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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2017 1:32:42 GMT -5
Before he was teaming with Michael Hayes as a Fabulous Freebird...
Before he tried everything to free Precious from that dastardly Kevin Sullivan's mind control...
Before he lost to Ric Flair in a World Title match and had to give up Precious to him...
Before he went on WCW TV every week calling out that "stinking Indian Wahoo McDaniels"...
Before he battled with David Von Erich accompanied by Sunshine...
...he was just Jim Garvin, a mustachioed, terrible-hair having, blue trunks wearing jobber in Mid-South Wrestling.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2017 4:31:06 GMT -5
There aren't many things that I need to be true in my life but "MY PANCAKES ARE LIVING INSIDE YOU" needs to be the lyrics to that song or everything to this point in my life has been a lie. Let's compromise and say they're lemon pancakes. I don't want to get the reputation of being pro lemon but I'll allow it because the other option is just too painful.
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Post by wingedeagle on Mar 29, 2017 15:21:52 GMT -5
Anybody, but McMahon would've been better. 6 months of build-up down the drain thanks to a nonsensical reveal.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 15:01:26 GMT -5
Add "Precious" Paul Ellering in his wrestling days to the wrestlers who tried to emulate Superstar Billy Graham.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Mar 30, 2017 18:31:30 GMT -5
Add "Precious" Paul Ellering in his wrestling days to the wrestlers who tried to emulate Superstar Billy Graham. Oh absolutely. Alongside Hogan, Austin Idol, Ventura and much later, Scott Steiner, Paul was trying to get in on the action. I wish I could remember the details but there was some early 80s Memphis show that had Ellering and two of the others (I *want* to say Hogan and Idol) all on the same show, essentially doing variations of the same gimmick. After watching those WCW on TBS shows for a good while now, I ask myself: Why is David Crockett considered a bad announcer? While not the best announcer of all time, he seems to do a decent job and he certainly does not annoy me like some of the other current WWE announcers. Also seems like one of the few announcers/interviewers with a set of balls, trying to break up fights or, more awesomely, throwing his microphone down in disgust, refusing to interview Jim Cornette and the MX after the former hit Baby Doll with his tennis racket. Is it just the Wrestlecrap induction that caused most people to lump him in with some of the worst announcers or is there something I oversee about his performance? You know those matches McMahon gets mocked for where he's nothing but "He got'em...no he didn't!" and "Look at him go!" and "Whatamaneuver!"? Combine those with the amount of sycophantic enthusiasm he called HBK matches and that's about how bad David could get at times. He was certainly enthusiastic, but he could get way, way overboard.
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Post by chronocross on Mar 30, 2017 20:33:36 GMT -5
I forgot how much I liked heel R-Truth on these old Raws from 2011, I wish he didn't get suspended as that was the best part of his run in WWE so far, especially Confederate R-Truth.
For the Mid-South stuff, I'm looking forward to the JYD/DiBiase angle where DiBiase turns heel to win the Mid South title from his former friend, I think that's around May/June of 1982.
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Post by wingedeagle on Mar 30, 2017 23:43:30 GMT -5
I know some of the Attitude Era RAWs had bonus footage after the show ended, but I didn't know they did it with Flair's retirement until now. They even included The Undertaker coming out to pay respect.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Mar 31, 2017 0:39:11 GMT -5
I know some of the Attitude Era RAWs had bonus footage after the show ended, but I didn't know they did it with Flair's retirement until now. They even included The Undertaker coming out to pay respect. I didn't know it was possible to not know that. It was a cool moment
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Mar 31, 2017 13:30:54 GMT -5
Another charming point in an otherwise dismal WCW 2000: The commentary team's bipartisan hatred of Disqo.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Apr 1, 2017 14:45:27 GMT -5
In the run up til the 1997 Survivor Series Owen Hart did carry a lot to the ring. His IC title, two slammies, a Canadian flag and a leaher jacket that to be fair he wore
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Post by kingofthings on Apr 2, 2017 3:51:28 GMT -5
Mick Foley's son has his dad saved in his phone as "Mick Foley". Tickled me for some reason.
YES I'm watching this abomination. Came on after re-run of NXT and can't find wire to charge PS3 controller.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2017 6:09:13 GMT -5
After watching the first six months of the WCW show on TBS, I just await one moment...when Dusty Rhodes finally wrestles on that show.
Seriously, even the World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair wrestled from time to time on there, but I have so far not seen Duthty do any wrestling on there, only interviews/run-ins etc. every show.
Was he of the mentality "Daddeh, dose people hav ta pay to see me rassle, Ron...ah mean, David!"?
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Post by chronocross on Apr 2, 2017 7:20:15 GMT -5
Forgot how good Smackdown was in 2011, watching the episodes after the Orton/Christian match and it was pretty solid and Michael Cole's heel character had toned down some by that point.
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Post by kingofthings on Apr 2, 2017 9:43:36 GMT -5
Managed to completely forget Big E used to roll with Dolph Ziggler. Watching the shock title changes WWE List show at the moment.
Unintentional lol moment at the start of that show too - narrator saying "in a world where you can google anything, and I mean ANYTHING" as Paige was on screen.
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on Apr 7, 2017 14:54:28 GMT -5
After an nWo beat down on Nitro, Piper starts speaking in tongues. Not sure if that lead to anything yet.
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Post by chronocross on Apr 7, 2017 17:10:19 GMT -5
After an nWo beat down on Nitro, Piper starts speaking in tongues. Not sure if that lead to anything yet. It did, they had said on commentary that he was speaking Gaelic, not sure how true it is but it led to him returning in February of 97 to challenge Hogan at Superbrawl 7 in San Francisco.
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on Apr 7, 2017 17:21:53 GMT -5
After an nWo beat down on Nitro, Piper starts speaking in tongues. Not sure if that lead to anything yet. It did, they had said on commentary that he was speaking Gaelic, not sure how true it is but it led to him returning in February of 97 to challenge Hogan at Superbrawl 7 in San Francisco. I thought maybe that is what it was supposed to be.
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Post by Phil Parent on Apr 7, 2017 18:00:04 GMT -5
Man, Johnny Weaver was a rotten broadcaster at Starccade 85.
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Post by FinalGwen on Apr 7, 2017 19:16:56 GMT -5
Wrestling shows love pointing to Pillman's ECW debut to show how off the wall he was, but only ever point to him calling people smart marks and threatening to pee in the ring. They never show the bit straight after when he grabs an obvious plant out of the audience and starts jabbing him in the back of the head with a fork he pulls from his boot. Don't know whether it's too violent or just too obviously set up for the unpredicable image.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2017 13:26:59 GMT -5
This Kevin Sullivan early 2000 era is so painfully dull it's making me miss Russo.Thank Jeebus that wwf is on fire at that time.
I had no memory of El Dandy & Silver King managed by Miss Hancock or "The American Nightmare"Dustin Rhodes.
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