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Hockles posted:Why did Vince have a neck brace during the Steroid trial? In one of those trademark Vince McMahon impulse decisions he decided to switch lawyers from McDevitt to a guy he saw chasing an ambulance. He thought he had good hustle.
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Red posted:Ah, okay. That sounds right. I love the "ref kicks the heel's arm" spot so much. I wish guys would obviously heel it up more.
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Feb 19, 2014 07:27
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Hockles posted:Why did Vince have a neck brace during the Steroid trial? he had just had spinal surgery beforehand, brought on by improper technique and overtraining from years of lifting weights.
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Feb 19, 2014 07:33
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ZDar Fan posted:Was there any particular reason that Hogan/Flair did so badly in '91 that WWF scrapped plans for a Mania feud? It seems like that would have been a huge dream match at the time. I was living overseas where we didn't get NWA/WCW so I had never heard of Flair, but I was sold when Heenan cut that great promo with the NWA belt where he said "Comparing this belt to Hulk Hogan's belt would be like comparing ice cream to horse manure. Comparing the man who wears this belt to Hulk Hogan would be like comparing ice cream to horse manure." The matches didn't do that well on the house show circuit for whatever reason. That, and Hogan was on his way to take a year off, so it didn't make sense for him to beat Flair and win the belt at WrestleMania.
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Feb 19, 2014 07:39
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ZDar Fan posted:Was there any particular reason that Hogan/Flair did so badly in '91 that WWF scrapped plans for a Mania feud? It seems like that would have been a huge dream match at the time. I was living overseas where we didn't get NWA/WCW so I had never heard of Flair, but I was sold when Heenan cut that great promo with the NWA belt where he said "Comparing this belt to Hulk Hogan's belt would be like comparing ice cream to horse manure. Comparing the man who wears this belt to Hulk Hogan would be like comparing ice cream to horse manure." They just didn't promote it right, and burned through it too quickly. It did fine on its first house show loop, but the second time around Flair was less of an outsider world champion on equal footing and more of just another WWF uppercard heel. It didn't have the specialness anymore. It isn't even so much they scrapped plans, the plans never even got developed because it fizzled so soon. By the time the Rumble came around it was going to be Savage/Flair and Hogan/Sid, even though Flair will say differently now.
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I have read a lot about macho man saying he only wants to be inducted into the hall of fame with his family. What history does Lenny Paffo have? Is he actually something big or important to wrestling, or is he just a sibling of someone great?
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Lanny had a run against Hogan as The Genius that was ok, no idea about how it went business-wise. Apart from that, nothing he did was really of note. He certainly has no place in the Hall of Fame, regardless of the presence of people like Koko B. Ware.
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Feb 19, 2014 10:38
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Mr. Kennedy posted:I have read a lot about macho man saying he only wants to be inducted into the hall of fame with his family. What history does Lenny Paffo have? Is he actually something big or important to wrestling, or is he just a sibling of someone great? The reason reason Savage wanted that deal was because of his father, Angelo Poffo.
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Memento posted:Lanny had a run against Hogan as The Genius that was ok, no idea about how it went business-wise. Apart from that, nothing he did was really of note. He certainly has no place in the Hall of Fame, regardless of the presence of people like Koko B. Ware. The coronation of the Macho King is one of my favorite wrestling moments. I don't see any good reason why whole families shouldn't be inducted. Harts, Rhodes, Von Erics, etc;
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What was the deal with NXT season 3, the diva season, it seems like from the first episode Cole treated it like a joke, and it was only intensified as the season went on, obviously it was an all woman's season and noone was that good but from the first week it felt like the whole thing was just a rib on someone and not a way to try to elevate female talent to the roster.
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Brokenogre posted:What was the deal with NXT season 3, the diva season, it seems like from the first episode Cole treated it like a joke, and it was only intensified as the season went on, obviously it was an all woman's season and noone was that good but from the first week it felt like the whole thing was just a rib on someone and not a way to try to elevate female talent to the roster. they had a TV contract to fulfill and ran out of ideas. That's pretty much the extent of it.
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Feb 19, 2014 14:16
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It didn't help that everyone on the show was terrible at the time. Most of the guys in seasons 1 and 2 were incredibly green too, but at least there was an indie darling to get behind. NXT was always all about embarrassing the competitors they just finally nailed the formula for S3
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Die Laughing posted:The coronation of the Macho King is one of my favorite wrestling moments.
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Halloween Jack posted:That would put Bruce Hart in the Hall of Fame. And that fake Von Erich cousin.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:And that fake Von Erich cousin. I know you're joking, but the Von Erichs were already inducted as a family into the WWE HoF in 2009. Only Fritz and his sons (Kevin, David, Kerry, Mike, and Chris) were inducted and not Waldo or Lance.
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Feb 19, 2014 14:52
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Der-Wreck posted:My brother and I were watching some of the best of the WWE Heavyweight Championship DVD and maaaaaan Earl Hebner bugged me so much. He got way too involved in a bunch of the matches, especially the Cactus Jack Vs. Triple H Street Fight at Royal Rumble 2000. If I recall correctly, I think he grabs away the barbed-wire 2x4 from Cactus. It's a fuckin' street fight! I don't know why he'd take away the barbed wire from Cactus, but I think part of the buildup to the HHH/Cactus feud involved Earl. HHH would bully him constantly, even got him fired. So they had some heat, it played into the storyline that Earl would get in HHH's face about stuff. Still annoying, I'm not a fan of refs in storylines unless it's Little Naitch in WCW
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So what has Dave Prazak been up to? Now that he's not part of the ROH announce crew I've kinda lost track of him. Is SHIMMER still around?
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Hockles posted:Why did Vince have a neck brace during the Steroid trial? Cheap sympathy. How can you convict a man in a neck brace? (Judge Scott Steiner presiding)
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Hockles posted:Why did Vince have a neck brace during the Steroid trial? Haha I was watching The History of WWE documentary, and was wondering the same thing. I thought it was pretty weird that they talked about the steroid trial and Owen's death. I mean, it's part of the WWE's history so it should be mentioned, just didn't think they'd do that in what is basically a Vince McMahon fluff piece. It was about as objective as you would expect (not objective at all)
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I love Kevin Nash's recollection of Vince not showing the least bit of concern about the trial in front of the boys. Vince would just be backstage strutting around as usual, in a neckbrace. "Hey Big D!"
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CombineThresher posted:So what has Dave Prazak been up to? Now that he's not part of the ROH announce crew I've kinda lost track of him. Is SHIMMER still around? Shimmer's still around and they're doing a show WM weekend in NOLA. There's no connection between them and ROH anymore though and since they usually tape a bunch of shows one weekend every few months in suburban Chicago no one outside of their niche audience really pays much attention.
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triplexpac posted:I don't know why he'd take away the barbed wire from Cactus To me it shows the brutality of the weapon, even tho its a street fight its such a vicious weapon that the ref doesnt want to let him use it
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Feb 19, 2014 18:40
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Kind of like when Shawn was all "Jesus Christ you'll kill him" when Triple H was beating Undertaker with the hammer.
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HHH/Taker 3 set a world record for the phrase "End it or I will" used.
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Guys. Mabel/Visera/Big Daddy V died.  http://www.wwe.com/inside/big-daddy-v-passes-26182717 RIP Big Daddy 1-5 
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MrBling posted:Guys. So close to Father's Day, too. 
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I had already put him in my database...what was his most prominent name? Seemed he wrestled as Big Daddy for as long as he wrestled as Mabel.
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Halloween Jack posted:I had already put him in my database...what was his most prominent name? Seemed he wrestled as Big Daddy for as long as he wrestled as Mabel. Mabel, Proud Member of M.O.M. (Morbidly Obese Men)
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Taff posted:To me it shows the brutality of the weapon, even tho its a street fight its such a vicious weapon that the ref doesnt want to let him use it The only reason Earl does that because of the switch to another one that's rigged Bob Wire. Classic misdirection. You are already sold that it's real from earlier.
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MrBling posted:Guys. Mechafunkzilla posted:How is this man not dead yet? my bad
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IcePhoenix posted:NXT3 is worth watching simply for CM Punk on commentary. It was only the one episode. There was also the episode where AJ owned everyone else in wrestling theme trivia. The weeks of Raw with Punk at the desk shortly after that were amazing though. Cole: "Dashing Cody Rhodes got a really long facial this morning..." Punk: "I BET he did."
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sticklefifer posted:It was only the one episode. There was also the episode where AJ owned everyone else in wrestling theme trivia. Sometimes, the extended guest commentary is amazing (Punk, Heyman), and sometimes it's pretty bad (Shane, that guy from Imus who did Raw for a while).
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Halloween Jack posted:I had already put him in my database...what was his most prominent name? Seemed he wrestled as Big Daddy for as long as he wrestled as Mabel. He was Viscera for 4-5 years I think
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sticklefifer posted:It was only the one episode. There was also the episode where AJ owned everyone else in wrestling theme trivia. I'm pretty sure it was the other way around, with him doing commentary for RAW only once but doing it every week on NXT. I only say this because I remember eagerly waiting for the "Best of Punk on NXT" weekly vids that someone was putting up on youtube because I didn't want to actually watch the whole show, wheras I was still watching RAW every week at the time. e: I looked this up and apparently my memory is bad and you were right. IcePhoenix fucked around with this message at 22:40 on Feb 19, 2014 |
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IcePhoenix posted:I'm pretty sure it was the other way around, with him doing commentary for RAW only once but doing it every week on NXT. I only say this because I remember eagerly waiting for the "Best of Punk on NXT" weekly vids that someone was putting up on youtube because I didn't want to actually watch the whole show, wheras I was still watching RAW every week at the time. He was really fun on season 1, though.
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