cwoy2j Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Where did it go wrong for Alex Riley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhammedboehm Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 4 minutes ago, cwoy2j said: Where did it go wrong for Alex Riley? April 28th 1981 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 1 hour ago, cwoy2j said: Where did it go wrong for Alex Riley? The crowd reacted pretty well to his split from The Miz but Riley was ultimately bit by his own limitations and injuries, I suppose. When he moved into the commentary role, he should've stayed there because while he was also pretty bad at that, it was still better than watching him wrestle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 A lot of these can be simplified by saying "....and then they wrestled a match on television". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 22 hours ago, Sublime said: Edge's promo after he won KotR about not "Billy Gunn-ing" it really put an end to all hope for Gunn a few years later. I remember Gunn also had a match with Benoit at Armageddon 00 that I think was supposed to be some sort of test to see if he could hang with a workrate guy. Seemed like he blew up pretty early in the match and Benoit ended up having to take most of the match and it made Gunn look pretty bad character-wise. Also, there was a story that he was supposed to win the IC title at RR 99 but got hammered the night before and showed up to the arena super hungover. They changed the finish to Shamrock making him tap like a bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 To be fair, I'd tap like a bitch as well if I were scheduled to be in the ring with Ken Shamrock. From my living room weeks before the show, if I could. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 On 5/20/2016 at 4:01 PM, Charlie M. said: One in a million reasons why I'm ok with never seeing Orton again. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 7 hours ago, cwoy2j said: Where did it go wrong for Alex Riley? Twitter made it hard for some people to tweet privately. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 7 hours ago, cwoy2j said: Where did it go a-wry for Alex Riley? Ftfy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 The mythical Tom Magee. He supposedly had a good match with Riki Choshu, in Japan, and that legendary holy grail of unseen matches with Bret Hart in the WWF. Unfortunately, he was a flop when he debuted on house shows against opponents who couldn't carry him, and that was that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zev Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 How many WCW low and midcarders first saw the path to obscurity when Shane showed up on Nitro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 28 minutes ago, zev said: How many WCW low and midcarders first saw the path to obscurity when Shane showed up on Nitro? That AJ Styles guy disappeared for 15 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great ML Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 1 hour ago, zev said: How many WCW low and midcarders first saw the path to obscurity when Shane showed up on Nitro? The line forms behind Kwee Wee, Mike Sanders and Lodi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 7 hours ago, cwoy2j said: I remember Gunn also had a match with Benoit at Armageddon 00 that I think was supposed to be some sort of test to see if he could hang with a workrate guy. Seemed like he blew up pretty early in the match and Benoit ended up having to take most of the match and it made Gunn look pretty bad character-wise. IIRC, Gunn nearly dropped Benoit on his head with a gorilla press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Comedian Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 If Matt Hardy knocks this one out the park, he's a Main Eventer. If he just makes solid contact he's in the upper mid-card mix for a while. Even if he strikes out at least he's got a solid buzz-worthy feud going on. Instead he Danny Tartabull'd the ball off his foot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeball Wizard Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 11 hours ago, cwoy2j said: Didn't Tyler Reks freak out on a plane or something like that? Yep. He claimed there was something wrong with the engine. And he knew this because he was a pilot. He demanded to be let off the plane and suggested that others should follow him. It did not endear him to anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 41 minutes ago, Skeeball Wizard said: Yep. He claimed there was something wrong with the engine. And he knew this because he was a pilot. He demanded to be let off the plane and suggested that others should follow him. It did not endear him to anyone. Reks, in fact was not a pilot, but did just watch Final Destination...and stayed at a Holiday Inn Express. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintedbynumbers Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 13 hours ago, cwoy2j said: Didn't Tyler Reks freak out on a plane or something like that? He took aviation classes and felt something was wrong with the wing of the plane and wanted to talk to the pilot. The flight attendant made things worse. The full story was from Tyler's shoot. It's on Highspots roku channel. Also Tyler did his finisher at that Bragging Rights show and Cena flipped out on him saying it was too close to the FU. Tyler's shoot was way more interesting than I imagined it would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 The thing Alex Riley's brief babyface run taught me was that Miz is one of the greatest heels today. He got Riley over. He could get anyone over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorceressKnight Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 18 hours ago, JohnnyJ said: Wasn't there a second bragging rights where Tyler Reks redebuted and got destroyed again? No, Tyler Reks redebuted and destroyed Kaval. Hence, Kaval's moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 NXT season 1 and 2 were so fun. The good old days when WWE took the future of their company, put them on TV, gave them horrible ring names, made them do unflattering challenges, and openly shit all over them. I'd say a lot of guys had their moments their. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I really enjoyed Cole needling guys trying to cut promos and breaking their balls when their answers weren't elaborate enough. I guess Vince did too since we were saddled with evil Cole for two years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 1 hour ago, Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 said: NXT season 1 and 2 were so fun. The good old days when WWE took the future of their company, put them on TV, gave them horrible ring names, made them do unflattering challenges, and openly shit all over them. I'd say a lot of guys had their moments their. They salvaged the S1 guys with the Nexus angle, but McGillicutty and Cottonwood both had on-screen career deaths in S2. Kaval had a couple embarrassing moments as well, but his attitude backstage did him in more than anything on tv. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJ Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 This picture was taken 10 seconds before Barrett became a career midcarder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 8:45 AM, cwoy2j said: I remember Gunn also had a match with Benoit at Armageddon 00 that I think was supposed to be some sort of test to see if he could hang with a workrate guy. Seemed like he blew up pretty early in the match and Benoit ended up having to take most of the match and it made Gunn look pretty bad character-wise. Also, there was a story that he was supposed to win the IC title at RR 99 but got hammered the night before and showed up to the arena super hungover. They changed the finish to Shamrock making him tap like a bitch. I remember prior to the match, they were billing Gunn as "The One" trying to get away from the Mr. Ass stuff Benoit said something like "The One Billy Gunn? I don't even know what that means" and the moment when you're getting put in your place - on the microphone! - by Chris Benoit is the moment you're pretty much done. Though he wasn't really. That run with Billy and Chuck was probably the best thing he ever did in WWE before WWE chickened out on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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