Pete Posted August 19, 2013 Posted August 19, 2013 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6k0oy_new-japan-pro-interview-segment_sport DAILYMOTION IS GO! YESSSSSSS.
Blazer Posted August 20, 2013 Posted August 20, 2013 Is that a promo for Starrcade '95? i recognize Chono, Lyger, Saito...
Rev Ray Posted August 20, 2013 Posted August 20, 2013 It was like Lyger said "Fuck it I'm hamming up the shit out of this" and Saito goes "Oh son, that's not ham... THIS IS HAM" 1
Pete Posted August 20, 2013 Author Posted August 20, 2013 Is that a promo for Starrcade '95? i recognize Chono, Lyger, Saito... Sasaki, Otani and Kanemoto round out the crew.
Mister Daddy Warlord Posted August 21, 2013 Posted August 21, 2013 Has anyone ever said what the story was behind the whole New Japan Invasion angle? I only watched Nitro at the time, and didn't even hear about the "World Cup of Wrestling" till the night after it happened. It seemed so weird that WCW's flagship PPV would be based around an angle that they didn't even mention on Nitro.
The Great ML Posted August 21, 2013 Posted August 21, 2013 If I remember correctly, the reason why they didn't push it on the main show was because since Hogan wasn't on the card, they knew it wouldn't do well on PPV.
Numerosix Posted August 21, 2013 Posted August 21, 2013 Why is everybody sleeping on CHARLES BARKLEY BEING THE 5TH HORSEMAN? I'm so sad that he never went in the ring and doing the chaos dunk on his opponent...
The Great ML Posted August 21, 2013 Posted August 21, 2013 He wouldn't have been as turr-ible as Mongo.
BEN! Posted August 21, 2013 Posted August 21, 2013 Has anyone ever said what the story was behind the whole New Japan Invasion angle? I only watched Nitro at the time, and didn't even hear about the "World Cup of Wrestling" till the night after it happened. It seemed so weird that WCW's flagship PPV would be based around an angle that they didn't even mention on Nitro. Heenan sold half of WCW Pro (the Sunday TBS show) to Sonny Onoo and NJPW. Of course, Heenan didn't have the authority to do such a thing and the World Cup was simply announced. There really wasn't much set up at all. It really seemed like after Dusty Rhodes left in '89 that WCW stopped treating Starrcade like the "Granddaddy Of Them All". They did stuff like the Iron Man tournament and a couple of years of Battlebowl. Post-Dusty none of them seemed to be treated like that big of a deal other than Flair/Vader, Hogan/Sting, and maybe Hogan/Piper. Bischoff was all about Halloween Havoc in Las Vegas as WCW's showcase event because he thought people would be less inclined to buy a PPV during the holiday season.
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