Lardlad
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Post by Lardlad on Jun 13, 2011 13:31:34 GMT -5
This made me L :oL
From JR's blog:
"Kevin Nash told us at the taping of the WWE Legends Roundtable last week that years ago when I mentioned on Raw one Monday night that I was going to bring back 'Diesel and Razor' next week, that WCW attorneys freaked out because Nash and Hall had only signed 'deal memos' and not their final contracts.
To expedite the final, final contract signing WCW, to make sure that 'Razor and Diesel' wouldn't appear on Monday Night Raw, apparently threw another $400K to each guy to get the deal done ASAP which happened in a sports bar inside the CNN Center. Then, TBS flew the two men home in a private jet. Yep...WCW legal beagles actually believed what 'Good Ol J.R.' said while in TV mode and they quickly spend another $800K of their company's money."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2011 13:34:22 GMT -5
Once again proving why WCW was the stupidest wrestling promotion in history.
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Post by mystikz on Jun 13, 2011 13:34:30 GMT -5
recently it was lol TNA but back then it was LOL WCW
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Jun 13, 2011 13:34:32 GMT -5
That's brilliant. Granted, they probably made it back at least twice over in the next year from Nash and Hall coming in to be the NWO, but still, what a buncha maroons.
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Post by derrtaysouth95 on Jun 13, 2011 13:37:44 GMT -5
Once again proving why WCW was the stupidest wrestling promotion in history. TNA is trying to give them a run for their *ahem* money. |
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Post by zeez on Jun 13, 2011 13:45:27 GMT -5
When did JR say that? Was that when they had the fake Diesel and fake Razor?
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Post by Citizen Zero on Jun 13, 2011 14:05:00 GMT -5
To be fair, given the big plans they had for Hall and Nash, I can see why they'd take the extra precautions.
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Post by s l i k on Jun 13, 2011 14:20:55 GMT -5
This made me L :oL From JR's blog: "Kevin Nash told us at the taping of the WWE Legends Roundtable last week that years ago when I mentioned on Raw one Monday night that I was going to bring back 'Diesel and Razor' next week, that WCW attorneys freaked out because Nash and Hall had only signed 'deal memos' and not their final contracts. To expedite the final, final contract signing WCW, to make sure that 'Razor and Diesel' wouldn't appear on Monday Night Raw, apparently threw another $400K to each guy to get the deal done ASAP which happened in a sports bar inside the CNN Center. Then, TBS flew the two men home in a private jet. Yep...WCW legal beagles actually believed what 'Good Ol J.R.' said while in TV mode and they quickly spend another $800K of their company's money." This both further proves the theory that Jim Ross is amazing and that WCW was run by idiotic morons who loved to "hand out money" |
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jun 13, 2011 14:29:36 GMT -5
This made me L :oL From JR's blog: "Kevin Nash told us at the taping of the WWE Legends Roundtable last week that years ago when I mentioned on Raw one Monday night that I was going to bring back 'Diesel and Razor' next week, that WCW attorneys freaked out because Nash and Hall had only signed 'deal memos' and not their final contracts. To expedite the final, final contract signing WCW, to make sure that 'Razor and Diesel' wouldn't appear on Monday Night Raw, apparently threw another $400K to each guy to get the deal done ASAP which happened in a sports bar inside the CNN Center. Then, TBS flew the two men home in a private jet. Yep...WCW legal beagles actually believed what 'Good Ol J.R.' said while in TV mode and they quickly spend another $800K of their company's money." This both further proves the theory that Jim Ross is amazing and that WCW was run by idiotic Eric Bischoff who loved to "hand out money" fixed. I hope he doesn't track me down and flame me. |
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Post by Big L on Jun 13, 2011 15:16:55 GMT -5
Idiots!
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Post by "Handsome" Whitey Fats on Jun 13, 2011 15:59:55 GMT -5
Once again proving why WCW was the stupidest wrestling promotion in history. TNA is worse. WCW actually made a crapton of money for a few years, and their ratings at the time of death were much higher than TNA's |
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Post by Big Daddy Bad Booking on Jun 13, 2011 16:03:45 GMT -5
Once again proving why WCW was the stupidest wrestling promotion in history. TNA is worse. WCW actually made a crapton of money for a few years, and their ratings at the time of death were much higher than TNA's Flip the other side of the coin: WCW lost more money in 2000 than TNA could ever hope to make in its entire existance. Also, WCW was nothing more than a blip in the pan to Ted Turner, while TNA is raised almost entirely on family funds and Spike TV. |
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Post by Urfarkendarf on Jun 13, 2011 16:56:55 GMT -5
TNA is worse. WCW actually made a crapton of money for a few years, and their ratings at the time of death were much higher than TNA's Flip the other side of the coin: WCW lost more money in 2000 than TNA could ever hope to make in its entire existance. Also, WCW was nothing more than a blip in the pan to Ted Turner, while TNA is raised almost entirely on family funds and Spike TV. This is a bit of a misnomer. TNA started out as a family business that were bought by the Carters and are actually controlled by an energy corporation (Panda Energy). Spike didn't get involved until 2005, well after Panda held the controlling interest (2002). And while WCW was owned by gajillionaire Turner, the birth of WCW can be traced back to the southern family-owned territories like JCW. The flipside of the coin is actually that TNA were bought out by a much smaller conglomerate than Turner. The parallels otherwise between TNA and WCW are numerous. |
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Post by Chuckie Finster on Jun 13, 2011 17:12:01 GMT -5
I actually went to that sports bar at the CNN Center on Wrestlemania weekend. Makes me wish I knew that tidbit beforehand.
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Jake, The Jake, Jake
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Post by Jake, The Jake, Jake on Jun 13, 2011 17:43:48 GMT -5
More importantly, Nash is doing Legends Roundtables? Awesome.
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Post by lordkain316 on Jun 13, 2011 21:34:04 GMT -5
This doesn't surprise me one bit.
This is the same company that paid The Iron Sheik $350,000 a year from 89 to 94 to sit a home and do nothing hell Sheik even worked for the WWE again back in 91 while WCW were still paying him for god's sake.
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Post by DSR on Jun 13, 2011 22:17:21 GMT -5
More importantly, Nash is doing Legends Roundtables? Awesome. Yes, that is very very cool. And this story is hilarious. |
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Post by fizzeewater on Jun 13, 2011 22:24:15 GMT -5
This doesn't surprise me one bit. This is the same company that paid The Iron Sheik $350,000 a year from 89 to 94 to sit a home and do nothing hell Sheik even worked for the WWE again back in 91 while WCW were still paying him for god's sake. Are you effing serious? I never heard that one. I did hear they paid Lanny Poffo 150k a year for years and never used him once. And they paid Master P's henchman Swoll 400k a year even though he was completely worthless. This was the same year they refused to give Jericho the modest raise he wanted. |
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Post by hargh on Jun 14, 2011 0:58:36 GMT -5
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Post by cherry coloured funk on Jun 14, 2011 1:17:08 GMT -5
This is funny, and I miss WCW both for the lolz and the occasionally consistent good wrestling, but I don't see how any of this has anything to do with TNA.
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helped $lim jinx NXT. Woops
