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What happened to the 2011 Money in the Bank thread? I can't find it in the archives.
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Sep 6, 2013 15:00
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Sir Jebus posted:Archive threads are listed by time of last post, and the 2011 MitB thread was bumped a few months after. Not sure exactly when though. Found it in October, thanks!
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Sep 6, 2013 15:05
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Halloween Jack posted:Ultimate Warrior threatened to sabotage the private plane of someone named Ho Kogan and force him to murder his own pilots; did he ever execute his bizarre plan? Warrior raped Santa.
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Jan 17, 2014 19:37
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Onmi posted:Cornette is also... not as good as he used to be booker wise. I mean when he did the guest booking of the inVasion angle I legitimatly thought he had gone full Vince Russo, and complaining that younger talent never gets over and then bringing in the headbangers... I like Corny, I really do but I think he's lost a lot of what he had. His roadmap which ended with the WWF vs WCW main event at WMX7 being Stone Cold vs Mick Foley was just the dumbest loving thing. And I love me some Mick Foley.
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Jan 23, 2014 11:37
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emjayo posted:The injury that put Edge out of the business: is it the sort of thing he has to watch out for in every day life? Say, if he slips on an icy pavement or something. Or does the risk of paralysis come mostly from the impact he would sustain from a wrestling bump? His injury is scheduled for one fall.
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Jan 23, 2014 22:15
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projecthalaxy posted:I thought it was really cool how they had a thing for like a month of Matt Hardy trying to cut to 220 so he could be in the Cruiserweight division in like 2005 or whatever. Or Commissioner Foley making Christian work off a few extra pounds by wearing Kurt Angle's chicken suit 
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Feb 13, 2014 11:14
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Time to have Cena win the title and hold it for 435 days.
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Feb 16, 2014 15:32
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The Wyatts / Shield match on Sunday feels really unique because it's a heel/heel team feud. It's arguably the hottest match on the Elimination Chamber card, and I can't really think of another example that has worked this well. What are some other notable heel/heel team feuds?
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Feb 21, 2014 11:41
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triplexpac posted:I just assume all wrestlers are on steroids all the time. It's easier that way. I loved when CM Punk was on the Nerdist podcast and Chris Hardwick admitted he didn't know much about wrestling, and only used to watch Memphis stuff back in the 70s. Hardwick implied that Punk had the body of a Greek god and his reaction was priceless, clearly the dude had never seen a single wrestler from the modern Age of Roids.
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Feb 21, 2014 15:51
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Halloween Jack posted:What I want to know is how they actually got to officially calling it "The Kliq" and spelling it that way. That's like something my friends and I would do...when we were in first grade. Congrats, you've figured out the entire Kliq mentality. Only you and your friends (probably) didn't make millions off of that poo poo.
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Mar 5, 2014 16:03
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oatgan posted:All of that poo poo was only the problem it became because Vince Russo is a bad writer and had no idea where it was going when he started it The Undertaker's Hower Power is no match for oatgan's glower power! 
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Mar 22, 2014 19:16
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Shima Honnou posted:When someone else's music hits after a match, that means the person/persons with that music are the real and/or new winners of the match. The sound monkeys are the biggest tweeners.
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Apr 4, 2014 11:01
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Has it ever been addressed, in kayfabe, why 'undesirable' wrestlers continue to receive new merch? I mean, Austin had a new shirt every few weeks, despite constantly being on McMahon's shitlost. And Bryan has roughly 50 shirts at the moment, despite being HHH's least favourite person ever. Would have thought it would be one of those things they'd give a nod and a wink to.
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Apr 14, 2014 16:25
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God Of Paradise posted:Cena, I would compare to Hogan when he was winding down with his initial WWF run. Think back about how badly people wanted something different at the end of the 6 years of Hogan. Now picture Hogan never going to WCW, and never turning heel. Picture it being 1996, and Hogan is still leg dropping the monster of the week. Just the same old poo poo. The crowds overwhelmingly boo him, far worse than they ever did Hogan, yet the kids watching at home still tune in and buy his merch. In his defense, I don't think he deserves as much hate as he gets. He's kept away from the title picture. He's open to doing clean jobs. But he was just booked like Hogan for so long, in a period where the WWE was pretending the attitude era never happened, and disregarding their large 18-35 male demographic. There's also the fact that it's not unreasonable to assume Cena has plenty of sway with WWE brass, given how valuable he is to them. There's a perception that he could easily speak up and change the lovely way that he's booked. He's not the one planning the match in which he supermans all over the place and makes his opponent look like a chump, but he undoubtedly has the power to change it if he finds it objectionable. But Cena doesn't. He's a good company man. And so we have a long trail of pushes derailed by short-sighted booking and the Rapadoo express.
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May 7, 2014 15:39
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toanoradian posted:Man, those matches sound interesting. Where should I start with Jesus? He had a hell of a Tables match vs The Moneylenders. One of the few times he really sold the intensity of the storyline.
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May 9, 2014 09:57
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Discount Trombones posted:Titan Towers, probably. "This guy is doing a great job of promoting our brand, but we just can't get behind a shirt mark."
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May 15, 2014 11:21
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Aurain posted:This variant Piledriver used by Mankind looks dangerous as all hell, so it wouldn't surprise me to learn it's the safest one of all. I always liked Mick's modified versions of basic moves, like this, his double-arm DDT and his apron elbow. They looked kinda sketchy and dangerous, while actually being quite safe (for the person taking the move at least). They gave the impression that this guy wasn't 'a trained wrestler' and was a madman who wanted to cause some serious damage. They were good examples of someone's moveset informing the character perfectly.
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May 22, 2014 10:59
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Thauros posted:Yeah, NXT is a lot closer in concept to WWECW than Main Event is with the different roster focusing on young untestablished talent. I just don't see it being easy to create interest in a third main roster show when people already get 3 hours of Raw and 2 hours of Smackdown. I watched Takeover and Payback this week and already feel like I watched way too much loving wrestling. I have no idea how people have managed to do that plus Raw, Smackdown and Main Event.
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Jun 3, 2014 21:41
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MassRafTer posted:a wikipedia joke [citation needed]
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Jun 17, 2014 19:06
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Purple Monkey posted:Why on Botchamania for the Everyone Talks Too Much bit does he use a clip that doesn't feature any talking? It's all part of Kane's plan. Or, it's because Taker grabs HBK by the throat which would stop him talking ok thanks bye.
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Jun 19, 2014 10:44
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Scruffy the janitor posted:Miz's retarded dinosaur Foley's just found the title of his next children's book.
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Jun 27, 2014 17:49
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Halloween Jack posted:Jimmy Carter? Who'd he ever beat? He's history's greatest monster heel!
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Jul 4, 2014 10:50
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Static Rook posted:Here's something I've always wondered: The nwo hand sign/ high five thing is supposed to look like they're passing a joint right? I always thought they were making their hands kiss 
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Jul 9, 2014 15:05
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Roman Reigns is super dreamy and a cool guy and also my friend
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Jul 9, 2014 22:05
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CopywrightMMXI posted:Crippling Droz didn't help. I know it wasn't his fault, but he didn't recursive much if a push after. There was an episode of Heat or Superstars from 1999 where, I swear, D'Lo got at least an 8.5 on the Austin God-pop scale. He was crazy over on this one night, for seemingly no reason. And then he crippled Droz.
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Jul 18, 2014 16:19
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Vince Russo's writing literally killed TNA.
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Jul 28, 2014 23:28
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Listening to Jericho's Goldust / Stardust podcast has me wondering - when did WWE first acknowledge that Goldust was Dusty Rhodes' son?
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Aug 12, 2014 17:45
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Memento posted:Sorry to break up Cena/Lesnar chat, but if someone has a link to the gameday thread from the Pipe Bomb promo that'd be real neato if they could drop it on me. Starts here with everyone freaking out about the Austin shirt. Shine posted:I read the end of the GDT where Punk returned with the belt to Cult of Personality and you could just feel the happiness. For the hell of it, have a link to this thread too. birdlaw fucked around with this message at 15:47 on Aug 14, 2014 |
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Aug 14, 2014 15:43
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Fauxhawk Express posted:There were talks in '98 or so, but quite a few people in WWF (one of whom was HHH) were rather vocal about not wanting him there due to his age. But isn't HHH a huge Flair mark? I mean: Evolution. That seems really weird.
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Aug 17, 2014 20:10
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Thauros posted:What would be the logical top candidates for Randy Orton's best match? His hardcore match against Foley at Backlash 2004 was a thing of ugly beauty. So there's an early one right there.
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Aug 19, 2014 20:25
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Grendels Dad posted:If Gangrel debuted today and people bounced to his theme like they did that one time I'd bet money that the Gangrel Bounce would be a thing pushed so hard by WWE the next few weeks. They're Gangrelling in the aisles, Maggle! I love it!
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Aug 22, 2014 16:06
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sticklefifer posted:Some WWE docs actually do reveal that match results are fixed; they have mentioned plans to "put the title on" someone before, or "drop the belt to" someone. Yeah, like when the Punk documentary talked about how the WHC was taken away from him just because they needed it for the Jericho/HBK feud. Oddly enough, Punk being so devastated in the doc probably helped put the belt over as a bigger deal than the storyline was managing at the time.
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Sep 4, 2014 08:20
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Daniel Bryan posted:The story is also told that Orton was to be the next big thing up until his botched WHC run. He was supposed to get the HHH feud into Mania 21 but Batista got the spot instead. This is a crosspost from the Podcast thread, but I recently watched the Batista doc on the Network, and they seemed to be pretty dismissive of Orton during the entire thing. Was he on the outs for some reason when they made it, or was it just a case of reducing his status because of Randy and Dave's similar career paths?
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Sep 4, 2014 22:10
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BigRed0427 posted:I was listening to the Mick Foley interview on Steve Austin's podcast. THey get around to talking about Marc Mero and...Marc Mero was the first guy to get a guaranteed contract in the WWE? Vince thought Johnny B. Badd was going to be the next big thing. Unfortunately, he got Marc Mero.
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Sep 9, 2014 14:57
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Belonging to the SomethingAwful smart community, thus, exerts its own pressures on the individual smart. There, the smart must perform ‘audiencehood, knowing that other fans will act as a readership for speculation, observation, and commentaries’ (Hills 177).pre:HulkaMatt. “Wrestlehut 2000 Rules and FAQ - Last Update: 2/13/2009 - FRANK MIR FEARS BROCK LESNAR.” SomethingAwful 5 Aug. 2008. 5 Mar. 2009 < http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2922167 >. HulkaMatt. “WWE Discussion is the RICKY STEAMBOAT OWN ZONE for 02/23/09.” SomethingAwful 24 Feb. 2009. 5 Mar. 2009 < http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3085277 >. Jerusalem. “WWE RAW is IN SOVIET RUSSIA, HEART BREAKS YOU for 3/2/09.” SomethingAwful 3 Mar. 2009. 5 Mar. 2009 < http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3089910&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=6 >.
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Sep 10, 2014 08:36
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projecthalaxy posted:You'd probably be a douche too if you were condemned to wake up every day and be Billy Gunn. As Billy Gunn awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic rear end man.
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Sep 10, 2014 15:05
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DrVenkman posted:"WHY ME? WHHHHHY MEEEEE?" Is my absolute favourite bit of bad acting from a wrestler ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihczF88YjYs&t=830s
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Sep 10, 2014 17:27
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Endless Mike posted:Nah, they're really doing very cartoony characters on NXT which really don't translate to the WWE main roster very well. Some can be tweaked a bit, but I don't really think Simon Gotch will ever get over as anything other than comedy jobber. Aiden English *might* but I'm not really convinced. Cartoony gimmicks are fine when they have the angles, matches and mic time required to get them over. It only becomes a problem when a gimmick is the only thing they have going. See: Adam Rose.
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Sep 17, 2014 19:29
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Flameingblack posted:WCW was always willing to eat the non-compete clauses because they had so much money and just wanted to make the impact. Which is ironic, as for the past decade Impact has been spending so much money to make WCW.
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Sep 21, 2014 20:40
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Shima Honnou posted:Whether or not this is true depends on how much you're willing to believe Kevin Nash when he says something. Look at the adjective: believe.
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Sep 23, 2014 12:23
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