Howdy Blog O'Doomers!
Reading a previous thread and a few Wrestlemania based threads my video above has me wondering: "Did you have to be there to appreciate the magnitude of Andre-Hogan?" It was 27 years ago and much like my dad used to tell me I could never appreciate all the big names that came through Florida without being there to witness I wonder if I'm at the same point with Andre and Hogan.
Andre and Hogan was the biggest wrestling match in its time, I still it was the biggest match in WWF history. Probably the biggest wrestling match in the history of this side of the pond. Hogan and Andre were the two big pro wrestling names that mainstream media actually acknowledged. But it was a long time ago and a lot of fans only know Hollywood Hogan and I guess the WWE has to recognize that when they do these lists.
Anyway is Andre-Hogan one of those wrestling events that you really had to be alive to fully appreciate? The match wasn't great by any extent. The internet can show one that the two battled many times in America and Japan so the idea that late March of 1987 was hardly a "One in a Lifetime" situation and they had a rematch eight months later on national TV (that drew 33 MILLION viewers...on a friggin Friday no less) but still if you weren't there can you truly appreciate the spectacle? Maybe but probably not and that's too bad.
Well final live tapings before we head to New Orleans. We're going to have to wrap up a lot tonight. So far we've got:
Triple Threat Match for WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Batista vs. Randy Orton vs. HHH/Daniel Bryan winner.
The Shield vs. Kane & New Age Outlaws
Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar
John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt
Shawn Michaels vs. CM Punk Nevermind :(
Triple H vs. Daniel Bryan
Andre The Giant Battle Royale Thing
Vickie Guerrero Divas Invitational/Elimination Thing
Something for Big E and the IC Title??
Some sort of 4-way thing for the Tag Title.
Looking at this card Daniel Bryan, John Cena, Brat Wyatt and The Shield will have to do some heavy lifting. They also need to figure out a way to make this Battle Royale entertaining.
Either way this isn't exactly the Wrestlemania card we've asked for but it's the one we're gonna get so let's see if it works. Enjoy the show and come out swinging but please keep it clean!
Reading a previous thread and a few Wrestlemania based threads my video above has me wondering: "Did you have to be there to appreciate the magnitude of Andre-Hogan?" It was 27 years ago and much like my dad used to tell me I could never appreciate all the big names that came through Florida without being there to witness I wonder if I'm at the same point with Andre and Hogan.
Andre and Hogan was the biggest wrestling match in its time, I still it was the biggest match in WWF history. Probably the biggest wrestling match in the history of this side of the pond. Hogan and Andre were the two big pro wrestling names that mainstream media actually acknowledged. But it was a long time ago and a lot of fans only know Hollywood Hogan and I guess the WWE has to recognize that when they do these lists.
Anyway is Andre-Hogan one of those wrestling events that you really had to be alive to fully appreciate? The match wasn't great by any extent. The internet can show one that the two battled many times in America and Japan so the idea that late March of 1987 was hardly a "One in a Lifetime" situation and they had a rematch eight months later on national TV (that drew 33 MILLION viewers...on a friggin Friday no less) but still if you weren't there can you truly appreciate the spectacle? Maybe but probably not and that's too bad.
Well final live tapings before we head to New Orleans. We're going to have to wrap up a lot tonight. So far we've got:
Triple Threat Match for WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Batista vs. Randy Orton vs. HHH/Daniel Bryan winner.
The Shield vs. Kane & New Age Outlaws
Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar
John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt
Triple H vs. Daniel Bryan
Andre The Giant Battle Royale Thing
Vickie Guerrero Divas Invitational/Elimination Thing
Something for Big E and the IC Title??
Some sort of 4-way thing for the Tag Title.
Looking at this card Daniel Bryan, John Cena, Brat Wyatt and The Shield will have to do some heavy lifting. They also need to figure out a way to make this Battle Royale entertaining.
Either way this isn't exactly the Wrestlemania card we've asked for but it's the one we're gonna get so let's see if it works. Enjoy the show and come out swinging but please keep it clean!
B O D! B O D! B O D!!!
ReplyDeleteSoooo.. No Bad News Barrett segment tonight on Raw? :sigh:
ReplyDeleteJust think of the furious rewrites going on right now
ReplyDeleteSomebody get Lawler away from those kids.. This is a lawsuit waiting to happen..
ReplyDeleteHe's on the panel of the Pre-Show, so he'll probably be there all night.
ReplyDeleteWrong gender.
ReplyDeleteGentlemen, Meekin, Female lurkers, Princess... your BoD Franchise Player has ARRIVED!
ReplyDeleteAnd the rewrites of those rewrites going on right NOW
ReplyDeleteTempted to not watch RAW tonight just because I don't want to go into Mania pessimistic. Oh well, I'll watch.
ReplyDeleteSteve Stennick got unbanned?
ReplyDeleteJosh Matthews: "Is Bray Wyatt living rent free inside John Cena's head?"
ReplyDeleteUmm... WHAT???
Too far!
ReplyDeleteHe's probably telling those boys all about puppies and showing photos of Miss Kitty to them.
ReplyDeleteShould have Road to BoD Mania up in this thread in 15 minutes.
ReplyDeleteYou faced Stranger in the Alps
I hope the WWE video package guys go on to work in higher paying, more prestigious positions... they are untouchable.
ReplyDeletePreshow topic: anyone else on the fence about ordering Mania this year? My personal interest is pretty low outside of Cena/Bray being somewhat intriguing and I'm more tempted to watch Game of Thrones on Sunday personally.
ReplyDeleteSaid boys probably have porn sites they visit regularly. I had Playboys at that age.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't be ordering if I didn't already have the Network.
ReplyDeleteNo choice. I have the Network.
ReplyDeleteI keep waiting for them to somehow work in a missing plane.
ReplyDeleteI should add that I never committed to the network.
ReplyDeleteIf it wasn't for the network I would probably skip it. I'll probably DVR Game of Thrones and watch it after.
ReplyDeleteThanks, but I don't deserve that big of intro.
ReplyDeleteVery nice... and before all the joking and stuff starts in regard to it... it is very impressive and appreciated that you spend the time to do stuff like that, and while I can't speak for anyone else, I know I always enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteProbably a nice resume padding type gig.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that line got a STFU from me.
ReplyDeleteI peeked at the wrong time. These days, I'm begging for a chance at Nebb's Pet Rock just to get some screen time.
ReplyDeleteTonight's Mania should feature nothing but squash matches and segments. Not worth risking injury.
ReplyDeleteWell played
ReplyDeleteSomeone jobs to the Pet Rock for the first time
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXlXf9X_Vdg
ReplyDeleteIsn't it a bit late to suck up to him, Pat Patterson style?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely incredible. Especially compared to the uninspiring NBA ones nowadays.
ReplyDeleteI'm on the fence. Other than HHH-Bryan, I don't care. The Good Wife is on hiatus next week so I just might be in.
ReplyDeleteI hate watching long matches before Mania, too.
ReplyDeleteI really set that up on a tee.
ReplyDeleteI got your back, yo. I am Jimmy Garvin to your PS Hayes.
ReplyDeleteOr not.
Cause Hayes got fat. And I am fat.
or something.
Yeah.. as a video editor myself, I often use their packages as the level that I want my work to reach. Their usage of filters, slow motion and sound fx/music is the gold standard.
ReplyDeleteThat means Bryan will be doing double duty for 40 minutes against Cesaro and Rollins.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to it even if not included.
ReplyDeleteYou did. I would prefer an over the plate analogy, but I'm not into either sport/activity.
ReplyDeleteThis was a complete shoot, no sucking up
ReplyDeleteI'm aware. Just couldn't pass up the chance for a gay head joke. I thought about working in Al Snow's gimmick, but I passed.
ReplyDeleteBatista vs. Randy Orton - WWE is so generous for giving us a WM quality match for free.
ReplyDeleteOnly two more days til I fly down to New Orleans. I was distracted badly today at work today so I can't imagine how bad it will get tomorrow and Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteAll that Andre statue needs is a straw so you can fill it up with beer and drink from it.
ReplyDeleteMaddox is in the battle royal! Time to change your bets, folks.
ReplyDeleteJust don't have a wife and you'll be fine with parallax
ReplyDeleteI once had to add some text to a video for my martial arts school using Windows Movie Maker... it took me all fucking day to figure out... Nothing but respect for that profession.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW9cnAbiyrA
ReplyDeleteTHE MAD OX, COMIN' FOR DAT TROPHY THO.
ReplyDeleteYou will get a gimmick in the BoD soon enough.
ReplyDeletebit late for that.
ReplyDeleteActually I prefer my disciples to actually have wives
ReplyDeleteBrad Maddox in the battle royale.. oh dear God..
ReplyDeleteI thought I was the angry fat guy, though I have left some of it behind.
ReplyDeleteCut the Bryan concussion that takes him out of WM30!!
ReplyDeleteI almost wish WWE would have kept Batista "officially" face, but made it even more obvious they are shoving him down our throat. That would have actually made him a very organic heel, as the people could continue to feel like they are battling the system by booing him, but now he's just another heel. That was actually an opportunity missed.
ReplyDeleteWhy wouldn't Barrett be in the battle royal? Everyone else is.
ReplyDeleteNo Bolts game tonight during Raw so I can finally use my laptop for the BOD for the first time in ages, isntead of trying to keep up with it on a phone.
ReplyDeleteIf there hadn't been the sound of a match a few minutes ago, I would think these shows mostly consist of WWE hyping fans by just playing random entrance music for an hour.
ReplyDeleteIs it wrong that I want to slap Alex Riley every time he smiles??
ReplyDeletefor a change, he's the one who got some bad news.
ReplyDeleteThis is the one Raw a year where I'm okay with nothing but promos.
ReplyDeleteYou laugh A-Ry, but I would mark for some G.I. Bro in the battle royal...
ReplyDeleteNo fucking way I would pay for it. If I didn't have the network I would steal it... if that didn't work I would just wait and steal it later. All I care about is if the show ends with Bryan holding the belt yelling "YES!" with the crowd... if it does it is a success, if it doesn't it is a failure. It is that simple for me.
ReplyDeleteSlap his face. With your dick.
ReplyDeleteSounds like the Rays played well.
ReplyDeleteThere is a Mania on tonight?
ReplyDeletevariety is good. alternate between slaps and Kawada-esque kicks to the face.
ReplyDeleteThanks to abdominal surgery last week for me, tonight's Raw will be presented in Percoset-o-Vision. I feel like a member of the late 90's WCW roster!
ReplyDeleteIs he still the GM? I forget...
ReplyDeleteYea watched most of it, they looked good, although in baseball The Brewers are still my team and they got a nice 2-0 win over the Braves so was happy for that.
ReplyDeleteSince I don't have Network, and there's no way I'd pay for, as the blog likes to say WrestleMEHnia, I'm gonna use my trusty stream......until it starters buffering like crazy halfway through.
ReplyDeleteFunny thing is that I actually hate editing.. LOL I'm such a perfectionist that it takes so long for me to finish a project. I love it when it's done, but the process gets frustrating sometimes.
ReplyDeleteAnd now for the three minutes of NCIS I watch per week!
ReplyDeleteWhoa.. I don't want to KILL him!!
ReplyDeleteIf Bryan doesn't get a dramatic moment or the upperhand tonight, be prepared for some whining (possibly from me, too). The dude's scheduled for a main event and all he has to show for it in the build up so far is a pep rally he held a couple weeks back. I fear that even if he does get the belt, he'll get the Mysterio treatment...and we'll be stuck having to listen to Syd H and Vince Jordan going "You do realize he has the belt, right? Huh huh"
ReplyDeleteI can relate to that... any website/program I have ever written has always taken me forever to finish because I am never satisfied.
ReplyDeleteI have the Network and love it, wish Bryan's win was guaranteed, then I might even be willing to order it on my PS3 heh :P
ReplyDeleteSo anyone think Bryan might be set up as the fall guy for the drop in WM buys due to the network this year?
ReplyDeleteEarly comment of the night leader
ReplyDeleteLL hates that punching bag!
ReplyDeleteHaha, yeah, it's always that weird lady and some sad sounding music.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about the surgery but hey percocets aren't bad.
ReplyDeletethink I have time to make a chipotle run before Taker's entrance ends?
ReplyDeleteWe start with Taker? Okay.
ReplyDeleteDONG! DONG!
ReplyDeleteWow, hate to say it, but the Andre turn did not age well. Hogan went over the top way to fast. From the moment he sees Heenan, we probably hear him say, "No man, this can't be" at least 70 times. A little restraint and nuance would have been nice.
ReplyDeleteI wish undertaker was bikertaker again. I just heard the gong and first though was "Not another fucking 20 minute walk to the ring."
ReplyDeleteWell, his transition to Hollywood didn't work for a reason, BROTHER.
ReplyDeleteGood. Get it outta the way.
ReplyDeleteI love Sky's disclaimer.
ReplyDelete...is what I would say if I were watching that way.
Yeah... you know things have gotten bad when 'Takers entrances seem dull... I really hope he doesn't slack at 'Mania this year and gives us a good one.
ReplyDeleteFollowing up on that white hot, edge of your seat segment that closed last week!
ReplyDeleteHe'd be down the ring in 5 seconds with that bike.
ReplyDeleteYou can make a chipotle before Takers entrance ends!
ReplyDeleteUndertaker does nothing for me. He's pushing 50 and fights once a year, yet I'm led to believe a guy in his prime who is absolute fighting machine like Brock Lesnar won't beat him?
ReplyDeleteHIMYM finale, then Raw on PVR catch up mode.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to think they know the buy rate is going to tank because of the network. Then again, I'd like to think a lot of things about this company...
ReplyDeleteHe is pushing 50.
ReplyDeleteYeah. I used to build websites back in the late 80's and that was with basic html and Front Page. Very time consuming for me to do that as well. I know exactly how you feel.
ReplyDeleteThe lights went out, I thought Scooby took care of that.
ReplyDeleteSo, we're gonna start with a 'Taker beatdown?
ReplyDeleteMake sure you have Chipotlaway first.
ReplyDeleteThanks. It was routine and everything went well so I can't complain in the least.
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing they can do to save this feud.
ReplyDelete...the World Wide Web wasn't invented until 1992...
ReplyDeleteI'll just watch the episode later.
ReplyDeleteWith your dick.
ReplyDeleteWhat about a lightning bolt or two?
ReplyDelete"And The Undertaker wasn't in the mood to play games either...except for that one mindgame he clearly played before showing up."
ReplyDeleteHope it's good. I'm gonna watch HIMYM tomorrow probably or later tonight.
ReplyDeleteThis is part 1 of 2? Or is this the final finale?
ReplyDeleteAl Gore says hello.
ReplyDeleteA Brock beat down.
ReplyDelete#RealityEra
ReplyDeleteNO, JBL. No, it won't be.
ReplyDeleteOf course they know that, but doesn't mean they can't use that as an excuse down the road for keeping Bryan down :P
ReplyDeleteSo how are they gonna rebuild Lesnar as an unbeatable monster when he loses cleanly at his second Wrestlemania in a row?
ReplyDelete"Will the streak be broken at Wrestlemania?"
ReplyDeleteNo
I almost went to this tonight, but I feel like it would lose a lot of it's appeal in a live setting (presentation, production) - is a live event (especially a pre-Mania one) really worth it and am I missing out?
ReplyDeleteOr Undertaker in a corset.
ReplyDeleteThe final finale, 2 parts, 1 hour.
ReplyDeleteI'd care more, but I'm missing Mania weekend this year (friend's bachelor party in Vancouver), so eh. I'm really just watching this until the Giants game begins
ReplyDeleteMobility scooter Taker would be fucking badass.
ReplyDeleteAlso "Pass the nachos" because he is fat
ReplyDeleteIt hasn't been 21 men moron!
ReplyDeleteUndertaker can breathe more heavily during his promos.
ReplyDelete"21 men. Except for the Kane rematch, the HBK rematch, the Hunter 2 rematches, and the tag matches."
ReplyDeleteTechnically 18 men have been set down
ReplyDeleteIts not 21 men.
ReplyDeleteYes.
ReplyDeleteI have more fun at house shows, but yeah, you're still missing out. It's great to play along, chant, and just experience certain things in person.
ReplyDelete21 Men?? Surely he can't be serious.
ReplyDeleteSee, stuff like this is why wrestling fans get made fun of
ReplyDeleteAwesome.
ReplyDeleteBut wait, my pet rock makes the card and I don't? *sniff*
swim?
ReplyDeleteI aim to make the pre-show for next year's.
ReplyDeleteTaker, you should've been taking notes during Bray Wyatt's promos.
ReplyDeleteNathan Jones counts as two.
ReplyDeleteWWE: "be quite!"
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised we haven't got Undertaker's Wife vs. Brock's Wife in a Verbal Debate to add some buys.
ReplyDeleteI approve of my role here.
ReplyDeleteThis is all silly, goofy bullshit. I do not take myself seriously at all by writing this.
ReplyDeletehe could wear those floaty arm things
ReplyDeletefeeling so sleepy listening to UT...
ReplyDeleteIs he making a Gattaca reference???
ReplyDelete17 I think
ReplyDeleteSo clearly this match is taking place in Lake Pontchatrain.
ReplyDeleteA mass de-what?!
ReplyDeleteYep.
ReplyDeleteThis isnt the big show.
ReplyDeleteJust the road to BoD Mania
I'd pay good money to watch Giant Gonzales try to swim.
ReplyDeleteJason Albert.
ReplyDeleteTaker has his 3 Demandments too!
ReplyDelete3 things? Training, prayers and vitamins?
ReplyDeleteShould've added some weird stip to this match like barbed wire ropes or Pirahnaha exploding anus match.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the show is dead already.
ReplyDeleteHahaha my 5th grade teacher use to tell me that
ReplyDeleteI.R.S. run-in confirmed!
ReplyDeleteIs Taker going to tell me to take my vitamins? This sounds like an early Hogan promo.
ReplyDeleteYour Pet Rock is a major player
ReplyDeleteNeeds more Fuj
ReplyDeleteWell...here comes the pain. Kinda.
ReplyDeleteWho in the hell would wear that tshirt in public
ReplyDeleteI thought I saw sunburn there earlier...
ReplyDelete*stops crying*
ReplyDeleteSay whhhhat?
Swimming to shore = Hogan backstroke promo
ReplyDelete3 things = 3 Demandments
Taker turned into Hogan so gradually we just didn't notice.
It needs more effort, honestly.
ReplyDeleteUndertaker can't beat taxes. Undertaker vs I.R.S WM XXXI 22-1
ReplyDeleteYes. Yes it is. Maybe I just need to be the pet rock's agent. (With Paul E. Dangerously cellphone, of course.)
ReplyDeleteLesnar's shirt should read: Eat. Sleep. Get paid. Get laid by Sable.
ReplyDeleteI...I...I just don't know. I'm on the card but...seriously? I'm a freaking main eventer! Not mid card jobber to the stars!
ReplyDeleteMaybe the deadman now favours a sunbed over a casket?
ReplyDeleteHelluva fucking point
ReplyDeleteCM PUNK chants
ReplyDeleteA security guard at a soccer game. Must stop those streakers!
ReplyDeleteIts the road to the big show.
ReplyDeleteYou are part of a major storyline. Patience, my good man
Get over it people!
ReplyDeleteHe's DEAD, you inconsiderate son of a bitch!!
ReplyDeleteEven Heyman knew Hogan/Andre should've been #1 in that .com countdown video!
ReplyDeleteEAT
ReplyDeleteSLEEP
BEAT THE STREAK
Hey, its the same promo we've had the past three weeks.
ReplyDeletereally, thirty minutes of Heyman just saying BRRRRRROOOOOOOOCKKKKKK LESSSSSSNNNNNNARRRRRRR would be better than hearing any promo Taker has cut in the last few years.
ReplyDeleteEAT, SLEEP, SLEEP........ zzzzz............. sorry, what?
ReplyDeleteYou gonna take your ball and go home?
ReplyDeletePaul Heyman has the same odds as Brock Lesnar of beating the streak.
ReplyDeletePaul Heyman is Dolphins1925 on Reddit?
ReplyDeleteLOL sunburns
ReplyDeleteWeekend at El Gigante's.
ReplyDeleteAgreed.
ReplyDeleteBrock's shirt would be so much funnier without "BREAK THE".
ReplyDelete"He has a closet full of body suits!"
ReplyDeleteBrock The Bitch doesnt make me want to "purchase" WM XXX
ReplyDeleteDon Jardine is going to help him?
ReplyDeleteDoes Brocks shirt have sponsors on the back?
ReplyDelete"This promo has been going on about 3 minutes too long" Bischoff
ReplyDeleteHis high pitch scream doesn't help either.
ReplyDeleteWell. In that case, I'll pay double..
ReplyDelete