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April Wrasslin |OT| DO DO, DO DO DO-DO-DO, DO-DO-DO, DO-DOOOOO DO-DO
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CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Orton shit in his bag.
The Rock just never turned up for Raw. Vince is legit shook and it is chaos backstage.
Vince probably gave up on him. Or they need to build up Henry so they can feed him to Cena.
:| Maybe the smarks are saving it for TV?
Q
Queen of Hunting
Unconfirmed Member
thats what happens when u never wrestle lol
I forgot about the re-rematch.
While I was happy that Mark won, it was a pretty odd ending. Didn't really make sense from a story or booking stand point. That definitely should have been Ryback walking tall and putting Henry down. Also, remember last year when they fed Henry to Rock and Cena just because?
UberTag
Member
At least something entertaining is airing tonight. LET'S GO BRUINS!
That's why everything happens in Vince McMahon's WWE... "just because".
Glad to see the Jimmies are out in full force tonight, MetatronM. I bet you feel like an idiot.
NihonTiger90
Member
OLE
haha @ Punk's photobomb
Alright guys, false alarm on the crowd. They just showed the Mania highlights package and the crowd BOOED THE SHIT out of the main event, including everything with Rock and the post-match celebration. We should be good.
Also, goddamn is Rosa fine in person. Not that you didn't know that.
Also, goddamn is Rosa fine in person. Not that you didn't know that.
El Pescado
Member
All right, WrassleGAF, I'm here. Crowd already booing the shit out of Cena AND Rock in the Wrestlemania recap. :q
mightynine
Member
Spider from Mars
tap that thorax
Nice ICP hoodieOLE
Dave Meltzer
Banned
FUCK YOU CENA (SAME OLD SHIT!)
FUCK YOU CENA (SAME OLD SHIT!)
pls do it, smarks.
FUCK YOU CENA (SAME OLD SHIT!)
pls do it, smarks.
you can never have enough money. i don't really know the specifics but he probably made at least 25 million for 6 or so appearances and "competing" in rest hold matches
no one would pass up on that.
UberTag
Member
So we have Colt Cabana, Sean Waltman, The Artist Formerly Known As El Generico, CM Punk, William Regal and who's the girl in the back?OLE
BobTheFork
Member
I meant to ask last night about Brock losing... so... that's it? He's out? Was only HHH on the retirement end of that deal or am I missing something. I think Brock kind of sucks but I'd like to see the guy keep a paycheck. Fuck, what else does he have?
Also, well everyone calling him Broke Lesnar when he came back because that seems like the way to go.
Also, well everyone calling him Broke Lesnar when he came back because that seems like the way to go.
Figured it was Del Rey, but hard to tell.
Dave Meltzer
Banned
No, he's sticking around. He may even be main eventing WM30.
He lost to HHH because Hunter needs to be a hero.
Just trips, he signed a new 2 year deal a month or so ago.
cartoon_soldier
Member
Rock did not get paid 25 million for this.
Maybe 5 million and even that would be a stretch.
I doubt he's out. He was in really good shape. He's got to have something planned.
slightconfuse
Banned
If Brock wins the belt does he get Jimmy johns side plates??
Rock looks legit shook.
Spider from Mars
tap that thorax
Jack Links Jerky gets the other one
Hey, at least it's a good draft year in the top 15.
He looked pretty disappointed and not in the "I just lost the match or title" sort of way.
Also, after the match, I think I can hear Cena say something along the lines of "Thanks. Thanks." something, then ended with "I just can't believe you came back." and the Rock responded with "Listen, I came back..." couldn't make out the rest.
toddhunter
Member
So will HHH actually wrestle now?
Looking to be a hot crowd?
Lolno.
cartoon_soldier
Member
On RAW Taker is going to come out and tell Cena that he better keep that Championship for an year because at the next WM he is going to defeat Cena and become the WWE Champion.
UberTag
Member
You're a funny guy.
Only when he wants to bury the next hot youngster who gets over when he shouldn't.
And even then he'll probably only show up during commercial breaks for quick pedigrees for the live crowd before heading to the back.
Yeah. When Summerslam comes around.
British Monsoon
Member
Continuing my ECW Hardcore TV re-watch...
ECW - Hardcore TV, Episode #002 - April 12th, 1993
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBBpxz297fE
We kick off with Jay Sulli & Stevie Wonderful at ringside hyping up the TV Title Tournament. Wonderful introduces the guest commentator, it's 'Hot Stuff' Eddie Gilbert. Jay Sulli interrupts and says he isn't the real guest commentator and we get a clip of Terry Funk in Quantum Leap. This is the same angle they opened the first show with. Huh? Funk comes out and says he doesn't care for Gilbert or his perrier water and pours it down Gilbert's shirt, who runs to the back screaming "It's ruined!". Funk throws it to the commercials and we're back with...
Johnny Hotbody vs Glen Osbourne - TV Title Tournament, Round 1 Match
Hotbody, "weighing 300 pounds, including his ego", jaws with the fans while we wait for 'The Beast' Glen Osbourne, who looks like he's in an 80's trash metal band. Osbourne left ECW later this year, despite being pushed pretty heavily. They start things off and Osbourne easily gets the better of Hotbody, hitting some nice short-arm lariats before taking Johnny to the mat with a headlock takedown. Osbourne charges, but Hotbody trips him up and he goes head-first into the top turnbuckle. Hotbody whips him into the ropes and hits a vertical suplex for 2. He grabs a headlock, but Osbourne powers out and pushes Hotbody into the ropes, who responds with a knee to the gut. He picks Osbourne up and charges him into the turnbuckle before hitting a nice German suplex! That was almost like a Chaos Theory. He gets a 2 count and throws Osbourne to the floor, hitting a suplex on the concrete and a flying forearm off the apron! He rolls Osbourne back in and locks in a sleeper. Osbourne fights out and whips Johnny into the corner, he bounces out and goes for a lariat, but Osbourne ducks and Hotbody nails the referee! He kicks Osbourne low and hits a piledriver, but the ref is still out of it, so he places Osbourne up top and goes for a superplex, however, Tommy Cairo comes down to the ring and pulls Hotbody to the mat! Osbourne hits a pathetic splash, the ref revives and counts the 3. Glen Osbourne advances. Pretty good match in all honesty, lame finish.
Larry Winters & Tony Stetson vs Samoan Warrior & Chris Michaels
Tag action next as the no.1 contenders Winters & Stetson take on some jobbers. Winters & Stetson don't have a team name, so I shall dub them 'The Mullet Squad'. Winters & Michaels start off. Michaels uses some cheap heel tactics to gain temporary control, but Winters hits some big armdrags before tagging in Stetson. Winters hits Michaels in the gut and Stetson comes off the ropes, going for a swinging neckbreaker, but Michaels falls backwards away from him, obviously expecting an etirely different move, lol. Stetson hits a gutwrench slam and throws him over the ropes, but Michaels tries to skin the cat and barely manages it. Wonderful puts it over as a "great maneuver", but Stetson hits a clothesline sending him to the floor. Stetson tags in Winters and they hit a double vertical suplex. Making quick tags they really work over Michaels, until he counters an Irish whip on Stetson and the Samoan Warrior knees him in the back. The warrior tags in and Stetson tries to ram his head into the mat but, of course, the Samoan has an incredibly thick skull. He throws Stetson into the corner and hits a lariat, but when he goes to follow up with another Stetson avoids it and the Warrior does a hilarious oversell. Winters tags in and hits a nice side-body drop on the Warrior before clotheslining him to the floor. He grabs Michaels and drags him into the ring, kicking him in the gut before picking him up so Stetson can hit an assisted leg-drop off the top rope and Winters can score the pin. Nothing special, nice finish though, despite the fact that the Samoan Warrior never tagged out.
Funk interviews the winners post-match, but Hunter D. Robins the 3rd interrupts and The Super Destroyers jump Winters & Stetson and they brawl to the back!
We get a short commercial with Johnny Hotbody letting everyone know that you can host an ECW event! "Call this number and Johnny Hotbody and the whole ECW will be in your town, whether you want us there, or not!"
The Sandman (c) vs The Kodiak Bear - ECW Heavyweight Title Match
Funk interviews The Sandman. He sounds so coherent, I'm not used to this. We also get the same video package played last week. In the ring, The Kodiak Bear waits to job. Kodiak Bear tries to run for Sandman, despite being the larger of the two. They finally lock up and Sandman forces him into a corner, but gives a clean break. Sandman gets a quick roll-up for 2 and Kodiak rolls to the outside, frustrated. He tries to work the Sandman's arm, but the champ reverses and wrenches on a wrist lock. Kodiak rolls them into the ropes and then tries to choke Sandman. He throws him into the corner and hits a splash, before Irish whipping him to the other corner. Sandman avoids the 2nd splash attempt and hits a lariat to the back of the head, the 'Hang 10' drop-kick off the top rope, a poor springboard crossbody and then locks in the Sandman Sleeper to force Kodiak to tap. Meh.
'Hot Stuff' Eddie Gilbert vs J.T. Smith - TV Title Tournament, Round 1 Match
The final match of round 1 here, as booker Eddie Gilbert takes on J.T. Smith. Gilbert goes straight at it, throwing big punches at Smith, who tries to fight back but is thrown to the floor. Gilbert picks up a chair and hits Smith hard across the back, getting big boos from the crowd! He runs Smith all the way to the arena wall and slams his head into the concrete, before grabing the ring bell and hitting Smith with it. Gilbert celebrates, but Smith's not out of it yet and fires back with some big punches! Gilbert runs back in the ring and begs off when Smith approaches, only to eat a short-arm clothesline out of the corner. J.T. Smith hits a nice fall-away suplex before going up to the top, but he takes too long and Gilbert avoids the moonsault! Gilbert hits him with a series of lariats and then a nice one-armed snapmare, before dropping the elbow, but Smith avoids it and whips Gilbert into the ropes. He floats over and Smith goes to suplex him back in the ring, but in mid-air Gilbert pulls some brass knuckles from his tights and hits Smith right between the eyes, landing on him and getting the 3-count to advance! Gilbert played the heel role really well here and they did a good job of getting Smith over.
'Ironman' Tommy Cairo vs Super Ninja
We join this one in progress as the Super Ninja rakes Cairo's eyes before hitting an Irish whip into the corner and...raking Cairo's eyes. He hits a few chops and another Irish whip before trying for something that just results in Cairo dunking him on his head. Tommy covers him for the 3-count, but before the ref can finish counting Johnny Hotbody hits the ring and starts brawling with Cairo, who wins via DQ.
Terry Funk & Todd Gordon put over the semi-finals of the TV Title Tournament, next week on Hardcore TV and that's a wrap. Fun episode. I actually enjoyed Gilbert vs Smith and Hotbody vs Osbourne a lot more than I was expecting.
- Previous re-caps;
ECW - Hardcore TV, Episode #002 - April 12th, 1993
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBBpxz297fE
We kick off with Jay Sulli & Stevie Wonderful at ringside hyping up the TV Title Tournament. Wonderful introduces the guest commentator, it's 'Hot Stuff' Eddie Gilbert. Jay Sulli interrupts and says he isn't the real guest commentator and we get a clip of Terry Funk in Quantum Leap. This is the same angle they opened the first show with. Huh? Funk comes out and says he doesn't care for Gilbert or his perrier water and pours it down Gilbert's shirt, who runs to the back screaming "It's ruined!". Funk throws it to the commercials and we're back with...
Johnny Hotbody vs Glen Osbourne - TV Title Tournament, Round 1 Match
Hotbody, "weighing 300 pounds, including his ego", jaws with the fans while we wait for 'The Beast' Glen Osbourne, who looks like he's in an 80's trash metal band. Osbourne left ECW later this year, despite being pushed pretty heavily. They start things off and Osbourne easily gets the better of Hotbody, hitting some nice short-arm lariats before taking Johnny to the mat with a headlock takedown. Osbourne charges, but Hotbody trips him up and he goes head-first into the top turnbuckle. Hotbody whips him into the ropes and hits a vertical suplex for 2. He grabs a headlock, but Osbourne powers out and pushes Hotbody into the ropes, who responds with a knee to the gut. He picks Osbourne up and charges him into the turnbuckle before hitting a nice German suplex! That was almost like a Chaos Theory. He gets a 2 count and throws Osbourne to the floor, hitting a suplex on the concrete and a flying forearm off the apron! He rolls Osbourne back in and locks in a sleeper. Osbourne fights out and whips Johnny into the corner, he bounces out and goes for a lariat, but Osbourne ducks and Hotbody nails the referee! He kicks Osbourne low and hits a piledriver, but the ref is still out of it, so he places Osbourne up top and goes for a superplex, however, Tommy Cairo comes down to the ring and pulls Hotbody to the mat! Osbourne hits a pathetic splash, the ref revives and counts the 3. Glen Osbourne advances. Pretty good match in all honesty, lame finish.
Larry Winters & Tony Stetson vs Samoan Warrior & Chris Michaels
Tag action next as the no.1 contenders Winters & Stetson take on some jobbers. Winters & Stetson don't have a team name, so I shall dub them 'The Mullet Squad'. Winters & Michaels start off. Michaels uses some cheap heel tactics to gain temporary control, but Winters hits some big armdrags before tagging in Stetson. Winters hits Michaels in the gut and Stetson comes off the ropes, going for a swinging neckbreaker, but Michaels falls backwards away from him, obviously expecting an etirely different move, lol. Stetson hits a gutwrench slam and throws him over the ropes, but Michaels tries to skin the cat and barely manages it. Wonderful puts it over as a "great maneuver", but Stetson hits a clothesline sending him to the floor. Stetson tags in Winters and they hit a double vertical suplex. Making quick tags they really work over Michaels, until he counters an Irish whip on Stetson and the Samoan Warrior knees him in the back. The warrior tags in and Stetson tries to ram his head into the mat but, of course, the Samoan has an incredibly thick skull. He throws Stetson into the corner and hits a lariat, but when he goes to follow up with another Stetson avoids it and the Warrior does a hilarious oversell. Winters tags in and hits a nice side-body drop on the Warrior before clotheslining him to the floor. He grabs Michaels and drags him into the ring, kicking him in the gut before picking him up so Stetson can hit an assisted leg-drop off the top rope and Winters can score the pin. Nothing special, nice finish though, despite the fact that the Samoan Warrior never tagged out.
Funk interviews the winners post-match, but Hunter D. Robins the 3rd interrupts and The Super Destroyers jump Winters & Stetson and they brawl to the back!
We get a short commercial with Johnny Hotbody letting everyone know that you can host an ECW event! "Call this number and Johnny Hotbody and the whole ECW will be in your town, whether you want us there, or not!"
The Sandman (c) vs The Kodiak Bear - ECW Heavyweight Title Match
Funk interviews The Sandman. He sounds so coherent, I'm not used to this. We also get the same video package played last week. In the ring, The Kodiak Bear waits to job. Kodiak Bear tries to run for Sandman, despite being the larger of the two. They finally lock up and Sandman forces him into a corner, but gives a clean break. Sandman gets a quick roll-up for 2 and Kodiak rolls to the outside, frustrated. He tries to work the Sandman's arm, but the champ reverses and wrenches on a wrist lock. Kodiak rolls them into the ropes and then tries to choke Sandman. He throws him into the corner and hits a splash, before Irish whipping him to the other corner. Sandman avoids the 2nd splash attempt and hits a lariat to the back of the head, the 'Hang 10' drop-kick off the top rope, a poor springboard crossbody and then locks in the Sandman Sleeper to force Kodiak to tap. Meh.
'Hot Stuff' Eddie Gilbert vs J.T. Smith - TV Title Tournament, Round 1 Match
The final match of round 1 here, as booker Eddie Gilbert takes on J.T. Smith. Gilbert goes straight at it, throwing big punches at Smith, who tries to fight back but is thrown to the floor. Gilbert picks up a chair and hits Smith hard across the back, getting big boos from the crowd! He runs Smith all the way to the arena wall and slams his head into the concrete, before grabing the ring bell and hitting Smith with it. Gilbert celebrates, but Smith's not out of it yet and fires back with some big punches! Gilbert runs back in the ring and begs off when Smith approaches, only to eat a short-arm clothesline out of the corner. J.T. Smith hits a nice fall-away suplex before going up to the top, but he takes too long and Gilbert avoids the moonsault! Gilbert hits him with a series of lariats and then a nice one-armed snapmare, before dropping the elbow, but Smith avoids it and whips Gilbert into the ropes. He floats over and Smith goes to suplex him back in the ring, but in mid-air Gilbert pulls some brass knuckles from his tights and hits Smith right between the eyes, landing on him and getting the 3-count to advance! Gilbert played the heel role really well here and they did a good job of getting Smith over.
'Ironman' Tommy Cairo vs Super Ninja
We join this one in progress as the Super Ninja rakes Cairo's eyes before hitting an Irish whip into the corner and...raking Cairo's eyes. He hits a few chops and another Irish whip before trying for something that just results in Cairo dunking him on his head. Tommy covers him for the 3-count, but before the ref can finish counting Johnny Hotbody hits the ring and starts brawling with Cairo, who wins via DQ.
Terry Funk & Todd Gordon put over the semi-finals of the TV Title Tournament, next week on Hardcore TV and that's a wrap. Fun episode. I actually enjoyed Gilbert vs Smith and Hotbody vs Osbourne a lot more than I was expecting.
This is the noise GAF made when Cena won
note that i said when cena won as it's the more devastating part. i'm not exactly losing sleep over rock losing.
note that i said when cena won as it's the more devastating part. i'm not exactly losing sleep over rock losing.
El Pescado
Member
The audible groan from the crowd when The Great Khali came out made me smile.
UberTag
Member
I would start up a Natty Neidhart chant just for the hell of it.
Evening Musuko
Black Korea
So, we're using this thread for Raw tonight, right?
Welp.
El Pescado
Member
Just announced Rock suffered an abdominal tear last night and won't be here. Bullshit chants from my section.
Jesus christ.