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[Anth0ny]

Something I miss from Royal Rumbles is the back to back to back to back pre-recorded promos by all the entrants in the Rumble.

That and awesomely cheap, local TV style wrestler promos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr8Pj9Iwg9k

goat royal rumble promo

 

[TheFurizzlyBear]

Alrighty, thanks guys. I guess I'll do all of 96-97 then since that seems to be the consensus.

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

goat royal rumble promo

I hate to play "it was better back in the day" but there is something more enjoyable about a less produced product

Alrighty, thanks guys. I guess I'll do all of 96-97 then since that seems to be the consensus.

If you feel like it, watch WWE in conjunction with WCW of the same year. You'll be watching the genesis of the Monday Night Wars and easily the best two years of wrestling. I'm on the side that not living through it means a lot is lost, but god damn if there wasn't some compelling stuff going on in both feds. You had the rise of Austin, Bret's incredibly face to heel turn and Michaels in WWE combined with the nWo formation and mid-card superstars of WCW.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

i'm pretty sure the guy who did 2000 WWF, aka one of the best years ever, did storyboards for his angles and all the carnies in the back were like HAWHAWHAWHAW LOOK AT THIS NERD. LOOK AT HIM TRYING


putting in effort will get you bullied and buried in wwe

Every big match promo for the WWF in the year 2000

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

i'm pretty sure the guy who did 2000 WWF, aka one of the best years ever, did storyboards for his angles and all the carnies in the back were like HAWHAWHAWHAW LOOK AT THIS NERD. LOOK AT HIM TRYING


putting in effort will get you bullied and buried in wwe

Is this pre or post WM 2000?

 

[Dynedom]

At this point, they should give Itami a glass cannon gimmick.

 

[SallyIsNow]

I'm somewhere deep in Mexico. Hoping to find the Luchas, or Lucha masks.

 

[Mahonay]

*goes to check top wrestling news of the past week*

Mauro is now on the NXT announcing team. The fuck??

Seems likely it was requested by him in their private agreement. I'm thinking CWC left a mark on him and he didn't want to give that kind of thing up. Happy for him if this means he's getting all the things he actually wanted from a WWE position initially. He gets to stay out of the doldrums of the main roster, and the fuck away from JBL.

 

[slightconfuse]

Why hasn't ROH or highspots done a ROH/CZW fued collection

 

[Sephzilla]

https://youtu.be/u9AKdYZ_ccg

 

[excelsiorlef]

https://youtu.be/u9AKdYZ_ccg

Nice! Never noticed that

 

[slightconfuse]

PSA

FORTUNE DREAM 1 has been added to the RealHero archive https://t.co/2YsAhzW1Mh

(1) Tamon Honda [FREE] vs. Naoya Nomura [AJPW]
(2) Meiko Satomura [Sendai GIRLS] vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto [S-Ovation]
(3) Kengo Mashimo [K-DOJO] & Tank Nagai [K-DOJO] vs. Shuji Ishikawa [UNION] & Koji Doi [WNC]
(4) AKIRA [WNC], Ultimo Dragon [Toryumon MEXICO] & Yoshinobu Kanemaru [AJPW] vs. Yuko Miyamoto [666], Isami Kodaka [UNION] & Kazuki Hashimoto [BJW]

(5) Talk Battle: Riki Choshu vs. Kenta Kobashi
~ this is not an actual match, talk show segment, more or less.

(6) Akitoshi Saito [FREE] & Kotaro Suzuki [AJPW] vs. Masato Tanaka [ZERO1] & Fujita “Jr” Hayato [MichiPro]
(7) Kohei Sato [ZERO1] & Yuji Hino [K-DOJO] vs. Daisuke Sekimoto [BJW] & Kento Miyahara [AJPW]

 

[Anth0ny]

Is this pre or post WM 2000?

Following the departure of his predecessor, Vince Russo, in October 1999, Kreski became the head writer of the World Wrestling Federation. He is widely credited with writing captivating and layered storylines, and was at the helm of WWF creative in its all-time peak years of both ratings and profitability. Kreski's extensive use of storyboards was mocked by many in the WWF during his tenure, but they enabled him to achieve a high degree of continuity in his storylines, which began to devolve into semi-coherence following his departure.

Kreski was replaced as head writer by Stephanie McMahon in November 2000, but remained with the company until 2002, when he left to pursue other opportunities.

I'm sure Vince told Kreski to fuck off during the Mania 2000 build and did that entire thing himself. It's hard to comprehend any other way Mania was so bad in 2000 yet every other PPV was amazing.

 

[Zach]

Did someone say 1997 WCW?!

 

[RBH]

https://twitter.com/XavierWoodsPhD/status/878663000130977793

 

[DMczaf]

Did someone say 1997 WCW?!

I did

 

[slightconfuse]

Someone say WCW

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

I'm sure Vince told Kreski to fuck off during the Mania 2000 build and did that entire thing himself. It's hard to comprehend any other way Mania was so bad in 2000 yet every other PPV was amazing.

Yep.

Here's a Kreski script:

http://imgur.com/a/ZVCNw

Note the lack of written out promos we see in the modern leaked scripts.

 

[miserable]

 

[Zach]

I didn't need to see another Cena/Orton match at the 2014 Rumble.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

I didn't need to see another Cena/Orton match at the 2014 Rumble.

no one has needed to see another cena/orton match this whole decade

 

[TheFurizzlyBear]

I hate to play "it was better back in the day" but there is something more enjoyable about a less produced product



If you feel like it, watch WWE in conjunction with WCW of the same year. You'll be watching the genesis of the Monday Night Wars and easily the best two years of wrestling. I'm on the side that not living through it means a lot is lost, but god damn if there wasn't some compelling stuff going on in both feds. You had the rise of Austin, Bret's incredibly face to heel turn and Michaels in WWE combined with the nWo formation and mid-card superstars of WCW.

I will probably do that, thanks

 

[Zach]

The New Age Outlaws are the tag champs.

In 2014.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

billy gun challenging for the iwgp ic title

in 2017

cody rhodes being a heavyweight champ

ever

 

[Brian_FETO]

Cody Rhodes is a WWE spy sent to infiltrate the indies

He was low midcard in WWE and that's what they think of indies/Japan so they knew he'd be a top guy

He's killing promotions

It's all a work brothers

 

[Nocturnowl]

I pay £16 a month

I volunteer for very few hours a week to circumvent a £22 charge.
Paying my dues!

What if we finally killed WrassleGaf once and for all & just moved into the GLOW OT

Four episodes in now and this seems like a valid idea.

https://youtu.be/u9AKdYZ_ccg

Shoot: He'd be way more exciting as the winner of the smash vote poll than the last three characters we got.
Corrin has Bayley level booking in his/her game.

Cody Rhodes is a WWE spy sent to infiltrate the indies

He was low midcard in WWE and that's what they think of indies/Japan so they knew he'd be a top guy

He's killing promotions

It's all a work brothers

American Nightmare, it all makes sense now, I bet WWE have that on trademark along with the name Cody Rhodes in general!

 

[slightconfuse]

Yo this Lucha card

https://twitter.com/tortas_astro/status/878361371410182144

 

[SomewhatGroovy]

Tonight at 6pm central. You can stream on Twitch

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Tonight at 6pm central. You can stream on Twitch

Surprised Ospreay isn't there hawking his shirts

 

[SomewhatGroovy]

Surprised Ospreay isn't there hawking his shirts

he'll probably show up in chat and do so lol

I'm a huge fan of Shane Strickland and Lio Lush so hpefully they have a good night

 

[avengers23]

Tonight at 6pm central. You can stream on Twitch

I'll be curious to see if Bobby Fish makes this booking.

 

[Syder]

Ok WrestleGAF, what would you say is the best "year"(year defined as RAW after Mania to the next Mania) in WWE is? I wanna go through a whole year of stuff I have not seen (started watching a year and 1/2 ago roughly). This is gonna be all PPVs and weekly shows.

98-99

 

[klonere]

98-99

Do NOT follow this man's advice.

 

[Anth0ny]

I didn't need to see another Cena/Orton match at the 2014 Rumble.

Did you see the raw where all the champions are in the ring to celebrate the epic cena vs orton match?

 

[Menome]

98-99

Do NOT follow this man's advice.

He'll get to see the rise & disappearance of Real Man's Man Steven Regal, which is surely worth the admission fee.

 

[slightconfuse]

Pew pew

https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/status/878497841781649409

 

[SallyIsNow]

Pew pew

https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/status/878497841781649409

This is the Cody Rhodes rainmaker of "shoots"

 

[klonere]

This is the Cody Rhodes rainmaker of "shoots"

Because it's not a shoot.

It's just a promo.

 

[SallyIsNow]

Because it's not a shoot.

It's just a promo.

I was cutting a promo on slightmark about him calling it a shoot, mark.

 

[Zach]

Did you see the raw where all the champions are in the ring to celebrate the epic cena vs orton match?

No, thanks.

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

Best part of watching 96 Raw is it being 45 minutes. Even in 97 it was only 70ish minutes.

 

[slightconfuse]

Best part of watching 96 Raw is it being 45 minutes. Even in 97 it was only 70ish minutes.

It's amazing how WWE has come from this

https://youtu.be/X6c1PidMS7Y

 

[Sinatar]

 

[SallyIsNow]

No, thanks.

https://youtu.be/UsESZMBJhXw
Watch this

 

[Zach]

Ugh, JBL and Stephanie McMahon.

 

[Hasney]

https://youtu.be/UsESZMBJhXw
Watch this

Everytime, Bryans fucking smile.

It's almost like the crowds didn't want Cena V Orton again!

 

[Mahonay]

Ok WrestleGAF, what would you say is the best "year"(year defined as RAW after Mania to the next Mania) in WWE is? I wanna go through a whole year of stuff I have not seen (started watching a year and 1/2 ago roughly). This is gonna be all PPVs and weekly shows.

97.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Ok WrestleGAF, what would you say is the best "year"(year defined as RAW after Mania to the next Mania) in WWE is? I wanna go through a whole year of stuff I have not seen (started watching a year and 1/2 ago roughly). This is gonna be all PPVs and weekly shows.

2015

 

[avengers23]

Chuck Taylor fucked up a move?

Impossible.

Also, I guess I need to see this Fortune Dream 1.

 

[SallyIsNow]

97.

.