Tromatagon Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Hogan claimed injury on that spot for years. Taker never rewatched it until like a few years ago and was fucking pissed when he saw how much he protected Hogan. Took the guy six years to win the championship again and he had to wrestle big fat stiffs he couldn't pick up and tombstone most of that time, so you gotta wonder how it messed with his career trajectory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Joey, from Wrestling Verified account@WWEMercury My selfie game is strong. Too strong. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Hogan claimed injury on that spot for years. Taker never rewatched it until like a few years ago and was fucking pissed when he saw how much he protected Hogan. Took the guy six years to win the championship again and he had to wrestle big fat stiffs he couldn't pick up and tombstone most of that time, so you gotta wonder how it messed with his career trajectory. His career turned out pretty okay. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Yeah, but my point is that it could have been even better. I had to suffer through my favorite wrestler feuding with guys liked Kama, Bundy, and Giant Gonzales for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Hogan claimed injury on that spot for years. Taker never rewatched it until like a few years ago and was fucking pissed when he saw how much he protected Hogan. Actually, the first injury happened in '74. '91 was just a slight bump. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 WHEN TAKER SLAMMED ME INTO HIROSHIMA IN '45 BROTHER, JFK CALLED ME AND SAID HULKSTER YOU MAY HAVE BROKEN YOUR NECK AT LEAST YOU ENDED THE GULF WAR BROTHER!!! BUT WER"R GONNA PUT TAKER IN PROGRAM WITH KING MABEL ANYWAY JUST TO MKAKE SURE CUBA DOESN"T INVADE AFGHANISTAN AGAIN!!!! How are we even going to know when he starts having mini-strokes? 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 He will tell a story about how hot Greg Gange's sister was. Oh wait a second..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 ANyway....if the Hulk has a stroke, it has to do some damage the earth off it's gravitational field...right? I guess that's how we will know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 RUMBLINGZ~! have it he's training for an in ring return at WM XXXI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Yeah, but my point is that it could have been even better. I had to suffer through my favorite wrestler feuding with guys liked Kama, Bundy, and Giant Gonzales for years. I'd argue that it helped. Keeping Taker out of the title scene helped to keep him fresh and from being too overexposed. Also, he would've eventually run into The Kliq wall anyway and been forced to play second fiddle to them. I can't imagine what you do with Taker in the title scene in 1992-1995. Give him Yoko's heel run? The top face spot belonged to Bret and then Diesel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 RUMBLINGZ~! have it he's training for an in ring return at WM XXXI Oh dear lord, please no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 He was originally supposed to do something at XXX, but couldn't clear the physicals, don't know why another year would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 He was originally supposed to do something at XXX, but couldn't clear the physicals, don't know why another year would help. Physical standards fall over time. If he waits long enough they'll catch down to him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 My guess is he's winning the Andre Battle Royal, after an Iron Sheik in WM17-like performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraylo187 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I'm only interested in a Hogan/Big Show monster truck rematch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batboy Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Svelte for the amount he drinks. I can probably keep up with him and I certainly don't look like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Sweet knife wound I never noticed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 He will tell a story about how hot Greg Gange's sister was. Oh wait a second..... Sort of. He basically called her a butterface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Hogan's more of a Fur Face kind of guy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGFanJay Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 My guess is he's winning the Andre Battle Royal, after an Iron Sheik in WM17-like performance. I would be fine with this and mark out if he just punches Kidd and Cesaro around for a while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Kidd and Cesaro are probably getting the tag title shot, but maybe Axel could bust out some of his old man's crazy bumps for the occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Playboy Gary Hart and the Great Kabuki The Black Ninja (Keiji Mutoh), Sir Oliver Humperdinck, Kendo Nagasaki Hey Mark Lewin is looking good for 76. Still benches 315! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Hogan claimed injury on that spot for years. Taker never rewatched it until like a few years ago and was fucking pissed when he saw how much he protected Hogan. I think there was actually confusion on this - it looks like Hogan's head actually impacts with Undertaker's kneecap; it's possible that THAT'S what jammed his neck, because no, his head doesn't come within a foot of that chair. Oddly, had Taker been using the "legs straddle the head" version of the Tombstone he started using exclusively in '94, instead of this over-the-shoulder type he was using early on, he probably wouldn't have had to do anything out of the ordinary to protect Hogan at all. (From someone that has taken the move, the "legs straddle the head" version is actually very safe because you can use your own legs to grapevine around for added support. It looked like it killed me but I didn't feel a thing. I wonder if it's on YouTube still...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 The over-the-shoulder tombstone is the coolest looking version, in my opinion. Who else used it? The only one I can recall is Muraco, and that's because his was shown in the opening of Prime Time Wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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