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coconono posted:Sandman in WCW was a fever dream.
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frankenfreak posted:Of course it was. There was no Sandman in WCW. You must be thinking of Hak, excuse me, Hardcore Hak. I'd make fun of WCW for that name but 1)Hak is apparently Sandman's nickname backstage going back to ECW, and 2)He chose the name himself
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May 21, 2019 16:58
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To be fair, what name would you have given him? Even if he gets to keep the name Sandman, he wouldn't be able to use the song in WCW, and we saw how that went when he was in New ECW for like 5 minutes.
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May 21, 2019 17:03
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I still remember the whole angle where Kanyon exposed Raven as a spoiled rich kid, and they ran a bunch of vignettes that showed him with his family. This was also how they debuted Sandman, clean-cut and sober, it was weird and awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96stndsnkH0
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May 21, 2019 17:17
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I'd make fun of WCW for that name but 1)Hak is apparently Sandman's nickname backstage going back to ECW, and 2)He chose the name himself The best part of Sandman in WCW was his return to ECW where the Arena exploded at the sound of that song.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I'd make fun of WCW for that name but 1)Hak is apparently Sandman's nickname backstage going back to ECW, and 2)He chose the name himself I remember seeing his wrestle still wrapped in barbed wire and thinking "this isn't real. the weird fuckin chemicals in my brain are making this up and I'm actually staring at a blank wall."
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Aku posted:I still remember the whole angle where Kanyon exposed Raven as a spoiled rich kid, and they ran a bunch of vignettes that showed him with his family. This was also how they debuted Sandman, clean-cut and sober, it was weird and awesome. For some reason I like this sort of thing in wrestling. I will go down swinging defending the RTC because I thought it was absolutely brilliant.
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May 21, 2019 18:02
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Pope Corky the IX posted:For some reason I like this sort of thing in wrestling. I will go down swinging defending the RTC because I thought it was absolutely brilliant. This was great and raven is amazing. Put raven in charge of the 24/7 title. Did Marc mero wrestle in wcw the last year. He was in the front row of the arquette thunder for tank abbot to pick a fight with. He lived in Syracuse when he was a wrestler so that might be the only reason he was there.
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May 21, 2019 18:35
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The American Dream posted:This was great and raven is amazing. Put raven in charge of the 24/7 title. Nah nothing happened but Sable did, I think, an earlier appearance too.
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May 21, 2019 18:52
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Chris Candido at least stuck around long enough to see Terry Funk almost get killed by a horse.
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May 22, 2019 08:51
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Aku posted:I still remember the whole angle where Kanyon exposed Raven as a spoiled rich kid, and they ran a bunch of vignettes that showed him with his family. This was also how they debuted Sandman, clean-cut and sober, it was weird and awesome. This whole series of stuff was pretty great, and Kanyon's flip into the pool was classic.
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May 22, 2019 14:10
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Hedgehog Pie posted:Chris Candido at least stuck around long enough to see Terry Funk almost get killed by a horse. you fuckin horse! i'll kick your rear end!
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May 22, 2019 15:09
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Sandman is a better actor than I expected.
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May 23, 2019 07:21
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I’m not, how many times has he had to act sober in court to avoid losing custody of his kids?
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May 23, 2019 13:18
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I have been watching a lot of Asylum years TNA on Pluto. It is surprised at how it’s essentially identical to late WCW just with fewer mainstream stars and fewer fans. Same disinterested crowd though. And some of the wrestling is actually kinda good!
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joshtothemaxx posted:I have been watching a lot of Asylum years TNA on Pluto. It is surprised at how it’s essentially identical to late WCW just with fewer mainstream stars and fewer fans. Same disinterested crowd though. And some of the wrestling is actually kinda good! I was *very* active in the online wrestling scene after WCW died and even I didn't know anything about TNA until 2005-ish when I was flipping through channels and saw Billy Gunn debuting on Fox Sports Impact
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May 23, 2019 18:32
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From what I've seen, I'm going to throw out the sick take that Russo as an onscreen character in early TNA is actually worse than Russo as an onscreen character in WCW.
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Hedgehog Pie posted:From what I've seen, I'm going to throw out the sick take that Russo as an onscreen character in early TNA is actually worse than Russo as an onscreen character in WCW. So much worse. The segment with Athena is some of the most vile stuff in wrestling history. And I am not forgetting him keeping Liz on a leash in WCW.
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MassRafTer posted:So much worse. The segment with Athena is some of the most vile stuff in wrestling history. And I am not forgetting him keeping Liz on a leash in WCW. Remember around the late 00s when Russo claimed the TNA Knockouts would say whore, skank, bitch, slut etc in promos independently. And then when he left they stopped?
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I don't know who supervised Russo in WCW, but I automatically assume they were smarter than Dixie Carter.
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Halloween Jack posted:I don't know who supervised Russo in WCW, but I automatically assume they were smarter than Dixie Carter.
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MassRafTer posted:So much worse. The segment with Athena is some of the most vile stuff in wrestling history. And I am not forgetting him keeping Liz on a leash in WCW. I have read so much about wrestling, I have listened to so many old observer radios and read the death of WCW. How have I never heard of this happening?
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MassRafTer posted:So much worse. The segment with [b]Athena[/] is some of the most vile stuff in wrestling history. And I am not forgetting him keeping Liz on a leash in WCW. Is that the Raven one where he threatens to bleach her throat or is the a different thing I'm missing Also, same on the Liz thing, I might have been checked out on WCW by then, did that last for a while?
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May 24, 2019 03:11
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Is that the Raven one where he threatens to bleach her throat or is the a different thing I'm missing The Liz stuff lasts about a month, eventually her and Luger walk out on the company sometime in May over the poo poo they were making her do. A lot of it was because she had a big deal and they were trying to get her to quit. Eventually WCW releases her but not Luger and he comes back in November.
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May 24, 2019 03:32
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Is that the Raven one where he threatens to bleach her throat or is the a different thing I'm missing No this is the one where the Biking Enthusiasts beat her up.
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May 24, 2019 03:35
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The arquette episode is when Russo declares he owns Liz because of her contract to wcw. It’s at the end of ric flair screaming for 5 minutes at Russo, buff and franchise.
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May 24, 2019 08:26
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Liz vs Meng is an all time depressing match that I probably laughed at when it aired.
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I just read that the instrumental version of "Far from Over" by Frank Stallone was used as the theme for Starrcade for most of the 80s. I'm trying to decide if that's better or worse than WWF using the instrumental version of "Obsession" by Animotion as the theme for Saturday Night's Main Event during the same time.
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May 30, 2019 21:36
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This is the best PPV theme by far https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qkOfCH0xl8
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May 30, 2019 21:54
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pathetic little tramp posted:This is the best PPV theme by far nah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivLE2tABulU
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May 30, 2019 21:57
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I don't have anything to add besides noticing that they're wearing a shirt containing a big square photo of them wearing NWO shirts, and this seems like the antithesis of cool. And then later on they seemingly had a shirt with a photo of themselves wearing the original shirt with the photo of themselves? 
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May 30, 2019 21:58
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spongeh posted:I don't have anything to add besides noticing that they're wearing a shirt containing a big square photo of them wearing NWO shirts, and this seems like the antithesis of cool. ITT we learn the Outsiders have a time machine and became big Orange Cassidy fans
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May 30, 2019 22:41
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spongeh posted:I don't have anything to add besides noticing that they're wearing a shirt containing a big square photo of them wearing NWO shirts, and this seems like the antithesis of cool. This is the best outsiders shirt. The only thing even close is the one that just says outsiders on it.
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drat, that's meta. The Outsiders were the OK Soda of tag teams.
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pathetic little tramp posted:This is the best PPV theme by far https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MANKljb1p-Q You would never have thought the original was a seal song
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Adaptabullshit posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MANKljb1p-Q its one of those things in my mind that, like, of course i know that seal must have had hair at some point but i refuse to really believe it. also ya that was one of wcw's more blatant ripoffs. and they had some doozies.
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shiksa posted:its one of those things in my mind that, like, of course i know that seal must have had hair at some point but i refuse to really believe it. The tone is completely different. WCW version has a sinister undertone to it while Seal has a hopeful one.
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May 31, 2019 09:52
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Imagine if they got David Duchovny instead.
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WILD CARD rule BITCHES YEEEEE HAW
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