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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 11:50:45 GMT -5
Episode 5 starts with a modified intro.
And, it's funny DDP says he's retiring, but then two years later, goes to TNA for a cup of coffee.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 13:08:16 GMT -5
Episode 6 is rather forgettable. It does a kayfabe explanation of the Angle/Shane KotR 2001 match.
Episode 7 sure aged well. Snuka idolized and Bradshaw being a douche to the future Shaniqua. Plus, the whole photo shoot is creepy.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 13:13:42 GMT -5
Episode 8 was shorter than the others, which I assume was due to a match (Goldberg vs. Hollywood Hogan). And we get the conclusion to Pervert John.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 13:20:32 GMT -5
"So I decided to do what I had to do to get out of the military..."
Go AWOL and get bad conduct discharged.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 13:29:26 GMT -5
Most of what was left of Episode 9 is just rambling about how the Tank singlehandedly destroyed WCW.
And, now I'm at Episode 10, aka "It was Bret's Fault".
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 13:51:00 GMT -5
Hogan was being paid fist over dollar, and Bret's the villain in this story?
They really make him out to be this C-tier wrestler that won the biggest lottery of all time.
So, "guaranteed contracts" were, and still to this day by the old guard, are often used as a point as to why WCW failed, and it wasn't that. Lazy wrestlers are always gonna be lazy, regardless if you're paying them $175,000 to work 120 dates a year, or $300 a date for 250 dates a year. They paid Bret Hart a lot of money because they figured bringing in one of WWF's last remaining top stars would be all they needed to finish them off and also get a new star due to their inability to create stars internally. Of course, it's because of their inability to book properly without going back to the Hogan well that a guy like Bret wound up bouncing around, doing nothing.
This, of course, is just the norm for WWE; because Hogan was in the company at the time, and Bret wasn't, Hogan is the good guy, and Bret's the villain. This was the exact same thing Confidential showed 6 episodes earlier.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 13:51:15 GMT -5
"I'll go somewhere and get over."
Yeah, well, you didn't.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 14:17:06 GMT -5
Hmm... let's see if I can name all of the teams and leagues that Al Snow's jersey collection had. And, furthermore, if the teams are still in existence because minor league hockey has a lot of turnover.
*Augusta Lynx (ECHL) - No *Quebec Nordiques (NHL) - Yes, as Colorado Avalanche *Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL) - Yes *Beast of New Haven (AHL) - No *Birmingham Bulls (ECHL) - No, although an SPHL Bulls team now exists *Detroit Vipers (IHL) - No *Lowell Loch Monsters (AHL) - Yes, as Binghamton Devils *Quebec Rafales (IHL) - No *Jacksonville Lizard Kings (ECHL) - No *Topeka Scarecrows (CHL) - No *Rockford IceHogs (UHL) - Yes, now in AHL *Worcester IceCats (AHL) - Yes, now as San Jose Barracuda *San Jose Sharks (NHL) - Yes *Syracuse Crunch (AHL) - Yes *Austin Ice Bats (CHL) - No *Washington Capitals (NHL) - Yes *San Diego Gulls (WCHL) - No, but an AHL team now exists *Rochester Americans (AHL) - Yes *Mobile Mysticks (ECHL) - Yes, as Atlanta Gladiators *Huntington Blizzard (ECHL) - Yes, as Manchester Monarchs *Peoria Rivermen (ECHL) - No... an AHL team replaced the ECHL team, which then moved to Utica, and then an SPHL team joined the market with the same name *Tacoma Sabercats (WCHL) - No *Dayton Bombers (ECHL) - No *Chicago Wolves (AHL) - Yes *Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL) - Yes, as Lehigh Valley Phantoms *New York Islanders (NHL) - Yes, and it's the Gorton's Fisherman jersey *Minnesota Wild (NHL) - Yes *Manitoba Moose (AHL) - Yes, though they left and relocated back to Winnipeg
Those were the ones he wore. I was also able to identify Dallas Stars, Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Anchorage Aces, and Long Beach Ice Dogs jerseys easily, and all of them except for the Ice Dogs are still active (obviously), with the Aces having been transferred over as the Maine Mariners in the ECHL.
I like hockey jerseys.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 14:26:00 GMT -5
Episode 11; Stay in School Fatu.
Don't get me wrong; that was a horrifying experience for Rikishi, but the gimmick they gave him before they made him the Sultan was the corniest corn.
And, back to the time when Molly was the top women's heel for not wanting to be a slut.
Plus, more of the Tank that Singlehandedly Destroyed WCW.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 14:40:57 GMT -5
Episode 12: Global Warning Tour B-Roll.
If you marinated a turkey in Diet Pepsi for four months, it's going to probably disintegrate within the two month mark.
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Post by msc on Feb 19, 2019 14:42:35 GMT -5
Episode 11; Stay in School Fatu. Don't get me wrong; that was a horrifying experience for Rikishi, but the gimmick they gave him before they made him the Sultan was the corniest corn. And, back to the time when Molly was the top women's heel for not wanting to be a slut. Plus, more of the Tank that Singlehandedly Destroyed WCW. Oh right, the DX tank? I thought you meant Tank Abbott and I was forgetting some WWE running joke.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 14:46:52 GMT -5
Episode 11; Stay in School Fatu. Don't get me wrong; that was a horrifying experience for Rikishi, but the gimmick they gave him before they made him the Sultan was the corniest corn. And, back to the time when Molly was the top women's heel for not wanting to be a slut. Plus, more of the Tank that Singlehandedly Destroyed WCW. Oh right, the DX tank? I thought you meant Tank Abbott and I was forgetting some WWE running joke. No, Tank Abbott came along later on and became a running joke of his own in WCW. Everyone always talks about the Norfolk Scope, but they never discuss DX going to WCW's dingy headquarters in Smryna, Georgia. On a rather depressing note, according to the book "Nitro", the staff who worked in that office were locked out of that building when WWF bought WCW and couldn't even get their belongings back.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 14:54:53 GMT -5
Episode 13: Laying the Patchwork for the Patchwork DVD known as "Here Comes the Pain". I'm surprised as to how much that documentary was just them editing together footage of stuff.
Wait, that's the "Special Move" music from WrestleMania XIX and Day of Reckoning around the 11:20 mark?
It is also weird seeing the WWF logos all over the place, because I would assume they'd be blurred to hell and back during the original running of the episodes.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 15:06:06 GMT -5
Episode 14: John Cena, Up Close and... Personal.
Not to mention, Fozzy's gimmicky days.
And, Episode 15 is... hoo, boy, another doozy, as it's the Billy & Chuck episode, where WWE did the bait & switch and then said "Who cares about that? Queerbating is funny!"
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Post by cjh on Feb 19, 2019 15:11:07 GMT -5
Episode 13: Laying the Patchwork for the Patchwork DVD known as "Here Comes the Pain". I'm surprised as to how much that documentary was just them editing together footage of stuff. Wait, that's the "Special Move" music from WrestleMania XIX and Day of Reckoning around the 11:20 mark? It is also weird seeing the WWF logos all over the place, because I would assume they'd be blurred to hell and back during the original running of the episodes.The blurring didn't start until closer to the end of 2002.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 15:21:07 GMT -5
I don't understand how Billy & Chuck were positive, considering that they were largely booked as heels throughout most of their tenure, and their gimmick going from somewhat metrosexual when the team was formed in December 2001 to "clearly gay" throughout 2002, with them only being turned face to get beaten by Three Minute Warning at Unforgiven 2002. I mean, groups got behind them due to the fact that it was an act that wasn't depicted as flaming, which wrestling was known to go for, but it was the fact that they were "gay" was the source of their heat, to which the average wrestling fan would go into their homophobic urges, which is ironic because during this episode, Vince comments that the crowds were "sophisticated" and didn't drop the F-bomb at the group. I'm probably certain when they went to casual markets, that's what happened.
But, HLA was the worst of the worst. I don't know what was the whole point of that gimmick WWE was running for it, besides Jerry Lawler jerking off at the announce booth and getting to the sexually frustrated males of the early 2000s And, Vince going into whataboutism with Three Minute Warning beating up everyone else was dumb.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 15:22:41 GMT -5
Criss Angel had to have been the only guy hanging out at the World before it closed down and became a Hard Rock Café.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 15:29:58 GMT -5
Episode 16: Rene Dupree, A Day in the Life.
The company had high hopes for Rene, and that sure didn't work out for either party. It was pretty weird that they devoted so much of an episode to a developmental talent, but I guess it was an excuse to showcase OVW.
I also forgot to mention that this episode and a previous one (I forget which) chronicled Booker T shilling Hungry Man dinners and they did the behind-the-scenes. And, yes, that was not the Green Frog (said Green Frog in Bakersfield sadly closed and is now a Dollar General).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 15:56:33 GMT -5
Episode 17: Introducing Fit Finlay.
I wonder what motivated him to get back into wrestling in 2005, because SmackDown benefited greatly with him on the roster.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 16:16:49 GMT -5
Episode 18: Do Not Try This At Home. Also, the only reason why Kurt Angle misses his moonsaults.
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