cool arrow Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Chris, absolutely, without question. Mike at least had a few occasional flashes of adequacy; he was ok in six-man tags against the Freebirds, for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRV Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I think those elbows are pretty dope, actually. As for the Lacey one, she could flip through like Sasuke and please the internet at the expense of a concussion, but I'm good with that backflip version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Konnan should try to wear that gear now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 annnnnnnnd I'm tired of Devitt 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I'm hoping the guy gets signed by WWE just so they can rename him Fergie McGee and give him a Ron Weasley gimmick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 If he hadn't gone bald, I'm wondering where his career would have went. I'm not sure Stone Cold works with the long flowing blonde mane, maybe if he got Brian Bosworth's approval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I was there LIVE for this match... My GOD was if fucking atrotious. Konan was legit in slow motion during the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 What was that even supposed to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Springboard back elbow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 "Springboard", I'm not sure if he had no clue if Konnan was going to be there or just didn't give a shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Yeah, I get that, but it looks like Konnan is going for a dropkick to the shin. Who's the other guy, anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 Who's the other guy, anyway? I believe it is Chris Devine And I can't remember if I posted this here or in the Hernandez WOTD thread. Either way it brightens my day 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 You can almost hear his entire skeleton saying "You know what? Fuck this guy. I'm done here." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Yeah, I get that, but it looks like Konnan is going for a dropkick to the shin. Who's the other guy, anyway? Quiet Storm. It was a Konnan vs. Divine Storm in a gauntlet match. After a few minutes, it became apparent that Konnan was in no shape to be working, and after Divine failed to produce anything watchable, Storm decided to not even try. I'm amazed that GIF exists, as I thought that the match never saw the light of day. One gif I do want, is from some ROH show that was Cheech/Cloudy vs Whitmer/Jacobs where Cloudy botches a springboard moonsault to the outside so bad he ends up giving himself a hotshot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Yeah, I get that, but it looks like Konnan is going for a dropkick to the shin. Who's the other guy, anyway? Quiet Storm. It was a Konnan vs. Divine Storm in a gauntlet match. After a few minutes, it became apparent that Konnan was in no shape to be working, and after Divine failed to produce anything watchable, Storm decided to not even try. I'm amazed that GIF exists, as I thought that the match never saw the light of day. I think it wasn't on the DVD of the show, but they released it a couple of years later with a bunch of other previously unreleased matches, including the ICP match for which the ICP paid ROH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 Yeah - its on the Ring of Honor: Uncensored Vol 1 DVD (17) Divine Storm (Chris Devine & Quiet Storm) beat Konnan. This took place at Final Battle 2002. For a while now I have been reading about how bad this match was. I couldn’t really believe it because I saw Konnan in ROH at Revenge on the Prophecy and while he wasn’t great, he certainly wasn’t bad enough to get booed out of the building. And after seeing how unfairly Jeff Hardy was treated at Death Before Dishonor I figured the bad rap this match got was probably just as undeserved. Well, I was wrong. This may possibly be the worst match that a major promotion has ever put on. First of all, Konnan came out with some sort of Gladiator/Bullfighter-type outfit that might go over huge down in Mexico City, but just looked plain goofy in Philadelphia. The match started off with Devine against Konnan and while it was bad, it wasn’t that bad. It wasn’t long before the two started blowing spots and the crowd let them, especially Konnan, have it. Konnan won after hitting a brainbuster-suplex like dealie and looked noticeably blown up. (3m35s) But it got worse. Much worse. Quiet Storm got into the ring and wrestled Konnan. By this point Konnan was wrestling as if he was wrestling in slow motion. It was a total car wreck but you won't be able to tear your eyes away from it. I have never, EVER seen a wrestler this blown up, and keep in mind I've watched several Vincent Verhei matches. This was surreal because Konnan would almost just be standing there as Storm would try to do moves around him. I always heard the expression that Ric Flair to carry a broomstick to a three star match. Well, even a broomstick would sell more than Konnan did here. Storm yelled out for the “Storm Cradle Driver” but Konnan reversed out of it only to be pinned by an overly complex rollup soon afterwards. (5m30s) Ring announcer Stephen DeAngelis said the winner of the second fall was Quiet Storm, so I imagined this was “Lucha Libre” rules and we’d have 2 out of 3 falls. Nope. They all just went to the back, amidst “Don’t Come Back!” chants, where Konnan shot a quick promo saying it would take a couple matches to get his “wind back.” That and about three oxygen tanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cool arrow Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 And that, ladies and gentlemen, perfectly sums up the WWF version of the Midnight Express. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Pretty rad senton though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Trump Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Oh, my favorite finisher! The fuck no never ever ever not ever plex with a bridge! I assume he kicked out, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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