Ben Wyatt
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I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Nov 9, 2009 9:15:44 GMT -5
Not at all. The buildup to SummerSlam 98 was fantastic. A million times this. They barely touched each other for the better part of 2 months while building this feud. THAT is how you build a championship feud |
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Post by A Dubya (El Hombre Muerto) on Nov 9, 2009 11:44:35 GMT -5
This rivalry was so long because Austin refused to work with new guys, so they could only use Undertaker for the longest time. Triple H was big enough to work with mr. Austin when he came back in 2000. And, to me, the Austin/Undertaker program was just as stale and just as boring as the Cena/Orton/HHH stuff we get these days. Well......ok. I disagree personally. I never felt that those two feuding was ever stale. I mean, they met over different periods throughout their careers, so it wasn't the same as what we have today. It also wasn't every single ppv main event title match for like 5 months straight. It was spread over years. A stale feud to me, was Rock vs. HHH during 2000. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2009 11:49:00 GMT -5
They main evented 6 ppv's in two years. Were you sick of seeing this match? I thought it got a little old by the end. Still not as stale as the current HHH/Orton/Cena Raw main scene though. In Your House: A Cold Day in Hell - 5/11/1997 WWF Title: Champion Undertaker beat Steve Austin SummerSlam - 8/30/1998 WWF Title: Champion Steve Austin beat The Undertaker Breakdown: In Your House - 9/27/1998 WWF Title: The Undertaker & Kane both pinned Champion Steve Austin to win the title. The title was declared vacant the next night. Rock Bottom: In Your House - 12/13/1998 Buried Alive: Steve Austin beat The Undertaker Over The Edge - 5/23/1999 WWF Title: The Undertaker beat Steve Austin to win the title Fully Loaded - 7/25/1999 First Blood Match for WWF Title: Steve Austin beat The Undertaker to win the title Anyone notice how they traded off wins? Taker/Austin/Taker/Austin/Taker/Austin And then Taker won again in their Backlash 2002 match. |
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Post by erik316wttn on Nov 9, 2009 12:31:11 GMT -5
This rivalry was so long because Austin refused to work with new guys, so they could only use Undertaker for the longest time. Triple H was big enough to work with mr. Austin when he came back in 2000. And, to me, the Austin/Undertaker program was just as stale and just as boring as the Cena/Orton/HHH stuff we get these days. Well......ok. I disagree personally. I never felt that those two feuding was ever stale. I mean, they met over different periods throughout their careers, so it wasn't the same as what we have today. It also wasn't every single ppv main event title match for like 5 months straight. It was spread over years. A stale feud to me, was Rock vs. HHH during 2000. Rock vs. Foley got old after a while, too. They main-evented like 4 consecutive PPV's in 1999, I think. |
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Post by gamblore on Nov 9, 2009 15:09:13 GMT -5
[quote author=taupy board=WWE thread=238548 post=5283003 time=1257772499We all thought it would be Jake the Snake, Who did?[/quote] Practically everyone on the Internet. And anyone who didn't think it was going to be Jake thought it would be Dibiase. Which I never understood. I'm aware of his history with Undertaker and Austin, but he had become a born again Christian by then. Why were people convinced he would take part in an angle with so many satanic overtones, especially when he would be playing the role of, well, Satan? |
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Post by Bubble Lead on Nov 9, 2009 15:18:13 GMT -5
It didn't get stale since every few times they met, the Undertaker character was usually totally different.
If Taker had stayed the Phenom character the entire time and never made any changes to his character yeah, it would have gotten stale to me.
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Post by chunkylover53 on Nov 9, 2009 15:33:07 GMT -5
[quote author=taupy board=WWE thread=238548 post=5283003 time=1257772499We all thought it would be Jake the Snake, Who did? Practically everyone on the Internet. And anyone who didn't think it was going to be Jake thought it would be Dibiase. Which I never understood. I'm aware of his history with Undertaker and Austin, but he had become a born again Christian by then. Why were people convinced he would take part in an angle with so many satanic overtones, especially when he would be playing the role of, well, Satan?[/quote] Conscientcy aside, how awesome would this storyline have been? www.wrestlecrap.com/rwtbministry.htmlAlso, they kept them seperated alot of the time, and certainly didn't have them have matches on RAW(to my memory). |
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Post by Fantozzi on Nov 9, 2009 17:02:03 GMT -5
Also, they kept them seperated alot of the time, and certainly didn't have them have matches on RAW(to my memory). they had at least one in june 1999, when austin won the title back from taker |
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