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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2015 19:41:15 GMT -5
I'm thinking 2004 was the first time they had the sign? Unless I'm wrong.
So in trying to figure this out, who was the first guy?
Shawn Michaels? Brock Lesnar? Goldberg?
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Post by Hit Girl on Nov 15, 2015 19:45:50 GMT -5
I'm not sure.
Let's just say it was Sin Cara.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Nov 15, 2015 19:47:16 GMT -5
I want to say Benoit when he won the Royal Rumble.
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Post by DJ Maniak on Nov 15, 2015 20:06:54 GMT -5
Curtis Axel.
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Post by Starshine on Nov 15, 2015 20:11:22 GMT -5
IIRC it became a thing around 2008/09. It was very obvious when Orton won in '09 and the referee tried to get him in the right position, while Orton kept trying to point at it from different spots in the ring.
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Post by Woo on Nov 15, 2015 20:19:17 GMT -5
Orton trying to set the fireworks off by pointing at the sign and it not woring until he steps on the middle rope and does it will never not be funny.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2015 20:20:32 GMT -5
IIRC it became a thing around 2008/09. It was very obvious when Orton won in '09 and the referee tried to get him in the right position, while Orton kept trying to point at it from different spots in the ring.  Earliest picture I can find, so it's 2008 and Wrestlemania 24. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2015 20:21:07 GMT -5
I swear Benoit did it during 2004.
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Post by JCBaggee on Nov 15, 2015 20:46:29 GMT -5
Just went back and watched RR '04, and no, Benoit doesn't point at the sign. He just kinda pumps his arms and poses on the turnbuckle, but doesn't even look at the sign really.
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Post by sonofblaine on Nov 16, 2015 1:17:01 GMT -5
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Post by Hit Girl on Nov 16, 2015 1:18:25 GMT -5
I think it might have been The Executioner.
He pointed to the Wrestlemania 1 sign and Vince said "Yeah Buddy, that's what we're callin' it, hahahahahah!"
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2015 2:41:25 GMT -5
Why did this become a thing, exactly?
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Nov 16, 2015 3:27:45 GMT -5
I thought maybe Yokozuna did in 93.. But it turns out he was trying to get the attention of a hot dog vendor.
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Post by Chiral on Nov 16, 2015 3:53:08 GMT -5
Why did this become a thing, exactly? It's an easy visual to show "WE'RE ON THE ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA FOLKS" (well except for Orton in 09), but like many WWE things they overdid it to the point that it's a joke now. |
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Post by Hit Girl on Nov 16, 2015 3:58:00 GMT -5
It became a thing when they began to manufacture awkward and forced "Wrestlemania moments" rather than having them happen organically as a consequence of sensible booking.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Nov 16, 2015 4:19:35 GMT -5
Why did this become a thing, exactly? Because it makes a nice replacement for writing an actual story? |
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Post by thirteen3 on Nov 16, 2015 6:37:35 GMT -5
I wanna say it was the 2010 rumble (the one with the "epic" Cena/Orton staredown) That practically everybody pointed at the sign.
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Post by Martin: #TeamBella Treasurer on Nov 16, 2015 7:15:09 GMT -5
I don't know if he pointed to it, but they got some nice shots of Batista and the sign after winning his first Royal Rumble  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2015 8:52:19 GMT -5
It became a thing when they began to manufacture awkward and forced "Wrestlemania moments" rather than having them happen organically as a consequence of sensible booking. I hate that so much, especially during the show when they say "What a Wrestlemania moment" and "so and so is looking for their Wrestlemania moment" etc. Whatever happened to the fans deciding which moments were special? |
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Nov 16, 2015 9:03:54 GMT -5
It became a thing when they began to manufacture awkward and forced "Wrestlemania moments" rather than having them happen organically as a consequence of sensible booking. I hate that so much, especially during the show when they say "What a Wrestlemania moment" and "so and so is looking for their Wrestlemania moment" etc. Whatever happened to the fans deciding which moments were special? You mean a 25 minute talk segment in the middle of the show where the announcers say 'wrestlemania moment' 10 times....is alittle manufactured? |
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