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Post by chazraps on Sept 8, 2023 0:21:38 GMT -5
I go back-and-forth every time I do a 1996 rewatch, and right now I believe Goldust saved Ahmed Johnson's life by intervening in a way that shoddy medical professionals weren't willing to. He clearly saw the man was in need and not being properly attended to.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Sept 8, 2023 0:24:49 GMT -5
I may be misrembering this but I think back when Jericho was billed as to being from Manhasset and Benoit from Atlanta, someone asked Vince at some press conference type thing why Christian was still billed from Toronto and his response was "But he's a heel!" This would have been around Wrestlemania 20. there was a rumor at that point that was done because people like La Reistance and Hirohito were coming in... and they realized a lot of their upper mid card faces were all Canadian.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Sept 8, 2023 0:36:51 GMT -5
I may be misrembering this but I think back when Jericho was billed as to being from Manhasset and Benoit from Atlanta, someone asked Vince at some press conference type thing why Christian was still billed from Toronto and his response was "But he's a heel!" This would have been around Wrestlemania 20. there was a rumor at that point that was done because people like La Reistance and Hirohito were coming in... and they realized a lot of their upper mid card faces were all Canadian. Benoit's got crazy for a while, where he was billed as from Edmonton but residing in Atlanta and I think they would even throw Montreal in there if they were from Quebec.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Sept 8, 2023 1:30:28 GMT -5
there was a rumor at that point that was done because people like La Reistance and Hirohito were coming in... and they realized a lot of their upper mid card faces were all Canadian. Benoit's got crazy for a while, where he was billed as from Edmonton but residing in Atlanta and I think they would even throw Montreal in there if they were from Quebec. Now I'm imagining him with a gimmick winning the lottery and having seasonal residences like Ted Dibiase.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Sept 8, 2023 1:47:23 GMT -5
The "WHAT!?" chant when someone speaks another language is awful shit that just makes all of America look actually stupid.
You aren't getting a gotcha on the heel for not understanding them, you're making yourselves look like dumb hucklebucks because you aren't smart enough TO understand them...
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Nosnorb
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Post by Nosnorb on Sept 8, 2023 5:28:37 GMT -5
Shawn Michaels. Why did people boo him when it was clear that Jannetty jumped through the window in an act of cowardice?
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Post by Sephiroth on Sept 8, 2023 6:40:03 GMT -5
AJ Lee wants the emphasis to be on women’s wrestling, not on looks dvd reality tv. She single handed Lu takes on a dozen Total Divas and beats every one of them and quite handily even when they try to hang up on her. But she’s supposed to be the villain.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Sept 8, 2023 6:41:21 GMT -5
Being from Ontario I can saying being from Toronto you probably deserve to be bood. I may be misrembering this but I think back when Jericho was billed as to being from Manhasset and Benoit from Atlanta, someone asked Vince at some press conference type thing why Christian was still billed from Toronto and his response was "But he's a heel!" This would have been around Wrestlemania 20. Yeah it always makes me laugh when WWE would put on a show outside Toronto and think a heel would get heat dogging on the Leafs like they're not the most hated NHL franchise in the rest of Canada or something.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Sept 8, 2023 6:43:20 GMT -5
Stephanie wanted revenge on her father for having her stalked, tormented, abducted, and tied to a symbol for a dark wedding all to get back at Steve Austin. And we were supposed to boo her.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Sept 8, 2023 6:56:21 GMT -5
AJ Lee wants the emphasis to be on women’s wrestling, not on looks dvd reality tv. She single handed Lu takes on a dozen Total Divas and beats every one of them and quite handily even when they try to hang up on her. But she’s supposed to be the villain. To be fair her promo to start that angle was full of slut shaming (and sorta hypocritical considering by that point she was also in a relationship with a major male star) and has aged really poorly as a result.
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Post by Sephiroth on Sept 8, 2023 7:03:15 GMT -5
AJ Lee wants the emphasis to be on women’s wrestling, not on looks dvd reality tv. She single handed Lu takes on a dozen Total Divas and beats every one of them and quite handily even when they try to hang up on her. But she’s supposed to be the villain. To be fair her promo to start that angle was full of slut shaming (and sorta hypocritical considering by that point she was also in a relationship with a major male star) and has aged really poorly as a result. I still don’t remember her run as divas champion with any fondness, for how whitewashed her legacy now is. When she wasn’t portrayed as incapable of winning without her goon Tamina, she was involved in convoluted storylines. After having her devise my best all the women in the main roster, you had a perfect scenario in the rookie Paige as the new challenger. And they still managed turn it into a channel changer.
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Post by tafkaga on Sept 8, 2023 8:18:06 GMT -5
Paul Orndorff when he turned on Hogan. I was 6 years old and thought Hogan was being a dick, cutting him off during promos, monopolizing the spotlight, and got his just desserts when Orndorff piledrived him.
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Sept 8, 2023 10:33:02 GMT -5
Shawn Michaels. Why did people boo him when it was clear that Jannetty jumped through the window in an act of cowardice? Will you stop!
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Sept 8, 2023 10:42:11 GMT -5
AJ Lee wants the emphasis to be on women’s wrestling, not on looks dvd reality tv. She single handed Lu takes on a dozen Total Divas and beats every one of them and quite handily even when they try to hang up on her. But she’s supposed to be the villain. She cut a promo essentially calling them all a bunch of talentless sluts in a shitty division and bragged about how she was champion of said shitty division. In what universe were people NOT supposed to boo her?
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Post by Hypnosis on Sept 8, 2023 11:16:45 GMT -5
Albert about Scotty 2 Hotty:"He made me dance!"
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Post by Sephiroth on Sept 8, 2023 11:22:25 GMT -5
AJ Lee wants the emphasis to be on women’s wrestling, not on looks dvd reality tv. She single handed Lu takes on a dozen Total Divas and beats every one of them and quite handily even when they try to hang up on her. But she’s supposed to be the villain. She cut a promo essentially calling them all a bunch of talentless sluts in a shitty division and bragged about how she was champion of said shitty division. In what universe were people NOT supposed to boo her? That’s my point-no one did because of how it was booked even after that promo. If they wanted AJ to just be the jealous, spiteful villain then she needed to act the part and be presented that way. She was still acting like a face half the time and the other half the total divas were acting like vain, shallow mean girls toward her. And the fact there were so many total divas and yet she still fever them off even when they tried yo gang up on her made her look like an underdog overcoming the odds. It made it impossible to boo AJ, she looked actually justified in her hostility toward the total divas. It was just a convoluted mess.
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Post by James Fabiano on Sept 8, 2023 11:50:00 GMT -5
Albert about Scotty 2 Hotty:"He made me dance!" ...FOR SIX MONTHS!!!!!!!!! And I thought I'd be the only one to remember/say that. Came in the chat to mention it, in fact.
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Post by James Fabiano on Sept 8, 2023 11:50:50 GMT -5
To be fair, most of the "foreign" heels said they hated America on a regular basis too.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Sept 8, 2023 13:22:40 GMT -5
Shawn Michaels. Why did people boo him when it was clear that Jannetty jumped through the window in an act of cowardice? Albert about Scotty 2 Hotty:"He made me dance!" But did it ruin the Lord Tensai gimmick?
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Post by Hit Girl on Sept 8, 2023 13:27:12 GMT -5
Macho for not trusting Hogan around Elizabeth. Most men would have probably agreed.
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