BEN! Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Mr. T was supposed to manage The Young Stallions. He probably didn't stick around long because they wanted him to manage The Young Stallions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 You have to admit that's a pretty good reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Anybody else remember when T showed up randomly in World Class? Yes. He was in Kerry Von Erich's corner when he took on Bam Bam Bigelow. I also remember the classic Apter mag article about that match where Mr. T's great advice led to Kerry overcoming adversity to help beat Bigelow. His great advice? To get back in the ring and win by countout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Anybody else remember when T showed up randomly in World Class? Yes. He was in Kerry Von Erich's corner when he took on Bam Bam Bigelow. I also remember the classic Apter mag article about that match where Mr. T's great advice led to Kerry overcoming adversity to help beat Bigelow. His great advice? To get back in the ring and win by countout. can't argue with that advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Anybody else remember when T showed up randomly in World Class? Yes. He was in Kerry Von Erich's corner when he took on Bam Bam Bigelow. somebody please tell me that this match is available online. because a quick google search does not come up with anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Not the match, but still... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo2653 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 How many matches involved a babyface just no selling Flair's chops in the corner? I'm watching a lot of his matches lately on the Network and I've been seeing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 How many matches involved a babyface just no selling Flair's chops in the corner? I'm watching a lot of his matches lately on the Network and I've been seeing it. Tons of them. That was one of Flair's "go to" spots when he was working with a big muscled up Road Warrior/Lex Luger type. Very much Flair by the numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offspring515 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Yeah Flair chopping a guy and then begging off when they no sell it is one of those moments that screams Ric Flair to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Not the match, but still... "Mr. T is a brother..........of Kerry Von Erich" Nice catch Kerry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Anybody else remember when T showed up randomly in World Class? Yes. He was in Kerry Von Erich's corner when he took on Bam Bam Bigelow. I also remember the classic Apter mag article about that match where Mr. T's great advice led to Kerry overcoming adversity to help beat Bigelow. His great advice? To get back in the ring and win by countout. Mr. T's great advice to KVE? That advice had to begin and end with more cocaine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Going back to the highest ratings, is there a way of working out with inflation which era of the wwf/e made them the most money? From the numbers discussed before surrounding SNME, it would seem like the Hogan 80s early 90s era had a really big audience, but I don't know if they were raking it in at the time. Did the Stone Cold/Attitude era make more profit for WWE, or were they spending a lot on promotion/competition with WCW at the time to capitalise? I also feel with how the company is now, it's so much more global than ever before. Although ratings are down and it's not as mainstream as Attitude was, they seem more adept at squeezing money out of people and appear to be giving it much more of the hard sell than I remember during any other period or from the perspective of watching it on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Anybody else remember when T showed up randomly in World Class? Yes. He was in Kerry Von Erich's corner when he took on Bam Bam Bigelow. I also remember the classic Apter mag article about that match where Mr. T's great advice led to Kerry overcoming adversity to help beat Bigelow. His great advice? To get back in the ring and win by countout. Mr. T's great advice to KVE? That advice had to begin and end with more cocaine. Always listen to your momma. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Going back to the highest ratings, is there a way of working out with inflation which era of the wwf/e made them the most money? From the numbers discussed before surrounding SNME, it would seem like the Hogan 80s early 90s era had a really big audience, but I don't know if they were raking it in at the time. Did the Stone Cold/Attitude era make more profit for WWE, or were they spending a lot on promotion/competition with WCW at the time to capitalise? I also feel with how the company is now, it's so much more global than ever before. Although ratings are down and it's not as mainstream as Attitude was, they seem more adept at squeezing money out of people and appear to be giving it much more of the hard sell than I remember during any other period or from the perspective of watching it on TV. Didn't the WWF have a relatively slim payroll in 1998 and 1999? I would imagine that they spent a ton in the late 80s modernizing their production for NBC. They were also paying a lot to the guys that they stole from the territories. I have to assume that the Attitude Era was more profitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Factoring in inflation is tricky, but I would think with merchandise sales prob being about even, and ad revenue from their programming prob being close too, the Attitude era still had millions (if not tens of millions) coming from PPV sales and a thriving videotape/DVD market that just wasn't there in the 80s. I would think the Attitude era wins. The Vince of the 80s had the money to get back on network television. The Vince of the 2000s had the money to put a football league on that network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Without inflation, the most profitable year was 2001, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Without inflation, the most profitable year was 2001, I believe. The Invasion drew a considerable amount of money. Of course, they fucked up the follow up and started the great slump of the early 2000s but the idea drew very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Factoring in inflation is tricky, but I would think with merchandise sales prob being about even, and ad revenue from their programming prob being close too, the Attitude era still had millions (if not tens of millions) coming from PPV sales and a thriving videotape/DVD market that just wasn't there in the 80s. I would think the Attitude era wins. The Vince of the 80s had the money to get back on network television. The Vince of the 2000s had the money to put a football league on that network. I could have sworn that Dave said Austin/Attitude Era merch sales were way greater than Hogan/80's boom sales if only because wrestling merch was way more accessible in the 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Didn't WWF Shop become a thing in the late 90s? Ordering online was a game changer for merch sales I assume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Comedian Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Even without internet sales, the Attitude era had more accessibility to merchandise due to WWF apparel being all over the mall in comic book shops, Spencer's, Hot Topic, and such... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Without inflation, the most profitable year was 2001, I believe. The Invasion drew a considerable amount of money. Of course, they fucked up the follow up and started the great slump of the early 2000s but the idea drew very well. IIRC, the Invasion ppv was the biggest drawing non-big 4 ppv of all of the times (tm Santino). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Didn't WWF Shop become a thing in the late 90s? Ordering online was a game changer for merch sales I assume. Also that. I remember seeing commercials for ShopZone and wanted to browse it so bad but I didn't get a computer until Christmas of 1997. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valcourt Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Just watched the newest botchamania. Anyone have a story about Mike Blackwell totally no selling everything the skyscraper's did to him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Harms Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 I second that question. My girlfriend saw me watching it and asked why he kept getting up. I admitted I didn't know why, but assured her he'd pay for it shortly after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Maybe he was concussed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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