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that’s way cooler than if he just got his back pay tbh
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Inasmuch as my college buddies watched any WCW in its dying days, I always professed to be a fan of Mister Slapnuts, but it was in the same way I was a fan of Who Let The Dogs Out or MD 20/20; I knew it was terrible but relished in having a slightly higher tolerance for its awfulness than my friends did, therefore torturing them with it.
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St Evan Echoes posted:that’s way cooler than if he just got his back pay tbh It's by far the best thing he's done in his life and the only good thing Russo ever did.
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Apr 11, 2018 22:26
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Wasn't the match he had with Chyna pretty much her best match ever, too?
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Apr 11, 2018 22:36
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Wasn't the match he had with Chyna pretty much her best match ever, too? That or a match with Jericho.
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MassRafTer posted:That or a match with Jericho. I do remember popping for the top rope pedigree but I do not remember not much else about her matches with Jericho. At least the matches themselves, anyways. I remember later reading Chris got in hot water for stiffing her accidentally and that Vince of all people got really fired up about it and nearly fired Chris.
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MassRafTer posted:It's by far the best thing he's done in his life and the only good thing Russo ever did. Russo also "swerved" WCW by telling them he would testify for them in Sid's injury lawsuit, but then getting on the stand and testifying in favor of Sid.
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Apr 12, 2018 02:08
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Halloween Jack posted:I apologize for bringing this up, but did Jeff Jarrett ever have a single fan, anywhere, ever? I’m sorry but I’m imagining someone with a Wisconsin accent (think Edie McClurg on the Hogan Family) asking this and I am just dying right now.
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Apr 12, 2018 02:10
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MassRafTer posted:Buddy I don't know how to tell you this but he wasn't owed well into the six figures for back PPV money. Well that's your opinion jack
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MassRafTer posted:It's by far the best thing he's done in his life and the only good thing Russo ever did.
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Hedgehog Pie posted:The OSW Review lads seem to like him for some reason, but I try not to hold it against them. AFAIK they acknowledge he's a lousy main eventer, but they loved his comedy stuff like Double-M-A, and had kind words about meeting him IRL.
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Apr 12, 2018 23:21
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fart blood posted:someone with a Wisconsin accent (think Edie McClurg on the Hogan Family)
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Apr 12, 2018 23:58
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Halloween Jack posted:What? See also: Edie McClurg in Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, or Edie McClurg in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, or Edie McClurg in Small Wonder, or Edie McClurg in 7th Heaven. Additionally, no ne-ne no no no.
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Apr 13, 2018 01:48
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I hate to derail, but does anyone else think Dale Torborg or however you spell it sounds like the name of a demon already? TORBORG
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fart blood posted:I’m sorry but I’m imagining someone with a Wisconsin accent (think Edie McClurg on the Hogan Family) asking this and I am just dying right now. I could totally see someone named Ed from Wisconsin being interested in digging up the corpse of WCW.
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Apr 14, 2018 23:51
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St Evan Echoes posted:livestreaming with those charity podcast people was pretty cool "the lights come back on and brays still in the ring" would be better booking than wwe's given him
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MotU posted:"the lights come back on and brays still in the ring" would be better booking than wwe's given him "Booker T has been replaced with a skeleton" is the kind of booking that I can get behind
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Hypothetically, who are some wrestlers that had limited potential in WCW that y'all think would have kicked rear end in the WWE but never got a fair chance? For me, it's Scott Norton. I think he would have been a great bruiser in the mold of Boss Man.
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Apr 15, 2018 01:51
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I do remember popping for the top rope pedigree but I do not remember not much else about her matches with Jericho. At least the matches themselves, anyways. I remember later reading Chris got in hot water for stiffing her accidentally and that Vince of all people got really fired up about it and nearly fired Chris. Quotes of "the drizzling shits" and "your contract isn't worth the paper it's printed on" come to mind.
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joshtothemaxx posted:Hypothetically, who are some wrestlers that had limited potential in WCW that y'all think would have kicked rear end in the WWE but never got a fair chance? Scott Norton was a two-time IWGP Heavyweight champion
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Yeah WCW was basically Norton's side gig. He was too limited on the mic and in the ring to really do well in WWE. He'd get a big push out of the gate and then his limitations would be exposed and Vince would be done with him in a couple years. Overall that'd probably be a more meaningful run than what Norton got in WCW, but he wouldn't be able to do New Japan.
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Apr 15, 2018 04:23
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joshtothemaxx posted:Hypothetically, who are some wrestlers that had limited potential in WCW that y'all think would have kicked rear end in the WWE but never got a fair chance? Horace Hogan wasn't great, obviously, but if he was in WWF during the 1999-2001 Hardcore Title scene, he would have had some decent fuckfests with Hardcore Holly, Raven, Steve Blackman, all those dudes.
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I feel like most wrestlers in WCW fall under 3 categories IRT this question. 1) They were either a WWF retread or WWF hired them after WCW folded. 2) WWF did hire them and used them better (The Radicalz, Jericho, Big Show...you might not agree with Big Show though) 3) They weren't going to succeed in either WCW or WWF. Either because they sucked or because they would have struggled in WWF for the same reasons they struggled in WCW (like the Luchadores and, um...the Luchadores)
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Apr 15, 2018 06:27
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Alaois posted:Scott Norton was a two-time IWGP Heavyweight champion No poo poo.
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Inspired by the previous few posts mentioning Raven being a nothing Hardcore guy and then the post after talking about WWE utilizing some people better.... Who was the WCW star that was hosed over most in the WWE after the buyout?
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Alex Wright is the only guy I can think of who fits the bill if he put on some muscle. He was only 26 when WCW died, and he came from a wrestling family, just WCW killed his desire to be in the business. To the previous topic, obv.
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NikkolasKing posted:Inspired by the previous few posts mentioning Raven being a nothing Hardcore guy and then the post after talking about WWE utilizing some people better.... Lanny Poffo
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NikkolasKing posted:Inspired by the previous few posts mentioning Raven being a nothing Hardcore guy and then the post after talking about WWE utilizing some people better.... DDP went from being the best buddies with the prospective new boss to being an older outsider in a company where he was an rear end to one of their favored younger stars.
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NikkolasKing posted:Inspired by the previous few posts mentioning Raven being a nothing Hardcore guy and then the post after talking about WWE utilizing some people better.... Jeff Jarrett. His only way to remain relevant in wrestling was to start his own company and have either his dad, his pet booker or himself book him to be a multiple-time world champion. And I'm using "relevant' very generously here. But really I wonder if anybody really got hosed. None of them had to work for WCW anymore. I don't think anybody actually enjoyed being there. ChrisBTY fucked around with this message at 07:59 on Apr 15, 2018 |
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rare Magic card l00k posted:DDP went from being the best buddies with the prospective new boss to being an older outsider in a company where he was an rear end to one of their favored younger stars. Who was DDP an rear end to? In WWF?
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I thought he just had heat with bikertaker which in turn killed him out of the gate in wwe? I mean his fued with him stalled any future hope he had. Mind you he was already old as hell by the time he reached the wwe so that didn't help either.
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Any WCW guy coming in was treated as a threat to the WWF guys' livelihood, since there wasn't exactly infinite roster space and locker room politics in wrestling are always childish. I think someone mentioned in another thread recently that Jericho did a promo on Taker (after a bizarre Taker/Big Show promo designed to be boring and interrupted by someone) and then got heat for "disrespecting Taker." I frankly think the main reason Jericho made it was because Vince had his back on at least some level and he signed before WCW folded. DDP was never super well-liked on some level because he did the Macho Man thing where he wanted to choreograph every match spot-for-spot, which is considered shameful and dishonorable conduct by the normal standard, which is call as much as possible in-ring.
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People mainly didn't like DDP coming up to them with a PDA wanting to go over every part of the match and telling them this poo poo is the future when they didn't want to. Sadly he was right.
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arguably DDP was like the #2 guy when WCW folded(I'm going on memory here so roast me if I'm wrong) so he definitely lost the hardest. DDP's whole act was built around him being a swaggerin tough guy and if the writing didn't protect that, he's just an old busted hesh in tight jeans. Asking WWE to protect a guy like that with an ego issue vs pushing newer more pliable talent, its a no contest. Its a great what if to play but I think DDP and WWE got exactly what they wanted out of each other.
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Apr 16, 2018 00:32
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And hell, it's not like they're on bad terms or anything. DDP always shows up for random interview segments on documentaries and poo poo.
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Apr 16, 2018 00:34
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Ktik posted:fuckfests with Hardcore Holly, Raven, Steve Blackman, all those dudes.
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ChrisBTY posted:Jeff Jarrett. I always loved that on the Raw broadcast of the Last Nitro ever, Vince took time to personally fire Jeff Jarrett as the show opened.
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Apr 16, 2018 01:42
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Lex Luger was way more hosed than Jeff post WCW given WWF went as far to accuse him of killing Liz. Jeff at least had a dad to go halfies on a company with.
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exploded mummy posted:I always loved that on the Raw broadcast of the Last Nitro ever, Vince took time to personally fire Jeff Jarrett as the show opened. Didn't he call out Luger too? Not so much as firing him outright but basically saying he was not worth it to bring in?
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It’s actually because Luger refused to give back the lex express and kept it afte he was released
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