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CVagts posted:I also forget how it was received at the time, but it kinda irked me that Death of WCW paints it as this serious angle that was part of the downfall instead of just a goofy heel thing to do. I honestly dont see how they take it seriously because commentary even talks about Sid's streak like it's bullshit. It's the entire point of the story.
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I haven't read the book, but I remember the big gripe at the time being that you'd be in the middle of some neat cruiserweight match and then here comes Sid for the DQ. Repeat 89,000 times
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DeathChicken posted:I haven't read the book, but I remember the big gripe at the time being that you'd be in the middle of some neat cruiserweight match and then here comes Sid for the DQ. Repeat 89,000 times Ok now that is a genuine concern because he's coming out and hitting his move on people in random matches. I guess it doesn't seem like a big deal because literally nothing else matters on the show anyway. Hm... guess that's actually a big problem.
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DeathChicken posted:I haven't read the book, but I remember the big gripe at the time being that you'd be in the middle of some neat cruiserweight match and then here comes Sid for the DQ. Repeat 89,000 times Yep. This is probably why I never liked Sid - didn't see any of his WWF work, so my main memory was him coming out to bury a good cruiser match, cutting his usual droning, incoherent promo, and leaving. To be fair, I was also too young to really "get" Sid's promos, but the cruiser matches were pretty consistently the best part of the show during that period.
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I really liked bad guys from outside WCW coming in to target Goldberg. Sid and Bam Bam would have been great Monsters of the Week if WCW wasn't a shambles by early 1999.
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Feb 8, 2021 18:01
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Wrestlers never appear on game shows anymore. I think the last one was Morrison on a season of Survivor. Didn't Big Show win an episode of Weakest Link?
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Wrestlers never appear on game shows anymore. I think the last one was Morrison on a season of Survivor. Almost certain he did, yeah. I think it was a bunch of WWE talent all on one show. And I remember Brian Kendrick showing up on Price is Right a while back, when he was on TNA's roster.
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I remember there being at least two Weakest Link shows. The first one had a final of Triple H and Stephanie, which was very sussy, but it did give us this AMAZING exchange between Stephanie and Anne Robinson: "So you're the Billion Dollar Princess?" "Yes." "Where did you get your money?" "From my father." "Who's your father?" "Vince McMahon." "Never heard of him."
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Hedgehog Pie posted:I remember there being at least two Weakest Link shows. The first one had a final of Triple H and Stephanie, which was very sussy, but it did give us this AMAZING exchange between Stephanie and Anne Robinson: Weakest Link is a vote-off game, right? It has been a long time since I saw that episode, but I seem to recall Regal was doing very well, but the final three were HHH, Stephanie, and him, and I think HHH even joked he had to vote off Regal or he'd be sleeping on the couch. Anne was actually sympathetic to Regal, with him being the only contestant from the UK.
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Wrestlers never appear on game shows anymore. I think the last one was Morrison on a season of Survivor. quiz show form game shows died off in favor of reality TV a while ago anything left is more or less hanging around by institutional inertia or is just really an elaborate ad campaign
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Jeopardy still exists and both Who Wants to be a Millionaire and Weakest Link are back on prime time television.
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Ox Baker was on Price is Right, it's on YouTube
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Jeopardy still exists and both Who Wants to be a Millionaire and Weakest Link are back on prime time television. I mean if you're wondering where the heck all the wrestlers are going, they're not going on reality shows because the same reasons that pro athletes don't do major angles like they do in the 90s. No one paying them wants them injured. Morrison did Survivor but he was working mostly indies and freelancing for AAA/Impact at that point. They're not going on quiz shows because prime time quiz shows have been dead for a decade + at this point. Yes Jeopardy exists but it a) is syndicated and not prime time, b) note what I said about institutional inertia, and c) even they stopped doing celebrity shows in the 2010s. Millionaire and Weakest Link both got originally canned nearly 20 years ago from prime time. I know Millionaire got a revival special or two since then, but it's never been a continuing series. Maybe the plague year is the year that finally gets prime time quiz shows come back on a regular basis, but I kind of doubt it. And yes there are 2020 revivals but we'll see how long they last once COVID subsides and normal TV production resumes.
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The Chase was revived this year on ABC, which originally started on GSN years ago
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A lot of game shows have been revived lately, and actually have done quite well with COVID restrictions like Card Sharks. And I misunderstood what you were going for OJ, thanks.
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Quiz shows aren't as ubiquitous as they used to be on British TV, but I believe Pointless and The Chase are still going strong. Actually, I would be interested in seeing a wrestling version of The Chase with a wrestler as the chaser. William Regal or even someone like Lance Storm would be good picks. Is Family Feud still on TV? I feel like that's the game show with the longest wrestling history. WWF did a few shows in the '90s when Ray Combs was host (I believe he was a legit wrestling fan?), and at least one with John O'Hurley in the late '00s. Even TNA did one with Steve Harvey, where it was quickly apparent that the only contestant Harvey was at all familiar with was Mick Foley.
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feel like i just read several of the same posts consecutively, similar to watching Hulk Hogan's WCW
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Nick Jr. Face posted:The Chase was revived this year on ABC, which originally started on GSN years ago Cha$e was better.
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The New Day did Double Dare just a year or two ago game shows and wrestlers on game shows are big.
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My only real memory of Cha$e was Ricky Ortiz chasing one of the contestants around with his rally towel while laughing like a cartoon super villain
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DJExile posted:Almost certain he did, yeah. I think it was a bunch of WWE talent all on one show. And I remember Brian Kendrick showing up on Price is Right a while back, when he was on TNA's roster. Kendrick on the Price is Right was great because it never came up at all that he was a pro wrestler. He was just a random dude who won a popcorn machine.
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mearn posted:Kendrick on the Price is Right was great because it never came up at all that he was a pro wrestler. He was just a random dude who won a popcorn machine. Aw! Good for Spanky.
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Nitro is just littered with music videos and live performances in 99. Can't we just watch wrestling? EDIT Why the gently caress is Rick Steiner still allowed to do promos? Fuuuuuuck. TheKingslayer fucked around with this message at 03:43 on Feb 9, 2021 |
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I remember seeing a Ninja Warrior once where Tanahashi was on it. He did all right considering that Ninja Warrior's course wasn't designed with pro wrestlers in mind.
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TheKingslayer posted:EDIT You don't like him?
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TheKingslayer posted:Nitro is just littered with music videos and live performances in 99. Can't we just watch wrestling? You really can't. Even when wrestling is on it's so bad your brain smooths over and refuses to retain any sensory input related to the match. At least it did when I was rewatching WCW 99-2000. No real memories just a malingering and constant sense of disappointment and boredom.
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The 9/27/99 Nitro has just started. God help us all.
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99 WCW is just such a slog, god bless you for trying to grind through it
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It's not completely miserable. A lot of this stuff I've only ever seen in clips or half remembered channel flipping and there are some great matches sandwiched in between. It's a lot better than watching the current day WWE product because eventually WCW will end.
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DJExile posted:https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1358823092601118729 Ben Stein was Nixon's speech writer.
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TheKingslayer posted:The 9/27/99 Nitro has just started. God help us all. best Nitro ending ever IMO
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Oh wow I'd totally forgotten the episode of Thunder that Nash is on commentary for. But also one of my favorite gimmicks has debuted, Meng being an unstoppable monster that kills everyone.
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WSAENOTSOCK posted:Win Ben Stein's money was a total scam, 'cause if Ben was losing, they'd throw him questions about 1970s politics.
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I don't know why I'm grinning so much at this. Besides Meng being awesome
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I just watched the episode where Scott Steiner thanks Buff Bagwell for giving him permission to beat up his mom, so Steiner returns the favour by allowing Bagwell to beat up his mom. Some powerplant trainee in drag comes out and gets a beat down. Rick Steiner is apparently fooled by the disguise and runs in for the save until he realises he's been duped.
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TheKingslayer posted:Oh wow I'd totally forgotten the episode of Thunder that Nash is on commentary for. When he first showed up in WCW, off of his run as Haku, he wore a suit and sunglasses, and was basically invincible, right? I feel like they introduced him as part of the redneck stable, for some reason, but they kept him (ridiculously) strong for a feud with Sting, but then he became another guy until he left (while he was a titleholder!). Being lumped together with Parker and Bunkhouse Buck was weird, but it led to working with Sting, so I guess it was fine? Dungeon of Doom made more sense for him, but after Sting, he didn't really do a whole lot. I'm pretty sure Haku/Meng showed up in .. 93 or 94, and stayed until he jumped to the WWF in '99. That's a long time doing almost nothing.
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Red posted:I'm pretty sure Haku/Meng showed up in .. 93 or 94, and stayed until he jumped to the WWF in '99. That's a long time doing almost nothing.
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