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Post by tap on Dec 30, 2007 14:17:14 GMT -5
With Jeff Jarrett, the new Midnight Express (Bob Holly and Bart Gunn), and Jim Cornette, was this really a crossover talent exchange or were these four doing an NWA angle, something like a very boring and pointless "invasion"? Thanks!
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Post by alphaman on Dec 30, 2007 14:22:02 GMT -5
All four were under contract to WWE at the time, so it was a very pointless "invasion". It happened with the blessings of the NWA though.
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Post by default on Dec 30, 2007 14:36:48 GMT -5
It was pointless and the NWA backed out of it shortly afterwards.
However, you can't really blame either. NWA was pointless at that time with no television exposure, a fairly crappy indy scene as well as WCW and then ECW killing their crediblity over the course of the 90's.
WWE was still competing with WCW, and trying to make the angle a success would be a shot in the dark risk that they weren't willing to take and honestly, never should've attempted it.
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Post by mo on Dec 30, 2007 14:39:52 GMT -5
The Headbangers won the NWA Tag Titles, that was enough to make it great. Bart Gunn and Bob Holly held them as well!  |
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Post by alphaman on Dec 30, 2007 14:42:09 GMT -5
The Headbangers won the NWA Tag Titles, that was enough to make it great. Bart Gunn and Bob Holly held them as well! I actually forgot about that - that's how memorable the whole thing was ;D |
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Post by mo on Dec 30, 2007 14:45:41 GMT -5
That's the only thing I remember about it.
That and Jarrett had some title too.
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Post by BxB on Dec 30, 2007 14:48:45 GMT -5
Didn't Dan Severn make his debut in WWF with the NWA title and some other belts?
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Post by Tyfo on Dec 30, 2007 15:07:55 GMT -5
I remember the NWA Tag Titles started with the Rock N Roll Express, then they lost them to the Headbangers and Jim Cornette fired them and brought in Bombastic Bob and Bodacious Bart, who won them from the 'Bangers.
The NWA title was decided in a match between Jeff Jarrett and Bradshaw I believe. Barry Windham turned on his New Blackjacks partner and helped Jarrett win the title and joined the NWA stable. They had a rematch at No Way Out in 98 as well.
Then Severn shows up and is the NWA Champion and carrying around his various UFC belts I believe.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2007 15:23:29 GMT -5
As a fan of the old school, I cringe at the thought of how irrelevant the NWA title has become. This angle is a reminder that it's not at all a new thing.
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Post by icarus on Dec 30, 2007 15:43:56 GMT -5
The NWA title was decided in a match between Jeff Jarrett and Bradshaw I believe. Barry Windham turned on his New Blackjacks partner and helped Jarrett win the title and joined the NWA stable. They had a rematch at No Way Out in 98 as well. wasn't it the NWA North American Title??? i could be wrong. for some reason at the time, i thought it was just a title the WWF invented for the angle |
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 30, 2007 22:17:52 GMT -5
Yeah, it was the North American Title that Jeff Jarret held during the iNWAsion. His rival, oddly enough, was Blackjack Bradshaw. The faction also included Barry Windham, who blasphemed Bradshaw and joined the heel group.
It was an okay idea. However, it sucked as far as an invasion went. Invasions formula is something like this. 1. Invaders show up. 2. Invaders dominate the promotion. 3. Faces organize, repel invaders at a big showdown. That simple. These guys, just kinda drifted around the midcard. Heck, I remember the whole thing, and could not tell you why they where in the WWF. Feuding with Bradshaw and the Headbangers isn't really something the fans will care about. It would be as if the Outsiders showed up and challenged Harlem Heat.
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Post by Rockhound on Dec 31, 2007 0:11:54 GMT -5
It was an angle that didn't make sense. Jarrett feuded with Bradshaw and defended his title against such stalwarts as 8-Ball. The R&R Express first beat the Headbangers because one of the 'Bangers threw Morton over the top rope which was cause for disqualification in the NWA and Tommy Young called for the bell. Then there was a rematch but with a WWF referee and again one of the R&R members was tossed over the ropes but this time the Headbangers gained the pinfall and the belts. I think they held them a little over a month and lost to the New Midnight Express...then that was it. Dumb.
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Post by chunkylover53 on Dec 31, 2007 1:55:35 GMT -5
The only thing I remember about the angle was Bob Holly with bleach blonde hair. *shrugs uncontrolably*
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Post by Tyfo on Dec 31, 2007 2:07:13 GMT -5
The NWA title was decided in a match between Jeff Jarrett and Bradshaw I believe. Barry Windham turned on his New Blackjacks partner and helped Jarrett win the title and joined the NWA stable. They had a rematch at No Way Out in 98 as well. wasn't it the NWA North American Title??? i could be wrong. for some reason at the time, i thought it was just a title the WWF invented for the angle Yes the title Jarrett was holding was the NWA North American title. However I believe that when Dan Severn came in, he was the holder of the NWA World title at the time, and brought the World title in for the rest of the NWA stable run. I may be wrong, but I think thats how it went. |
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