Spritenaut 32 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 - Gotta hate those invading forces that pay you for advertising time. How fiendish. Well, it was all part of Hogan's master plan to.... be on WCW's tv shows all the time, thereby driving up ratings and... making more money for WCW. presumably they'd buy the air time from the network, but yeah. So the nWo drove up ratings for WCW, then tried to take over the company by buying airtime on the company's shows. And, since ratings were up due to the nWo, they'd have to pay more for airtime on those shows. In retrospect, the nWo's takeover plan could have been thought out better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Or maybe they figured the more airtime they got, the less airtime WCW got. The ends justified the means. Dibiase could afford to buy the airtime, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEN! Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Bischoff would've been their inside man by that point but I feel like there was something else stated that forced WCW to sell airtime to the NWO. Although, it wasn't that long before that when Bobby Heenan sold half of WCW Pro to NJPW for a couple of months before it seemed like WCW even noticed and nullified the deal leading to Starrcade 1995. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 I always loved the idea that Heenan was the catalyst for the NJPW angle, simply because he was trying to con someone out of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Bugg Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Did Lex Luger ever officially join the Dungeon Of Doom or was he just a Jimmy Hart signee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 jimmy hart managed him, that was it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 That was a great angle before the nWo cut it short, man. That Flair/Luger/Sting triangle match is spectacular, and Lex is the main reason why. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Bischoff would've been their inside man by that point but I feel like there was something else stated that forced WCW to sell airtime to the NWO. Although, it wasn't that long before that when Bobby Heenan sold half of WCW Pro to NJPW for a couple of months before it seemed like WCW even noticed and nullified the deal leading to Starrcade 1995. They vaguely hinted that the nWo got airtime due to winning WarGames at Fall Brawl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vgmastr Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 It's kind of interesting how little Gorilla and Jesse actually worked together. When you think of Hulkamania era WWF, you think of those two calling it, because they did the PPVs and all the big moments. However on TV it was always Vince/Jesse and Gorilla/Brain. When you actually count them up, Gorilla and Jesse did five Wrestlemanias (1, 3, 4, 5, 6), three Survivor Series (87, 88, 89) and one Royal Rumble (89). That's it, did those two really only do nine shows together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 can't give you a timeline, but Jesse/Gorilla also worked together for televised MSG shows too, probably other shows on a short-term basis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonial Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Monsoon and Ventura also hosted "Prime Time Wrestling" from 1985-86. Monsoon replaced Jack Reynolds early in the show's run, and Ventura was on until the week before WM2. Bobby Heenan replaced Ventura the week after WM2 (I believe). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 i'd imagine it felt more like a big event if two commentators who didn't work together on TV every week were together. Like if they decided to have JR/Lawler work PPVs but they split them on free TV (which they probably tried to do a few times) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I always thought during the split brand ppv days, JR and JBL should have called the big 4. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Coaster Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I watched the 1993 King of the Ring. JR mentions that IRS was a tag team champion with 3 different partners and 4 total reigns. I got Windham and Dibiase right away, but struggled with the third. I didn't think at first he would be including NWA/WCW title reigns, but I'm guessing he was referring to the brief reign with Steve Williams. I don't remember JR referencing WCW much when he came over to the WWF. Can anyone point out any other examples? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 It's kind of interesting how little Gorilla and Jesse actually worked together. When you think of Hulkamania era WWF, you think of those two calling it, because they did the PPVs and all the big moments. However on TV it was always Vince/Jesse and Gorilla/Brain. When you actually count them up, Gorilla and Jesse did five Wrestlemanias (1, 3, 4, 5, 6), three Survivor Series (87, 88, 89) and one Royal Rumble (89). That's it, did those two really only do nine shows together? They did the Wrestling Classic too. Gorilla and Jesse also did most of the Toronto house shows from 1985 up until Jesse's time off for Predator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I watched the 1993 King of the Ring. JR mentions that IRS was a tag team champion with 3 different partners and 4 total reigns. I got Windham and Dibiase right away, but struggled with the third. I didn't think at first he would be including NWA/WCW title reigns, but I'm guessing he was referring to the brief reign with Steve Williams. I don't remember JR referencing WCW much when he came over to the WWF. Can anyone point out any other examples? Didn't Money Inc. win the titles three times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I watched the 1993 King of the Ring. JR mentions that IRS was a tag team champion with 3 different partners and 4 total reigns. I got Windham and Dibiase right away, but struggled with the third. I didn't think at first he would be including NWA/WCW title reigns, but I'm guessing he was referring to the brief reign with Steve Williams. I don't remember JR referencing WCW much when he came over to the WWF. Can anyone point out any other examples? Didn't Money Inc. win the titles three times? Yes, but the third time was after that 1993 King of the Ring. Very shortly after, if I recall correctly. It was one of those "two switches in one week of house shows" that the WWF did from time to time. Well, 3 switches since the Steiners ultimately kept the belts and were the champions by Summerslam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Ah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Not too many other times they've referenced other promotions before 1996. Flair's debut Piper/Valentine ...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 The Von Erichs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 They sort of acknowledged Hennig/Bret at KOTR '93. Weird little segment that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kronos Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 What happened to Lawler in 1999? Watching RAW post-Backlash show, and Cornette is with JR. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Was that when he quit because they fired Stacy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 no, that wasnt until 2001 i believe. don't remember his 99 absence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kronos Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Stacy is The Kat? The "get to see her nekkid" angle was on No Way Out 2001 that I watched yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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