rra
King Koopa
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Post by rra on Jan 26, 2008 14:36:57 GMT -5
Just kidding Jed.  |
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rra
King Koopa
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Post by rra on Jan 26, 2008 14:45:08 GMT -5
9/11 would have never happened, war in the Middle East would end and gas would be $1.25 a gallon. Someone, cue up Mick Foley JPG, giving the thumbs up! |
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RobFRules
Mephisto
Finally, I'm back! *crickets chirping*
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Post by RobFRules on Jan 26, 2008 14:50:02 GMT -5
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Post by xcv on Jan 26, 2008 17:34:20 GMT -5
Wrestling would probably have a better reputation.
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Jan 26, 2008 17:40:37 GMT -5
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Post by Ridley on Jan 26, 2008 18:51:30 GMT -5
Wrestling would probably have a better reputation. More like a small, short lived media uproar that some politician didn't get it and someone looking at any relationship between wrestling and violence in children, or wrestling and drugs in children or Matt and Jeff Hardy: wrestling children.  |
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Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Blames Everything On Snitsky. Yes, Even THAT.
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Post by default on Jan 26, 2008 18:53:33 GMT -5
Foley would be finishing up his second term as President.
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Dean-o
Grimlock
Haha we're having fun Maggle!
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Post by Dean-o on Jan 26, 2008 19:07:11 GMT -5
It would be just another reminder as to just how big wrestling was back then.
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randomranter
Dennis Stamp
When you grow up....... YOU'RE GONNA BE WROOOOOONG!!!!
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Post by randomranter on Jan 26, 2008 19:11:34 GMT -5
It wouldn't have happened. Foley's nomination was a joke that went further than most people expected. If he had a real chance of winning, Time would have simply pulled his name from the running.
There is absolutely NO way a respected magazine like Time was going to let "some 'rasslin guy" win their award.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jan 26, 2008 19:13:16 GMT -5
Wrestling would probably have a better reputation. Considering 1998 was before wrestlers started falling from ceilings, dropping dead at an early age by the truckload, and commiting unspeakable acts of atrocity, I highly doubt that would end up being the case. |
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Reverend BTY
Hank Scorpio
Christian Troy: God's Gift
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Post by Reverend BTY on Jan 26, 2008 19:13:38 GMT -5
If Foley would win, people would go "that's odd" and move on with their lives.
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Post by 01010010 01101001 01100011 on Jan 26, 2008 19:17:20 GMT -5
If he had a real chance of winning, Time would have simply pulled his name from the running. I believe they did. He was winning (or in the top 3 of) the online vote when they pulled him from the poll. |
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Post by Aceorton on Jan 26, 2008 19:31:07 GMT -5
If Time is foolish enough to open its poll to the general public and invite votes for literally anyone in the world, my feeling is they should be prepared to hold up the result, even if it's someone totally ridiculous. Hey, you asked, right? This is who the public selected. It's not as if real people didn't cast real votes.
Otherwise, what's the point? If you can remove a wrestler from the voting by shrugging it off as a big prank, what's to stop you from removing a mass murderer, or a divisive political figure, or a cheesy teen idol with a vocal fanbase? You can find a reason to disqualify anyone.
Didn't they nix Osama Bin Laden as Man of the Year one year, because they knew it wouldn't sit well with some people?
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jan 26, 2008 19:32:22 GMT -5
Bin Laden was in the running in 2001. They went with Rudy Giuliani.
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wildojinx
Wade Wilson
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Post by wildojinx on Jan 26, 2008 20:33:13 GMT -5
Wasnt it only for the online poll and not the actual magazine? Hmm,,while we're at it, what if flair won most beautiful person for 1998?
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dsriggs
Samurai Cop
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Post by dsriggs on Jan 27, 2008 3:08:15 GMT -5
Wasn't Ric Flair leading the TIME Man of the Century counting in '99 before they removed him?
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