Captain Kronos Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Watched the Scott Hall photographs episode last night, and I quite enjoyed it. He seems more together than I have seen him in years. He also seems quite grateful for the career he had. I appreciated his story about Larry Z helping him in the early days and how he tried to pay it back years later when he was on top at WCW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Just reiterating that WWE's Xmas present to us is an almost entirely new AWA/JCP supershow from 85 with only the second Tully vs Magnum match we've EVER had in full plus a bunch of other fun looking matches like Colon vs Barbarian, Jake vs Ellering, JJ vs Bass, RnR vs Irwins, and Dusty vs Flair. Crazy stuff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Maffew need not worry about Botchamania going out of business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintthecrippler Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Some fun history with the AWA Christmas Night 1983 upload. Mean Gene announces to the crowd that Hulk Hogan is not there because he is "still in Japan". Crowd responds very negatively, and chants "We Want Hulk" during the 8-man tag that he was scheduled to be a part of. Two days later, both Gene and Hulk would be at WWF's first St. Louis TV taping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 That's the show Vince allegedly paid Hulk to skip, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintthecrippler Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 9 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: That's the show Vince allegedly paid Hulk to skip, right? I have in my head that Hulk had already started no-showing by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 16 hours ago, Matt D said: Just reiterating that WWE's Xmas present to us is an almost entirely new AWA/JCP supershow from 85 with only the second Tully vs Magnum match we've EVER had in full plus a bunch of other fun looking matches like Colon vs Barbarian, Jake vs Ellering, JJ vs Bass, RnR vs Irwins, and Dusty vs Flair. Crazy stuff. It's also the show where Hansen beat Martel for the AWA title. It was the first world title change I ever saw in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 If you've never seen the Rockers/Rose/Somers steel cage rematch on the 12/86 hidden gems, I think it is better than their infamous initial bloodbath that both teams are famous for. The Rockers beat the everloving shit out of Rose and Somers that manger Sherri earns her HOF on this alone. And then Shawn bleeds so much and for so long that Buddy's cut heals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 6 hours ago, Johnny Sorrow said: It's also the show where Hansen beat Martel for the AWA title. It was the first world title change I ever saw in person. Johnny, you shouldn't be proud of this. I'm 3 matches in and the crowd's the pits. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintthecrippler Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 PW USA show was a fun way to wind down Christmas Day. Sherri Martel vs Debbie Combs was loaded with crazy bumps, The Barbarian gets over big - and deservedly so - in Jersey, Buddy Roberts takes a great beating from the Road Warriors, Magnum and Tully have a fun double juice battle, Flair vs Dusty is the usual great chemistry marred by a Dusty finish and Rock n Roll Express vs Long Riders made me bummed they didn't have more matches against each other as that is damn fun too. But holy shit, Martel vs Hansen is fucking dull outside of a few minutes prior to the fairly abrupt ending and it's a shame THAT was a title change match. Much like the Rollins/Ambrose match from TLC, the crowd that hadnt already left was groaning at kickouts wanting the match to end. At least they were rewarded with a title change I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil4126 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 On 12/24/2018 at 12:57 PM, Captain Kronos said: Watched the Scott Hall photographs episode last night, and I quite enjoyed it. He seems more together than I have seen him in years. He also seems quite grateful for the career he had. I appreciated his story about Larry Z helping him in the early days and how he tried to pay it back years later when he was on top at WCW. Scott is always one of the biggest "What could have been" stories I think I have ever seen in wrestling. When this guy is clear headed and can suppress his asshole tendencies, he comes off so smart and so knowledgeable about the way things should be and the best ways for dudes to get over. As much as he has talked about wanting to do it, I would love to see him working alongside Shawn in NXT. Maybe he could be the guy to fill the Dusty void and help people channel their characters and make better promos 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thee Reverend Axl Future Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 11 hours ago, Johnny Sorrow said: It's also the show where Hansen beat Martel for the AWA title. It was the first world title change I ever saw in person. Hey, I was at that show too! What were you wearing? - RAF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kronos Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 I have always preferred Nash to Hall. But I saw there’s a big Razor collection that contains lots of matches I’ve never seen. So I’m giving the Bad Guy a chance. The opening vignettes are ridiculous - and awesome AF. Same for the decision to have current Scott Hall kayfabe the segments between clips. It’s so silly that he’s doing this stuff in character, and I can’t help but love it. Now comes his first proper match in the collection, vs Bret at Rumble ‘93. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Anybody catch the non-wrestling shows they recently put on the network? They had a cooking competition between Curtis, Dana and Alicia. It's a lot like Chopped minus the cooking talent. Botch Club was humorous as it was basically Gallows and Anderson being themselves shitting on botches. But I am curious about what @Michael Sweetser thinks about this. Then there's Fashion Files which had them try and uncover who hit Kevin Owens with a pie. But I would say my favorite is Xavier's Arcade showdown which had him at Barcade in Philly (still need to go there one day) It's pretty cool seeing him talk about the games and competing in some of them. If you love UUDD then you'll like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 I watched the Fashion Files one. It's ok, they showed a bunch of old clips from there video library. Fun 13 minutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Web Conn said: I watched the Fashion Files one. It's ok, they showed a bunch of old clips from there video library. Fun 13 minutes. I saw that, the cooking show, and Botch Club. All three were good time wasters, I'll watch more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kronos Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Was watching an early MidAtlantic show the other night. Abby runs in and starts forking TF on Wahoo’s head. Every time the camera angle would have shown blood, the footage changed to some kind of scribbled animation. It was seriously annoying. Is that what WWE is doing now? We have to trade between barely watchable ancient and tape rips from a 30 yr old trading community or else this propagandized Disney version? Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 14 minutes ago, Captain Kronos said: Was watching an early MidAtlantic show the other night. Abby runs in and starts forking TF on Wahoo’s head. Every time the camera angle would have shown blood, the footage changed to some kind of scribbled animation. It was seriously annoying. Is that what WWE is doing now? We have to trade between barely watchable ancient and tape rips from a 30 yr old trading community or else this propagandized Disney version? Ugh. Nope, that's what they'd do. They'd use the same animation on some commercial breaks as well. I don't know when they started, but it doesn't last long in the run of Mid-Atlantic they have on the network. It's very Hilarious House of Frightenstein, so I kind of dig it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kronos Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 You mean it’s JCP doing it? Annoying, but I feel better about it, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Yeah, it's JCP. You can even find an old VHS rip of the attack on youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 WWE doing it would almost certainly mean putting it in black and white and editing out the angles that show the worst of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I think there's a genuine argument for Hogan vs Akeem on SNME being Hogan's best ever match. The crowd are really into it, the heat segment on Hogan generates genuine sympathy and concern, Hogan mixes up his formula a bit to accommodate mocking Akeem some, the crowd really enjoys the comeback, and loses their shit for the Bossman cut-off. Everyone comes off great here and play their role really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 There's a Blue Blazer interview on an episode of SNME where he talks about jumping onto Ted Dibiase from the rafters if he has to. Probably better off removing that one... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 3 hours ago, RolandTHTG said: There's a Blue Blazer interview on an episode of SNME where he talks about jumping onto Ted Dibiase from the rafters if he has to. Probably better off removing that one... Jesus fuck, does no one watch this stuff before they air it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Watching the Nigel McGuiness documentary. Wow surprised they actually showed the match against Daniel Bryan in Ring of Honor Liverpool where he shoot headbutted the ring post. I mean it was a great match and very important to Nigel's career but that style of match and the blood is not something they particularly care for Also funny to see the Pure Title put over which was such a nothing title when you look at it. Wow Bryan admitted that he lied about his physical when he got into the WWE. Probably not the first guy and won't be the last. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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