StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 He's probably not given it any serious consideration, but I wonder if he actually thinks he (or anyone else) could hold someone's attention for a three-hour match beyond the furthest fringes of outliers. I get that Bryan's the guy that would do it in front of no one just because, the performance art vs. making money thing always intrigues me, though. Could be misremembering but the way the story goes, this was the plan for the 2/3 falls with Aries, until they called an audible over not having enough to do. I think they decided that the (remaining) crowd just wasn't going to be able to deal with it, so they decided to cut it short. Slightly surprised noone has tried to top the Punk vs Hero 93 minuter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 This is where keeping Rusev strong would've worked wonders. Having a strong Rusev steamroll Lesnar at WrestleMania would make him. Why couldn't it happen now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 It could happen but they would need 6 months-1 year to rebuild Rusev in to the monster he used to be before he was demoted "Ziggler Hell" James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 It could happen but they would need 6 months-1 year to rebuild Rusev in to the monster he used to be before he was demoted "Ziggler Hell" James I dunno. With how fast things move nowadays, I don't think it would take that long to build him back up. Like if next week, he just went out and put Ziggler through the mat and then crushed a couple of other midcard geeks for a month or two, people would probably buy him at a main event level. There's so much tv time now that I think you can build a guy up pretty fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 eh... maybe. I'd at least want to get him some major wins on PPV first. Like if Rusev and Reigns feuded for a month and they made it that Rusev is the one guy Reigns can't get the juke on? I'd be all for that James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 I don't want to see Bryan wrestle again. He's given enough. Him and Brie should be set financially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 I'm oddly intrigued by the idea of a Lesnar/Wyatt match. I'd rather see Lesnar and Luke Harper beat the beejeezus out of each other. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 He's probably not given it any serious consideration, but I wonder if he actually thinks he (or anyone else) could hold someone's attention for a three-hour match beyond the furthest fringes of outliers. I get that Bryan's the guy that would do it in front of no one just because, the performance art vs. making money thing always intrigues me, though. Could be misremembering but the way the story goes, this was the plan for the 2/3 falls with Aries, until they called an audible over not having enough to do. and that match at Testing the Limit ended up going 74 minutes That card was also Too Cold Scorpio's lone ROH appearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dokdoyle Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Back to the WCW, Contract List. Anyone have any idea why Leo Burke is on this list? Talent relations or something like that, maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Konnan made $570k a year. Arriba La Raza, indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 He had a higher base salary than Naitch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Back to the WCW, Contract List. Anyone have any idea why Leo Burke is on this list? Talent relations or something like that, maybe? His wikipedia page says he was a trainer for WWF and then WCW after he retired in the early 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Yeah, he went where Bret went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 I'm oddly intrigued by the idea of a Lesnar/Wyatt match. I've always wanted this. More looking forward to the program than the match though. But yeah, give it to me. Bray has been a great stealth bumper, making everyone he's in there with look amazing. Lesnar/Wyatt would be pretty amazing, and like Fresh said the program of Brains vs. Brawn and Heyman vs. Bray on the mic could likely make ALL the money. Then at the end, they team up and destroy everybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Damn...Lesnar, Wyatt, Harper & Strowman as the Horsemen of The Apocalypse would be crazy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo-Yo's Roomie Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 If we're fantasy booking hoss vs hoss matches, I just had the idea of Wyatt Vs Rusev, based on Ziggler dumping Lana, a distraught Lana being brainwashed by the Wyatts, Bray trying to make Lana his bride, and Rusev turning face to save her. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyMax46 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 He's probably not given it any serious consideration, but I wonder if he actually thinks he (or anyone else) could hold someone's attention for a three-hour match beyond the furthest fringes of outliers. I get that Bryan's the guy that would do it in front of no one just because, the performance art vs. making money thing always intrigues me, though. Could be misremembering but the way the story goes, this was the plan for the 2/3 falls with Aries, until they called an audible over not having enough to do. and that match at Testing the Limit ended up going 74 minutesThat card was also Too Cold Scorpio's lone ROH appearance. Punk and Cabana also lost the tag titles that night. I was at that show. It also has Samoa Joe's (likely) worst ROH match against Trent Acid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Only like 90 seconds of that match made it on the dvd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyMax46 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 I think they claimed Acid was injured. I think some people in the crowd thought Acid was fucked up but it didn't look that way to me. More just like a bad match that had either a real injury or a gimmick injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 He broke his ankle like seconds into the match. He was out for awhile after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTTW Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Can someone help me find video of Scott Hall doing the "spooky fingers" directly at the camera on video? I'd love to know if anyone can id when this one happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 He had a higher base salary than Naitch! Naitch would have a lot more money if he had a better agent. Did Flair ever have a chance to test the WWF waters during the Attitude Era? That would've driven his price up. Actually, Flair during the Attitude Era would've been interesting....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyMax46 Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 He was considering going during the WCW lawsuit. He tells a story in his book where he was going to be sitting ringside at a WWF event and JR would go over and introduce "Wrestling Champion from here in Charlotte" and then introduce Reid who had just won an amateur wrestling tournament. Then Reid would be asked what he was doing here and he would respond with "I'm here because WCW won't let my father wrestle." Flair was actually outside the arena waiting for word if WWF could do it and get away with it but WWF eventually said no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 I've always fantasy booked Flair debuting the night after WrestleMania XV or Backlash 1999 as the new leader of The Corporation. Corporate Flair (doing his 80s style "I'm richer than you" promos) vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin would've been a license to print money. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Was this before or after Triple H buried him in a radio interview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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