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DJExile posted:Gallaway or Grove City? not that bad, thankfully (it was westerville)
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You know how Flair saying "Mean Gene' is amazing, I love how David Penzer introduces Sting. Penzer is not a name I hear much about in terms of praise but he was really good. edogawa rando posted:Scott Steiner should definitely be in the conversation as someone who was elevated by being in the nWo, going from a tag team guy to a bonafide singles star. Norton, I suppose, benefited in Japan from his association with the nWo, seeing how he got an IWGP Heavyweight title run out of it. I was just watching his matches with Page and they were good but the crowd made them great. The Cult of Sting was real. I think I remember hearing that Flair vs. Hogan wasn't a bigger deal in WWF because, in the minds of Hogan or the bookers, Flair was just a "regional" star. I think WWF always thought of Flair and Sting as just big fish in little ponds but they were mega stars and the crowd loved them everywhere. NikkolasKing fucked around with this message at 07:33 on Oct 23, 2021 |
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NikkolasKing posted:Penzer is not a name I hear much about in terms of praise but he was really good. Partially that's because he would get stuff wrong a lot, but this being WCW I would buy it if you told me if they gave him a card saying things like 'Hulk Hogan is the leader of Hulkmania' and other things he'd mess up in his intros. quote:I was just watching his matches with Page and they were good but the crowd made them great. The Cult of Sting was real. I beg your pardon. We were called Little Stingers. 
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Dawgstar posted:I beg your pardon. We were called Little Stingers. are*
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Pope Corky the IX posted:I wonder how much it bothers Vince, Hunter, etc that they weren't able to kill off Sting when they had him for a year or so and now he's doing good work in AEW. Seth tried!
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That's what I mean, plus Hunter going over at WrestleMania.
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Hunter actually winning aside, one of my biggest memories from that match was Sting breaking HHH's hammer and looming large over him. That and Scott Hall bumping. But yeah, even a relatively normal person in Vince's position might have trouble looking back at the Monday Night Wars objectively. With a narcissist like Vince there is no chance whatsoever. Barry Bluejeans posted:it's easy to be nostalgic for a lovely suburb of new york city when you move from there to a lovely suburb of columbus ohio SCU quickly turning face with their 'this is the worst city we've ever been to' in a nutshell.
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Dawgstar posted:Partially that's because he would get stuff wrong a lot, but this being WCW I would buy it if you told me if they gave him a card saying things like 'Hulk Hogan is the leader of Hulkmania' and other things he'd mess up in his intros. This is a Michael Buffer thing, not Penzer, Penzer would just do a straightforward intros
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FUCKFACE MORON posted:Bret Clark I remember this!
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edogawa rando posted:Was Buffer paid by the word?
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edogawa rando posted:Was Buffer paid by the word? It wasn't per word but it was like between 25,000 to 100,000 per apperance so it's even more crazy
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SatoshiMiwa posted:It wasn't per word but it was like between 25,000 to 100,000 per apperance so it's even more crazy Imagine paying someone that much to gently caress up just because you wanted the big fight feel.
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SatoshiMiwa posted:It wasn't per word but it was like between 25,000 to 100,000 per apperance so it's even more crazy No it wasn't, it was $10,000 and Michael Buffer rules.
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Angry_Ed posted:Imagine paying someone that much to gently caress up just because you wanted the big fight feel. Buffer was one of the better parts of WCW so I wouldn't really complain Lord knows they needed a way to juice up a match as the years went by.
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MassRafTer posted:No it wasn't, it was $10,000 and Michael Buffer rules. Him trademarking Ready to Rumble is pretty brilliant and I don't begrudge him making money off it even if I'd never pay that much for ring intro (Though hell it sure did work for the big 96/97 Hogan NWO matches)
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Having some pomp and circumstance before a big match definitely helps put it over the top as a big deal. Ultimately the booking also needs to back up the importance of the match for it to work, so it wouldn't make the Queen of the Ring or whatever matter, but a special ring announcer or ceremony before Kenny/Hangman would help make it feel even more special.
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Yeah I liked that they’d use Buffer for a big fight feel.
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There are a lot of worse things WCW paid for than Michael Buffer.
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The Fink was one of the greatest ring announcers ever* but Buffer just elevates everything to Super Card status and it rules. *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4b4QL0tDQk Tony Chimel gets a nod for his Edge intros.
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Luigi Thirty posted:There are a lot of worse things WCW paid for than Michael Buffer. Lanny Poffo
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Found this on Youtube. La Parka is the man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw5yUEyG4Bk
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Michael Buffer on his worst day was still way better than most fight announcers
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Elephant Ambush posted:LWO > nWo any day Where does the OwN, (One warrior nation), or indeed bWo, (Blue world order) fit in these rankings?
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David Penzer was perfectly fine, but he was no Gary Michael Cappetta.
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https://twitter.com/seanrosssapp/status/1452111353490153474?s=21 TNA has tried to re-hash a ton of terrible gimmicks and storylines from 1998-2000 but hands up if you had the goddamn kiss demon as one of them Put your hands down, liars
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I don't have much of a problem with Michael Buffer himself, but when they brought him out for a Nitro main event that was always going to end with WEREOUTOFTIMESEEYOUONTHUNDER, idk it just didn't work for me.
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Buffer was fine they just overused him and yeah after a while the main event scene being the mess that it was made the whole thing worse. Wasn’t buffer’s fault, to be sure, just how it was at that point
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Wasn’t Buffer paid like 100 grand every time?
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oldpainless posted:Wasn’t Buffer paid like 100 grand every time? I was under the impression his contract was even stupider and he was paid by word plus 50k for his tagline at the end Only way to explain why some of his intros were beyond wordy
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He was paid $10k per appearance, like was discussed last page!
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if they didn’t spend that money on Buffer they’d have no doubt spent it on something much dumber than a famous ring announcer
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