhelds shooting up between the ropes
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MassRafTer posted:Listening to scramblevision was the only way you could be fooled (other than being a WCW announcer) into thinking that the fake Sting that night was Sting.
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Halloween Jack posted:We're not married yet, but the mental image of her stuffing her clothes into her suitcase, crying hysterically, throwing the high heels I bought her at me, shrieking "If you love Ciclope so much why don't you marry him" You'll never understand the deep connection of trust that I have with Ciclope  WAIT A MINUTE..... 
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LividLiquid posted:There was a fake Sting that year at WW3? Real Sting took off after his match with Bret at Havok and didn't come back until Spring Stampede, long after the Wolfpac had broken up. I guess I am thinking of 97 when Nash (or Hogan? or both?) dressed up as Sting. In other news: Nitro in half an hour! http://www.psp-tv.com/r/BadMoviesWorseWrestling MassRafTer fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Dec 4, 2013 |
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MassRafTer posted:I guess I am thinking of 97 when Nash (or Hogan? or both?) dressed up as Sting. I refuse to believe it was anything other than both. How long till we get to The Night of 1000 Stings anyway? That was genuinely awesome.
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Jerusalem posted:I refuse to believe it was anything other than both. Unfortunately we are about 11 months away from that, so late summer of next year if we keep up the present pace 
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MassRafTer posted:Unfortunately we are about 11 months away from that, so late summer of next year if we keep up the present pace Oh well, something to look forward to I guess!
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MassRafTer posted:911 debuts in WCW (no he doesn't wrestle against either Big Bubba or One Man Gang Out of everyone in ECW at that time, why the gently caress did they sign 911?
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CombineThresher posted:Out of everyone in ECW at that time, why the gently caress did they sign 911? tall
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CombineThresher posted:Out of everyone in ECW at that time, why the gently caress did they sign 911? They hired everybody. They hired the repo man to do a lovely golfer gimmick that he did like three times on their C show in the early 90's and he had a job till WCW closed.
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Gonzo McFee posted:They hired everybody. Hey now, Barry "Hole In One" Darsow was awesome and I won't have you talking poo poo about him.
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He challenged people to putting contests in the ring, then when they went to putt he'd hit them with a club. That is the best gimmick ever.
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Who the hell was 911 in wcw? I remember seeing him briefly in ecw then he disappeared.
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Well, that was some creepy as hell Benoit footage.
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The American Dream posted:Who the hell was 911 in wcw? I remember seeing him briefly in ecw then he disappeared. Dude, he was Big Al, purveyor of close shaves. Edit actually I checked, he wasn't the same Big Al. WCW had two different guys named Big Al. Talk about originality.
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CombineThresher posted:Out of everyone in ECW at that time, why the gently caress did they sign 911? Heyman was great at hiding guys weaknesses?
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It's disappointing. All that farting around with signing everybody and their cousin, but we never got Tank Abbott vs. New Jack in WCW.
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The American Dream posted:Who the hell was 911 in wcw? I remember seeing him briefly in ecw then he disappeared. Probably the same reason that Damien Kane was under a WCW contract at some point. Pretty much everyone from ECW got at least a tryout match. Nitro also ran Philly the night after Barely Legal, I remember 911 was on that show.
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Wasn't it revealed that Todd Gordon was working with WCW as every ECW wrestler they hired he got a cut?
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bobkatt013 posted:Wasn't it revealed that Todd Gordon was working with WCW as every ECW wrestler they hired he got a cut? Yep.
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Jerusalem posted:How long till we get to The Night of 1000 Stings anyway? That was genuinely awesome. Was that Jeff Jarrett forcing Sting to fight a bunch of (really bad looking) fake Stings, each from a different era? I've only ever seen it once, like a day after it happened, so I never remember the details.
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Red posted:Was that Jeff Jarrett forcing Sting to fight a bunch of (really bad looking) fake Stings, each from a different era? I've only ever seen it once, like a day after it happened, so I never remember the details. Nope, that's the night that the nWo went down to the ring and called out Sting, and one by one fake Sting after fake Sting after fake Sting came down through the crowd and took a beating by a laughing nWo.... until suddenly one of them didn't take the bump and they realized,"Oh poo poo it's the real Sting CHEESE IT!  "It loving owned.
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Jerusalem posted:Nope, that's the night that the nWo went down to the ring and called out Sting, and one by one fake Sting after fake Sting after fake Sting came down through the crowd and took a beating by a laughing nWo.... until suddenly one of them didn't take the bump and they realized,"Oh poo poo it's the real Sting CHEESE IT! Whoa! That sounds glorious, I can't believe I've never seen it.
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