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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Nov 10, 2019 7:17:19 GMT -5
Last night on AEW's PPV, Chris Jericho leaving the ring to threaten Dean Malenko who was one of the "Judges" for his title match.
Jericho still having animosity 20+ years later was my mark out moment of the night.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Nov 11, 2019 12:17:53 GMT -5
When Sid came back to the WWF in 1995, there was a mention that he spent the past 3 years in a mental institution. This helped to track his prior gimmick and the timeline form his past run, and may have also been a shot at WCW.
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Post by Johnny Flamingo on Nov 11, 2019 12:57:53 GMT -5
Lacey coming out for Jimmy Jacobs at Supercard of Honor IX
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Nov 11, 2019 14:44:33 GMT -5
Jeff Hardy being part of a conspiracy to get the title in Impact can probably be traced back to the fact he literally could not beat RVD in WWE in the early 2000s
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Post by eJm on Nov 11, 2019 14:48:19 GMT -5
Last night on AEW's PPV, Chris Jericho leaving the ring to threaten Dean Malenko who was one of the "Judges" for his title match. Jericho still having animosity 20+ years later was my mark out moment of the night. Yeah, I did mark for that too. That was a lot of fun.
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Post by 67 more on Nov 11, 2019 15:05:25 GMT -5
Last night on AEW's PPV, Chris Jericho leaving the ring to threaten Dean Malenko who was one of the "Judges" for his title match. Jericho still having animosity 20+ years later was my mark out moment of the night. Cody needs to win a contenders battle royal dressed as Ciclope.
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Post by Psicofreak667 on Nov 11, 2019 15:09:48 GMT -5
When the Wolfpac (Nash, Sting, Luger and Savage at the time) was talking about inviting DDP to the group, Nash remarked that it was "almost unanimous" that they wanted DDP. Then everyone else turned and stared at Savage, who kind of shrugged like 'yeah I voted no so what?'
Savage and DDP having feuded for most of 1997 before anticlimactically going their separate ways with the feud having no winner.
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Post by CeilingFan on Nov 11, 2019 16:08:13 GMT -5
When the Wolfpac (Nash, Sting, Luger and Savage at the time) was talking about inviting DDP to the group, Nash remarked that it was "almost unanimous" that they wanted DDP. Then everyone else turned and stared at Savage, who kind of shrugged like 'yeah I voted no so what?' Savage and DDP having feuded for most of 1997 before anticlimactically going their separate ways with the feud having no winner. Savage won the final battle at Halloween Havoc 97.
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Nov 11, 2019 16:53:08 GMT -5
Maybe less a continuity thing and more a throwback, but I love that Austin's heel turn at WM 17 was somewhat foreshadowed in the match by him trying to use the Million Dollar Dream on Rock after he was beginning to get frustrated with an inability to put him away. Not only that but Rock used the same counter as Bret Hart did at Survivor Series 96 only this time Austin was wise to it.
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Post by segaz on Nov 11, 2019 18:46:16 GMT -5
The People's Eyebrow. Seriously. When he became a face, it was more of a trademark/pose. But when he was a heel, whenever something nefarious was about to happen, The Rock would give the signal by raising the eyebrow. When the rest of the Nation turned on Ron Simmons, he lifted his eyebrow to give the guys the signal to beat him down. When Owen Hart turned on Ken Shamrock to join the Nation, he raised the eyebrow to signal Owen to beat down Ken. When Mark Henry turned on Ken Shamrock to join the Nation, he raised the eyebrow to signal Mark to beat down Ken. Most famously, he raised the eyebrow before Vince McMahon double crossed Mankind and rang the bell at Survivor Series 1998. I like to think when Hollywood Rock and Vince passed each other after a beatdown on Hogan, that there was no interaction due to a mutal respect going back to corporate days.
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Post by Wardlow on Wardlow 54 on Nov 12, 2019 0:56:28 GMT -5
Someone said Chikara and that's a great one. Probably the best was the series of events that led to the BDK debuting.
So, in 2007, Shane Storm is on a losing streak and has a match with Hydra, a member of UltraMantis Black's Order of the Neo-Solar Temple. During the match, Mantis strolls to the ring and sprays something, presumably at Storm, but instead, Hydra gets the brunt of it, and Storm picks up the win.
At the same time, Chris Hero had also been on a losing streak, due to a new submission evented by Mike Quackenbush, the Chikara Special. Quack taught all the technicos the hold and the counter and Hero lost many bouts because of it, including multiple losses to Equinox. Eventually, the two had a hair vs. mask match. Equinox got the Chikara Special on Hero, but in a twist(with Quack on commentary, a nice touch), Hero countered the hold, then applied it to Equinox, getting him the win and forcing Equinox to unmask as Vin Gerard, a Wrestle Factory washout. Gerard was then banished from the locker room for lying about being a luchadore.
The following year, Tim Donst was dropped on his head by UltraMantis and joined the Neo-Solar Temple. Meanwhile, Storm and Quack began hunting the Campeonatos de Parejas. But the night they earned their third point towards a title shot, Donst came out and whispered something to Quack, who attacked Storm. It was then revealed that Donst had been a spy, trying to learn who leaked the Chikara Special. It was Shane Storm! This led to Storm joining forces with Gerard and later, Colin Delaney, while Donst and Hydra left Mantis and became technicos.
But the following year, it was revealed WHY Mantis had helped Storm. He needed to help Hero beat Equinox, so that he would then agree to leave Chikara to work for Dr. Cube in Kaijuu Big Battel. In exchange, Cube gave Mantis the Eye of Tyr, an artifact with mind control capabilities. Mantis would use it to bring Delirious into his stable, which itself was continuity, since it split Delirious from Halliwicked, who had left Mantis to team with... Delirious!
Starting at Young Lions Cup 2009, two guys in white suits and masks began stalking Mantis, claiming a war was coming. At the same time, two new characters began appearing in Chikara, Carpenter Ant and Vokoder. Vokoder aligned with Mantis, becoming his trusted ally. Meanwhile, Donst, as a thank-you for going undercover, was taught a new submission by Quack, to give him the edge in the YLC tournament. Instead, Donst lost to Hydra in the first round and later that weekend, betrayed his partner.
At Cibernetico, Daizee Haze and Sara Del Ray vented about not being allowed to mix it up with the men, having just been in a comedy tag match on the show. At the end of the night, Carpenter Ant won the Torneo Cibernetico, beating his own teammate, Soldier Ant, with the Inverted Chikara Special, raising the suspicions of Quackenbush.
Finally, at the 2009 series finale, after the main event had concluded, the two guys in suits got in the ring and called out Quack and Claudio Castagnoli, as well as Mantis, who had Vokoder with him. The smaller guy unmasked, revealing he was Ares, Claudio's old tag partner. Immediately, Claudio nailed Quack with an uppercut and all hell broke loose. Carpenter Ant attacked the rest of The Colony, Vokoder went after Mantis, Sara and Daizee were hitting everyone who tried to help. Even Louden Noxious and Leonard F. Chikarason weren't safe. Then, Carpenter Ant and Vokoder unmasked, revealing Pinkie Sanchez, a reject of tournaments past and a rejected recruit for the Temple, and Tim Donst. They had the Eye of Tyr. They had the Inverted Chikara Special. They had a new Director of Fun. They ran Chikara for nearly a year, winning pretty much every accolade they challenged for, including the Young Lions Cup, The Campeonatos de Parejas and King of Trios. They brought in their own referee, Derek Sabato, a former Chikara ref who was fired for being crooked. They took in hated technico Lince Dorado and later used the Eye themselves to turn Delirious to them. This angle also turned Eddie Kingston technico, as he had been feuding with Claudio for the last year and hated him so much, he switched sides.
Years of angles and continuity were woven together under one umbrella arc and even after the stable was gone, the tremors were being felt for years afterwards. Hell, the Eye of Tyr was used in nearly every major storyline that followed up until 2017.
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 12, 2019 6:05:37 GMT -5
Jeff Hardy being part of a conspiracy to get the title in Impact can probably be traced back to the fact he literally could not beat RVD in WWE in the early 2000s Lot of times, I'd chalk that up to coincidence, but Jeff and Matt actually give a f*** about that kind of detail, so I could buy that.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2019 9:22:07 GMT -5
I always bring this up, but in the 2006 Royal Rumble Psicosis makes a beeline for Rey Mysterio as soon as he enters. The announcers don't even acknowledge it, but they had been rivals since starting wrestling around the same time in pretty much every promotion except WWE. Same match, "in universe" .....same thing happened with RVD and Carlito. RVD has been out for almost a year or so, the kayfabe excuse was that he was attacked & injured by Carlito. When RVD came back in that Rumble match, Carlito panicked. They made a point to show him panicking. Commentary did NOTHING to acknowledge the continuity. They would have some interactions and ultimately RVD did eliminate Carlito.......but again, commentary never mentioned their history (brief but people remembered) and IIRC nothing came of it after that event. Tito and Martel always going straight for each other in Royal Rumbles. Ditto for Marty and Shawn.
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Post by HMARK Center on Nov 12, 2019 10:18:13 GMT -5
Can't believe I didn't think of the now famous "Okada has wrist control" moment.
That spots become kind of cliche in big Okada title matches, but the build up was that Okada was supposed to dethrone Tanahashi as the undisputed ace of NJPW once and for all at Wrestle Kingdom 9, but lost his grip on Tanahashi's wrist when he had him set for the Rainmaker, allowing Tanahashi to strike back with enough ferocity to put Okada down, leading to Okada leaving the ring literally in tears as Tana jabbed at him on the mic.
Fast forward one year later and everybody knows at WK 10 that the rematch will be the fulfillment of the "Okada finally assumes the throne" storyline, but the moment that gave everybody a chill was the way that Okada got the Rainmaker set, Tanahashi did a similar strike to escape it, but when they both hit the mat afterwards they cut to a dramatic closeup of Okada tenaciously gripping Tanahashi's wrist, sending the clear message "THIS TIME WILL BE DIFFERENT", leading to Okada nailing his finisher and fulfilling his destiny.
Basically most of Okada and Tanahashi's in-ring interactions are great examples of continuity given how much they like building off previous matches.
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