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Post by The Barber on Feb 19, 2018 7:45:26 GMT -5
When wrestlers would sell punches that missed by a mile.
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Post by The Barber on Feb 19, 2018 7:40:48 GMT -5
Hoganized TNA is what I point to when anyone whines on how WWE destroyed the WCW brand and how it would have been better if Bischoff actually did buy it instead. If Eric were to have been the one who bought WCW, what it would have been was the same, failing crap WCW was as it was imploding and what TNA became when he and Hogan showed up. Eric Bischoff doesn't know s***. His only claim to fame was someone else's idea (the nWo was a NJPW creation), using someone else's money (Turner's), and with someone else's talent (wrestlers made by Vince McMahon). I disagree to an extent. If it was Bischoff's money, he wouldn't have booked WCW like he usually did.
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Post by The Barber on Feb 18, 2018 22:00:01 GMT -5
Whatever else can be said, Mean Gene Okerlund had a personality and charisma that has never been replicated in a backstage interview host. The way he would banter with the wrestlers and react off them added so much. I think the closest anyone has come is Joey Styles in the old school ECW. I think Lauren Thompson a.k.a Brooke, was the best interviewer in TNA history and (in my opinion) one of the top 5 best backstage interviewers in wrestling history. She put emotion in her interviews and more people should do that.
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Post by The Barber on Feb 18, 2018 21:52:32 GMT -5
I don't think her cheating on Chris was her downfall. Hell, it probably made her popular seeing as how everyone else there was cheating on their spouses. I think her attitude was the biggest problem.
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Post by The Barber on Feb 15, 2018 7:32:10 GMT -5
How did The Flintstones do when Gazoo turned up? That was the last season. You be the judge. Then of course we got The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, the Flintstone Comedy Hour, Fed and Barney Meet the Thing, The Flintstone Kids, WWE meets the Flintstones....yeah you can't kill that franchise off. Hanna Barbera (much like Disney) milks their franchises until they dry up.
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Post by The Barber on Feb 14, 2018 7:10:38 GMT -5
Playing the Monster Mash on loop You played the wrong record, didn't you?
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Post by The Barber on Feb 12, 2018 1:50:52 GMT -5
The rockstar gimmick was to 80s for the 90s. It had to be dropped. There were no rockstars in the 90s? Only hair metal was dead. He just needed to update the look. Besides, you think a male stripper is a better gimmick for a number one babyface? Bret Hart and HBK both looked like lead singers of hair metal bands from the 80s. That look (just like WWF's whole mindset) was past it's prime. I agree that a change of appearance was needed. Don't forget, the 90s was very edgy, so a male stripper gimmick could have worked, but not the way the WWF did it. Well, why Shawn Michaels went the male stripper route, I honestly can't answer that. With the way the WWF and Shawn Michaels were rumored to be acting behind the scenes...nah, I ain't going there.
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Post by The Barber on Feb 10, 2018 23:25:16 GMT -5
Actually I'd say guys like Michaels were actively a turn off to the teenage guys watching. I know that most of the guys I knew in HS were not thrilled with the idea of him beating Bret Hart at WM 12, and also stuff like him simply superkicking and beating Diesel at the next PPV. Not just teenage guys but most guys. I have no idea why they dropped the rockstar gimmick with HBK and turned him into more of a male stripper. If they continued to present him as a rockstar, like what they're doing with Nakamura, I think he would have been more successful. The rockstar gimmick was to 80s for the 90s. It had to be dropped.
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Post by The Barber on Feb 10, 2018 21:56:54 GMT -5
You wanna play Blackjack? I've got two of those, too. You wanna play Aces and Eights? I got too many of those, too. DDT! DDT! DDT!
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Post by The Barber on Feb 10, 2018 21:46:00 GMT -5
Like, why? There's only two weeks to justify football on Thursday. That's the opening game & Thanksgiving. Every other week is overkill.
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Post by The Barber on Feb 10, 2018 21:44:42 GMT -5
BTW, it's not like college sports have anything offensive against white people who...
ohh...
Don't give me that look, FAN. You just KNOW he's drunk. Besides, Notre Dame is French, but they have an Irish mascot. WHAT'S UP WITH THAT!?!
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Post by The Barber on Feb 10, 2018 21:39:03 GMT -5
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Post by The Barber on Feb 9, 2018 19:18:35 GMT -5
Not all the time.
The Austin heel turn legit pissed me off. It's still one of the dumbest moves in wrestling history.
There are others that piss me off and they mostly belong to or involve Triple HGH.
The turn itself at Wrestlemania might have been a mistake and could have worked as a slower burn - it did give us guitar playing, Angle beating, white knee brace wearing, Tazz berating, paranoid Stone Cold which was refreshing and also awesome. Not to me, he wasn't. His 'funny' segments annoyed me tremendously.
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Post by The Barber on Feb 9, 2018 9:38:54 GMT -5
The thing I like about this industry.. you can get so pissed at it.. but ultimately forgive it a short time later. Not all the time.
The Austin heel turn legit pissed me off. It's still one of the dumbest moves in wrestling history.
There are others that piss me off and they mostly belong to or involve Triple HGH.
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Post by The Barber on Feb 8, 2018 8:25:03 GMT -5
...I was accepted to both Bovine University and Krusty's Clown College. Which is more likely to embiggen my spirit?
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Post by The Barber on Feb 5, 2018 0:58:30 GMT -5
I'm glad the Pats lost. I just wish it wasn't against the Eagles. Brady/Belichick are 0-3 against the NFC East in the Super Bowl.
Congrats Eagles fans. And stay safe if you're in Philly. *Botchamania 'HUH?' sound effect*
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Post by The Barber on Feb 1, 2018 11:43:24 GMT -5
No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
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Post by The Barber on Feb 1, 2018 11:37:46 GMT -5
Nyquil.
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Post by The Barber on Feb 1, 2018 11:35:43 GMT -5
There's no way they'd have a BULLET CLUB!
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Post by The Barber on Feb 1, 2018 11:11:23 GMT -5
So FOX just picked up NFL Thursday Night Football, and of course they are quite a few people thnking, that one day in the future WWE could air on FOX but now with the NFL do you still see them picking up WWE? Yea I know its all just interntt rumors about WWE and FOX but if you ran FOX would you pick them up? The NFL is only part of the year but thats still 2 full days takin up during prime time where you could air new shows. But I guess the NFL and WWE would bring in more viewers than regular shows I guess. Fox ain't touching WWE. The WWE ain't brining in the ad revenue that those regular shows do.
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