bigmackdaddy
Don Corleone
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Post by bigmackdaddy on Dec 30, 2006 2:17:25 GMT -5
I know he made an appearance or two on TV before Backlash to hype up the angle with Rock and the McMahon-Helmsley faction, and appeared in the flesh at Backlash.
The next time he appeared was a week or two before Unforgiven to hype up his appearance at that show, and of course he appeared there as well.
Then it gets cold again until the week before No Mercy.
This is all going by Graham Cawthon's results mind you, but it seems he didn't appear at all in the month between Unforgiven and No Mercy that year.
Was Unforgiven his official return, or was it a once in awhile appearance like at Backlash?
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Post by Tyfo on Dec 30, 2006 2:32:32 GMT -5
He was kayfabe suspended by Commish Mick Foley because he kept interfering in matches after Foley had told him to stop. Foley said he was suspended until he could find the culprit of who ran over Austin. Then Austin stunned him.
And yes Unforgiven was his official return. However No Mercy against Rikishi was his first match back
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4real
Wade Wilson
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Post by 4real on Dec 30, 2006 9:39:18 GMT -5
I'll never forget the RAW the night after Unforgiven when Austin was in the ring with Benoit & Angle at the start of the show and gave them both stunners. Seeing Austin in the ring with 2 new guys he never faced before seemed fresh and exciting.
Then later in the night Benoit headbutted Stephanie. What a moment.
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bigmackdaddy
Don Corleone
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Post by bigmackdaddy on Dec 30, 2006 21:17:48 GMT -5
Between Rock and Austin, who got the bigger pops then?
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Dec 30, 2006 21:42:33 GMT -5
I'll never forget the RAW the night after Unforgiven when Austin was in the ring with Benoit & Angle at the start of the show and gave them both stunners. Seeing Austin in the ring with 2 new guys he never faced before seemed fresh and exciting. Then later in the night Benoit headbutted Stephanie. What a moment. First Raw on TNN, live from Penn State. The real best part of the show: The debut of Edge doing the spear while Jeff Hardy is hanging from the belts during a ladder match. Everyone thinks they invented that at WM X7...everyone's wrong.... |
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Post by -Lithium- on Dec 31, 2006 0:53:25 GMT -5
If you think about it, 01 shoulda been one of the best years. It was the first year they finally had ALL the big guys like Rock, Austin, and HHH wrestling at the same time. Then there were a bunch more big main eventers in Angle, Beniot, Y2J, Kane, Taker, Show...
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Jiren
Patti Mayonnaise
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Post by Jiren on Dec 31, 2006 1:11:32 GMT -5
If you think about it, 01 shoulda been one of the best years. It was the first year they finally had ALL the big guys like Rock, Austin, and HHH wrestling at the same time. Then there were a bunch more big main eventers in Angle, Beniot, Y2J, Kane, Taker, Show... The first half of 2001 was great, Then IT happend and ruined the rest of it. |
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Dec 31, 2006 1:13:53 GMT -5
If you think about it, 01 shoulda been one of the best years. It was the first year they finally had ALL the big guys like Rock, Austin, and HHH wrestling at the same time. Then there were a bunch more big main eventers in Angle, Beniot, Y2J, Kane, Taker, Show... Trips and Bens were out by June. It started well. Wrestlemania X7 is generally regarded as one of the best WMs. They made some progress in trying to elevate some new faces (Benoit and Jericho's feud with Austin in May/June, Jeff Hardy winning the IC title), but then something INVASION happened that sort of INVASION sidetracked where they INVASION going with the INVASION product. Oh well. |
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Post by -Lithium- on Dec 31, 2006 1:25:38 GMT -5
Yeah 01 deffinatly was one of the most entertaining years, but you wouldnt know by the ratings...
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