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Post by eudypfohl on Dec 25, 2022 12:56:30 GMT -5
Just saw this clip. I almost feel bad for him and the sad, indifferent response coming from the audience. Of course they knew he wasn't the champ...but usually when a top, popular face that the people want to get the strap gets his hands on it, the people go wild and respond that YES, this is what we want to see youtu.be/uhq8uSnDJ8wpThis is just bizarre. A testing the waters by Vince |
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Post by Celexa Bliss 54 on Dec 25, 2022 13:02:57 GMT -5
For me, the biggest shock is that he was still using Stars and Stripes Forever that late into the build to WrestleMania. When did he switch to the theme that would later be known as the Allied Powers' theme music?
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Post by eudypfohl on Dec 25, 2022 13:46:13 GMT -5
For me, the biggest shock is that he was still using Stars and Stripes Forever that late into the build to WrestleMania. When did he switch to the theme that would later be known as the Allied Powers' theme music? well WMX was in late March, and I recall by April 1994 Stars and Stripes Forever was scrapped for the new theme. Figured they decided he wasn't ever getting the belt but also really didn't have much of a plan regarding his immediate future with the company...somewhere along the line it was decided to tone down the American Made/Hero patriotism stuff as it wasn't getting the reaction they thought it would. |
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Post by fg on Dec 25, 2022 14:24:54 GMT -5
For me, the biggest shock is that he was still using Stars and Stripes Forever that late into the build to WrestleMania. When did he switch to the theme that would later be known as the Allied Powers' theme music? It was just before WMX. I think Lex was using Stars & Stripes Forever during the March to WM special. |
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Post by fg on Dec 25, 2022 14:26:55 GMT -5
Just saw this clip. I almost feel bad for him and the sad, indifferent response coming from the audience. Of course they knew he wasn't the champ...but usually when a top, popular face that the people want to get the strap gets his hands on it, the people go wild and respond that YES, this is what we want to see youtu.be/uhq8uSnDJ8wpThis is just bizarre. A testing the waters by Vince I know Lex wasn’t getting the reaction that he once did but you also have to remember that the crowd was probably dead tired since it was a 780 hour marathon taping that they attended. |
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Post by eudypfohl on Dec 25, 2022 14:47:06 GMT -5
Just saw this clip. I almost feel bad for him and the sad, indifferent response coming from the audience. Of course they knew he wasn't the champ...but usually when a top, popular face that the people want to get the strap gets his hands on it, the people go wild and respond that YES, this is what we want to see youtu.be/uhq8uSnDJ8wpThis is just bizarre. A testing the waters by Vince I know Lex wasn’t getting the reaction that he once did but you also have to remember that the crowd was probably dead tired since it was a 780 hour marathon taping that they attended. Oh...did not know that. Were tapings extremely long back then? I remember watching Superstars and such and just assuming these were prob 90 minute in person shows that they cut down to fit into an hour TV block suppose the timing could've been better for this test. Either at the beginning of the show or when the audience had some fire in |
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Post by sungod2020 on Dec 25, 2022 14:48:04 GMT -5
Just saw this clip. I almost feel bad for him and the sad, indifferent response coming from the audience. Of course they knew he wasn't the champ...but usually when a top, popular face that the people want to get the strap gets his hands on it, the people go wild and respond that YES, this is what we want to see youtu.be/uhq8uSnDJ8wpThis is just bizarre. A testing the waters by Vince I know Lex wasn’t getting the reaction that he once did but you also have to remember that the crowd was probably dead tired since it was a 780 hour marathon taping that they attended. That could've partially been it, but in all seriousness, by that point all the momentum Luger had was slipping away. Just see the reactions between him and Bret Hart at the Rumble over who they saw as the winner. The fans clearly wanted The Hitman. That's why I find the rumor that Luger got drunk and told a news reporter he was going to win the WWF championship at Wrestlemania hoopla. Even if he did, why waste all that time, money, promotion etc etc only to nix it entirely AND ON TOP OF THAT push him down the card immediately thereafter? If the company ever planned and then scrapped the idea of making him WWF champion at Wrestlemania X, it would've been during the build up, not the night before. |
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Post by HisRoyalGreeness on Dec 25, 2022 18:24:46 GMT -5
If Luger did win the championship they may have had to change the belt design because he just did not look right at all wearing the Eagle.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Dec 25, 2022 20:22:17 GMT -5
If you want to kill a guy, make him do this
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Post by tafkaga on Dec 26, 2022 1:17:38 GMT -5
What a weird segment. I thought taking the title away from the rightful champion and celebrating with it while proclaiming premature victory was something heels did.
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Post by cjh on Dec 26, 2022 2:06:24 GMT -5
Supposedly, this was not done to test fan reaction to Luger but was instead done as a decoy.
Taping date: Feb. 22
Air dates: Mar. 12, Mar. 26, Apr. 2
WrestleMania date: Mar. 20
The story goes that they wanted smart fans to think Luger doing the entrance with the belt would air on one of the post-WM episodes with Cornette's part not being shown.
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Post by evilone on Dec 26, 2022 2:36:41 GMT -5
JC said it was a rib on smarks.
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Post by LiamMcDuggle on Dec 26, 2022 3:20:37 GMT -5
Just saw this clip. I almost feel bad for him and the sad, indifferent response coming from the audience. Of course they knew he wasn't the champ...but usually when a top, popular face that the people want to get the strap gets his hands on it, the people go wild and respond that YES, this is what we want to see youtu.be/uhq8uSnDJ8wpThis is just bizarre. A testing the waters by Vince Bruce Prichard stated in STW this was literally just done to mess with Meltzer and get him to report something false. |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Dec 26, 2022 9:13:11 GMT -5
JC said it was a rib on smarks. Oh those are always totally worth it |
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Post by Milkman Norm on Dec 26, 2022 11:06:01 GMT -5
What a weird segment. I thought taking the title away from the rightful champion and celebrating with it while proclaiming premature victory was something heels did. Because WWE would tape syndication weeks in advance and at least 3 episodes per cycle it was sometimes necessary to have the winner of the upcoming title match appear with the belt at a taping. I know they did it in 1988 with episodes that would air after Summerslam where Warrior would steal the belt from Honky for the night until Honky would steal it back at the end of the night. Now in the case of Luger it was all to work the smart fans. Cornette said that Vince knew they'd report it to the Observer and that's what happened. But it worked because WWE had to do similar things for real in the past. |
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Dec 26, 2022 11:10:20 GMT -5
Just saw this clip. I almost feel bad for him and the sad, indifferent response coming from the audience. Of course they knew he wasn't the champ...but usually when a top, popular face that the people want to get the strap gets his hands on it, the people go wild and respond that YES, this is what we want to see youtu.be/uhq8uSnDJ8wpThis is just bizarre. A testing the waters by Vince Bruce Prichard stated in STW this was literally just done to mess with Meltzer and get him to report something false. That just makes them look like idiots for putting this much effort into trying to trick the reporting in the Observer in 1994. |
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Post by cjh on Dec 26, 2022 11:26:52 GMT -5
What a weird segment. I thought taking the title away from the rightful champion and celebrating with it while proclaiming premature victory was something heels did. Because WWE would tape syndication weeks in advance and at least 3 episodes per cycle it was sometimes necessary to have the winner of the upcoming title match appear with the belt at a taping. I know they did it in 1988 with episodes that would air after Summerslam where Warrior would steal the belt from Honky for the night until Honky would steal it back at the end of the night. Now in the case of Luger it was all to work the smart fans. Cornette said that Vince knew they'd report it to the Observer and that's what happened. But it worked because WWE had to do similar things for real in the past. There was also this match. At the taping, Perfect made his entrance with the IC Title, Bret Hart came to ringside, took the belt, and Perfect went running after him. On TV, they skipped that and went straight to Perfect's second entrance without the belt. |
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