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Capsaicin posted:When was the last time they hyped a guy and had him debut on PPV, as in physically debut there? Not counting stuff like Fandango or Brock, who all showed up on TV beforehand? I mean like, Taz, where they did teases and whatnot and then the first time you saw him was on PPV. Rocky Maivia and Vader both count.
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What is the kayfabe reason for storing kendo sticks under the wrestling ring? Is there one?
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Apr 1, 2014 04:19
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Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:What is the kayfabe reason for storing kendo sticks under the wrestling ring? Is there one? It's out of the way.
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Apr 1, 2014 04:24
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Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:What is the kayfabe reason for storing kendo sticks under the wrestling ring? Is there one? So wrestlers will hit each other with them.
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Apr 1, 2014 04:40
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Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:What is the kayfabe reason for storing kendo sticks under the wrestling ring? Is there one? Where are you going to put them, on top of the ring?
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Apr 1, 2014 04:57
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Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:What is the kayfabe reason for storing kendo sticks under the wrestling ring? Is there one? In case of surprise Steve Blackman return
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Apr 1, 2014 04:59
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Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:What is the kayfabe reason for storing kendo sticks under the wrestling ring? Is there one? The ring crew is into some weird poo poo.
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Apr 1, 2014 05:03
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Kennel posted:Give me some huge upsets with a jobber getting a clean victory. Would Cena's debut count?
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Apr 1, 2014 05:10
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Blasmeister posted:In case of surprise Steve Blackman return I choose to believe this is always the answer to that question. That, or they let a homeless Sandman live under the ring.
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Apr 1, 2014 05:48
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Perdido posted:Would Cena's debut count? He lost so no
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Apr 1, 2014 05:53
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Kennel posted:Give me some huge upsets with a jobber getting a clean victory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkTRCSzbIOE and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRJvfpAY2co
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Apr 1, 2014 06:06
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I imagine they use kendo sticks because you can hit smack a dude with one and it sounds / looks pretty sick even if it's gimmicked. Safer than a chair, right?
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Apr 1, 2014 06:10
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EugeneJ posted:Heyman was lead booker of Smackdown in 2002-2003 and it was AWESOME. The trouble with Paul is that he can never seem to stick his landings. He's great at building stuff up, but even with the Smackdown Six the stuff fans were paying for on PPV wasn't any better than what they got on free TV every week.
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Apr 1, 2014 06:47
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MisterGBH posted:Does Stone Cold have any heat with Dusty Rhodes? He frequently talks about Dusty as one of his favorite people, mentions going hunting with him, and has had him on his show where he seemed to spend most of it going 
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Apr 1, 2014 07:45
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Luigi Thirty posted:Where are you going to put them, on top of the ring? On a pole. Duuuh! Everyone know you put odd things on poles: turkeys, gloves...even your mom! Well, not YOUR mom, but a wrestleman's mom. Speaking of which, has there ever been a stable consisting of a whole family, moms and daughters included? Only one that SORTA comes close that I can think of are the Macmahons, and Linda doesn't seem to be too involved in the wrestling aspect, more financial stuff.
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Apr 1, 2014 07:48
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Jerusalem posted:He frequently talks about Dusty as one of his favorite people, mentions going hunting with him, and has had him on his show where he seemed to spend most of it going It makes sense, if Stone Cold's account on his podcast is correct, one of his first memories of wrestling was from when he was like 8 or something, flipping over to see Dusty busted open and asking his mother why the security guard near the ring wasn't helping him.
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Apr 1, 2014 07:50
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Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:What is the kayfabe reason for storing kendo sticks under the wrestling ring? Is there one? Better to keep dangerous weapons under the ring than in a desk drawer or beneath a mattress, where a kid could find it.
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Apr 1, 2014 08:13
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I could somehow understand keeping a spare chair, table or ladder. I just didn't know whether there was a kayfabe-specific reason for kendo sticks to exist within a wrestling arena when the Singapore caning thing happened over two decades ago. However, I do like the idea of them being Blackman-traps.
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Those bamboo sticks are there in case they need to build the Punjabi Prison that night. e: I forgot they did a kendo stick match one time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQfuL6ShHAw&t=3825s 1:03:45 - It starts awkwardly. It may have been edited on UK Raw UltimoDragonQuest fucked around with this message at 09:00 on Apr 1, 2014 |
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Apr 1, 2014 08:55
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Shima Honnou posted:It makes sense, if Stone Cold's account on his podcast is correct, one of his first memories of wrestling was from when he was like 8 or something, flipping over to see Dusty busted open and asking his mother why the security guard near the ring wasn't helping him. Is it wrong that when I try and picture Stone Cold at eight years old, he still has the trunks, vest and beer?
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Apr 1, 2014 12:59
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Blasmeister posted:In case of surprise Steve Blackman return Don't tease me like that.
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Did WCW offer Mean Gene a lot of money to join them, or was WWF simply not interested in retaining him?
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Jerusalem posted:He frequently talks about Dusty as one of his favorite people, mentions going hunting with him, and has had him on his show where he seemed to spend most of it going Oh right. I always assumed that Austin wasn't fond of him due to the way he was booked in WC. I know most posters listen to his podcast but as of yet havent listened to any episodes yet and dont know where to start.
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ZDar Fan posted:Did WCW offer Mean Gene a lot of money to join them, or was WWF simply not interested in retaining him? All of the announcers afaik jumped ship because Vince couldn't afford them anymore and WCW was offering a bunch more money.
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MisterGBH posted:Oh right. I always assumed that Austin wasn't fond of him due to the way he was booked in WC. I know most posters listen to his podcast but as of yet havent listened to any episodes yet and dont know where to start. I think Austin blames Hulk Hogan for that more than Dusty.
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ZDar Fan posted:Did WCW offer Mean Gene a lot of money to join them, or was WWF simply not interested in retaining him? They couldn't afford him anymore. Vince was having bad financial problems. He said they never offered him a contract but that he didn't try to negotiate one either. Heenan left around the same time because of his health problems and they offered him a ton of money (and Turner health insurance!) to come to WCW, I don't know how much WCW offered Mean Gene. Luigi Thirty fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Apr 1, 2014 |
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MisterGBH posted:Oh right. I always assumed that Austin wasn't fond of him due to the way he was booked in WC. I know most posters listen to his podcast but as of yet havent listened to any episodes yet and dont know where to start. Start at the beginning. The first bunch of episodes are basically just Stone Cold goofing around, sometimes with a guest, until he starts getting guests more regularly after his Mexico trip.
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Kennel posted:Give me some huge upsets with a jobber getting a clean victory. The Rock vs The Hurricane owned. The Rock was on fire at this point in time heading into Wrestlemania. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztwfe5vgPgQ Full Match https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQs1VD6eYN8
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ZDar Fan posted:Did WCW offer Mean Gene a lot of money to join them, or was WWF simply not interested in retaining him? He was offered a ton of money guaranteed and a nice cut of his hotline revenue which led to him just making poo poo up all the time.
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Did Hogan get a cut of his hotline when it was the #1 1-900 number in America in the early 90s?
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MassRafTer posted:He was offered a ton of money guaranteed and a nice cut of his hotline revenue which led to him just making poo poo up all the time. The guys at the roundtables seem to give him a lot of poo poo about that hotline, and every once in a while I hear a reference in the WCW thread to Gene saying something really awful on the hotline.
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I really want to see this Heyman era of Smackdown. When exactly did it start? Hopefully the Network puts it up
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:The guys at the roundtables seem to give him a lot of poo poo about that hotline, and every once in a while I hear a reference in the WCW thread to Gene saying something really awful on the hotline. The one I've heard is Mean Gene saying a former world champion has passed away and call the hotline for details. The hotline message was him rambling for 10 minutes, then saying Jerry Blackwell, AWA world tag champion in like 1979 died.
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Luigi Thirty posted:Did Hogan get a cut of his hotline when it was the #1 1-900 number in America in the early 90s? Th way WCW was going he probably got paid 150% of the hotline gross.
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Apr 1, 2014 19:24
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Shima Honnou posted:Start at the beginning. The first bunch of episodes are basically just Stone Cold goofing around, sometimes with a guest, until he starts getting guests more regularly after his Mexico trip. Just any of them where he's telling stories is great. His latest episode he talks about almost dying from the exhaust fumes from the monster truck segment among an hour of stories and answering emails.
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Apr 1, 2014 19:30
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Anyone remember how in the original Fandango teasers his name was spelled "Fandangoo"? Fandangoo Fan-dan-gew
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MisterGBH posted:Oh right. I always assumed that Austin wasn't fond of him due to the way he was booked in WC. I know most posters listen to his podcast but as of yet havent listened to any episodes yet and dont know where to start. Pick an episode where Stone Cold talks to someone you think sounds interesting and listen to it. There's not a lot of backstory you need to know or anything. If you like it, listen to another one. And keep going.
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Anyone know anywhere in Northern Ireland that's screening Wrestlemania, or where I might be able to search myself? Not sure where to look for something like that but there's gotta be somewhere.
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Apr 1, 2014 20:28
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Luigi Thirty posted:The one I've heard is Mean Gene saying a former world champion has passed away and call the hotline for details. The hotline message was him rambling for 10 minutes, then saying Jerry Blackwell, AWA world tag champion in like 1979 died. Cameal posted:What was probably the most infamous story in regards to the hotline is when Gene teases a story about a 45 year old former world champion having died (the implication being it was Ric Flair) only for it to be Jerry Blackwell, former AWA tag champion. I believe that particular hotline was the biggest money-drawing one they ever did.
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Abu Dave posted:I really want to see this Heyman era of Smackdown. When exactly did it start? Hopefully the Network puts it up I would say around late 2002 or early 2003.
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