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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Oct 1, 2023 14:40:18 GMT -5
Michael Cole referenced Stardom when Iyo won the title at SummerSlam.
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Post by Mozenrath on Oct 1, 2023 14:57:27 GMT -5
Those bags of shit Zeb and Jack Swagger referencing Sami Zayn's "time under a mask" during their NXT feud. Miz calling Seth Rollins and Finn Balor by their indie and Japan names during their Mania feud. JBL's commentary at the 2016 Rumble saying AJ Styles was "A Former IWGP champion, just like Brock Lesnar." Going back to the WWF days: Curt Hennig referencing USWA in his 1996 Rumble commentary always stood out to me. During the special Christmas episodes of Raw when Jerry Lawler would work some way into referring to Kane as a "Christmas Creature," or on Halloween episodes he'd slide in a "ghostbusters/wimpbusters" reference to his anti-Jimmy Hart USWA "Wimpbusters" music video. I'm reminded that JBL, when Cesaro was with Zeb and Swagger, said that Cesaro could speak Italian and German, "And Zeb's teaching him a little Dutch", in reference to his name outside of the WWE, Dutch Mantell, something I don't recall if he ever used in the WWF/WWE in any capacity. I did like that JBL also liked calling him "Uncle Zeb" in reference to when he was Uncle Zebekiah in WWF, which, I am unsure if it's ever been made clear if it's meant to be the same character or not. It stands to reason he would be, if only since otherwise, "Zeb" is a hell of an uncommon name.
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Post by Mozenrath on Oct 1, 2023 14:59:01 GMT -5
Maybe the most blatant example of this is Ric Flair and his grievances with the NWA/WCW when he came into the WWF.
Also fun, The Rock mocking Jericho's WCW exploits, particularly the Juventud feud. "I TOOK HIS MASK!"
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Post by avenger on Oct 1, 2023 15:19:16 GMT -5
Michael Cole referenced Stardom when Iyo won the title at SummerSlam. Cole always sneaks the word "stardom" into Iyo's matches, even if he's not making a direct reference.
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Post by darbus alan on Oct 1, 2023 15:21:42 GMT -5
Michael Cole going from Vince's corporate buzzword parrot to massive wrestling nerd was probably the single best thing about the transition from Vince's booking to Triple H's booking.
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Post by Venti on Oct 1, 2023 15:25:27 GMT -5
In 2011, CM Punk mentioning Ring of Honor and New Japan felt like a shocker to me.
This was when WWE was pretty extreme with not mentioning any other wrestling promotion.
Doesn't feel like a huge deal now considering we've had people on the Network talk about these promotions and even AEW and The Young Bucks have been mentioned in Cody's documentary.
But back in 2011 that felt like a big deal.
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Post by avenger on Oct 1, 2023 15:51:03 GMT -5
Vic Joseph announcing Jay Briscoe's death just after it was announced (and changing the following segment where The New Day were going to have a funeral for Pretty Deadly's title shot)
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Post by avenger on Oct 1, 2023 15:53:24 GMT -5
Matt Hardy'S surprise return on Raw in 2005 after being fired when news of Edge/Lita's real life affair broke: "Screw you Ring Of Honor"
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Post by Andew9001 on Oct 1, 2023 16:54:36 GMT -5
There have been a bunch of nods to Bullet Club ever since Finn, the Good Brothers, and AJ joined WWE. Even before the Club/OC stuff. Cody's done it too. I'm pretty sure Michael Cole flat out said at one point that AJ and Finn were both leaders of Bullet Club a few months back. Years before when they had a match he just referred to it as "the infamous club in Japan."
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Oct 1, 2023 17:20:03 GMT -5
A really good one that I feel like has to have been improvised was that bit where Owens and Zayn were asking Angle to let them join Raw and he said he thought TNA was hiring.
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Post by cjh on Oct 1, 2023 17:22:28 GMT -5
Matt Hardy'S surprise return on Raw in 2005 after being fired when news of Edge/Lita's real life affair broke: "Screw you Ring Of Honor" Did Edge say that? Hardy said he was going to ROH during that segment but didn't say "screw you."
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Post by A damn road sign on Oct 1, 2023 17:56:49 GMT -5
Matt Hardy'S surprise return on Raw in 2005 after being fired when news of Edge/Lita's real life affair broke: "Screw you Ring Of Honor" Did Edge say that? Hardy said he was going to ROH during that segment but didn't say "screw you." Matt said “Watch me in Ring of Honor” just before they cut his mic.
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Post by cjh on Oct 1, 2023 18:44:09 GMT -5
Did Edge say that? Hardy said he was going to ROH during that segment but didn't say "screw you." Matt said “Watch me in Ring of Honor” just before they cut his mic. Yeah, I was sure Hardy didn't say "screw you, Ring of Honor!" I thought maybe Edge yelled that in response to Hardy's ROH plug. I believe Edge did say "Go back to the indies, asshole!" when Hardy attacked him the next week.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Oct 1, 2023 19:02:18 GMT -5
Going way back, the lengthy sitdown interview Mick Foley did with JR in 1997. Seeing ECW footage on Raw seemed downright normal compared to the Japanese death match footage and Foley’s own backyard wrestling footage they threw in there.
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Post by avenger on Oct 2, 2023 5:06:45 GMT -5
Matt said “Watch me in Ring of Honor” just before they cut his mic. Yeah, I was sure Hardy didn't say "screw you, Ring of Honor!" I thought maybe Edge yelled that in response to Hardy's ROH plug. I believe Edge did say "Go back to the indies, asshole!" when Hardy attacked him the next week. False memory on my part then, I thought Matt had said "screw you".
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Post by THE FVNKER on Oct 2, 2023 17:59:24 GMT -5
Whoever it was on commentary that referenced AJ Style's IWGP Championship win ("Same as Brock Lesnar") during his debut at that Rumble
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Post by bob on Oct 2, 2023 18:40:05 GMT -5
Michael Cole dropping wrestling knowledge since Vince stopped screaming in his ear
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Post by HIM on Oct 2, 2023 18:48:52 GMT -5
Whoever it was on commentary that referenced AJ Style's IWGP Championship win ("Same as Brock Lesnar") during his debut at that Rumble JBL. That was during his "Stats Era" of commentary in which he always gave a wrestlers stats.
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Post by Mike Bockwinkel on Oct 2, 2023 21:49:13 GMT -5
When Adam Copeland told Beth to call their neighbors Dave and Dan.
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