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Post by sungod2020 on Jan 20, 2022 13:19:57 GMT -5
The Punjabi Prison Match - a match designed for The Great Khali did not feature him in the original bout due to injury. He was replaced by Big Show who lost to The Undertaker.
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Post by sungod2020 on Jan 21, 2022 19:44:37 GMT -5
At the Survivor Series 1997, Team Canada only had one Canadian - Phil Lafon. British Bulldog was from Leeds, England, Jim Neidhart was from Reno, Nevada, and Doug Furnas was from Oklahoma.
Despite being called "Mr. Wrestlemania," Shawn Michaels' track record at the show of shows is at 6 wins and 11 losses.
Crush was brought in to give Demolition an edge against The Hart Foundation at Summerslam 1990 ended up taking the pinfall, hence costing them the titles.
Prior to Wrestlemania 22, Carlito Cool initiated the second Money in The Bank match to take place at that event, ended up not being in it as he lost a qualifying match(to Ric Flair).
Also, any wrestler who appeared on a PPV poster not being at the event (Ultimate Warrior at Survivor Series 1992, Undertaker at Armageddon 1999 etc etc).
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Jan 21, 2022 19:50:03 GMT -5
The Punjabi Prison Match - a match designed for The Great Khali did not feature him in the original bout due to injury. He was replaced by Big Show who lost to The Undertaker. "Elevated enzymes" I believe
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Post by sungod2020 on Jan 23, 2022 17:33:37 GMT -5
Even though he was billed as an "unstoppable wrecking machine," Zeus has never won a match while wrestling for the WWF. He lost to Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake at Summerslam 89 as well as No Holds Barred(this time in a steele cage), as well as being the first man eliminated on his team. Those were all his matches. He never even wrestled jobbers on Superstars.
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Post by jason1980s on Jan 23, 2022 17:56:47 GMT -5
Even though he was billed as an "unstoppable wrecking machine," Zeus has never won a match while wrestling for the WWF. He lost to Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake at Summerslam 89 as well as No Holds Barred(this time in a steele cage), as well as being the first man eliminated on his team. Those were all his matches. He never even wrestled jobbers on Superstars. I wonder if any wrestling fans watched Matlock and saw him on an early Season 4 episode as "Tiny" and saw him as just an actor playing a role. The Matlock episode aired at least before the No Holds Barred match PPV and around, if not before, the Survivor Series. It would have killed the character of WWF's Zeus because Tiny was portrayed as a convict who was trying to reform and helped Matlock against most of the other prisoners. I guess WWF did a good job of portraying him as an actor who turned monster in jealousy of Hogan.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Jan 23, 2022 17:59:08 GMT -5
Often, a table specifically set up to break a wrestler's fall and make the landing safer will be treated as the main reason why the fall hurt in the first place.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Jan 25, 2022 16:46:28 GMT -5
For 5 years Austin v Goldberg was maybe the most heavily talked about and anticipated dream match in wrestling history. Goldberg signs with WWE and the match is finally a possibility but then Austin retires on the very same show Goldberg debuts on so the match can never happen.
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Post by sungod2020 on Jan 25, 2022 20:25:57 GMT -5
Vince McMahon encouraged Bret "The Hitman" Hart to go to WCW because he couldn't afford both him and Shawn Michaels. As a result, he screwed The Hitman out of the championship, ultimately making HBK the top guy and the future of the company. Less than 5 months later, HBK is gone due to nagging injuries freeing up "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and a whole slew of others(Rock, Foley, Triple H) to rise to main event prominence.
You could say that if The Screwjob didn't happen, it would butterfly away Shawn Michaels casket match against The Undertaker, where he took that nasty bump off the casket which put his wrestling career on hiatus, hence preventing(or delaying) several stars to enter the main event/world championship scene.
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Post by Muskrat on Jan 25, 2022 22:18:06 GMT -5
Vince McMahon owns ECW and WCW. He does not own the WWF. Depending on what you consider to be WCW he doesn't technically own it either. That’s a damn good point, Vince bought the trademarks and assets but the company itself remained under TimeWarner as Universal Wrestling Corporation for like 15 years
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Post by Marvelous1LUFC on Jan 26, 2022 11:16:46 GMT -5
Bobby Lashley the first superstar to break the master lock (Full Nelson) Over a decade later wins his first World title in WWE with the hurt lock (Full Nelson)
Owen Hart being part of the Brian Pillman ten bell tribute at the kemper arena (The same arena he would sadly fall to his death in a year and a half later)
The go home raw for Over the edge'99, had Al Snow hold a funeral for his moose head Pierre, that same raw had a casket match main event
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Post by Marvelous1LUFC on Jan 30, 2022 18:17:22 GMT -5
Also Sgt.Slaughter threatening pillman saying if he didnt wrestle owen, he'd never wrestle in WWF again, a few weeks before he passed away 😐
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jan 30, 2022 20:46:09 GMT -5
Even though he was billed as an "unstoppable wrecking machine," Zeus has never won a match while wrestling for the WWF. He lost to Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake at Summerslam 89 as well as No Holds Barred(this time in a steele cage), as well as being the first man eliminated on his team. Those were all his matches. He never even wrestled jobbers on Superstars. I don’t think he ever won a match anywhere. He lost in WCW and had a double count out with Abby in Puerto Rico. Cagematch.net mixes him up with another guy or two who also used the name Zeus in Japan. Well unless he was still wrestling in 2021 after he died.
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Post by sungod2020 on Jan 31, 2022 7:52:33 GMT -5
Even though he was billed as an "unstoppable wrecking machine," Zeus has never won a match while wrestling for the WWF. He lost to Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake at Summerslam 89 as well as No Holds Barred(this time in a steele cage), as well as being the first man eliminated on his team. Those were all his matches. He never even wrestled jobbers on Superstars. I don’t think he ever won a match anywhere. He lost in WCW and had a double count out with Abby in Puerto Rico. Cagematch.net mixes him up with another guy or two who also used the name Zeus in Japan. Well unless he was still wrestling in 2021 after he died. If you want to be technical since it's all scripted anyway, Zeus won a $100,000 tournament in the No Holds Barred film. Though it wasn't seen on camera. I wonder if it took place in Rio, just like Pat Patterson's South American championship win to unify with the North American Championship to become the first Intercontinental Champion. Speaking of which, unless you want to count Antarctica, a WWF/E championship win (that was filmed of course) took place on every continent EXCEPT South America.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2022 9:17:41 GMT -5
One of the biggest ironies I've found in pro wrestling is that in real life, the heels are usually the nicest people you can meet.
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Post by Cvslfc123 on Jan 31, 2022 11:58:55 GMT -5
When Sheamus debuted his mohawk look in 2015 fans starting chanting "You look stupid" despite the fact he looked like a ginger Bart Simpson before that.
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Post by smokinvokoun86 on Jan 31, 2022 13:15:21 GMT -5
How in 1994 when Bob Backlund won the title at 45, he was portrayed as an old man while Bobby Lashley, who is also 45 and is considered one of the absolute top guy badasses.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Jan 31, 2022 14:02:45 GMT -5
How in 1994 when Bob Backlund won the title at 45, he was portrayed as an old man while Bobby Lashley, who is also 45 and is considered one of the absolute top guy badasses. To be fair, Backlund looked old and out of place (despite obviously still having great conditioning) in a way that Lashley doesn't. 45 20-30 years ago is a lot different than 45 today. A combination of medical advancements, a lighter schedule and less drug abuse in wrestling means on average you can go longer at a higher level. A Finn Balor v Bryan Danielson match in 2022 wouldn't be far off the combined age of the "age in the cage" match between Hogan and Piper in 1997 but they aren't complete fossils like they were and would probably put on a great match.
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Post by sungod2020 on Feb 2, 2022 19:45:12 GMT -5
When Rey Mysterio was World Heavyweight Champion in 2006, he was actually lighter than Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms.
Also, WWE making fun of WCW for Nitro running three hours, RAW has been a three hour show since 2012....that's longer than Nitro's entire run!
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Post by Marvelous1LUFC on Feb 2, 2022 22:39:13 GMT -5
Hogan becoming WWE Undisputed Champion 6 YEARS AFTER the billionaire ted skits
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Post by jason1980s on Feb 2, 2022 23:06:30 GMT -5
I think it's odd Vince McMahon, the greatest wrestling promoter ever, can't correctly pronounce the word "wrestling." I almost think he's doing it purposely to downgrade the term, like those who make fun of fans and saying "rassling." I don't think Ted Turner knew better than to call it "rassling" though.
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