Burst
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Post by Burst on Dec 9, 2012 19:21:40 GMT -5
Whatever happened to this? It seems like you had a good deal of this in the early to mid 90's and then it disappeared during the Attitude Era. Sid and Jeff Jarrett are probably the two people with the most memorable sort of thing, but even Warrior had it for a little bit:  Other than the impracticality of storing it up high and WWE seemingly not liking to have too much rigged to the ceiling anymore, I don't know why we haven't seen anything similar in a long time, other than stage pyro being simpler albeit less unique to arrange. |
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Post by Chardee MacDennis on Dec 9, 2012 19:25:16 GMT -5
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Dec 9, 2012 19:26:15 GMT -5
I remember Marc Mero had one that had loads of Catherine Wheels on it. It looked pretty decent when all the fireworks actually worked properly.
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mizerable
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Post by mizerable on Dec 9, 2012 19:27:50 GMT -5
Yeah, nothing topped the simplicity of that. I loved that pyro. |
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Post by PKO on Dec 9, 2012 19:32:49 GMT -5
Someone should bring them back.
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Dec 9, 2012 19:34:28 GMT -5
I remember Marc Mero had one that had loads of Catherine Wheels on it. It looked pretty decent when all the fireworks actually worked properly. ....which rarely happened. |
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mizerable
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Post by mizerable on Dec 9, 2012 19:34:50 GMT -5
Ziggler would be a good candidate for that.
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Post by Andrew is Good on Dec 9, 2012 19:37:03 GMT -5
Primo had the sparklers before, some old school pyro for him. That, or they didn't want to pay for more expensive pyro for him at the time.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Dec 9, 2012 19:37:22 GMT -5
I remember Marc Mero had one that had loads of Catherine Wheels on it. It looked pretty decent when all the fireworks actually worked properly. ....which rarely happened. Yep. There were pretty much always at least two wheels that didn't spin properly. I even remember Sunny (I think it was Survivor Series 1996) on commentary making comments about how Sable shouldn't stand too close to the fireworks as her implants may catch fire (or something like that). |
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BigBadZ
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Post by BigBadZ on Dec 9, 2012 19:48:55 GMT -5
Great pyro??  |
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Post by celticjobber on Dec 9, 2012 19:52:01 GMT -5
I remember an old promo with Stone Cold going on about how he didn't need "sparklers" to get over, and he made them sound really lame. So maybe that's around the time WWE phased them out.
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Post by xCompackx on Dec 9, 2012 21:12:19 GMT -5
I want to see that pyro that goes down the ramp, around the ring, and back up the ramp like in the SvR games.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2012 21:38:31 GMT -5
I remember an old promo with Stone Cold going on about how he didn't need "sparklers" to get over, and he made them sound really lame. So maybe that's around the time WWE phased them out. It's like what Beavis & Butthead did to Winger, or The Big Lebowski to The Eagles. |
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Post by wildojinx on Dec 9, 2012 22:45:37 GMT -5
I remember an old promo with Stone Cold going on about how he didn't need "sparklers" to get over, and he made them sound really lame. So maybe that's around the time WWE phased them out. It's like what Beavis & Butthead did to Winger, or The Big Lebowski to The Eagles. Its also why you never saw anyone in pink tights (aside from bret) until Austin retired. |
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Jimmy
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Post by Jimmy on Dec 10, 2012 4:34:51 GMT -5
I remember Marc Mero had one that had loads of Catherine Wheels on it. It looked pretty decent when all the fireworks actually worked properly. ....which rarely happened. The best was HBK's in-ring pyro, which he usually ended up giving up on before it finally went off. |
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Dec 10, 2012 4:45:24 GMT -5
The Spirit Squad had the spinning sparklers for a while as well, I believe.
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JCBaggee
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Post by JCBaggee on Dec 10, 2012 5:30:05 GMT -5
Ziggler would be a good candidate for that. Yeah, having a big pyro show before his matches would really help the completely ill-advised and unrealized "Show Off" gimmick. "Look guys, I do handstands when I do choke holds, and I sometimes take an extra few seconds to pin somebody!" Sigh. |
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