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October Wrasslin' |OT| Celebrating 20 Years of the YET-AY!
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Doomsday Cage Match at Uncensored 96...that's really the pinnacle of botched execution. When I saw that thing as a kid I was like 'holy shit I have to watch this look at that tower of death' that turned into a slow, weird trainwreck.
WCW's re-imaginging of it later was terrible as well. But it didn't have the spectacle of the Doomsday Cage.
Your post made me think if it's just better to only watch the monthly PPVs and skip the TV shows altogether. The pre-match video packages usually make the storylines more interesting than they are.
Frecklestein
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That's what I've been doing.
Corny is kinda off on the Hogan heel turn. It's not even remotely out of nowhere. He spends most of 1995 and early 1996 getting booed whenever they're not in traditional WWF hotbeds. He even teases going heel at the end of 1995 with the wearing black and the face paint, brother.
Then you get the natural story of the fake invasion and the two dude from up north and him joining them to run wild on WCW. It's pretty well planned out, as is much of the early NWO.
Then you get the natural story of the fake invasion and the two dude from up north and him joining them to run wild on WCW. It's pretty well planned out, as is much of the early NWO.
Fourth Storm
Member
2 things I learned from the Lesnar Stone Cold Podcast:
1) Lesnar uses charcoal in one or all of his multiple Big Green Eggs
2) "Gimmicks" can sometimes refer to women (this is under the broad Ultimate Warrior usage of the term, I suppose).
1) Lesnar uses charcoal in one or all of his multiple Big Green Eggs
2) "Gimmicks" can sometimes refer to women (this is under the broad Ultimate Warrior usage of the term, I suppose).
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Ninja Scooter
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Baron Corbin: "Does it look like I need to do abs?"
You know, we talk a lot about WWE missing the boat on a lot of wrestlers, and it does happen. But I was thinking about Beth Phoenix today in my liquidsnake ways and really realized how much more they probably could have done with her. She was a powerful, experienced wrestler who looked intimidating but never hit that 'sideshow' level that they went for with Nicole Bass or Chyna. She remained a top level focus for her whole tenure in the company, but they rarely did anything interesting with her. I think the only interesting thing they did with her was the Glamarella stuff and they didn't do enough with that. She never really got enough time or enough interesting feuds to make use of her talents, but she was always solid at everything she did.
I guess I would have liked to seen her go to somewhere like STARDOM for a tour after left WWE, but I imagine she was ready to settle down at that point.
I guess I would have liked to seen her go to somewhere like STARDOM for a tour after left WWE, but I imagine she was ready to settle down at that point.
Pretty sure Albert responded with "It's already too late for that."
Jimmy King
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Hinxtista
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Awesome Pic
Bluekaveli
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Stone Cold is here!
I remember watching the Raw when Foley beat the rock, crying obviously but why did this really really give wwf that boost in ratings? Was Foley basically the Daniel Bryan of WWF?
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Stone Cold is here!
I remember watching the Raw when Foley beat the rock, crying obviously but why did this really really give wwf that boost in ratings? Was Foley basically the Daniel Bryan of WWF?
dream
Member
Making my sign as we speak.
I'm listening to Bret Hart's appearance on Stone Cold's podcast
Stone Cold and Bret are such gigantic wrestling nerds, its amazing. There's something really cool about these guys loving The Business this much, but they are basically just huge nerds.
Has Stone Cold recovered yet from Brock berrying the business?
Stone Cold and Bret are such gigantic wrestling nerds, its amazing. There's something really cool about these guys loving The Business this much, but they are basically just huge nerds.
Has Stone Cold recovered yet from Brock berrying the business?
Off the top of my head:
- Daniel Bryan
- Cesaro
- Sandow
- Cody Rhodes
These guys should be bigger than they are because the company doesn't put their muscle behind them. Daniel Bryan only got over to the extent he did because the fans revolted. Instead, the company puts their muscle behind Sheamus and Reigns who people aren't exactly thrilled about. They'd rather make the New Day a cartoon face group instead of a heel group, which is how they got over, as jackass-ish real people. Which is why we get shit like Stardust, Bray Wyatt, Kane and Random Crazy Wrestler #9
Just register with a new email and get your free month.
I'd take Bray Wyatt over Cesaro and Sandow any day of the week, friend.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I find it unlikely they'll never let him on again. I suppose they could pay him to stay home but that would likely be dependent on him just letting it happen.
TheFuzz
Member
Wait... Wha.... mwhahahahahaha!
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Gary Hart looking good
Why not all three?
Ninja Scooter
Member
Because their roster's already too big. I'd straight up cut Sandow and I'd put Cesaro in a tag team because that dude is never going to be a big deal in the WWE's style of pro wrestling.
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Would love to see whatever this was
TheFuzz
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Thanks friend. Free trial gave me access to the dick kicker. I couldn't be happier.
Well you need to register a valid credit card as well
Jimmy King
Member
Sandow as old school genius gimmick was money though
But cena just had to go over.
Discotheque
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i saw sandow on one of those game streams xavier woods does on youtube and tbh I think he could pull off a good "thuganomics" gimmick.
avengers23
Banned
Just get Sandow to imitate Bryan. Two birds with one stone.
He's obnoxious in just the right way when he does it. Also his hilariously bad rhymes are perfect.
So you want him injured?
avengers23
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They're all characters, right? Daniel Bryan has been recast, and he will now be played by Damien Sandow. Damien Bryan.
Brie Sandow would also work.
Professor Beef
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Why would you want him to break his own neck
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They are in LA, right.??
Super Dragon getting the Strap tonight
Super Dragon getting the Strap tonight
Two fold. Foley was really popular as an underdog, outside the box type, and what's more, they gave away the result on Nitro in a dismissive manner. So everyone watching Nitro now knew if they turned to RAW they'd see a big title change with a fan favourite (whom WCW dismissed as being useless).
So half a million people immediately switched over to RAW to see it, leading to RAW crushing Nitro in the ratings that week.
Oops.
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Someone tell luchadores to stop choosing stupid names
That's amazing.
Bluekaveli
Member
OK after all of these years I've finally got it.
Yeah. The TV stuff is just filler. Rarely engaging or worth the investment of time. And it's mostly due to how big the WWE has gotten and how many hours of TV they produce every week. Just waters down everything.