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abraxas posted:Apparently Alex Wright moved his wrestling school to the city I live in? I just googled him and I could pay his place a visit after work if I wanted to. I'd rather not though, because I'm a fat, old and out of shape man who would probably get his rear end kicked post haste. just go and do the dance he'll instantly take you on as a protege.
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I don't know if it's like this everywhere but at my school the refs trained the same as the wrestlers. Also, a lot of people seem to show up in not great shape and then get better. In fact, the people who showed up ripped and super athletic bailed on classes way sooner than anyone else I saw.
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abraxas posted:Apparently Alex Wright moved his wrestling school to the city I live in? I just googled him and I could pay his place a visit after work if I wanted to. I'd rather not though, because I'm a fat, old and out of shape man who would probably get his rear end kicked post haste. I hate you.
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Ganso Bomb posted:I don't know if it's like this everywhere but at my school the refs trained the same as the wrestlers. My local school holds tryouts for prospects and oftentimes these athletic guys would not make the cut. Usually the reason was that they did not listen.
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If I could go back in time I'd go to a wrestling school right after graduating high school
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Better Than You posted:If I could go back in time I'd go to a wrestling school right after graduating high school Thats what I did! Grandma gave me $1000 dollars when i graduated and I gave that to carnies in $100 increments for like 9 weeks. I was 18, weighed like 110 pounds and a was a lithe hairless wonder. I could run circles around all the big guys but when it came to taking bumps and running ropes I had no extra padding and got turned into a human bruise.
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Better Than You posted:I don't think Bret had "cross-promoting with a second-rate sketch comedy show" in mind when he signed that multi-million dollar contract with WCW Weirdly, Bret was doing stuff with Mad TV before he even made the jump. There used to be a guy on the show whose deal was that he'd walk out in a towel, soaking wet, and would go on these intense rants that started with, "YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE?!" or "YOU KNOW WHAT I HATE?!" and the crowd would shout back, "WHAT?!" One time there was a short bit where he screamed about liking wrestling, but hated that guy who kept referring to himself as "the Hitman" and "the best there is." All the while, Bret quietly stood behind him. Once the guy realized it, he yelled, "SHAWN MICHAELS! THAT'S WHO I HATE!"
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Wasn't there also a skit where a kid was getting bullied by his family so he enlisted Bret to be his bodyguard of sorts? I think that was before he jumped too if it ever existed and wasn't just a fever dream.
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Bret was also in the show lonesome dove. Which was a Wild West show and I believe syndicated.
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The American Dream posted:Bret was also in the show lonesome dove. Which was a Wild West show and I believe syndicated. As a young kid growing up in Calgary who hadn’t quite discovered wrestling yet, I remember this episode getting a ton of local promotion. The whole time I was confused, who the gently caress was this Brett Heart guy and why the gently caress did anyone care? I was/still am a dumb kid.
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I like Bret Hart because he’s got family values, he’s loyal, he really genuinely likes his fans, even though he may hate the morals of America. He really inspired me to do many different things in my life. He taught me that I have a gift and to use it to it’s fullest potential. And now I’m going to school for computer graphics, and I owe it all to Bret. Four years ago, I never would have gone to school, but when I started liking Bret, everything changed.
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Rusty Shackelford posted:I like Bret Hart because he’s got family values, he’s loyal, he really genuinely likes his fans, even though he may hate the morals of America. He really inspired me to do many different things in my life. He taught me that I have a gift and to use it to it’s fullest potential. And now I’m going to school for computer graphics, and I owe it all to Bret. Four years ago, I never would have gone to school, but when I started liking Bret, everything changed. Omfg I loved that clip
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Rusty Shackelford posted:I like Bret Hart because he’s got family values, he’s loyal, he really genuinely likes his fans, even though he may hate the morals of America. He really inspired me to do many different things in my life. He taught me that I have a gift and to use it to it’s fullest potential. And now I’m going to school for computer graphics, and I owe it all to Bret. Four years ago, I never would have gone to school, but when I started liking Bret, everything changed. [Borat Voice] High five! [/Borat Voice]
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Sandman McMahon posted:As a young kid growing up in Calgary who hadn’t quite discovered wrestling yet, I remember this episode getting a ton of local promotion. The whole time I was confused, who the gently caress was this Brett Heart guy and why the gently caress did anyone care? I was/still am a dumb kid. As a young kid growing up in central New York, I'd always turn to Lonesome Dove when I saw it on the preview channel hoping I'd see Bret and I never did. I wish we could have traded Lonesome Dove experiences.
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Ganso Bomb posted:As a young kid growing up in central New York, I'd always turn to Lonesome Dove when I saw it on the preview channel hoping I'd see Bret and I never did. I wish we could have traded Lonesome Dove experiences. To add to this: After getting into wrestling spring/summer ‘98 a kid I met at school told me about the totally awesome ppv his uncle took him to the year before and it was probably the best show ever. Obviously I knew WWF would never ever hold a ppv in Calgary and this kid was a lying piece of poo poo 
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Rusty Shackelford posted:I like Bret Hart because he’s got family values, he’s loyal, he really genuinely likes his fans, even though he may hate the morals of America. He really inspired me to do many different things in my life. He taught me that I have a gift and to use it to it’s fullest potential. And now I’m going to school for computer graphics, and I owe it all to Bret. Four years ago, I never would have gone to school, but when I started liking Bret, everything changed. This post made me watch Wrestling With Shadows again so thank you.
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Rusty Shackelford posted:And now I’m going to school for computer graphics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTPsZUJtwPw&t=35s
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Oh man, I was hoping that was an ad for ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
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I finally completed a collection of the WCW WOTC Card game and was quite amused by the wrestlers they included in the game and the ratings they assigned them: Nitro Set: Berlyn (5) Billy Kidman (6) Bret Hart (10) Buff Bagwell (7) Diamond Dallas Page (6) Disco Inferno (3) Goldberg (10) Jeff Jarrett (8) Kevin Nash (9) Rey Mysterio Jr (2) Scott Hall (3) Sid (7) Sting (8) The Total Package (7) Hardcore Expansion: Big Poppa Pump (7) Brian Knobbs (6) Hollywood Hogan (7) Norman Smiley (3) Ric Flair (5) Tank Abbott (9) Terry Funk (5) Vampiro (8) It would take at least 3 Rey Mysterio Jrs to take out 1 Brian Knobbs, that's just scientific fact. Of particular note is Terry Funk's special ability - "Once a round, if none of the damage from one of your attacks is stopped and the ref is distracted, you may hit your opponent with a chicken" I also enjoy that Shane Douglas is all over the other cards and the actual box of the Hardcore Expansion but is not actually a wrestler you can use. Tato fucked around with this message at 18:08 on Oct 29, 2020 |
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Story of Shane Douglas' career.
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Tato posted:I also enjoy that Shane Douglas is all over the other cards and the actual box of the Hardcore Expansion but is not actually a wrestler you can use. lmao
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Sandman McMahon posted:To add to this: After getting into wrestling spring/summer ‘98 a kid I met at school told me about the totally awesome ppv his uncle took him to the year before and it was probably the best show ever. Obviously I knew WWF would never ever hold a ppv in Calgary and this kid was a lying piece of poo poo How did you manage being a kid in Calgary and not know the Harts?
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Adaptabullshit posted:How did you manage being a kid in Calgary and not know the Harts? Eh, less unbelievable in the 90's. The Harts are big deals in Alberta in general but despite Bret and Owen's stardom I'd say they meant more to the region in the 70's and 80's when Stampede was part of Canadian culture in general and TV was basically the only form of home entertainment and Stampede Wrestling was big enough that it was part of the actual Calgary Stampede.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Eh, less unbelievable in the 90's. The Harts are big deals in Alberta in general but despite Bret and Owen's stardom I'd say they meant more to the region in the 70's and 80's when Stampede was part of Canadian culture in general and TV was basically the only form of home entertainment and Stampede Wrestling was big enough that it was part of the actual Calgary Stampede. I’d mostly agree with this. At 10 years old without any friends/family into wrestling it was actually pretty easy to miss. Even these days, most people I talk to are usually aware of the Hart family in name only. Most are surprised to learn how big of a deal Bret actually was in the industry. To get really depressing, way too many people don’t even know who Owen was. Some people are aware a Hart family member died in the ring, but that’s about it. Edit: thinking about it more, the first time I heard of Bret was either the Lonesome Dove thing, or when the Hitmen started playing. Not sure which came first. Either way, both times I had no idea who he was or why anyone cared. Sandman from ECW fucked around with this message at 23:57 on Oct 29, 2020 |
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Since this thread is supposed to be about The WCW I just wanna throw out that I recently learned there’s a Goldberg/Bret Hart action figure set that specifically recreates the time that stupid idiot Goldberg tried to spear Bret in Canada and got owned like the stupid idiot he is. Hockey jerseys and steel plates are a deadly combination.
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Sandman McMahon posted:Since this thread is supposed to be about The WCW I just wanna throw out that I recently learned there’s a Goldberg/Bret Hart action figure set that specifically recreates the time that stupid idiot Goldberg tried to spear Bret in Canada and got owned like the stupid idiot he is. Hockey jerseys and steel plates are a deadly combination. That was supposed to be the start of his big push, and he was gonna' wrestle Kevin Nash on the Tonight Show after quitting WCW in that segment, but then Owen died.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkbpjbVtGo8 Sid in 2000 WCW was getting a better reaction than most WWE superstars in the last few years. Then again this is Sid. He is pro-wrestling incarnate.
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NikkolasKing posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkbpjbVtGo8 Sid had a better powerbomb than Kevin Nash so fans had to love him
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Main takeaway from that clip: Mark Madden was godawful
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NikkolasKing posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkbpjbVtGo8 Sid has the kind of weird, not sure if he's actually a human being, charisma that very few wrestlers have.
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rujasu posted:Main takeaway from that clip: Mark Madden was godawful He leaned so loving hard into the wacky/edgy morning DJ shtick and even in 2000 it was really fuckin' tired.
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Tina, buy the raft you fat lard.
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I keep forgetting how good Sid's career was, I mean 5 world titles in both WCW/WWE during the peak eraquote:Sid was dubbed as undefeated having a winning streak much like Goldberg had previously; although, the majority of this streak was due to Sid coming to the ring and power bombing wrestlers already in a match or immediately following their match and thus "defeating" them. The best gimmick vvv my bad, i just looked at the years... 
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Hirez posted:I keep forgetting how good Sid's career was, I mean 5 world titles in both WCW/WWE during the peak era None of those titles were during either companies peaks. In fact they were at the opposite end of the spectrum!
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