04-19-2016, 06:55 PM | #81 | |
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NVM she also did the same thing to Vickie Guerrero. Didn't know who the widow of Eddie Guerrerro was and asked her why she was a signed as a "diva" because she wasn't hot like everybody else. Johnny Ace got alot of shit for calling her up to the roster. |
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04-20-2016, 02:11 AM | #82 |
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One event that gets crapped on all the time that I always liked was Wrestlemania 9.
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04-20-2016, 04:24 AM | #83 |
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I feel like Trevor Murdoch during his days where he was fighting with Lance Cade, leading to them breaking up and Murdoch's shortly lived singles run in WWE is often criminally overlooked. He could've gotten over huge in the midcard and maybe even held the IC belt. I was so disappointed when WWE just dropped him outta nowhere like a bad habit.
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04-20-2016, 07:54 PM | #84 |
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Trevor Murdoch was incredible. So disappointed he wasn't utilized better.
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04-20-2016, 07:56 PM | #85 |
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04-20-2016, 07:58 PM | #86 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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04-20-2016, 08:45 PM | #87 |
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The end of WrestleMania 9 specifically...
It's universally panned. But really, with the concept of MITB existing where a guy can randomly come in and win a title any time they want, we shouldn't complain about the logic of that one. It was a shock ending and the biggest star of all time walked out of WrestleMania with the belt to a huge ovation. I think the hatred of it is pretty overrated. |
04-20-2016, 08:48 PM | #88 |
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Hogan also wooed.
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04-20-2016, 08:49 PM | #89 |
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Yes, Hogan wooed as well. That, too.
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04-20-2016, 09:29 PM | #90 | |
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04-20-2016, 09:52 PM | #91 |
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It was a heel using the title to try to humiliate a face and having it backfire. It's completely logical. The idea of Money in the Bank is just ridiculous. You can pin a guy who is dead in the ring already and win the biggest title in the company. Cool. It's just a lazy heat prop basically that makes winning the title more and more meaningless.
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04-20-2016, 10:01 PM | #92 |
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It was Hulk Hogan hotdogging and grandstanding OOOOO YEAHHHHHH
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04-20-2016, 10:09 PM | #93 |
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Money in the bank concept 3.5/7
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04-20-2016, 10:57 PM | #94 |
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that's a pretty stellar mark tbh
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04-21-2016, 03:08 PM | #95 |
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Pretty sure wrestling IS my guilty pleasure....
But within wrestling, I'd say.... GIANT GONZALES. I mean, I haven't seen it since I was a kid, and even then, I think I only ever saw his debut, and not the actual match vs. Undertaker.... but I remember being "awed" by this dude who "didn't look human" and how he was "manhandling" the Undertaker. Also really enjoyed Undertaker vs Undertaker as a kid..... In fact, I'll say every "goofy"/"over the top" Undertaker and/or Kane story ever. Don't really know if that counts, cause everybody loves Taker/Kane. I'm talking about their most ridiculous stories here only.... Kane putting Undertaker in vegetative state, winning the title, and having those overly elaborate promos in ring w/music and video/effects is some of my favourite stuff ever.... |
04-21-2016, 03:17 PM | #96 |
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I'm right there with you with the OTT Taker stuff (if not the matches that follow).
Thought of another guilty pleasure; Todd Pettingill doing the "Countdown" show(s?). Think I've only seen the SummerSlam '93 one but it was amazing!! |
04-21-2016, 03:37 PM | #97 |
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Pettengill at the coffee table with his potato chips B-)
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04-21-2016, 04:58 PM | #98 |
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My guilty pleasures are jobber matches . I love watching old WWF Philly Spectrum/Boston Garden/MSG shows from the early 80's and watching guys like S.D Jones take on Tiger Cheung Lee in the opening match. You never knew who would win and I always felt happy for guys like Jones, Lee, Jose Luis Rivera etc... when they would actually win a match.
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04-21-2016, 05:23 PM | #99 | |
b/c 5 is better than 4
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04-21-2016, 09:38 PM | #100 |
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It's probably too late to make the cut, but I hope someone mentions Vickie Guerrero. She took that awkward role she was handed by the company and made some great heat out of it.
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04-24-2016, 07:43 AM | #101 |
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04-24-2016, 09:41 AM | #102 |
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Planet Stasiak was hilarious
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04-24-2016, 09:41 AM | #103 |
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And I wasn't aware that a lot of people disliked Dreamer. He was easily my favourite wrestler in ECW
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04-24-2016, 10:56 AM | #104 |
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I agree with the Sid love. Obviously you watch him now and it's like "fuck this guy is brutal" but put in the right scenario he was perfect. As a child I found him genuinely terrifying. Good booking hides weaknesses and when his weaknesses were hidden (and there were plenty of weaknesses to hide) he led to some great tv.
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04-24-2016, 11:00 AM | #105 |
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04-24-2016, 11:00 AM | #106 |
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True Story: Used to think that Sid was the innovator of the "fist bump". Like how he used to bump fists with the fans instead of slapping their hands. Thought he invented that and it was so cool and unique.
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04-24-2016, 11:06 AM | #107 |
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Sid was so fucking great
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04-24-2016, 11:06 AM | #108 |
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And I also thought he was actually the master and ruler of the world. Fuck it, I wasn't gonna argue with him. He was kind of like the first outright psychopathic bad guy that fans warmed up to and grew to love. (This is just perception I was only like 9 years old lol)
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04-24-2016, 11:08 AM | #109 |
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I remember when he came back to squash Heath Slater a few years ago, and he still looked more menacing/imposing/scary/legit than half the guys on the roster
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04-24-2016, 11:34 AM | #110 |
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Feel like Lock Jaw and me had very similar wrassling related childhoods.
What are your thoughts on Wrestlemania championship matches ending when a guy gets powerbombed onto his legs? |
04-24-2016, 11:56 AM | #111 |
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I dunno. I am sure that is referencing something, but I have a terrible memory for specifics.
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04-24-2016, 11:59 AM | #112 |
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Diesel Jackknifing Shawn at WM11. Michaels sandbagged it and landed on his butt/legs. But at the time I thought it was super cool, and made it look real.
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04-24-2016, 02:25 PM | #113 |
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Panel this week very much the antithesis of the opinion here on battle royals...wonder why all the hate?
One of them even says they can't remember any fun ones...really? They're almost always fun when done right. If they haven't before, may I suggest the panel check out the WM X-Seven Gimmick Battle Royal? |
04-24-2016, 03:33 PM | #114 |
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See what I mean. Hardcore smarts hate Battle Royals because they are sticks in the mud
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04-24-2016, 03:50 PM | #115 |
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I said I personally like them, especially as a kid - I loved a VHS tape with a random battle royal included. Worked better as a novelty before the days of seeing so much mixing and matching of name talent I think, because take the novelty away and they're usually average. Others hate them more than I do.
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04-24-2016, 03:57 PM | #116 |
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My guilty pleasure is listening to cheesy podcasts.
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04-24-2016, 04:01 PM | #117 |
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Gertner is as bad as any smart mark.
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04-24-2016, 04:49 PM | #118 |
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100% agree. Aside from his rumored sexual proclivities, Vince has always run his business as a sort of sports-Disney enterprise, just like his goofy commentator persona would. The only time he erred from that model was 1997-2002 when he HAD to in order to survive. But then in 2003 he found his guys in Cena, Brock, Orton, and Batista and continued on with the babyface Diesels and HBK characters that he had to abandon in order to kill his competition.
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04-24-2016, 05:10 PM | #119 |
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04-24-2016, 05:48 PM | #120 |
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