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[Liquidsnake]

Madusa's in great shape for the HoF this year. Good on her. Ain't easy at 51 years old. Sure there's a little work done...

I loved her so much.

 

[The Shapesmith]

I kinda love her now

 

[Sweeney Tom]

Ah Wrestlemania 18....the year Jericho got shafted by having to go on after Rock / Hogan.

HHH winning the undisputed title after injury was always gonna main event whatever PPV it happened. Mania wasn't gonna end with the NWO getting its ass kicked, even though that was probably one of Vince's sweet dreams at one point.

 

[Nocturnowl]

Ah Wrestlemania 18....the year Jericho got shafted by having to go on after Rock / Hogan.

Fortunately Drowning Pool were on hand to help "tell the story" of the trips and Jericho saga adding their live music to a tale of a marital spat that gets a dog run over, also the undisputed champ Jericho may have been involved as well.
Then again this is the same ppv with the infamous Japanese shampoo commercial booking for Edge and Booker T so par for the course.

I've just remembered that I never saw the Backlash ppv following this, can't imagine there's much of note but I may give it a curiosity look, Trips dropping the title to Hogan so soon kind of makes his WM win over Jericho even lesser.

Back to X8, as much as it pains me to say this I can't help but think Angle was wasted here fighting Kane in a rather meaningless midcard match at a point where Angle had been main eventing quite consistently, still good mind you (kane bias initiated).

 

[sf2fanatic]

Could the nWo era have gonna longer if they haven't had the Rock defeat them?

 

[Nocturnowl]

Could the nWo era have gonna longer if they haven't had the Rock defeat them?

I think the bigger issue was Hogan being over with the fans regardless so they turned him face as opposed to Rock's victory derailing things.
Then again they tried to continue the floundering modern NWO afterwards which basically became the Kliq if I recall, Nash, HBK and X-Pac.
Oh and Booker T as well, how strange that all was.

 

[Toki767]

It also didn't help that Hall was in a pretty bad place personally when he came in.

 

[slightconfuse]

Mr Perfects Random ass run is the weirdest thing about 2002

 

[Data West]

It also didn't help that Hall was in a pretty bad place personally when he came in.

If Hall is to be believed, he was in a good place when he came in. Them giving Stone Cold the first major win and not telling him until the day of when he was told he'd win and then Austin would win the next match to keep the feud going, peeling Hogan off and putting them in a nothing feud is what put him in a 'pretty bad place personally.'

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Bob Holly had such luxurious hair. He was also super over in Alabama.

 

[sf2fanatic]

I think the bigger issue was Hogan being over with the fans regardless so they turned him face as opposed to Rock's victory derailing things.
Then again they tried to continue the floundering modern NWO afterwards which basically became the Kliq if I recall, Nash, HBK and X-Pac.
Oh and Booker T as well, how strange that all was.

I totally forgot HBK was with them. He would of been great as part of original crew

 

[Sibersk Esto]

oh damn it they're doing shoot promos with mankind and he's got the flannel shirt

 

[RP912]

Mr Perfects Random ass run is the weirdest thing about 2002

I forgot he had a run in 2002.


2002 was a weird year in general for the WWE. The only good thing about that year was the rise of Bork.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

BANGIN' IT BANGIN' IT

 

[klonere]

As notworksafe said there are...places. I can PM you if you want.

that'd be cool, I'll have a look but probably just wait till they upload on the Network instead.

 

[Gonzalez]

Mr Perfects Random ass run is the weirdest thing about 2002

The best part of that run was the gum swat during the Royal Rumble.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Back to X8, as much as it pains me to say this I can't help but think Angle was wasted here fighting Kane in a rather meaningless midcard match at a point where Angle had been main eventing quite consistently, still good mind you (kane bias initiated).

I wonder if they had planned to make the main event a triple threat match with Angle and canned it. If I recall correctly, HHH and Angle fought at No Way Out over the Wrestlemania title shot, which Angle won after some shenanigans.... And HHH rewon the opportunity the next night on Raw.

Looking back, that is really jarring, lol.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

that'd be cool, I'll have a look but probably just wait till they upload on the Network instead.

alright, sent

 

[TheBear]

Spoiler

Mark Henry did an interview and he said, having faced both Reigns and Lesnar, that he thinks Reigns can beat Lesnar.

This is the fucking dumbest thing I have ever read. This is not how you get someone over

 

[notworksafe]

that'd be cool, I'll have a look but probably just wait till they upload on the Network instead.

I'd recommend it. The quality on a lot of that stuff is trash.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Do you guys remember when wrestlers would have to verbally submit rather than tap out?

 

[Angry Grimace]

Spoiler

Mark Henry did an interview and he said, having faced both Reigns and Lesnar, that he thinks Reigns can beat Lesnar.

This is the fucking dumbest thing I have ever read. This is not how you get someone over

Its really hilarious to me how they keep trying to get Reigns over by having other wrestlers and characters slobber over how great he is. All they had to do was not let him talk.

 

[Serpentine]

Spoiler

Mark Henry did an interview and he said, having faced both Reigns and Lesnar, that he thinks Reigns can beat Lesnar.

This is the fucking dumbest thing I have ever read. This is not how you get someone over

oh, well, now i'm convinced!

Do you guys remember when wrestlers would have to verbally submit rather than tap out?

i remember when Ryback did that because Miz was hurting him too much

 

[jmdajr]

Fortunately Drowning Pool were on hand to help "tell the story" of the trips and Jericho saga adding their live music to a tale of a marital spat that gets a dog run over, also the undisputed champ Jericho may have been involved as well.
Then again this is the same ppv with the infamous Japanese shampoo commercial booking for Edge and Booker T so par for the course.

I've just remembered that I never saw the Backlash ppv following this, can't imagine there's much of note but I may give it a curiosity look, Trips dropping the title to Hogan so soon kind of makes his WM win over Jericho even lesser.

Back to X8, as much as it pains me to say this I can't help but think Angle was wasted here fighting Kane in a rather meaningless midcard match at a point where Angle had been main eventing quite consistently, still good mind you (kane bias initiated).

I just remember HHH having to job to Hogan soon after. Thanks Canada!

 

[Sibersk Esto]

If there's one way to kill the goldust character, it's bringing his daughter out for a segment

 

[sf2fanatic]

Do you guys remember when wrestlers would have to verbally submit rather than tap out?

JBL was best at this

 

[slightconfuse]

 

[Kaladin]

Big Cass, still looking like a Stretch Armstrong version of Adrian Neville.

Seriously, dude needs to hit the gym, get some definition in that height.

 

[Data West]

Neither one of those teams names makes any sense.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Big Cass, still looking like a Stretch Armstrong version of Adrian Neville.

Seriously, dude needs to hit the gym, get some definition in that height.

Exactly. And I can't stand Carmella,don't understand why they feature her so much over Alexa....

 

[Sibersk Esto]

There are few sounds I find as unpleasant as commentator Vince Mcmahon's laugh

Which I learned to my horror is how he actually laughs

 

[iMax]

There are few sounds I find as unpleasant as commentator Vince Mcmahon's laugh

Which I learned to my horror is how he actually laughs

Genuinely don't think I've ever heard him laugh.

 

[notworksafe]

Do you guys remember when wrestlers would have to verbally submit rather than tap out?

Stone Cold made Michael Cole do that in his WM match with King. Made me laugh.

 

[British Monsoon]

Neither one of those teams names makes any sense.

RPG is short for Roppongi, the party district of Tokyo, so RPG Vice kinda makes sense. reDRagon is just Red Dragon spelt dumb because Davey Richards, for some reason. Fuck knows. It's dumb.

 

[Kaladin]

Exactly. And I can't stand Carmella,don't understand why they feature her so much over Alexa....

Enzo is the star of the group. They could drop the other two and let him become a sleazy heel manager on the main roster.

 

[Masquerader]

The best part of that run was the gum swat during the Royal Rumble.

I beg to differ. He had one hell of a last match against Brock Lesnar, on a plane. I wish it was televised.

 

[Data West]

RPG is short for Roppongi, the party district of Tokyo, so RPG Vice kinda makes sense. reDRagon is just Red Dragon spelt dumb because Davey Richards, for some reason. Fuck knows. It's dumb.

but why are they called red dragon

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Genuinely don't think I've ever heard him laugh.

He would do it like once a match whenever he did commentary


HAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHA

AHA

 

[klonere]

There are few sounds I find as unpleasant as commentator Vince Mcmahon's laugh

Which I learned to my horror is how he actually laughs

his "I'm getting excited" voice is an abomination

Carmella looks hot as hell in that pic though, no lie

 

[jmdajr]

I beg to differ. He had one hell of a last match against Brock Lesnar, on a plane. I wish it was televised.

Plane ride from hell needs it's own Network special.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

wow, the fact that there was no black wwf champion was an actual storyline with Farooq and Ahmed Johnson

 

[Data West]

Plane ride from hell needs it's own Network special.

I don't need to see Flair's dick, thanks.

 

[Kaladin]

I don't need to see Flair's dick, thanks.

Space Mountain isn't an airplane, it's a rollercoaster.

 

[Masquerader]

Plane ride from hell needs it's own Network special.

I don't need to see Flair's dick, thanks.

Oh, I dunno... c:

 

[kiguel182]

his "I'm getting excited" voice is an abomination

Carmella looks hot as hell in that pic though, no lie

And you can't teach that.

 

[Hidden One]

Madusa's in great shape for the HoF this year. Good on her. Ain't easy at 51 years old. Sure there's a little work done...

Would.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

I appreciate the fact that Taker chose to hype up his match with Farooq first instead of the rather flaccid "Paul Bearer knows a secret" storyline

 

[MC Safety]

This is the year the WWE stretches the definition of "hall of famer" to its breaking point.

The good news is that Aldo Montoya is going to have a very awesome 2019.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Can't wait for Bischoff to enter the hall of fame

 

[Masquerader]

I'm personally looking forward to The Mountie getting the recognition he deserves as one of the only wrestlers to get banned from Canada.