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Bischoff says he hired Blackjack Mulligan when was down and out and Mulligan ended up super loyal to him and knocked out Ole Anderson for talking poo poo about Bisch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzTV4f6hN2Y
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Helicity posted:When I watched WCW and WWF in my teens (Attitude Era) I seem to remember a ton of jobbers with super generic names that I had never heard of and never saw again. Was that just selective memory? What was the state of jobbing back then compared to now, and when/why did things change? And just two days after this we get two pure nobodies squashed in a single show.  And that's great, I like those as a breather.
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I like the occasional job match because sometimes it's really nice to see a particular wrestler's greatest hits version of their moveset. This is who this guy is and this is what he does, don't you want to see him fight this other guy now?
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I find that the WWE style tends to make every match of significant length a Greatest Hits compilation of trademark spots. I miss when job matches could be won with something that wasn't a finisher or a rollup.Great White Hope posted:The loss of D-shows (think late-WCW Saturday Night) probably also played a role, as those shows would usually be overflowing with jobbers. There would even be guys so low that they would job TO the jobbers! Halloween Jack fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Jul 26, 2016 |
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Halloween Jack posted:Steve Blackman pinned Big Show to the floor and booted JBL in the face over backstage disagreements.  Steve Blackman is crazyI remember Batista and Booker having a bit of a fight. Can't remember who won though.
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Wasn't it: Blackman took down Bigshow with just his feet while lying on his back and Bradshaw was teasing pushing Blacking on the luggage convyer belt and Blackman responded by roundhouse kicking him in the face. edit: He also kicked malaria's rear end.
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Jul 27, 2016 01:19
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Halloween Jack posted:Dick Slater ambushed Sting, beat him up, and shoved his head in the toilet, back when he was still Blade Runner Sting.
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Dario the Wop posted:The version of this story I remember was Sting was already Surfer Sting, and had become a born-again Christian. He confessed to his wife his infidelities, and mentioned those of his fellow workers. His wife allegedly told Slater's wife, and that's what lead to the ambush. I can't recall which shoot interview or even which wrestler mentioned it, so take with a grain of salt. Not quite. The incident happened back when they were both in Mid-South. Sting slept with Slater's girlfriend, and supposedly when he caught the beating, took it like a man, then went right back to applying his facepaint.
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Jenny Angel posted:What backstage brawl stories am I missing? And are any of those five apocryphal? While not backstage, the Bob Holly/Rene Dupree incident more or less counts. Dupree had to go return a rental car that was in Holly's name. Apparently, he got caught speeding by a camera and had no idea. Holly got a ticket and didn't check his mail for forever, so when he found out about it, he had to go through a ton of legal bullshit, including going back to whatever town it happened in and spend a couple days there so he could resolve it in court. Even though Dupree was incredibly apologetic and offered to repay him, Holly took liberties on him at a house show in a tag match. And not the "stiff chops" sense but more "beating the everliving gently caress out of him" sense. Lots of bruising, a black eye, a hard chair shot to the head, etc. Dupree didn't fight back and tried to escape backstage, but Holly just followed and kept the violence going. Oh, wait. I guess that does make it a backstage brawl story.
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FunMerrania posted:Wasn't it: Blackman took down Bigshow with just his feet while lying on his back and Bradshaw was teasing pushing Blacking on the luggage convyer belt and Blackman responded by roundhouse kicking him in the face.
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Minidust posted:What non-Wrestlemania shows has WWE held at the larger stadium type of venues? Off the top of my head I can only recall SummerSlam '92 in Wembley Stadium and Royal Rumble '97 in Alamo Dome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showdown_at_Shea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Event http://prowrestling.wikia.com/wiki/WWF_WrestleFest_1988 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Event#EX-perience http://deletedwikipedia.gawker-labs.com/wiki/WWE_Global_Warning_Melbourne There was also RAW at Skydome in 1997
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Not quite. The incident happened back when they were both in Mid-South. Sting slept with Slater's girlfriend, and supposedly when he caught the beating, took it like a man, then went right back to applying his facepaint.
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Minidust posted:What non-Wrestlemania shows has WWE held at the larger stadium type of venues? Off the top of my head I can only recall SummerSlam '92 in Wembley Stadium and Royal Rumble '97 in Alamo Dome. Wasn't that the Rumble where half the entrants were on loan from CMLL and the company was in deep poo poo? Why the hell did they hold it in such a big venue?
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Wasn't that the Rumble where half the entrants were on loan from CMLL and the company was in deep poo poo? Why the hell did they hold it in such a big venue? Because Vince thought that Shawn Michaels was a magical golden and could sell 85000 tickets in his hometown basically by existing?
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projecthalaxy posted:Because Vince thought that Shawn Michaels was a magical golden and could sell 85000 tickets in his hometown basically by existing? It was sold out so they were pretty much right on with that.
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Jul 27, 2016 14:42
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bradzilla posted:It was sold out so they were pretty much right on with that. Yeah, I'm not saying it was necessarily a bad plan or didn't work, but I think that was the reason they booked the Alamodome.
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bradzilla posted:It was sold out so they were pretty much right on with that. With a lot of comped tickets.
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Gavok posted:While not backstage, the Bob Holly/Rene Dupree incident more or less counts. The story I heard was Dupree was given the option of reimbursing Holly, or take a beating in the ring. Dupree chose the beating.
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Can't believe that for a second.
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bradzilla posted:It was sold out so they were pretty much right on with that. Sold out with dirt cheap tickets and five gazillion comps 
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I think Holly's story is Dupree denied everything 100% and wouldn't apologize which set him off. Holly also claims he was supposed to be the big heel in the Trump vs McMahon angle
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Halloween Jack posted:Not technically backstage, but the Steiners were fond of taking liberties with jobbers in the ring, just because they could and it made them look good to work stiff. They could get away with it because they were legitimately tough, skilled wrestlers, and the guys they were beating up were usually jobbers who probably felt like they had to put up with it. The most notorious example is probably their match with the Nasty Boys. Much later in his career, after WCW, Rick Steiner got his rear end kicked for trying to take liberties with Vordell Walker, an indie guy with legit MMA training. Hadn't heard of this, so I decided to check it out. Fascinating read. http://www.mikemooneyham.com/2005/06/19/youngster-stands-up-to-ring-bully/
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There was a match where Rick spiked Lash on his head two or three times. That was when Lash was cruiserweight champ I think, and Rick was feuding over the US title. Got Rick over as a force of destruction but buried Lash as a jobber.
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HerraS posted:Sold out with dirt cheap tickets and five gazillion comps It wasn't sold out and despite all the comps they did what was a huge gate for the time so who cares?
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Dario the Wop posted:Thanks for clarifying. Am I conflating two different stories? I know I heard the Sting/Christianity/wife story, complete with old-timer beating, but I can't find the YT clip at all. Does anyone know what I'm talking about, or is this the bong resin in my brain? Sting confessed to his wife who called up Luger's wife and told her everything and that led to their Gold's Gym partnership dissolving
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EugeneJ posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showdown_at_Shea
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Mob posted:Sting confessed to his wife who called up Luger's wife and told her everything and that led to their Gold's Gym partnership dissolving And people talk about Luger betraying Sting.
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Jul 27, 2016 21:00
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I need some easy entertainment. Post a few fun spotfests. tia
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Kennel posted:I need some easy entertainment. Post a few fun spotfests. Jeff Hardy v Rob Van Dam, Summerslam 2001
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Kennel posted:I need some easy entertainment. Post a few fun spotfests. Seconding that RVD/Hardy match, adding the Jerry Lynn/RVD ECW matches. I forget which one is which, they're all good. All the TNA Samoa Joe / Christopher Daniels / AJ Styles matches are great. And granted, these all might be slightly too good to be spotfests. For straight up spotfests, maybe a different flavor, but all those TLC ladder matches, Money in the Bank matches, TNA X-Division "Ultimate X" matches etc from like 2006 or whenever, ROH Ladder Wars with the Briscoes etc. RVD vs Sabu matches, their stretcher match is great. Maybe some Lethal Lockdown matches. Anything with LAX in there. And just checking, but in case you missed it, Survivor Series 2014's main event, and also Survivor Series 2001's main event. And the Royal Rumble 2015 match with Lesnar/Cena/Rollins, but odds are you must've seen that. Heavy Metal fucked around with this message at 22:34 on Jul 27, 2016 |
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dream matches: did TAKA ever match up with Ultimo or Rey in the WWE? sometime in like 2013 I wanted Psycho Circus to fight the Shield in a trios match ROH Cheeseburger vs. AAA el Hamburguesa Bobby Lashley vs Brock Lesnar in an MMA match (or Lion's Den match)
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No Luck Needed posted:dream matches: did TAKA ever match up with Ultimo or Rey in the WWE? Why do you hate Bobby Lashley that much.
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MassRafTer posted:Why do you hate Bobby Lashley that much. We love you Bobby. Do we love Bobby? We love Bobby.
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MassRafTer posted:Why do you hate Bobby Lashley that much. I say he's a bathturd.
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No Luck Needed posted:dream matches: did TAKA ever match up with Ultimo or Rey in the WWE? I may be mistaken but I don't believe TAKA was ever in the company at the same time as the other two.
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No Luck Needed posted:dream matches: did TAKA ever match up with Ultimo or Rey in the WWE? Bobby Lashley vs. Cheeseburger is a dream match years in the making.
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Dario the Wop posted:Thanks for clarifying. Am I conflating two different stories? I know I heard the Sting/Christianity/wife story, complete with old-timer beating, but I can't find the YT clip at all. Does anyone know what I'm talking about, or is this the bong resin in my brain? Sting did snitch on some folks. Sting found God, told his wife about his infidelities, and because Sting and Lex were legit quite close, I guess their wives were friends. Well, Mrs. Sting told Mrs. Luger what had been going on, and I guess Lex was doing that stuff too. Maybe they tag teamed a lady or two, who knows. Anyways, it basically killed Lex and Sting's real-life friendship. I'm not sure Sting ever caught an rear end whooping for that one, I don't recall hearing that. Fake edit: I guess MRT clarified, but this is a more wordy version? Whatevs, now you know the story, basically.
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So how good is Alica Fox? I've only been watching wrestling for the last year and a half, and during that time she's been injured or playing 3rd with the Bellas, so I really have no idea. I've just been thinking how the brand split is going to work with the women's division, and I don't know what her strengths and weakness are besides seeing some nasty landings on her head.
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Alicia Fox is cool, pretty good, and once poured a large soda into JBL's hat.
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