If only Frog could have kept WCW afloat

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Who Killed WCW?
	Eric Bischoff
	Hulk Hogan
	Vince Russo
	Jerusalem

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Disco Inferno owned. :colbert:

# ¿ Sep 19, 2012 18:51

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 18:58

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

triplexpac posted:

Funny, how WWF used to be the best place for a new guy to get over.

Well, they just said it's much better than WCW. That doesn't mean it's good.

# ¿ Sep 26, 2012 22:02

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Nothing beats having a little house for wrestling to come out of at In Your House PPVs.

# ¿ Jan 17, 2013 22:19

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

They're actually not exactly the same. If you use a picture where you can actually see the letters in Thunder it's much more apparent.

Similar, sure, but not exact.

# ¿ Jan 26, 2013 16:47

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Paper Jam Dipper posted:

Yeah, people sometimes forget how loving gouging the phone companies were back in the 80s and 90s about long distance calls.

Now they just gouge on everything else.

# ¿ Mar 21, 2013 20:09

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

I don't remember Rebirth of the Total Package at all since I pretty much watched the first hour of Nitro then switched over to Raw by that point.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2013 15:36

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

coconono posted:

this was my 1997:
1st hour of Nitro: Luchas and cruisers, yessssss
Oh hey RAW is on.

I wasn't doing that until 1999 after the fingerpoke of doom. I was a WCW true believer.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2013 20:19

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

WE'RE OUTTA TIME SEE YOU THURSDAY AT THE THUNDERGRI-

# ¿ May 14, 2013 20:51

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

oatgan posted:

That's the ad they have on the show. I want an actual picture of the raft or some kind of physical proof it was a real product. Also worth pointing out that the contest ends on 9/11.

_{_{can't it be both?}}

No, it ends September 11, 2000.

# ¿ Jun 1, 2013 14:03

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Scirocco Griffon posted:

What really makes it is that Schiovane realizes that he's not going to recover from his giggle fit and just starts prodding him on to make him laugh even harder.

COLLEGE!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!

Oh man it even starts with a sweet Glacier vignette!

# ¿ Jun 8, 2013 15:57

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

DrVenkman posted:

With Leather like to put up galleries of old WCW glamour shots every now and then, and their latest batch went up yesterday with some amusing captioning from Brandon Stroud (His one on the 'Total Package' cracked me up).

http://withleather.uproxx.com/2013/06/this-week-in-horrible-looking-people-wcw

Brandon Stroud alt account spotted.

# ¿ Jun 11, 2013 20:33

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

pathetic little tramp posted:

Jesus Christ, WCW had a disco gimmick in 1996, making Saturday Night Fever puns.

And he owns. :colbert:

# ¿ Jun 26, 2013 19:33

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Was Thunder the one where you did Street Fighter moves to do attacks?

# ¿ Jul 9, 2013 17:22

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Sir Jebus posted:

For as much as we relate wrestling to comics, the DC thread in BSS is a WCW refrence.

WCW being terrible crosses into different types of media.

Technically that's one of two DC threads. That one is specifically to talk about how stupid DC is as a company. It was created because that discussion was making it hard to talk about the actual comics. The comparison is fun to make, but DC will never be sold off like WCW was for no reason other than their IP being some of the most valuable in the world.

# ¿ Aug 26, 2013 13:59

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

A midget in a mask? That'll never get over! I don't see this Misterio guy sticking around very long even if he stole Scott Steiner's signature move.

# ¿ Aug 28, 2013 16:57

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Vader is also Ethan Suplee's dad.

# ¿ Sep 25, 2013 14:13

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Pinstripe Hourglass posted:

Putting Warrior on commentary would just be inviting FCC fines and hate speech suits.

It would get complaints sent to the FCC but exactly $0 in fines since TNA is on cable.

# ¿ Oct 29, 2013 21:01

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

As terrible as Tony could be at times, he definitely had a good sports announcer voice. He wasn't really too good at things like calling a match or knowing what moves are being performed. So not terribly unlike the current WWE announce teams (with the exception of Regal).

# ¿ Jan 26, 2014 04:22

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Is this the game where you do fighting game moves to do attacks? Like QCF-Triangle does a suplex or whatever?

# ¿ Aug 3, 2014 23:35

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Fauxhawk Express posted:

Please tell me this is an obscure Scotsman joke.

Not enough cum eating.

# ¿ Aug 4, 2014 00:55

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Diabolik900 posted:

Doesn't this describe pretty much every wrestling game before World Tour? The War Zone/Attitude devs even felt the need to put a cheat sheet in the pause menu, which I think is just about as clear a sign as you can get that the control scheme is flawed.

It was all of the Acclaim ones on PS1, for sure, but I couldn't remember if this was one of those.

# ¿ Aug 5, 2014 01:20

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

It's a WCW DVD. Clearly they had to make it as WCW as possible.

# ¿ Sep 23, 2014 22:07

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Gonzo McFee posted:

I liked that joke because it implies that HHH jobbed to a ghost.

Well, even Dean Ambrose admits he would job to a ghost.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2014 18:25

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

I'm pretty sure the Fingerpoke of Doom soured me on WCW for good, but I don't really recall specifically.

# ¿ Apr 7, 2015 16:34

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

coconono posted:

I got all excited because I saw a WCW PPV on the network that was billed as Hogan vs The Butcher.

Turns out it wasn't abdullah the butcher at all and that match is in my top 20 worst WCW things ever.

Who the gently caress seriously paid $25 for the privilege of Ed Leslie in a main event role?

Well, you paid $9.99 for it...

# ¿ Apr 7, 2015 18:21

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

The book? I thought it was pretty clear at stating when there was a booking change. Or as clear as anything in that awfully written book was.

# ¿ Apr 21, 2015 15:49

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Halloween Jack posted:

Yeah, I think there's a world of difference between something that's stupid, and something that's even worse for business by being dangerous as well. The Brawl for All, having entire matches backstage...when was the last time anyone was stupid enough to book a scaffold match?

poo poo. I bet it was TNA. It was TNA, wasn't it?

You guessed it! 2008. Rhyno vs. James Storm

# ¿ Jun 17, 2015 18:44

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

You probably don't. He'd drool all over you.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2015 20:10

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

RZApublican posted:

What I want to know is if the nachos were covered with cheese, and if so, what kind.

What? Nachos inherently have cheese otherwise they are just chips.

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# ¿ Jul 13, 2016 17:02

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Pope Corky the IX posted:

The worst part about that Canadian stable was Hacksaw's turn. Here's a guy that had been an all-American borderline-retarded face for decades, his turn should have been shocking and momentous. Instead, not only was it telegraphed for weeks, but it was about exciting as renal failure. poo poo, even WWE did it better when the Brooklyn Brawler became a Red Sox fan.

Actually he is a very smart man.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2016 14:15

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Halloween Jack posted:

Then why wasn't he in the Varsity Club with decorated collegiate wrestlers like Scott Steiner and Kevin Sullivan?

He was too busy working on his lumber engineering degree to wrestle competitively.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2016 15:47

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

New Jack's health insurance program was just threatening the hospital until they agreed his treatment was free.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2016 03:47

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

I had the high big on the raft, but now I do not. I think MRT just won it. I will not be increasing my bid.

# ¿ Dec 5, 2016 03:55

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

FWIW, I'm not v***i, but I had my bid at $100. Looks like r***m bid a bunch so maybe Ebay doesn't actually display the real name? hosed up if true!

# ¿ Dec 5, 2016 03:58

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Here's the big history following my $100 bid so it looks like, yeah, it was just a bunch of goons fighting each other lol

# ¿ Dec 5, 2016 04:16

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

I'm so very glad you outbid me.

# ¿ Dec 13, 2016 01:39

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Pope Corky the IX posted:

WCW

Pogs

Please tell me this was a thing.

Given that like 95% of IP-themed pogs were produced in some lovely Chinese paper factory with no licenses, there's like a 100% chance these exist

# ¿ Jan 13, 2017 03:33

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

quote:

(the Bret Hart role played by Oliver Platt)

# ¿ Mar 21, 2017 14:35

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Pain & Gain is good and cool.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2017 15:19

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 18:58

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

I need a Kevin Nash hat.

By...Thursday.

# ¿ Mar 28, 2017 14:04

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