Trivial or even stupid things you miss...
 

Not like big deal sort of things, like the Rock wrestling or whatnot, but smaller things.

For example, I miss the whole "Stevie Richards as Dude Love" thing. "Chicks dig the Dude!"

It didn't change wrestling, it wasn't even like a great angle, but it was fun and amused me.

Two words- Zach Gowen.
Too bad this kid couldn't get a leg up on the industry (rimshot)

We're both going to hell for that one.

I miss "INDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!"

Oh God, so do I. :D They always cracked me up.

I miss Heenan on commentary.

I miss truly funny backstage segments. I'm talking about the DX backstage sengments where they make dick jokes, I mean like with the Rock and Hurricane, or at KOR 2002, with the Rock, Booker, and Golddust.

Hurricane-Rock and Booker-Goldust segments were fucking GREAT

Interesting feuds.

Robocop in WCW

I miss it work paying well... :(

Don Callis :'(

goldust and his terets(sp?)
cornbread dammit cornbread

Triple H being injured.

Mick Foley as the Commish

Stevie Night Heat

Deputy Angle

non-spinning belts.

awen Ojhn Cenaa used 2 rap[p thas was phat!!!11

That actually made me stop watching for a while, it was so fucking annoying...

Bischoff overhyping HLA.

5 second pose

-Guys doing tilt-a-whirl powerbombs from the turnbuckle corner (ala RVD vs. Jerry Lynn).

-Big main event matches on TV that end clean (personal favorite: Bret Hart vs. Chris Benoit from WCW) that send the viewers home feeling like they've seen something relevant.

-Verbal sparring from the announcer's table. King and JR used to do it, during the Attitude Era, but these days they agree on everything. Cole just isn't quick enough to match wits with JBL, and JBL usually just says ignorant shit anyways. And Tazz and Styles may as well be giving ECW a blowjob all night long, prepping the product, but not attacking each other.

-Shattered Dreams.

-Christian's WWE promos.

-Eric Bischoff. Seriously. The guy is entertaining.



Most of all, I miss switching back and forth between Nitro and RAW.

Never...eee-e-e-e-eeever....AGAIN.

But it spilled over to other guys' segments too. I remember watching Undertaker try to cut a promo on Smackdown one night, but the fans wouldn't shut the fuck up and let him talk.

He just stood there and glared at them for about a minute and they stopped. Fucking awesome.

On a more serious note than the crack at Gowen....

I miss the magic. I miss how watching my favorite wrestlers used to be the highlight of my Saturday morning.
I miss the older format. I'd like to see a few enhancement talents get squashed just for the hell of it during the show, and not to build up a farce of an undefeated streak I want to see more complex matches, feuds that put over wrestlers, and managers who aren’t part of a gimmicky team.
I miss how I never complained about a show. I miss wondering “Well if everyone says it’s fake, and that chair really hit him in the face, how was that faked?” I miss how I hated Ric Flair with a passion when I went into the 3rd grade. I miss how the only reason I said my prayers and took my vitamins were because Hulk Hogan told me to, brother! (this is almost funny because as an adult my views on The Hulkster and The Nature Boy are totally reversed)
I miss how the faces were role models who everyone wanted to be like, and how the heels were the scum of the earth. I miss looking at the wrestlers for who they were, and not looking at them as “the next so-and-so.”
I miss how a chair shot ended the match, titles meant something, and the good guys rarely broke the rules.
I miss how I used to see it. No, I don’t want to be some sheep cheering for John Cena for no reason. I just want a reason to mark out again, and for the love of God take K-Fed the hell out of the wrestling ring.

Tonight’s show put me in a funk. Something about it was off, and it felt more like a chore than a form of entertainment I’ve been watching religiously for over 15 years. All of these thoughts about how much I used to love it came to a head all at once. In two hours I didn’t see any real ring psychology, a few promos that left me cold, and wrestling that was bad (even as today’s standards go).
I miss having that reason to care.

Pepper and Al Snow


Fuckin' Bossman

I totally agree with what your saying. I fill the same way about it being a chore to watch. I usually have it on in the background and do something else. I have been forgeting TNA is on at all. Its just not fun.

I grew up in the mid 80's on the NWA. I was never a big WWF fan. Oops i mean WWE, hate to be sued. I miss great tag team wrestling.

I was gonna say I miss Farooq, but, well, Damn.

UT: You will Rest...

Fans: WHAT?

UT: IN...

Fans: What?

UT: Oh, fuck this. I'm going to be in my trailer.

I miss Katie Vick moving when I fuck her

Hah, I remember when Undertaker said something like "Say 'what' if you sleep with your mother!" and like only a third of the audience said it. :lol: I DO NOT miss the "What" chants at all. I find them fucking annoying when the promos have nothing to do with Austin, especially lately.

But I DO miss:

* Billy & Chuck. Seriously, they were gold.

* Tough Enough...in the style of the first three. They should've kept it going in its original state, maybe every year or two. TE4 was abysmal.

* The Big Three (WCW, ECW, WWF) competing. Even though it was mainly WCW vs WWF it was still greatness. There was a taboo against mentioning the competition, so when Bischoff did it in the form of spoiling Raw, and then WWF did it in the form of a DX invasion, it was amazing.

* The old Eric Bischoff. The one that screwed over his Raw wrestlers, brought in 3 Minute Warning, and was the greatest GM of all time.

* The catch-a-midget match from Bischoff's Raw Roulette thing, where Hurricane and Rosey had to try to catch a midget, who ended up in J.R.'s lap...and he won the match. :rofl:

* Biker Taker. I just feel that we didn't get enough of him. We had like 2 years of Biker Taker and 13+ years of regular Taker. I dunno, maybe it's just me.

* Emo Kane. Kane crying is just too fucking hilarious. We need him back.

* The chemistry of the commentators...man, nothing can beat Monsoon and Heenan back in the day. Gold right there. ACTUALLY, what came close was Heyman and J.R., when the former took over for Lawler during his absence. They would almost fight during commentary and it was awesome. It didn't last damn near long enough.

That's all I can think of for now.

The hardcore title, 24/7 rules.

They could bring it back with no problem. Just do a backstage segment where a box that says "old props" on the side of it is open, just laying there. Have assorted old things in the box. Chuck and Billy's headbands, Head, a used chair, Mankind's mask, Jimmy Hart's mega phone, maybe a pair of Bret Hart sunglasses, a Slammy, a few wrestling buddies (my best friend has a few of these somewhere), the WCW hardcore title, Pepe, a huge binder full of bad ideas, assorted merch that hasn't sold, etc...
I'm not saying use these wrestlers. I'm just putting there names in here.
So Eugene grabs the hardcore title and talks about how he's the new hardcore champion. Kenny sees this, and sees a ref passing by. Kenny whispers something to the ref, and they both smile. Kenny shouts out and points, "Hey! Isn't that Tully Blanchard?" Eugene looks with a huge smile on his face, Kenny rolls Eugene up for a small package, grabs the tights, and the ref counts three. Kenny grabs the title and as he's running away he says "Thanks! I owe you a coke!"
Camera looks at Eugene, and says "Tully isn't there...." Maybe for a cheap laugh Tully walks up from behind Eugene, puts his hand on Eugene's shoulder and talks about how it's hard job.

I miss the blue cage.

fuck the pandas. I miss it being called the WWF. And I miss the winged eagle championship circa 98-01. The 2 designs since havent really caught on with me, I'd like to see it back to the eagle design with the addition of a name plate and maybe a slight scaling up.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Poor Alienoid. Everyone beats him at his own game.

Oh and Terri Runnels.

"Did I just hear myself say three minutes?"

I used to tug it to her.

Pretty much everything Terran said and a lot more. I also miss the Hardcore Title and I miss Kaientai who were evil. Indeed.

GTV

I was just mentioning that yo my g/f, how good Bischoff was when he first became GM, in the 3MW era. Like I said on Page 1, I miss the old Bisch.

Yeah, 2002-2003 Bischoff.

INDEEEEEEEEEEED

Val Venis

Yeah, Val Venis honestly doesn't deseve to be a jobber like he is.

VAL VENIS SHOULD BE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!

Did I just hear myself say....3 Minutes?



Oh and Billy and Chuck later on after the "friendship vows", that was pretty good

I'm gonna throw in the mis-matched, wild cruiserweight tag matches from WCW's prime.

On one side you got La Parka, El Dandy, Villano Number Four, and Silver King and on the other side you got Psychosis, Ciclope, Blitzkrieg and Hector Garza... four guys who back in 1998 you didn't know who the fuck they were, but they would absolutely burn the house down.

Not wanting to off myself during Raw(FUCK YOU KEVIN FEDERLINE)

Yes! Even though they were card fillers (for the three-house Nitros), they were awesome to watch, and highly entertaining. They got the crowd pumped up and primed for the rest of the show. Smart booking IMHO.

The Hassan entrance music.
That still can crack me up...

Yeah, LOL. http://tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?t=50003 Classic thread...

"Choppy-Choppy your pee-pee",

The Slammys (get rid of the stupid video game challenge and bring this back - it's more interactive),

and Piper's Pit-like segments where the interviewer was only trying to advance the storylines, not like now where the only time these segments get made is if the interviewer is to become involved in the angle

I miss the Highlight Reel.

I miss GTV

How sad is it John Bobbet was still a better guest star than Federline?

This may sound strange, but the allowing of throwing garbage at the nWo when they were big in WCW. It somehow showed some realism and that people genually cared. That and added to the more campy feel that WCW was at that time.

Bobbett isn't a sleaze ball?

Bobbet is slime. He's just not the slime you scrape off Brittney's toilet...

You remember the time on Smackdown when Taker was getting "What?" chants, and he paused and said "OK, if you sleep with your sister say What", and everyone yelled it anyway.

I miss the days of the crowd being legitimately red-hot for things. Watching the pop Austin got during the Rock/Mankind Raw match when they switched the belt, or when Goldberg beat Hogan, really is kind of mind-blowing compared to today's Vito Vs. Miz shenanigans.

Celebrity royal rumble entrants, random wrestlers becoming GM for no reason at all, the hardcore title 24/7 rule(especially the time crash holly was chased through that chuck e. cheese).

I was also a big fan of the WWE championship without the spinner on it. In fact, anything and everything pre-john cena. Including the Booker T shampoo commercial tryout sketches.

The attitude era Raw intro.

Yeah Celebrity Royal Rumble Contestants ruled

LOL. Remember when Drew Carey entered in the 2001 Royal Rumble.

Kurt getting pissed off every time the crowd said "WHAT?" during his feud with Austin on SD!...

I miss the promos being done with the custom backgrounds. Like Bret Hart doing his interview with his logo in one corner, and the rest of it looking like pink bullet holes. Or Mr. Perfect standing in front of this building backdrop next to Heenan, Mr. Perfect over their heads, and on either side of them a Mr. Perfect Bust (sculpture, you pervs.)