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Post by Cvslfc123 on Jul 24, 2014 5:52:26 GMT -5
Did he actually come out to "Back In Black" that night? I can't find any footage of it.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Jul 24, 2014 6:55:04 GMT -5
I wish he'd come back. if WWE insists on having evil authority figures, he's one of the only ones who ever did it right.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jul 24, 2014 7:20:01 GMT -5
I remember earlier in the night, Shane was talking to Vince about the new GM coming in, and he advised him not to do it because of what a untrustworthy S.O.B he was. They should have left it at that, and NOT shown the Booker T thing
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Post by thecrusherwi on Jul 24, 2014 7:27:11 GMT -5
I really don't get why they showed him backstage before having him come out to the ring. To initially stun the audience and get them buzzing in the arena asking "what the hell was that???" before the full reveal I always suspected it was done for a cool reaction, but also to test if the crowd knew who he was. There wasn't as much crossover between WWF and WCW fans in the later years of the MNWs so there may have been concerns that people might not remember who he was. I remember I had two friends who were not big WCW fans call me during the commercial break to ask me who that was (they recognized him, but couldn't remember where they knew him from)
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jul 24, 2014 9:24:59 GMT -5
To initially stun the audience and get them buzzing in the arena asking "what the hell was that???" before the full reveal I always suspected it was done for a cool reaction, but also to test if the crowd knew who he was. There wasn't as much crossover between WWF and WCW fans in the later years of the MNWs so there may have been concerns that people might not remember who he was. I remember I had two friends who were not big WCW fans call me during the commercial break to ask me who that was (they recognized him, but couldn't remember where they knew him from) I think the #1 reason is to try to get people to call their friends and tell them what they just saw.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jul 24, 2014 9:34:13 GMT -5
Did he actually come out to "Back In Black" that night? I can't find any footage of it. Yes, he did. WWE has dubbed over it with his WWE theme for DVD and re-airings.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 24, 2014 9:35:49 GMT -5
I really don't get why they showed him backstage before having him come out to the ring. Wasn't it before a commercial break? Either way, I think they wanted to give fans a chance to call their friends for a "HOLY SHIT, TURN ON RAW" ratings bump.
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Post by Mr. Medium Shot on Jul 24, 2014 9:59:39 GMT -5
Bischoff showing up on RAW was truly one of the last game-changing surprises in WWE. Even my 14-year-old self, having only seen the tail end of the Monday Night Wars, was totally shocked.
And I concur that showing him backstage with Booker T was an effort to get more people watching at the top of the hour. As Bischoff said during that very promo, "It was a little aggressive, but it worked."
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Post by bob on Jul 24, 2014 13:19:38 GMT -5
Two things:
1) I was completely and utterly shocked as I never thought I'd ever see Bischoff on RAW.
2) That it was completely and utterly stupid that they showed him backstage talking o Booker T right before the big announcement.
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Post by SenorCrest on Jul 24, 2014 14:17:35 GMT -5
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Post by Captain & Diet on Jul 24, 2014 19:41:54 GMT -5
1. OMFG I need to check the temperature in hell
2. I wish they wouldn't spoil shit with a backstage vignette. They did that with the saveus.Jericho return and it kinda ruined the moment.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 22:06:43 GMT -5
When it happened, my jaw dropped. By the end of his promo, which reminded me of those Chris Farley interviews on SNL "remember when....when you were in the Beatles?", I was complely underwhelemed
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 24, 2014 22:17:30 GMT -5
They botched it by having Bischoff be friends with Vince. He should have sought revenge for WCW's collapse.
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