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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 7, 2021 8:11:29 GMT -5
Have you seen any?
Two that come to mind.
Kevin Hart’s Mountain Dew commercial with Mean Gene Okerlund. True you could say it was just a generic wrestling reference or that Gene is even more associated with the WWF/WWE. But the style of the shot looks much more like something from WCW than a WWF thing. Particularly like Gene’s locker room interviews in the mid to late 1990s WCW.
Another one is in one of Hannibal Buress’ standup specials. He talks about how he never knew who Jimi Hendrix was until Hulk Hogan started using Voodoo Child as his entrance music.
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Post by Venti on Jul 7, 2021 10:26:48 GMT -5
There was a sitcom called Still Standing(I don't remember if it was any good, probably not because no one seems to remember it) but I do remember the main character Bill saying something about watching WCW "Slugfest" even though this show came out in like 2003 or 2004.
Maybe it takes place in an alternate universe where Vince failed to beat WCW and they decided to freshen things up and introduce Slugfest along with Sin and Greed.
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Post by fortknox on Jul 7, 2021 10:40:08 GMT -5
David Arquette was on the George Lopez show and they talked about David being WCW champion.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Jul 7, 2021 14:24:14 GMT -5
There was a sitcom called Still Standing(I don't remember if it was any good, probably not because no one seems to remember it) but I do remember the main character Bill saying something about watching WCW "Slugfest" even though this show came out in like 2003 or 2004. Maybe it takes place in an alternate universe where Vince failed to beat WCW and they decided to freshen things up and introduce Slugfest along with Sin and Greed. I enjoyed that show. Not great but inoffensive. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2021 14:27:03 GMT -5
Tosh 2.0's Arn Anderson references.
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Post by y4j1981 on Jul 7, 2021 14:56:48 GMT -5
There was a sitcom called Still Standing(I don't remember if it was any good, probably not because no one seems to remember it) but I do remember the main character Bill saying something about watching WCW "Slugfest" even though this show came out in like 2003 or 2004. Maybe it takes place in an alternate universe where Vince failed to beat WCW and they decided to freshen things up and introduce Slugfest along with Sin and Greed. I enjoyed that show. Not great but inoffensive. Used to love the show. Not gonna lie. Had a crush on the mom, Jami Gertz, she also played Star in The Lost Boys |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2021 18:24:17 GMT -5
There was a sitcom called Still Standing(I don't remember if it was any good, probably not because no one seems to remember it) but I do remember the main character Bill saying something about watching WCW "Slugfest" even though this show came out in like 2003 or 2004. Maybe it takes place in an alternate universe where Vince failed to beat WCW and they decided to freshen things up and introduce Slugfest along with Sin and Greed. I enjoyed that show. Not great but inoffensive. Two observations I still have: 1. Why would you hire a guy with a thick accent to play a North Side Chicagoan? 2. They sure loved treating the oldest son like dirt. |
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Post by cosmo on Jul 7, 2021 18:35:07 GMT -5
Malcolm in the Middle ran until 2006. Did their opening credits still use that clip of Bret Hart putting Chris Benoit in the Sharpshooter in the opening credits after WCW went out of business?
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Post by y4j1981 on Jul 7, 2021 19:09:55 GMT -5
I enjoyed that show. Not great but inoffensive. Two observations I still have: 1. Why would you hire a guy with a thick accent to play a North Side Chicagoan Same reason they hire guys with accents to play American just to hide said accents i guess |
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 7, 2021 20:38:35 GMT -5
Malcolm in the Middle ran until 2006. Did their opening credits still use that clip of Bret Hart putting Chris Benoit in the Sharpshooter in the opening credits after WCW went out of business? Yep. |
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Post by chazraps on Jul 7, 2021 20:44:50 GMT -5
In 2001/2002 well after WCW had closed, the rapper Chino XL had a line where he said "Turned on wrestling, saw Goldberg and he said 'Chino, that's a big *****.'"
Hardware chain Ace Hardware stores used the Buff Bagwell WCW Masterlock cardboard displays well into late-2002/early 2003.
On Jay Leno's 'Tonight Show' throughout the 2000s, whenever someone wrestling related would come on, Leno would find a way to play the clip of him wrestling Conan.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jan 8, 2023 7:51:19 GMT -5
In 2001/2002 well after WCW had closed, the rapper Chino XL had a line where he said "Turned on wrestling, saw Goldberg and he said 'Chino, that's a big *****.'" The sad thing is this actually happened on Nitro, but it was after Vince Russo so no one noticed. |
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Post by fw91 on Jan 8, 2023 17:22:04 GMT -5
Does watching random airings of Ready To Rumble on TBS count?
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Post by agent817 on Jan 9, 2023 0:11:20 GMT -5
Okay, these were in 2001, but I have a strong theory about these two examples.
Both of these films came out in August 2001. WCW had ended in late-March 2001. If WCW had lived, I could imagine announcers mentioning Stacy Keibler and Midajah being in Bubble Boy. As for the Rat Race deleted scene, I had read a comment about how it didn't make the cut because test audiences failed to react to DDP's appearance. Both films were likely filmed in 2000, early-2001 at the latest. So if DDP's scene appeared in Rat Race, it would feel slightly dated because WCW had gone out of business at that point. It sure wouldn't feel like Invasion-era DDP, that's for sure.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 10, 2023 6:24:20 GMT -5
Ultimate Muscle having "Kevin Mask", who was part of an nWo parody, arguably counts.
I mainly say "arguably" depending on if you consider the "dMp" to be a parody of NJPW's nWo faction, or if it might hurt its eligibility that I am unsure on if the nWo references were in the manga prior to WCW's demise, but really, WCW pop cultural references past its death are preciously few. I think it ought to count.
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Post by TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out on Jan 10, 2023 7:26:58 GMT -5
Westside Gunn's Supreme Blientele is a concept album loosely based around Chris Benoit's career from ECW through WrestleMania 20, if that counts
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