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Post by eudypfohl on Sept 5, 2021 22:06:06 GMT -5
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CMWaters
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Post by CMWaters on Sept 5, 2021 23:39:06 GMT -5
Well, in honor of something that happened in the past few hours:
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Sept 14, 2021 15:38:24 GMT -5
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Sept 14, 2021 16:25:35 GMT -5
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 14, 2021 16:32:01 GMT -5
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Post by dangerousdanpotato on Sept 14, 2021 17:58:59 GMT -5
Interesting. Anyone know the story here?
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Post by sungod2020 on Sept 14, 2021 18:51:17 GMT -5
I always wondered why they downgraded the IC Title around...1998 (or 99?) I think. A new belt wasn't needed, but for some reason it was introduced. It was smaller, had too much blue in it, was in this ugly oval design. Wasn't too long until it became totally worthless. Ken Shamrock had a good run as I-C Champion.....until Feb 99 when he lost the Title to Billy Gunn. After that the belt began to lose value, both visually and figuratively. Shamrock actually lost it to Val Venis, Billy Gunn was refereeing the match though.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Sept 15, 2021 17:22:49 GMT -5
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Post by James Fabiano on Sept 15, 2021 17:29:46 GMT -5
Interesting. Anyone know the story here? Before The Main Event, Hogan and Honky Tonk Man were scheduled for title vs. title matches on house shows. Hogan loses on 2/5/88, these all become I-C title matches instead. They probably did the "HTM loses by DQ or count out, Hogan wins but not the title, poses with belt anyway" thing.
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Post by cosmo on Sept 15, 2021 17:42:34 GMT -5
Interesting. Anyone know the story here? Before The Main Event, Hogan and Honky Tonk Man were scheduled for title vs. title matches on house shows. Hogan loses on 2/5/88, these all become I-C title matches instead. They probably did the "HTM loses by DQ or count out, Hogan wins but not the title, poses with belt anyway" thing.
That's wild, I never knew that. The only time I could remember Hogan ever challenging for the Intercontinental Title was Mania 6.
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Post by Instant Classic on Sept 15, 2021 17:46:46 GMT -5
Finn with that title just looked so right.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Sept 15, 2021 17:59:13 GMT -5
Good find. Seeing 80s Hogan with the IC title is surreal.
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CMWaters
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Post by CMWaters on Sept 15, 2021 19:47:30 GMT -5
Good find. Seeing 80s Hogan with the IC title is surreal. Meanwhile I'm wondering if there's any shots of him briefly holding Warrior's version.
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Post by fortknox on Sept 15, 2021 20:17:06 GMT -5
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Post by ppl591 on Sept 15, 2021 20:30:13 GMT -5
My God the new design is disgusting
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Post by dangerousdanpotato on Sept 16, 2021 13:57:02 GMT -5
Interesting. Anyone know the story here? Before The Main Event, Hogan and Honky Tonk Man were scheduled for title vs. title matches on house shows. Hogan loses on 2/5/88, these all become I-C title matches instead. They probably did the "HTM loses by DQ or count out, Hogan wins but not the title, poses with belt anyway" thing. Wow, I never knew Hogan and HTM worked at this time or that HTM challenged for the World title. And I definitely didn't know Hulk challenged for the IC. I'm kind of curious how they would have worked this match, I can't imagine Hulk doing his normal selling/Hulking up for HTM.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Sept 16, 2021 15:25:20 GMT -5
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Sept 16, 2021 17:46:40 GMT -5
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Sept 16, 2021 21:26:32 GMT -5
My God the new design is disgusting I may be an outlier here but I actually really love the new design. The font choice is excellent and I just really like the feel of it overall. It feels like when artists and designers in the 90s were incorporating bits of Art Deco into their styles. It looks sick in my opinion.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Sept 17, 2021 11:55:34 GMT -5
My God the new design is disgusting I may be an outlier here but I actually really love the new design. The font choice is excellent and I just really like the feel of it overall. It feels like when artists and designers in the 90s were incorporating bits of Art Deco into their styles. It looks sick in my opinion. This belt actually needs a white strap to make it shine more:
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