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October Wrasslin' |OT| Celebrating 20 Years of the YET-AY!
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slightconfuse
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god, Eddie Guerrero's arms are fucking disgusting in 1997
I can praise WCW all day even though I recognize its faults just as easy as I do WWF/WWE's, but they did a little mini documentary segment with Mike Tenay about luchadore masks and it's part of why I loved WCW so much and think it ages so well outside of the main event stuff. It treats pro wrestling as pro wrestling which has its roots in the international territories stuff. They talk about wrestling in Japan and mention Japanese wrestlers accolades, they acknowledge family history feuds in lucha libre and aren't afraid to let it be known that pro wrestling isn't just a bubble that only exists in their promotion.
A lot of it is Tenay's doing, I"m sure. But the fact is that they let Tenay do it, and I love that.
I can praise WCW all day even though I recognize its faults just as easy as I do WWF/WWE's, but they did a little mini documentary segment with Mike Tenay about luchadore masks and it's part of why I loved WCW so much and think it ages so well outside of the main event stuff. It treats pro wrestling as pro wrestling which has its roots in the international territories stuff. They talk about wrestling in Japan and mention Japanese wrestlers accolades, they acknowledge family history feuds in lucha libre and aren't afraid to let it be known that pro wrestling isn't just a bubble that only exists in their promotion.
A lot of it is Tenay's doing, I"m sure. But the fact is that they let Tenay do it, and I love that.
BronsonLee
Member
Remember when Mike Tenay cared?
Word, Data. Word.
But! Leading up to Page/Savage II, they had this little documentary thing about DDP being a hardworkin' 'merican and making it when no one thought he could, etc. etc. and the production values were terrible and the whole thing was embarrassing when compared to what WWF was doing at the same time: the Mick Foley/Jim Ross sit-down interviews.
Just saying.
But! Leading up to Page/Savage II, they had this little documentary thing about DDP being a hardworkin' 'merican and making it when no one thought he could, etc. etc. and the production values were terrible and the whole thing was embarrassing when compared to what WWF was doing at the same time: the Mick Foley/Jim Ross sit-down interviews.
Just saying.
British Monsoon
Member
One wrestler applies a headscissors, then another wrestler applies a headscissors to him and so on until there's one wrestler left, who then rolls the whole chain over and puts them in a super Boston crab.
Finished watching Halloween Havoc on the Network for kicks, it was the one with the monster trucks and Hogans match vs the Giant. Watching it all I could think of was how WCW use to say they were about wrestling and not "hollywood" as the WWF was with it's theatrics. Boy how Hogan showing up changed things. The Yetay himself arrived at the end to molest Hogan with that....hold.
Forgot the whole storyline was part of the look that Hogan would later add onto for his nWo role.
Forgot the whole storyline was part of the look that Hogan would later add onto for his nWo role.
Magical in its badness.
Because WWE is the worst. A single tear streams down my face every time I see DDP and he has his weird phony baloney theme.
Jimmy King
Member
I'm currently watching this monster truck madness. Amazing stuff. I would imagine Vince is pissed he never thought of this.
Jimmy King
Member
Agreed. Along with Bash at the Beach in the summer (with a pool around the ring).
I think we've talked about this before -- ha! -- but yes!! 100% on board with both.
And since I'm clearly not going to make it to Halloween Havoc '97 in my chronological viewings, I should really re-watch a pre-Hogan Halloween Havoc... hmmm...
¡HarlequinPanic!
Member
Its really funny. Sometimes he comes out to 'Walls of Jericho'. Other time he comes off to the knockoff 'Evenflow'. And in his baby face run he does come out to this but sometimes it switches to Evenflow or Wall of Jericho for some reason...
Hogan in Starrcade 97 doesn't come out to Voodoo Child unfortunately...
real_slime
Banned
Man I wish Hell In A Cell was tonight. I'm in the mood for some live wrestling spectacle. Watching some old PPV on the Network just ain't gonna cut it.
¡HarlequinPanic!
Member
Hogan not coming out to Voodoo Child makese sense though it's extra funny at WW3 97 because the swerve is that it's Hogan coming out for the title shot even though he's a champion but it goes from playing NWO music too NWO music because they don't have Hogan's theme so it's more confusing than a surprise if you've only ever seen it on the Network
Jimmy King
Member
oh definitely "bring back ringside pools" has probably been my biggest talking point in this community
You know what does do Halloween Havoc? Legitshook and its 31 days of spooky.
slightconfuse
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Voodoo child is a GOAT theme
FallingEdge
Member
I agree.
YOU CAN'T DO THIS ON CONCRETE.
FlammableD
Banned
Not feeling great about work at the moment, office politics and all that. Micro management of devs, stuck in big corp regulations making day to day difficult... Unfortunately all the jobs are in London ¬_¬
Anyway, make this whining wrasslin' related:
Anyway, make this whining wrasslin' related:
slightconfuse
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Well this Is, one way to debut Athena
British Monsoon
Member
Johnny Czeslaw, what a fucking legend.
question for the thread, do you think nxt being pushed as a brand is unsustainable for them? back when developmental was hidden from the public eye, not calling people up or having a constant new stream of talent didn't matter much, but them pushing themselves as a brand puts a ton of pressure on them to have a constant flood of new talent to compensate for people being called up (like all of these women being brought in because of sasha/charlotte/becky) isn't that eventually going to cause a lot of problems? there's no brand split so the main roster will inevitably fill up very quickly, you'd ideally want everyone to succeed on the main roster due to the time and money you invest in them, and you certainly can't keep people down there forever. it also leads to people being kept down there because nxt can't afford to lose them (i firmly believe this is the case with sami)
i don't know if i really got my point across but whatever
Sibersk Esto
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BronsonLee
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Tumblr is a nightmare. We must destroy it.
oo7
Member
That shit was badass btw.
The Shapesmith
Member
I think NXT can be sustainable as a 3rd brand just because it usually takes a decent amount of time for most call ups. Obviously there are exceptions to this rule like Kevin Owens but still. I see Evolve becoming a legitimate feeder promotion for NXT and I see HHH poaching the best available talent from TNA/ROH/AAA/CMLL/NJPW whenever he needs to bolster the NXT roster.
Jimmy King
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The NXT brand keeps the ISEC happy and invested in the WWE brand overall. I'm not super down on WWE, but even I agree it seems like they'll never realize the potential of their roster, so NXT is a nice little safe haven for now.
real_slime
Banned
good for them
can we get them back together on screen please
let's not do this americanised lana babyface thing.
can we get them back together on screen please
let's not do this americanised lana babyface thing.
Jimmy King
Member
I'm happy for the hot, obedient couple.
Wow, completely whiffed on both.
He's an ICON damnit! No way is he taking a shoot kick or even a real ass back bump.
A real ICON would take BOTH shoot kicks and then back bump onto the driveway concrete. #STING
Listen Scott, I love you and your coolness and charisma can carry a LOT of shit and a lot of people and I know he's your dealer I mean friend
but having this dude out here with you just makes you look lame for having your lame ass little kung fu brother in the ring with you
but having this dude out here with you just makes you look lame for having your lame ass little kung fu brother in the ring with you