Yup.
Also the same night as the fingerpoke of doom.
Yes, WCW was making fun of the WWF's title change on the same night that they themselves had their Heavyweight Champion literally lay down for Hulk Hogan.
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Yup.
Also the same night as the fingerpoke of doom.
Yes, WCW was making fun of the WWF's title change on the same night that they themselves had their Heavyweight Champion literally lay down for Hulk Hogan.
BillRiccio
Member
Indeed it was. Tony Shiovanne+ spoilers= butts in seats.
BillRiccio
Member
The finger poke of doom and Foley winning on the same night really was the biggest night of the monday night wars. WWF never looked back after that night.
Mr. Luchador
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I'm really starting to believe that Bill is UltraMantis Black. I wish he was. Remember talking to him on Myspace years ago about the FirePro updates that had CHIKARA data on them. hahah nerd memories over 
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Austin is unparalleled and won't be matched in popularity for ages.
Also, back when Cole was decent.
Spider from Mars
tap that thorax
Austin's popularity will pale in comparison to Heath Slater once he gets a chance to shine.
Nocturnowl
Member
The day will come when people will hear this and absolutely explode, Stone Cold Steve Austin? What? he ain't no one man band.
Meanwhile in Japan (again)...
ASTRO NUT
BillRiccio
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I'm really starting to believe that Bill is UltraMantis Black. I wish he was. Remember talking to him on Myspace years ago about the FirePro updates that had CHIKARA data on them. hahah nerd memories over
You sir have given me the greatest compliment I have ever received. I fear I'm not devious enough to be Ultra Mantis Black. I wish I was to though. I don't think I ever talkef fire pro on myspace, might have been another Bill, but that CHIKARA data ruled. Nerd memories are awesome!
Mr. Luchador
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He's awesome! That year (or two) with the Neo Solar Temple and Hydra were comedy gold!
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Here's another fun one for you guys. Before Rocky Maivia, it was Flex Cavana...and here's a promo of his, from 1996.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv9Jqxtm-_A&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv9Jqxtm-_A&feature=youtu.be
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Yup probably my favorite all-time wrestling moment and imo the loudest pop (10:16) in the history of the business.
BillRiccio
Member
Your telling me dude. I'm so glad crossbones is back! What I wouldn't give to get some Hydra for season 11 that dude was great with everything he did.
An update on FCW people who worked the main roster last month
Several top WWE developmental talents recently worked tours for the main WWE roster.
I was told that FCW champion Leo Kruger was given solid marks for his pre-match mic work, putting himself over as the top African athlete while working heel. The feeling was that he needs to project more in the ring to connect with the audience but his look was very good.
Seth Rollins was given high marks for his work inside the ring. Rollins was praised a lot for matches he had with Tyson Kidd on the road and for his selling as a babyface.
Dean Ambrose was viewed quite highly by management, both in how he worked, how he conducted himself backstage and with his pre-match mic work. The talk was that if the company could find the right role for him, his gravely voice and delivery could translate well.
-Credit: PWI
Several top WWE developmental talents recently worked tours for the main WWE roster.
I was told that FCW champion Leo Kruger was given solid marks for his pre-match mic work, putting himself over as the top African athlete while working heel. The feeling was that he needs to project more in the ring to connect with the audience but his look was very good.
Seth Rollins was given high marks for his work inside the ring. Rollins was praised a lot for matches he had with Tyson Kidd on the road and for his selling as a babyface.
Dean Ambrose was viewed quite highly by management, both in how he worked, how he conducted himself backstage and with his pre-match mic work. The talk was that if the company could find the right role for him, his gravely voice and delivery could translate well.
-Credit: PWI
Probably my favorite pop ever. So fucking good!
Exactly. Cole isn't bad, it's just the character they're making him play right now is fucking stupid.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Why did he retire?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfCfEw9wRuE
Wait. Did he just go to another company?
Thread, Repeat, etc.
NihonTiger90
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Fun thing about that match: If you look closely, Foley's wearing a JOB Squad T-shirt under his dress shirt. 
British Monsoon
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NJPW - Skydiving J - 06/17/96
Tokyo Budokan
13,500 Fans
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC353671E9F0F4B48
WAR INTERNATIONAL Jr. HEAVYWEIGHT TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH;
01. Lance Storm & Yuji Yasuraoka (c) vs El Samurai & Norio Honaga
NWA WORLD Jr. HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH;
02. Masayoshi Motegi (c) vs Shiryu (Kaz Hayashi)
WWA WORLD Jr. LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH;
03. Gran Hamada (c) vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa
UWA WORLD Jr. LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DECISION MATCH;
04. Shinjiro Ohtani vs Kazushi Sakuraba
CMLL WORLD WELTERWEIGHT TITLE MATCH;
05. Super Delfin (c) vs TAKA Michinoku
WAR INTERNATIONAL Jr. HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH;
06. Ultimo Dragon (c) vs Gran Naniwa
MPW BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH;
07. Dick Togo (c) vs Jushin 'Thunder' Liger
IWGP Jr. HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH;
08. Great Sasuke (c) vs Black Tiger (Eddie Guerrero)
Classic New Japan show here from '96 - this was just two months before the J-Crown title was formed, and on this show all 8 belts that make up the J-Crown were defended by their respective owners. The first awesome match on the card sees Shinjiro Ohtani & Kazushi Sakuraba compete for the vacant UWA title in an excellent UWFi style match, lots of awesome submissions and transitions, great work from both guys and the least Juniors-style match here. Next, Super Delfin defending CMLL World Welterweight Title against TAKA Michinoku nearly stole the show, both guys work full speed throughout and it's an excellent display of the puroresu-lucha style common to M-Pro. Both guys are incredibly well versed with each other, so while it's not the most technical or well thought out matchup, it's still a ton of fun. Meltzer gave this one 4 *'s.
Now, the real show stealer was the semi-main event as Dick Togo defended the MPW title against Jushin 'Thunder' Liger in an amazing match that saw Togo, the heel, essentially playing a babyface role as Liger just utterly dissects him, working over the arm brilliantly while Togo's excellent selling easily gains him sympathy from the fans, who pop huge when he makes his comeback. Meltzer gave this one 4.5 *'s, a real match of the year candidate for 1996. That just leaves the main event, which sees Great Sasuke defend his title against Eddie Guerrero under the Black Tiger mask. This is a strange match that starts out with a whole lot of mat work from Eddie on Sasuke's arm, before breaking down into a sprint for the last 5 minutes or so. Not bad by any stretch of the imagination, but Togo/Liger would've been a much more appropriate main event.
The aftermath of this show sees Liger challenge all the other title holders to a four night tournament which took place during the annual G1 Climax and where the titles defended on the show above would be unified to form the J-Crown Octuple Unified Championship.
Tokyo Budokan
13,500 Fans
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC353671E9F0F4B48
WAR INTERNATIONAL Jr. HEAVYWEIGHT TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH;
01. Lance Storm & Yuji Yasuraoka (c) vs El Samurai & Norio Honaga
NWA WORLD Jr. HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH;
02. Masayoshi Motegi (c) vs Shiryu (Kaz Hayashi)
WWA WORLD Jr. LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH;
03. Gran Hamada (c) vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa
UWA WORLD Jr. LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DECISION MATCH;
04. Shinjiro Ohtani vs Kazushi Sakuraba
CMLL WORLD WELTERWEIGHT TITLE MATCH;
05. Super Delfin (c) vs TAKA Michinoku
WAR INTERNATIONAL Jr. HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH;
06. Ultimo Dragon (c) vs Gran Naniwa
MPW BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH;
07. Dick Togo (c) vs Jushin 'Thunder' Liger
IWGP Jr. HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH;
08. Great Sasuke (c) vs Black Tiger (Eddie Guerrero)
Classic New Japan show here from '96 - this was just two months before the J-Crown title was formed, and on this show all 8 belts that make up the J-Crown were defended by their respective owners. The first awesome match on the card sees Shinjiro Ohtani & Kazushi Sakuraba compete for the vacant UWA title in an excellent UWFi style match, lots of awesome submissions and transitions, great work from both guys and the least Juniors-style match here. Next, Super Delfin defending CMLL World Welterweight Title against TAKA Michinoku nearly stole the show, both guys work full speed throughout and it's an excellent display of the puroresu-lucha style common to M-Pro. Both guys are incredibly well versed with each other, so while it's not the most technical or well thought out matchup, it's still a ton of fun. Meltzer gave this one 4 *'s.
Now, the real show stealer was the semi-main event as Dick Togo defended the MPW title against Jushin 'Thunder' Liger in an amazing match that saw Togo, the heel, essentially playing a babyface role as Liger just utterly dissects him, working over the arm brilliantly while Togo's excellent selling easily gains him sympathy from the fans, who pop huge when he makes his comeback. Meltzer gave this one 4.5 *'s, a real match of the year candidate for 1996. That just leaves the main event, which sees Great Sasuke defend his title against Eddie Guerrero under the Black Tiger mask. This is a strange match that starts out with a whole lot of mat work from Eddie on Sasuke's arm, before breaking down into a sprint for the last 5 minutes or so. Not bad by any stretch of the imagination, but Togo/Liger would've been a much more appropriate main event.
The aftermath of this show sees Liger challenge all the other title holders to a four night tournament which took place during the annual G1 Climax and where the titles defended on the show above would be unified to form the J-Crown Octuple Unified Championship.
Liquidsnake
Banned
ahahah. Truth!
He was fine both with heel Tazz and face tazz. It's Cole's character that's the problem. It was fine on NXT but it's been turned up 10 notches on RAW and ruins the product.
DKehoe
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If it wasn't a show on Fox and just a regular PPV fight then they may have felt differently. Either way it's going to be two of the greatest men in the world
Liquidsnake
Banned
Ive been in the danger zone!!!!!!!!
Oh damn, what happened?
he's got a bicycle!
MONGO
EraldoCoil
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SUPER DRAGON!! Oh Shi----
Evening Musuko
Black Korea
JEFF HARVEY
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
HOW MUCH DOES THIS GUY WEIGH?
HAHAHAHA
Who?
Liquidsnake
Banned
Yappa Pie!
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
PLAY!
BillRiccio
Member
Why did he retire?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfCfEw9wRuE
Wait. Did he just go to another company?
I'm not sure why he hasn't been wrestling but I miss seeing him CHIKARA. I dont think he's gone anywhere else, but what I wouldn't give for him to return in love with kelly kelly.
BillRiccio
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Wanna play 21?
Keyser Soze
Member
Frankman got thrown down the stairs
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I thought that everyone was convinced Hydra became Dieter VonSteigerwalt?
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