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[1999-12-23-WCW-Thunder] NWO and Goldberg again
BackToBionic replied to Loss's topic in December 1999
He had a small hidden pipe to break the windows but dropped it at some point and since he was pissed he figured he'd just keep going (this was taped so he could have just restarted) -
The funny thing about Coke cutting ties with WWF is that they began a partnership with WCW (the Surge deal) which was becoming WWEesque suddenly.
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[1999-11-14-WWF-Survivor Series] HHH vs The Rock vs Big Show
BackToBionic replied to Loss's topic in November 1999
Without knowing every detail of what was going on at the time/what the original plans were, I wonder why they couldn't have just done a stretcher job with Austin early in the match if he couldn't work the full match (plenty of safe ways to accomplish this), and then, if they were determined to get the belt off of HHH, just let The Rock have it? The Big Show had already wrestled a handicapped match earlier in the night, and wasn't over at all. It makes very little sense. -
Knowing what we know now about her life right around this time, it's not much of a surprise that Rose McGowan is stuck doing bit parts in weird films like this (she'd end up mostly doing TV and grindhouse films after this too). I saw this at the theater with another wrestling fan friend of mine and really liked it. I recognized the cheesiness even then (I was 16) but it's WCW so I allowed it.
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[1999-10-17-WWF-No Mercy] Jeff Jarrett vs Chyna (Good Housekeeping)
BackToBionic replied to Loss's topic in October 1999
It's not a technically good match, no. But it's also never boring. It's a fun brawl and the moment of Chyna winning is a really nice bow on the end of the angle even if she didn't really deserve to be in this spot. I also laugh when the IC title is ruled to not be a "household object" and Lawler incredulously says "But I've seen it at Jeff's house!" -
[1999-09-12-WCW-Fall Brawl] Chris Benoit vs Sid
BackToBionic replied to Loss's topic in September 1999
It was this ppv where Douglas made that prediction. And in his match, Douglas and Malenko lost to Hugh Morrus and BRIAN KNOBBS so...yeah.- 5 replies
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[1999-07-12-WCW-Nitro] Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan
BackToBionic replied to Loss's topic in July 1999
I was at this show and while I agree they should have done their big "reset" in Atlanta, WCW clearly didn't think that far ahead to plan things like that. Having said that, Jacksonville was ALWAYS a hot crowd, even in their weak days in the early 90s (Meltzer reported that Jacksonville was WCW's most profitable city in 92 or 93) and they still drew well here in their dying days. The last WCW PPV was in Jacksonville.- 6 replies
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The sad thing about that Owen theory is that Owen returning to the Blue Blazer gimmick was (in his opinion) PUNISHMENT for saying no to the Debra angle!
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I'll say this much - in 2020, and beyond, if one of the women presented a lawsuit with those allegations that Sable made (guys drilling holes in the walls to peep on the women changing, shitting in her bags and other general torment and threats, top officials proposing that she "accidentally" lose her top on live TV in front of children in the audience) the WWE would settle this lawsuit for a lot of money. Maybe not $140 million but the damage control would be intense. Just a general difference in the times. Hell, the fact that I would be shocked to hear about that happening in modern WWE is enough to show how much the times have changed. Having said all that, how crazy that she fucking RETURNS to this company a few years later when they were still pretty damn racy?
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10 bell salute and Liger spoke to the crowd about Owen.
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[1999-05-16-ECW-Hardcore Heaven] Sid vs Justin Credible
BackToBionic replied to Superstar Sleeze's topic in May 1999
Shane Douglas was supposed to put over Credible (probably as his last match for ECW) but he let it be known, about a week out, that he wasn't gonna show. Heyman asked Sid to replace Douglas but of course Sid didn't want to lose and Credible was on his way to becoming a top guy in ECW (as sad as that is). So we got this. It definitely can't be worse than whatever Douglas and Credible could have done on this night. -
Hayes was trained by Afa.
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I think Daniels just got this gig because APW sourced a lot of wrestlers for this kind of thing in LA, including Daniels himself for the Pro Wrestling Exposed thing.
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McMahon was pretty brave to brawl, with almost no protection around him, through a crowd of people that were cheering for Austin to SHOOT HIM WITH A GUN a few months earlier. Also crazy that McMahon takes that bump and injures his tailbone but keeps going. This was one of the last times I remember listening to the PPV on a scrambled PPV channel. I didn't know who the hell Paul Wight was.
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[1999-01-24-WWF-Royal Rumble] Mankind vs The Rock ('I Quit')
BackToBionic replied to Loss's topic in January 1999
While this isn't Michael Cole at his worst, this match would have benefitted from Jim Ross on commentary. It's a small nitpick though for such a great, memorable match. No one but Mick Foley could have had this match and while that's one hell of a compliment for any wrestler, I'm glad we'll never have matches like this again. It's simply too brutal. That said, one of my favorite spots is the Spanish announce table crumbling before Rock can do the Rock Bottom.- 12 replies