The first Hell in the Cell is the last ***** match in WWF/WWE before Cena/Punk at Money in the Bank 2011. It is Kane's debut. Facts are facts.
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The first Hell in the Cell is the last ***** match in WWF/WWE before Cena/Punk at Money in the Bank 2011. It is Kane's debut. Facts are facts.
esmith08734
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It's in the beginning of the match, I think. Fast forward 9 years on your timeline to check it out!
Dr Duncan Steel
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I know, that's what makes it #carny
Bluekaveli
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Fun facts.
Jesus! wCw sucked. If you weren't in the main event, basically you didn't talk to main eventers. You gotta feel sorry for Chavo & Jericho knowing that you couldn't get pointers from the guys making all of the big bucks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K7Nzs5-Mh8&app=desktop
The Benoit Jericho podcast is insane. I forgot that Benoit spent two days with his wife and son's dead bodies before killing himself. Fucking nuts. Even put bibles next to their corpses for some reason.
Dude sounded insane from the very start even in the WCW days.
And the story about the family being in the house following the muder was fucking depressing.
And it's fucking sad how Woman/Nancy has been forgotten, whereas the wrestling nerds keep clamoring for Benoit's stuff to get on the network.
Dude sounded insane from the very start even in the WCW days.
And the story about the family being in the house following the muder was fucking depressing.
And it's fucking sad how Woman/Nancy has been forgotten, whereas the wrestling nerds keep clamoring for Benoit's stuff to get on the network.
Bluekaveli
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I couldn't understand why they were staying in the house after the murder, fucking disgusting man.
And hearing her get choked up when she says, "He murdered! My sister."
That is when it got dark.
esmith08734
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Rewatching the ME from Money in the Bank 2011 and Vince looks so stupid in his suite, lol. It was massive on him.
Bluekaveli
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X Pac with the Kane mask is so cool. They should have him don the suit next as the new Kane.
How is Jericho during the interview?
Empyrean Heaven
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Had my second gig as a ring announcer today. Was so much better than the last one. Everyone was amazed it was only my second time. The last match had a title change so I got to bust out my best Howard Finkel "AND NEWWWWWWW" which gave me goosebumps.
SallyIsNow
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He's wright tho
Bluekaveli
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He's not bad at all, you know I've heard folks complain about him but this was probably my first podcast by him and it was great. He was talking about how other people didn't understand what was going on. He talked about how Chris was, etc, basically confirming and agreeing with Sandra.
canadian crowe
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Jericho is a good interviewer for the most part, but his ads are horrible. He will pretend he's still talking to his guest as he begins his ad.
Agreed. The only time Tony is bad at all is 1999 when they have him come out all the time with lies about how their matches will end in a finish while the match that is on goes to a fuck finish and so on.
He's basically a more engaged Michael Cole in that he knows some if not all of the moves and isn't easily flustered but unlike Cole is much more of a Fan Favorite announcer taking a side in the same way Ross or Monsoon did.
Heenan...is generally awful in WCW. He did it to be close to his daughter and because the pay was good. He doesn't care about the job anymore, just like Jessie for most of his WCW run. He has some moments of brilliance, stick a microphone in front of someone that talented for three hours a night and they'll still have moments, and the bit where he manages Flair one last time or is commentating on anyone he used to manage you can see the old light return.
Mean Gene is the only WWF to WCW non wrestling talent who did just as good if not better in WCW. The man is a true professional and some of the bits they have him do in the dying days are really quite good, if not jarring from the voice of backstage interviews for the past 15 years.
Stevie Ray is amazing on commentary. He's like the ultimate version of Mongo/Art Donovan. He asks legitimately interesting questions about what is going on though they seem like the sort that would come from someone not intimately involved in wrestling for most of their career.
Schiavone was great. Sure he could get trite or petty at times, but I just attribute it to a high-stress environment.
Heenan will always be the greatest of all time. I agree that he was at his worst in WCW -- but The Brain's worst couldn't completely eliminate his clever one-liners and unbelievable timing. His WCW performances are uneven; they're not consistently good or consistently bad.
I appreciate Tenay for trying to stay on task and make sense of the nonsensical in WCW during some of its more trying creative moments. Or keeping guys focused on the wrestling.
I haven't heard Stevie Ray on commentary yet. I remember Dusty's wacky shenanigans fondly. Zbyszko had his moments. Mongo was a goof that could provide some entertainment. Pepe was a star. Bischoff was pretty bleh in the early Nitro days, and downright atrocious in '99.
I'll stop rambling about WCW announcers or we'll be back in the '80s in a sec.
Heenan will always be the greatest of all time. I agree that he was at his worst in WCW -- but The Brain's worst couldn't completely eliminate his clever one-liners and unbelievable timing. His WCW performances are uneven; they're not consistently good or consistently bad.
I appreciate Tenay for trying to stay on task and make sense of the nonsensical in WCW during some of its more trying creative moments. Or keeping guys focused on the wrestling.
I haven't heard Stevie Ray on commentary yet. I remember Dusty's wacky shenanigans fondly. Zbyszko had his moments. Mongo was a goof that could provide some entertainment. Pepe was a star. Bischoff was pretty bleh in the early Nitro days, and downright atrocious in '99.
I'll stop rambling about WCW announcers or we'll be back in the '80s in a sec.
I mean I can try but this is Pagano. Gonna take a lot
If they found a way to resurrect the ghost of Santo and Blue Demon, they'd still find a way to shoehorn Pagano into the rematch.
Starrcade 1995 is a fun one where they gang up on Tony for actually calling moves like a German Suplex and a Mafia Kick. He gets so flustered!
Pretty weird watching Jeff Jarrett beat up women every week on RAW lately. I know it's leading to Double J infamously holding up Vince McMahon for cash money before jobbing to Chyna, though, which leads to The Ch-Ch-Ch-Chosen One showing up in WCW as a totally legit main eventer, so I've got that to look forward to.
Always kind of funny how much the internet hated Zbyscko on commentary and claimed he only wanted to put himself over when Zbyscko was the only commentator putting over the guys who lacked personality on a regular basis, Malenko, Benoit, Face Eddie, Saturn, and a lot of other IWC faves. He also put over Psicosis and Mysterio on a regular basis
JJ is basically the only person to jump ship from WWF to WCW that late in the Attitude Era who didn't do it because they had some personal problem/were out with the company. The list is basically...Goldust and Regal for drug problems. One of the Road Warriors because the other was a fuck up. Meat because he was taping people backstage. Sable and Marc Mero because of the lawsuit...and double J. Everyone else who could was fleeing the other way.
Bluekaveli
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Jr is the same way too.
Have got heard the tij with Chavo? This shit is crazy. Knowing that he could've been in the room with Eddie when he died.... Damn that wouldn't hurt even more.
I'm at the ass end of 1998 and its not as if JJ isn't pretty over as a heel if only for trying to cover up Debra who now loves to strip for any possible reason. It's basically a rehash of what got Sable over. The side feud with him being Blue Blazer number 3 is also pretty good and I especially love the combo finisher of a Dragon Sleeper plus a kick to the unprotected groin.
I actually fondly remember hating the fuck out of Double JJ with his ultimate misogynist gimmick that will start up next year.
I always loved how he referred to wrestling as a game of human chess.
Bluekaveli
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I always wanted to go and when I found out it was closed, I was sore man. It was so unique.I googled it and it closed in 2011I wish
At least Pagano fans have money so neither of those two would care in the end
I googled it and it closed in 2011
I went around when it opened (like 04?) and it was pretty awesome as a little mark. ALL the merch you could imagine, shirts, belts, books, dvds... a giant screen where you could play the newest PS2 wrestling game, or they'd just play raw/smackdown highlights. it was an awesome store.
unfortunately it closed as wwe became more and more irrelevant, but the store is still there and they still sell wrestling stuff, it's just called "niagara gift store" or something generic. I think they still have trish and edge's handprints on the wall where the store once was. they had to remove benoit's handprints lol
Bluekaveli
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You gotta be kidding me, you have boys in the back mad at chavo & Rey because they tore the fucking house down. Pretty dumb not to make that the main event in MEXICO CITY!
ShadowSwordmaster
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He had some great lines like that.
Chris Jericho reads the lyrics to his theme song for the very first time:
https://streamable.com/tjr4
https://streamable.com/tjr4
Bluekaveli
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Yeah let's draft the champion. Come here so I can slap you ✋🖕
avengers23
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You want to talk about delayed selling by the Japanese? Check out Battle Royale. Fucking teenagers no selling gunshot wounds to center mass ruining the sport of Battle Royale.
shanafan
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I caught the WWE Top 10 Before They Were Stars video, and I heard Gorilla and Lawler on commentary during a match between Jeff Hardy and 1-2-3 Kid. Wonder how long Gorilla and Lawler called matches for?
Good video too:
https://youtu.be/e3sV6ghxUY4
Good video too:
https://youtu.be/e3sV6ghxUY4
UrbanDandy
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Which actor could be good to play Stone Cold in a future bio film?
HarryDemeanor
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Michael Fassbender or Idris Elba.
Brian_FETO
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Exposing the business of bloodsport, no respect