MiLB Fan
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Post by MiLB Fan on Sept 26, 2019 6:13:42 GMT -5
This is pretty cool: WWE is the featured story in the Apple App Store today. Watch Every Classic WWE Match : Reigning champ Kofi Kingston suggests 5 to start with. Tap here. apps.apple.com/us/story/id1465819505In case the link doesn’t work, Kofi’s top five matches are: Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart (WrestleMania 12) Rey Mysterio vs. Eddie Guerrero (WrestleMania 21) The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan (WrestleMania 18) Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (WrestleMania 10) Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat (WrestleMania 3)
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Post by schma on Sept 26, 2019 11:22:44 GMT -5
Honestly I think the plummet of the WWF in 2001 doesn't have that much to do with the Austin turn specifically. I feel like their momentum was already starting to wane, losing WCW I feel like removed a lot of the, "Yeah, badasses against the system!" appeal since they were no longer going up against the billion dollar conglomerate and no longer had an actual war, the roster lost a bunch of top guys at once halfway through the year between Rock leaving to do the Scorpion King and Benoit and Triple H both getting injured, and I feel like 9/11 probably had a pretty substantial impact on people's priorities and on their willingness to go to public events. Though that said they probably could've stopped the bleeding somewhat if they had just played the hot hand with Angle. People were desperate to cheer for him that fall but nope. I’ve always wondered why they abruptly stopped Angle’s main event babyface run that fall of 2001. Was it because they didn’t want it to seem like they were using post-9/11 patriotism as cheap heat? Given some of the classless comments Stephanie made regarding 9/11 and her father, combined with other forms of cheap heat they've embraced, I would guess their concern about cheap heat was non-existent.
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Nosnorb
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Post by Nosnorb on Sept 26, 2019 12:42:42 GMT -5
Why the water bottle? Couldn't they have given Trips a goblet or a skull to drink out of during his entrance?
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Post by msc on Sept 26, 2019 13:59:02 GMT -5
Straight from the horses mouth, BT Sport's plan for WWE in January.
WWE’s monthly PPV events, including WrestleMania will be on BT Sport Box Office. Raw (early Tuesday AM) and Smackdown (early Saturday AM) will both be shown live and then again as a repeat later in the same day during prime time; in addition we will broadcast a shorter 2 and 1 hour version of Raw and shorter 1 hour version of Smackdown. WWE NXT won’t be available on BT Sport.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2019 23:24:22 GMT -5
Got to thinking, people say wrestling fans are never happy with anything, but if you look on here two of the most praised guys lately have been Baron Corbin (yes, THAT Baron Corbin) and Erick Rowan. It's almost like we just want people to be put in the right spots and booked to their strengths.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 26, 2019 23:28:25 GMT -5
Got to thinking, people say wrestling fans are never happy with anything, but if you look on here two of the most praised guys lately have been Baron Corbin (yes, THAT Baron Corbin) and Erick Rowan. It's almost like we just want people to be put in the right spots and booked to their strengths. At the same time, Seth Rollins is tumbling down the popularity charts, mostly for stuff happening OFF of TV. Last year when he was IC Champion, we were BEGGING for him to get another main event run, and he hasn’t changed since then in terms of wrestling style or promo ability.
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Post by Johnny on Sept 27, 2019 6:00:14 GMT -5
I just watched a behind the scenes thingy on the original Lion King movie (https://youtu.be/rmLnKfoFzi4?t=115) Are Roger Allers (Lion King director) and Sami Zayn related? they look so similar, and have the same mannerisms.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Sept 27, 2019 6:50:40 GMT -5
Keith Lee's finisher is the Big Bang Catastrophe Or the BBC .....
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Post by mcstoklasa on Sept 27, 2019 9:52:07 GMT -5
I really want to watch Mankind trying to befriend and impress Vince in 1998 by bringing him gifts and stuff in a hilarious but sad and pathetic way. Does anyone know the timeframe it started?
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 27, 2019 10:01:37 GMT -5
I really want to watch Mankind trying to befriend and impress Vince in 1998 by bringing him gifts and stuff in a hilarious but sad and pathetic way. Does anyone know the timeframe it started? I want to say it’d be from about August to October, because I know that a lot of that stuff is linked directly to the really famous Austin segments. One specific example would be after Undertaker and Kane break Vince’s ankle with the steps, Mankind is with Vince on the stretcher trying to offer him his Big Gulp soda and sticking the straw near his mouth.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2019 19:13:04 GMT -5
AJ should drop the US Title to Gable before moving into the Universal Title picture and Gable should feud with Rusev over it. Discuss.
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Post by brettappedout (BLM) on Sept 28, 2019 19:37:52 GMT -5
AJ should drop the US Title to Gable before moving into the Universal Title picture and Gable should feud with Rusev over it. Discuss. I 2nd the motion
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Post by Hypnosis on Sept 28, 2019 19:50:04 GMT -5
AJ should drop the US Title to Gable before moving into the Universal Title picture and Gable should feud with Rusev over it. Discuss. We're overdue for a Gable/Rusev rematch. I liked their first match against each other on Smackdown two years ago.
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Post by Nosnorb on Sept 29, 2019 10:59:00 GMT -5
WWE should sign Fallah Bahh. Dude proved in Impact that he has charisma, can cut a great promo and isn't that bad in the ring.
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Post by Hypnosis on Sept 29, 2019 11:32:57 GMT -5
WWE should sign Fallah Bahh. Dude proved in Impact that he has charisma, can cut a great promo and isn't that bad in the ring. They could even use him for the blood money shows!
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Post by arrogantmodel on Sept 29, 2019 16:42:02 GMT -5
Watching the other day I saw Steve Austin once wore his heel red knee braces in 2003 during his run as RAW GM and a baby-face. Now that certainly doesn't deserve its own topic. Hah When did he wear the white ones?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2019 20:10:29 GMT -5
Now that NXT's on USA and a legitimate third brand, should we start considering it main roster?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2019 21:31:35 GMT -5
I just want to know why he needs two.
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Post by DSR on Sept 29, 2019 21:35:03 GMT -5
I just want to know why he needs two. So he can do that classic Simpsons joke: "I'm seein' double: FOUR MANDYS!"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2019 21:47:07 GMT -5
So they showed a commercial for RAW during the Saints/Cowboys game and it ended as most WWE ads have been ending lately with the Fiend flash cut.
Going through the Reddit thread for the game, everybody was FREAKING out seeing that.
Heh.
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