Infinit Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Greenville is also Flair Country, so in theory that closing angle should've drawn nuclear heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I see your point, Gregg, but not sure I can agree. With this so-called revolution running straight for a brick wall, what happened last night was not only poorly conceived, but felt desperate. "Let's make it edgy, talk about the dead brother!" I don't know. My gut reaction was "Ewwww, why go there?" Had it been better presented--maybe, but I'm still leaning toward "Nope, don't go there." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Was David Flair the worst wrestler ever whose father was an all-time great? (or the best, whatever) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 David Sammartino wants a run at that title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Yeah, just the beating by Undertaker alone means that David Flair was better at this stuff than David Sammartino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 Is Kerry Von Eric good enough for Lacey to be the answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorceressKnight Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I haven't watched much lately so I have to ask how long has Kofi had those awesome Kid Icarus boots? You doubt Kofi's status as Greek God of Aspiring DJs? How else do you think he was able to get a unicorn for the New Day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 So the brawl at the end was good, but I think the people who are comparing this to "old school southern booking" are missing the point of what made that southern booking so great. It wasn't that the heel just said and did despicable things, it was that the heel doing despicable things was foreshadowed by previous actions in some fashion. Before tonight, I had no idea that Charlotte was a wrestler because of her brother. She never talked about that in promos, the announcers never made mention of it, it wasn't brought up during her title win. Paige talking about Reid was the first mention I remember of Reid on WWE programming. Let's say Charlotte wins the title and we get a vignette with her and Ric, or even a quick mention from Michael Cole about why this is so emotional for them. If Paige brings up Reid after he's been established as a place of emotional resonance for Charlotte, it shows a specific side of Paige and makes us want to hate her even more. As it stands, Paige bringing it up now makes what could be a powerful storyline in to something that is played almost purely for shock value. To me, it read almost like a villain from a soap opera, spouting off exposition and being awful at the same time. Sure I wanted to see Charlotte beat up Paige, but that was it. I didn't feel for Charlotte. It didn't seem like something that was important to her was being picked on by a former friend. It felt like dirty laundry was being aired, and that's a very different (and much less interesting) way to tell a story. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Was David Flair the worst wrestler ever whose father was an all-time great? (or the best, whatever) So who would you put on that list? "All-time great" is obviously subjective, but here's who occurs to me as children of potential all-time greats: David & Charlotte Flair Dustin & Cody Rhodes David Sammartino David Benoit Shaul Guerrero Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. El Hijo Del Santo Blue Demon Jr. (adopted) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 The only thing that bugs me is how lazy it seems. How much time should a professional writer have to spend thinking about an angle like this to come up with a way to make it seem personal or dramatic enough to get a wrestling fan to watch? It's a trick question because the answer is 0 minutes and 0 seconds if you can just call it a day and fall back on "your dead brother" and then pat yourself on the back for being either old school or edgy like you just did something impressive. It's like turning in a 500-word essay for school in which 482 of the words are "really". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Greenville is also Flair Country, so in theory that closing angle should've drawn nuclear heat. Site of arguably the high point of Nitro History. #abuseofpower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 George Gulas, Mike Graham, and Chris Von Erich say hello (or don't, they're all dead) EDIT: Mike Von Erich too EDIT II: and Erik Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zheroen Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 There's also Ray Gordy (the erstwhile Jesse/Slam-Master J). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafkonia Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Curtis Axel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincey Greene Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I can't say I've watched a lot - or any - Stan "The Man" Stasiak matches but his son was the shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiits. Scott Putski too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Lance Von Erich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick B. Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Liked what I saw of Ray Gordy's indie work(NWA Wildside). Planet Stasiak was money. Erik Watts got decent in TNA of all places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 David Flair was not a wrestler. He wrestled for years, but was always just an awkward guy fumbling around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Lacey Von Erich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 David Benoit has yet to actually wrestle, correct? IIRC he signed up to train with Lance Storm and ended up no-showing on day one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 I thought that was Blade Hart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Soon all problems will be solved by Skyler Arquette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Liked what I saw of Ray Gordy's indie work(NWA Wildside). Planet Stasiak was money. Erik Watts got decent in TNA of all places. I actually thought that Watts was great in the co-GM angle with Don Callis. I mean, Bischoff and Austin were doing the same angle better (at the same time) but Watts held his own there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Blade Hart is MST3K's David Flair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 I never thought of Watts being terrible, more so just... existed? How was Deuce/Sim Snuka? I don't remember much from those days. Actually, DiBiase Jr. kind of sucked too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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