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Post by Super Nintenjoe KBD on Sept 18, 2013 15:15:58 GMT -5
I was thinking about how much I enjoyed these guy's mini feud in autumn 98 and the thread about Survivor Series 98 reminded me of it.
I loved that all three were up and coming faces with, in kayfabe, all of them having an equal shot at being the next break out star and the momentum Rock was getting at this time led to his swerve heel turn and made it even better in retrospect along with what happened to the other two.
I dont remember the match (I didnt get to see PPVs at the time and havnt'd watched it recently) but I see on wiki that The Rock won a number 1 contendership to the WWF title by winning the match, what ever came of this title shot? I dont remember what happened in the storyline.
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Post by BorneAgain on Sept 18, 2013 15:17:18 GMT -5
Probably wrong but I think this is the only non singles or tag (one on one/two on two) cage match in WWE history.
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Post by chronocross on Sept 18, 2013 15:28:49 GMT -5
The Rock won the #1 contendership, but the title was held up the next night after Austin being pinned by Taker/Kane at the same time.
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Post by Abadebe on Sept 18, 2013 17:15:21 GMT -5
Probably wrong but I think this is the only non singles or tag (one on one/two on two) cage match in WWE history. Mark Henry vs Big Show vs Daniel Bryan at last year's Royal Rumble. |
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Post by JTG Fan on Sept 18, 2013 17:18:29 GMT -5
Breakdown 98 was one of the first WWF VHS' I bought when I started watching wrestling, and the cage match between these three will forever be one of my favorite matches ever.
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Post by BrianZane on Sept 18, 2013 17:23:53 GMT -5
I dont remember the match (I didnt get to see PPVs at the time and havnt'd watched it recently) but I see on wiki that The Rock won a number 1 contendership to the WWF title by winning the match, what ever came of this title shot? I dont remember what happened in the storyline. Rock won the #1 Contendership in the cage match, but I guess he never really took advantage of it since he became the champion the following month at Survivor Series. I think he lost his contendership when he and McMahon were "conspiring" before Rock's turn, then he earned a spot in the tournament, so it was all kind of a wash. |
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Post by Tony Schiavontay on Sept 18, 2013 17:24:51 GMT -5
The cage match they had at Breakdown 98 is one of the best matches of the Attitude era.
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Post by BorneAgain on Sept 18, 2013 17:27:30 GMT -5
Probably wrong but I think this is the only non singles or tag (one on one/two on two) cage match in WWE history. Mark Henry vs Big Show vs Daniel Bryan at last year's Royal Rumble. Ah, thought I was missing at least one, but couldn't place it. |
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Post by Brooklynpunk97 on Sept 18, 2013 19:47:06 GMT -5
The crowd roaring as Rock laid that double Peoples Elbow was awesome.
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Post by agent817 on Sept 18, 2013 21:03:08 GMT -5
How exactly did The Rock turn face during that time? Was it crowd reactions? People still booed him, unless his performance at Summerslam that year might have given fans a change of heart or maybe he was just that charismatic.
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Post by Tony Schiavontay on Sept 18, 2013 21:40:35 GMT -5
Probably wrong but I think this is the only non singles or tag (one on one/two on two) cage match in WWE history. Mark Henry vs Big Show vs Daniel Bryan at last year's Royal Rumble. John Cena vs Miz vs John Morrison at Extreme Rules 2011 as well. |
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Post by Brooklynpunk97 on Sept 19, 2013 1:05:46 GMT -5
How exactly did The Rock turn face during that time? Was it crowd reactions? People still booed him, unless his performance at Summerslam that year might have given fans a change of heart or maybe he was just that charismatic. Basically. I believe he just got more comfortable, called people out during promos and all around was the best at what he did in '98-'99. The Rock was just laying the verbal and physical smackdown and people f***ing loved it. |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Sept 19, 2013 7:56:39 GMT -5
How exactly did The Rock turn face during that time? Was it crowd reactions? People still booed him, unless his performance at Summerslam that year might have given fans a change of heart or maybe he was just that charismatic. Basically. I believe he just got more comfortable, called people out during promos and all around was the best at what he did in '98-'99. The Rock was just laying the verbal and physical smackdown and people f***ing loved it. There's a really hilarious alternative commentary somewhere on YouTube with Jim Cornette and someone else commentating on a battle royal, and The Rock gets a huge face pop when he comes out. Cornette says something like 'What the f***'s happened in the past two weeks?' |
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