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Numero6 posted:Wow I didn't know he had to do far more, did he have to bail out of the contract of the WCW still paid him anyway? They told him they had plans for him and then after the post Havoc Nitro they never booked him again.
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MassRafTer posted:They told him they had plans for him and then after the post Havoc Nitro they never booked him again. Haha, classic WCW.
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Numero6 posted:Haha, classic WCW. According to Death of WCW they wanted to have him lose to Hogan and not be forced to use him anymore, and Warrior agreed in exchange for an extra year of pay.
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Great White Hope posted:According to Death of WCW they wanted to have him lose to Hogan and not be forced to use him anymore, and Warrior agreed in exchange for an extra year of pay. Honestly, this was a fair trade.
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Warrior comes out of that smelling like roses, though. His contract wasn't exactly peanuts, and he gets 6 figures to do a job. If you're gonna be a knob and hold people up for money, do it big.
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There aren't a ton of WCW shows left that I'm really excited for. The January 4th Nitro is one, Starrcade 99 is another, but so many others have either: A. Been done to death like New Blood Rising or the Russo/Bischoff reboot. B. Are irredeemably bad. Both still have their appeal, but tonight we're watching HALLOWEEN HAVOC 98 It's a show that has extreme peaks and valleys. It's a show we've been building to for months. It's legendary: MAIN EVENT WCW WORLD TITLE MATCH DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE VS GOLDBERG (C) THE REMATCH OF THE CENTURY THE WARRIOR VS HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN US TITLE MATCH STING VS BRET HART (C) THE ULTIMATE GRUDGE MATCH SCOTT HALL VS KEVIN NASH IF RICK MESSES UP SCOTT'S FACE HE MUST ANSWER TO CHUCKY RICK STEINER VS SCOTT STEINER WCW CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE MATCH DISCO INFERNO VS BILLY KIDMAN (C) A MATCH THAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING ON PAY PER VIEW PERRY SATURN VS LODI EUROPEAN JERK VS EUROPEAN NICE GUY ALEX WRIGHT VS FIT FINLAY MEAN GUY MATCH MENG VS WRATH WCW TV TITLE MATCH RAVEN VS CHRIS JERICHO (C) TUNE IN TOMORROW NIGHT AT 8 PM FOR HALLOWEEN HAVOC! Hopefully there will be a preshow at 7:30 with the AWF. http://www.psp-tv.com/r/BadMoviesWorseWrestling
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I like how they blow off the Steiner feud by making 2 matches on the PPV without any time to promote one of their most anticipated matches and how Raven has completely gone off the rails on his character ever since Fall Brawl
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Reddit posted:Back when Nitro was hot, WCW opened a restaurant called the Nitro Grille inside Excalibur resort in Las Vegas. I was lucky enough to attend the VIP grand opening. Nicest person I met all night was Sting. Talked to me and my friend for a good 30 mins casually at the bar. I was never a fan of him until that day. Much respect for Sting. What a dick.
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I liked that part where the winner of the DDP vs. Goldberg match was 7 Days in Tibet.
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I liked the part where the tried hard to push Scott Norton. I liked him kind of. What the hell was wrong with me?
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Doomsday Jesus posted:I liked the part where the tried hard to push Scott Norton. I liked him kind of. What the hell was wrong with me? Fire & Ice were a decent mid-card team
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Scott Norton was great because he was just so freakishly huge! He never got a real push though because he was a megastar in Japan and was never around. Boo.
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Luigi Thirty posted:He never got a real push though because he was a megastar in Japan and was never around. Boo.
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Scott Norton confused me as a child. He was the IWGP something or other Champion, and I remember him defending that belt on a PPV or something, but WCW never mentioned it, or made a big deal of it or anything. So a world champion was relegated to being the huge barrell-chested bloke in the background goofing off with the other hundred un-named nWo black and white dudes.
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BrigadierSensible posted:Scott Norton confused me as a child. He was the IWGP something or other Champion, and I remember him defending that belt on a PPV or something, but WCW never mentioned it, or made a big deal of it or anything. Scott Norton confused me as a child because he had a belly like my grandpa, but had abs on that belly.
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Scott Norton could have destroyed anyone in that company. It was only his mercy that allowed everyone to live.
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oldpainless posted:Scott Norton could have destroyed anyone in that company. It was only his mercy that allowed everyone to live. Did we ever get Flapjack Norton vs Meng?
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Meng is a bitch, sorry to break it to you.
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Now Haku, there's a man I wouldn't want to fight.
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Apropos of nothing, another thing I've noticed watching Tuesday Nitro is that WCW had an bunch of generic big white guys who had long dark hair and wore black. Brian Adams, Scotty Riggs, Ed Leslie, Wrath...some were more talented than others, but I just remember a faceless procession of big guys who were lucky if they got a low-to-midcard push before jobbing to Nash or Mongo or whoever. It didn't help that the ever-expanding nWo also had a lot of big guys who fit this profile.
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Scott Norton was my favorite NWO guy and was legit mad when Scott Steiner gave him the low-blow in a US Title match. The low-blow is what gave a maskless Rey Mysterio a win over Norton during the giant killer storyline. Norton vs the Kat was great too.
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I watched the 1999 WCW Mayhem and what was going on with the Harris Brothers? Even in suits they look like fat pieces of poo poo and I don't understand why they hired them when they had a roster full of intimidating big dudes. Also I didn't realize until now that Russo is on the broadcast, albeit off camera. Also nice to see that the production truck never ceases to gently caress up entrances - Sting's music is queued to about 2 minutes in the track, as if they started it during Bret Hart's into. The main event was good though, it's weird watching old wrestling and seeing a top guy like Bret win but still sell for his opponent.
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1st AD posted:I watched the 1999 WCW Mayhem and what was going on with the Harris Brothers? Even in suits they look like fat pieces of poo poo and I don't understand why they hired them when they had a roster full of intimidating big dudes. Also I didn't realize until now that Russo is on the broadcast, albeit off camera. Russo and Jarrett are/were friends with the Harris Twins and they followed them everywhere for a while
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The Harris Twins are also neo-Nazis complete with the tattoos. They're currently in charge of production in TNA.
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Pope Corky the IX posted:The Harris Twins are also neo-Nazis complete with the tattoos. They're currently in charge of production in TNA. Hahahaha. Sounds about right.
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I think Ron Harris was Macho Man's promoter/manager for his rap career too
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oatgan posted:I think Ron Harris was Macho Man's promoter/manager for his rap career too Also his body guard when he was afraid Hogan might shoot on him when he heard Hogan would be in Orlando at the same time he was doing a TNA PPV.
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oatgan posted:I think Ron Harris was Macho Man's promoter/manager for his rap career too I thought macho man's rap manager was just a figment of his imagination after a two week coke binge
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MassRafTer posted:Also his body guard when he was afraid Hogan might shoot on him when he heard Hogan would be in Orlando at the same time he was doing a TNA PPV. At what point in time could anyone possibly be afraid of being shot on by a post-WCW Hulk Hogan?
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Well Macho's body was also hosed up from wrestling, and Hogan had a lot of size on him.
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6EQUJ5 6 7 posted:Even cutting up the suit, the actor who played in Robocop 3 has lasting back damage from it. Wait, wasn't the TV show the one they cut it up for?
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RZApublican posted:At what point in time could anyone possibly be afraid of being shot on by a post-WCW Hulk Hogan? Macho Man was notoriously paranoid. Hell, he thought Bischoff brought Fit Finlay in to shoot on him in WCW.
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My favorite Hogan moment is when Shawn Michaels cartoonishly oversold for him to protest doing a clean job and not getting his win back
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Benne posted:My favorite Hogan moment is when Shawn Michaels cartoonishly oversold for him to protest doing a clean job and not getting his win back 
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Benne posted:My favorite Hogan moment is when Shawn Michaels cartoonishly oversold for him to protest doing a clean job and not getting his win back Do we know Hogan's reaction to this? Did he ever comment on it? Or on the way teh next night at RAW Shawn laughed off the loss entirely. Coz I can legitimately see Hogan not noticing, and indeed thinking, "this kid is making me look like a million bucks. I can see him having a future in this business."
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Hehe.
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BrigadierSensible posted:Do we know Hogan's reaction to this? Did he ever comment on it? Or on the way teh next night at RAW Shawn laughed off the loss entirely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0UZ1XgAmog It's pretty standard Hogan
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The best spot was when Shawn did his elbow drop from the top rope and Hogan rolled away. Instead of doing the standard "nobody home" selling, he twitched his body like he had a seizure. That match was amazing because Shawn was openly making GBS threads on it, and you can't tell if Hogan is in on the joke or not.
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No Luck Needed posted:Norton vs the Kat was great too. I loved that for how it showed that the nWo B-team was content with just chilling out in the back. Like, if Miller hadn't called Norton out he would have just sat there all night, watching TV.
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BrigadierSensible posted:Do we know Hogan's reaction to this? Did he ever comment on it? Or on the way teh next night at RAW Shawn laughed off the loss entirely. Apparently the story goes that Shawn was unhappy with the match because he had to turn heel and was enjoying his face run, and he didn't want to do a clean job unless he got his win back. Hogan reportedly promised that deal, but then went and hosed off again, like Hogan does. So Shawn just said "gently caress it" and made it a comedy match by himself.
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