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Snacksmaniac posted:The Chamber of Horrors match was so great because the lever kept falling. And Foley's face when he goes to pull it is hilarious. Foley trying to be stealthy while climbing the cage to fix the fallen lever is one of the funniest wrestling moments of all time.
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The TNA Last Rites match is hilarious, the only negative is that they didn't go all the way with it. They should have dimmed the lights, played a casette tape of spooky Halloween noises, had sheet ghosts pop out of the turnbuckles, made Sting put his hand in a bowl of Dracula's brains, etc.
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bobkatt013 posted:Where is the cage match with the Allience to End Hulkamania? Currently, it's in my nightmares.
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The Chamber of Horrors is quite the hot opener.
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triplexpac posted:Wasn't she married to Rodman at that time? Maybe this was some sort of angle to bring her in with him or something?
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nasboat posted:Currently, it's in my nightmares. Never forget and hope that they bring it back with the Allience to End Cenamania.
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bobkatt013 posted:Where is the cage match with the Allience to End Hulkamania?
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Halloween Jack posted:The Doomsday Cage made the Bleacher Report article. I have a soft spot for Kevin Sullivan, but geez, 1994-1996 he got to treat WCW like it was his Dungeons & Dragons game. The 49ers match will be always remembered just for this moment: 
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I still can't watch that moment without grinning like an idiot. Booker's reaction is just priceless.
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The Dark Canival match from early TNA was great. ISP vs Kid Kash, Glen Gilberti and a third person whom I forget. Was a standard plunder match only every now and then the lights would dim and ISP would start playing over the speakers.
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I'd listen to his debut single, "The Gordian Knot."
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Halloween Jack posted:Piñata on a Pole Match (Luchadores vs. Vince Russo's racism) There were way more asinine  pole matches in WCW than that, albeit lacking the blatant racism:--Paternity Test on a Pole match --Judy Bagwell on a Pole match --Viagra on a Pole match
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Halloween Jack posted:Hog Pen Match (Triple H vs. Henry Godwinn) Actually, this is a decent match.
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Shiki Dan posted:There were way more asinine Shark Cage Key on a pole is another gem
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Forget Brock Lesnar. HHH's greatest adversary was a hog farmer. That was a great match at the time.
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I seem to remember sometime in '99 or 2000 that WCW did some kind of 'Fight Club' match, where the point was to 'so the most damage' or some nebulous criteria. I wasn't actively watching at the time (I actually haven't watched wrestling since '93 or so), and I just happened to catch the match while my father was watching it. I vaguely remember a guy beating another guy inside a boiler room or something. And the announcers kept saying it wasn't about winning, but about doing the most damage. I have no idea how it ended, or if it even did. So am I remembering correctly as this being an actual thing that happened? And if so, why? Who thought that poo poo would be a good idea?
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It was a reoccurring thing where Jerry Flynn (not to be confused with Jerry Lynn) would set up shop in the boiler room and fight whoever showed up. I want to say it ended when Meng answered the challenge and demolished him, but I'm probably off.
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DeathChicken posted:It was a reoccurring thing where Jerry Flynn (not to be confused with Jerry Lynn) would set up shop in the boiler room and fight whoever showed up. I want to say it ended when Meng answered the challenge and demolished him, but I'm probably off. He lost a couple times, once when The Wall fought without honor and Berlyn interfered (this was part of them turning on each other because The Wall wanted to fight with honor), and once to Tank Abbott. The Block lasted about 2 magical months because Russo had a thing for pushing people with any kind of shoot fighting experience. Once Tank Abbott was brought in he had a new favorite toy and jobbed Lynn out to Tank week after week for a couple months. Thankfully WWE.com realizes how amazing The Block was http://www.wwe.com/videos/jerry-flynn-vs-norman-smiley-the-block-match-nitro-dec-13-1999-26112912
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Numero6 posted:Now I'm sad that we never had a pro-wrestling Beholder. wow ive never seen that pic before
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The second best of nitro blu ray is down to $15 at amazon. Less then a month away from the War Games Anthology!
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To alleviate the exam season a little bit, I've been watching some random Nitro shows now and then. The last I watched was from early '98, where during a Goldberg match either Brain, Tony or Larry say something to the effect of, "It's as if the fans are getting behind this guy because he's winning matches!". Some might say that's logic that WWE could learn from today... or mayb vince is doing it deliberately to prove wcw wrong  EDIT: The above episode, from towards the start of his "going completely mental" heel turn, has what is probably now my favourite Scott Steiner quote: "I hate referees! They're incompetent and they're stupid!". I get another kind of enjoyment out of watching Russo-era shows though and I was wondering if there any in particular that are just so ridiculous that watching them becomes essential for the campy wrestling fan. I last watched the one from after Spring Stampede '00, which wasn't a terrible show (I guess?) though it did have a right doozy of an opening segment where the highlights involved Russo and Jarrett taking time to each tell Jim Ross to kiss their asses, and so many balloons being dropped that the sound of the crowd popping them all actually drowns out the New Blood promos going on in the ring. Also, the Hulkster put Billy Kidman into a dumpster. Hedgehog Pie fucked around with this message at 19:02 on May 31, 2013 |
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Give me a "Best of The Block" DVD set complete with Jerry Flynn commentary and interviews I originally typed that as "Jerry Lynn commentary", and decided I would also like that. A bewildered Jerry Lynn, unsure why they want him to do commentary over some Jerry Flyyn WCW action.
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Hedgehog Pie posted:To alleviate the exam season a little bit, I've been watching some random Nitro shows now and then. The last I watched was from early '98, where during a Goldberg match either Brain, Tony or Larry say something to the effect of, "It's as if the fans are getting behind this guy because he's winning matches!". Some might say that's logic that WWE could learn from today... or mayb vince is doing it deliberately to prove wcw wrong I'd consider the January 4, 1999 show to be pretty much essential viewing. It was the beginning of the end, really.
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Try to track down the show where Nash impersonates Vince McMahon. e: see if this works http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1evvk_kevin-nash-on-nitro-october-1999-pr_sport#.UajjZ1L5Bkg
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Old Age Outlaws. Someone said this out loud and decided it was good enough idea to run with.
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All of the funerals that Buff and Luger did. There were a bunch and they all went on forever.
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coconono posted:Old Age Outlaws. how many old age outlaws were there? i remember funk and snuka but im sure there were others. tito maybe?
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cool-haired luke posted:how many old age outlaws were there? i remember funk and snuka but im sure there were others. tito maybe? It was Mr. Perfect, Terry Funk, Arn Anderson, and Larry Zbyszko
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cool-haired luke posted:how many old age outlaws were there? i remember funk and snuka but im sure there were others. tito maybe? Orndorff was one of them, I believe.
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Old-Age In-Laws would have been the much better play. TERRY FUNK AND JIMMY SNUKA ARE YOUR WIFE'S GAY-MARRIED FATHERS
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According to an episode of The Old School Wrestling Podcast Larry Zbyszko claimed on a radio interview that he was the face of WCW in the late 90's. Zbyszko.
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That would explain why the company failed then, because Zbysko was never any good. At anything.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:That would explain why the company failed then, because Zbysko was never any good. At anything. He was really good at making a career out of his one big angle. He truly is the Master of Human Chess.
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Cactus Jack posted:He was really good at making a career out of one his big angle. He truly is the Master of Human Chess. He was the master of keeping a feud going after the person he was feuding with died
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bobkatt013 posted:He was the master of keeping a feud going after the person he was feuding with died I feel like that didn't get enough love that year for most disgusting promotional tactic, but it's possible that Zbysko just thought it was a good idea t the time to try and preserve kayfabe.
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DrVenkman posted:According to an episode of The Old School Wrestling Podcast Larry Zbyszko claimed on a radio interview that he was the face of WCW in the late 90's. When he was doing commentary he would often turn around to face the crowd just to get people to cheer him.
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Yeah Larry Z was bad at a lot of things, but WCW crowds loved him.
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Not WCW, but here is the worst cage match ever (the goal is to be the first one out of the cage! Out of a cage that's barely big enough for for one man  ):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVaTRP0-ud0 And I unabashedly loved Larry Zbyszko. I miss the day of old school heels like him, Tully Blanchard, Gino Hernandez, etc. It just seems to me that too many heels today seem more concerned with getting the crowd behind them than against them. I can understand that sentiment from their point of view, I guess. If they succeed in making the crowd absolutely despise them, then that's seriously going to cut into their merchandise sales, and who would want to lose such a lucrative income stream?
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