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***Official Pro Wrestling Thread*** (16 Viewers)
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SlaX
Footballguy
He used a modified version semi-regularly. Still looks devestating, but he doesn't toss his opponent before dropping him like that.
Willie Whistle
Footballguy
I always felt that young Scott Steiner had the potential to be one of the best in-ring workers ever when you considered his strength, amateur wrestling background, and his innovative moves. Then he got so roided that he couldn't move, and he always sucked on the mic. Oh, well. Still I would have loved to have seen a 1992 Scott Steiner vs. a 2001 Kurt Angle.
OC Zed
Footballguy
When all else fails, rip off the t-shirt and FLEX!!!
Trey
Footballguy
Don't know if this was posted already but the story of Connor the Crusher: http://youtu.be/FjQT0hGE5kM
Devastatingly sad but also some really awesome moments.
Devastatingly sad but also some really awesome moments.
Smack Tripper
Footballguy
RIP to an awesome little guy. Loved when he was so stern about not telling Bryan to take it easy on Batista right to his face "no I'm not gonna do that". I remember believing that sternly, and he would not be conned by the heel in that spot.
And I was
and 
when he hooked HHH's leg.Stone Crusher 4 LIFE
JB Breakfast Club
Footballguy
They obviously had a lot of history with the kid - Kane and Daniel Bryan were tag champs at the beginning of the video.
WWE really does great stuff with the Make-a-Wish foundation.
Tom Servo
Nittany Beavers
Patriotsfatboy1
Footballguy
BigJohn
Footballguy
An honestly, this is what irks me so much about how fans treat John Cena. Look, he is what he is. He is the face of a lot of these interactions between kids like this and the WWE. It's not about John Cena as a person, or even as a wrestler. What his character represents to all these kids is above the WWE and all these dirtballs that trash Cena and what he represents. Every time he gets heat, I just picture all these sick kids crying in the front row. Fair, or not, it is what it is.
Tony Jabroni
Footballguy
Cena has granted more wishes than any other athlete according to the Foundation. That was really tough to watch.
Paulymaggs
Footballguy
Paulymaggs
Footballguy
Just getting around to listening to the SCSA podcast.
####ing brilliant.
The best part has to be the way Austin does the commercials....Never knew he was this funny, might have to move him up above Rock on my list of best mic skills of all time.
####ing brilliant.
The best part has to be the way Austin does the commercials....Never knew he was this funny, might have to move him up above Rock on my list of best mic skills of all time.
Paulymaggs
Footballguy
Pretty solid list. The only major injustice I see is AA. Definitely top 5 over Piper for me.
Just an unbelievable story teller.
1. SCSAustin
2. Rock
3. Flair
4. Dusty
5. Arn Anderson
SlaX
Footballguy
Chi-Town Rumble, Clash of the Champions VI, WrestleWar '89, and Spring Stampede '94 are on the network. In that order, chronologically. The feud got pushed to the side when Hogan came on the scene mid-1994.
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OC Zed
Footballguy
Smack Tripper
Footballguy
I couldn't find it online but seek out roddy pipers final regular run pipers pit before he "retired" wrestlemania 3. A very different piper and a side you didn't necessarily see from wrestlers at that time. One off favorite promos ever. A wonderful coda to his time as a full timer
SlaX
Footballguy
The first three are all 5-star matches. I wanna say I like the one from the Clash the best, but it's a very tough call. The match from Spring Stampede was good too. They also had some other good matches together, but they aren't on the network.
SlaX
Footballguy
I think some of Piper's best moments came before he was in the WWF. He was also a great color commentator along-side Gordon Solie. I think he may have been the first heel commentator. For some reason, TBS didn't like the duo, so Piper's commentary role was short-lived.
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bosoxs45
Footballguy
Jayrok
Footballguy
He quit, and as long as the WWE keeps ignoring him and never mentions him, his fame will fade and people will quit stalking his trash bins.
mr fancypants
Footballguy
ProWrestling. com reporting that D. Bryan is undergoing neck surgery this week and could be out a while.
http://www.prowrestling.com/daniel-bryan-to-undergo-neck-surgery-this-thursday/
Maybe looking at a tournament for new champ if true?
http://www.prowrestling.com/daniel-bryan-to-undergo-neck-surgery-this-thursday/
Maybe looking at a tournament for new champ if true?
Tony Jabroni
Footballguy
It sucks with this news on D Bryan, but perhaps they can go back to the underdog/beat all odds gimmick when he returns.
Rumors floating around that they are working on a replacement for Batista in Evolution since he's supposed to be leaving soon. 2 names being floated are Sheamus (
) and....Dolph Ziggler ( 
).
Rumors floating around that they are working on a replacement for Batista in Evolution since he's supposed to be leaving soon. 2 names being floated are Sheamus (
) and....Dolph Ziggler ( ).Smack Tripper
Footballguy
Perfect reason to split the titles and keep one on Bryan. Instant money Mach down the line.
I location tourney too but as I get older I appreciate how hard it is to book a good one night one if you don't want to repeat spots and sequences.
Survivor series 98 is my favorite attitude era ppv for that title tourney
Smack Tripper
Footballguy
He can do the swagger but I'm sorry he's like putting Paul Roma In the horsemen. I'd rather an Alberto del rio. He at least was booked as a credible champion for a long run and can do the playboy gimmick. Ziggler looks like a ####### idiot with his attire. I drove by the extreme rules ppv and I there was a good amount of his t shirts. It's like an electric teal and it says the show off or something.It sucks with this news on D Bryan, but perhaps they can go back to the underdog/beat all odds gimmick when he returns.
Rumors floating around that they are working on a replacement for Batista in Evolution since he's supposed to be leaving soon. 2 names being floated are Sheamus (
Everyone can't be stone cold but that getup looked a little NTTAWWT to me
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mr fancypants
Footballguy
Now it's being reported as minimal invasive surgery with a 6-8 week recuperation period.
http://www.prowrestling.com/how-long-is-daniel-bryan-expected-to-be-out/
http://www.prowrestling.com/how-long-is-daniel-bryan-expected-to-be-out/
Tony Jabroni
Footballguy
Correct. They also had the Raw/Smackdown rosters somewhat separated years ago as well.
Jayrok
Footballguy
Yes, I think the World Title is the old WCW world championship. The WWE belt is their original title. I thought Vince wanted to dump the WCW belt at some point but maybe someone talked him out of it for nostalgia sake or something. One they use for Smackdown the other for RAW.. or they used to anyway.
D in the D
Footballguy
Willie Whistle
Footballguy
RANDY SAVAGE and JAKE ROBERTS tell the story of the infamous 'Snake bite' angle:
ROBERTS:
"The Cobra was a lot lighter than the other snakes I used to have to carry around. It only weighed about 15 pounds...and it got a lot more respect! (laughs) I loved that damned thing. Oh, I loved him...
Savage came up to me before and said [Macho Man voice],'Your Cobra's gonna bite me - Ok, you got that? But here's the ####-enn problem, yeah...there's a lot of people around here that'd like to TAKE the Macho Man OUT - you know what I'm sayin'? And you might be one of them...'
I said, 'What are you talking about?'
He said, 'I want to ####-enn know...if the thing's got the ####-enn' gimmicks out...'
'Randy, it's not poisonous...'
'Uh huh! Good - you say so...'
'Yeah.'
'Then you don't miiind, if it bites you FIRST...'
He takes me in the locker room, I sit there, put it up to my leg, right? It chews on my leg. Then, it released.
He says, 'O-k...just sit down right there, snakeman, right there, yeah...don't move...'
Thirty minutes later, [jumps in close] 'How you doing, Snakeman-? That botherin' ya..?'
'Randy, please...'
SAVAGE:
The snake was supposed to be devenomized. But when the cobra bit me, oh my god... (laughs) It wouldn't let go..."
WATCH: http://youtu.be/OQr1tRpogIo
ROBERTS:
"I'm trying [to pull it off] - I'm trying! And the snake's just gnawing on his arm...it's going on for like a minute now, you know? Over a minute, damn...
Finally - whew - I got him off.
There's something about any animal that's chewing on your arm...it kinda bothers you..." (laughs)
SAVAGE:
"My arm blew up like a balloon for days. About five days later they had to rush me to the hospital with a 104-degree fever...
It's unbelievable to walk into the hospital and tell the doctor I had a snake bite.
Finally the fever went down, they gave me antibiotics, and luckily the snake WAS devenomized; but twelve days later the snake died.
He was devenomized...but maybe I wasn't! (laughs) Jake told me: 'You killed my snake dude...'
Our feud generated a lot of interest after that angle even though they couldn't show it on national TV. It was too graphic. They could only show it with a big X over the screen..."
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Matt (wrestings glory days)
(Sources: IGN, Pick Your Poison: Jake Roberts story, WrestlingEpicenter.com)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-four-horsemen/96283989083?fref=nf
ROBERTS:
"The Cobra was a lot lighter than the other snakes I used to have to carry around. It only weighed about 15 pounds...and it got a lot more respect! (laughs) I loved that damned thing. Oh, I loved him...
Savage came up to me before and said [Macho Man voice],'Your Cobra's gonna bite me - Ok, you got that? But here's the ####-enn problem, yeah...there's a lot of people around here that'd like to TAKE the Macho Man OUT - you know what I'm sayin'? And you might be one of them...'
I said, 'What are you talking about?'
He said, 'I want to ####-enn know...if the thing's got the ####-enn' gimmicks out...'
'Randy, it's not poisonous...'
'Uh huh! Good - you say so...'
'Yeah.'
'Then you don't miiind, if it bites you FIRST...'
He takes me in the locker room, I sit there, put it up to my leg, right? It chews on my leg. Then, it released.
He says, 'O-k...just sit down right there, snakeman, right there, yeah...don't move...'
Thirty minutes later, [jumps in close] 'How you doing, Snakeman-? That botherin' ya..?'
'Randy, please...'
SAVAGE:
The snake was supposed to be devenomized. But when the cobra bit me, oh my god... (laughs) It wouldn't let go..."
WATCH: http://youtu.be/OQr1tRpogIo
ROBERTS:
"I'm trying [to pull it off] - I'm trying! And the snake's just gnawing on his arm...it's going on for like a minute now, you know? Over a minute, damn...
Finally - whew - I got him off.
There's something about any animal that's chewing on your arm...it kinda bothers you..." (laughs)
SAVAGE:
"My arm blew up like a balloon for days. About five days later they had to rush me to the hospital with a 104-degree fever...
It's unbelievable to walk into the hospital and tell the doctor I had a snake bite.
Finally the fever went down, they gave me antibiotics, and luckily the snake WAS devenomized; but twelve days later the snake died.
He was devenomized...but maybe I wasn't! (laughs) Jake told me: 'You killed my snake dude...'
Our feud generated a lot of interest after that angle even though they couldn't show it on national TV. It was too graphic. They could only show it with a big X over the screen..."
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Matt (wrestings glory days)
(Sources: IGN, Pick Your Poison: Jake Roberts story, WrestlingEpicenter.com)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-four-horsemen/96283989083?fref=nf
Tony Jabroni
Footballguy
This week's top 10 countdown is the Craziest Ladder matches. I'm sure that is worth a watch. It debuts tonight on the network.
Thunderlips
Footballguy
Just getting back into Wrestling....specifically WWE Monday Night Raw. Couple things:
That roster seems a bit shallow doesn't it? It seems like the only Main Eventers are The Wyatts(Brey), The Shield, Daniel Bryan and Evolution. After that....there seems to be a HUGE dropoff in entertainment talent.
If this is a rebuilding season for this WWE roster....they really need to bring in some managers get some of these guys over. Axell, Ryback, the Russian...even Shamus....these guys just aren't good talkers. Of course, I stopped watching in the Golden Age of Jericho, Austin, The Rock, HHH, Shawn Michaels, Foley etc. etc....so its hard to find that kind of talent. Even lesser guys like Steven Reagal were more entertaining than most of this current roster.
They're going to have to break The Shield up. Ambrose and Reigns have good entertaniment skills. Rollins?....not so much but he's a decent mid carder.
They need Vince back. By far, the greatest pure entertainment character WWF has produced. VInce mugging a few segments could go a long way into hiding some of the shows defeciencies.
That roster seems a bit shallow doesn't it? It seems like the only Main Eventers are The Wyatts(Brey), The Shield, Daniel Bryan and Evolution. After that....there seems to be a HUGE dropoff in entertainment talent.
If this is a rebuilding season for this WWE roster....they really need to bring in some managers get some of these guys over. Axell, Ryback, the Russian...even Shamus....these guys just aren't good talkers. Of course, I stopped watching in the Golden Age of Jericho, Austin, The Rock, HHH, Shawn Michaels, Foley etc. etc....so its hard to find that kind of talent. Even lesser guys like Steven Reagal were more entertaining than most of this current roster.
They're going to have to break The Shield up. Ambrose and Reigns have good entertaniment skills. Rollins?....not so much but he's a decent mid carder.
They need Vince back. By far, the greatest pure entertainment character WWF has produced. VInce mugging a few segments could go a long way into hiding some of the shows defeciencies.
JB Breakfast Club
Footballguy
I remember two x moments - the snake bite and Terry Funk "branding" Ric Flair. There was also Earthquake squashing the snake, but they cut away from that entirely.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Brutus Beefcake getting busted open by Ron Bass and his spurs also got the Red X treatment.
JB Breakfast Club
Footballguy
I think it only feels that way because they have them in groups. Try this exercise...let's say the WWE had a big tournament (or battle royal) for the right to headline SummerSlam. How many wrestlers could win it? I count 10 for sure, and that leaves out Rollins and Ambrose (Dean is actually my favorite Shield member).
- Bryan
- HHH
- Batista
- Cena
- Orton
- Lesnar
- Cesaro
- Reigns
- Wyatt
- Seamus
Next tier:
- Ambrose
- Seth Rollins
- Bad News Barrett
- Rusev
- Big E
- Kane
Willie Whistle
Footballguy
I'll bet that when all is said and done Rollins will have had the best career out of The Shield guys. Sure the WWE will push Reigns because he's big and looks good, but Rollins is easily the best actual wrestler of the three and truly great ring skills like Rollins possesses can lead to a great career even for a smaller guy (Bryan, Punk, HBK...)
I've also heard non-kayfabe interviews with The Shield guys. Rollins comes across as the most mature and exceptionally dedicated. Vince likes guys like that who he can rely on.
Jayrok
Footballguy
Rollins could be pushed like a Jeff Hardy if they scripted it right. Dude is great in the ring.
Thunderlips
Footballguy
Yeah but isn't Lesnar (and I'm assuming) Batista part timers?
I don't doubt their physical talent. They're great at what they do in those regards. I'm more of a guy who watches to be entertained by the banter and spectacle. To that, I don't see many guys who have those bigger than life personnas.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Vince likes guy who make him money, first and foremost, and whichever guy from the Shield becomes the best draw will be the guy who gets pushed the most over the long haul.
OC Zed
Footballguy
I never liked the split rosters between Raw and Smackdown. It didn't make any sense - they were all under the same company at that point. Why create an artificial division like that? And the division was based on which night they showed up on TV? And those guys could only show up on that designated show? It just limited the talent.
Also, that WWE belt is just goofy looking. I get they want to put their brand on everything, but that giant logo is tacky on a belt - particularly in comparison to the previous belts (including the WCW one).
