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Who Killed WCW?
Eric Bischoff
Hulk Hogan
Vince Russo
Jerusalem
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Pope Corky the IX
Dec 18, 2006

What are you looking at?
There are so many ways in which that whole thing was hosed up. Nobody was expecting Luger coming out of that helicopter, especially because he was still the heel Narcissist on television, so everyone on the ship is chanting for Hogan and then being really disappointed when it's Lex.

EDIT: Luger also can't help but let his heel tendencies come out, first by basically telling the crowd to shut up so he can finish his promo when they finally start cheering for him, and then by shoving the ref across the ring so he can get to the turnbuckles after slamming Yoko.

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DeathChicken
Jul 9, 2012

Nonsense. I have not yet begun to defile myself.

Crush should have slammed Yoko :colbert:

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

Should have given Bill Fralic the rub, imo

ChrisBTY
Mar 29, 2012

this glorious monument

DeathChicken posted:

Crush should have slammed Yoko :colbert:

Agreed.
Kona Crush was my goddamn jam in 8th grade.
My friends and I would put each other in the Kona Compactor during recess.
(The trick is to apply focused pressure with your wrists rather than your palms)

Oh crap I'm a total hypocrite for bitching about dumb kids who love Roman Reigns arn't I?

Halloween Jack
Sep 12, 2003
I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!
Are you Cesaro?

ChrisBTY
Mar 29, 2012

this glorious monument

No. Cesaro is younger than me.
...oh Gods Cesaro is younger than me.
WHY ARE THERE KIDS ON MY LAWN!?
SINCE WHEN DO I HAVE A LAWN!?

Grendels Dad
Mar 5, 2011

Popular culture has passed you by.

ChrisBTY posted:

No. Cesaro is younger than me.
...oh Gods Cesaro is younger than me.
WHY ARE THERE KIDS ON MY LAWN!?
SINCE WHEN DO I HAVE A LAWN!?

Are you sure it's your lawn and not the lawn of a big dog?

ChrisBTY
Mar 29, 2012

this glorious monument

gently caress no. I kicked the kids and their big dumb dog off my lawn.
It's MY lawn and nobody poops in it but me.

CopywrightMMXI
Jun 1, 2011

One time a guy stole some downhill skis out of my jeep and I was so mad I punched a mailbox. I'm against crime, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.
I thought Crush, Luger and Bigelow would be the only guys strong enough to slam Yoko but I figured it would be Crush since he was a good guy.

The American Dream
Mar 1, 2007
Don't Forget My Balls

CopywrightMMXI posted:

I thought Crush, Luger and Bigelow would be the only guys strong enough to slam Yoko but I figured it would be Crush since he was a good guy.

Steiner was there. Maybe if Yokozuna wasn’t so fat Scott would have felt it was worth his time.

Hedgehog Pie
May 19, 2012

Total fuckin' silence.
He's fat.

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

ChrisBTY posted:

Agreed.
Kona Crush was my goddamn jam in 8th grade.
My friends and I would put each other in the Kona Compactor during recess.
(The trick is to apply focused pressure with your wrists rather than your palms)

Oh crap I'm a total hypocrite for bitching about dumb kids who love Roman Reigns arn't I?

I liked evil weeb Crush better, when he turned heel. Demolition Crush too. Not so much Nazi Crush or any of his WCW personas though.

pathetic little tramp
Dec 12, 2005

by Hillary Clinton's assassins
Fallen Rib
swear to god hulk hogan's double life always amazes me when i find out about the weird poo poo he did internationally that never really did anything in the states like a duet with green jellÿ doing a cover of "I'm the leader of the gang (I Am)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkYb4atGLYU&t=54s

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

pathetic little tramp posted:

swear to god hulk hogan's double life always amazes me when i find out about the weird poo poo he did internationally that never really did anything in the states like a duet with green jellÿ doing a cover of "I'm the leader of the gang (I Am)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkYb4atGLYU&t=54s

Jfc

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

Congratulations!

pathetic little tramp posted:

a duet with green jellÿ doing a cover of "I'm the leader of the gang (I Am)"

...and the moral of the story is, a band with no talent can easily amuse idiots, with a stupid puppet show Hulk Hogan.

Gonzo McFee
Jun 19, 2010

pathetic little tramp posted:

swear to god hulk hogan's double life always amazes me when i find out about the weird poo poo he did internationally that never really did anything in the states like a duet with green jellÿ doing a cover of "I'm the leader of the gang (I Am)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkYb4atGLYU&t=54s

What did Garry Glitter do to deserve this?

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

Gonzo McFee posted:

What did Garry Glitter do to deserve this?

raped 12 year olds

Moe_Rahn
Jun 1, 2006

I got a question
why they hatin' on me?
I ain't did nothin' to 'em
but count this money
and put my team on
got my whole clique stunnin'
boy wassup
yeeeeeaaaaaahhhh

Gonzo McFee posted:

What did Garry Glitter do to deserve this?
uhhhhhhhhhhh

quote:

The BBC described Glitter's fall from grace as "dramatic" and "spectacular".[9] The late 1990s and onward saw his image become irreparably tarnished, following his 1997 arrest and 1999 conviction in the United Kingdom for downloading thousands of items of child pornography.[10] He was also charged at the same time, but acquitted, of sexual activity with an underage girl in the 1970s. Later, Glitter faced criminal charges and deportation from several countries in connection with actual and suspected child sexual abuse. He was deported from Cambodia on suspected child sexual abuse charges in 2002. After settling in Vietnam, a Vietnamese court found him guilty of obscene acts with minors in 2006.[11] After serving his sentence, Glitter was deported to Britain, where he was placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for life. In October 2012, Glitter was arrested again as part of Operation Yewtree.[12] He was bailed but was eventually charged, in June 2014, with historical child sex offences. On 5 February 2015, he was found guilty of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault, and one of having sex with a girl under the age of 13 between 1975 and 1980.[13] On 27 February 2015, he was sentenced to a total of 16 years in prison.[14]

Ziggy Tzardust
Apr 7, 2006

Moe_Rahn posted:

uhhhhhhhhhhh

I'm pretty sure that was the joke

WatermelonGun
May 7, 2009

pathetic little tramp posted:

swear to god hulk hogan's double life always amazes me when i find out about the weird poo poo he did internationally that never really did anything in the states like a duet with green jellÿ doing a cover of "I'm the leader of the gang (I Am)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkYb4atGLYU&t=54s

wasn’t expecting to see muta in that video.

i don’t know what i was expecting

rovert
Jun 10, 2013
Sad news

https://twitter.com/WrestlingNewsCo/status/1145822915595603968

Tato
Jun 19, 2001

DIRECTIVE 236: Promote pro-social values
RIP sweet prince, a man of many words and off the charts charisma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hhqpN22qVg

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Classic WCW jobber

Aesop Poprock
Oct 21, 2008


Grimey Drawer
Look at his tiny little hand lol

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cThKnOQiPws

TheKingslayer
Sep 3, 2008


Maxx, The Renegade, WCW... all gone. Only Jimmy Hart remains

DeathChicken
Jul 9, 2012

Nonsense. I have not yet begun to defile myself.

Jimmy Hart will live forever as long as he's safely keeping his soul in that megaphone

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

DeathChicken posted:

Jimmy Hart will live forever as long as he's safely keeping his soul in that megaphone

you think that's his soul, lol.

Critical
Aug 23, 2007

So I started listening to 83 weeks and I'm enjoying Bischoff being called out on being a bullshitter. Did anyone ever produce proof that he offered Bret Hart a contract in 96?

And I actually like listening to Bisch, hes just obviously full of poo poo but does make good points sometimes.

dsriggs
May 28, 2012

MONEY FALLS...

...FROM THE SKY...

...WHENEVER HE POSTS!

Critical posted:

Did anyone ever produce proof that he offered Bret Hart a contract in 96?

I thought that was common knowledge & the reason why Vince drew up the ridiculous contract to keep him around.

Critical
Aug 23, 2007

dsriggs posted:

I thought that was common knowledge & the reason why Vince drew up the ridiculous contract to keep him around.

Bischoff insists the 97 contract was the first one offered and volunteered to print out and eat the 96 contract if someone posted it with his signature on it. Meltzer claimed to have it but I cant find it after a cursory Google search.

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

Critical posted:

Bischoff insists the 97 contract was the first one offered and volunteered to print out and eat the 96 contract if someone posted it with his signature on it. Meltzer claimed to have it but I cant find it after a cursory Google search.

Dave's wife threw out some of his old papers so he doesn't have it anymore. Bret had a copy, but who cares. The loving contract is discussed on Wrestling With Shadows and Eric himself talked about it in interviews and chats back in the day.

Critical
Aug 23, 2007

I just wanted to see bischoff eat paper tbh

Pope Corky the IX
Dec 18, 2006

What are you looking at?
I'd rather see him eat poo poo.

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

at high speeds

Seams
Feb 3, 2005

ROCK HARD

MassRafTer posted:

Dave's wife threw out some of his old papers so he doesn't have it anymore. Bret had a copy, but who cares. The loving contract is discussed on Wrestling With Shadows and Eric himself talked about it in interviews and chats back in the day.

people expect bullshitters like Bischoff to be shamed when presented with evidence that they're full of poo poo but if the physical contract turned up he'd just pivot to some other excuse or blame standards and practices or scream Mabel was the third man. you can't fact check a con artist

El Gallinero Gros
Mar 17, 2010
https://youtu.be/DdkO2bJUbz4

Never saw this before.

LividLiquid
Apr 13, 2002

Seams posted:

people expect bullshitters like Bischoff to be shamed when presented with evidence that they're full of poo poo but if the physical contract turned up he'd just pivot to some other excuse or blame standards and practices or scream Mabel was the third man. you can't fact check a con artist
Bischoff is the rare bullshitter who, when presented with evidence, can occasionally say "huh. Guess I was wrong," then continues to bullshit.

NikkolasKing
Apr 3, 2010



I take everything Bisch says with a grain of salt but I love listening to the guy. I fully acknowledge it's almost entirely due to his on-screen character. I think most everyone agrees he was n amazing performer and heel (even people who dislike him such as Meltzer comment on him being a great performer) and I share that view. It's hard sometimes to separate the character from the reality.

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OctoberCountry
Oct 9, 2012
Bischoff's a prick but him selling for Sting's helicopter at one of the spring break Nitros is one of my favorite wrestling memories

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