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Post by laker8kiss on Mar 9, 2015 19:06:56 GMT -5
I was re-watching WCW and when the little feud that was Shane Douglas and Ric Flair happened it looked like Flair was just not into it. The match was tough to watch and it looks like it could have been better. Flair looked like he wanted nothing to do with Douglas. Are there anymore instances of this, where the performers put on bad matches because they hated the angle they were in at the time?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 19:12:31 GMT -5
Flair and Scott Steiner, during an early push for him evidently. Scott's mentioned it and, when asked about it and seeing the match, Lance Storm said that Ric did seem to sabotage the match.
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Post by Chip Chipperson on Mar 9, 2015 19:37:46 GMT -5
Kevin Nash in late 2000.
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Mar 9, 2015 19:52:04 GMT -5
All of the old guys in WCW phoned it in except probably Randy Savage. Look at how crappy almost all of the nWo beatdowns/group segments were. They didn't do anything in them.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 20:04:12 GMT -5
Curt Hennig in WCW was clearly there just to coast his way through as many pay days as possible.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 9, 2015 20:08:47 GMT -5
Flair and Scott Steiner, during an early push for him evidently. Scott's mentioned it and, when asked about it and seeing the match, Lance Storm said that Ric did seem to sabotage the match. He was a little more fair than that, but the main problem was that Flair and Herd were having serious problems. He wanted to make Flair put over Scott big at his own expense, and understandably, Flair was hesitant to do that since he knew Herd was mainly looking for an excuse to get rid of Flair for some time by then, and "We don't need him, look how good Scott is" would be one. Steiner, also understandably, was pissed off that Flair f***ed him over, and I don't think he's ever forgotten, nor forgiven, Flair dragging the match down. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 20:12:12 GMT -5
Jeff Hardy's first TNA run was quite phoned in.
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Post by Square on Mar 9, 2015 20:12:43 GMT -5
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Mar 9, 2015 20:54:35 GMT -5
RVD toward the end of his TNA run unless he was paired with a friend. Curt Hennig in WCW was clearly there just to coast his way through as many pay days as possible. I dunno, he seemed like he was having a blast as part of the West Texas Rednecks, he just wasn't the performer he was in the ring thanks to injuries. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 21:23:23 GMT -5
RVD toward the end of his TNA run unless he was paired with a friend. Curt Hennig in WCW was clearly there just to coast his way through as many pay days as possible. I dunno, he seemed like he was having a blast as part of the West Texas Rednecks, he just wasn't the performer he was in the ring thanks to injuries. That's true, but I wonder if he really was. As much as I've heard that gimmick maligned, I guess I figured Curt hated it. Personally, I loved it. |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Mar 9, 2015 21:31:23 GMT -5
Hercules' final WWF tv match vs. Sid was definitely a phone in.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 10, 2015 3:23:40 GMT -5
Curt Hennig in WCW was clearly there just to coast his way through as many pay days as possible. In fairness to Curt, his back injury had virtually retired him twice in the previous five years. He clearly couldn't work at the level he used to and evidently felt that attempting to do so would most likely cause the injury to flare up again and finish his career for good. Better to coast comfortably and continue earning a living from a fat guaranteed contract than to try to push past your limits and lose it all. |
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Post by lws on Mar 10, 2015 3:25:42 GMT -5
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Post by Emmet Russell on Mar 10, 2015 4:46:12 GMT -5
No mention of Carlito from 2006 onwards?
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Post by efarns on Mar 10, 2015 7:31:06 GMT -5
I started a thread awhile back about HHH phoning it in when he feuded with Scott Steiner. It was just a placeholder storyline to get Evolution started and Hunter could not have looked less interested in any part of the Scott Steiner feud. Well done |
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Mar 10, 2015 8:53:31 GMT -5
's true, but I wonder if he really was. As much as I've heard that gimmick maligned, I guess I figured Curt hated it. Personally, I loved it. I dunno, Curt was pretty much a Minnesota Redneck and proud of it and he got a face run with a bunch of likeminded veterans in spite of what WCW's management wanted, I can't imagine him hating that too much. |
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Mar 10, 2015 15:05:26 GMT -5
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Post by Aceorton on Mar 10, 2015 16:15:34 GMT -5
Goldust in the WWF in '98 and '99 struck me as half-assing just about everything. I remember when he came back in 2002 and had some crazy-good matches with RVD, and it was like, "Whoa. This guy's actually TRYING."
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Post by BorneAgain on Mar 10, 2015 16:29:22 GMT -5
Post WM XIX, pre-Sharmell you could tell Booker T was kind of half assing it.
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Post by Clawley Race on Mar 10, 2015 20:02:04 GMT -5
All of the old guys in WCW phoned it in except probably Randy Savage. Look at how crappy almost all of the nWo beatdowns/group segments were. They didn't do anything in them. Second nomination goes to everyone in the 1994 Royal Rumble Pretty sure all of the wrestlers involved were just focusing on getting to the back before the crowd saw them with tears in their eyes... |
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