Hello!
Have been going back and watching all of the old HOF ceremonies on the Network. Once thing I noticed is that during the early modern ceremonies ('04 on), almost every inductee takes the time to thank Vince and the McMahon family.
Then, after the first year or two, no one even mentions Vince, let alone thanks him in their speeches. It's actually somewhat distracting after a while. We've heard guys like Shawn Michaels reference this in their HOF appearances, but what gives? Why does Vince get the Vol
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emort treatment at his own HOF? Probably just a weird Vince-ism, and the same reasoning as why he doesn't want to be inducted into his own Hall of Fame.
You know what doesn't get enough love? Hall's sleeveless Canadian tuxedo when he showed up on Nitro. Let's be honest- you have to be one bad ass dude to rock that look.
ReplyDeleteBringing Hall and Nash in using their real names was the smartest thing Eric could have done.
ReplyDeleteall he needed was a black fanny pack
ReplyDeleteyeah always thought Bischoff's plan from the get go was to do an invasion angle similar to the New Japan angle that he saw.
ReplyDeleteThe Ryback is both the hero we need and deserve.
ReplyDeleteIt's WWE. This is the same organization who blew off Wyatt/Ambrose with an exploding TV. :-/
ReplyDeleteFYI to anyone in Texas - Blue bell ice cream recall!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wsj.com/articles/blue-bell-creameries-recalls-all-products-1429584100
Early NWO stuff had a lot of great moments of realism. I always loved the episode where Bobby asked Bischoff if he could guarantee his safety at ringside and walked out on the show when Bischoff reluctantly said, "No."
ReplyDeleteRollins almost shouldn't have a finisher. He's too slimey to need one.
ReplyDeleteMichael Cole "Here it comes, Rollins is lining up the Authority Interference! There it is! Match Over! Rollins Retains!"
ReplyDeleteThe show that ended with Hall & Nash wielding baseball bats and the cops with their hands on their guns was awesome.
ReplyDeleteWell, he did for Sting/Hogan.
ReplyDeleteAustin interviewing Undertaker is the ultimate get.
ReplyDeleteFuck the spurs. And I haven't been here before so ima act a fool!
ReplyDeleteJust do the classic DDT.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine Vince running on camera when things start to get real... "RING THE FUCKING BELL!"
ReplyDeleteAdd in the Pillman angle, and boy, they loved going for guns on wrestling shows in 1996.
ReplyDelete"Think about this: What is the most exciting thing that can happen on TV or in movies, or in real life? Somebody has a gun. That''s why I always start with a gun, because you can't top it. You just can''t." - Michael Scott, in improv class
Nooooooooooo
ReplyDeleteJesus, it's gonna be like two robots talking.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.danimalcrossing.com/?p=1029
ReplyDeleteJust go tex Mex apparently
How I would have booked Starrcade '97:
ReplyDeleteWorld title: Hogan vs. Sting
Bret Hart vs. Randy Savage
Giant vs. Scott Hall (sub for Kevin Nash)
Cruiserweight title: Eddie vs. Malenko vs. Rey
U.S. title: DDP vs. Chris Benoit
Grudge match: Ric Flair vs. Curt Hennig
Tag Team title: Steiners vs. Meng/Barbarian
TV title: Booker T vs. Disco Inferno
Gotta cool Bray down.
ReplyDeleteParty on, TatR!
ReplyDeleteGotta keep him strong so you can see him in person to realize how big he is.
ReplyDeleteI don't dislike Reigns (at least not per se), I just disliked how the WWE usually booked him the last months (and I would assume I am not the only one).
ReplyDeleteThey have an abundance of Z-Packs that are going to expire now that Punk is gone. They don't want to waste them.
ReplyDeleteThey actually used that phrase on Impact to describe the tag titles
ReplyDeleteDid anyone comment last week and Big Show completely messing up Reigns' catchphrase? He said "Respect that!"
ReplyDeleteAtlanta Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer wins NBA Coach of the Year.
ReplyDeletehttp://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12733278/mike-budenholzer-atlanta-hawks-named-nba-coach-year
Not close but good try!
ReplyDeleteOtherwise known as the NBA Coach of the Year That's Not Greg Popovich Because Him Wiinning Every Year Would Be Boring and This Title Doesn't Really Roll Off the Tongue
ReplyDeleteU mad bro?
ReplyDeleteyes, because it's either "3 minute match on Raw" or "main even of WrestleMania"....
ReplyDelete"And that's the last thing I'm gonna say, cause that's what Stone Cold thinks!"
ReplyDelete"Do you taste what The Rock is making?"
"What are your plans when Hulkamania causes a ruckus in your general area?!"
ReplyDeleteIt's not any different than MVP.
ReplyDeleteWhat is actually bothersome is all of these awards have different voting committees. MVP is media only I think, Coach is only coaches, All-NBA is media and players.
"Hey hey hey, you're aware of it"
ReplyDelete"You can C me."
ReplyDeleteBray can make fun of him for only being able to read 1 or 2 books a month.
ReplyDelete"Macho Mania! As a aaaaaaffirmative, yeah!"
ReplyDeleteWell deserved. Coach Bud has been a huge get for us.
ReplyDeleteThey should rename it to the "I Thought Your Team Would Suck This Year, But Great Job!" Award.
ReplyDeleteYou keep operating under the premise though that they need to have new giants. If Show and Kane suck and the crowd doesn't want to see them anymore, then it doesn't help the product at all to still keep them around "cause giants."
ReplyDeleteSheamus or Harper or whoever can be the insurmountable obstacle for babyfaces if they're just built up to be perceived as such.
If you don't like me....I would kindly ask you to chew on what I have to offer
ReplyDeleteTHE HALL OF FAME IS FOR YESTERDAY'S NEWS, PAL! JUST LIKE WRESTLEMANIA, I'LL NEVER ADMIT TO BEING OVER 30!
ReplyDeleteseeing Austin use the stun gun in the WWF was actually what made it click in my head that this was indeed the same guy as Stunning Steve Austin. Then I felt really dumb.
ReplyDeleteUnless Phil Jackson is working
ReplyDeleteWhatever. He has big hands in case you weren't aware
ReplyDeleteWWE.com Daniel Bryan Update
ReplyDelete"In the match description for Daniel Bryan vs Bad News Barrett on WWE.com, it says that Bryan is “undergoing diagnostic testing to see if he can defend his title at Extreme Rules." Bryan was pulled from the European tour and last night’s RAW as a precautionary measure."
You know... DB is just doing what the majority of the fans do... take time off after WM, and return around the Royal Rumble. Smart dude.
SHUCKS!
ReplyDeleteHe wasn't. Meltzer made it clear that it was a ploy to get more money on his next contract. And it worked.
ReplyDeleteTo be the man....you'll need a win over me.
ReplyDeleteMike and Lou taking home some hardware. Hard to say any coach did a better job including Kerr.
ReplyDeleteI don't recall Phil Jackson winning that many. I think he has maybe 2.
ReplyDeletePop has 3 I think.
Yeah. If there one thing Hayes needs it's a boost to his confidence as to his impact in wrestling
ReplyDeleteI always liked how Hall, during the Razor Ramon days, would incorporate a few high school-level Spanish words and phrases into his promos to sell his "Cuban" heritage. Watching that disappear as he morphed into Scott Hall was quite sad for me.
ReplyDeleteBray Wyatt, you should never call on people who are expired...as a result, you will BE AT LEISURE IN TRANQUIL SERENITY!
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking that Triple H will end up wrestling Rollins sometime this year.
ReplyDeleteGotta keep Triple H strong for Sting.
ReplyDeleteI was just responding to bobby's wild claim that popovich is always the best coach in the league. I agree if Phil isn't working.
ReplyDelete"I am the greatest in the present, greatest in the past and the greatest in the future too!"
ReplyDeleteAnd movie star Dwayne Johnson and MMA fighter Ronda Rousey.
ReplyDeleteThose organisms that bear resemblance to humans whose hosiery is an unfashionable white and labor in the industrial sector for low pay and little chance for advancement will be displeased.
ReplyDeleteActually, I could hear Nick saying this.
I don't know about that. As easy and fun as it is to "You have to see Big Show in person" he is dramatically bigger.
ReplyDeleteThe problem with using Sheamus or Harper is you have them plus Barrett, Rowan, Ryback and probably three other guys I'm forgetting that are all that size.
It's hard to create that kind of feeling on a guy when there are six other guys all the same size.
JOBBER
ReplyDeleteThe other day, Scott posted a thread about Hogan vs. jobbers in general, using the word "jobber," and at the bottom of the page I got an ad for storemade guac.
SKYNET BEGINS
WEEEEELLLLL...WELL IT'S THE LARGE ENTERTAINMENT
ReplyDelete"Which person follows in line?"
ReplyDeleteI actually think Phil is still a touch ahead in greatest coach. X's and O's are important, but massaging egos might be more important. Phil had to do it with the Bulls, and with the Lakers, twice.
ReplyDeleteIt feels like a 1 and 1A type question though.
This question has nothing to do with Austin, Bryan, Reigns, or Punk!
ReplyDeleteI call shenanigans!
It was already pulled from local grocery freezers weeks ago but this still sucks.
ReplyDeleteBecause they want it to be seen as a wrestling or sports entertainment hall of fame or whatever instead of just a WWE one I guess.
ReplyDeleteThere's only one way to settle this, HUSTLA! We need to organize a MULTIPLE MAN TAG-BASED WRESTLING BOUT! YELL YELL YELL!!!
ReplyDeleteThe Novel global environment Collection is just OVERLY... SACCHARINE!
ReplyDelete@TimeandtheRani
ReplyDeleteIn regards to the American Psycho book, I made the assumption the stuff that happened was in his head because he started seeing shit like Bigfoot and a giant Cheerio being interviewed on television, not to mention the chapter that goes into third person when he gets into the shootout with police that doesn't get mentioned on the news the next day.
Yuck to fake guac. Avocados are readily available even here in the Midbest. Lazy, lazy cooking.
ReplyDeletealso we can't bury the Andre Battle Royal winner..that would just be stupid.
ReplyDeleteJust starting up Rock N Wrestling. With only 1 episode up, are they going for a weekly upload?
ReplyDeleteThat last Lakers team put him over the top for me. Not exactly star studded but he squeezed out as much as he could from Odom and bynum and gasol.
ReplyDeleteI interpreted the movie as Patrick is rich and powerful... and that can cover up just about anything.
ReplyDeleteHey now, they don't wanna get your heart racing with too much content at once.
ReplyDeleteOne episode a year upload.
ReplyDeleteThere is no way to really tell. They could add them all tomorrow or forget about the whole thing for years.
ReplyDeleteChristian Bale was really looking good on that flick, NO HOMO.
ReplyDeleteWell, his secretary finds the book that has all the gory shit drawn in it. Not to mention right after he kills the hooker with the chainsaw, the very next scene shows him drawing the death scene on the tablecloth while Evelyn is talking to him.
ReplyDeleteI had to look-up what a "Canadian Tuxedo" was.
ReplyDeleteI was half expecting some incredibly nasty, incredibly wonderful new fetish.
Could Neville be any more dead in the water at this point? Man he should be pissed he got such a raw deal.
ReplyDeleteI also think being able to handle Jordan, Shaq, and Kobe is a major skill. And even Phil could not maintain Shaq and Kobe, although Shaq and Kobe were together for 8 years already before Shaq got traded to Miami.
ReplyDeleteWatched "42" last night, really good movie but it amuses me that a movie like "Once" can get slapped with an "R" for three uses of "fuck" but "42" gets a PG-13 despite more n-bombs than the entire run of Chappelle's Show
ReplyDeleteI was watching Blazing Saddles, no way that movie is made today.
ReplyDeleteSure, but if the fans don't want to see Big Show or Kane (or imaginary "replacement giant" that is being forced in there for the sake of having a giant) and don't buy them as big threats or stars, then who gives a fuck how tall they actually are?
ReplyDeleteOver is over is over. Big SHow being 100 feet tall doesn't matter because fans don't want to see him and don't react to him. So again, his giantness becomes worthless. if they pop for Sheamus (or Wade or Harper or whoever) and but them as crazy threats based on booking, then your babyfaces would still get way more out of beating those guys than the unover giants.
And I'd say that you're wayyyy overestimating the importance of giants across WWF history. Yes, Andre of course. But did Hogan really set the world on fire feuding with Bundy or various other giant fat guys, in comparison to the business he did with Piper, Ordndorff, Savage etc?
And what "giants" were money stars in the Attitude Era? Big Show meant less than shit during the AUstin & Rock babyface runs, and it's not like either had a huge money program with Kane either.
And Diesel was a huge fucking flop.
So again, you don't "need" to fill the role of giant if the talent just isn't there.
Right? I mean, what a clear cut springboard to stardom beating 29 other people at Wrestlemania and looking really impressive at the end. Only an idiot would have the winner do a bunch of PPV jobs to everybody and their brother immediately after, amiright?
ReplyDeleteYeah those 3 guys could have been known as real coach killers if it wasn't for Phil.
ReplyDeleteThe guy who hired me is the sole human being behind the sole human being who was not the twenty-second person to be vanquished in a physical manner.
ReplyDeleteAn Austin podcast of The Miz going from him main eventing Wrestlemania to now with some honest to goodness "What happened?" questions is money. That would have my $9.99 for sure.
ReplyDelete"This is for all of you morbidly obese urban perspiring even-toed ungulates, bring the volume of your voices to a minimum, whilst I remove my garments to show your female companions what a factual human male should be viewed as."
ReplyDeleteGod, I'd forgotten how bad the voice acting on Rock N Wrestling was .
ReplyDeleteRoddy piper particularly sounds terrible.
Work hard. In War.
ReplyDeleteBryan facing Barrett on PPV reminds me of the Rock facing Billy Gunn on PPV.
ReplyDeleteBob?
ReplyDeleteExcept that one actually happened.
ReplyDeleteOh his arrogance knows no boundaries; but from what I've seen his contributions just as an old school wrestling guy do make the product a more well oiled machine. He's one of those guys you hate to give any credit to.
ReplyDeleteI guess I'll sub to the WWE Network today so that I can get Extreme Rules and Payback for $9.99.
ReplyDeleteIt's Billy.
ReplyDelete"We're going to have a meeting with HR at the end of the day, where we will make the decision to terminate your employment!"
ReplyDeletei did that with Rumble and Fastlane. Isn't it free this month?
ReplyDeleteWithout the legendary burial promo. "Tears rolled down your cheek, piss rolled down your leg..."
ReplyDeleteIT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS!
ReplyDelete....what?
ReplyDeleteFor some reason, that one word is so much funnier to me than the "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS!" part.
ReplyDeleteYeah, free for new subscribers. I've already subscribed a couple of times before though so I can't get it free.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I really love that.
ReplyDeleteDidn't Verne - who has some memory left in 2007 - basically say the HOF was a ego stroke.
ReplyDeleteSo lets assume that Bryan is injured and can't make Extreme Rules, I can't be the only one hoping he gets stripped of the title leading to Raw running a one night IC Title tournament.
ReplyDeleteHe's looked good.
ReplyDeleteBe careful what you wish for...we might get Kane and Big show getting double byes to the semifinals.
ReplyDeleteNow, are you able to properly accept that fact, you easily-deceived pushover???
ReplyDeleteI'd rather see Barrett running his mouth at the PPV and Neville or Balor coming out to wrestle him for the vacant title.
ReplyDeleteThat is a brilliant movie and funny as hell. It still holds up well today.
ReplyDeleteI've got a bunch of email addresses, cards and paypal accounts. I can cheese it.
ReplyDeleteThe whole nWo thing probably jumped the shark by October and really in November when it became Bishoff's "baby." Once WCW power was backing the nWo it went from invasion to stable and the thing died a horrible death that lasted almost three years.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Vince is going to try to slide by without paying royalties to the Rock n Wrestling voice actors. Come on, big dumb guy from Everyone Loves Raymond - lawyer up!
ReplyDeleteHe said the sheriff is near!
ReplyDeleteHigh?
ReplyDeleteThat title could not possibly have had more abeyance at this point.
ReplyDeleteThe month of April is FREE! Now come watch the shitty wrestling cartoon show we did a while back!
ReplyDeleteRocky loved burying guys.
ReplyDeleteOf course mentioning "Billy Gunn Talks to God" sent me down the rabbit hole of Billy Gunn burial promos and straight to Edge discussing Billy's "super special assignment to go eat a meatball sandwich" at WWF New York.
ReplyDeleteSo Reigns next feud after Big Show is supposedly with Kane.
ReplyDeleteChrist.
Dat Robin Hilton.
ReplyDeleteHey as soon as I saw it was up I threw it on.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair I'll do the same with new Total Divas as well.
I despise me.
Without the territories, this is the only way for a guy to pay his dues.
ReplyDeleteNO, I said the sheriff is a N...
ReplyDeleteIt's been a really long time since I read the book, but I remember interpreting the book as he was definitely committing all those murders. Though I was just talking about this exact thing with my friend who I'd originally borrowed the book from years ago- and who's the only other person I know who calls American Psycho his favorite movie- and he said the same thing, that it was in his head.
ReplyDeleteSo I probably need to read it again.
TONIGHT ON RAW IS RIO!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd after that, Vince is going to hire back The Warlord.
ReplyDeleteBob, Big Show, Chyna...
ReplyDelete"Not for nothin' Huntah, but that was quite a tomatah you got hooked up wit!"
ReplyDeleteLARGE FATHER HYDRAULIC is your GRAPPLING RISER.....YELL LOUDLY if you can listen to me."
ReplyDeleteIt's like the Boss Man when he had to go through the Heenan Family to get to Perfect.
ReplyDeleteOnly it sucks.
The pop when Roman is in the full nelson.
ReplyDeleteOr British General's Erections.
ReplyDelete(I get that this is part of the gimmick of this thread, but this would be great for the Vaudevillains currently. :) )
ReplyDeleteThey saving up the Reigns/Rollins match for some future point, when Reigns is actually over.
ReplyDeletePerhaps Survivor Series
2017
Most of what happened from 1996-1999 was what I expected from the nWo angle - but they dragged a good solid year storyline into almost three years - maybe four if you count Russo's nWo silver.
ReplyDeleteBossman had a better cardio and could work, that HOSS was on the roll in his Heenan feud.
ReplyDeleteHey dude! I know he was on a lot of drugs which might explain that. I can only cede to the author who we saw at a talk a few years ago, and I nearly jumped out of my chair and cheered when he backed up my interpretation in criticising the screenplay. I don't know, I guess it's open to intrepretation, but certain scenes in the movie don't make sense. Like when he goes to see Paul's apartment and the body's been cleaned up (or not obviously) and the woman gives him this death stare that she knows he's trouble. In the book it's because she knows he was responsible for the body they cleaned up and covered up to resell the apartment without a fuss, in the movie it's just... weird.
ReplyDeleteThere's the big reveal at the end of the movie where Bateman is told that Paul couldn't possibly be dead because the guy he's confessing to just had dinner with him the other night, but that just ties into everyone confusing everyone with everyone else. It wasn't Paul he had dinner with, just like Bateman's alibi for the night of his murder (that someone had seen him at some party) was also incorrect. Bateman tries to confess and society is so fucked that he still gets away with it. His confession has meant nothing. :/
Dont want those southern yokels getting their hands on his somas and pain killers.
ReplyDeleteIf it wasn't for the legal issues, I still think they could have done a pseudo-WWF promotion like they were doing. To think if it wasn't WCW - you could of had a nWo with Hall, Nash, A heel Hogan, a heel Luger, a heel Jarrett, Diabise and Virgil/Vincent, and Syxx with hints of Bulldog and Bret in 1996 - it would be unstopable. But instead it became Hogan's stable and then Nash and Hall started to phone it all in.
ReplyDeleteIf there's anything Vince McMahon is known for, it's his humility.
ReplyDeleteHe always did, they were just needlessly complicated and often fell apart before they could reach their end point. For a more recent example look at the formation of IMMORTAL in TNA. That was some awful, dumb long-term planning, but it was still something that stretched beyond a month.
ReplyDeleteI thought the story with Savage joining was that the nWo was using Liz as a bargaining chip to neutralize one of their biggest enemies? In that sense, it made sense and was kind of cool.
ReplyDeleteYup. And Giant joining made sense to me too -- he was a young, impressionable guy who was lured by the promises of fame and fortune from Bischoff (secretly) and the too-cool-for-school nWo (openly). Plus, if you can't beat 'em...
ReplyDeleteFeud with Ahmed over the summer, and maybe taking the I-C Title at the IYH before Summerslam so he can lose to Ahmed by count or DQ to Ahmed at Summerslam which lets Ahmed "win" the feud and move onto the main event while Hunter still holds onto the belt and runs with it through the fall until Mero unseats him.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I've ben doing a chronological watch of WWF and WCW on the network, and outside the Steamboat matches, I have yet to encounter what I'd call a good Jake match (I'm in the middle of 87).
ReplyDeleteTo each his own. I, for one, don't understand why so many wrestling fans view chinlocks as the devil. It's an effective way of building drama.
ReplyDeleteI still have some of the Warrior comics. They are about as bad as you think they are.
ReplyDeleteI think his Mid-South stuff is marginally better but only because Watts would've assaulted him or something if he was outright dog shit.
ReplyDeleteA friend of my parents gave me a copy of the Warrior comic as a present one year. It was the Santa rape special edition. I think I was like 10 or 11 at that point. My mind still can't fully process what was going on in that issue.
ReplyDeleteAre you crazy? It made a TON of money through 97 (and 98) but it should have ended after sting defeated hogan at starcade 97. That chase through the year made the promotion the hottest company in a decade
ReplyDeleteWell they turned The Rock in 97 when Rocky Maivia just sucked. Then he was nearly face during the Summer of 98 after Summer Slam and then they turned him heel again at the Survivor Series. Then he was face in 99 until 2002 and in 2003 he was heel again. Ok, after this, they kept him face, but when he only appears only once in a while, it istn't a big problem, but when you have to see someone every week and on every ppv you have to change IMO rather sooner than later.
ReplyDeleteMLB Network just threw it to their Angeks correspondent "in Los Angeles"
ReplyDeleteTHEYRE FROM ANAHEIM, YOU IDIOT
Damn u left out raven and saturn.
ReplyDeleteAnd his grapefruits. His humble grapefruits.
ReplyDeleteim thinking he is speaking more creat7vely,
ReplyDeleteOnce they had the open tryout with wallstreet/bbossman and norton... it was only a matter of time.
It made money though. Tons.
But how can you blame a concept like a tournament, when you book someone like Mabel against Savio Vega in the final match? I mean, I could have said that before, that King Mabel will be the biggest flop of them all. It wasn't the fault of the KOTR concept, that they booked Mabel as the winner. They could have chosen someone else.
ReplyDeleteAnd if Austin for example wouldn't have been KOTR winner, he could have had the same feud with Bret Hart and the Hart Foundation and later DX. It wouldn't have changed anything.
Oh how I love the '04 Hall of Fame ceremony. The last time it had an exclusive, banquet dinner feel before they started over marketing it, inviting in the paying idiots, and inducting people who have nothing to do with wrestling. '05 to '08 were decent and then they were just a wreck after that.
ReplyDeleteThere hasn't been anything as exciting as Sherri's speech in a long time on those.
That's closer than Auburn Hills where the Pistons play is to Detroit and I almost never hear it being referenced by the proper city name. WWE comes to Rosemont and calls it Chicago. Pretty common to see that in sports broadcasting.
ReplyDeleteCool. Let me figure out my schedule for the next couple of weeks and I'll let you know. (We're interviewing interns right now, and it's really messing up my schedule).
ReplyDeleteVince's love for big men = make Nelson Frazier a star. Unfortunately it didn't work in Philadelphia in 1995. Think about that for a second. The Philly crowd may have wanted a new star instead of UT or HBK, but they didn't want Mabel. Vince took it as a hint not to put too much emphasis on the KOTR winner. Rather he took it as a vehicle to build hope for the future which was something his competition wasn't performing well. For example WCW tried to push Alex Wright and the Renegade in 1995 to similar success as the WWF with Mabel.
ReplyDeleteI thought they were from California and Danny Glover was their coach?
ReplyDeleteWrestling fashion is the best thing in the world.
ReplyDeleteZiggler should transition his wardrobe over to a Zubaz and Fanny Pack combo.
Pete Rose got inducted in 04.
ReplyDeleteOur raw review : http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2015/04/21/wwe-monday-night-raw-april-20-review/
ReplyDeleteBetween #GiveDivasAChance and the heel-turning of almost every main-roster Diva, I wonder if they're setting up some kind of NXT women's "Invasion" angle, with Charlotte and crew coming in as babyfaces.
ReplyDeleteIf that's not the plan, I have no idea what is going on. Brie was wrestling like a face last night, but the announcers were still treating Nikki like a heel on commentary. Summer's "face turn" was only for a week. Natalya wrestles as a face but valets as a heel. I don't get it.
As an AWA Scott Hall fan, I always hated the Razor Ramon gimmick.
ReplyDeleteNext week.. bazookas!!
ReplyDeleteProbably he doesn't want the night to be about him, he wants it to be about the inductees.
ReplyDeleteEveryone would thank him, quite likely, and there's really no need.
Sounds good, man.
ReplyDeleteHe at least made several Wrestlemania appearances instead of appearing on one Smackdown
ReplyDeleteLooks like we're moving toward a WWE Universe in which every wrestler gets to (has to?) wear some kind of jacket or cape for their entrance. After last night it's now Lucha Dragons, New Day, Ambrose, Harper, Ziggler, Barrett, Bryan, Stardust, Adam Rose, Wyatt, Jericho, The Ascension, Sandow, Los Matadores, Miz, Neville and R-Truth.
ReplyDeleteNothing WWE does any more has any consistency. At this point, I'm just writing what I see. :(
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you just ask X-Man for his phone # already?
ReplyDeleteHaving him debut as part of the DoD, with horrifically bad entrance music, teaming with Kamala in a handicap loss to Hogan would have been so much more WCW-ish then what we actually got.
ReplyDeleteI think part of having the B-Team was a merch thing.
ReplyDelete"Look at these schlubs who can wear the t-shirt and be part of the gang, you can too!"
Or maybe I'm giving them too much credit...
Raven was injured
ReplyDeleteRosemont is basically in Chicago, for all intents and purposes.
ReplyDeleteGod I love that film.
ReplyDelete40 minutes just like Anaheim to LA
ReplyDeleteI wonder when they will induct Joe Gomez...
ReplyDeleteIs Anaheim that close to actual LA? Well, I guess I do need to call my ex-girlfriend and tell her she's dumb for always whining about my stupid "Anaheim is in LA" joke."
ReplyDeleteI think you're being harsh again
ReplyDeleteThis was a really good show, at least a ****. Only the women’s segment was actively bad, and virtually everything else involving a program happening on the PPV was good or great. Kane was awesome (I know!), Sheamus was deliciously evil until Ziggler put him in his place, and Cena continues to rock this open challenge gimmick, to the point where I kinda want him to win on Sunday.
Also, check out Dolph’s hot as hell promo on the app. Almost sells you on the Kiss Me Arse match.
Back on RSPW, there was NEWZ that Nash would be renamed "Stone Cold," and that's why they changed the Ringmaster's name so fast.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that Mabel would have worked in another city, because it was a big fat guy wearing a silly name and a violet tent. And I don't think that Renegade and Alex Wright were main event material either - at least not in 95.
ReplyDeleteIf Mabel would have won the Royal Rumble 95 and headlined WMXI, would you have blamed the Royal Rumble concept?
From the Hall debut to Fall Brawl '96 was some of the best stuff WCW ever did
ReplyDeleteIt's one of the big gripes I have about Southern California being so overserved when it comes to Wrestlemanias and Summerslam. If you count 12 and 16 there have been entirely too many WM and Summerslam events in LA.
ReplyDeleteHe was never a great worker but his 96 run was spectacularly awful.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that I much preferred the Hall of Fame when it wasn't in a stadium. I remember when WWE used to explicitly request that fans not wear t-shirts and chant inappropriately. The feel is significantly different now, and not really for the better. I personally prefer everybody sitting up on the stage -- do we need to see the TV HD set?
ReplyDeleteYep, sandwiched between O'Hare Airport and the city itself.
ReplyDeletebut almost all of those times except *maybe* 1998 (depending on one's definition) his alignment had already run its course: but if 1996 babyface Rocky Maivia was over like crazy and they had still turned him heel, wouldn't have that been a dumb move?
ReplyDeleteI'd like it as a dais where the inductees come sit up at the panel 1 by 1.
ReplyDeleteDid you also see they put the 94 ceremony where Gorilla got inducted up on the Network? It's a real treat.