Why do people think Rikishi's........

[TheDieselTrain]

Fall from the HIAC was no big deal?

I finally saw the 6 man HIAC yesterday and the truck bed he landed on was about the same height as the announce table.

OMGZZZZ but......but he landed in hay!!!!!!!!

There wasnt even a large amount of hay that he landed in. Not like hay will even break your fall.

Its not like Shane O'Mac doesn't land on crash pads when he does his high jumps.

[Deleted]

When a skinny dude falls, it should be less a deal.

When a fat man falls, that's gonna hurt a lot.

[britishbulldog]

The problem with the fall is it failes to equal Foley's 2 falls which is what they were trying to live up too. i am happy that they have stopped doing the tossed off the cell bit in these matches

[Dynamite Kid]

The hay thing tarnished it, yeah. But it was also lacking in the emotion of Foley's ones, Foley's were unexpected, or in the second match, direct references to his other ones. Plus, Foley got up. That's what made them all the more amazing. They were shocking, new, emotional. Plus, he really flew, whereas Rikishi - and I'm not trying to downplay it - just kinda got pushed off lightly. And at the point Rikishi was at once of his nadirs as far as being over as a heel. Nobody cared.

[Rubix Cube Johnny]

I'm still waiting for the day we see a swanton bomb off the cell. I'd mark so hard my guts would turn inside out.

[Dynamite Kid]

If Hardy ends up a credible main eventer, it could happen.

[Klutch]

I think its the fact that you can see that he landed on a pad under the hay, look closely you can see something else there besides just hay.

[TheDieselTrain]

cubixcubejohnny said:

I'm still waiting for the day we see a swanton bomb off the cell. I'd mark so hard my guts would turn inside out.

I wrote this in the other thread about him but in 1999 on RAW he missed a swanton off the top of the cage.

He went SPLAT!!!!!!!

[ntb]

I always thought his splash from the cage match he had with Val Venis was far more impressive.

[TheDieselTrain]

ntb said:

I always thought his splash from the cage match he had with Val Venis was far more impressive.

Yea I was suprised they didn't end the match after that.

[britishbulldog]

That cage match was awsome

[Cactus Jack]

Are you talking about the Fully Loaded 2000 match?

Yeah, that rocked.

[Ridley]

I think people would have cared more if it was the chokeslam Undertaker 'promised' them by grabbing Rikishi's throat.

[azz0r]

The reason it sucks in my opinion is because it was so forced and poorly done.

For a start the taker doesnt choke slam him, he just lightly pushes him back by the throat. Also Rikishi is as stiff as a board, he literally just falls back like a slab of crap.

Also Rikishi was failing to get over as a credible heel and at the time I hated the guy the same way I hated X-pac.

[BIG DUNC]

To be fair though would i f*** fall backwards from that height onto anything.

[italliansausagepat]

This was the last time I remember Val with any gold, anyway here is the fully loaded match with rikishis splash on val.
www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/wwe+fully+loaded/video/x1s59k_rikishi-vs-val-venis-cage-match_events

[Mozenrath]

ntb said:

I always thought his splash from the cage match he had with Val Venis was far more impressive.

That was pretty cool, yeah.

[franchisedavis]

that splash was great.

I loved when the under/mid card matches actually meant something