BurningBeard Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 There's no counter argument to 'RVD should've been in the main event scene in the (post) Alliance days', the guy was hot, huge and over and it wasn't capitalised on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Seriously. By no means am I current RVD fan, but dude should have had a run on top in 01-02. He was getting pops bigger than Rock and Austin on many nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 RVD was also one blown taillight causing the cops to cuff him away from getting some bad press for the company as its World Champion.That was probably a factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Smarkie Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I just watched the Paul Heyman doc, and I was very pleased with it. I have to say that I love that the WWE put out something celebrating how one particular great bullshit artist stands out amongst an industry filled with great bullshit artists. I couldnt stop smiling the whole way through, especially during the extras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 RVD was also one blown taillight causing the cops to cuff him away from getting some bad press for the company as its World Champion. That was probably a factor. It's not as though the potential to draw negative publicity ever stopped them from going all in with Randy Orton. Double standards abound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 RVD wasn't a WWE guy though. He started elsewhere so in WWE terms he isn't main event material Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 And when they did finally give him the belt (several years too late) he promptly got arrested... But, he was so fucking over during the Invasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 When they found out about the stipulation for the Rollins/Ambrose match, my stepkids were asking me to show them an example of a lumberjack match b/c they'd never seen one. I couldn't think of any good ones off of the top of my head so maybe you guys can help. Are there any lumberjack matches I can find on the Network that are worth watching? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Smarkie Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Macho/Flair BATB'95. If only for the awesome beach fashion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 It's not on the network but... watch this promo and then this 7 minute match that's the best 7 minute match you'll see all day, and then watch the lumberjack match that follows later in the night (the finish to the first match leads to the finish of the lumberjack match) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Dave Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 In regards to "liking bad wrestlers when you were a kid", I legit thought the Smoking Gunns were the greatest things since sliced bread. I liked Adam Bomb a lot and was just devastated when he showed up in WCW as Wrath. I thought Aldo Montoya deserved better, and King Kong Bundy terrified me. I became a fan during that "New Generation" era, and have since realized that "New Generation" was code for "guys we could afford to pay after Vince almost got thrown in the clink for a dime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I wasn't a big Smoking Guns fan, but in my sophmore year of high school my friend and I would use their sideslam/leg drop off the top move when we would do our backyard wrestling. It is amazing we never paralyzed another kid doing it. We also used the Shawn Michaels/Diesel jumping high five as our celebration taunt. We also dropped Jason Davis on his tailbone once during a suplex gone wrong and he couldn't take a shit for 3 weeks, but was too afraid to tell his parents he got hurt backyard wrestling. Ahhhhh...the memories. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Sting's son came up on the JR podcsst. He said he didnt think his son would have any interest in wrestling if he did not make the nfl. Maybe that interest changes when he realizes it pays more than pro surfing. But yeah, the kids of 90s guys may view Wrestling as the reason why their dad is never home. Like Tristan Nash's POV of wrestling or such Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 If you listen to jerichos pod with dustin and cody, there was a difference between how much dusty was home during their respective childhoods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Dave Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I wasn't a big Smoking Guns fan, but in my sophmore year of high school my friend and I would use their sideslam/leg drop off the top move when we would do our backyard wrestling. It is amazing we never paralyzed another kid doing it. We also used the Shawn Michaels/Diesel jumping high five as our celebration taunt. We also dropped Jason Davis on his tailbone once during a suplex gone wrong and he couldn't take a shit for 3 weeks, but was too afraid to tell his parents he got hurt backyard wrestling. Ahhhhh...the memories. My buddy and I, "the Dixie Death Dealers," used a Buff Blockbuster from the top turnbuckle with our opponent on my shoulders. I was the big man. Even then, I wasn't bumping unless necessary... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 For our first gimmick I was T-Rex,and my partner was the Raptor. Yes, we were totally doing a Jurassic Park influenced gimmick in 1993. Pretty soon we just became a rip of off HBK and Diesel, who we were all convinced would be the next Hulk Hogan once his push started. Then we got ECW on TV and did a whole bunch of stupid shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre013 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 We were bloodthirsty after reading the Apter mags. Chain matches, used a dog pen for the cage. Bladed multiple times, my friend bladed his Grandmother after multiple Flair kneedrops. Dumb shits. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I figured out early in backyard stuff that the Claw was more lethal with the palm of the hand is put on the other guys nose. Also found that DDTs trended to be a bit lame in backyard action Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 We booked the Super Kick strong. No one kicked out of that move, and about 12 of us had it as a finisher. It was like the figure 4 in the mid 80s. Also the powerbomb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 What I learned at age 10: A pile driver hurts your neck, not the top of your head. God dammit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Dave Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Our "steel cage deathmatch" featuring 60 ft of chain link we "borrowed" from a plant nursery closeout sale with our arch-enemies, "the Love of Money", with members Jimmy H. Bankroll and "Peso" Willy Stevens, drew kids from all over the neighborhood and adults from like, two streets over. We went over after I threw Stevens from the top of the cage he landed on a pile of rubbish next to the ring. Since technically he never touched the ground, we beat on Bankroll to our hearts content and then pinned him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 my friend bladed his Grandmother after multiple Flair kneedrops. What the fuck? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 My friend insisted on calling a Superkick "the Rocketkick" for his action figure wrestling fed because RocketKick sounded better than Superkick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre013 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 my friend bladed his Grandmother after multiple Flair kneedrops.What the fuck? We were committed. And should have been. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimo Necro Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I remember a fat kid called Jordan nearly crippled me doing a Boston Crab when I was like 10. I stuck to action figures after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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