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Post by The Tank on Oct 3, 2014 14:19:06 GMT -5
I'm really not a fan of this current storyline where everyone is leaving, the roster sucks, and it looks like it's when, not if, the company is going to shut down. I have no idea where they're going with it, but...
...what? It's not a...oh. Well, then. Hm.
I think I'm gonna go for one that hasn't been touched on yet. How about when AJ Styles went from being the de facto standard bearer of the company to being Christian's bitch boy then Kurt Angle's bitch boy then Ric Flair's bitch boy? Wasn't really a fan of that.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Oct 3, 2014 14:39:40 GMT -5
oh yeah Samoa Joe's kidnapping pissed me off, a thing worse than a bad storyline, is a cliffhanger. the sad thing is that it was the second kidnapping cliffhanger Russo did, the first one was when the filthy animals buried flair on the desert and he returned without giving an explanation.
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Post by sunnytaker on Oct 3, 2014 17:42:34 GMT -5
was going to say Claire Lynch but that brought us Bad Influence so have to go with Hogan's power ring and abyss
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2014 21:52:01 GMT -5
Magnus World title reign. It was like creative were going out of their way to make him look bad.
Aces and Eights is a very close second.
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Post by Shark on Oct 3, 2014 22:37:42 GMT -5
I didn't see when they finally got Dixie...how was it different from 2000 when the Dudleys were obsessed with finally catching Trish and putting her through a table? Because Trish had some basic wrestling training and knew how to take a bump. Plus 2000 was a different time and culture. Also the angle with Trish lasted for maybe a month and it wasn't a main event angle. There are so many options for this it's amazing. Personally I'll go with Immortal. They hype up 10-10-10 and everyone knows Hogan was going heel yet they act like they fooled everyone. Then the group itself is the weirdest assortment of talent maybe ever with Hogan, Bischoff, Abyss, Jeff Jarrett, and Jeff Hardy. I mean that's just a strange stable. Then they con Dixie out of TNA in the most blatantly illegal way possible and they still somehow keep control. The night after BFG, they join forces with Fortune and going through like 9 weeks of storyline in a matter of minutes. That entire post BFG show was ridiculous as well. Immortal then dominate TV for months and do nothing interesting. Anderson and Hardy trade the TNA title for a month and it leads to nothing. Fortune leaves the group and it leads to nothing. Then Sting comes back and wins the title from Hardy, the Hardy gets blitzed out of his mind the night of a PPV and effectively kills the angle with his idiocy. Then the whole thing leads to a match between...Sting and Hulk Hogan at Bound For Glory in 2011.
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Post by adamclark52 on Oct 3, 2014 22:39:14 GMT -5
August 1 Warning is still the funniest wrestling debut I've ever seen. Every time I watch it I howl with laughter. From the hilariously awful theme, to Tito's ridiculous mannerisms, to Mr Anderson blatantly not giving a f***, to the crowd being completely silent. It's comedy gold. Thanks for making me have to go and YouTube this. The four minute promo/brawl leading up to it was pretty torturous too. But yeah, debut was baaaaaaaaaaaaaad. Can I just say (even though it's not a storyline) Jeff hardy, period. Burnt out, singing along to his terrible music with his "cool in 2002" face make-up. Willow. Attitude era fashion. Those paintings. And most importantly: Anyone who wears that deserves a punch. If I wore that I'd be disappointed in humanity if I didn't get a punch in the face.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Oct 4, 2014 10:43:02 GMT -5
The whole damned Dixie/Bully fiasco. Never mind the fact that the entire angle driven around a 300-pound "bully" and his unrepentant desire to drive a 50 year old woman through a table, never mind the fact that Dixie actually got injured going through the table, never mind #ItHappens; the simple fact that this entire angle's logical conclusion is only logical if you realize the Dixie/Bully feud started when Aces and Eights took the company from Dixie Carter. So, at some point, this old woman taking her company back from the bikers just sort of randomly became heel, and the only proper retribution was for her to be damn near broken in half by one of those said bikers, and that makes sense somehow. Criminy. I forgot just how bad this storyline was. I still have to go with Dixie/Bully, but this is a VERY close second. I didn't see when they finally got Dixie...how was it different from 2000 when the Dudleys were obsessed with finally catching Trish and putting her through a table? For one thing, anyone who looks back on that as a great storyline for a babyface tag team should take a cold, hard look at themselves. It is an encapsulation of everything awful about the Attitude Era, with none of the good. But even if you take the moral reprehensibility out of it, it's still stupid. As someone else said, Trish is at least a trained wrestler, young and in good shape. Dixie gets a lot of MILF comments but the woman is 50 or so, she should NOT be getting put through tables. Mae Young may have been shitloads older but she was also a trained wrestler and widely renowned as being tough as old boots. From a story logic perspective, as someone said - this was a face getting revenge on a heel for an angle that originally started when the alignment was reversed. 'Yeah Bully! Thank God you got revenge on Dixie for preventing you from doing that thing we all booed the shit out of you for! Wait, what?' Trish was at least a heel from day one.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2014 0:19:45 GMT -5
non wrestling tag champ pacman jones
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Post by Rave on Oct 5, 2014 0:30:19 GMT -5
It's either the goddamn stupid Sting/Abyss angle that killed Abyss as a character, or the goddamn stupid Christian Coalition/Angle Alliance feud that killed Tomko's career.
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Post by Clawley Race on Oct 5, 2014 1:09:47 GMT -5
August 1 Warning is still the funniest wrestling debut I've ever seen. Every time I watch it I howl with laughter. From the hilariously awful theme, to Tito's ridiculous mannerisms, to Mr Anderson blatantly not giving a f***, to the crowd being completely silent. It's comedy gold. Thanks for making me have to go and YouTube this. The four minute promo/brawl leading up to it was pretty torturous too. But yeah, debut was baaaaaaaaaaaaaad. Can I just say (even though it's not a storyline) Jeff hardy, period. Burnt out, singing along to his terrible music with his "cool in 2002" face make-up. Willow. Attitude era fashion. Those paintings. And most importantly: Anyone who wears that deserves a punch. If I wore that I'd be disappointed in humanity if I didn't get a punch in the face. HOLY SHIT that shirt is fantastic! That is incredible! How many of those could they have possibly sold at retail price? I kind of actually want one for some weird reason, but I wouldn't pay more than $3 for it.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Oct 5, 2014 1:12:43 GMT -5
"Who is Mr. Wrestling III?" followed closely by "Who is Mr. Wrestling IV?"
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Post by adamclark52 on Oct 5, 2014 8:26:06 GMT -5
Thanks for making me have to go and YouTube this. The four minute promo/brawl leading up to it was pretty torturous too. But yeah, debut was baaaaaaaaaaaaaad. Can I just say (even though it's not a storyline) Jeff hardy, period. Burnt out, singing along to his terrible music with his "cool in 2002" face make-up. Willow. Attitude era fashion. Those paintings. And most importantly: Anyone who wears that deserves a punch. If I wore that I'd be disappointed in humanity if I didn't get a punch in the face. HOLY SHIT that shirt is fantastic! That is incredible! How many of those could they have possibly sold at retail price? I kind of actually want one for some weird reason, but I wouldn't pay more than $3 for it. Good question. How many units does the average TNA shirt move?
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Post by 543Y2J on Oct 5, 2014 9:02:52 GMT -5
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Post by "I'm Batman..." on Oct 5, 2014 11:52:40 GMT -5
Daffney playing The Governor (Sarah Palin) I think you are confusing "worst" with "hot". The worst has got be Immortal. Mostly because it was a built up big reveal, and it was just shit.
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Post by Celgress on Oct 8, 2014 21:18:55 GMT -5
Monday Warz 2.0, including the 'Orlando Screw Job', so much silliness
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Post by Johnny D on Oct 11, 2014 8:05:53 GMT -5
LEAVE THE MEMORIES ALOOOOOOOONE!!!
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Post by Johnny D on Oct 11, 2014 8:36:24 GMT -5
No-one's mentioned the Riot yet?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 9:50:32 GMT -5
August 1 Warning is still the funniest wrestling debut I've ever seen. Every time I watch it I howl with laughter. From the hilariously awful theme, to Tito's ridiculous mannerisms, to Mr Anderson blatantly not giving a f***, to the crowd being completely silent. It's comedy gold. Thanks for making me have to go and YouTube this. The four minute promo/brawl leading up to it was pretty torturous too. But yeah, debut was baaaaaaaaaaaaaad. Can I just say (even though it's not a storyline) Jeff hardy, period. Burnt out, singing along to his terrible music with his "cool in 2002" face make-up. Willow. Attitude era fashion. Those paintings. And most importantly: Anyone who wears that deserves a punch. If I wore that I'd be disappointed in humanity if I didn't get a punch in the face. Wait... THAT exists?! Why in God's name would you put a shirt over your face unless you got beat up?
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Post by Savage Gambino on Oct 11, 2014 10:08:09 GMT -5
Thanks for making me have to go and YouTube this. The four minute promo/brawl leading up to it was pretty torturous too. But yeah, debut was baaaaaaaaaaaaaad. Can I just say (even though it's not a storyline) Jeff hardy, period. Burnt out, singing along to his terrible music with his "cool in 2002" face make-up. Willow. Attitude era fashion. Those paintings. And most importantly: Anyone who wears that deserves a punch. If I wore that I'd be disappointed in humanity if I didn't get a punch in the face. Wait... THAT exists?! Why in God's name would you put a shirt over your face unless you got beat up? Because you didn't get beat up and you really want to.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Oct 11, 2014 11:29:51 GMT -5
I'll go with the Abyss/Hogan thing. While it may not seem that bad on it's own, you have to remember that THIS was the main storyline in the promotion at the time. And it centered around Abyss using the power of a WWE Hall of Fame ring to somehow become this Hoganesque bad-ass. So essentially they were implying that if you're associated with the WWE then there's nobody here in TNA that can stand a chance against you. Not to mention that storyline sounds more like something you'd find in a more tongue-and-cheek promotion or an undercard angle: not what's supposed to be the main focus of your promotion. Say what you will about the other bad TNA storylines, but this is the one that really just cemented in my mind that TNA would always be second-rate. at least it gave us this particularly tragic, Abyss and Hogan celebrate in the ring even though the match being thrown out meant Abyss didn't win the title. it's like Hogan looked at Lex Luger winning by countout at summerslam and thought "how can I make it anymore stupidly anti-climactic?"
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