RIPPA Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Had to check last year's thread to make sure I didn't use the same Halloween photos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 (pictured) Adam Copeland and Blue Jay Reso. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWABCS Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Tried to find a screencap of DDP and Savage throwing each other into the fake tombstones to no avail. I think these pictures show the dichotomy of WCW perfectly. First one: moment of brilliance. Second: moment of utter idiocy. Third: total shitfest of a match because they didn't gimmick the wheel. Fourth: amazing match because the performers were down and they did gimmick the wheel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojomellon Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Tried to find a screencap of DDP and Savage throwing each other into the fake tombstones to no avail. I think these pictures show the dichotomy of WCW perfectly. First one: moment of brilliance. Second: moment of utter idiocy. Third: total shitfest of a match because they didn't gimmick the wheel. Fourth: amazing match because the performers were down and they did gimmick the wheel. The wheel was gimmicked. Where did you invent this story that it wasnt? To suggest it wasnt would mean that WCW would have had to have had a cage set up and ready to go as well as all of the other gimmicks. Coal Miner's glove was a big draw in Mid South and Watts assumed it would be again. He was wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I'm pretty sure at HH92 the showed a video with all the gimmicks, including the cage, backstage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Watch the opening of the PPV. They had all the gimmick stuff there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojomellon Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 The wheel was not not gimmicked. You're fooling yourself. From this very site, Feb 14 An old Observer confirms the wheel was rigged. The reason the coal miner's match was picked was because A) WCW had never had one and it was a Watts favorite and B )WCW was moving away towards blood and most of the other options relied on blood to help make the match better, it was considered the most violent match they could have without blood (barbed wire, cage, first blood...none of those choices were happening.) Im sure I can find the observer in question. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I am mistaken then. Thought I heard somewhere they fucked up and forgot to fix the wheel. Watts was a fool when it came to WCW, aside from tags and bringing in his boys. EDIT: Hell, wouldn't a strap match would have been better? Sting ended up having a pretty good one of those... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Blame Scott Keith. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 It looks like the Blue Jay shat on Edge's pants. That Eddy vs Rey match is still my favorite match of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 The wheel not being rigged is one of things Scott Keith made up that somehow became popular belief. Along with the Battlebowl draw being legit, and Austin being booked to go over at IYH Final Four with them changing the finish on the fly after he got injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stefanie Without Stefanie Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Jim Cornette said in one of his shoots, can't remember which, that if a gimmick was involved, Watts always liked to make sure the fans knew it was there. If you were doing a promo for a strap match, you should have the strap there to hammer the point home, or if you were doing a cage match, you do a promo behind one of the walls of the cage. Watts having all the gimmicks there just fit in with his booking philosophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 How many Scott Keith lies did people just start believing as fact? It seems like there are a lot of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 (pictured) Adam Copeland and Blue Jay Reso. Cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 How many Scott Keith lies did people just start believing as fact? It seems like there are a lot of them. Well one he tried to start is that his writing is worth paying money for. . . . 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Wrestling needs Cole Miner's Gloves back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Fans of Michael Cole's heel gimmick wore gloves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 I miss Team Hell No. Team Friendship! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 I will defend the Chamber of Horrors til my dying day. Okay, it was a clusterfuck, but it was also one of the coolest concepts and visuals in wrestling as a young kid 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 I will defend the Chamber of Horrors til my dying day. Okay, it was a clusterfuck, but it was also one of the coolest concepts and visuals in wrestling as a young kid Agreed. We thought we were going to see the next big yearly event match like War Games or the Rumble, but we though that with every WCW gimmick match in the early 90s. Like my friends and I were so fucking stoked for the BattleBowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Finn Balor has his picture taken outside of an adult film store, I think? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 2, 2015 Author Share Posted October 2, 2015 I enjoy Jason Jordan's smirk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brysynner Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 I await Dixie tweeting out how this is a good thing for her company 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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