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How dare you.
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MMAksana with her total divas debut
Saturday Night was still pretty important into 1997. Top guys still appeared on it. Angles still carried over from Nitro. Once Thunder started, Saturday Night became full on random matches and was almost always better than Thunder even without any storylines. The last year or so was NXT with its own roster of Power Plant guys trying out various gimmicks before getting brought up to the main roster (all at once, basically) with its own storylines, its own title (TV Championship), and various old dudes coming in to work. It wasn't good, because these dudes were super super green, but it was more interesting than Thunder or Nitro.
There's a reason I suggested just the one match. I forget--was the RR 2000 bikini contest the one where Mae Young exposed her breasts?
Damn good year.
Yes. But even before that I was embarassed by these porn actresses being howled at by thousands of teenager boys while Jerry Lawler literally jumps up and down. And then Mae Young appeared and I just went "oh no".
Yeah. The talent in 2000 was great, but Vince was also intermittently in his shameless phase throughout it and the following years. I still do not understand what the hell he was trying to do here.
And PUPPIES!King ranks right above current King in terms of sheer shit.
None of them were porn actresses. They were all wrestlers or managers.
They were all in the verge of being strippers!
Maybe the Attitude Era isn't for you. And if that's the case, you might want to skip all the way until 2007 or so. Wrestling as a whole was all about blood and nearly naked #CHICKS from 1998-2005 or so, but WWE still did bikini contests up until right after PG started.
Yeah, I'm feeling that, but I'll still watch what people recommend, it's not like I have anything better to do with 3 hours of my life. And there's always something good. Like I said, I liked the Chyna/Jericho/Hardcore Holly match and now the Rock is talking random catchphrases and I love it.
You would hate ECW. WWE 1999-2000 was just a toned down ECW but with much better talent and production. I think they actually did crazier and more offensive stuff in the immediate aftermath of the Attitude Era. 2002-2005ish had some fucking bonkers shit going on.
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I wonder if that was just the output of a bunch of stuff Vince had been wanting to do for years, but was afraid of pushing people away with it. Once he no longer had competition he was free do just be pure Vince. Either that or he felt he had to push it that far to outdo stuff from the Attitude Era.
I think it was pure Vince. Katie Vick, HLA, everything with Zack Gowen, the Booker racism angle, having a match with Stephanie days before her real life wedding, the Kane/Shane angle, the shit with Kane and Lita (which included Kane raping Lita, getting her pregnant, Lita losing the baby, and Lita turning heel), Heidenriech raping Michael Cole...all leading up to Vince vs God.
This HHH-Cactus Jack promo video is so 2000. Latin chanting choirs against brass heavy orchestral music was the cliche before Inception horns took over.
Why? The women are already skimpily dressed. I'd rather see them wrestle than pose for ten minutes until they break down into a hairpullfest.
And it's not like the photo shoots are a thing of the past.
Why? The women are already skimpily dressed. I'd rather see them wrestle than pose for ten minutes until they break down into a hairpullfest.
And it's not like the photo shoots are a thing of the past.
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I just rewatched the Sable/Jacquelyn bikini gimmick from Fully Loaded 1998. If my parents knew WWF had turned into that, they probably would have stopped letting me watch it.
lovely ladies
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I was looking at Kaitlyn's twitter photos before for research purposes and I needed a walk afterwards.
Also her boyfriend/fiance/husband/whatever scares the hell out of me.
Also her boyfriend/fiance/husband/whatever scares the hell out of me.
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Oh yeah? Goddamn!
Meltzer said it on Observer today.
I hope part of the deal includes Raw replays being on WWE Network sooner.
http://www.pyroandballyhoo.com/hiring/
Word on the sheets is Strobogo is considering a move, allegedly telling Sunflower "Give me one reason to stay here, and I'll turn right back around."
Care to confirm or deny the rumors?
Word on the sheets is Strobogo is considering a move, allegedly telling Sunflower "Give me one reason to stay here, and I'll turn right back around."
Care to confirm or deny the rumors?
Fuck, I might actually apply for that. Sunny, you know I couldn't turn down a chance to work with VINCE RUSSO!
Curious to hear who the other bidders were. Always interesting to know who's interested in the sports entertainment business.
I'd totally do it if I was you.
Macho Madness
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Meltzer never said that.
Goddamn it. Ok, god fucking damn it this HHH vs Cactus Jack match is good. It's so good. Fucking hell.
You know what I like? Regardless of blood and whatnot? When a great story is told right then and there in the ring and it was cool to see this match after having enjoying the Cactus Jack vs Sting match from Beach Blast 92 because it starts out as the same story, but with reversed face/heel.
Both of these are about champions who have no reason to risk their bodies in a non-title match against Cactus Jack who don't give a fuck about risking his body. But here Cactus Jack is the face, because it's how Mick Foley can actually get the advantage over Triple H and while the segments were silly, goddamn the action in the ring told that story. There was a moment there the crowd wasn't even chanting anything, they were just watching. Who do you cheer for? The hero who is brutal, vicious and ruthless or the villain who refuses to stand down despiste being put through hell by an opponent on his enviroment? It takes Triple H to handcuff Mick Foley so people could remember who is the underdog here.
And when the tumbtacks come, man, what a moment, because it's not like "oh, now they'll hurt themselves for our entertainment", it's really the culmination of a battle, it's two guys who have been showing us the entire match that can withstand punishment without giving up, so here comes the line in the sand, here comes something that, granted, won't kill you, but it will hurt like hell.
Great match. Wow. Even with all the hype y'all give to this match, wow, amazed, great match.
You know what I like? Regardless of blood and whatnot? When a great story is told right then and there in the ring and it was cool to see this match after having enjoying the Cactus Jack vs Sting match from Beach Blast 92 because it starts out as the same story, but with reversed face/heel.
Both of these are about champions who have no reason to risk their bodies in a non-title match against Cactus Jack who don't give a fuck about risking his body. But here Cactus Jack is the face, because it's how Mick Foley can actually get the advantage over Triple H and while the segments were silly, goddamn the action in the ring told that story. There was a moment there the crowd wasn't even chanting anything, they were just watching. Who do you cheer for? The hero who is brutal, vicious and ruthless or the villain who refuses to stand down despiste being put through hell by an opponent on his enviroment? It takes Triple H to handcuff Mick Foley so people could remember who is the underdog here.
And when the tumbtacks come, man, what a moment, because it's not like "oh, now they'll hurt themselves for our entertainment", it's really the culmination of a battle, it's two guys who have been showing us the entire match that can withstand punishment without giving up, so here comes the line in the sand, here comes something that, granted, won't kill you, but it will hurt like hell.
Great match. Wow. Even with all the hype y'all give to this match, wow, amazed, great match.
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Do it. Swerve King calls, you must answer.
Oh, the one that made HHH a star?
lovely ladies
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Wasn't Fox Sports one of the parties? That would have been pretty interesting with UFC and WWE under one roof.
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CM Punk at the Tough Mudder event in Chicago, Illinois this past Saturday night.
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Punk obviously has no plans to come back, look at those titties.
I did. Sent in examples from the site and links to my full collection. I'd be stoked with just a response from Vince Russo.
CM Punk at the Tough Mudder event in Chicago, Illinois this past Saturday night.
Is that a coke can?
There are still unpaid writing positions for unestablished websites that are touting "experience and exposure" as adequate compensation? In 2014?
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tap that thorax
CMy Paunch.
Macho Madness
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Meltzer says this: "There are those within the TV Industry that believe the deal with WWE is done with NBCU and they're going to announce it on Thursday. I have no idea about the money but I would think it's going to be a match of whoever the highest outside bidder was."
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He's gonna look like RVD in a few months.
Strobogo, your writing sample should be a link to you reviewing Vince Russo's product week-by-week and admitting it drove you to alcoholism.
Perhaps pitch an editorial series in which you go through WCW's timeline, yet again, with him giving his personal insight on each show. That would truly be something special.
That's why Heyman does as well. Fuck it, I'd be pretty happy to do what I do for Legit Shook for Vince Russo. And then I could get more exposure for Legit Shook. Win win win. God damn, imagine if VINCE RUSSO calls me up.
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CM Punk at the Tough Mudder event in Chicago, Illinois this past Saturday night.
