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DrVenkman posted:Starcade '95 is great for Heenan and Rhodes making GBS threads on Schiovane. He calls a move the 'Mafia Kick' and the others start laughing, then call moves like the Sicilian Neckbreaker and the Yugoslavian armbar. They also make fun of him for calling a german suplex correctly at one point.
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Someone in WCW watched Toy Story. Twice in Starcade Macho Man drops "To infinity and beyond" and then in the Nitro after Hogan does the same thing.
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Sep 15, 2014 20:51
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I've been marathon watching Nitro, and I'm up to February 96 and I must say: Goofy happy Tag Team Champion Lex Luger is my favorite character.
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Sep 15, 2014 21:00
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How far in time does Nitro go so far? I know they started at the beginning, how many episodes are up? I let my Network subscription expire but might come back for Henry/Rusev (it will be good shut up) and 1997 Nitros, aka the beginning of my wrestling fandom.
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Sep 15, 2014 21:19
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projecthalaxy posted:How far in time does Nitro go so far? I know they started at the beginning, how many episodes are up? I let my Network subscription expire but might come back for Henry/Rusev (it will be good shut up) and 1997 Nitros, aka the beginning of my wrestling fandom. Every Nitro in 95 and 96 is what's available.
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Sep 15, 2014 21:21
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Daniel Bryan posted:Every Nitro in 95 and 96 is what's available. I see, thank you. Maybe soon they will add the next year and I can be eight again, begging Sting to come down from his perch and save us from the horrid NWO forces. That'll be fun. Or I'll realize it's all garbage and I was a foolish child. But I hope not.
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projecthalaxy posted:I see, thank you. Maybe soon they will add the next year and I can be eight again, begging Sting to come down from his perch and save us from the horrid NWO forces. That'll be fun. Or I'll realize it's all garbage and I was a foolish child. But I hope not. '97 and most of '98 was good before they start skidding into the abyss.
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Sep 15, 2014 21:34
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I'm enjoyed watching the 95 stuff because I didn't get into it until mid - late 96. This stuff is nuts. Also, Johnny B Bad seems to get really lengthy matches every PPV.
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Spikeguy posted:I'm enjoyed watching the 95 stuff because I didn't get into it until mid - late 96. This stuff is nuts. Also, Johnny B Bad seems to get really lengthy matches every PPV. There's a reason why Vince stole him away and gave him a big guaranteed money contract!
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Sep 15, 2014 21:56
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The Flyin' Brian / Johnny B. Badd opener at Fall Brawl 1995 makes me so glad time limit draws aren't a thing anymore. I actually rather like the PPV overall but MAN those first couple of matches.
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Sep 15, 2014 22:08
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El Gallinero Gros posted:They also make fun of him for calling a german suplex correctly at one point. Dusty is really funny on commentary but I couldn't listen to him week in week out
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Sep 15, 2014 22:14
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Maxwell Lord posted:The Flyin' Brian / Johnny B. Badd opener at Fall Brawl 1995 makes me so glad time limit draws aren't a thing anymore. I actually rather like the PPV overall but MAN those first couple of matches. That match really made me question WTF the point was of even having a time limit.
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Sep 15, 2014 22:17
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Watching World War 3 1995 with Hulk Hogan refusing to go down clean once again. "Yes, we've seen the video footage! We know you didn't go over the top rope!" Macho Man should be getting cheers and instead he's getting confused boos. gently caress Hogan.
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Sep 15, 2014 22:27
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I love watching Hogan do his whole invincible mode thing and the crowd just doesn't get into it in the 95/96 Nitros. People were so sick of it by then and it is embarrassing.
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I really, really wish Monday Night Wars was chronological instead of jumping from topic to topic. It's really jarring when the last time we've heard from the WWE they were stuck in the 80s and then boom, apparently DX appeared while we were watching the NWO? Go back and do it in order, goddammit, I want to see how the companies were reacting to each other.
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Well, I signed up for another six months. I like getting the PPVs, sure, but for me the real appeal is being able to pick up my tablet and be like "BOX, SHOW ME THE STEINER BROTHERS KILLING SOME GUY" and it does. I am not sure why someone who is not a longtime fan would get it though. I guess they didn't.
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CapnAndy posted:I really, really wish Monday Night Wars was chronological instead of jumping from topic to topic. It's really jarring when the last time we've heard from the WWE they were stuck in the 80s and then boom, apparently DX appeared while we were watching the NWO? Go back and do it in order, goddammit, I want to see how the companies were reacting to each other. Yeah, I definitely thought it would be more side by side of what was happening, rather than a whole episode focusing on a storyline or character. Morel like "here was what happened between March and August 1998" rather than "here is an overview of Mick Foley's career from 1996 to 2000"
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projecthalaxy posted:Well, I signed up for another six months. I like getting the PPVs, sure, but for me the real appeal is being able to pick up my tablet and be like "BOX, SHOW ME THE STEINER BROTHERS KILLING SOME GUY" and it does. I am not sure why someone who is not a longtime fan would get it though. I guess they didn't. I always bring up the Steiners in my explanation about why the network is worth it! What is it about those two balls of muscle and suplexes that is just so drat engaging? I even walk around the apartment singing "Steinerized."
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I'm watching World War 3 '95, and Tony shilling Compuserve chat is the 1995 equivalent of Cole shilling Twitter. Join the discussion...on compuserve.
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My favorite part was Ted Dibiase pretending he knew what the Internet was
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The 1993 Raw I'm watching has, in maybe the space of 10 minutes, had the commentators reference The Fugitive, Burt & Loni's divorce, the recent Israeli peace accords, Raymond Burr's passing, and the struggles of new late-night host Conan O' Brien. If I were writing a movie set in 1993 I'd have to nix all this dialogue as being way too on the nose.
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Sep 16, 2014 05:56
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Hey, what the gently caress is Hacksaw Jim Duggan's gimmick? He's a crazy hobo who hits people with a 2x4 but loves America? What the gently caress is his character supposed to be?
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TheJoker138 posted:Hey, what the gently caress is Hacksaw Jim Duggan's gimmick? He's a crazy hobo who hits people with a 2x4 but loves America? What the gently caress is his character supposed to be? He's a man who chants USA! So Daniel Bryan with different letters.
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TheJoker138 posted:He's a crazy hobo who hits people with a 2x4 but loves America? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afNOqwJrT8s
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TheJoker138 posted:Hey, what the gently caress is Hacksaw Jim Duggan's gimmick? He's a crazy hobo who hits people with a 2x4 but loves America? What the gently caress is his character supposed to be? You pretty much nailed it, except he also yells "HOOOOOOOO" sometimes.
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Great White Hope posted:He's a man who chants USA! So Daniel Bryan with different letters. This post circa November 2013
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I liked Hacksaw on Legends House and he actually did seem pretty intelligent, though that might have just been in comparison to everyone else. 
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Endless Mike posted:I liked Hacksaw on Legends House and he actually did seem pretty intelligent, though that might have just been in comparison to everyone else. Hacksaw and Piper trying to cheat during that one game, and doing it so badly because Piper forgot that Hacksaw is basically blind, is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in wrestling.
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TheJoker138 posted:Hey, what the gently caress is Hacksaw Jim Duggan's gimmick? He's a crazy hobo who hits people with a 2x4 but loves America? What the gently caress is his character supposed to be? He was a special needs child who aspired to be a lumberjack like the guy on the paper towels. He wasn't allowed to swing an axe as a wrestler, so he just found a 2x4. He yells "HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" because he heard people yell that on boats when they see land, and he thought it was neat. He really was the basis for Eugene. All of his press photos and interviews have him doing some combination of: - Giving a super-enthusiastic thumbs up - Smiling with his tongue sticking out - Crossing his eyes - Yelling/screaming gibberish - Using simple/basic words - Standing up to mean bullies by calling out "tough guys"
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^^ I really want to believe this.
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sleepingbuddha posted:^^ I really want to believe this. Here are some Hacksaw moments proving he was a Lennie without a George (although maybe the 2x4 was his George): 1. The most Hacksaw thing I can think of is when they sold Yokozuna as such a monster, that no one had even knocked him down. Duggan gets a match with him, and manages to hit Yoko with three clotheslines, and as Yoko starts to topple, Duggan just stands there and does his thumbs-up while grinning like an idiot. Yokozuna ended up destroying Duggan, draping him in the flag, and giving him a series of Banzai Splashes. They even had Duggan's (kayfabe?) wife do an interview saying that Jim needed to stay home. 2. Duggan stars on 'Harry and The Hendersons', and Harry wrestles in a mask:  3. In WCW, Jim Duggan became a janitor. While emptying the trash, he found the TV Title, thrown away by "Last Call" Scott Hall. Duggan crowns himself the new TV champion. 4. After becoming champion by cashing in his MitB briefcase on John Cena, Edge, with Lita, brags on Raw. Out comes Hacksaw to ask for a title shot, and he leads the crowd in a USA chant. Edge is incredibly confused: "What? What are you talking about? Why are you chanting USA?!" 5. Sgt. Slaughter runs out of steam as an Iraqi sympathizer, and out of nowhere, starts appearing in vignettes of him visiting the Statue of Liberty and other places, proclaiming: "I want my country back!". After a while of this, we don't see Sarge. Then, Hacksaw Jim Duggan has a match against one of the Nasty Boys. As soon as Duggan has the upper hand, the other Nasty jumps in the ring and starts beating up Duggan. Sarge, having received zero shits from anyone via his face promos, does the only thing he can think of to become a hero again: save the retarded Hacksaw Jim Duggan. The two form a makeshift tag team that's actually pretty successful against the Nasties/Beverlies/etc., and even join up with Virgil and The Big Boss Man to fight Repo Man, The Mountie, and The Nasty Boys at WrestleMania VIII - and win! 6. After fooling around in WWE for a little while (beating up jobbers who claimed to be French), he found someone to mentor: Eugene. Eventually, Eugene had a freakout when he missed Jeopardy or something, and attacked Duggan. The two had a match which Eugene won. 7. During a Raw in Canada, the guest host was Sgt. Slaughter, Duggan's old pal. Slaughter told the crowd a legend was appearing, and that he was the best there ever was, will be, and so forth. Duggan comes out, dressed in patriotic gear, and is booed by the crowd, who were expecting Burt Hart or someone. Slaughter laughs and laughs, but Duggan doesn't understand the problem. Oh well. HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! 8. In his later years in WWE, he was routinely picked on by bullies: Rated RKO, Chris Masters, Umaga, The Legacy, and, well, lots of mean guys, okay? He eventually decided to retire until a former bully, Jerry "The King" Lawler, gave him a pep talk. Duggan decided to be a tough guy, and un-retires! USA! USA! USA! 9. Duggan was inducted into the Hall of Fame by Ted DiBiase, The "Million Dollar Man". Duggan picked DiBiase to induct him because he figured it should be a guy with shaggy hair and a beard, just like him.
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I'm in the mood to see a PPV or match on the Network where the crowd just shits all over it. Something like the end of the last Royal Rumble. Any suggestions?
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PUNKS DIET SODA posted:I'm in the mood to see a PPV or match on the Network where the crowd just shits all over it. Something like the end of the last Royal Rumble. Luger/Windham from Great American Bash '91, Goldberg/Lesnar from WrestleMania XX.
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PUNKS DIET SODA posted:I'm in the mood to see a PPV or match on the Network where the crowd just shits all over it. Something like the end of the last Royal Rumble. Great American Bash 1991: Actually I think the entire show.
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PUNKS DIET SODA posted:I'm in the mood to see a PPV or match on the Network where the crowd just shits all over it. Something like the end of the last Royal Rumble. Great American Bash 91, the whole show is like that but the title match especially so.
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Awesome. And related: Which NXT episode had Eva Marie on it? I heard that one was especially brutal ed: Found it, Aug 7
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Sep 16, 2014 20:03
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PUNKS DIET SODA posted:Awesome. She was visibly crying.
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Sep 16, 2014 20:53
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Speaking as someone who initially hated Eva Marie, I kind of feel bad for her. She seems basically well meaning, if inept, and it's clear WWE doesn't give a poo poo about her or her career and will dump her the second Total Divas goes off the air. Granted, she'll probably be able to parlay the Maxim photo shoots into something afterwards, but she still comes across as someone who's basically being set up to fail by the company.
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Hahaha, so, I'm watching the Hart episode of Monday Night Raw and at about 39:50, Confronting the Shadow Broker from Mass Effect plays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKJhcfA5TtU Ironically, it's played when Bret goes to confront McMahon after the Screwjob. It's really, really weird hearing music from a video game in a show.
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The Eva Marie on NXT thing was super overblown. She gets a bad reaction but it's not the crucifixion the internet made it out to be.
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