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July Wrasslin |OT-15| Hybrids are Best for Business
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Jimmy King
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But it's the first blockbuster of the summer. Didn't you hear Fallon?
That did make me realize I haven't seen any movies this summer though. Just waiting for Boyhood to come to my town. Let's Be Cops looks fun too.
Hard to say, but they would have to meet this criteria:
1) Didn't wrestle in high school gyms or bingo halls
2) Never got a "this is wrestling" chant
3) Is well liked by WWE corporate
recipe for disaster
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I was just working out and then I didn't feel like doing it anymore and then I remembered I had a John Cena shirt and then I put it on and then I finished my workout.
When Vince Screwed Bret.
DDP YOGA has changed another life.
Glad DDP said he has garbage work ethic and pissed him off to get Show to do the work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P854fQCJ59E
JesseEwiak
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I would actually say when Bret cut the profanity laced promo on RAW after losing to Sid. So, March 17th, 1997.
BRET SCREWED BRET GODAMNIT!
I enjoyed him as a kid, but Ahmed Johnson would be my choice now. He's so slow and uncoordinated. And then he talks and it gets even worse.Guys, who is your least favorite wrestler of all time. I think I have to go with this guy:
^Zach is getting his god damn value out of the network.
1994 RR was good because all RR's are good, Maggle! You can watch them all for just 9.99 a month on the Network. 90% approval rating, higher than Netflix or Hulu Plus!
No seriously, All RR matches are good, the PPVs in 1993-1995 are...interesting to say the least. 1996 RR is great though.
No seriously, All RR matches are good, the PPVs in 1993-1995 are...interesting to say the least. 1996 RR is great though.
You didn't say please enough.I'm not resubscribing.
Did I really? I dunno, man. I work full-time. I'm a single dad half the time. I'm a homeowner and have a tidy house inside and out. I probably squeeze in, on average, an hour of gaming a day. I dunno how I do it. Must be my Vince McMahon-esque "work" ethic.
Haven't got to Ahmed in my chronological viewing, so no comment just yet. I remember him having an impressive look, though.
And I am getting my money's worth! It's funny. I could just have easily not even subscribed to the Network. I was really on the fence, but was like "aaaah, why not?" And then I got overwhelmed on what to watch and was like "F it, I'll just start from the beginning." Now the weirdo completionist in me has taken over and I can't stop. ALSO! You guys are always so doom-and-gloom about the Network being a failure, it makes me want to watch everything before it dies or something.
Anyway, I'm having a good time, so whatevs.
That certainly helped, yes.
Was it? Is that when Jim Ross left? Bischoff had taken over or something? I can't remember, man, my brain is mush from all this wrestling!
The most jarring thing WCW-wise was most definitely Great American Bash 1991 after Flair left or was fired or whatever. Holy Christ.
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The shirt is yellow and says "Never Give Up"
Yep, Bischoff is promoted over Ross and Schiavone who were the clear favorites for the job. Schiavone stays on while Ross leaves for the WWF. Bischoff is much better at convincing Turner to give him money and they start all those weird hollywood vignettes, also they bring in Jimmy Hart to make a bunch of rad ass themes for everyone. The camera work, lighting, pyro all get a huge boost in this era and I believe this is when they start filming at Disney. Going backwards it was extremely noticeable. One minute Schiavone and Jesse are calling a relatively modern looking PPV and the next its Jim Ross and Jesse and it doesn't look that much different from a WCCW show. Three tag belts! Four world titles! No going off the top rope unless suplexed! No pads outside the ring! Paul E! Freebirds! Greg Valentine! No Nasty Boys!
Getting to Ric Flair being fired soon, can't wait. The crowd reaction a year later when Bill Watts mentions him as the last NWA champion is crazy. They go completely silent and then start to turn on him as he hands the belt over to the New Japan promoter.
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Deleted member 47027
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Guys, who is your least favorite wrestler of all time. I think I have to go with this guy:
Probably Jeff Jarrett. I get very upset when he's around. I even liked his little MMA fighter gimmick, too. But I just can't stand him.
Guessing Stro will pick DOA.
Jim Ross ‏@JRsBBQ 2h
Tomorrow is my last, legal day w/ @WWE It was a great 21 year run. Best biz decision ever was coming to WWE '93. Grateful to all involved.
rickyWrath ‏@rickywrath 44m
@JRsBBQ If you were to ever do UFC I'd have died and gone to heaven
Jim Ross ‏@JRsBBQ 41m
@rickywrath Maybe @danawhite throws an old dawg a bone. never know
IT'S CAIN! IT'S CAIN!
Tomorrow is my last, legal day w/ @WWE It was a great 21 year run. Best biz decision ever was coming to WWE '93. Grateful to all involved.
rickyWrath ‏@rickywrath 44m
@JRsBBQ If you were to ever do UFC I'd have died and gone to heaven
Jim Ross ‏@JRsBBQ 41m
@rickywrath Maybe @danawhite throws an old dawg a bone.
never knowIT'S CAIN! IT'S CAIN!
Jeff Jarrett (even though I was just recently into his incredibly cheesy Double-J debut promos >_>) and DOA are both acceptable choices, but I still feel my pick is head and shoulders below the rest, brahda.
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As terrible as the Nasty Boys are (and they are fucking terrible), they aren't skinhead fuckin nazi shits like the Harris brothers
slightconfuse
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Greg valentine is garbage
Oh, god. The Nasty Boys. They're close to Crush levels of suck. Especially Brian Knobbs.
If you're going to bring in the out of ring stuff then no question, you'd have to go with them or other despicable individuals, no problem.
I've been entertained by the Harris Bros before in a couple of their matches while I've never found joy in a single Nasty Boys match, even when they get clattered by someone.
Stupid question: Is there anything stopping WWE from broadcasting house shows live on the network? Back in 1999, WWE would release "UK Pay Per Views" on VHS. They were basically house shows with a PPV name slapped on them. A lot of them didn't have top stars and weren't the same length as a regular PPV... but they put them out anyways.
Why not bring that back for the Network today? Why not stream the big MSG house show they do? It doesn't even have to be a huge, expensive production like a Raw or Smackdown. They already shoot those house shows for the titantron anyways, no? Throw some second tier commentary on there and you're golden.
Better yet, make that shit canon. Brag on Raw and Smackdown that Ziggler beat Miz for the IC Title at MSG last Friday and all the awesome fuckers who bought the Network got to see that shit. Better yet, houseshow ticket sales would probably go up when people realize they'd be "on TV!" and what is happening at those shows actually matter to a degree. Subscribe now!
Why not bring that back for the Network today? Why not stream the big MSG house show they do? It doesn't even have to be a huge, expensive production like a Raw or Smackdown. They already shoot those house shows for the titantron anyways, no? Throw some second tier commentary on there and you're golden.
Better yet, make that shit canon. Brag on Raw and Smackdown that Ziggler beat Miz for the IC Title at MSG last Friday and all the awesome fuckers who bought the Network got to see that shit. Better yet, houseshow ticket sales would probably go up when people realize they'd be "on TV!" and what is happening at those shows actually matter to a degree. Subscribe now!
Empyrean Heaven
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I enjoyed his post-Demos face push as Kona Crush. Believe it or not, he was originally going to take the belt from Flair and become the face of the company, but a combination of A. the steroid trial B. him really not getting over C. his general suckage in the ring put a stop to that.
Empyrean Heaven
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The problem is that TV production costs are expensive out the ass. Hell, Smackdown probably costs half a million per episode to produce, Raw being live is twice that. For a company trying to keep costs DOWN, that's an expense that WWE really can't afford right now.
Not to mention the house show circuit is typically the same card on repeat over and over (and often features matches that will later be on PPV) and it gets rather repetitive and not very cost effective.
I do agree with the idea of televising the MSG shows (like MSG network did in the old days) though.
WWE should broadcast weird Ambrose-ran fights using a couple Logitech webcams on the network at random times.
Like Bumfights: Pro Wrestling Edition
You're watching The best of WCW when it just cuts into Ambrose on commentary and a bunch of greasy looking motherfuckers watching Justin Gabriel and Axel Riley beating each-other up in an old Sunday Night Heat ring for a bootleg hardcore belt.
Like Bumfights: Pro Wrestling Edition
You're watching The best of WCW when it just cuts into Ambrose on commentary and a bunch of greasy looking motherfuckers watching Justin Gabriel and Axel Riley beating each-other up in an old Sunday Night Heat ring for a bootleg hardcore belt.
Of course I would have hated it. Wrestling as a TV product didn't get good until 96 or 97.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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Jeff Jarret is the biggest piece of shit in This Business. I absolutely loathe him.
Nose Master
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Even if they did, they'd be buried by the Real Amurrican's in about a week. And the rednecks would cheer.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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As a member of the All Red Army, and a devout follower of our Queen, it's very hard to believe that Brother Cure has fucking terrible taste in literally everything else in life.
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Deleted member 47027
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Don't do this
$100 for everything?
Asshole too? Will she put a live squid on her chest? How much is that?
lovely ladies
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Don't go for the $100.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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Go for $100, friend dream.
One for the team.
One for the team.
wait, this for real? I would drop 100 like it's hot
Mr. Enigma
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Does Sunny look like a blimp again? She got back into amazing shape in 2007-2011, but I feel like she let it all go once it became clear she wasn't getting a WWE job back.
yeah, nevermind. Spend the 100 on a video game and some doritos locos tacos