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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2020 21:48:13 GMT -5
Ted DiBiase attempts to purchase the WWF title off Hogan. While Hogan says no, Tunney does nothing. Ted DiBiase announces he’s hired Andre to win the WWF, with the intention of purchasing it once he does. Tunney does nothing. Andre then does exactly what DiBiase planned. Tunney declares you can’t do that finally. Earl Hefner just continues to ref after proving himself to be a ref for hire, including the finals of the tournament his crooked ass set in motion in the first place. Even the mag questioned if Tunney was on MDM's payroll
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Post by XIII on Oct 15, 2020 21:55:56 GMT -5
Jack Tunney also stripped the Warrior of the IC title, because “it’s obvious one man can’t fulfill the defense requirements of both titles” I think that Tunney and Monsoon were gambling on the inevitable tournaments.
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Post by Andee9001 on Oct 15, 2020 22:03:33 GMT -5
Edge and Christian went from brothers to just friends. Despite establishing that they had family.
Also not as much story-wise but them not acknowledging Christians NWA World title reigns always bothered me.
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Post by James Fabiano on Oct 15, 2020 22:05:51 GMT -5
Randy Savage's first Survivor Series team, featuring Ricky Steamboat. On the same team also featured Jake Roberts, who while hasn't feuded with Savage yet, did ddt Ricky Steamboat onto the concrete floor a year and a half earlier. Easy. They all hated the Honky Tonk Man THAT much. It's storytelling you needed to follow yourself as I don't think they made much out of it. They called more attention to Paul Orndorff being on Hulk Hogan's team.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Oct 16, 2020 8:45:07 GMT -5
Jack Tunney also stripped the Warrior of the IC title, because “it’s obvious one man can’t fulfill the defense requirements of both titles” I think that Tunney and Monsoon were gambling on the inevitable tournaments. This after booking a TITLE FOR TITLE match! Why make the match if you don't think someone should have more than one belt? Yeah I think we need a Tunney thread. The guy was criminally incompetent.
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Post by msc on Oct 16, 2020 9:30:51 GMT -5
Randy Orton's punt has gone from a death move that can put people on the shelf for months, to simply an alternate finisher to the RKO, and back again pretty much entirely based on the whims of whatever story he's in. This year alone Edge got written off TV after taking one, while Drew McIntyre took three in one night and is still competing on a weekly basis. See I don't think thats a plot hole. I just think that's carrying on the fine tradition of Scots being hard bastards. Disclaimer - The previous two sentences may have had traces of bias...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2020 9:48:00 GMT -5
See I don't think thats a plot hole. I just think that's carrying on the fine tradition of Scots being hard bastards. Disclaimer - The previous two sentences may have had traces of bias...
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Post by fw91 on Oct 16, 2020 10:05:13 GMT -5
HBK used the super kick as an instant match ender, and now it’s just another move that every light heavyweight uses
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Oct 16, 2020 10:08:42 GMT -5
HBK used the super kick as an instant match ender, and now it’s just another move that every light heavyweight uses The same could be said for a lot of moves like The Piledriver, DDT, Powerbomb, and any move done off of the top rope.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2020 12:16:03 GMT -5
It always suprised me that they had DiBiase walk out at the 90 Rumble wearing the Million Dollar Title that Jake had taken earlier that same weekend on Superstars.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Oct 16, 2020 13:18:59 GMT -5
Rick Martel blinding Jake Roberts with his Arrogance cologne is one of the more memorable storylines of that era. I think it was very well done with the creepy contacts they gave Jake and he does a masterful job of selling. However, it has always bothered me that he was the only one that was blinded by the spray. Martel sprayed many other people throughout that time and none of them had any long lasting effects. And I'm not just talking about house shows. Martel had televised matches where he sprayed Dusty Rhodes, Tito Santana (multiple times), Hercules, and perhaps others and they never got injured. After Martel came back in late 1991, he was spraying people in the eyes all the time and usually they would recover before the segment ended - though you could at least argue that after the Jake incident maybe he had a new diluted formula as ordered by Jack Tunney. Why did only Jake get blinded? Does he have an eye condition we aren't aware of? Is he a wimp? Did some of the velvet carpeting from the Brother Love Show set get in his eyes and make it worse? And while we're talking about this era, what about Jack Tunney? Make fun of a man's mom on TV?: Indefinite suspension! Have a three-man team that attacks their rivals in the ring during a match?: Banishment of one member and permanent probation! Deliberately spray someone in the eyes with a chemical substance that severely injures a man and nearly leaves him permanently blind? No punishment! Heenan was right - this dude is on-the-take. What are some plot holes and inconsistencies that bother you or that you find amusing? I wish we would have gotten a backstage segment of Ax, Smash and Crush delegating which member would permanently leave. Back to Tunney and his orders, why were Demolition limited to 2 members, but Fuji’s other team, the Orient Express, was allowed to have Kato, Sato and Tanaka?
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Post by cjh on Oct 16, 2020 13:32:01 GMT -5
It always suprised me that they had DiBiase walk out at the 90 Rumble wearing the Million Dollar Title that Jake had taken earlier that same weekend on Superstars. That's a big one for me. The next weekend after the Rumble, Jake still had it on Superstars, Challenge, and SNME. Another one is Dino Bravo having the dyed blonde hair at WrestleMania III, then having his old look on the syndicated shows a week later.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Oct 16, 2020 14:37:05 GMT -5
It always suprised me that they had DiBiase walk out at the 90 Rumble wearing the Million Dollar Title that Jake had taken earlier that same weekend on Superstars. That's a big one for me. The next weekend after the Rumble, Jake still had it on Superstars, Challenge, and SNME. Another one is Dino Bravo having the dyed blonde hair at WrestleMania III, then having his old look on the syndicated shows a week later. Never noticed that before. Now that's going to bother me. I guess if you watched Prime Time instead of the syndicated shows it still works since then Jake didn't take the belt until the day after the Royal Rumble.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Oct 16, 2020 20:20:42 GMT -5
Anytime a 2nd ref runs out to correct interference. Like why now and not every other time
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2020 5:48:32 GMT -5
Another bad one was the week before WM 18 when the Board of Directors temporarily stripped Flair of his power because he wouldn't cancel his match with Undertaker and gave full control to Vince who just weeks earlier was going to inject poison and kill the company.
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Post by sungod2020 on Oct 17, 2020 19:54:28 GMT -5
Here's a pet peeve of mine.
Guy A cannot beat guy B Guy C can beat guy B Guy A can beat guy C
The biggest and most recent example I can think of is Braun Strowman can never beat Brock Lesnar. Rollins, Reigns, and Goldberg have. Strowman even was able to beat those three. But when it came to squaring off against The Beast Incarnate, the Monster Among Men always falls short.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Oct 17, 2020 19:58:57 GMT -5
Triple threat matches being no DQ has always been an issue for me. They never explain why and even if they did try, it still doesn't make sense to me. Yes, if someone attacks wrestler A, they shouldn't win automatically. But surely you can make up some rules to govern this. Like you're eliminated and suspended if you do something that gets you DQed. It's just lazy writing that allows for more BS finishes.
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Post by Andy Martin on Oct 17, 2020 22:37:31 GMT -5
Here's a pet peeve of mine. Guy A cannot beat guy B Guy C can beat guy B Guy A can beat guy C The biggest and most recent example I can think of is Braun Strowman can never beat Brock Lesnar. Rollins, Reigns, and Goldberg have. Strowman even was able to beat those three. But when it came to squaring off against The Beast Incarnate, the Monster Among Men always falls short. Eh, that kind of feels like the wrestling equivalent of “MMA Math” to me more than a plot hole.
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Post by agent817 on Oct 18, 2020 0:43:24 GMT -5
Now that I think about it, and I think I may need to watch some episodes of Raw from late-winter to spring of 1998, but was it ever acknowledged that Austin was tag team champions with Shawn Michaels and with Dude Love? I know that most of the angle going into Wrestlemania mostly had to do with Mike Tyson, but there were some things that did involve Shawn, even though he felt like a third-wheel in that angle.
As for Dude Love, that was mostly Austin vs. McMahon, with the Dude being McMahon's lead corporate sellout/hired gun for the storyline.
Again, I may need to watch some stuff from that time.
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Post by Sparvid on Oct 18, 2020 10:32:34 GMT -5
Jack Tunney also stripped the Warrior of the IC title, because “it’s obvious one man can’t fulfill the defense requirements of both titles” I think that Tunney and Monsoon were gambling on the inevitable tournaments. This after booking a TITLE FOR TITLE match! Why make the match if you don't think someone should have more than one belt? Yeah I think we need a Tunney thread. The guy was criminally incompetent. And they did that in 1980 too. Bob Backlund and Pedro Morales won the tag titles, and then had to immediately vacate them because Backlund was not allowed to hold both the world title and tag title at the same time. So why did he get a title match to begin with?!
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