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oatgan posted:tell me more about this wrestling laptop It's the grandfather of the General Manager of Raw!
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Feb 28, 2014 16:41
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Great White Hope posted:It's the grandfather of the General Manager of Raw! When did Hideo Kojima start writing for WWE?
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Feb 28, 2014 16:47
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Halloween Jack posted:
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Feb 28, 2014 16:48
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Madusa throwing away the belt was the biggest mistake, because the resulting arbitration gave WWE first right of refusal if WCW ever went on sale.
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Feb 28, 2014 16:51
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oatgan posted:tell me more about this wrestling laptop As a kid, this was really strange to me, but: Irwin R. Schyster was one of my favorite wrestling villains in the WWF. It was a terrible gimmick (wrestling tax man! BOOO!) that Mike Rotundo (Rotunda?) made work, because he went in 100% - and was a pretty good worker. Eventually, his tag team partner, DiBiase, retired, and the ensuing Million Dollar Corporation stable ran its course, and they let Schyster walk. The IRS character was based on his last character in NWA/WCW - Michael Wallstreet. He'd wrestled previously under his real name as part of the Varsity Club, if I remember right, and he was also a sailboat captain, I think. But then he randomly became a generic bad guy who was rich, for some reason, and had a new manager named Alexandra York, played by Goldust's wife Terri Runnels. She had a laptop that could run some sort of software that would tell you how to beat a guy up, and how long it would take. They even put a timer on the screen to be all "SEE?". It was just such a kiddie angle that was more silly than anything else. I wonder if Wallstreet ever got pissed, grabbed the laptop, and smashed someone in the face with it? Anyway. He returned to WCW after his WWF run, where he was called V.K. Wallstreet. (VK? Vincent Kennedy?) He was a wrestling rich guy that you were supposed to hate because he was rich, with no mention of the laptop. Then it was just MISTER Wallstreet. Then he went to Japan, and joined their nWo. Then he later retired, and got work as a backstage guy in the WWE, randomly appearing as IRS now and then. Also his kids are WWE wrestlers. Probably Fandango and Sheamus, I think.
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Feb 28, 2014 16:54
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That laptop angle was amazingly ahead of its time. esp since it was a Sinclair word processor, IIRC
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Feb 28, 2014 17:00
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oatgan posted:tell me more about this wrestling laptop Terri Runnels played an evil laptop toting businesswoman named Alexandra York. She'd use her laptop to analyze opponents and calculate the amount of time her wrestlers would need to win matches. Mike Rotunda (right before he jumped to WWF as IRS), Terry Taylor, and a heel Ricky Morton were the wrestlers I remember. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3iK-JTSrTw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evKsxUoKEo4 coconono posted:That laptop angle was amazingly ahead of its time. esp since it was a Sinclair word processor, IIRC Yeah, now that you mention it I remember my dad thinking that it was hilarious she just had a word processor and not a full laptop and pointing that out to me. Thauros fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Feb 28, 2014 |
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Feb 28, 2014 17:03
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Red posted:But then he randomly became a generic bad guy who was rich, for some reason, and had a new manager named Alexandra York, played by Goldust's wife Terri Runnels. She had a laptop that could run some sort of software that would tell you how to beat a guy up, and how long it would take. They even put a timer on the screen to be all "SEE?". It was just such a kiddie angle that was more silly than anything else. This sounds like the most amazing thing.
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Feb 28, 2014 17:03
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that is the freshest poo poo possible in the early 90s.
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Feb 28, 2014 17:08
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Great White Hope posted:This sounds like the most amazing thing. It sounds funny, but remember this was early 90s NWA/WCW. Robocop helping Sting sounds amazing, until you see a guy in the Robocop suit awkwardly trying to move around in the thing.
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Feb 28, 2014 17:11
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Red posted:It sounds funny, but remember this was early 90s NWA/WCW. Robocop helping Sting sounds amazing, until you see a guy in the Robocop suit awkwardly trying to move around in the thing. If you're implying that the laptop was as good as Robocop helping Sting, you're not helping the "This is not the best" argument.
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Feb 28, 2014 17:16
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All these posts deceived me. I thought you found the raft.
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ChampRamp posted:All these posts deceived me. I thought you found the raft. One of these days. Also a whole new group will be introduced to its mystery due to the Network.
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Feb 28, 2014 17:22
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Thauros posted:Terri Runnels played an evil laptop toting businesswoman named Alexandra York. She'd use her laptop to analyze opponents and calculate the amount of time her wrestlers would need to win matches. Terrance Taylor, Richard Morton, and Thomas Rich. 
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Feb 28, 2014 17:25
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I love the random computer typing. Beep beep boop enhance. Here's how you beat Lex Luger.  Also those black bar charts should have been turned into a Black Flag parody shirt.
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Feb 28, 2014 17:30
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Great White Hope posted:If you're implying that the laptop was as good as Robocop helping Sting, you're not helping the "This is not the best" argument. Nah, I just think a lot of WCW's ideas were better on paper than execution. Except for Chucky and Judy Bagwell. And David Arquette.
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Feb 28, 2014 17:37
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greatn posted:Madusa throwing away the belt was the biggest mistake, because the resulting arbitration gave WWE first right of refusal if WCW ever went on sale. But that settlement may have been the reason Vince received that first offer to sell in 2000 which may have helped him orchestrate the conspiracy to buy WCW as cheaply as possible. 
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Feb 28, 2014 17:44
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The actual best thing WCW ever did was the cross over with battle dome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9yDfJfy0Do&feature=youtube_gdata_player https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lcKucdi9kE&feature=youtube_gdata_player oatgan fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Feb 28, 2014 |
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Feb 28, 2014 17:46
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Low balling Paul Heyman World War 3
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Feb 28, 2014 17:49
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Rodney the Piper posted:Low balling Paul Heyman Paul Heyman screwed them out of a shitload of money with his plane scam.
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Feb 28, 2014 17:52
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oatgan posted:The actual best thing WCW ever did was the cross over with battle dome God drat I was all about T. Money way before Dodgeball and Old Spice. and Cuda exposin' jockstraps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-JHL0bTs80
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Feb 28, 2014 17:55
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bobkatt013 posted:Paul Heyman screwed them out of a shitload of money with his plane scam. What was this, them comping people for plane tickets and him taking the money they gave him for shows they didn't actually have him fly to? To me, that's more WCW costing themselves money.
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Feb 28, 2014 18:07
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The Chucky thing was incredible because Rick Steiner sold that he was afraid of a fake movie doll.
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Feb 28, 2014 18:09
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Bigass Moth posted:The Chucky thing was incredible because Rick Steiner sold that he was afraid of a fake movie doll. The best thing about it was that there was literally no payoff for the angle aside from a weird Nitro promo where Chucky yelled at Rick Steiner a bit to promote his movie. That was it. No new wrestler introduced, no Halloween Havoc blowoff match with Rick Steiner selling the imaginary attacks of a puppet, no Hugh Morrus return (which iirc was what the "mysterious laughing being piped through the pa during matches" thing was rumored to be). Just a "don't forget to drink your ovaltine" type ad for a movie.
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Feb 28, 2014 18:29
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These hype videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwYh9oX1vTE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgT5ta5oWCc http://youtu.be/kx8Xb5VJulQ (embedding was disabled for this one for some dumb reason) If there are any others I'm over looking please enlighten me.
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Feb 28, 2014 18:44
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Dropping Nitro to 2 hours WHITE CASTLE OF FEAR Running the Sting Hogan rematch the next? Night then sorry were out of time Giving Nash the booker role
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Feb 28, 2014 18:44
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Cheatum the one eyed midget!
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Feb 28, 2014 18:47
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Willninho posted:Giving Nash the booker role Did we mention the match where Nash beats like 20 guys at once, with the ref doing fast/wacky counts?
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Feb 28, 2014 19:05
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CopywrightMMXI posted:What? I think this was the "Hardcore Soldiers" S&M angle where he and Brian Knobs would walk out Al Green with a dog collar.
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Feb 28, 2014 19:19
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Angular Landbury posted:I think this was the "Hardcore Soldiers" S&M angle where he and Brian Knobs would walk out Al Green with a dog collar. I wonder how long Brian Knobbs acted like Brian Knobbs around Finlay before Finlay put a stop to it.
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Feb 28, 2014 19:27
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Red posted:I wonder how long Brian Knobbs acted like Brian Knobbs around Finlay before Finlay put a stop to it. Who do you think took the infamous photo?
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Feb 28, 2014 19:31
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Smoking Giant is the best thing Paul Wight has ever done in his career and I can't believe someone would even suggest putting it on the list.
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Feb 28, 2014 19:31
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nasboat posted:Smoking Giant is the best thing Paul Wight has ever done in his career and I can't believe someone would even suggest putting it on the list. It really symbolizes the don't give a poo poo nature of WCW
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Feb 28, 2014 19:36
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I still wanna know how much money they dropped on the White Castle of Fear and Dungeon of Doom vignettes.
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Feb 28, 2014 19:57
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coconono posted:I still wanna know how much money they dropped on the White Castle of Fear and Dungeon of Doom vignettes. Do not forget the beach encounter!
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Feb 28, 2014 19:57
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So "Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal"
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Feb 28, 2014 20:28
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I dunno guys, the racist Rap is Crap guys being fan faces over Master P is kind of hilarious.
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Feb 28, 2014 20:33
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i still know a lot of the words to rap is crap despite not having heard it in over a decade
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Feb 28, 2014 20:35
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david carmichael posted:i still know a lot of the words to rap is crap despite not having heard it in over a decade I like country music I like country girls I like Willie Nelson And don't forget about Merle There's only one thing that I hate cause it's a bunch of crap! I-I-I hate rap
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