The Natural Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Didn't narcissist have mirror pyro? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bourdain Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Anyone else notice that the WWF/E's biggest stars over the years never had pyro during their entrances? Hogan, Rock, Stone Cold, Cena. Triple H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I wonder does one request pyro or does the WWE just give it to them and maybe ask their input on what they want? There's a pair of Luger's old trunks. Every new guy has to put them on and they read your thoughts and tell you what sort of pyro you get. Do Luger's old trunks actually talk to the wrestler in Luger's voice inside his or her head as it assesses what kind of pyro to give? Please say yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Forgot to put this up around the time it happened. Went to an MCW show a couple months ago. Jake Roberts was there doing autographs and to my surprise a match. All things considered he was great. The DDT didn't have the snap it used to, but I was happy as anything to see it anyway. He got the mic after the match to talk to us. Started recording a minute into it. This was before the HOF speech which was much more meaningful and tear-inducing than this. But still really cool to see. Hope you all like it as much as I did. Also, this is my first time linking from Google Drive so hopefully it works. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9voLQW0VTW_S0JITE9INlBLaVE/edit?usp=sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Triple H had pyro in DX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Hogan had pyro in WCW also. And I swore I remember Cena having pyro a couple times. That might not count though since the one I remember was for when he rapped his theme live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 WWE needs the anti-Cena. The slacker who doesn't Hustle, doesn't have Loyalty, and is not concerned about Respect. You can see him, mostly wandering around avoiding talking to fans and make a wish kids. His nickname could be the Doctor of Shruganomics. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 WWE needs the anti-Cena. The slacker who doesn't Hustle, doesn't have Loyalty, and is not concerned about Respect. You can see him, mostly wandering around avoiding talking to fans and make a wish kids. His nickname could be the Doctor of Shruganomics. Corey Graves would be perfect. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Carlito? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Paging mr. Brooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eikerir Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 WWE needs the anti-Cena. The slacker who doesn't Hustle, doesn't have Loyalty, and is not concerned about Respect. You can see him, mostly wandering around avoiding talking to fans and make a wish kids. His nickname could be the Doctor of Shruganomics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonL21 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Hogan had pyro in WCW also.Who didn't have pyro in WCW? I think even the jobbers had pyro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I wonder does one request pyro or does the WWE just give it to them and maybe ask their input on what they want? There's a pair of Luger's old trunks. Every new guy has to put them on and they read your thoughts and tell you what sort of pyro you get. Do Luger's old trunks actually talk to the wrestler in Luger's voice inside his or her head as it assesses what kind of pyro to give? Please say yes. Oh, no. The trunks are fully sentient and have their own identity. In fact, they get quite annoyed if anyone brings up their relationship with Luger. Even thinking of Luger when you put them on is a good way to get yourself no pyro at all. In fact they have their own page on amazon where they self-publish recipes they've stolen from people's heads. Predictably the recipes are mostly for chicken. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Hogan had pyro in WCW also.Who didn't have pyro in WCW? I think even the jobbers had pyro They used to shoot off pyro off at the beginning of every hour. Just random pyro. There would be a 6 man Lucha match in the ring and the pyro would just start firing off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJ Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 What is missing from wrestling is real strengths and weaknesses in the character's wrestling abilities. As good as wrestler B looks in the ring and is promoted, wrestler A who is positioned higher on the card will beat him 10/10 times. I would love a character who is collecting a paycheck but is presented as someone who when motivated could beat anyone. Now that I think about it, why not just give Del Rio that gimmick because he's already playing it to a t. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonL21 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I wonder what WCW's pyro budget was. They had WrestleMania levels of pyro every Monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Hogan had pyro in WCW also.Who didn't have pyro in WCW? I think even the jobbers had pyro They used to shoot off pyro off at the beginning of every hour. Just random pyro. There would be a 6 man Lucha match in the ring and the pyro would just start firing off. WCW was allergic to money. Might as well shoot off pyro. What else would they do with it? Sign another wrestler they wouldn't use, forget they signed him, and pay him for years. Been there, done that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 What is missing from wrestling is real strengths and weaknesses in the character's wrestling abilities. As good as wrestler B looks in the ring and is promoted, wrestler A who is positioned higher on the card will beat him 10/10 times. I would love a character who is collecting a paycheck but is presented as someone who when motivated could beat anyone. Now that I think about it, why not just give Del Rio that gimmick because he's already playing it to a t. They have this. It's just some weird mystical "stamina/toughness" thing. As you move up the card, fewer and fewer moves will pin you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I wonder what WCW's pyro budget was. They had WrestleMania levels of pyro every Monday And Thursday's on Thunder. I remember there being a Thunder where they set off so much pyro that you couldn't see anything but smoke in the arena. It took a good 15 minutes before you could actually see a match. They just blew the shit out of every arena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 What is missing from wrestling is real strengths and weaknesses in the character's wrestling abilities. As good as wrestler B looks in the ring and is promoted, wrestler A who is positioned higher on the card will beat him 10/10 times. I would love a character who is collecting a paycheck but is presented as someone who when motivated could beat anyone. Now that I think about it, why not just give Del Rio that gimmick because he's already playing it to a t. They have this. It's just some weird mystical "stamina/toughness" thing. As you move up the card, fewer and fewer moves will pin you. I don't think that's quite what he meant though. I think he means it would be great if a relatively low guy was a bogeyman for a particular main-eventer and stuff like that. You occasionally see that as a quick feud, but usually higher up guy gets his jobs back with interest (see Orton-Kingstion feud). If Flair pairs up with Miz as is talked about, I kinda hope we see Miz go against Cena again - just because Miz can say he went toe-to-toe with Cena at Wrestlemania. Miz can claim he has his number. Likewise Wyatt will be able to do the same with Daniel Bryan once he finishes losing to Cena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonL21 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 The only really outrageous pyro story I heard about the WWE was from a DVD or behind-the-scenes thing. They had extra pyro after Raw went off the air and wanted to get rid of it. Batista happened to be out there and they shot it off to end the show. They liked it and that's how Batista got his pyro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thee Reverend Axl Future Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 WWE needs the anti-Cena. The slacker who doesn't Hustle, doesn't have Loyalty, and is not concerned about Respect. You can see him, mostly wandering around avoiding talking to fans and make a wish kids. His nickname could be the Doctor of Shruganomics. I saw Orange Cassidy at the Masked Republic lucha show at the ECW arena a couple weeks ago (great great show) and he could do this gimmick right out of the chute. He was over. - RAF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Today's thing that makes me happy: We're now at a point where talking about the likely team of DDP/ Jake Roberts/ Scott Hall being an awesome but unlikely entrant for Chikara's King of Trios is a reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Less likely than it was a couple of months ago. Hall appears to have backslid some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 He seems to be back in sorts. It sounds like he was having panic attacks last week. Went into the hospital and was let out on Friday. He was at Smackdown with his son yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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