BloodyChamp

Did any of these commercial promos ever actually work? I would say that’s one way not to cut a promo. There were probably some successful ones in the WWF that I never knew about but every one I ever seen should have just said this guy will be a jobber in a few months.

I just came to pass along that my sister, who was a childhood fan who remembers the good times but pretty much hates wrestling because of how obsessed I was with it on through puberty and young adulthood, was pimping the Reelz docs big time to me today. She hasn’t sat down and watched anything wrestling since childhood and I’ve tried to show her some of the better WWE DVD releases, comps etc but she’s just plain left it all behind. Anyway she said she happened onto Reelz flipping channels and watched like 3 straight docs in a row and said they were amazing. My sister is somebody who isn’t easily reached like that, especially pertaining to childhood so they must be good.

Billy Graham about to get him some from Kurt Von Hess’ daughter on FB now ???

I just read most of the review of the Ric Flair roast and it sounded epic tbh. The ones I’ve previously checked out fell way flat. The sharpest mic skills rassler isn’t sharp enough to come up with some of the burns they do in a real live roast but they did so here. Also they probably agree beforehand to leave certain things out. That’s why a Hogan roast would suck, even though the material is there for the GOAT roast that I would pay $100 to watch right now.

He’s also an obese, pale white, petrified red potato nose looking sewer rat. He’s got the look down. I liked the guy for a long time, especially when he took Eric Bischoff to task on certain things but I’ve had enough of him tbh.

It was after so many years of the gimmick doing nothing but taking up space to. JJ Dillion, Bockwinkle, how about the mAtChMaKeR that was on every regional show back in the day. I don’t really know what my opinion on that actually is, just dumping it here lol!

I’m a little late re-replying but points taken. I don’t doubt that it was really freaking bad, but real talk that hasn’t been a standard for an of us concerning our favorite wrestlers for years lol! As for the Grahams hey they can’t say NEVER DREW A DIME about Ric Flair lol! It’s sad that Flair is drinking hard liquor. I hate drinking more than smoking or drugs. But Flair is old man number 87,644 in my life that’s going to do it til he dies so it’s either live with it or not have him as person I like otherwise. Worded funny for the obvious reason...when talking about real live friends I have the line is something like live with it or lose a friend.

I didn’t see it but I fell like I have through all of the FB posts that go from his biggest marks to Billy Graham. If Flair wants to get in the dang ring then I’m all for it. I hope he enjoyed it and I hope he made money. I’ve seen Vader wrestle against doctors orders just before he died, Giant Baba like mentioned, Fritz, Stu, Bullet Bob and many more. This really isn’t anything new IMO.

This is GOAT level sports entertainment the way Vince and the old WWF intended it to be IMO. It’s so corny, yet so legit. And you can’t stop watching it.

I asked what everybody thought about this recently in an old thread about Memphis or something and nobody answered. I’d never seen it until recently. I personally love it but I didn’t grow up with Memphis like many people did here, and I’m aware that the opinion is that the shoot killed it once and for all.

I’m a lifelong WCW fan who watched it nonstop until late 1999, but still stayed on the dumb computer to much. So I thought I’d seen everything. This video has several things I’d never seen ??? https://youtu.be/i3Rydw8Leas

Have they said anything on WWE TV about Vince? I saw something about Brock getting emotional and leaving?

I just heard. Like everything this huge...processing processing is all I have to say right now lol!

William Shatner does the Jim Cornette can’t count to 4 on his fingers gag in the Medicare Healthcare Coverage commercial that comes on Me-TV. Those are some funny commercials lol! Comedy relief out of nowhere in otherwise serious commercials.

Slappy Squirrel and Haystacks Calhoun name drops, among others nice.

So what happened on CNN? I’lll look for it later obviously but I’m curious. And I won’t get to see Smackdown either.

We’ve been through heavier stuff than this and the opening segment was always handled as well as possible under the circumstances, all of them considered IMO. Does that really change tonight?

That’s hardly what I meant but anyway what are you going to do yourself today to take down Vince McMahon then...

Man they screwed Baker IMO. He wasn’t the reason they didn’t top 2020 other than him not sitting down Favre style. They should have made his ass sit and told him his job was safe even though he had a GOAT backup quarterback in his place. I don’t think even he would have went undefeated so there would have been no quarterback controversy.

I can’t bring myself to hate the guy just like I couldn’t ever do it to the Dynamite Kid, Jake Roberts, Warrior, etc.

I’m not saying it’s not shady and sleazy. Just that it’s really only an issue because shareholders are worried about their money. And if it came out of Vince’s personal account then what should anybody care. Now as for the shady, sleazy, gross etc part of all this...I really don’t have the energy to be grossed out anymore. Or surprised. Or the time. I’m not always sure where my next $100 is coming from let alone what some rich person is doing with his millions over affairs. Alsothings that are PC are just as fucked up if you ask me. I wonder if she got Vince pregnant.?

I just heard and haven’t read anything except the NBC News piece that I got it from. Is this really only a thing because the shareholders are mad about the amount of money it was?

That was good stuff. I have more than 1 ugly duckings turned swans in my life from childhood and let me tell you their rage is real lol!

Yeah wasn’t Dreamer mean to Raven first or something? And Scott couldn’t shake it and grew up to be “Raven” and kill Tommy or something.

I read a bunch of this thread but not all of it. One more thing about Sting’s justification is that Savage’s history, like Luger’s was a part of the whole thing. Savage and Luger feuded in 1995 then made it a point to patch it up before 1996. Normally they would have just ignored the past there but that was a good touch. The fake Sting really was 1 of the best executed angles in history. Michael Hayes is the most underrated complete professional wrestler ever. Hogan’s heel turn wasn’t justified but since it came up it was also great. It being so great is a reason people hate him in real life. There was no payoff to it and it ruined WCW. Eddie turning heel in WCW is when this happened. He kept getting blamed for screw ups that weren’t his fault and kept getting accused of trying to steal the Cruiserweight title when all he was really trying to do was keep Syxx from stealing it. I want to say there was a good reason Raven hated Dreamer but I’m not the ECW historian.