January Wrasslin |OT| Every Mark For Himself

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Bootaaay said:
Ah man, how could you not like Crash? I loved the gimmick with the scales.
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The scales were the best part of Crash Holly, but other than that, I didn't REALLY love him or hate him.
 
MightyHealthy said:
Hell, I'll say it - Punk looks like a sellout.

He still does good work in-ring, but there have been a few matches that reek of 5MOD.

They've neutered his microphone skills, had him lose to and praise the doofus son-in-law, and he's painfully attempting a recreation of SCSA/Vince with Johnny Ace.

He still seems pretty damn happy about it, too. The talk about change is laughable.

I'd say he is very close to the point of becoming what he rallied against, if he hasn't hit that mark already.
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He rallied against the status quo. Your post confuses me.

He's such a sellout that he has a match with DEAN AMBROSE on FCW on HIS DAY OFF.

Sellout, amirite?

Posts like these is why I don't frequently visit this thread anymore. It's always people whining that some talented guy isn't in the main event and then when he is in the main event, he is branded as a sellout.

First CM Punk. Next Dolph Ziggler. Oh and I'm sure if D. Brine gets over then you'll call him a sellout too.
 
G-Fex said:
yeah Hardcore deserved a bigger push

Sorry Crash and RIP but I never liked you or Molly
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How I loved to look at Molly Holly when I was a child. Yes, she was plain but that backside. CHEA!

Crash was the Hardcore division. He defend the Hardcore title anywhere. I remember a few of his title defenses be held at a airport, a playground and even a supermarket. Crash Holly's Hardcore title gimmick paved the way for Eric Young's Television title gimmick. Anywhere and anytime.
 
Kyoufu said:
Posts like these is why I don't frequently visit this thread anymore. It's always people whining that some talented guy isn't in the main event and then when he is in the main event, he is branded as a sellout.
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Being in the main event has nothing to do with him selling out. It has nothing to do with when he is in the ring, or where creative has taken and ruined his angle.
 
Chauncy Talon said:
Crash and Hardcore weighted themselves before the match started. They billing themselves at over 400 pounds a piece. Saying that they "TIP the Scales."
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The Superheavyweight division! Good gimmick, for what it was worth. Playing themselves up as ultimate badasses.
 
Chauncy Talon said:
Best part was Crash was always carrying the scale like the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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Jeez, the stream has 2 more months of Raw until the Owen Hart tribute show. It's like a doomsday clock hanging over my head.
 
I got suckered into Impact a couple times, most recent was with promises of Joker Sting being incredible, and he wasn't even on the show! A cruel week.
 
Hilarious how everybody hate Michael Cole but he was doing the play-by-play for so long. Kane and X-PAC. I thought that was a horrible tag team idea. Kane was always tagging with somebody that wasn't his size. WWF should be trying to make another Power & Glory team.
 
G-Fex said:
I fell for this. That spindashing is nothing but trouble. He broke my skull against a wall once.
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He decorated an arena to look like Green Hill Zone too. The man is out of control.

Also he strangled me to death, but the arena is just too much.
 
The attitude era was so brilliantly entertaining because of how out-fucking-ragous it was. Literally nothing made sense, everything was overexaggerated, and it was glorious.
 
Charmicarmicat said:
It's always weird seeing these iconic segments actually in context. You see the various bits so often, it's cool when you watch them as part of the main show.
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Yes. Which is why I wish they would just release full episodes of RAW and Smackdown on Bluray or something already. Highlights are fun, but watching the full episodes are like taking a time machine back to the past. So good.

Sunflower said:
Yeah, many people love to see the Attitude Era through rose-tinted glasses, but some of it was REALLY bad. The same show that had Mick Foley winning the World Championship also had Mark Henry's mother watching him have sex with...I think his step-sister? There was a lot of bad shit.
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Yes. But, at least that Sexual Chocolate shit (and Terri had a miscarriage the same episode after getting bumped by D Lo, remember?) was so fucking wacky and silly that I think it worked. It got people talking. Val Venis choppy choppy your pee pee made the mid card worth watching.

I would rather see those ridiculously stupid promos/storylines (maybe Bossman feeding Al Snow his dog went a little too far) than the shit they feed us today. I remember talking about those segments the next day at school because of how insane they were. I can't imagine kids today talk about the mid card storylines (do those even exist?)
 
Anth0ny said:
Yes. Which is why I wish they would just release full episodes of RAW and Smackdown on Bluray or something already. Highlights are fun, but watching the full episodes are like taking a time machine back to the past. So good.



Yes. But, at least that Sexual Chocolate shit (and Terri had a miscarriage the same episode after getting bumped by D Lo, remember?) was so fucking wacky and silly that I think it worked. It got people talking. Val Venis choppy choppy your pee pee made the mid card worth watching.

I would rather see those ridiculously stupid promos/storylines (maybe Bossman feeding Al Snow his dog went a little too far) than the shit they feed us today. I remember talking about those segments the next day at school because of how insane they were. I can't imagine kids today talk about the mid card storylines (do those even exist?)
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Yeah, admittedly some of these stories were fucking awful as you outlined but atleast the mid-card HAD feuds and stories.

Jinder vs. Sheamus is as close as we get nowadays, lol
 
Anth0ny said:
Yes. Which is why I wish they would just release full episodes of RAW and Smackdown on Bluray or something already. Highlights are fun, but watching the full episodes are like taking a time machine back to the past. So good.
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The Raw Seasons 1-2-3 set that came out sadly lacked context. Full episodes...gotta happen. Till that day, I turn to the internet and the OCD collectors who put together sets. Which is why Raw 1999 is in its full glory, without any blurring on logos and more! It's so good.
 
It's so weird watching this 1999 Raw stuff.

Everyone has a gimmick, a character... a purpose of what they're actually doing.

Now we're lucky to get one coherent storyline for the whole show.
 
cjelly said:
It's so weird watching this 1999 Raw stuff.

Everyone has a gimmick, a character... a purpose of what they're actually doing.

Now we're lucky to get one coherent storyline for the whole show.
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I think a lot of it wasn't crippled by the writers now. We hear about all these re-writes, people being forgotten, people just languishing...I think a lot of blame falls on the writers and their own internal power struggles.

EDIT: Mideon looks like a shitty version of the Undertaker :D
 
cjelly said:
It's so weird watching this 1999 Raw stuff.

Everyone has a gimmick, a character... a purpose of what they're actually doing.

Now we're lucky to get one coherent storyline for the whole show.
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Because it's the reality era. Remember, WCW only storylines that last a while were the nWo invasion, the reformed 4 Horsemen, the 4 Horsemen vs the nWo, Goldberg streak and Raven rules. Nothing made sense in WCW. Title matches where certain wrestlers didn't deserve it. Goldberg had so many title defense against jobbers, it was ridiculous.


Godfather vs Goldust.
Gosh, that was great. I don't know if I'm going to offer you the... I'm just gonna kick your...

I didn't understand the Mideon situation. He was running through the crowd half naked and join the Ministry without wrestling any matches.
 
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