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Admiral Joeslop posted:I had no idea Jake was in WCW. It was a very brief run.
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Feb 15, 2020 16:07
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Spin the wheel, make the deal
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Feb 15, 2020 16:12
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As I recall, he was a victim of WCW's revolving door management. Got a big contract offer, came in. WCW gets new management, goes "Yeah no we're not paying you this much money"
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Feb 15, 2020 16:36
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DeathChicken posted:As I recall, he was a victim of WCW's revolving door management. Got a big contract offer, came in. WCW gets new management, goes "Yeah no we're not paying you this much money" More specifically, it was because his new boss was Bill Watts and they hated each other from Jake's time in Mid South. Watts once described Jake as a "greasy piece of poo poo who looks like he just got done sucking 20 cocks". Charming fella, that Bill Watts.
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Feb 15, 2020 16:50
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Watts banned throwing people over the top rope, right? And also top rope moves or not? How many wrestlers forgot and got fined or fired for it, I wonder.
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Feb 15, 2020 17:06
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The top rope toss is an old NWA rule. But he banned top rope moves, yes. With Liger and Pillman on the roster.
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Feb 15, 2020 17:09
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Watts banned throwing people over the top rope, right? And also top rope moves or not? How many wrestlers forgot and got fined or fired for it, I wonder. THe one that always mystified me which Mick Foley talks about in one of his books is the Watts rule that no wrestlers were allowed to leave the venue before the show ended, even if leaving meant they could get an earlier flight or see family.
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Feb 15, 2020 17:25
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Lamuella posted:THe one that always mystified me which Mick Foley talks about in one of his books is the Watts rule that no wrestlers were allowed to leave the venue before the show ended, even if leaving meant they could get an earlier flight or see family. The logic was supposedly to encourage people to learn from others, but what the gently caress is Ricky Steamboat gonna learn from like, Tommy Rogers vs the Gambler (No disrespect to either of those guys, but Steamboat was near perfect at the craft)
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Feb 15, 2020 17:32
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Bill Watts is a garbage person propped up by other garbage people.
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Feb 15, 2020 17:38
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I feel bad for Mike Awesome seeing how WCW buried him after he was ECW World Champion but I recall in Death of WCW Bryan quotes Bam Bam saying "i was getting my check so I didn't give a poo poo." I know two things about the backstage dealings of ECW: 1. Drugs were everywhere, maybe even more than in WWF or WCW. 2. Heyman owed everybody money and they mostly stuck around out of loyalty or because they liked him or something. So I guess it sucks Awesome was used so poorly but I would hope that, even if WCW in 2000 could do nothing else right, it could at least pay its wrestles.
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Feb 15, 2020 21:37
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Moe_Rahn posted:The Fabulous Ones music video is probably my second favorite piece of wrestling-related musical media. lets hear it for the boooooooys
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Feb 15, 2020 22:22
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NikkolasKing posted:I feel bad for Mike Awesome seeing how WCW buried him after he was ECW World Champion but I recall in Death of WCW Bryan quotes Bam Bam saying "i was getting my check so I didn't give a poo poo." It’s amazing Heyman isn’t in jail for racketeering.
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Feb 16, 2020 00:18
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What’s weird is they made Awesome do gimmicks like the Fat Chick Thriller and That 70s Guy but they seemed to be trying to push him at the same time, like he’s winning matches and is in storylines as though he weren’t a comedy wrestler. Late WCW was the most baffling poo poo of all time.
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Feb 16, 2020 03:33
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Awesome was such a great big match wrestler, its so wild they they didn't try to make him the new goldberg.
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Feb 17, 2020 02:31
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JFC, I totally forgot that he actually slid off. I remembered it as someone saving him last second.
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It's loving wild that Juggalos and Furries were our mortal enemies and only when the fascist takeover of the U.S.'s government happened did we realize we were the assholes.
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Feb 17, 2020 04:47
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davidbix posted:JFC, I totally forgot that he actually slid off. I remembered it as someone saving him last second. it's hilarious that the one time mike awesome did a super safe powerbomb that this happened
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Feb 17, 2020 04:52
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Poor Awesome was *trying* to keep him from falling off but it was too late
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Feb 17, 2020 05:03
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bebaloorpabopalo posted:it's hilarious that the one time mike awesome did a super safe powerbomb that this happened never forget https://twitter.com/Toffile/status/986760562100105216
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Feb 17, 2020 06:34
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Mike Awesome is the dangerous worker people pretend Goldberg was.
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Feb 17, 2020 06:52
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Didn't Vamp get power bombed on the floor in that match, too?
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Feb 17, 2020 06:58
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THE BUS HAS BEEN WASHED!!! The whole thing was just so weird. They paid an incredible amount of money to sign Awesome in the first place, causing significant controversy with the ECW title in the process, and then put him in a feud with Kevin Nash where he consistently looked like a complete goober, followed swiftly by the Fat Chick Thriller and That '70s Guy. Were those gimmicks legitimately supposed to help him and be good characters, or did WCW just hem and haw when they discovered (after signing him, naturally) that his main strength was recklessly throwing guys around so they could take nasty bumps for him?
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Feb 17, 2020 08:48
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Hedgehog Pie posted:THE BUS HAS BEEN WASHED!!! Russo thought it would get him over, iirc, instead of just killing fools.
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 I loved Ron Simmons basically his entire career. Always looked like he was just killing people          it was not, sadly.   includes nWo mandate   The Diamond Studd, for you young'uns    the best flash in the pan cruiserweight ever  
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Feb 17, 2020 12:55
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lol that WWF-rear end logo on the ring apron
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Feb 17, 2020 14:20
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Erik Watts looks completely fed up with this poo poo and that is amazingly WCW
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Feb 17, 2020 15:18
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One of those Watts autographed cards sold for $68.95 once on eBay. That whole set is highly priced because authenticated autographs of that era are rare, and that set was released in a very WCW way, ie botched.
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Feb 17, 2020 16:48
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even botched the price by 5c
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Feb 17, 2020 16:49
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WSAENOTSOCK posted:It's loving wild that Juggalos and Furries were our mortal enemies and only when the fascist takeover of the U.S.'s government happened did we realize we were the assholes.
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Better Than You posted:Simmons beating Vader for the World Title was one of my biggest markouts as a kid I hated that during his run they changed his finisher from the Spinebuster to a powerslam.
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Feb 17, 2020 17:27
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dsriggs posted:lol that WWF-rear end logo on the ring apron I wonder if it's possible to pinpoint the moment where their entire graphic design team quit/was fired. Probably shortly before the birdshit logo?
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Feb 17, 2020 19:38
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I can't stop looking at Alex Wright's dick.
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Feb 17, 2020 20:55
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Pope Corky the IX posted:I can't stop looking at Alex Wright's dick. 
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Feb 17, 2020 21:09
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That's the Wall, brother
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Pope Corky the IX posted:I can't stop looking at Alex Wright's dick. Tbf this was me before that picture was even posted. Also, I feel like I'm missing something big but who are these two?
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Hedgehog Pie posted:Tbf this was me before that picture was even posted. Vampiro
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