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I don't think it's possible to miss the point more than they did with Warrior. Hey, it's this intense guy who got over by running to the ring, being insane and smashing the poo poo out of heels everyone hated. So let's have him cut half hour promos and never fight anyone.
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Vic Venom was probably a pretty nice clue.
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Jan 27, 2013 23:42
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I miss CRZ. I really do.
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Feb 1, 2013 15:44
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They lowballed him and wanted him as a midcarder, then brought him in and had Hogan tap to him? Uh...?
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Mar 13, 2013 14:03
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Admittedly, my mind jumped to some guy holding a woman at gunpoint and Pillman ambushing him with a pencil stabbing to the face. I miss Pillman.
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Mar 15, 2013 23:39
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Adrian Street, well... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bhLK6XPKCs Yeah.
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Mar 20, 2013 04:40
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And of course, the angle would end on that random Nitro where Hall asked Giant if he was really Andre's kid. "*Long pause* Nah."
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Mar 20, 2013 14:44
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I'm pretty sure the Nintendo line was actually free up until the 90s or so, when they went from having live people to talk to to a prerecorded thing.
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Mar 20, 2013 20:44
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Well, that certainly turned out to be one of the Master's less successful plans.
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Mar 22, 2013 03:13
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The fat old guy is King Curtis. The little guy is Kevin Sullivan, who believe or it or not, used to be a pretty scary wrestler. Curtis is now the Master, and apparently Sullivan's father. They hated Hulk Hogan. Somewhere in here, Brutus the Barber turned on Hogan and joined up with Sullivan, then Hogan beat him and Sullivan turned on him, giving him amnesia until he came back as Zodiac, who later turned out to be a spy for Hogan all along, who...ow, my head.
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Mar 22, 2013 03:39
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I seem to remember his finisher the High Knee never failing to crack Dusty up on Saturday Night.
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Mar 22, 2013 13:05
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I never realized they actually acknowledged that the Paul Bearer name was a pun on TV until I rewatched his Brother Love debut.
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Apr 9, 2013 23:26
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The Narcissist was really the best gimmick Luger ever had. He even played it perfectly in the ring. He was this big oaf who just wanted to check himself out in his mirrors, and would knock you out to go back to the important task of checking himself out in the mirrors.
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Apr 18, 2013 14:43
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oatgan posted:I'll take that over Larry Z refusing to break kayfabe and talking trash about Louie Spicoli after he died. Seriously, that was such a moment of what the gently caress. They're all giving condolences to Spicoli's family or whatever, then Larry mutters something like "I could say something nice, but in the interest of being honest, I'll pass". The hell.
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Apr 22, 2013 20:20
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I remember all of the horrible dirtsheet sites like Wrestlezone blaring "Nash holds the book and the belt" right after he won.
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May 5, 2013 03:15
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"Chaaaaaaastity!"
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May 7, 2013 00:36
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What was up with the Furface thing never going anywhere? There was that really brief period in the 90s where Beefcake would run in and just completely destroy guys like Earthquake (and Quake was always really protected, even against Hogan), then it was dropped and never mentioned again.
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May 13, 2013 21:44
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I'm pretty sure that's a stock Goldberg picture with a knife and fork shopped in, which is hilarious and lazy.
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May 14, 2013 16:21
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Was that the one where Dusty went insane(r) on commentary? "They fightin in the women's bathroom!"
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May 14, 2013 22:28
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Mein Gott ist es Steinkälte!
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May 21, 2013 18:56
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It was a reoccurring thing where Jerry Flynn (not to be confused with Jerry Lynn) would set up shop in the boiler room and fight whoever showed up. I want to say it ended when Meng answered the challenge and demolished him, but I'm probably off.
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May 31, 2013 05:17
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Taker also permanently retired Muhammad Hassan.
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Jun 8, 2013 20:24
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Yeah, Michaels was generally acting like a dickhead leading to the Barber Shop thing. Then he had a singles match with Flair where he knocked himself out doing some flippy thing to the outside, Jannetty got him up and dumped him back in the ring, where Flair pinned him. So he was pissy about that.
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Jun 11, 2013 18:19
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The idea that at one point Lance Storm was carrying around three titles boggles the mind.
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Jun 12, 2013 14:12
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...there was an Anton Chigurh wrestling gimmick? That sounds amazing.
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Jun 15, 2013 04:07
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You missed the Harrises cutting a rambling promo, then turning on Athena and powerbombing her twice.
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Jun 21, 2013 18:12
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I'm legitimately kind of surprised that guy is straight.
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Jun 22, 2013 03:54
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Chrono Trigger came out in August of 95, so yeah, the SNES was still pretty huge.
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He did, but it wasn't really because of the gimmick. I think Gilbertti would have gotten over just by being Gilbertti.
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I remember Thunder mainly for those video intros. They were all supposed to be telling you why you should pick the character...except for Scott Hall, who I guess got mixed up and started going on about how he was going to beat you up for picking him.
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Jul 9, 2013 20:43
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Goldberg, Luger, Sting...kind of. Jarrett, kind of. Oh, and Piper.
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Jul 10, 2013 16:59
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I'd heard it was more that his hip was hosed and he couldn't stop his momentum very well anymore.
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Aug 27, 2013 18:17
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I remember back when the George Michael Sports Machine was a thing on NBC news, he'd cover wrestling sometimes and did a highlight reel of a Mysterio match. They cut back to the anchors, who were like "I don't really follow this stuff but I'd start following to see that guy. He's nuts"
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Sep 5, 2013 20:27
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Estrada was also over like hell with his intro bit. Then he was fired.
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Sep 19, 2013 18:34
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The Wright/Roma match was surreal. At one point Roma's in a chinlock, and stops to argue with someone in the crowd *while in a chinlock*.
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Sep 26, 2013 03:34
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They were neat there too, if only for the Shaker Heights Spike, the ugliest, meanest "Oh poo poo they've killed that guy" finisher ever.
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Sep 27, 2013 17:37
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If it were WWE, they would have gotten pissed at the Rednecks accidentally getting over and spent the next six months having them all lose to Hornswoggle.
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Oct 9, 2013 15:29
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Maybe they're being sneaaaaaaaaaky with their fanbase.
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Oct 9, 2013 16:40
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He grew to hate wrestling because the travel was murdering him. Doesn't mean he always did.
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That's doubly funny since Heath Herring *did* punch him 50,000 times. He punched him so much he got tired, then Brock choked him to death with his own arm.
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