REAL ASS STONE COLD
Before he was WHAT, he was one of the baddest motherfuckers walking on the face of the planet. So much mean ass swag.
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REAL ASS STONE COLD
Before he was WHAT, he was one of the baddest motherfuckers walking on the face of the planet. So much mean ass swag.
Smackdown had ungodly numbers due to being on UPN when being on a Network, even the last place one, mattered. Quality wise it was still the B show.
IC title-era Stone Cold was best. I like to pretend that when Owen dumped him on his head, he died and then a fake stone cold took his spot.
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WWE BACKLASH 2003
Decent show. Nothing blow away or particularly memorable, but nothing bad. I think Jazz vs Trish stole the show. It was really fun. Rock was FABULOUS as peak coked up Hollywood Rock. Crowd was weird all night, but I think part of that has to do with some audio edits.
Things to see at the link: Booker hitting a crazy spine buster. John Cena's shocked face. John Cena doing a Fire Marshal Bill impression. John Cena nearly getting decapitated. HBK dancing like an asshole. Goldberg doing a Rock Bottom. Goldberg hitting a 5 star spear. Some other stuff.
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WWE BACKLASH 2003
Decent show. Nothing blow away or particularly memorable, but nothing bad. I think Jazz vs Trish stole the show. It was really fun. Rock was FABULOUS as peak coked up Hollywood Rock. Crowd was weird all night, but I think part of that has to do with some audio edits.
Things to see at the link: Booker hitting a crazy spine buster. John Cena's shocked face. John Cena doing a Fire Marshal Bill impression. John Cena nearly getting decapitated. HBK dancing like an asshole. Goldberg doing a Rock Bottom. Goldberg hitting a 5 star spear. Some other stuff.
Avon Barksdale
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Just finished watching the '02 Draft. A few thoughts...
This Penn State crowd was hot all night. You rarely see that now.
Ric Flair has not aged well at all. He looks so much younger in 2002.
Are Lugz still available?
I miss Mint Skittles.
JR explained that they were the Tag Team Champions hence why they counted as one pick.
This Penn State crowd was hot all night. You rarely see that now.
Ric Flair has not aged well at all. He looks so much younger in 2002.
Are Lugz still available?
I miss Mint Skittles.
JR explained that they were the Tag Team Champions hence why they counted as one pick.
Mr. Enigma
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Look at Ric Flair in 2002 and then 2003. It looks like he aged 10 years from '02 to '03. Supposedly, he stopped doing HGH when he came back to the WWF, which explained the hair thinning so rapidly.
I thought it was just being on the road full time again and all the craziness that comes with Ric Flair being on the road full time. He never looked like a guy who was on HGH and in fact he was in terrible shape when he got back in the ring at Rumble 2002. Probably as bad of shape as he was on the last Nitro, but he wasn't able to wear a shirt.
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IN YOUR HOUSE 1
Hakushi vs Bret was fun. Nothing else was. Nash tried to have his working boots on for the main event, but there is only so much a match with Sid and Nash can do.
At the link: A dope Razor's Edge, Sid and Nash trading powerbombs, a bronco buster, an Asai moonsault that looks like it destroyed Bret's legs, a 360 lariatooooo.
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Hakushi vs Bret was fun. Nothing else was. Nash tried to have his working boots on for the main event, but there is only so much a match with Sid and Nash can do.
At the link: A dope Razor's Edge, Sid and Nash trading powerbombs, a bronco buster, an Asai moonsault that looks like it destroyed Bret's legs, a 360 lariatooooo.
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How different things would be if...who am I kidding, Vince would have effed it up on his own if Buff didn't do it for him.
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That Sid gif is fucking incredible.
Guys I'm surprised WCW never picked up in the 90s:
Tatanka
Godfather between Papa Shango and Kama
Yoko
Mabel between Mabel and Viscera
Hakushi
Shane Douglas
Fatu between Sultan and Rikishi
Guys I can't believe WWF picked up from WCW in the 90s:
Man Mountain Rock
The Godwinns
Ron Simmons 2 years later for some reason
Tatanka
Godfather between Papa Shango and Kama
Yoko
Mabel between Mabel and Viscera
Hakushi
Shane Douglas
Fatu between Sultan and Rikishi
Guys I can't believe WWF picked up from WCW in the 90s:
Man Mountain Rock
The Godwinns
Ron Simmons 2 years later for some reason
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WCW was very close to signing Yokozuna in 1998 and was rumored to debut at Halloween Havoc 1998 in the Scott Hall vs. Kevin Nash match, but fell through at the last minute. According to Konnan, he was supposed to be sort of like a bodyguard for the nWo Wolfpac, but Scott Hall pressured him to sign and Yoko was put off by it.
WCW had Shane Douglas in 1992-1993 and again in 1999.
WCW had Shane Douglas in 1992-1993 and again in 1999.
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WWF KING OF THE RING 1995
Things got really weird towards the end of the show. I can't explain them.
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WWF KING OF THE RING 1995
Things got really weird towards the end of the show. I can't explain them.
In the end though it only screwed Virgil horribly as I'm sure the Godfather did pretty well merchwise in the Attitude era.
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Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
How much did Yoko weigh at that point?
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It's pretty irritating to pay for the privilege of Cena winning when that was free for many people before.
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WCW BASH AT THE BEACH 1995
Absolutely horrible show. If Savage/Flair wasn't on it, it would be as bad as KOTR 1995. Even with Savage/Flair, it is only barely better. It's awful. Duggan/Kamala might be the worst worked match in history.
At the link: Regal bitch slapping Booker. Sags tea bagging Booker. A great Lou Thesz press from Sting. A very odd exchange between Hulk Hogan and Dennis Rodman. Ric Flair making Mean Gene corpse. Hogan wearing Vader's entrance gear. Unbelievably terrible dropkicks from the Renegade.
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WCW BASH AT THE BEACH 1995
Absolutely horrible show. If Savage/Flair wasn't on it, it would be as bad as KOTR 1995. Even with Savage/Flair, it is only barely better. It's awful. Duggan/Kamala might be the worst worked match in history.
At the link: Regal bitch slapping Booker. Sags tea bagging Booker. A great Lou Thesz press from Sting. A very odd exchange between Hulk Hogan and Dennis Rodman. Ric Flair making Mean Gene corpse. Hogan wearing Vader's entrance gear. Unbelievably terrible dropkicks from the Renegade.
Avon Barksdale
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1995 had some pretty awful PPVs.
And TV. In the real world, 1995 was pretty rad.
Top movies of 1995:
Seven
The Usual Suspects
Toy Story
Tommy Boy
Billy Madison
Heat
Twelve Monkeys
Clueless
Casino
Friday
Bad Boys
Mortal Kombat
Die Hard with a Vengeance
Top songs in 1995:
Gangsta's Paradise
Waterfalls
Creep
Kiss from a Rose
This is how we do it
Here Comes The Hotstepper
All the Hootie and the Blow Fish singles
Some rad 2Pac and Biggie stuff
Video games in 1995:
Chrono Trigger
MK3
Earthbound
Yoshi's Island
The first Command and Conquer
Tekken 2
Rayman
Time Crisis
Twisted Metal
DKC2
Playstation and Saturn released in the US.
TV shows that debuted or were at their peak in 1995:
Seinfeld
Pinky and the Brain
Drew Carey Show
Newsradio
Wayans Brothers
Dr. Katz
Mr. Show
Freakazoid
X-Files
Fresh Prince
and so on.
Every thing BUT wrestling was good in 1995. I don't get it at all.
Mr. Enigma
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Yep. When I was a kid, my parents ordered all the PPVs for me, but I totally didn't give a shit about recording the '95 PPVs.
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That Kamala jiff is fantastic.
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Please help me out gaf. I want to find some good Hurricane matches for my 4-year-old. But I have a lousy memory and the search function leaves a lot to be desired.
Arrowgigantic
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WWE Network will be available legit outside the U.S. starting August 12th, they just announced it. 170 countries? That's a lot.
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I'm just surprised that here in Australia we're days away from officially getting a better deal than America's neighbours.
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WWF IN YOUR HOUSE 2: THE LUMBERJACKS
This show SUCKS. Kid/Roadie was a decent Raw match. HBK/JJ was a fun 80s house show match. The rest of the show is garbage and full of so much down time around Jeff's musical performance. HEY DM: New Generation suckkkkkkkkkkkks.
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WWF IN YOUR HOUSE 2: THE LUMBERJACKS
This show SUCKS. Kid/Roadie was a decent Raw match. HBK/JJ was a fun 80s house show match. The rest of the show is garbage and full of so much down time around Jeff's musical performance. HEY DM: New Generation suckkkkkkkkkkkks.
Really stupid for Road Dogg to quit since he sure seemed to be booked stronger than Jeff for at least 2-3 months and was in the opening match, introduced Jeff for his performance, got a lot of mic time to intro Jeff for the match, and was involved HEAVILY in the match with HBK.
At the first IYH, Razor had a match against Roadie and Jeff. Jeff got dominated every time he was in the ring. Roadie beat the shit out of Razor every time he was in the ring. Jeff took the pin. KOTR comes around and Roadie makes it to the semi finals while Jeff isn't even in it and works as Roadie's manager for the night. Then we are here where Roadie wins his match clean, gets two separate mic spots, and is involved as much as Jeff is in the match against HBK. Sure seemed like someone liked the Roadie more than JJ.
At the first IYH, Razor had a match against Roadie and Jeff. Jeff got dominated every time he was in the ring. Roadie beat the shit out of Razor every time he was in the ring. Jeff took the pin. KOTR comes around and Roadie makes it to the semi finals while Jeff isn't even in it and works as Roadie's manager for the night. Then we are here where Roadie wins his match clean, gets two separate mic spots, and is involved as much as Jeff is in the match against HBK. Sure seemed like someone liked the Roadie more than JJ.
Roadie+JJ was going to be a major program going forward, three things got in the way.
1. They weren't happy with their payday for the last few shows.
2. They thought they were being broken up too soon.
3. Roadie failed a drug test that very day.
Double J proposed that they walk out together...so they did! He comes back pretty soon and Roadie is back about 18 months later.
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Yep, I remember Jeff Jarrett disappearing after that show and coming back at the December '95 IYH PPV then disappearing again two months later. Roadie didn't come back until October 1996 to combat Jarrett going to WCW.
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How do I not remember this? I was so into Jeff Jarrett back then.
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This sentence happened.
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I always loved heels even when I was young. I though Double J was the coolest. =_=
I always hated Jarrett (and still do), but then as a kid I thought Kamala was strangely compelling, so I don't have room to talk.
The only thing that makes sense is not being happy with their paydays. They were mad (particularly Roadie) because they were being split up too early despite their split going to be one of the top programs for likely 6 months or more? Far and away the biggest push of Roadie's career to that point, and probably pretty close for Jeff as well. Roadie fails a drug test right as he's about to get his big push, they let him win clean over one of the top faces of the period, plus have 2 separate promos that night, and have him heavily involved in the HBK match, and he still up and quits anyway? I'm amazed they brought him back at all. Jeff, too. They probably wouldn't have brought Road Dogg back if Jeff hadn't jumped to WCW. That's a big fucking career gamble he took for pretty stupid reasons.