Hanzo
Dennis Stamp
"You want Cena to go to ECW?!"
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Post by Hanzo on Nov 25, 2013 12:30:29 GMT -5
I'm probably one of the few people who did. And yeah, I know in a business sense, it was stupid. I thought it was neat, though. I wonder how far Dan Severn or Steve Blackman would have gotten if they both wouldn't have had to drop out? I think Bart Gunn would have been done for. I think Gunn was a legit tough guy and I think he actually had some toughman competition experience, but I don't think he would have beat either of those two. I wonder why Ken Shamrock wasn't in there? That would have been interesting to see Shamrock vs Severn in a boxing match.
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Post by Amazing Kitsune on Nov 25, 2013 14:12:58 GMT -5
I liked it as well and I would have some interest in a modern version.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Nov 25, 2013 14:31:09 GMT -5
In Hardcore Holly's book he says that a lot of guys that signed up signed up because they wanted something to do, but they enjoyed doing it. He said the biggest issue came from how much JR talked up Dr. Death to the point that it made the other wrestlers resentful... which got worse when A)It became obvious that they were trying to rig it so Doc would win and B)Doc admitted after he lost that JR and the office had paid him the winnings in advanced (which is another reason JR got so much heat).
Holly basically said had they just came out and said "this is an angle we want Doc to win" they were fine, but they told everybody it was legit. So when they found it WWE wanted it both ways they got pissed.
Holly also mentioned that Steve Blackman was training like mad and really wanted to win the tournament, but got hurt while training and that everybody involved was relieved he wasn't in the thing (Holly, Coach, and others have gone on record and said Blackman was by far the scariest and toughest guy in the WWF)
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Post by Hit Girl on Nov 25, 2013 15:14:15 GMT -5
It could have been effective if it had been a work. Making it a shoot was insane.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2013 15:24:26 GMT -5
They should bring it back as the "Job For All" and have all of the low card jobbers kicking the shit out of each other to try to earn Vince's favor.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Nov 25, 2013 15:31:41 GMT -5
I LOVED Blackman in that thing. Everyone else was going for knockouts. Blackman just calmly went for takedown after takedown, racking up the points.
I also love that they talked up how it was a shoot... and then they ended up making it a work anyway to have Bart win after knocking out Dr. Death. Um, unless we're to believe he just spontaneously knocked out two or three more people in exactly the same way.
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Post by molson5 on Nov 25, 2013 15:33:25 GMT -5
I loved it because it was completely different than anything we've seen in wrestling. I don't even care if stuff falls flat, I want my wrestling companies to try wacky stuff.
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Post by warriorthug4edge on Nov 25, 2013 16:01:11 GMT -5
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Post by Amazing Kitsune on Nov 25, 2013 16:09:03 GMT -5
I know what the Mrs. and I are watching tomorrow. |
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