Madagascar Fred
El Dandy
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Post by Madagascar Fred on Dec 1, 2013 11:59:44 GMT -5
has to be one of the worst periods of main event wrestling I've ever seen
red&yellow Hogan + Flair + Sting (later joining the heel side) + Goldberg (as unmotivated as ever) as faces
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Sid, Rick Steiner, Jersey Triad (jobbers for the main eventers, unbeatable for midcarders!), Total Package (ugh) & Kevin Nash as heels
awful matches, nonsensical booking (remember the Hummer angle?), outdated wrestlers & ideas, midcarders getting overlooked (Eddie, Benoit, Kidman, Raven, Saturn...)
don't even get me started on Savage's tenure here. brutal, brutal stuff
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2013 14:47:13 GMT -5
It was fun IMO. Sure they were lost and there was no big picture, but I enjoyed it, I'd say more than WWF of second part of '99.
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agent817
Fry's dog Seymour
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Post by agent817 on Dec 2, 2013 16:59:57 GMT -5
The No Limit Soldiers angle, enough said, and this is coming from a rap fan.
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Tony Schiavontay
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Post by Tony Schiavontay on Dec 2, 2013 17:50:01 GMT -5
I was only allowed to watch the WWF's Saturday morning shows, so I got my wrestling fix from Thunder and Saturday Night. I loved it back then but we're all stupid when we're 9.
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Post by Bootista on Dec 2, 2013 17:52:16 GMT -5
Harlem Heat reuniting was the only bright spot.
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Dec 3, 2013 1:46:00 GMT -5
Bret winning the title was pretty much only the moment that didn't suck for me.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Dec 3, 2013 3:10:41 GMT -5
I actually started watching wrestling in Spring of 1999, right when the "Summer of Suck" was beginning.
Looking back, I don't how the hell I enjoyed this shit back then, because it really was terrible.
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Post by thegame415 on Dec 3, 2013 7:49:13 GMT -5
I always view Slamboree 1999 as the ending point for quality stuff from WCW for a while.
Booker T, Buff Bagwell, Scott Steiner, Kidman, and Rey Mysterio all should've been focal points for the company at this point.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Dec 4, 2013 7:48:43 GMT -5
Calling Goldberg unmotivated is unfair. I've rarely ever seen Goldberg unmotivated. The man knows what the fans want, which is part of what made him so successful.
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SOR
Unicron
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Post by SOR on Dec 5, 2013 3:39:15 GMT -5
Mid 1999 wasn't THAT bad. You had Buff Bagwell's mega push, Goldberg dominating and the rise of Bret.
The worst of 99 was November and December. Things started to pick up in February 2000 (For me personally) but November and December of 99 were brutal.
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Post by DoubleDare on Dec 5, 2013 6:29:01 GMT -5
The other week at the thrift store I got a tape labeled fall brawl someone recorded.
Pop it in...its 1999 opens with a match involving ICP...I look up the card....its the one fall brawl with no war games match.
God damn you crappy 99 wcw.
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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Dec 5, 2013 19:04:54 GMT -5
The Summer of Suck was the absolute nadir of WCW fandom for me. Absolutely miserable television. Dreary, backwards looking, and no semblance of a plan whatsoever. Having the nWo angle erode due to injuries meant that Bischoff had no backup plan and his solution was to throw money at everything but improving his product.
Somehow, though, Kevin Sullivan's inept booking reign from late January through March 2000 was even worse.
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