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1st AD posted:My favorite thing about WCW is that after it died they made Nitro a Raw main event featuring Booker T defending against Buff loving Bagwell and then everyone was confused and hated it, just like a real Nitro Buff loving Bagwell in lazy-rear end WCW mode. Apparently he arrived about 20 minutes before the bout was due to start.
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Apr 22, 2015 04:48
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So I googled Booker T and apparently he won a WWE Championship? Was that well received or not? Because while he was over in WCW, he wasn't THAT over and after 1998 or so he seemed to be way slower in the ring.
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Apr 22, 2015 04:54
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1st AD posted:So I googled Booker T and apparently he won a WWE Championship? Was that well received or not? Because while he was over in WCW, he wasn't THAT over and after 1998 or so he seemed to be way slower in the ring. He won the Big Gold Belt, actually. This was during his time as King Booker, so it was kind of awesome.
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Apr 22, 2015 05:27
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Did he start holding up both hands and yelling SIX TIME! SIX TIME! or does that count as a different championship since it's in WWE?
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Apr 22, 2015 05:33
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I remember seeing that WCW site a while back and was sad to learn that I could no longer send an E-Card to my friends.
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Apr 22, 2015 10:33
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Under the vegetable posted:Did he start holding up both hands and yelling SIX TIME! SIX TIME! or does that count as a different championship since it's in WWE? This was post-coronation, so he simply held up his royal pinky to signify his greatness.
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Apr 22, 2015 22:36
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Charles Gnarwin posted:This was post-coronation, so he simply held up his royal pinky to signify his greatness. ALL HAIL KING BOOKAAAAH
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Apr 22, 2015 23:11
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1st AD posted:So I googled Booker T and apparently he won a WWE Championship? Was that well received or not? Because while he was over in WCW, he wasn't THAT over and after 1998 or so he seemed to be way slower in the ring. Booker T was awesome at all times, including his WWE run. His World Title reign was cool, he had Finlay and Regal as his Royal Court, he was a great heel, it was awesome. TNA doesn't count because it doesn't loving exist. It never happened.
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Apr 23, 2015 01:00
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Yeah, Booker T ruled I don't know what you're talking about. King Bookah 4 life.
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Apr 23, 2015 01:04
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rotinaj posted:TNA doesn't count because it doesn't loving exist. It never happened. Then who was the Legends Champion?!
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Apr 23, 2015 01:10
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Was it in TNA where Booker started talking with an accent for no reason? Not his King Booker accent.
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Apr 23, 2015 16:00
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triplexpac posted:Was it in TNA where Booker started talking with an accent for no reason? Then what KIND of accent?
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Apr 23, 2015 17:32
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Then what KIND of accent? I had to google it because I couldn't even remember. Maybe it is his King Booker accent? I haven't listened to his promos from that time in a while https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR0O7Q4p-c0
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Apr 23, 2015 17:46
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Then what KIND of accent? He was doing a Last King of Scotland impersonation that was the worst.
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Apr 23, 2015 17:57
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Revelations! Goldberg/Hogan on free TV wasn't because Hogan wanted to prove he was a draw. Turner executives went to WCW shows in Atlanta. A Turner exec asked Bischoff point blank how many people he's going to draw at the Georgia Dome next week and he blurted out 30,000. Bischoff called up WCW HQ and said that the main event next week is Goldberg/Hogan. JJ Dillon said "uh you can't do that, that's a PPV match" and Bischoff told him just do what I say dammit. They drew 40,000 and Hogan got a PPV payday for doing the Goldberg match on Nitro.
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Apr 24, 2015 15:36
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A question that may have been asked but after reading Death of WCW I'm curious about: If WWF had crumbled in 1996, due to the declining talent pool, the lawsuit and other issues, and WCW had taken over as the only Wrestling show in town, would the company still have eventually died out due to the multitude of issues that did eventually destroy it, or would the infusion of WWE talent, including writers and bookers I assume, have kept it afloat and still running to this day?
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Apr 24, 2015 15:39
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OldTennisCourt posted:A question that may have been asked but after reading Death of WCW I'm curious about : If WWF had crumbled in 1996, due to the declining talent pool, the lawsuit and other issues, and WCW had taken over as the only Wrestling show in town, would the company still have eventually died out due to the multitude of issues that did eventually destroy it, or would the infusion of WWE talent, including writers and bookers I assume, have kept it afloat and still running to this day? I guess it depends on whether or not Ted Turner remained in power or the AOL Time Warner merger still happened.
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Apr 24, 2015 15:46
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OldTennisCourt posted:A question that may have been asked but after reading Death of WCW I'm curious about : If WWF had crumbled in 1996, due to the declining talent pool, the lawsuit and other issues, and WCW had taken over as the only Wrestling show in town, would the company still have eventually died out due to the multitude of issues that did eventually destroy it, or would the infusion of WWE talent, including writers and bookers I assume, have kept it afloat and still running to this day? A world where WWF died in 1996 is one that likely looks similar to what we have today, except Nitro and Thunder are on instead of Raw and Smackdown.
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Apr 24, 2015 15:46
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Vince ends up going to work for Bischoff, politics his way up the ranks, becomes head booker instead of Russo, and when the AOL/Time Warner merger comes still buys the company out for a song. In the end nothing changes except no XFL or Linda Senate runs.
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Apr 24, 2015 17:52
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Scott Steiner never goes on to get banned from the hall of fame ceremony
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Apr 24, 2015 18:16
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C. Everett Koop posted:Vince ends up going to work for Bischoff, politics his way up the ranks, becomes head booker instead of Russo, and when the AOL/Time Warner merger comes still buys the company out for a song. Vince talks Ted into buying the NFL, Jane into running.
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Apr 24, 2015 18:17
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WCW goes strong for a little while, collapses under the weight of it's own incompetence/corporate disinterest. Vince assembles an ownership group similar to the alleged Bischoff/Fusient deal. Vince buys WCW, rebrands it as the WWF (since in this timeline, their collapse predates the World Wildlife Fund's lawsuit). Life goes on almost exactly like what you see today only with Vince having to answer to his corporate sponsors. Edit: This would however likely prevent HHH's rise to power. So there's that. ChrisBTY fucked around with this message at 18:37 on Apr 24, 2015 |
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Apr 24, 2015 18:28
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ChrisBTY posted:WCW goes strong for a little while, collapses under the weight of it's own incompetence/corporate disinterest. Vince assembles an ownership group similar to the alleged Bischoff/Fusient deal. Vince buys WCW, rebrands it as the WWF (since in this timeline, their collapse predates the World Wildlife Fund's lawsuit). Life goes on almost exactly like what you see today only with Vince having to answer to his corporate sponsors. The origin story of Vince-Prime.
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Apr 24, 2015 18:35
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OldTennisCourt posted:The origin story of Vince-Prime. We then get Vince's recon punches!
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Apr 24, 2015 18:55
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Luigi Thirty posted:Revelations! Goldberg/Hogan on free TV wasn't because Hogan wanted to prove he was a draw. That story doesn't add up as Bresloff was the source on the original story and thus knew how many people they were expecting before the match was booked which he gave to Hogan. MassRafTer fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Apr 24, 2015 |
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Apr 24, 2015 23:23
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MassRafTer posted:That story doesn't add up as Bresloff was the source on the original story and thus knew how many people they were expecting before the match was booked which he gave to Hogan. Are you implying that my source which said that Hogan was making a zillion dollars a show on Thunder in 1996 is wrong?
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Apr 25, 2015 00:14
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Luigi Thirty posted:Are you implying that my source which said that Hogan was making a zillion dollars a show on Thunder in 1996 is wrong? I'm saying I doubt the credibility of a murderer.
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Apr 25, 2015 00:35
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MassRafTer posted:I'm saying I doubt the credibility of a murderer. That was never proven about Drew Peterson and you know it.
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Apr 25, 2015 01:24
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Nitro is on the air TONIGHT and EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM NOW ON. That's right, we're moving to the final resting place of THUNDER. Tonight's show: Who is DDP bringing in to DELIVER THE BANG to Hogan and Rodman? Lynn Denton vs Disco Inferno Public Enemy vs Horace and SICK BOY GOLDBERG VS RICK FULLER Alex Wright vs Eddy Guerrero Riggs vs Konnan STEVIE RAY VS MONGO MOTY 1998 Chris Benoit vs Bret Hart The Giant vs Kevin Greene AND SO MUCH MORE! Tune in at 7:30 for SOMETHING, 8 PM for Nitro and SSW after Nitro! http://www.psp-tv.com/r/BadMoviesWorseWrestling
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Apr 30, 2015 00:24
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I am so sad I missed that
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Apr 30, 2015 16:53
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It's the most interesting thing to watch what WCW PPVs are already on the network while reading the Death of WCW. I wish they had all of the '99 Nitros archived already because those sound really trainwreck bad. Dennis Rodman getting paid insane amounts of money and no-showing, white hummers being driven by Carmen Electra(citation needed), Jay Leno in the ring and a terrible Tonight Show Bischoff parody...man, the stuff dreams are made of.
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May 11, 2015 20:12
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Sushi in Yiddish posted:It's the most interesting thing to watch what WCW PPVs are already on the network while reading the Death of WCW. I wish they had all of the '99 Nitros archived already because those sound really trainwreck bad. We've just reached the Tonight Show stuff during Wednesday Nitro, I have been dreading these.
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May 11, 2015 20:49
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So did Kevin Sullivan just given up at this point or has Bischoff completely taken over booking? I'm not sure what the chronology is.
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May 11, 2015 20:54
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I would joke around and ask you if Bischoff is going to beat Jay Leno by having a referee count him out in an empty ring, but I know that the reality was worse.
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May 11, 2015 20:55
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All I remember about that angle was Karl Malone and DDP wrestling in a tag match and Malone hitting a Diamond Cutter on someone.
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May 11, 2015 21:04
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1st AD posted:All I remember about that angle was Karl Malone and DDP wrestling in a tag match and Malone hitting a Diamond Cutter on someone. Malone hit the Diamond Cutter on Curt Hennig during the Hogan/Goldberg title match on Nitro. Actually looked pretty good.
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May 11, 2015 23:11
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DoctorDelaware posted:Malone hit the Diamond Cutter on Curt Hennig during the Hogan/Goldberg title match on Nitro. Actually looked pretty good. I loved when that happened. I know everybody says it was a terrible business decision but for a kid who never got to see PPVs, Goldberg beating Hogan was my greatest wrestling memory.
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May 11, 2015 23:17
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Burt Buckle posted:I loved when that happened. I know everybody says it was a terrible business decision but for a kid who never got to see PPVs, Goldberg beating Hogan was my greatest wrestling memory. From a creative standpoint it was pretty weak too because that match had 4 days of build to the TV audience (and about as much internally.) We got no chase because people were panicking and the chase would have been cool.
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May 11, 2015 23:42
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MassRafTer posted:From a creative standpoint it was pretty weak too because that match had 4 days of build to the TV audience (and about as much internally.) We got no chase because people were panicking and the chase would have been cool. Didn't he crush Hall to "prove" he was worthy to face Hogan the week before (because apparently a hundred match winning streak doesn't cut it)? I swear that happened.
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May 11, 2015 23:46
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