BurningBeard Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Yeh I understand not wanting to invest in a guy routinely out with injuries, but long before the injuries started to accrue he should've been a top tier talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 If he was a made man, hopefully they could have made him out of something that didn't break every 4 months. Hasn't stopped them before, has it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 This might open up a can of worms, but it's 3:30 AM. Why does there seem to be such a big deal made about Blitzkrieg? I just rewatched the infamous/famous match against Juventud Guerrera from Spring Stampede '99, and it's decent-good, but certainly not a ***** blowaway performance. Blitzkrieg never impressed me more than any of the other guys WCW had under contract at that point, and a lot were certainly better. So why the hype? I'm not being sarcastic, as I'd genuinely like to know what others are seeing that I'm not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 Barrett basically confirmed it (well as much so as he is probably allowed to say) Stu Bennett @WadeBarrett 5h5 hours ago I unexpectedly received a lot of very nice messages from people today. Thank you to everyone who took the time to write some kind words. Stu Bennett @WadeBarrett 5h5 hours ago I'll comment further at a more appropriate time, but for now I'm 100% focused on doing my job for @WWE. See you at #FastLane on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 If anyone in 2016 should know about the importance of doing jobs for WWE, it's Barrett. I'll miss the dude. Always felt he was wasted potential and that he should've won the belt while in Nexus. He should've beaten Orton for the title, not Miz. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincey Greene Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 If he was a made man, hopefully they could have made him out of something that didn't break every 4 months. Hasn't stopped them before, has it? Wha' did Wade's daddeh ever do in dis bidness, brutha? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 This might open up a can of worms, but it's 3:30 AM. Why does there seem to be such a big deal made about Blitzkrieg? I just rewatched the infamous/famous match against Juventud Guerrera from Spring Stampede '99, and it's decent-good, but certainly not a ***** blowaway performance. Blitzkrieg never impressed me more than any of the other guys WCW had under contract at that point, and a lot were certainly better. So why the hype? I'm not being sarcastic, as I'd genuinely like to know what others are seeing that I'm not. You were there at the time. A lot of why people went nuts for him was that he was off the radar. Internet nerds felt like they knew everything and he took them by surprise when very little could. He came out of nowhere and was gone just as quick and that shaped people's opinions as much as anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I reviewed Sunny's book (and her porn, the review of which was heavily praised by THE BOARD over at f4wonline.com) You can check em out here: http://jojomellon.blogspot.com Spoiler: The book sucks, but does contain one HILARIOUS story about HBK and a certain fetish he had. I'm reading the porn review right now and it's amazing. Thanks! She calls for the finish to which he turns her down. We're going broadway. 15 minutes. 15 minutes remaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Good to know AxB was able to find the largest Randy Orton picture of all time. Did you scan that from your life-size poster? In regards to Blitzkrieg: What Matt said, but as far as I can tell he seemed to disappear rather quickly, and as such was never exposed as not being as amazing as everyone seemed to think on the internet in 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 The poster size matches how good Randy felt when he found out he has a neck issue and gets a year off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I reviewed Sunny's book (and her porn, the review of which was heavily praised by THE BOARD over at f4wonline.com) You can check em out here: http://jojomellon.blogspot.com Spoiler: The book sucks, but does contain one HILARIOUS story about HBK and a certain fetish he had. I'm reading the porn review right now and it's amazing. Thanks! She calls for the finish to which he turns her down. We're going broadway. 15 minutes. 15 minutes remaining. https://twitter.com/DeathToAllMarks/status/699970228831305728 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 This might open up a can of worms, but it's 3:30 AM. Why does there seem to be such a big deal made about Blitzkrieg? I just rewatched the infamous/famous match against Juventud Guerrera from Spring Stampede '99, and it's decent-good, but certainly not a ***** blowaway performance. Blitzkrieg never impressed me more than any of the other guys WCW had under contract at that point, and a lot were certainly better. So why the hype? I'm not being sarcastic, as I'd genuinely like to know what others are seeing that I'm not. You do have to remember, you're watching that with 2016 eyes. Juvy & Blitz moved faster than anything I'd ever seen before, drew a crowd into an absolutely meaningless match, and contained completely new (to a 1999 American audience) spots, that were astonishing to watch. I'd say that combined with there being such a small sample size and of course rose-colored glasses. Was he the greatest ever, no, of course not. But in '99 we hadn't been jaded (wrong word, but you know what I mean) by years of high flyers doing insane spots like Jeff Hardy, Kofi Kingston, Seth Rollins, John Morrison, Neville, and on, and on, and on.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJ Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 You need to also remember that at the time the smark groupthink was much different than it is now. 10 minutes of inconsequential cool looking movez equated to a well regarded match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Good to know AxB was able to find the largest Randy Orton picture of all time. Did you scan that from your life-size poster? I don't have any Wrestling posters in the house. And if I were to get one, it wouldn't be of Randy Orton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Barrett basically confirmed it (well as much so as he is probably allowed to say) Stu Bennett @WadeBarrett 5h5 hours ago I unexpectedly received a lot of very nice messages from people today. Thank you to everyone who took the time to write some kind words. Stu Bennett @WadeBarrett 5h5 hours ago I'll comment further at a more appropriate time, but for now I'm 100% focused on doing my job for @WWE. See you at #FastLane on Sunday. "Disco" Stu Bennett. $$$$$ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 If anyone in 2016 should know about the importance of doing jobs for WWE, it's Barrett. I'll miss the dude. Always felt he was wasted potential and that he should've won the belt while in Nexus. He should've beaten Orton for the title, not Miz. Nexus should have beat Team WWE at SummerSlam 2010 too. Wade's had bad luck with injuries, I'm thinking mainly about the infamous Battle Royal where everything went wrong and either Ziggler or Jericho landed on his shoulder. Wade had to stop his "I'm afraid I've got some Bad News" routine as well when over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I don't have any Wrestling posters in the house. And if I were to get one, it wouldn't be of Randy Orton. Sounds like a sad existence. You need to also remember that at the time the smark groupthink was much different than it is now. 10 minutes of inconsequential cool looking movez equated to a well regarded match. Man, I truly wish that we had gotten far away from that, but people all over this board, let alone the rest of the IWC, still go to bat for this kind of shit all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Bad News Barrett was a great gimmick, and they cut it off at the knees because it got too over. Modern WWE in a nutshell. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick B. Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 The passive-aggressiveness is strong in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I reviewed Sunny's book (and her porn, the review of which was heavily praised by THE BOARD over at f4wonline.com) You can check em out here: http://jojomellon.blogspot.com Spoiler: The book sucks, but does contain one HILARIOUS story about HBK and a certain fetish he had. Bless you, good sir. That review had me laughing out loud. For some reason, 'She blows The Big Guy' had me damn near off my seat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 This might open up a can of worms, but it's 3:30 AM. Why does there seem to be such a big deal made about Blitzkrieg? I just rewatched the infamous/famous match against Juventud Guerrera from Spring Stampede '99, and it's decent-good, but certainly not a ***** blowaway performance. Blitzkrieg never impressed me more than any of the other guys WCW had under contract at that point, and a lot were certainly better. So why the hype? I'm not being sarcastic, as I'd genuinely like to know what others are seeing that I'm not. You do have to remember, you're watching that with 2016 eyes. Juvy & Blitz moved faster than anything I'd ever seen before, drew a crowd into an absolutely meaningless match, and contained completely new (to a 1999 American audience) spots, that were astonishing to watch. I'd say that combined with there being such a small sample size and of course rose-colored glasses. Was he the greatest ever, no, of course not. But in '99 we hadn't been jaded (wrong word, but you know what I mean) by years of high flyers doing insane spots like Jeff Hardy, Kofi Kingston, Seth Rollins, John Morrison, Neville, and on, and on, and on.... I was around in '99 when the match happened and I didn't think it was any great shakes back then, either. It didn't seem that much amazingly better than any of the million cruiserweight matches they had on Nitro back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I thought the Bad news Barrett gimmick was stupid. Why didn't guys just beat his ass after their match was over? The match where he was insulting Brodus and Miz from some flying podium was sad for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyMax46 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 All this talk about Barrett and Ryback's contracts coming up leads me to ask this. Any other major contracts coming up soon? I think Orton's might be expiring this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyMax46 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Also Cena is under contract til 2017 I think but obviously he's not going anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 You need to also remember that at the time the smark groupthink was much different than it is now. 10 minutes of inconsequential cool looking movez equated to a well regarded match. Man, I truly wish that we had gotten far away from that, but people all over this board, let alone the rest of the IWC, still go to bat for this kind of shit all the time. There's nothing wrong with with the occasional spotfest. The Young Bucks are fine in small doses. So are hardcore matches. Who wants to watch the same type of wrestling over and over again? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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