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[Sweeney Tom]

Aren't less and less people watching wrestling now? I don't think there's enough time or interest in people's life to watch so much wrestling from so many different promotions on TV now.

Yeah. I forget the link, but there has been actual evidence showing that when people stop watching WWE, they just stop watching wrestling altogether.

It's part of why bad ratings and bad Network numbers is more significant than you would think for 2015: when those people leave, they don't come back.

 

[Gonzalez]

How did these guys not go over?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKzK-mGFUyI

They were over. They always got a positive reaction on Nitro. Unless of course those fans were ironically clapping with the Males.

 

[DMczaf]

i miss cm punk

 

[RBH]

I miss WCW Saturday Night.

 

[spindashing]

I miss the Hall of Pain

 

[G-Fex]

I don't miss any of it

 

[Man God]

I miss WCW Saturday Night.

I know what I'm watching at 6:05!


Speaking about WCW I'm super close to finishing 1997 Nitros.

Crowd is so hot for almost everything, though certain fan bases will sit on their hands for cruiserweight matches no matter how exciting they get.

It's still crazy that the overarching feud for 14 months is Piper and Hogan. With Piper always getting the upper hand. Over Hogan. On a program where he had more or less full creative control. Against a guy who had two bad hips and couldn't even outwrestle Hogan.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

I miss CM Punk, a man who was Right

 

[Arrowgigantic]

I miss Asuka and Bayley. It's been THREE DAYS.

 

[shaowebb]

I miss The SAT as a tag team.

Spoiler

But not TNA post ppv only era

 

[Aiii]

I miss Lucha Underground.

 

[sf2fanatic]

I miss Word Life Sina, Full Time Batista & Brock

 

[slightconfuse]

I miss Edge

 

[Gonzalez]

I miss WCW Saturday Night.

Hopefully this, and NWA Worldwide Wrestling make it to the network. NWA World Championship Wrestling feels empty without Worldwide Wrestling, and the other big arena shows.

 

[shaowebb]

I miss Motor City Machineguns and Speed Muscle as tag teams...I miss good tag teams in general

 

[DMczaf]

I miss Rock vs Cena

 

[Kornflayx]

I miss the times when wrestling wasn't only about kicking out of finishers

 

[DMczaf]

I miss WCW Saturday Night.

I miss the intro

 

[shaowebb]

I miss the times when wrestling wasn't only about kicking out of finishers

So you also miss the No Mercy games then since what you described is the entire Smackdown era of games.
...
I miss Fire Pro Wrestling. You could do ANYTHING.

 

[Professor Beef]

I miss Cryme Time

 

[klonere]

I miss Seth

 

[MC Safety]

I miss John Cena berrying your favorite superstar just by existing.

 

[slightconfuse]

I miss Hennan on commentary

 

[Bluekaveli]

Apparently he went to one of Vince's guys (Brisco?) and tried to get the match changed in some way. Then Warrior finds out and tells Hunter if he had a problem or wanted to talk about how the match will go, to go to him, rather than scurrying away to the office.

Lmfao yes, in fact Warrior was showering and Hunter came in to talk. Warrior was basically like, fuck you.

Even after they fired Warrior in 1996, Vince was already begging him to come back a year later after they lost Bret Hart.

In the lawsuit Warrior filed over the DVD, a document came up in discovery. It was an official offer from Vince for Warrior to come back. It's dated December 17, 1997. Vince offered Warrior a guaranteed 5-year deal where he'd be paid a downside of $750,000 a year and be given a 35% cut of all merchandise sales (everyone else, including Stone Cold Steve Austin, was only getting 25%). He also would have only been required to work 14 dates a month: all Monday Night RAWs, each PPV, and whatever the balance of live events was.

Warrior declined and ended up getting a shit ton of money from WCW in 1998 for about 3 months.

I saw that. You know reading more in depth to that moment made me really hate Hogan even. more. Basically, this cunt would try to get people who one up'd him in the past just so he could get a pin fall over them. I'm glad Warrior got paid but Christ; his fucking ego is just sickening.

 

[Thorakai]

I miss Big Dick Johnson

 

[slightconfuse]

 

[RBH]

I miss the intro

Marcus Bagwell and 2 Cold Scorpio tag-team with Teddy Long as their manager!

And some random mascot in the background!

 

[Aiii]

Hard to argue any of these points, really.

In Cena We Trust.

 

[RBH]

And this other guy too!

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I'm stuck at work for another few hours, what's a good documentary type show on the network?

 

[avengers23]

I miss unique sets for each show.

 

[Man God]

I miss Word Life Sina, Full Time Batista & Brock

I walk alone.

 

[DMczaf]

I'm stuck at work for another few hours, what's a good documentary type show on the network?

http://network.wwe.com/video/v312323283

 

[Man God]

Marcus Bagwell and 2 Cold Scorpio tag-team with Teddy Long as their manager!

And some random mascot in the background!

I don't see a Buff Bagwell there. Nor a Marcus Bagwell. I see that young and up and comer, the perennial rookie, Marcus Alexander Bagwell.

 

[avengers23]

I'm stuck at work for another few hours, what's a good documentary type show on the network?

Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name Is Paul Heyman

 

[slightconfuse]

I miss jobbers

 

[RBH]

I'm stuck at work for another few hours, what's a good documentary type show on the network?

http://network.wwe.com/video/v37018491

http://network.wwe.com/video/v532527483/

http://network.wwe.com/video/v304677783

http://network.wwe.com/video/v309318883

 

[Browny]

I miss jobbers

Ditto. Also The Gambler reminds me of Cesaro.

I miss Cesaro.

 

[slightconfuse]

 

[DMczaf]

ninja scooter looking good

 

[Zach]

I miss WCW Saturday Night.

Yeah, dude!

I know what I'm watching at 6:05!


Speaking about WCW I'm super close to finishing 1997 Nitros.

Crowd is so hot for almost everything, though certain fan bases will sit on their hands for cruiserweight matches no matter how exciting they get.

It's still crazy that the overarching feud for 14 months is Piper and Hogan. With Piper always getting the upper hand. Over Hogan. On a program where he had more or less full creative control. Against a guy who had two bad hips and couldn't even outwrestle Hogan.

Yeah, weird, right? And while some of the crowds are quiet for great matches, others are suuuper into them and dead-ish by the end of the night.

I miss jobbers

Yes, sir!

 

[Bluekaveli]

Bobby Who is the best jobber name ever idgaf what anyone says.

 

[Kornflayx]

Just watched Austin vs. Bret at WM 13. Goddamn, I miss Bret and pre-injury Austin.

 

[Zach]

Just watched Austin vs. Bret at WM 13. Goddamn, I miss Bret and pre-injury Austin.

Pre-injury Austin (including Stunning Steve) is one of my favorite wrasslers ever.

And that match is a delight. I re-watched it with Austin doing commentary (from one of his podcasts) and that was super fun, too.

 

[Gonzalez]

I miss jobbers

Baron Corbin?

 

[avengers23]

Tag team jobbing.

Gimmick jobbing.

 

[Aiii]

well that's not PG

 

[Man God]

well that's not PG

Maybe he said WCW.

 

[Bluekaveli]

He's hardcore, he's hardcore, he's hardcore!

 

[985boi]

Hey Bootaaay. If you haven't, you should watch Bone Tomahawk, right up your alley.

Jesus Christ....That one scene had me legit shook.