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Post by angryfan on Jun 3, 2006 6:23:07 GMT -5
I know ol' Mikey Cole is busy, what with his duties on the dot-com as he says as well as the whole announcing thing, but he's slipping.
I was checking out the "ECW superstars" page, and noticed the Funk bio. They mentioned the ECW titles and the WWE runs, but nowhere did it say NWA Heavyweight Champion. I know, the title is being leased by TNA now, but damn guys, it IS kinda a big part of the Funker's history. Maybe a passing mention?
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Post by Red 'n' Black Reggie on Jun 3, 2006 6:25:43 GMT -5
oh my!
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Post by Matt Rogers on Jun 3, 2006 6:32:42 GMT -5
TNA? What's that?
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Post by The Reverend on Jun 3, 2006 6:35:25 GMT -5
[sarcasm]I think they're some company running out of Tallahassee and the have a show on Sprout or something...[/sarcasm] |
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Post by angryfan on Jun 3, 2006 6:35:33 GMT -5
I can't see much else they missed, but damn, it's a big ommission. From now on, I guess Booker will change one of his catchphrases to "I'm a five time five time five time, five time, five time champion in another company, SUCKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA". DOesn't have the same ring though.
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Post by angryfan on Jun 3, 2006 6:43:58 GMT -5
Christ, there's more. Apparently, and I wasn't aware of this, Tony Mamaluke was an "integral part of the FBI". Really? Somehow I don't think the last guy added to the stable would be "integral" or anything like that. Apparently, though, the only members of FBI were Little Guido and Mamaluke. No Tracy Smothers, no Big Guido...nope, just those tow.
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Post by Dr. Marzvon Zombie M.D. on Jun 3, 2006 7:11:38 GMT -5
Nw..... o yes funk got in a fight with the nwo, whats this nwa nonsence
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Post by The Reverend on Jun 3, 2006 9:13:14 GMT -5
I can't see much else they missed, but damn, it's a big ommission. From now on, I guess Booker will change one of his catchphrases to "I'm a five time five time five time, five time, five time champion in another company, SUCKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA". DOesn't have the same ring though. I think Booker should say 5-Time World Champ, instead of WCW Champ. WCW Champ is kind of demeaning, given the time frame of his reigns. Russo and Arquette also held the belt around that time. |
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Post by Rick Mad on Jun 3, 2006 10:15:31 GMT -5
They list the Titles they own the rights to, I believe. Since they don't have the NWA Title, they're.. probably not going to bring that up.
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Post by rrm15 on Jun 3, 2006 10:20:49 GMT -5
I've always hated how the WWE totally ignores every other wrestling company. If they were to mention TNA in some off-hand coment about a wrestlers past, would that really set TNA's ratings and buyrates on fire? Probably not.
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Post by The F'N Captain on Jun 3, 2006 10:44:36 GMT -5
Vince just doesn't recognize any other wrestling federation not owned by him. He's narrow minded like that.
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on Jun 3, 2006 11:33:49 GMT -5
They just just refer to Terry Funk as a former "World Champion". They do it for Flair, why not Funk? If the WWE would recognize the Big Gold Belt as having the history of the WCW belt they wouldn't run into these problems (and yes I know the WCW didn't really have the history of the NWA belt).
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Post by darthpipes on Jun 3, 2006 12:59:20 GMT -5
With Flair, he has reigns as the WWF, NWA, and WCW World Champion. It's much easier to just say he's a 16-time World Champion. With Funk, they should mention he was an NWA World Champion.
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Post by mrobert21 on Jun 3, 2006 14:04:13 GMT -5
They list the Titles they own the rights to, I believe. Since they don't have the NWA Title, they're.. probably not going to bring that up. Absolutely right, thank you. I have no love for Vince McMahon or Michael Cole, but I really wish the smark community would learn a little anout law and business before going into the "OMG MCMAHON HATES RASSLIN" and "COLE SUX AND HATES FUNK" posts. I guess in the Alltel commercial where they have fakes of the other companies' spokes people, but do not mention their companies by name, they are just trying to keep those companies down and "OMG ALLTEL SUX, THEY ARE HOLDING SPRINT DOWN, BOOOO." The truth is that the NWA, Sprint, Verizon, et cetera are all registered trademarks and if you use their names without permission, you get your ass sued. Vince McMahon owns the names WCW and Jim Crockett Promotions by buying them from Time Warner. He does not own any usage right to the NWA trademarks or the trademarks of most other NWA territories. It is not worth a million dollar law suit to promote Funk as a NWA World champion (a fact that anybody who cares already knows) to make the IWC happy. Believe me, if he called Funk a WCW champion (since NWA really did become WCW no matter what anybody says), the smarks would get pissy about that too. I like Booker T calling himself a 5 time former WCW champion because it is a cute gimmick and is simple. They do not have to get bogged down into technicalities of how his WCW titles won in the WWF were never called World titles and how the WCW titles he won in WCW were only to keep Sonny Onoo from winning a discrimination lawsuit. For Funk who never has held or will hold any WWF titles (1 day reigns excluded), never held any real WCW titles (the rubber barbed wire belt dors not count), and whose overall number of titles does not support the legendary status they want him to have (Funk has wrestled longer than Flair and has about 1/4 the number of title reigns) focussing on his title reigns and their short lengths detracts from his character and persona. Not to mention that writing that Funk held a World title 30 years ago draws attention to what a geezer he is and is hurtful to trying to fool fans into thinking One Night Stand 2 will be any good. |
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Post by wrestlesmarks on Jun 3, 2006 14:10:49 GMT -5
They list the Titles they own the rights to, I believe. Since they don't have the NWA Title, they're.. probably not going to bring that up. Absolutely right, thank you. I have no love for Vince McMahon or Michael Cole, but I really wish the smark community would learn a little anout law and business before going into the "OMG MCMAHON HATES RASSLIN" and "COLE SUX AND HATES FUNK" posts. I guess in the Alltel commercial where they have fakes of the other companies' spokes people, but do not mention their companies by name, they are just trying to keep those companies down and "OMG ALLTEL SUX, THEY ARE HOLDING SPRINT DOWN, BOOOO." The truth is that the NWA, Sprint, Verizon, et cetera are all registered trademarks and if you use their names without permission, you get your ass sued. Vince McMahon owns the names WCW and Jim Crockett Promotions by buying them from Time Warner. He does not own any usage right to the NWA trademarks or the trademarks of most other NWA territories. It is not worth a million dollar law suit to promote Funk as a NWA World champion (a fact that anybody who cares already knows) to make the IWC happy. Believe me, if he called Funk a WCW champion (since NWA really did become WCW no matter what anybody says), the smarks would get pissy about that too. I like Booker T calling himself a 5 time former WCW champion because it is a cute gimmick and is simple. They do not have to get bogged down into technicalities of how his WCW titles won in the WWF were never called World titles and how the WCW titles he won in WCW were only to keep Sonny Onoo from winning a discrimination lawsuit. For Funk who never has held or will hold any WWF titles (1 day reigns excluded), never held any real WCW titles (the rubber barbed wire belt dors not count), and whose overall number of titles does not support the legendary status they want him to have (Funk has wrestled longer than Flair and has about 1/4 the number of title reigns) focussing on his title reigns and their short lengths detracts from his character and persona. Not to mention that writing that Funk held a World title 30 years ago draws attention to what a geezer he is and is hurtful to trying to fool fans into thinking One Night Stand 2 will be any good. OFMFT! |
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Post by KLRA on Jun 3, 2006 14:20:45 GMT -5
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Post by darthpipes on Jun 3, 2006 16:08:24 GMT -5
I noticed that too. It might just be a mistake because I've noticed that kind of mistake in the other ECW title history pages. Though it wouldn't shock me for the WWE to re-write history once again.
Sabu did beat Rhyno at the last ECW One Night Stand...
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Post by mrobert21 on Jun 3, 2006 16:47:42 GMT -5
Get a grip, that is a simple typo, not rewriting history. Sandman beat Corino. Right after Rhyno challenged and beat Sandman on the same show. All they did on this page was get the 2 results reversed. by accident. Sabu and Rhyno was non title. Not mentioning Rhyno now is smart business. They can name a new ECW champion, then in July have the undefeated champion challenge him to unify their belts. Think Michaels / Hall at Wrestlemania 10. |
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Post by Bobafett on Jun 3, 2006 16:50:03 GMT -5
Christ, there's more. Apparently, and I wasn't aware of this, Tony Mamaluke was an "integral part of the FBI". Really? Somehow I don't think the last guy added to the stable would be "integral" or anything like that. Apparently, though, the only members of FBI were Little Guido and Mamaluke. No Tracy Smothers, no Big Guido...nope, just those tow. not forgetting Big Sal |
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Post by jobcena on Jun 3, 2006 17:24:11 GMT -5
They list the Titles they own the rights to, I believe. Since they don't have the NWA Title, they're.. probably not going to bring that up. Absolutely right, thank you. I have no love for Vince McMahon or Michael Cole, but I really wish the smark community would learn a little anout law and business before going into the "OMG MCMAHON HATES RASSLIN" and "COLE SUX AND HATES FUNK" posts. I guess in the Alltel commercial where they have fakes of the other companies' spokes people, but do not mention their companies by name, they are just trying to keep those companies down and "OMG ALLTEL SUX, THEY ARE HOLDING SPRINT DOWN, BOOOO." The truth is that the NWA, Sprint, Verizon, et cetera are all registered trademarks and if you use their names without permission, you get your ass sued. Vince McMahon owns the names WCW and Jim Crockett Promotions by buying them from Time Warner. He does not own any usage right to the NWA trademarks or the trademarks of most other NWA territories. It is not worth a million dollar law suit to promote Funk as a NWA World champion (a fact that anybody who cares already knows) to make the IWC happy. Believe me, if he called Funk a WCW champion (since NWA really did become WCW no matter what anybody says), the smarks would get pissy about that too. I like Booker T calling himself a 5 time former WCW champion because it is a cute gimmick and is simple. They do not have to get bogged down into technicalities of how his WCW titles won in the WWF were never called World titles and how the WCW titles he won in WCW were only to keep Sonny Onoo from winning a discrimination lawsuit. For Funk who never has held or will hold any WWF titles (1 day reigns excluded), never held any real WCW titles (the rubber barbed wire belt dors not count), and whose overall number of titles does not support the legendary status they want him to have (Funk has wrestled longer than Flair and has about 1/4 the number of title reigns) focussing on his title reigns and their short lengths detracts from his character and persona. Not to mention that writing that Funk held a World title 30 years ago draws attention to what a geezer he is and is hurtful to trying to fool fans into thinking One Night Stand 2 will be any good. actually you're only partially right. WWE can mention nwa if it is for historical reasons like a bio. If terry funk really was an nwa champ than wwe has every right to say terry funk was an nwa champ. Where wwe could get sued is if they started saying things like the the grate khailie was an nwa champ or the boogie man is fighting for the x division championship..... |
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