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Post by MGH on Feb 5, 2007 13:53:10 GMT -5
Looking back, whether it's because your wrestling tastes changed or your opinions of people have changed over the years, what is something that you would have been much more pissed off at now than you were when it actually happened?
My example is back in 2000. I was a huge mark for Rock back in the attitude era, and didn't really care either way for Benoit. But now I've grown to be a huge Benoit fan. And if Fully Loaded 2000 happened today where Benoit won the title and then had the decision reversed by a commissioner only to lose 10 minutes later, I'd probably be throwing stuff at my TV.
What's one for you?
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Post by Agent P on Feb 5, 2007 13:56:11 GMT -5
That Russo became the head of WCW creative. I was actually excited when I heard this the first time.
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Feb 5, 2007 14:00:58 GMT -5
Andre the Giant
Back then he was magical and larger than life
Pretend a 7'4, 500 pound beast like that just debuted, with the same push. He'd be the internet's most b**ched about wrestler
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Post by STMP on Feb 5, 2007 14:06:38 GMT -5
Andre the Giant Back then he was magical and larger than life Pretend a 7'4, 500 pound beast like that just debuted, with the same push. He'd be the internet's most b**ched about wrestler Not if he was the only giant and had an odd sense of charisma that made him scary and loveable at the same time. I find it so easy to just compare Andre with someone like Khali or even Big Show. Andre was in a league of his own and nobody came close and nobody ever will. Same with The Undertaker, he is one of a kind and that Kane was able to almost touch UT's status tells you a lot about Glenn Jacobs. |
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Feb 5, 2007 14:15:49 GMT -5
Andre the Giant Back then he was magical and larger than life Pretend a 7'4, 500 pound beast like that just debuted, with the same push. He'd be the internet's most b**ched about wrestler Not if he was the only giant and had an odd sense of charisma that made him scary and loveable at the same time. I find it so easy to just compare Andre with someone like Khali or even Big Show. Andre was in a league of his own and nobody came close and nobody ever will. Same with The Undertaker, he is one of a kind and that Kane was able to almost touch UT's status tells you a lot about Glenn Jacobs. But is Andre in a league of his own because he was the first, or because he was the best? Dont get me wrong, I'm a huge Andre fan, but....70's and very early 80's nonwithstanding, during his biggest exposure in the WWF, WM 3 era, he was nothing special in the ring, at all. He certainly had an amazing presence and charisma though for sure. Even still, I dont think it'd cut it today when Big Show, another charistmatic big man, was constantly ragged on for his weight and 'laziness', even though his ring work was light years ahead of Andre's. |
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Post by STMP on Feb 5, 2007 14:19:56 GMT -5
Not if he was the only giant and had an odd sense of charisma that made him scary and loveable at the same time. I find it so easy to just compare Andre with someone like Khali or even Big Show. Andre was in a league of his own and nobody came close and nobody ever will. Same with The Undertaker, he is one of a kind and that Kane was able to almost touch UT's status tells you a lot about Glenn Jacobs. But is Andre in a league of his own because he was the first, or because he was the best? Dont get me wrong, I'm a huge Andre fan, but....70's and very early 80's nonwithstanding, during his biggest exposure in the WWF, WM 3 era, he was nothing special in the ring, at all. He certainly had an amazing presence and charisma though for sure. Even still, I dont think it'd cut it today when Big Show, another charistmatic big man, was constantly ragged on for his weight and 'laziness', even though his ring work was light years ahead of Andre's. Because he was the first, was booked perfect and also did what he had to do. I don't like his matches, but he is pretty much like Hulk Hogan. Great because of how he was booked but also because he had a presence that only a handfull of pro-wrestlers had. Big Show doesn't have that. Big Show reminds me of a huge Al Snow. Someone who is at his best as a comedy character, which hurts his appeal as a giant. |
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Post by MGH on Feb 5, 2007 14:55:08 GMT -5
Oh, and I should throw in Hogan winning the belt at Mania IX as well.
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Post by The Portable Stove on Feb 5, 2007 15:07:16 GMT -5
The Undertaker coming back as a biker zombie.  In the inverse (Things that wouldn't piss me off now that did then), John Cena's custom US Belt getting blown up. |
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Feb 5, 2007 16:29:31 GMT -5
Looking back, whether it's because your wrestling tastes changed or your opinions of people have changed over the years, what is something that you would have been much more pissed off at now than you were when it actually happened? My example is back in 2000. I was a huge mark for Rock back in the attitude era, and didn't really care either way for Benoit. But now I've grown to be a huge Benoit fan. And if Fully Loaded 2000 happened today where Benoit won the title and then had the decision reversed by a commissioner only to lose 10 minutes later, I'd probably be throwing stuff at my TV. What's one for you? I'd been a Benoit mark since '95, so that pissed me off bad back then. As for now, let's see... Back in 2002, I wanted Kane to win the WWE or World Heavyweight Title. Now it would piss me off because I hate maskless Kane. |
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