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DeathChicken posted:It was Andre the Giant as Giant Machine. Although why *he* was there is anyone's guess The game is a reskin of a Japanese wrestling game, a lot of the finishers are applied to people because of that. Ric Flair's finish is a running seated clothesline because he's a reskin of Giant Baba. Lex Luger finishes with an Octopus Hold because he's Inoki. The funniest is that because Kevin Sullivan is a reskinned Tenryu he's got lots of cool kicks and his finish is a folding powerbomb. All the corresponding counterparts are listed here https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WCW_Wrestling I had the game. WCW Master was goddamned hard if you didn't have a running wheel kick or drop kick. El Gallinero Gros fucked around with this message at 22:09 on Apr 18, 2020 |
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WSAENOTSOCK posted:I don't think Nash got the book until '99. I believe Nash became head booker in February of 99. Did Bischoff check out after that? To an extent, definitely. He still had a lot of insane ideas to try to get back to #1, but he was less involved than he was at the peak. But in mid 98 the loving guy was so into beating Vince that he was out there challenging him to shoot fights on PPV. He wasn't looking for a way out then.
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Scott Steiner transitioning into the Big Bad Booty Daddy gimmick without having the titanic muscles, chain mail, and blond hair and goatee combo is really weird to watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0GxRR0IE
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Steiner Brothers should've been a bigger deal as a tag team and Scott Steiner should've ended Goldberg's streak.
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WSAENOTSOCK posted:Steiner Brothers should've been a bigger deal as a tag team and Scott Steiner should've ended Goldberg's streak. The Steiners were THE WCW tag team during the early NWO days and had excellent runs in the WWF, and AFAIK Japan. They were a pretty big deal all things considered. Scott’s heel turn after coming back from injury was legit shocking. And I agree that Scott should have ended the streak
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Nystral posted:The Steiners were THE WCW tag team during the early NWO days and had excellent runs in the WWF, and AFAIK Japan. They were a pretty big deal all things considered. They didn't really do much in the WWF but they were a big deal in Japan. Probably where they were the biggest stars as a team?
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overmind2000 posted:Scott Steiner transitioning into the Big Bad Booty Daddy gimmick without having the titanic muscles, chain mail, and blond hair and goatee combo is really weird to watch The crazier thing for me was when I was watching a Steiner Screwdriver comp on Youtube and Steiner yells 'THIS IS FOR YOU' to Randy Savage in the announce booth and you realize 'no he wasn't doing a voice, that's just what he sounds like' Also; I remember in 94ish when WCW had this huge international tag tournament that mostly existed to set up a dream match between The Steiners and Gordy/Williams. The Steiners were about as big a deal as you could be as a tag team in the US at the time. ChrisBTY fucked around with this message at 05:34 on Apr 19, 2020 |
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ChrisBTY posted:Gordy/Williams excuse you the Miracle Violence Connection
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There really should have been more Buff Bagwell product endorsements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br4vMhgaBjY zetamind2000 fucked around with this message at 04:07 on Apr 22, 2020 |
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Patty Smyth's "The Warrior" is on the radio and I can't hear that song without thinking of Beau James now. Thanks MRT, you've changed my life.
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as I get older I really appreciate Buff's Swingin Uncle(divorce 3x) energy.
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coconono posted:as I get older I really appreciate Buff's Swingin Uncle(divorce 3x) energy. Buff in his prime would probably be the hottest heel in the WWE today, if they let him just be as douchey as he can.
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Randaconda posted:Buff in his prime would probably be the hottest heel in the WWE today, if they let him just be as douchey as he can. to this day, despite understanding all the mitigating factors, I can't believe that Vince looked at Buff Bagwell and didn't see a giant bag of money superimposed over Buff.
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coconono posted:to this day, despite understanding all the mitigating factors, I can't believe that Vince looked at Buff Bagwell and didn't see a giant bag of money superimposed over Buff. and that's like the 50th worst thing Vince did during the Invasion
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Hi sorry to pop in all random like, but just wanted to say that I'm watching WCW starting from Starrcade 1996, and I really, really like Bobby the Brain's color commentary. Also Dusty Rhodes' has so many funny one liners, I feel like I have to write them all down.
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excellent bird guy posted:Hi sorry to pop in all random like, but just wanted to say that I'm watching WCW starting from Starrcade 1996, and I really, really like Bobby the Brain's color commentary. Also Dusty Rhodes' has so many funny one liners, I feel like I have to write them all down. Bobby is generally a highlight of the show commentary wise and that's saying something as the years keep going and it becomes increasingly clear he's loving wasted and tap dancing around Tony, Mike, or Scott. its a real shame that he wasn't renewed because the company was running out of money and promoted Mark Madden to fill the role
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coconono posted:to this day, despite understanding all the mitigating factors, I can't believe that Vince looked at Buff Bagwell and didn't see a giant bag of money superimposed over Buff. I'm going to headcanon that Buff made Vince feel ashamed about never shooting his stepfather. (There is a very good chance this isn't headcanon).
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ChrisBTY posted:I'm going to headcanon that Buff made Vince feel ashamed about never shooting his stepfather. (There is a very good chance this isn't headcanon). 
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OJ MIST 2 THE DICK posted:Bobby is generally a highlight of the show commentary wise and that's saying something as the years keep going and it becomes increasingly clear he's loving wasted and tap dancing around Tony, Mike, or Scott. There were WCW shows where like 2 hours in it was clear Bobby and Dusty were both completely wasted adn you could hear Tony slipping into his depression.
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yeah, not that it hard to tell, but Brain confirmed a few different times he was completely phoning it in towards the end of his run.
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Pineapple Pete is bad https://twitter.com/SugarDunkerton/status/1253351675273924609
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Ok so .. because it was brought up in some Meltzer discussion on twitter here is a nice little gem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10ih_V2VM3Y Ric Flair vs George South on NWA TV on November 12th, 1988. There is a bit of backstory to this. George South posted:When you got to TV, you found out who would actually work, Ric was scheduled to work for the first time in awhile, but he really didn't want to. He had just gotten in from Pittsburgh after being up all night and he had to catch an early plane to Ohio after the taping. That studio was so cold and he didn't want to work and then have to shower and have that wet hair and rush to the airport. quote:"You know who was actually the best worker back then, was George South .... I got in the ring with him one time and I said, 'Buddy, today you're Ricky Steamboat'. And we tore it down." - Ric Flair, WOOOO! Nation, December 9, 2015 This match went LONG and Ric had him working through TWO ad breaks and this match was in the middle of the show too. Entirely out of the ordinary for a TV match in those days.
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MrBling posted:Ric Flair vs George South on NWA TV on November 12th, 1988. There is a bit of backstory to this. I think it's funny that people in the AEW thread were mad Kenny Omega didn't just squash his jobber and here's Ric Flair giving a jobber he respected as a worker a bit of shine.
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It was fun hearing JR and Schiavone be totally befuddled that this random jobber was kicking Flair's rear end
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Saucer Crab posted:I think it's funny that people in the AEW thread were mad Kenny Omega didn't just squash his jobber and here's Ric Flair giving a jobber he respected as a worker a bit of shine.
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MrBling posted:Ok so .. because it was brought up in some Meltzer discussion on twitter here is a nice little gem. this is rad as hell
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I like the part where JJ Dillon is just standing in front of the camera they're using, giving no fucks.
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Even with them being confused at first, they immediately got into it by saying "well he's got a shot at the world champ, of course he's going to be fired up and giving it his all."
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With that mullet and that wrestling style, he could've called himself Mister South and had a good run as the redneck incarnate gimmick. But alas, his devotion to Jesus kept him humble. Blessed are the job guys, for they shall inherit the hot dogs and handshakes. edit: You've heard of Beyond The Mat. Behold: WITHOUT THE MAT! Animal-Mother fucked around with this message at 02:21 on Apr 26, 2020 |
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I think the Kiss That Don't Miss is the only punch finisher I've ever liked, because of the incredible name.
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Randaconda posted:I think the Kiss That Don't Miss is the only punch finisher I've ever liked, because of the incredible name. I wish I knew how many dumbass hillbilly’s tried to fight Marc mero because they thought he was a sissy and got knocked out by a gold glove boxer because they couldn’t resist bullying someone.
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Little Richard and Also He's a Boxer is a hell of a gimmick TBF.
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oh but seriously I posted:Little Richard and Also He's a Boxer is a hell of a gimmick TBF. way ahead of his time. Marc Mero would have done zillions in AEW.
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Reminder: Heath Slater is also a gden gloves champion. Although I guess he gets into less fights, because what sort of monster would want to hurt such an adorable man?
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If only the Hulk Hogan enizguiri could have helped WCW step up the ratings
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people told me for years that Hogan was good in Japan and when I finally watched the matches they're just every other Hogan match but with wrestling school-level mat wrestling and a few different moves
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