It would be more similar to Michaels "warming up the band" where his opponent would get up at the sound said "warming up".
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It would be more similar to Michaels "warming up the band" where his opponent would get up at the sound said "warming up".
Tuning up the Band as well. Anyone with ears could tell it was coming.
Perspicacity
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Sweet Chin Music was constantly countered because HBK did not understand mind games and ring psychology like Daniel Bryan
JPeeples83
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Same kinda logic with the pre-knee Yessing that applies to HBK LOUDLY STOMPING HIS FOOT BEFORE KICKING GUYS IN THE FACE. The logic is that guys are too weary to do anything about it even if they know what's coming.
don't forget the most devastating finisher in the WWE, Big Show's The Knockout Punch
Empyrean Heaven
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In the fight game, auras are made to be shattered. It takes a special athlete to peel back that mystique. This starts with preparation, though. They should be studying the tape and looking for these holes in his game. Hear chanting? Roll out of the ring or load up on an overhand counter, man.
I actually love this finisher along with the lore behind it.
Empyrean Heaven
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Also in 1990 with Flair, Ole, Arn, Windham, and Sid (although Ole was more the manager at that point).
JPeeples83
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I should really watch more NWA/WCW from around that time - because beyond a few clips, I haven't seen much of it.
Jeevesmeister
Banned
It's so bad. It's so fucking bad.
Big Show is the most unappealing wrestler on the entire roster, I'm sorry. I just refuse to watch him. At least Kane you could maybe salvage by making him a monster again with the mask and all, but Big Show's look is just "giant ugly baby I'm supposed to take seriously" and fuuuuuck that.
I don't like or hate show myself. I just love the finisher and why he uses it.
slightconfuse
Banned
Why it's punch, he should just start the match with it
notworksafe
Member
Big Show is the best at crying on cue in the entire company. That's gotta be worth something!
Empyrean Heaven
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I've been slogging through all the WCW major shows on the network in chronological order, because I never did either (I didn't have TBS growing up so I couldn't follow the product, and didn't until Nitro hit TNT which I did have). I'm closing out 1993 right now and it has been utterly terrible, but I'm coming up on a pretty good run from Starrcade 93 to Spring Stampede 94, until it gets utterly ruined by the beginning of the Hogan era.
Perspicacity
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Bryan has been savvy ring vets like Dolph Ziggler and Wade Barrett, are you suggesting that they don't do their homework?
Professor Beef
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You have to remember that D.Brine and Kane helped out the Undertaker, so he probably gave Brine some tips regarding psychological warfare in the squared circle.
What shitty cable system did you have that had TNT and not TBS? I've never heard of that.
FallingEdge
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I hope they got Naito instead of Nak.
You watching the Clashes, too?
And what did you think about SuperBrawl III and Beach Blast '93?
I actually went and checked the hitbox data, HBK is totally broken
Most broken stunframes in WWE history. What's worse is that Cena's animations all ignore them.
What you fail to realize beforehand is that HBK was directly next to a prone HHH. Then they each teleported to their respective corners to set up for the Sweet Chin Music.
Perspicacity
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I think the more important lesson Bryan learned from the Undertaker is that you can spend nearly a year on the couch and rube fans will still want to put you in a showcase match at Super Bowl of Wrestling
Empyrean Heaven
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Cablevision in upstate NY, we got about 30 channels. We switched over to Time Warner Cable in late 1996 (the night after Starrcade 96, in fact), and that's when we got TBS and I could watch Saturday Night, Pro, and Main Event.
notworksafe
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I actually went and checked the hitbox data, HBK is totally broken
Most broken stunframes in WWE history. What's worse is that Cena's animations all ignore them.
The HLR buff gives Cena infinite super armor, didn't you know?
Empyrean Heaven
Member
I was more making fun of RoH's horrible misspelling. Like, you can't even mark that up to a mistranslation.
FallingEdge
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Heh. I just noticed that. Still hope they got Naito instead of Nak. And send YOSHI-HASHI instead of Okada.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
The infuriating thing is that he does just that from time to time.
Yep.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Tetsuya Ratio managed by "The Teacher" Matt Striker
Empyrean Heaven
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Yup, all of the Clashes where they fit in chronologically.
Superbrawl 3 was pretty meh, I dug the Windham/Muta match for the NWA title but other than that it was lame. Also I hate strap matches. Also, isn't the point of a "lights out" match is that there are no rules? So why the fuck have the stupid fucking drag-your-opponent-too-all-four-corners rule still in effect?
Beach Blast was also pretty bad, outside of the Hollywood Blondes being awesome. Windham/Flair was a far cry from their previous matches and had a horribly botched finish, and the Iron Man Challenge between Rude and Dustin was boring as hell. Also: why the fuck do you build up this huge fucking gimmick match to find who deserves to be the US champ on PPV...and then it ends up being a draw, keeping the title vacant, and THEN do the rematch on free TV two months later where Dustin wins the title back anyway rendering the whole thing entirely pointless. That wacky WCW...or should I say, that wacky nepotistic Dusty.
Wtf. That's literally the best strap match of all time. And Benoit/Scorp and Cactus/Orndorff are a lot of fun. And Beach Blast...WTF. Rude vs Dustin is great.
What's this story?
Big Show feuded with Mayweather at WM 24. As the face no less. A big selling point was Show's punching power.
Nocturnowl
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I've studied WWE Lore and have solved the mystery here.
Big Show has to charge up his fighting spirit in order to channel his rage (heel) or sorrow (face) into his fist in order for it become knock out punch level, thus why he rarely starts off matches with it. Any match he does it early is either because his opponent is simply too jobberiffic or he immediately absorbs the fury of them running with frenzied reckless abandon into his fist (see Mark Henry at Survivor Series last year)
This explanation is flawless and fits in with the WWE Universe where an old biker man can shoot lightning, strike purely and gain magical kick out powers once a year.
Dunedain_Ranger
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Yeah totally agree
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Secret confession: I kind've marked out when Big Show returned
Geez he's been around so long I don't even recall when/why he left
Geez he's been around so long I don't even recall when/why he left
Nocturnowl
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I like how Big Show basically turned heel on that very return, turning just comes to him as naturally as breathing when he enters the squared circle.
JPeeples83
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He left because his back was really fucked up. Watch the main event of December 2 Dismember, or any of the ECW shows from that time period and you can see he was unbelievably fat and immobile. Him coming back much leaner and lasting as long as he has is amazing.
Sibersk Esto
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Pre break big show looked like SHIT, just a big jiggling mass of failure
Although his trolling of ECW was pretty funny
Although his trolling of ECW was pretty funny
lovely ladies
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Jeff Albertson
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Looking at those faction pics makes me sad they don't use Otunga
He's perfect as a lesser authority figure
He's perfect as a lesser authority figure
notworksafe
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He's pretty great on the pre show. I mean that isn't much to brag about but it's something.
lovely ladies
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This is how Rusev should act if he turns face:
Maybe Reigns should start doing a cartwheel when he slams his fist to the floor.