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Lone Rogue posted:Tony probably hates Dusty and Heenan. That commentary has made me despise Dusty.
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Lone Rogue posted:Tony probably hates Dusty and Heenan. I'm hoping that just after it cuts off Heenan says "What is that Schiavone, an Argentine Backbreaker?  "
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Dec 24, 2011 06:42
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KildarX posted:That commentary has made me despise Dusty. It's hysterical though. Only because I buy that Dusty was genuinely like 
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Dec 24, 2011 06:47
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Schiavone hates Tenay. Always has.
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LividLiquid posted:Schiavone hates Tenay. Always has. To be fair, does anyone not hate Tenay?
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Tenay is a decent straight man when a guy is going crazy. I enjoyed when Scott Steiner threatened to kill him if he ever called it a hurricanrana again.
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Dusty Rhodes asking someone what they're talking about. I like it when announcers know the names of stuff that happens. 
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Dec 24, 2011 07:52
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That segment always came across to me like Heenan was making fun of Dusty more than Schiavone.
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Dec 24, 2011 07:55
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So the answer is everyone? He hated everyone.
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simosimo posted:I just finished reading The Death of WCW. What a great read! I've wanted to know the ins and outs of WCWS gently caress ups and wow, they really were hosed. I do wonder what the Pro wrestling landscape would look like these days if they were still around though. That reminds me of my most surreal video game wrestling moment, while playing Mayhem. I was using Raven, and wrestling Scott Norton, and Norton gets me in the corner, and puts me on top. I figure he's going for a superplex. No. He goes for a top rope hurricanrana. Which I then reverse into a superbomb for 3. I'll say that again. Scott Norton, who weighs like 320-330, went for a top rope rana. That game's AI and moveset were weird, man.
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Sue Denim posted:So the answer is everyone? 
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El Gallinero Gros posted:That reminds me of my most surreal video game wrestling moment, while playing Mayhem. I was using Raven, and wrestling Scott Norton, and Norton gets me in the corner, and puts me on top. I figure he's going for a superplex. In WCW vs NWO World Tour you could play as Rey Mysterio Jr. and powerbomb the Giant...
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El Gallinero Gros posted:That reminds me of my most surreal video game wrestling moment, while playing Mayhem. I was using Raven, and wrestling Scott Norton, and Norton gets me in the corner, and puts me on top. I figure he's going for a superplex. JUS TELL 'EM IT WAS A TRAIN NAMED... SCOTT NORTON..........................STAAAAAAAANDING DDDDROPKICK! THAT LOOKED LIKE IT STUNNED HIM A BIT, HOPE HE'S GOT GOOD INSURANCE. Gotta love Tony.S
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ColeM posted:In WCW vs NWO World Tour you could play as Rey Mysterio Jr. and powerbomb the Giant... I like the departure from realism there more than No Mercy's "any super heavyweight can only be scoop slammed."
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Bocc Kob posted:What could have been? This led me to Wikipedia: Bobby Heenan posted:One particular incident of tension happened on the Nitro following the death of Heenan's longtime best friend Gorilla Monsoon. Heenan was allowed to say a word of honor for Monsoon albeit only a small statement. Word has it that Schiavone was against any mention of Monsoon on the show and Heenan resented him for it. Later on in the show when Schiavone asked for Heenan's opinion on an upcoming tag team match Heenan responded, "I can't hear you from way down here", then mumbled some unintelligible words towards Tony, in tears, before the camera cut away. Reason #2636223 why Bobby Heenan is the best ever and Tony Shiavone can eat a bag of dicks every morning.
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maniacripper posted:This led me to Wikipedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEf87iR-7w4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr8lmVxxRhA
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Rusty Shackelford posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEf87iR-7w4 Mike Tenay is so pleased at that line.
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Maybe it's an old saying I don't know, but what does "I can't hear you from down here" mean?
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Phenix Rising posted:Maybe it's an old saying I don't know, but what does "I can't hear you from down here" mean? Heenan is calling him out. He felt like he was being talked down to, or that Shavonie was on a high horse.
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Dec 25, 2011 23:03
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Schiavone made his chair higher than Heenan and Tenay's in the broadcast booth on purpose.
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maniacripper posted:Heenan is calling him out. He felt like he was being talked down to, or that Shavonie was on a high horse. That's what I kind of figured but didn't want to assume I knew what he meant.
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I can't read lips, but those words Brain was muttering under his breath did not appear to be complimentary. 
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Saul Goode posted:Schiavone made his chair higher than Heenan and Tenay's in the broadcast booth on purpose. Yup. One must wonder what the gently caress Tony said after Brain did his tribute because Tony was being respectful during the tribute.
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Well, if Tony was arguing not to mention Gorilla at all, then fed the audience a line of bullshit about wanting to say goodbye to Gorilla. I could see that upsetting Heenan.
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Bocc Kob posted:I can't read lips, but those words Brain was muttering under his breath did not appear to be complimentary. It looks like Heenan is repeating everything Tony is saying, but in a mocking tone.
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Psychlone posted:It looks like Heenan is repeating everything Tony is saying, but in a mocking tone. It looked like he was talking to someone in his headset.
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I've hit April '99 while watching the years Nitro's, watching them reminded me of Flair saying (I can't even remember where) that he was embarrassed with a lot of the angles he was part of in WCW towards the end which I assume was at least partly in reference to the angle where he was briefly institutionalised in March/April '99 that does a really slapstick One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest kind of thing. I have to say Flair is a true professional, even while involved in such an absurd and demeaning story line he gives it 110%, despite all the recent events in his life seeing stuff like this reminds me why he's so respected and deservedly so. For those who haven't seen this angle, it's really bad. Flair gets sent to a institution populated with really offensive characterisations of the mentally ill where he has to act the part and fit in. The story is bad enough but it is genuinely executed without a hint of tact on top of this. As I said, this was in March/April 1999. Who was the dominant creative force in WCW at the time? At this point they're burning through angles really quickly and desperately trying to pop the ratings it seems. The episode previous to the one I'm watching had DDP drop the belt to Sting only to have Sting drop it back to DDP in a four way match with Nash and Goldburg in the same night. It seems that this is really the point where the beginning of the end starts. The contrasts in Nitro's tone from the start of the year and this point are quite striking, it's like watching two different promotions but the shows are only months apart or weeks more accurately since the changes started gaining momentum in February from memory.
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In my quest to watch the entire Monday Night Wars, I am up to January 1997 right now. I find myself getting more and more bored with the Nitro... all the enhancement matches are horrible, the tag team division is almost equally as horrible. I can't stand watching the Faces of Fear, probably the only tag team from that era to never hold the tag titles. The first Souled Out was probably one of the worst PPVs I've ever seen too. I just don't get how it beat Raw all those consecutive weeks when comparatively it was so bad. Maybe my fondness of the Raw undercard is much better knowing what those guys became.
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The WCW Mayhem mention reminds me that it had pretty much the most random roster I could possibly imagine.quote:1. Alex Wright Whoa, you mean I can play as Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker, Prince Iaukea or Lizmark, Jr.?! Hell, I don't even remember anyone named Bobby Blaze in WCW but looking it up he was some jobber with a handful of appearances or something. 
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Lamuella posted:love the fact that Kenny Kaos was instantly playable but Ric Flair was a hidden character Atleast this game had a ring
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Astro7x posted:It's amazing that the quality of the WCW Video Games almost mirrors the product at the time... Late 98 almost works since anything involving Hogan and fire made you say "what the gently caress" but the rest of WCW wasn't up to Revenge's level of quality.
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All I remember is somebody thought that Backstage Assault was a good idea for a pro wrestling game. And then they made it. And they sold it.
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1st AD posted:All I remember is somebody thought that Backstage Assault was a good idea for a pro wrestling game. And then they made it. And they sold it. Also if I remember correctly Lance Storm still has not getting any money from it
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I remember being so goddamn angry that in Backstage Assault a diamond cutter was just a plain old bulldog. And there were all these moves designed to be done while your opponent was stunned in a turnbuckle, but there weren't any turnbuckles in the game!
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I was PUMPED for Backstage Assault after reading a Nintendo Power preview about it though.
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I'm never getting back the time I spent unlocking Ron and Don Harris 
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1st AD posted:All I remember is somebody thought that Backstage Assault was a good idea for a pro wrestling game. And then they made it. And they sold it. I mean I guess technically this is true.
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