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Post by hulksmash87 on Jan 28, 2019 19:01:51 GMT -5
Which do you feel was better? I always liked the road wild idea
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Post by chronocross on Jan 28, 2019 19:11:33 GMT -5
I wouldn't have a problem with the Road Wild concept if it was a regular Nitro/Saturday Night or if they did it as a Clash of the Champions instead of a PPV.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Jan 28, 2019 19:19:52 GMT -5
Yeah, making a PPV completely free for entry was one of the dumber ideas peak WCW had, and that's saying something.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jan 28, 2019 19:46:00 GMT -5
Yeah, making a PPV completely free for entry was one of the dumber ideas peak WCW had, and that's saying something. It’s not the free that is really stupid, it was free for drunk people who didn’t give a f***.
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Post by mattyc on Jan 29, 2019 20:06:58 GMT -5
They may not have been good for business, but i'm glad that shows like Road Wild exist for us to look back on. Whether it was a show on an actual Beach, in a Shopping Mall or at a Biker rally. WCW were often so much more imaginative and daring when it came to making each PPV feel unique in look and feel. It's an approach that I wish the WWE would take more today.
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Post by arrogantmodel on Jan 30, 2019 1:23:51 GMT -5
They may not have been good for business, but i'm glad that shows like Road Wild exist for us to look back on. Whether it was a show on an actual Beach, in a Shopping Mall or at a Biker rally. WCW were often so much more imaginative and daring when it came to making each PPV feel unique in look and feel. It's an approach that I wish the WWE would take more today. True. I remember being blown away that Mania 9 was outside. It took them forever to do it again. WWE could do a ton of cool shit, but nope, only Mania gets the cool stuff. Every other show has to look like American Idol.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Jan 30, 2019 1:26:30 GMT -5
Shotgun got us a drunken Terry Funk yelling that Todd Pettingil’s mom was a whore, so advantage Shotgun Saturday Night.
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Post by auph10imitated on Jan 30, 2019 6:34:39 GMT -5
I do love the unique shows that look completely different from the norm.
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Post by MrElijah on Jan 30, 2019 8:12:47 GMT -5
Shotgun got us a drunken Terry Funk yelling that Todd Pettingil’s mom was a whore, so advantage Shotgun Saturday Night. JR, YOU OKIE ASSHOLE!!
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Jan 30, 2019 10:38:34 GMT -5
I wouldn't have a problem with the Road Wild concept if it was a regular Nitro/Saturday Night or if they did it as a Clash of the Champions instead of a PPV. Yeah, Road Wild was a good idea in theory but definitely shouldn’t have been used for a PPV. Do a special event, or a Clash. And I would’ve gone to a big outdoor concert festival rather then Sturgis, at least the drunks at the festival you have a chance of getting them into the show. The bikers were never gonna give a f***
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Jan 30, 2019 10:49:27 GMT -5
Road Wild was not a good idea. While I loved that WCW tried unusual venues, putting guys out in front of a horde of drunk bikers was potentially a recipe for disaster. It's wonder they never charged the ring during Hogan's BS, and if they did, then what? Hogan, WCW security get hurt, all for a show they got no money for.
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Post by chronocross on Jan 30, 2019 10:55:23 GMT -5
Road Wild was not a good idea. While I loved that WCW tried unusual venues, putting guys out in front of a horde of drunk bikers was potentially a recipe for disaster. It's wonder they never charged the ring during Hogan's BS, and if they did, then what? Hogan, WCW security get hurt, all for a show they got no money for. I think they were going to do a segment in the ring where they all spray painted the title at the 1997 Road Wild show, but I think the fans were throwing bottles and rocks at Hogan/Nash and the rest of the nWo guys and so they ended up doing the segment in the back. Can't say I blame them as Luger just lost the belt and they were drunk and pissed off and I think a biker tried to get over the railing but Scott Norton went out to meet him, don't know how it ended, you can see it just as Hogan was declared the winner, he's pointing at someone off screen (presumably a fan) and he darts out after him.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 11:30:48 GMT -5
Road Wild was better in the sense that it was a novelty, but neither was a good idea.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Jan 30, 2019 14:03:32 GMT -5
Shotgun got us a drunken Terry Funk yelling that Todd Pettingil’s mom was a whore, so advantage Shotgun Saturday Night. JR, YOU OKIE ASSHOLE!! I want Drunk Terry Funk as the new gm.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Jan 30, 2019 14:04:47 GMT -5
Lol didn’t Harlem Heat got booed at Road Wild by the bikers despite Booker and Stevie being faces? I wonder why that happened...
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Post by realist on Jan 30, 2019 14:11:23 GMT -5
Both concepts sucked. But, at least the crowd at Shotgun Saturday Night was not filled with racist assholes. For clarification on my claim, look up the Harlem Heat vs. Steiner Bros match. Even at 11 years old at the time, I knew something was off.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Jan 30, 2019 14:15:45 GMT -5
Neither was good but Shotgun was less horrible.
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Post by MrElijah on Jan 30, 2019 15:54:07 GMT -5
I want Drunk Terry Funk as the new gm. Funk: Bryan, you jackass, you have to defend the World Title against Rey Mysterio!
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Jan 30, 2019 16:10:51 GMT -5
I want Drunk Terry Funk as the new gm. Funk: Bryan, you jackass, you have to defend the World Title against Rey Mysterio! First day in. “Vince what happened to you? Damn you got old. Your face looks like a scrotum.” “Do you people know that Jerry Lawler is a baby banger?” The last one actually happened. Funk called Lawler that in Memphis.
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Post by thetower52 on Jan 30, 2019 18:33:07 GMT -5
I want them to put shotgun Saturday night on the network already I never got to see it
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