Jewell
Footballguy
Them putting the belt on Arquette was the beginning of the end of my pro wrestling watching career. Simply horrible.
Fantasy Football - Footballguys Forums
This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!
***Official Pro Wrestling Thread*** (8 Viewers)
- Thread starter NewlyRetired
- Start date
Them putting the belt on Arquette was the beginning of the end of my pro wrestling watching career. Simply horrible.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Between Aquette and The Finger Poke Of Doom, they really screwed the pooch.
Last edited by a moderator:
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Not sure who looked less a wrestling star, Greg G or Mike Von Erich, who was so small and inexperienced that no one would job to him for his debut and Skandar Akbar had to do the job (he was a manager at the time)
Last edited by a moderator:
Rayderr
Footballguy
The reboot was really the nail in the coffin. When the announcers have to break character and say "Hey, our product has sucked pretty bad, so we're going to take a couple weeks off and write all new stuff and come back with a whole new look" you know your screwed.Between Aquette and The Finger Poke Of Doom, they really screwed the pooch.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Who was mostly responsible for the booking at that time? Was it only Russo?The reboot was really the nail in the coffin. When the announcers have to break character and say "Hey, our product has sucked pretty bad, so we're going to take a couple weeks off and write all new stuff and come back with a whole new look" you know your screwed.Between Aquette and The Finger Poke Of Doom, they really screwed the pooch.
Rayderr
Footballguy
IIRC, correctly, Russo had been fired/quit, but the ratings plummeted after his departure, so he was hired back, and that's when he and Bischoff (the man had one good idea and nothing else) did the reboot, but Bischoff quit a bit later. The reboot wasn't all bad. The undercard stuff was pretty good.Who was mostly responsible for the booking at that time? Was it only Russo?The reboot was really the nail in the coffin. When the announcers have to break character and say "Hey, our product has sucked pretty bad, so we're going to take a couple weeks off and write all new stuff and come back with a whole new look" you know your screwed.Between Aquette and The Finger Poke Of Doom, they really screwed the pooch.
Jewell
Footballguy
C'mon! Are you trying to tell me that you didn't think the year long "Blood Runs Cold" vignettes for Glacier were great?
whitem0nkey
Footballguy
I have not watched wrestling in 10+ years, but I have been working from home and started to watch both TNA and WWE again. and I saw my first PPW in a long time, extreme rules. and I was really into it.
I grew up during the rock and wrestling & cartoon era, and stopped watching religiously right around the Monday night wars. I was a casual fan around then but lost interest, for multiple reasons.
as a kid wrestling was a special thing, I remember wrestling with friends and I would get a plastic grocery bag, make a shirt and rip it off during the match like him. When I started to hear that it was fake I was really hurt as a kid. I remember bring this up to my friend that it may be fake. and he told me he heard the same, but that the championship matches are for real.
I cried when undertaker put ultimate warrior in the coffin when paul bearer had his show. I though he was going to kill him.
what are some vids that I can watch to catch up? I plan on watching all the wrestlemanias (im in the middle of 4 have a long way to go), but I'm sure I will miss out on other PPWs that were better.
I grew up during the rock and wrestling & cartoon era, and stopped watching religiously right around the Monday night wars. I was a casual fan around then but lost interest, for multiple reasons.
as a kid wrestling was a special thing, I remember wrestling with friends and I would get a plastic grocery bag, make a shirt and rip it off during the match like him. When I started to hear that it was fake I was really hurt as a kid. I remember bring this up to my friend that it may be fake. and he told me he heard the same, but that the championship matches are for real.
I cried when undertaker put ultimate warrior in the coffin when paul bearer had his show. I though he was going to kill him.
what are some vids that I can watch to catch up? I plan on watching all the wrestlemanias (im in the middle of 4 have a long way to go), but I'm sure I will miss out on other PPWs that were better.
Last edited by a moderator:
Ted Lange as your Bartender
Footballguy
This was one of my favorite moments of the Attitude era. April 2000, Penn State. I was watching this while on a business trip with another guy in Toronto downing 40s of Molson XXX, and we lost our #### when this happened. And what a pop from the crowd -some legit marking out going on!
whitem0nkey
Footballguy
Last edited by a moderator:
whitem0nkey
Footballguy
10 User(s) are reading this topic
1 members, 9 guests, 0 anonymous users
it's ok guys. no need to log out when reading this thread.
1 members, 9 guests, 0 anonymous users
it's ok guys. no need to log out when reading this thread.
azgroover
Footballguy
I quit watching right before the attitude era. Now, my son is the same age I was when I first discovered WWF and I've caught up and started watching again because of him. Honestly, if you watch a few consecutive weeks of Raw, a little Smackdown, and the next PPV, you should be completely caught up. Surprisingly, Wikipedia filled in a lot of blanks for me too.
SlaX
Footballguy
Dave Hebner was known in the 80's for refereeing in the WWF. Earl Hebner was refereeing in the NWA for most of the 80's (including the Starrcade '85 I Quit match between Magnum TA and Tully Blanchard). I believe this was the first time Earl was on WWF TV that we know of.
SlaX
Footballguy
I've never liked Ron Killings. He's been annoying to me since he was K-Kwik in his first WWE tenure. So, yes. He works better as a heel.
Last edited by a moderator:
azgroover
Footballguy
I'm loving evil R-truth.
Abraham
Footballguy
Del Rio is getting scrooed. They have made him just interesting enough to be the guy that loses in the last match of Raw but never interesting enough where you actually think he might win something. Kind of like Rey.
I'd actually love to see someone other then Cena/Miz/Punk get the belt and shake things up a bit, even if only for a while. Don't want to wait for Rock next spring...
I'd actually love to see someone other then Cena/Miz/Punk get the belt and shake things up a bit, even if only for a while. Don't want to wait for Rock next spring...
SlaX
Footballguy
(warning: NSFW language)
whitem0nkey
Footballguy
as an adult looking back im wondering what the hell was I watching, and how was he my favorite guy.
whitem0nkey
Footballguy
ok wow. I never really looked into it until u posted this and then I wiki'd.wow, so it was a twin. I thought the million dollar man spent all this money on plastic surgery.
glad to know that is solved
Rayderr
Footballguy
An absolute classic moment.
Charlie Frown
Footballguy
I don't think this word means what you think it does.
RBM
Footballguy
Was that when they came back with the New Blood vs the Millionaires Club? That suckedI remember something happening at a ppv where Hogan was refusing to job to Jarrett, so he just came out and quit. Then Russo came out and went nuts on him or something like that.The reboot was really the nail in the coffin. When the announcers have to break character and say "Hey, our product has sucked pretty bad, so we're going to take a couple weeks off and write all new stuff and come back with a whole new look" you know your screwed.Between Aquette and The Finger Poke Of Doom, they really screwed the pooch.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Morrison is out 6-8 weeks with a neck injury.
GoFishTN
Footballguy
They also started talking about wrestlers not cooperating and changing finishes on the fly. Just total face palm stuff.I don't have time to find it, but I'm sure it's on youtube.The reboot was really the nail in the coffin. When the announcers have to break character and say "Hey, our product has sucked pretty bad, so we're going to take a couple weeks off and write all new stuff and come back with a whole new look" you know your screwed.Between Aquette and The Finger Poke Of Doom, they really screwed the pooch.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Yikes. I can't find anything online about this. Do you have a link? WWE has fired guys for failing the policy a few times. Not sure if this the first strike for Christian but would certainly explain the quick belt change.
Charlie Frown
Footballguy
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
The funny thing about that is you can tell which one is which by their size. While they are twins, at that moment, Earl was much thinner than Dave.
AcerFC
Footballguy
name
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
AcerFC
Footballguy
thanks. starting up now
Rayderr
Footballguy
It is done by WWE, so there is a bit of a pro WWE slant to it.
SlaX
Footballguy
Very much so. But as they say, when you win the war, you can re-write the history to your liking.
Last edited by a moderator:
SlaX
Footballguy
Crockett Promotions (AKA Mid-Atlantic Wrestling as well as other names, see the Wiki link below) had a program called World Championship Wrestling (also had programs World Wide Wrestling, etc). He was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance. When Turner bought the company, he officially renamed the company to World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The talent looked the same because it was the same.Here is the Wikipedia article on Jim Crockett Promotions.
Last edited by a moderator:
Keith R
The Don
Yes. Please confirm that this happened.
Charlie Frown
Footballguy
Classic. Makes me long for the old days.
Jewell
Footballguy
:X
whitem0nkey
Footballguy
Jules Winnfield
Footballguy
Jake "The Milkman" Milliman
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
I am slightly addicted to celeb porn. I think the Paris Hilton, Jenna Lewis and Pam Anderson vids should be considered national treasures. That being said I have not found myself wanting to watch even a single frame of the Chyna vid.'Jewell said:
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Has anyone found any info on this yet? JR's blog mentioned Christian but in a positive light with no indication he was going to be off tv for a while.In fact Christian led off the Smackdown show that was taped last night to air on Friday.'Keith R said:
Last edited by a moderator:
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
TNA is going through a rebranding process.
Program is now named Impact Wrestling.
Lots of confusion as to whether the name TNA will be used any more. Jarrett says yes, Hogan says no. Hogan stated that he was sick of explaining to sponsors that TNA did not stand for #### and ###
Program is now named Impact Wrestling.
Lots of confusion as to whether the name TNA will be used any more. Jarrett says yes, Hogan says no. Hogan stated that he was sick of explaining to sponsors that TNA did not stand for #### and ###
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
I must have missed this. When was Karl Malone in TNA?
