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Post by The Rick Jericho on Feb 5, 2022 20:49:43 GMT -5
If you thought Ahmed feuding with the Nation for 19 months striaght.
Didn't Giant after joining the nWo in the fall of 1996, either feuded or joined the nWo all the way through his run until leaving in 1999?
I mean, change it up a bit man. I don't think he had one feud that wasn't nWo related in 1997, 1998 or 1999.
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Post by fw91 on Feb 5, 2022 21:45:42 GMT -5
I mean, didn’t mostly everyone?
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Post by Cyno on Feb 5, 2022 21:51:40 GMT -5
The Giant's career in WCW only lasted about a month into 1999. Kinda weird to include it in this when he was in WWF by February.
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Feb 5, 2022 22:08:15 GMT -5
The Giant's career in WCW only lasted about a month into 1999. Kinda weird to include it in this when he was in WWF by February. Where he debuted at the PPV that would become no Way out. |
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Post by TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out on Feb 5, 2022 22:08:45 GMT -5
I mean, didn’t mostly everyone? Seriously, was there a heavyweight who doesn't fall into this? |
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Feb 5, 2022 22:11:00 GMT -5
I mean, didn’t mostly everyone? Seriously, was there a heavyweight who doesn't fall into this? Wrath, Mortis, Raven, Saturn all pretty much kept to their own shit. |
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 5, 2022 23:59:55 GMT -5
I still can't get over that Curt Hennig got paid more than he did. Like, yes, he was a liked veteran, but he was definitely worth less to WCW than the Giant was, so I can't exactly blame Paul for getting frustrated and leaving.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Feb 6, 2022 0:02:55 GMT -5
Who else was WCW Giant going to feud with at the top of the card? Hell, who else were heels at the top of the card in WCW? Even The Horsemen were mostly babyfaces when they were active during this time.
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Post by Dave the Dave on Feb 6, 2022 0:30:22 GMT -5
Before he joined he was fighting them for a month or so as well. That’s who Hogan won the title from.
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Post by johnnyk9 on Feb 6, 2022 15:45:19 GMT -5
The Giant either beat them or joined them the flip flopping of him from heel to face started in WCW
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Post by King Devitt on Feb 7, 2022 9:27:08 GMT -5
Jumping to WWE must've been like "f***ing finally!"
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Feb 7, 2022 9:34:14 GMT -5
Jumping to WWE must've been like "f***ing finally!" February 2002 "Son of a bitch" |
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Post by Feyrhausen on Feb 7, 2022 9:41:31 GMT -5
I still can't get over that Curt Hennig got paid more than he did. Like, yes, he was a liked veteran, but he was definitely worth less to WCW than the Giant was, so I can't exactly blame Paul for getting frustrated and leaving. Thats the way corporate types work. At my last job I worked for years to earn a promotion. In the interview for said promotion I was told starting salary for that position was A. When I started they gave me B. When I asked why I was not receiving A when it was base salary for the job I was told since I had been making C a raise to A would be more than they are allowed so B was the most I could get. But someone hired from outside would get A. |
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 7, 2022 9:46:29 GMT -5
I still can't get over that Curt Hennig got paid more than he did. Like, yes, he was a liked veteran, but he was definitely worth less to WCW than the Giant was, so I can't exactly blame Paul for getting frustrated and leaving. Thats the way corporate types work. At my last job I worked for years to earn a promotion. In the interview for said promotion I was told starting salary for that position was A. When I started they gave me B. When I asked why I was not receiving A when it was base salary for the job I was told since I had been making C a raise to A would be more than they are allowed so B was the most I could get. But someone hired from outside would get A. Yeah, like, I imagine the same luck Paul had getting hired as a nobody and being pushed so heavily also screwed him, since he was hired on a given price as a complete newbie, and while WCW was in a somewhat rough period. So, the boom hits, and even though he was one of WCW's biggest stars, he got leapfrogged on pay by some of the influx of new guys. I also think it didn't help that, being basically a Hogan croney at the time, there was also political pressure to keep him in his place, so to speak, since Bischoff and Hogan had an unsteady relationship since Hogan was untouchable. Giving Giant more money may have been seen as tantamount to increasing Hogan's power even more by proxy. |
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Feb 7, 2022 11:37:57 GMT -5
Giant against Raven, Jericho, Saturn, Benoit, Malenko.
So many more non-nWo feuds would've kept this guy fresh.
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Post by tafkaga on Feb 7, 2022 12:20:06 GMT -5
Giant against Raven, Jericho, Saturn, Benoit, Malenko. So many more non-nWo feuds would've kept this guy fresh. Those guys weren't on Giant's level though. He wrestled Benoit on a CotC and it was like chokeslam and done in 10 seconds. Giant having competitive matches with any of those guys was not Giant. It was Big Show, and Big Show sucked. |
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Post by Clawley Race on Feb 7, 2022 21:44:33 GMT -5
I still can't get over that Curt Hennig got paid more than he did. Like, yes, he was a liked veteran, but he was definitely worth less to WCW than the Giant was, so I can't exactly blame Paul for getting frustrated and leaving. dont ever learn about major league baseball contracts |
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Feb 7, 2022 23:59:03 GMT -5
Before he joined he was fighting them for a month or so as well. That’s who Hogan won the title from. Yeah, he was a heel champion at Bash At The Beach. Then, he turned face to take on Hogan at Hog Wild the next month. Then, he joined the nWo 23 days after he lost the title to Hogan. Then, he won the World War 3 match and earned a shot at Hogan’s title. But, he refused to give up the shot and got kicked out a few days before the year ended. So in a 6 month span, he went from heel to face to heel to face. |
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Feb 8, 2022 8:48:14 GMT -5
The Nitro where Giant joined around the fall of 1996 was the best. The Horsemen and Dungeon of Doom match has this insane sequence with Steve McMichael where he’s waddling around like Baby Huey and Kevin Sullivan has no idea what to do. They’re exhausted and nWo picks off the scraps and then Giant kills Barbarian, and he can’t explain his turn because Hogan’s also at the Nitro booth babbling and ranting, then the Horsemen start fighting them at the booth. Everyone is just going apeshit.
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