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HonorableTB posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/16ir8l5/monday_night_wars_chronological_check_list_w/ Thanks
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HonorableTB posted:2 Cold Scorpio reminds me a lot of don't copy that floppy and I can't put my finger on why Early 90's Hiphop was still upbeat, fun, and dare I say wholesome.
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Animal-Mother posted:Early 90's Hiphop was still upbeat, fun, and dare I say wholesome. And WCW decided to capture this market by the throat with PN News. Yo baby yo baby yo.
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On the 7/16/88 taping of NWA-WCW there is a hint of the Midnight express wanting to go after arn and tully for the world belt. I'm sad this most likely never comes to pass. The matches would have been incredible.
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Mr Hootington posted:On the 7/16/88 taping of NWA-WCW there is a hint of the Midnight express wanting to go after arn and tully for the world belt. I'm sad this most likely never comes to pass. The matches would have been incredible.
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davidbix posted:It happens and was going well until Arn and Tully quit. There's a camcorder video of the title change. I'm stoked. The 2 best tag teams in the jcp roster going at it is going to rule
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Tonight I watched and wrote about War Games from Fall Brawl 1994 and it was way more fun than it had any right to be. Dusty, Dustin, and The Nasty Boys vs Terry Funk, Arn Anderson, Bunkhouse Bunk, and Colonel Robert Parker. No fluff, just pretty much non-stop from bell to bell and Parker apparently poo poo his pants at the end! Wasn’t a gruesome blood bath or anything but I enjoyed it quite a bit, especially considering it involves The Nasty Boys. I figured Parker was just there to be in for a few minutes and eat a loss, which is essentially what happened, so having a non-wrestler in the match didn’t hurt anything. Plus, he had incredible heat on him and the crowd went nuts any time he was getting his rear end kicked.
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Ganso Bomb posted:I figured Parker was just there to be in for a few minutes and eat a loss, which is essentially what happened, so having a non-wrestler in the match didn’t hurt anything. Plus, he had incredible heat on him and the crowd went nuts any time he was getting his rear end kicked. Heh.
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Davros1 posted:Heh. A non-wrestler at that time. I know he was a wrestler before being a manager. I’d say the same for Bobby Heenan being in a match like this at the height of the Heenan Family days.
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I wish I was there for "Hey, Knobs, call me Woodman, dude!"
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Dawgstar posted:I wish I was there for "Hey, Knobs, call me Woodman, dude!" 
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Ganso Bomb posted:No fluff, just pretty much non-stop from bell to bell and Parker apparently poo poo his pants at the end! Wasn’t a gruesome blood bath or anything but I enjoyed it quite a bit, especially considering it involves The Nasty Boys. Big dumb brawls were the only thing the Nasties did well; their hardcore tag matches against Cactus Jack and his various partners were super fun.
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CombineThresher posted:Big dumb brawls were the only thing the Nasties did well; their hardcore tag matches against Cactus Jack and his various partners were super fun. I seem to remember them having some wild fun brawls with Harlem Heat, too. Maybe the Nasty Boys only really flourished in WCW?
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Ganso Bomb posted:I seem to remember them having some wild fun brawls with Harlem Heat, too. Maybe the Nasty Boys only really flourished in WCW? Anybody who'd fight back they were pretty good with. They also had at least one good match with the Steiners, even if they were basically all trying to murder each other. One thing that's always got me is Hulk "Wood" Hogan is really good friends with Knobs but apparently not Sags?
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Dawgstar posted:Anybody who'd fight back they were pretty good with. They also had at least one good match with the Steiners, even if they were basically all trying to murder each other. wood knob
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16-bit Butt-Head posted:wood knob No, I'm told his wood sags. 
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The Hulkster was just ahead of the game when it came to using SEO to bury negative press
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History Comes Inside! posted:The Hulkster was just ahead of the game when it came to using SEO to bury negative press Hulk fashioned the initial tubes of the internet but passed the torch to Brother Gore when Metallica came calling
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Trying posted:Hulk fashioned the initial tubes of the internet but passed the torch to Brother Gore when Metallica came calling Hulk Hogan meat tubes 18-inch pythons
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Lmao at that Chris Champio. Vs Don Valentine fight. Good God. That entire 8-6-88 show was a mess. You can kind of sense things are falling apart now. It was mentioned that Champion was awful. What did he do? Edit: the Midnight express/four horsemen fued is good. Cornette and dillion having poo poo talking matches is great. Edit2: dusty teamed up with murdoch again? He went anti-babyface? Mr Hootington fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Sep 20, 2023 |
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Mr Hootington posted:Lmao at that Chris Champio. Vs Don Valentine fight. Good God. That entire 8-6-88 show was a mess. You can kind of sense things are falling apart now. Bryan and Vinny reviewed that match a couple years ago. Needless to say they were not impressed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slL8f5i44iM Edit upon rewatching that vid: Is that referee Teddy Long? Weird seeing him with hair. Germansimp fucked around with this message at 22:25 on Sep 20, 2023 |
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Germansimp posted:Bryan and Vinny reviewed that match a couple years ago. Needless to say they were not impressed: Teddy long was the NWA-WCW TV show referee starting in '87 I think
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Champion ended his partners career by being a reckless gently caress Plus allegations of abuse iirc
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Decided to do a Monday Night War watch using that list posted earlier and watching Raw episode 1, probably my third or fourth time watching it and here's some thoughts on everything as I watch it; They really overdo it with the fat jokes in this Yokozuna and Koko B Ware match they open with, also they make a joke about Koko being a grown up Gary Coleman that feels vaguely racist even though it probably wasn't the intent Narcissus might just be one of the stupidest ring names I've ever heard in the admittedly relatively short time I've been a wrestling fan Scott Steiner here in 1993 compared to the living meme he becomes by the end of the decade is a world of difference, also Rick Steiner is able to pull off wearing a tie-dye singlet without looking like an idiot for one simple reason, he's got the same sort of "this man could probably wrestle a bear and win" energy we'd see about a decade later with Brock Lesnar Bobby Heenan in drag has not aged very well Razor Ramon's outfit here just screams 1993(though the outfit Owen was wearing in the footage they showed of Razor attacking him is just as powerfully 1993) Tatanka's whole gimmick has not aged well at all Max Moon is a very unusual design, while Shawn Michaels is wearing a shirt that is more chains than fabric They're doing this really loving dumb bit with Vince talking to "Mike Tyson" on the phone and it's so drat corny This WWF Mania commercial meanwhile is the good kind of corny Marty Janetty really comes off as a generic dope compared to HBK Mr Fuji just makes me uncomfortable at how blatantly racist his gimmick is Now Bobby Heenan is trying to pretend to be a Rabbi and barely even trying What the ever living gently caress is this segment with Kamala? Paul Bearer is just having either an orgasm or a stroke and its making me uncomfortable Very mixed bag overall but for their very first episode not bad all things considered
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Mr Hootington posted:Lmao at that Chris Champio. Vs Don Valentine fight. Good God. That entire 8-6-88 show was a mess. You can kind of sense things are falling apart now. I was waiting so long for you to reach this
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16-bit Butt-Head posted:atomic fire doesn't work for me brother
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drrockso20 posted:Mr Fuji just makes me uncomfortable at how blatantly racist his gimmick is
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Halloween Jack posted:He was the 11-time winner of Big Dave's Worst Manager Awards, until he was replaced by Sonny Onoo. I never understood why anyone thought either of those characters was a good idea. I mean, I understand it, but I don't understand it. Not only was the gimmick incredibly racist, Fuji couldn't even do anything. His back went to crap long before Bobby's so he couldn't do bumps, couldn't give good promos... I guess he was an example of Vince's weird bursts of loyalty?
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Dawgstar posted:Not only was the gimmick incredibly racist, Fuji couldn't even do anything. His back went to crap long before Bobby's so he couldn't do bumps, couldn't give good promos... I guess he was an example of Vince's weird bursts of loyalty? IIRC when Sr sold to Jr there was a list of people he was basically obligated to keep around/look after, one of which was Lou Albano. Perhaps Fuji was also on thst list.
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Might be totally wrong, but if I remember right, Fuji's real job was as a fixer. The guy you call when one of the boys does something stupid and you have to send someone to keep them out of prison.
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Halloween Jack posted:Might be totally wrong, but if I remember right, Fuji's real job was as a fixer. The guy you call when one of the boys does something stupid and you have to send someone to keep them out of prison. I've heard something like this as well, now that you mention it. He was also very fond of taking new guys bags and padlocking them to overhead pipes in the locker room.
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I've read that Gary Hart declined to go to WWE because he didn't want to deal with that kind of bullshit from Fuji and Strongbow.
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Halloween Jack posted:He was the 11-time winner of Big Dave's Worst Manager Awards, until he was replaced by Sonny Onoo. I never understood why anyone thought either of those characters was a good idea. I mean, I understand it, but I don't understand it. Sonny Onoo was the office’s Japanese liaison, and having a bilingual manager for Japanese talent you’re bringing in is a good idea but they really should have found someone on-camera who was better than him. It’s not like he’s the only guy in the country who speaks English and Japanese. I have no idea why they had him managing luchadores or doing a double act with the Cat. Luigi Thirty fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Sep 21, 2023 |
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I've heard something like this as well, now that you mention it. So glad this ended with “padlocking them…” and not “taking a poo poo in them”
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