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I'm all there is
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I miss those WCW 1997/1998 crowds
I'm watching an episode of Nitro from March 30, 1998 to be exact and one match was Buff Bagwell vs Raven. And the crowd was hot for this match. They were going nuts every time Buff did his "stuff" And they were all over Raven. Every time Buff got any sort of offesne in, the crowd went insane. You think you were watching Rock/Hogan WM 18 for a second.
And then Goldberg vs Big Boss man was also a hot one. Goldberg could just wink and the crowd would go ape shit. So where are these people and how do I find them? |
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Tongue my Fartbox
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Boss
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He's Here
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I'm all there is
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oh yea and this was the same show Jericho was reading off his 1001 holds
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You know that’s right
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The great thing about those crowds is they were always focused on what was happening in the ring. And they weren't anywhere near as cynical as the crowds of today
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Voices Say I'm Awesome...
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He's Here
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ARMBAR!
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Voices Say I'm Awesome...
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And it was 1004 holds! Crappy video, but HILARIOUS!!!
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Get a poke on
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Lots of people in Looney Toons shirts, or other assorted cartoon character tees.
Pretty sure there's a whole family sporting matching Whinnie The Pooh oversized tees during Hogan's heel turn |
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Voices Say I'm Awesome...
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OK This one is better...
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I'm all there is
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and it seems like there were more signs back then. everyone had a sign. I even saw a guy on that show with a piece of that brown shipping paper and he put "This show needs more Flock" on it
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Get a poke on
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There were far more signs at WWF shows I felt
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I'm all there is
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well like both companies during that era. I only mentioned WCW because I watched it today. but yea, both companies had the same types of fans
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Voices Say I'm Awesome...
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And one more... Awesome...
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I believe in Joe Hendry
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What happened to the crowds that threw things in the ring after a shitty finish?
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Doin' It Right
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I feel like people nowadays are too afraid to look like marks to react to anything. 9 times out of 10, the people in the front row are sitting down the whole time.
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You know that’s right
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WWF crowds back then were hot for the main event and the upper mid card, but WCW crowds popped for everything.
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Get a poke on
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Pretty sure the WWF crowds were popping huge for Al Snow, Val Venis, D'Lo, The Godfather, and even Kaientai
Not to mention the tag teams, and the women like Sable and Debra. The whole card was over and popped start to finish |
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You know that’s right
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Pretty sure the WWF crowds think you're a jerk.
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Get a poke on
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Pretty sure you've been disapproved by the IWC
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I'm all there is
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I mean look at this shit
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Hazardous to Your Health
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That crowd in that above clip reminds me of crappy video games!
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Voices Say I'm Awesome...
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You know that’s right
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crowd never sits down or stops cheering once |
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He's Here
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"He leaps over Colorado Springs in a single bound!"
lol |
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Get a poke on
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Raven was one of their crowd favorites. He was also one of the guys everyone seem to like. Even people who didn't like WCW.
Of course he never got the push |
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You know that’s right
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The pop @ 4:26 is ridiculous
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President of Freedonia
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Goldberg/Raven was fucking amazing. I bet if Raven stepped into an area WITHOUT plants in it they still would have thrown him back. Ridiculous crowd.
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Voices Say I'm Awesome...
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I hated the goldberg character, but the pops were ridiculous... And the Fans throwing Raven back in gimmick was pretty genius...
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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The answer to your question is before the internet became popular
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Triple A
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Damn, those clips are pretty crazy. Def a ton of hicks though during the closeups so I dunno.
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Even to this day there are still heated discussions wondering if Diamond Dallas Page prevented Goldberg from getting his first defeat.
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King of Clowns
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Shit. They wouldn't even try stuff with plants like that these days. The most we get are the CM Punk saviour segments that are sooooo obvious.
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I'm a loner, Dottie...
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god this just made me hate the WWE today even more
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TPWW's #3 Peep
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LUV CABBAGE/H8 JEWS
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Is it just me, or did the titles used to change way more often on TV?
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BAY BAY
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WCW were so into the ratings war that they changed belts on free-TV quite often.
WWE did it a few times in that period, but they did build to the PPVs a lot harder. |
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#1 Senior Elite Member
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If by never got a push you mean won the US title, had one of the hottest feuds in the company with DDP, and was the leader of a popular stable...then yes, he never got a push.
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