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February Wrasslin' |OT| This is where the big boys play, huh?
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Two Things:
The original "war games" and the previews...it blew my mind...like, this looks insane ...The great American Bash!
and I remember when Andre ripped Hulk's crucifix off his neck...I instantly wanted to see wrestlemania 3 ..
.I can remember my friend having pay per view and recording royal rumble and stuff on VHS..and I remember seeing nwa on VHS at movie stores. Like old great American bash and jim crocket cup, starcade, ect. I also remember AWA and World Class on EPSN in the afternoons at 4pm.....the glory days of prime time wrestling and NWA on TBS Saturday nights at 6...It didn't get any better than that.
Everyone when I was a kid was super in to wrestling. They'd talk about Cactus Jack and I didn't have sky, so no wrestling for me. I always wanted to though.
I have memories of WCW Worldwide on channel 5, but I can't remember if it was before or after I saw the Royal Rumble 2000. I pretty much consider that my first show, and I've been hooked ever since.
What was terrible, Brennan was going full weeb while Cole didn't understand what's going on or they were saying stupid shit?
Incoming meme about being an expert in Japanese culture, but there is a lot of weight behind loyalty and these two guys carry that weight.
Bless em
Worldwide started on Channel 5 quite a bit before Channel 4 got the rights to Sunday Night Heat & the four PPVs, so it probably would have been Worldwide.
Worldwide was very confusing but occasionally highly entertaining, especially when Steiner was on.
The source isn't the tweet, it's Meltzer. And if that's your point...stop this, lol.
I'll accept Cena or Ali. It should be Kofi, but I'll accept Cena or Ali. And Cena will be a clusterfuck 'cause the next time he challenges really should be to win his 17th. But everyone else on that list is dumb.
Agreed.
I remember the stuff from Worldwide was months behind.
Insanely creepy shit. They were fielding very personal questions about wrestlers personal lives and trying to pressure Cole and Thorne into answering them.
Yep. It was a packaged product that they recorded specific commentary for
Now that I look back on it, it was probably more coherent then what the americans got as they would choose what from nitro/thunder to put on it lol
Scott Hudson was the voice of WCW for me because I rarely watched Nitro
Team Hell No vs. The Shield at TLC in 2012. The match just kept escalating in ridiculousness. I didn't know anything about wrestling but my friends were big fans. I took a guess the Shield would win and everyone kinda laughed it off 'cause they were new people and Hell No were established. Longer the match went, the more my friends were like "Shit, I think you might be right." A few powerbombs through some tables (or as we called it "the Case Closed") later, the team was victorious.
Fun match.
Thanks for clarifying that! I remember nothing from worldwide other than the comic book cover ups
Some random Smackdown in like 2009. There was a triple threat for the title between Rey, The Undertaker, and someone I can't remember. I remember thinking that the match was long.
It's crazy and just fucking bizarre how batshit nutty WWE's booking is right now...it's literally just throw shit at the wall week by week and see what sticks which is usually nothing...
Is HHH a face or a heel this week? Who knows.
Why did these NXT guys show up suddenly? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Is Bryan going to start a program with the most over male performer they have right now? Nahhhh, let's go with Bray Wyatt (LOL) or Cena....hell at this point it'll probably be him and Super Calo at Mania.
Ciampa, one of the best heels in the business, working as a babyface? Sure why not...oh by the way that story you cared so much about in NXT with Gargano? Ehhhh maybe we'll get back to it, maybe not.
Back to back nights of Corbin and Braun for the 750th time....complete with 50/50 booking? You got it!
Ruby Riott gets beat in under 2 mins. and gets a rematch the next night and has a competitive match now? Heh.
Seth and Dean cool now after a blood feud built around Roman's leukemia and betrayal? Sure.
We are truly through the looking glass....
Is HHH a face or a heel this week? Who knows.
Why did these NXT guys show up suddenly? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Is Bryan going to start a program with the most over male performer they have right now? Nahhhh, let's go with Bray Wyatt (LOL) or Cena....hell at this point it'll probably be him and Super Calo at Mania.
Ciampa, one of the best heels in the business, working as a babyface? Sure why not...oh by the way that story you cared so much about in NXT with Gargano? Ehhhh maybe we'll get back to it, maybe not.
Back to back nights of Corbin and Braun for the 750th time....complete with 50/50 booking? You got it!
Ruby Riott gets beat in under 2 mins. and gets a rematch the next night and has a competitive match now? Heh.
Seth and Dean cool now after a blood feud built around Roman's leukemia and betrayal? Sure.
We are truly through the looking glass....
Don't worry eventually Sami Zayn will beat Owens for the title to pay off that storyline
By which I mean the tag titles which all of these characters will be relegated to
Gargano was still selling his character's reluctance to buy in completely with Ciampa. Of course we don't know if they will continue the story on RAW or if Gargano was just doing that of his own accord and no one backstage actually gives a shit.
All around pretty disappointing but hey, at least they're making the big bucks now.
All around pretty disappointing but hey, at least they're making the big bucks now.
Wrestlemania III, specifically Hulk vs Andre. My aunt was a massive Hogan mark, and she ordered the ppv for the whole family to watch.
My mom and dad used to watch wrestling all the time before I was born and even saw shows at Madison Square Garden. That stopped after I was born. We used to watch wrestling from time to time as a family but it wasn't until WrestleMania XIV that I became a fan: I was around eight or nine and it is the earliest event that I remember watching. Mom was a big Stone Cold fan (loved Dwayne more) but I grew so fascinated in it all from there. Tyson's swerve from DX to "Cold Stone" was so entertaining to little Spin.
Vividly remember watching an episode of WWF Prime Time wrestling (90 or 91) - I believe Gorilla and Bobby are the host. I wanted those action figures in the center. Discovered the Golden Era guys like Warrior, Hogan, Million Dollar man, etc. Hooked after that.
Rented Royal Rumble 90 from Blockbuster
This time it'll be different, just you wait! Scout's honor!
This made the most sense to me. It's shame he won't get the title though.
It may feel like a waste, but I'd be down for him winning at Fastlane and then dropping it the following Smackdown.
I skipped over the Lacey Evans/Heavy Machinery segment, but both of those gimmicks feel like they were pulled straight from the New Generation era.
It's been my favourite podcast series over the last couple of months. Been listening to the AWA episodes inbetween the World Class ones. Really made my mind click over just how definitive the WWF's takeover of the industry was.
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