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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jan 25, 2007 0:45:58 GMT -5
Even though I look down on people that constantly bash the IWC, we have our own revisionist history. Take JBL for instance. There are some people that won't admit to disliking him post-2001, pre heel turn. Another case is Edge. People "conveniently" forget that Edge's main event babyface run was a flop and his early heel run (before the Matt Hardy feud) was mediocre, with Shatner-esque promos from Edge (i.e. "I...was...SCREWWWWED...at... Taboo Tuesday!"). This is, of course, because people like them now, and truth-be-told, they are good in their roles. But that doesn't change the fact that they've had bad runs that should be acknowledged. Oh yeah...Hardcore Holly is an even bigger victim of this; i.e. the IWC saying he was never good for anything. Go back to 1999, I bet most of said people LOVED the super heavyweight/Big Shot schtick (as did I). |
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Post by Rorschach on Jan 25, 2007 0:55:19 GMT -5
My biggest peeve with "revisionism" is when the WWE BLANTANTLY lies to the fans by dubbing in cheers for those who get NONE and boos for those that get cheers.
You know who I'm talking about here.
How hard is it to be honest, anyway? I mean, it only makes the WWE look petty and stupid when they dub in an Austin-like pop for John Cena, and you can see on the video that NO ONE is cheering....in fact, there are a great many people flipping Cena the bird, and giving him the thumbs down. Add to that the ENDLESS live reports from the folks that were there in person that don't jibe with the show/DVD......
And again, I'm left to ask, "Why lie?". Now because of this, I no longer trust anything the WWE puts out. How long before they go back and start editing past matches to enhance a crowd reaction? What exactly is real and what is memorex?
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jan 25, 2007 1:02:11 GMT -5
Indeed...as this and countless other threads shows, it really is a corrupt business, isn't it? And somehow it feels like it's worse now. How do you all keep knowing all this from dampening your moods? |
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Post by Rorschach on Jan 25, 2007 1:09:19 GMT -5
Indeed...as this and countless other threads shows, it really is a corrupt business, isn't it? And somehow it feels like it's worse now. How do you all keep knowing all this from dampening your moods? I don't. Which is why for me, it can never be like it was BEFORE I knew all of this. It's like finding out your Uncle never did pull that quarter out of your ear; he had it in his hand the ENTIRE time! Thus, a really cool trick is RUINED forever. Sure, you still see your Uncle try the trick on your friends, and it looks cool and all, but you KNOW the trick is fake. The magic is gone. |
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Post by Mitch 4:20 on Jan 25, 2007 2:57:38 GMT -5
I dont like how two guys can have a bitter feud, and then turn around and be friends with no explanation. Like Cena/HHH recently. "They gained each other's respect"....? |
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jan 25, 2007 5:28:23 GMT -5
Triple H ended Foley's career in the Cell because the match was so brutal, not because it was a match stipulation.
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Post by skiller on Jan 25, 2007 5:30:45 GMT -5
One thing that annoyed me recently was during the Vickie/Chavo alliance. It was when JBL would keep saying how Vickie was in Eddie's corner during his World title reign, and how instrumental she was to his success.
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Post by Thynny Fat Ass on Jan 25, 2007 6:36:04 GMT -5
Have Triple H's BABY and WIFE been mentioned here yet?
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jan 25, 2007 6:39:38 GMT -5
How about Cena being the most contreversial champion of all time, according to WWE. They seem to forget the years where people were actually trying to stab Classie Freddie Blassie.
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Post by dennisisevil on Jan 25, 2007 7:27:09 GMT -5
For me, it is mainly how WWE claims they gave everyone a fair chance, when some of them didn't have a prayer to begin with. Public Enemiy is an obvious example. All excuses aside, WWE brought them in purely to humiliate them. Same goes for Dusty Rhodes, who's brief run as a flabby guy in polka-dots has been all but forgotten on television. Erich Bischoff, as big of an SOB as the guy may be in reality, was brought onto television to be made a fool of, not to serve any real purpose creatively. Despite what WWE would have us believe, Vince really does have some of that Mr. McMahon in his personality. That was his sole purpose behind the Invasion Angle and the new ECW. Just to make fools of everyone who was associated with each former company. Need proof? Have you seen one ECW original wrestler not get squashed or buried by a WWE wrestler? The main title contenders on ECW are Test and Bobby Lashley Before that the champion was The Big Show seconds after Rob Van Dam got screwed out of the title. |
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Post by The Boss on Jan 25, 2007 17:21:30 GMT -5
I hate how they say that every wrestler from every era always thought of the WWF as the top promotion. Even in the 60s when they were a small regional promotion, the early 80s when they had fallen so low that the WWF title had actually lost World title status in pro wrestling illustrated, and the mid 90s when WCW was the place to be. Yet now they say that everyone who ever came into pro wrestling had the same goal of someday wrestling for the WWF.  |
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Post by The G.O.A.T. on Jan 25, 2007 17:34:07 GMT -5
History is written by those who win the war
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Jan 25, 2007 17:58:34 GMT -5
The thing I never liked was the Royal Rumble where Flair wins the Gold. Hogan pulled out Sid and on the live telecast you can hear a chorus of boos, yet when you watch it on DVD everyone CHEERS Hogan. WTF?!
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Post by The Boss on Jan 25, 2007 18:15:36 GMT -5
The thing I never liked was the Royal Rumble where Flair wins the Gold. Hogan pulled out Sid and on the live telecast you can hear a chorus of boos, yet when you watch it on DVD everyone CHEERS Hogan. WTF?! They always cheered (save for a clip shown on Superstars to help push the HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN Sid Vicious match) because Ric Flair had been the first man to last through the entire Rumble which back then was quite an accomplishment at the time. Now it seems like it happens every year. But speaking of Royal Rumbals, I hate how they always say that Bushwacker Luke Williams has the record for quickest elimination. The quickest man eliminated was in fact the Warlord who was eliminated in less than 2 seconds by HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN in 1989. |
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Post by Ace Diamond on Jan 25, 2007 18:26:27 GMT -5
The thing I never liked was the Royal Rumble where Flair wins the Gold. Hogan pulled out Sid and on the live telecast you can hear a chorus of boos, yet when you watch it on DVD everyone CHEERS Hogan. WTF?! They always cheered (save for a clip shown on Superstars to help push the HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN Sid Vicious match) because Ric Flair had been the first man to last through the entire Rumble which back then was quite an accomplishment at the time. Now it seems like it happens every year. But speaking of Royal Rumbals, I hate how they always say that Bushwacker Luke Williams has the record for quickest elimination. The quickest man eliminated was in fact the Warlord who was eliminated in less than 2 seconds by HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN in 1989. That has already been acknowledged as a fact, they do not "always" say Luke went out faster than the Warlord. |
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Jan 25, 2007 18:29:50 GMT -5
They always cheered (save for a clip shown on Superstars to help push the HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN Sid Vicious match) because Ric Flair had been the first man to last through the entire Rumble which back then was quite an accomplishment at the time. Now it seems like it happens every year. But speaking of Royal Rumbals, I hate how they always say that Bushwacker Luke Williams has the record for quickest elimination. The quickest man eliminated was in fact the Warlord who was eliminated in less than 2 seconds by HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN in 1989. That has already been acknowledged as a fact, they do not "always" say Luke went out faster than the Warlord. I have no idea why they would do that. Unless they wanted to state that Warlord was a major threat to win future Rumbles. |
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Jan 25, 2007 18:38:31 GMT -5
That has already been acknowledged as a fact, they do not "always" say Luke went out faster than the Warlord. I have no idea why they would do that. Unless they wanted to state that Warlord was a major threat to win future Rumbles. The Warlord is a legend, that's why. He can't hold that dubious record. As for the cheering at the Flair Rumble... they overdubbed the fan noise, I am certain of it. When I saw the live PPV, they were booing Hogan when he pulled out Flair... I remember that vividly because I remember wondering if Hogan was going to be a 'bad guy'. |
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Post by Boomaga on Jan 25, 2007 18:55:41 GMT -5
I'm not sure, did the Four Horsemen ever exist?
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jan 25, 2007 18:58:56 GMT -5
Everyone in ECW used generic ripoffs of real tunes as their entrance music.
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Post by Error on Jan 25, 2007 19:02:17 GMT -5
I'm not sure, did the Four Horsemen ever exist? I don't know but, the upcoming DVD on them should clear that up. |
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