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Ziggy

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  1. Because it was one of the first Wrestlemanias that had over a hand full of matches felt like it was put together solely to get guys on the card. Alot of the late 00s early 10s Manias felt the same way with Men's and Women's Battle Royals and MitB matches and Triple threat matches
  2. Regardless of how terrible Rock will be in the ring ,you know he’s going to try something that he has no business doing or try some type of chain wrestling sequence like that one Big Show vs Kane match on Raw just to impress the crowd. The match will be interesting to watch just from that standpoint alone.
  3. I wonder how different this list would be with WCW work included in the list. I liked the Triple threat with RVD and Angie. I know WWF had the same formulaic Triple threat matches that rarely lead to anything worth going out your way to see but I remember thinking it was good. Paranoid Austin was the best thing about the Alliance Angle and RVD at that point was the closest to how he was in ECW. The fans really got behind him and how he played off Austin and the Chairs hot by Vince was sick too.
  4. Even during the run with Hogan he was moving around alot. Executing leapfrogs and splashes. I remember being surprised at how mobile he was in those job matches during that run. I've always liked guys like that moving around and doing moves you wouldn't expect and he didn't look like he was dangerous like Mabel was and I enjoyed him too at times. Today you see I higher amount of terrible workers being featured prominently on TV like as Beautiful as she is Because of her cousin, I don't think you have anyone the equivalent of Diesel or Taker in '95 complaining to the office about not working with her because she's hurting people and even more it's probably more of it being not wanting to hurt anyone's feelings but refusing to work with someone.
  5. It may have been right before everyone came out, Rock said he knew him from College or something about all the way back from the University of Hawaii or I think them both growing up in Hawaii in Rocks Grandparents territory. I remember Rock posting a pic with Khan an theorizing Rock would buy WWE in the middle of the Sale talks. As far as Hunter, if there’s enough plausible deniability of the extent of his knowledge he’ll be fine. If there is any truth to Him and Steph being separated then that might work in his favor even though I’m sure they both would rather kayfabe it if they are separated but that wouldn’t be a big deal to anyone but people in the wrestling bubble. I find it weird how people feel so strongly about it coming out that he knows something. It’s weird to me people feel so strongly on either said of the argument of whether or not he know something. I think a lot is going to come out now in wrestlemania season and even after. I don’t think it will really die down till closer to Election season and I’m sure it’ll pick up again. This isn’t like all the other scandals where it’s talked about for weeks then it’s done. It’s a whole different dynamic with this new corporate structure.
  6. I remember watching a Chris Hammrick shoot where he talked about how New Jack was actually a good worker. They were actually very close friends and I think Ricky Morton said the same thing about Jack.
  7. I'm like 3 months behind on BTS lol. I used to be able to run through episodes during work but now that I'm doing call center work that can't happen. A year or so ago he was on Between the Sheets once a month at one point. It's been a minute since I got to hear him on there so I'll have to check this out
  8. Wasn't he supposed to be apart of Team Piper around Starcade 96 after Piper came in? I vaguely remember him being aligned with Piper during a segment after he came in. I remember they used his real name. I was new to WCW in 96 so I hadn't seen his run as the Shark in real time.
  9. Getting all that work done on your face in your late 30s and 40s do way more damage than good and make you age worse as you get older. Missy , Vince and Flair are the worst examples. Makes me wonder how my generation will be with the BBLs. It’s just not attractive. Missy would look so much better with out any work as she was so pretty in her younger years
  10. Your right about Hall. Imagine if he was clean or atleast had his head on straight enough to not be taken off TV. I mean he even went out his way to put over a Luchadore that wasn't American born like Konnan or Rey. You would think Sean Waltman would have been trying to make a statement. The way he was featured on at the end of his run and not being taken seriously by management. The fact that he got be able to work against cruiserweight and still get to work against main event guys because being paired with Nash and Hall. You would think Waltman a better selection of different guys to work with and just kill it in WCW as opposed to WWF at the time. Hall put way more effort in his WCW run than all the 3 Wolfpac guys atleast when he wasn't completely off the rails
  11. Makes sense but the way Piper speaks on it like both Vince and Hulk wanted Piper to dive for Hulk around that time. It was great for everyone that he didn't. Look at how much Savage was taking clean falls to Hulk early in there run of matches and they were drawing good houses. It's amazing in hindsight that Piper managed to not have to lose to Hulk clean and the fact that it was Hulks first major program on top. I couldn't imagine who ever Cena's first major program refusing to lose clean to Cena. It wouldn't even be a thought to even refuse to lose to Cena. It wouldn't be an an option even today for someone to even refuse to lose to Roman. The only person would be Rock or Obviously Austin if he decided to work.against Roman.
  12. He didn't seem to age much at all relative to his actual age if that's the case because until he actual got sick a few years ago he always seemed to look good for whatever age he was.
  13. I haven’t been watching the TVs, I assumed she got better as a worker being away all that time but she doesn't need to be a better worker in WWE with her persona and style so I couldn't really blame her if she does completely come across washed up. I crowd didn't seem to care about her anyway so I don't blame her
  14. They've built Rhea up so strong since before the Judgement Day formed. I think Becky vs Rhea is a good money match. I wish they went with Bianca vs Rhea at Mania like the kinda teased after the last post Mania Raw. When NXT starts on CW , I wonder how many of them they'll hold off on calling up because of being on the network. They'll likely get people like Becky to work NXT again for a few weeks after they start up.
  15. Is Straton apart of the main roster ? I was most impressed by her. Because Naomi is fresh off returning, I expected more of a reaction from the Audience. That main event dragged on but it was cool to see Rhea main event
  16. I hope he eventually gets Roman's title. I hope he gets to be the top Champion like I believe he should have been after Clash at the Castle. Cody probably will have already been champion by then which is still cool with me. Drew doesn't have to be the one that beats Reigns. I just think it would such for him to stay here just to be just below the Champ. He may not ever be even a Cody level of a true draw where he's drawing in merch and fans and his level but WWE atleast right now is doing good business. He's like a younger Shaemus, believable as hell in the ring. Now he's cutting clutch promos right now. 2 - 3 months ago, I thought he was gone soon. I wanted him to go somewhere else. I wanted him to go to New Japan and be like AJ did years ago. Now I feel like WWE is probably the best place for him right now. It's crazy because I couldn't wait for him to get out a few months ago
  17. WWE Studios haven’t been a thing for over 5 years or so right? The last movie I remember them pushing was with Becky and Shawn Michaels still had hair.
  18. Perhaps but I knew Rock would be self aware enough to turn heel like he did when the fans turned on him. He did at the start of his WM 18 and his SS 02 match vs Brock. Rock seems like he enjoys being heel an he understands the wrestling universe is different than the rest of the entertainment world. Him being heel isn’t going to affect his drawing power in wrestling. Sure it stopped his original plan of finally blowing off his match vs Roman but they can wait another year plus the iron is still hot with Cody so they should strike. I personally had to explain to someone this morning that doesn’t watch wrestling currently why Rock was getting boo’s so that’s a good sign that this is working. If it is a political hit, I don’t think Rock is phased by it. He’s going to continue to be involved in WWE beyond Mania to be able to throw his weight around too politically and the difference is that this time around there’s no Vince to go to that’s over them. I think Rock is having fun either way and I think Hunter even said he is happy to have another wrestler in an executive position with him at that level
  19. With Vince McMahon clearly no involvement in WWE booking in over a year, is the 50/50 booking still something that effects WWE? I only watch the PLEs and the TakeOvers so I don't really know the booking week to week. They've done a good job at booking the occasional title Match a week or so ahead of time on Raw or Smackdown
  20. I've been listening to people speaking on the Vince thing today catching up on everything and people's takes on it and I'll be surprised if Bruce Prichard stays around even if he has no knowledge of what Vince did. I don't wish any of these that were ever in Vince's to have any knowledge of this scandal but I don't see a reason for Bruce to even be a prominent executive dictating what's on WWEs major 2020s over someone like Road Dogg or someone like that. I see HHH getting rid of him as long as he himself makes the cut of people that aren't tied to Vince's Scandal. It's been though by most people that Hunter and Vince haven't been on the same page businesswise and even power plays between them over the past few years so I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't as clued in directly to what was going on. If Rock does the main event of Mania then that probably means he'll be staying heavily involved and showing up occasionally on TV. Rock vs Roman is a big main event but I don't think he would like the perception of being rejected on WWE biggest event of the year to the mainstream audience.
  21. I'm still convinced the only reason Roman atleast early on in this extended reign has had the title so long was to have He vs Rock at an earlier Mania. It's just took a life of its own and then others involved have carried this run to other levels. Don't get me wrong, I'm still loving Roman as heel, getting to be more of a extension of his real life self but the Bloodline thing has cooled down. Solo is a nice modern version of Umaga mixed with Samoa Joe but he doesn't have the charisma Jey has. With Roman being off TV so much it hadn't been a problem not having him on TV much Untill they split up the Usos and put Jey on Raw. The Usos carried the Bloodline angle after the Sami payoff. If Rock keeps getting cold feet then just finish Cody's story. Cody is still hot man. The people still want it too. People expected this was Lex Express 2.0 with not going with Cody and it could have been if the fans decided to completely move on from him last year and they easily could have. At this point the only interesting match Roman has left is with Rock. The only other interesting man Roman has other than Rock would be Punk for obvious reasons and that doesn't need a title but morse because they might not have enough faith Punk will pass his 1 year probationary period lol
  22. Good for Bayley, I know people think this PPV was pretty tame and it was IMO. The 4 way was nice but the crowd sat on their hand obviously because they didn't expect the slightest possibility of Roman losing The Women's Rumble had fun moments to watch in real time. Noami out in the beginning was a nice move. Her being in so long was a surprise too. Seeing Jordyn Grace in was cool even though I'm not too familiar with her was cool. She appears like such a big deal and that look sets her apart from everyone else. I still would have kept Jade out the Rumble if they were going to have her take it but she came off like a big deal the whole time she was out there so I can't complain. It's like Cody not winning at WM last year an still being just as over today as he was when he walked out for that match. Jade looked impressive all the way until she hit the floor. I think it's definitely possible she could turn into a serviceable worker at the least by WWE standards. I'm sure they are really working with her and she seems to really want to get good at this The Men's Royal Rumble was flat all the way through until close to the end. I loved seeing Punk actually working in there interacting with Drew and Cody in particular like he was trying to dispell the myth of him being injury prone or even him not wanting to work with people. Looks like he's having fun out there. I know alot of people were saying he lacks the passion when he returned but I didn't see it tonight.
  23. Who would have thought Sandman would have a better run in WWE in 07 than Sabu. Sandman was actually a serviceable worker at least by his standards
  24. Considering how he was so eager to work with Liger around that same time. That definitely would have happened and it would have caused the other bigger wrestlers not to be shy about wanting to work with him because of the size difference. In WWF you have everyone but Bret and Kid not wanting to sell for Hakushi and it really sabatoged his run. With Sabu , the hardcore style could help or hurt him with some people but if Savage was to work with him he'd be having Hogan wanting to squash him in 5 mins lol
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