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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Mar 19, 2019 5:52:11 GMT -5
He had the match won and then fell off the turnbuckle...
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Post by Spider2024 on Mar 19, 2019 6:08:58 GMT -5
Yokozuna screwed Yokozuna.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2019 7:13:28 GMT -5
Bret's after match celebration was almost as illogical as the Luger count out extravaganza at Summerslam.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Mar 19, 2019 7:20:18 GMT -5
A win is a win. The Patriots didn’t cancel their trophy celebration because the Seahawks threw a 1/1000 chance interception on the one yard line to lose the Super Bowl. No one in March Madness is going to not celebrate if they win because their opponent misses a wide open shot at the buzzer. Bret won because he didn’t waste time when he had an opportunity at a cover, unlike foolish Yoko who got cocky and posed when he just should’ve dropped the Banzai Drop.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Mar 19, 2019 8:17:06 GMT -5
He had the match won and then fell off the turnbuckle... I love WM X but good god, have I hated this finish since I was a kid. What a lame ass way for Bret to reclaim his championship.
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Post by hassanchop on Mar 19, 2019 8:36:40 GMT -5
I feel they should have made Bret do something to Yoko, like when he poses for the Banzai drop, Bret gets up and pulls him down into a back suplex like maneuver.
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Post by agent817 on Mar 19, 2019 8:44:34 GMT -5
He had the match won and then fell off the turnbuckle... I love WM X but good god, have I hated this finish since I was a kid. What a lame ass way for Bret to reclaim his championship. He could have at least done SOMETHING to finish it, like a second-rope elbow for example.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2019 8:51:13 GMT -5
Would have been better for Bret if Hogan had come down to the ring in street clothes and beat him for the title. That would have given him something to cry about, and we all know that titles aren't worth half as much to Bret as a good sob story!
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Post by HMARK Center on Mar 19, 2019 9:07:31 GMT -5
He had the match won and then fell off the turnbuckle... I love WM X but good god, have I hated this finish since I was a kid. What a lame ass way for Bret to reclaim his championship. It's kind of remarkable to see how often Vince put the belt on Bret, only to book him pretty weak as champion; it's one thing to book him as an underdog, as given his size against guys like Yoko, Diesel, and Taker that made sense, but it's another to have a bunch of his wins come off as flukes in that process.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 19, 2019 9:10:33 GMT -5
Honestly, I am fine with the ending, though I guess they could have had Bret do that double elbow drop of his.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Mar 19, 2019 11:08:38 GMT -5
As a kid who both disliked and was intimidated by Yokozuna, I marked out hard at the WM10 finish. In retrospect it was pretty lame, Bret’s win over Flair in 1992 and the final four match were his strongest looking title wins. I justified it in my mind back then because both characters were obviously gassed and Yoko’s tank just happened to be more empty.
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Post by BorneAgain on Mar 19, 2019 11:11:36 GMT -5
Its a shame they wasted the spot of Fuji accidentally throwing the salt into Yokozuna's eyes for the Hogan match at IX, because that happening at X for the finish would have the perfect poetic justice on the heel and brought everything full circle.
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Post by Hit Girl on Mar 19, 2019 14:38:21 GMT -5
The real story of that match happened afterwards, with Owen watching the celebration.
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Post by jason1980s on Mar 19, 2019 14:47:00 GMT -5
I loved the post-match celebration. It was such a good moment in wrestling with so many guys coming together to honor the champion, it was like the ending of a good TV show or movie. It was kind of a beginning for the new generation but I think it was also an ending in terms of Lex Luger's push and maybe even for Hulk Hogan coming to the rescue. Fans were chanting "Hogan" during the Luger match but Bret got the victory done. Bret was such an average looking guy that any victory he did felt so good for the fans to watch from his dedication after winning the h.w. title in 1992, to the WM X celebration to the family celebration at the Stampede In Your House. He made wrestling feel like the most legitimate sport and showed that anything could happen if a wrestler fought hard enough.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Mar 19, 2019 15:35:00 GMT -5
Where is the "Sheamus beat himself" gif when you need it?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2019 15:37:28 GMT -5
I loved the post-match celebration. It was such a good moment in wrestling with so many guys coming together to honor the champion, it was like the ending of a good TV show or movie. It was kind of a beginning for the new generation but I think it was also an ending in terms of Lex Luger's push and maybe even for Hulk Hogan coming to the rescue. It was a good pushing forward moment to end WM10 with, and a good mix of people. You had Bret, Vince, older guys like Savage & Gorilla, current & new guys like Razor and several of the babyfaces whose match was cancelled (a nice way to give them some owed face time on the show), the celebs, his "rival" Luger, and then Owen on the outside - in a great no commentary moment as he has to watch in spite as the guy he beat in the opening match ended up winning the title...
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Post by KobashiChop on Mar 19, 2019 16:00:30 GMT -5
I loved the post-match celebration. It was such a good moment in wrestling with so many guys coming together to honor the champion, it was like the ending of a good TV show or movie. It was kind of a beginning for the new generation but I think it was also an ending in terms of Lex Luger's push and maybe even for Hulk Hogan coming to the rescue. Fans were chanting "Hogan" during the Luger match but Bret got the victory done. Bret was such an average looking guy that any victory he did felt so good for the fans to watch from his dedication after winning the h.w. title in 1992, to the WM X celebration to the family celebration at the Stampede In Your House. He made wrestling feel like the most legitimate sport and showed that anything could happen if a wrestler fought hard enough. I'd love to take Bret Hart straight out of 1994 and put him into a present day G1 Climax.
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Post by XaviersSS2015hair on Mar 19, 2019 17:42:13 GMT -5
I will always remember me and my buddy pitching in our allowance's to order WM X. During the Bret Yoko match I went to the kitchen to grab a piece of pizza I came back 30 seconds later and the match was over. I asked my buddy what happened, he said Yoko just fell off the rope and Bret covered him.
Me: that's it?!
Him: yeah.
Even at 12 years old I knew that was a shitty finish.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2019 18:59:35 GMT -5
I loved the post-match celebration. It was such a good moment in wrestling with so many guys coming together to honor the champion, it was like the ending of a good TV show or movie. It was kind of a beginning for the new generation but I think it was also an ending in terms of Lex Luger's push and maybe even for Hulk Hogan coming to the rescue. Fans were chanting "Hogan" during the Luger match but Bret got the victory done. Bret was such an average looking guy that any victory he did felt so good for the fans to watch from his dedication after winning the h.w. title in 1992, to the WM X celebration to the family celebration at the Stampede In Your House. He made wrestling feel like the most legitimate sport and showed that anything could happen if a wrestler fought hard enough. I'd love to take Bret Hart straight out of 1994 and put him into a present day G1 Climax. That would be amazing.
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Post by fw91 on Mar 19, 2019 19:13:18 GMT -5
For the time it was a good finish.
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